Summary

• More than 1.5 years experience in project team lead that includes project planning of all phases of systems development life-cycle, time management, leading the project team, execution of the plan, Go-Live to roll-out implementation and more than 4.5 years' experience in core FICO consulting.
• 4.5 years of experience in FICO Consulting Environment, with total of 8 years experience in consulting, Finance (accounting) and audits. Consulting experience includes 3.5 years client facing roles across various projects, from client location.
• Has been involved in 4 SAP projects which were successfully implemented of which 2 full cycle SAP FICO-AR module implementations (for entire Asia region), 1 FICO support deployment (all sub modules) and 1 project which involved roll out of global template to specific country (with changes/enhancements w.r.t to statutory requirements). Also worked on an assessment project to check for possibilities of mapping Indian tax related process on to SAP for a media company. Currently working on global roll out of US based company the responsibilities of which include roll out of New GL module, FI-AR and FI-AP module.
• Worked on multiple RFP`s providing functional inputs to clients requirements in the RFP with objective of meeting requirements through "best practices" or standard SAP configuration with necessary enhancements arising due to statutory or critical business requirements.
• Hands on experience of working with Solution manager which was the primary tool used as document repository during project implementations.
• Hands on experience of working with Mercury test tool which was used across multiple roll out projects to create test cases, report and track defects effectively.
• Four and half years experience in Accounts/Finance and statutory audits. Work with a variety of cliental such as FMCG, IT, steel manufacturing company, and ITes provider.
• Experienced in identifying and documenting the business requirements and functional specifications of the clients.
• Experienced in formulating and documenting new processes, process re-engineering and process streamlining that includes new policies, guidelines, and controls.
• Experienced in leading the Team, development of Test Plan, creation of test documentations, and execution of testing activities.
• Experienced of conducting End-User training and documenting End-User Training Manual and Training Plan.

• Masters degree - Qualified Chartered Accountant
• Bachelor Degree in Commerce
• SAP FICO trained and certified by Keane
• Qualified in internal certification of SAP SD and WM modules (Infosys certification)

Company : Confidential
Client : Confidential, Diageo, Dentsu, Clorox
Country : India
Industry : Consulting
Duration : Apr 2008 - Present
Role : SAP FICO consultant

Procter & Gamble
Was responsible for the implementation of AR module for Asia region which involved business process understanding, requirement gathering stages, design & development phases, unit and integration testing and finally deployment of solution across 12 countries. The solution designed also needed to be inline with global template of the client and was to further enhance/add to the template design.
Lead a team to achieve stringent timelines and complex developments and was awarded a SPOT award for the month of February 2009, for contributions to the project.
For the same client, was also involved in development phase for North-America region.
AR scope included - cash application functionalities, billing, outputs and correspondences, Credit management solutioning and custom developments to meet clients requirements.
Diageo Roll out project
Eas the only FICO consultant from Infosys and was responsible for handling entire FICO related issues. This project involved roll out of the global template of Diageo to India, along with developments resulting from requirements of statutory/legal regulations.
Successful implementation of the following modules: General ledger, AP, AR, Asset accounting, Taxation (CIN, withholding taxes, sale/purchase taxes), cost center accounting, internal order, profit centers and COPA.
Job requirements also involved closely working with OTC process (SD module) with the focus area being account determination and customer statement development.

Dentsu
An assessment project split across multiple phases. The current phase involves mapping of the tax processes, which is currently handled manually, on to SAP. This assessment phase outlines the process which can be possibly mapped and the effort needed for mapping the same.

Clorox (current)
Responsible for roll out of R2R module and providing solutions based on client requirement gathering sessions (blue print phase). Responsibilities also include documenting and reviewing functional specifications. Development, testing and training are also part of the current project deliverables. Key responsibilities include:

• Requirement gathering to identify gaps in roll out template
• Solution to gaps identified and review of functional specs for close out gaps
• Develop/enhance reports related Tax & E-WHT to meet local reporting requirements
• Build necessary interface with Sabrix to capture input and output tax related information. This is a real time interface with calls to user exit to send and receive tax information.
• Unit testing, along with necessary training to key users
• Modules responsible for: GL (new GL), AR, FA

Recognition at Infosys -

• Was promoted from Associate consultant to Consultant within a span of one year of joining Infosys.
• Was awarded a SPOT award for the month of February 2009, for contributions to the project.

Company : Confidential

Client : Confidential

Country : India

Industry : Confidential

Duration : April 2007 - Mar 2008

Role : Senior software engineer (FICO consultant)

This is a support project, where the implementation was done by Axon and support was provided by Keane. The challenge during the project there are specific internal reporting requirements mainly flowing from COPA and controlling module and the reporting needed to be very flexible.
Was the main contact for FICO issues in the project and gained knowledge and experience in dealing/configuring Idocs - standard and custom.
Scope of work included - Core FI, COPA, Cost accounting, report painter, integration with MM module.

Company :Confidential

Client : Confidential

Country : India

Industry : Confidential

Duration : Feb 2007 - April 2008

Role : Core Consultant

At this IT enable Services Company, the work executed and managed was on preparation of Annual reports for a client in the US.
Was designated as Senior Associate at this organization.

Company : Confidential

Client : Confidential

Country : India Industry : Furniture Manufacture

Duration : Sept 2006 - Feb 2007

Role : Confidential

Handled work relating to RISK Assessment and audit of internal controls. Was also involved in statutory and internal audits for different clients.

Was given the opportunity of handling the audit of their biggest client and was also deputed to Hewlett Packard on a costing assignment.
Also led the statutory audit of a key client

Company : Confidential

Client : Confidential

Country : India

Duration : Aug 2001 - Aug 2004

Role : Finance and audit executive

Worked as an articled clerk. Involved in audit of listed Software companies and manufacturing organizations. Also involved in Tax audits and tax computations of Individuals and companies

• SAP R/3 ECC 6.0: FICO (Master Data, AR, AP, GL, COPA, CO,)
• SAP Solution manager

• Good understanding of Material ledger, in terms of system setup & business processes
• Played client facing role through out my SAP carrier and hence posses Strong Analytical, communication and inter-personal skills
• Good team player and motivator

Suitable and qualified refrences will be provided upon request for the same.