SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

• With over 10 years of experience in SAP and exposure to the full cycle of system development from conception to implementation, I have assumed progressively responsible roles in project teams.
• Skilled in Configuration and Integration areas of FICO with other modules such as SD (Sales and Distribution), MM (Materials Management) and AA(Asset Accounting).
• Worked in various industries in Telecom, Insurance, Manufacturing, Consumer goods, Apparel and Distribution sectors.
• Involved in different phases of life cycle implementation of SAP ECC including Business Process Re-engineering using ASAP methodology (System Design, Feasibility Analysis, Configuration, Testing, cut-over, Go-Live and post implementation support).
• Six life cycle implementations, twoSAP version Upgrades and involved in Production support.
• Knowledge and experience in all aspects of RTR (Record to Report), PTP (Procure to Pay) and OTC (Order to Cash).
• Good knowledge about accounting, financial analysis and general management
• Expertise in Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payable, Cash management and General Ledger.
• Thorough knowledge of FSCM dispute management, collections management, credit management, In House Cash and Biller Direct.
• Ability to deliver high-quality configuration that meet the business needs on a timely basis.
• Skilled in understandingexisting business processes and translating them into SAP solutions.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, technical, analytical, problem solving and leadership skills.

Technical Skills

SAP Modules FICO (RTR, PTP, OTC, Treasury), MM, SD, FSCM
ERP Applications SAP R/3 4.0B , 4.5B, 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0, Netweaver.
Tools EDI, IDOC, IBM Rational, TestDirector, Vistex, XIPAY.
Networking LAN/WAN, VPN, Active Directory, Exchange Servers
Framework ITIL, CORBIT, EDI

Core Competencies

• Vision, Strategy & Execution
• Technology Solutions & Direction
• Policies & Procedures Development
• Team Development & Leadership
• Data Center Operations
• Risk & Vulnerability Assessments
• High Availability IT Architecture
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
• Security Design & Management
• IT Governance & Frameworks
• Customer & Partner Relations
• Start-up, Mergers & Divestitures

Professional Experience

SAP FICO Consultant Confidential, Richardson, TX Nov 2010 - Present

• Implementation of cross sell business process between Motorola and Symbol technologies.
• Responsibilities include functional analysis, development, testing, deployment of solutions in the areas of Cross sell order Management, Pricing, variant configuration, Inter-company Business Processing and SAP interfaces
• Conducted meetings with Users /Management teams to determine complex business requirements. Analyzed the requirements, identified system gaps and translated the requirements into SAP functional and technical design. Designed and implemented mapping / conversion of master data / transactions to SAP. Documented proposed design and modifications in the Functional Specifications.
• Automated the variant configuration data( Configuration profile, class, characteristics, dependency) upload using custom program.
• Studied the impact of Configure to Order(CTO) functionality on the various G/L postings.
• Troubleshooting the G/L account postings with HAWA and KMAT material types.
• Involved in creation of configuration profile, classes, characteristics and dependencies.
• Preparation of training and test plan document.
• Knowledge transfer to Motorola IT and business team.

FI/CO Confidential, Memphis, TN Dec 2008- Oct 2010

Evergreen Packaging is a global leader in beverage packaging systems, servicing juice, dairy and specialty markets with facilities in North America and around the globe.

• Responsible for implementation of New GL, AP,AR, AA, Project System, Controlling and Support
• Maintained settings for Direct and Indirect Quotation for each currency pair according to the client's requirement.
• Maintained automatic account assignment to record foreign currency gain/loss.
• Configured settings for foreign currency translation for consolidation purpose.
  
• Performed Unit Testing, Stress Testing, Regression Testing and User-AcceptanceTesting for the newly implemented New GL in both Development and Quality Assurance Client.
• Defined Ranking Order, Value Date, Available Amounts and Bank Accounts.
• Defined Check Lots, Void Reason Codes and Wrote Functional Specs For Check Design.
• Performed unit testing and integration testing of MM with Account Payable and SD with Account Receivable using Mercury Testing Tool.
• Defined and configured different depreciation keys declining-Balance method, Multi-level Methods, Period Control methods.
• Created Controlling areas, assigned company codes, configured general settings for controlling
• Defined profit center hierarchy and cost center hierarchy and maintained assignment monitor.
• Configured the integration of Assets with PM module
• Configured and applied Economic Stimulus Act to get special tax depreciation for current new Assets.
• Configured Screen layout for Asset Master Data, created asset classes for Group Assets, created Allocation structures and settlement profiles.
• Defined Validation and Substitution rules for different scenarios in Asset accounting.
• Provided support to business users for creating vendor master record, partner function, customer master records, asset master records, internal orders, as well as G/L accounts with reference in mirror/production servers
• Provided excellent written/communication support to business users to deal with on-going posting related issues in General Ledger, Accounts receivable, accounts payable, cost center accounting, and profit center accounting.
• Wrote the documentation for the roles in the company according to the SOX regulations.

• Studied the requirements of the client, development of the systems requirements, translated the clients requirements in technical specifications, studied AS-IS, TO-BE process.
• Worked in all phases of the project from blue print development to the end user training and post implementation support. Involved in the entire life cycle implementation of FI and FSCM in ECC 6.0.
• Configured the settings for interest program, customer statements, dunning statements, lockbox functionality and Paymetrics XIPay. Also helped the BPP team with demonstration on all of these so that these processes can be documented.
• Setup the payment program for customer refunds.
• Created cross reference tables for payment terms and customer master from legacy to SAP and forwarded them to the MDM team.
• Configured and activated pledging indicator for one company code that was going live.
• Configured FSCM business partner so that only payers instead of bill-to's are created as business partners in FSCM.
• Configured entire settings for dispute management, collections management, credit management and biller direct including process integration with accounts receivable.
• Wrote functional specs for Collection and Biller Direct BADI's as well as for dispute management workflows and unit tested all of them.
• Configured the User Management Engine(UME), payment methods, text ids and G/L accounts for Biller Direct.
• Configured risk classes, risk rating, credit check rules and collection business partners in credit management. Populated credit exposure through daily interfaces.
• Designed and formulated a customized workflow for Cardinal to handle and close disputes effectively.

SAP FICO Functional Analyst Confidential, Richardson, TX Aug 2004 - Oct 2006

Responsibilities

• Leaded production support Team Assign and resolving issues in the areas of FI- GL, AR, AP, AA and CO- CCA, PCA
• Provided support in configuration, break fix and enhancements in the areas of account determination, field status groups, and movement types.
• FI-AR Customers Master records, House Banks, Interest calculation, Dunning procedure
• Implementation of cross sell business process between Nortel and its Suppliers/Vendors
• Responsibilities include functional analysis, development, testing, deployment of solutions in the areas of Cross sell order Management, Pricing, variant configuration, Inter-company Business Processing and SAP interfaces
• Conducted meetings with Users /Management teams to determine complex business requirements. Analyzed the requirements, identified system gaps and translated the requirements into SAP functional and technical design.
• Designed and implemented mapping / conversion of master data / transactions to SAP. Documented proposed design and modifications in the Functional Specifications.
• Automated the variant configuration data( Configuration profile, class, characteristics, dependency) upload using custom program.
• Studied the impact of Configure to Order(CTO) functionality on the various G/L postings.
• Troubleshooting the G/L account postings with HAWA and KMAT material types.
• Involved in creation of configuration profile, classes, characteristics and dependencies.
• Interacting with business users and giving them the possible solutions
• In A/P, vendor invoicing and 3-way match as PO ,GR and IR matching and payment through MM MIRO and vendor master data and management,
• Workshops on NEW GL and enhancements. Extensive use of the NEW GL concepts to upgrade the existing methodology
• Resolving of remedy tickets ,issues related to integration with other modules like FI with SD and MM
• Experience with supporting systems in a SOX-compliances environment
• Lead and coordinated the onsite offshore model.
• Preparation of training and test plan document.
• Knowledge transfer to Nortel IT and business team.

• IMG configuration of SAP Financials, R/3 Release 4.7, according to business plans of client, Modules configured include: FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP,FI-AA, CO-CCA, EC-PCA, CO-PA, Material Ledger, Product costing & COGS
• As a functional lead worked with user groups to document "AS IS "process and participated in Joint team meetings to arrive at "TO BE" design, acceptable to the team , user groups and management.
• Conducted workshops for gathering requirements.
• Proficient in IMG configuration of FI, GL, AP AR, CO, AA, CCA, PCA HCM, Payroll, Time Management, Benefits, Compensation Managements, Training and reporting functionalities and modules of SAP.
• Configuration of GL , Company code set up, GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, Depreciation chats, Asset classes, depreciation keys for leading and non-leading ledger setup.
• Creation of asset master ,structure , types, valuation, transaction action during asset life cycle, post capitalization write-up, retirement divestiture of assets.
• Expertise in integrated planning, Product Cost planning, cost object controlling, cost variant components, costing sheets, costing components and Material ledger.
• Integration of assets to GL, allocation of depreciation types, calculation methods, deprecation methods and master data maintenance
• Configuration of automatic postings from depreciation area to GL and Account determination in integration of assets to GL

FI/Asset Management Analyst Confidential, New York 1998-2003

• Responsible for implementing Asset Module for about 90000 assets.
• Major Configuration points include configuration of Fixed Asset Classes, Master data, Addition, retirement,transfer and other business transactions.
• Configuration of Capitalization process to capture costs spanning multiple years and/or multiple capital projects to plan and track costs.
• Internal order configuration for Capital orders .
• Configuration of US Tax Books (ACRS/MACRS/SMACRS etc) for tax depreciation.
• Configuration of Book and Tax depreciation related Dep./calculation Keys in accordance with US Tax Regulations.
• Data conversion from Excel Database using SAP LSMW functionality.
• Designed and executed Data Mapping, cleansing and Cutover plans for Conversion of Legacy system into SAP.

Education

Master of Computer Science
Bachelor of Science