SUMMARY

• 8 years of Resourceful and Proactive SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant experience in SAP R/3 environment and 3 full cycle implementations & functional experience in Accounting, Auditing, Taxation Software Customization for Global Organization GTI ( Corporate and Personnel).
• Excellent Financial Accounting expertise in Configuring & Testing General Ledger Accounting GL, Accounts Payable AP, Accounts Receivable AR, Asset Accounting AA & Internal Orders IO and Investment measures IM, especially in highly Complex Business Environment.
• Controlling expertise includes Cost Center Accounting CO - CCA, Profit Center Accounting EC-PCA, Product Cost Controlling CO-PCC, Profitability Analysis CO-PA, Internal Order Accounting CO-IOA, Report Painter.
• Very good understanding of all phases of SDLC. Involved in all phases of implementation like Business blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Go Live and post go live support.
• Excellent Accounting and Finance knowledge with demonstrated Competencies in Financial and Business Analysis while working in different industries.
• Sound functional experience of Financial, Management and Cost Accounting practices prevailing in diverse segments of Industry like Construction, Manufacturing, Trading, Travel and Service industries.
• Part of a Team skilled in Project Evaluation, Information Gathering, Business Blue Print, Documentation, Customization and Configuration with an in depth understanding of Business Processes relating to SAP Finance, Controlling and Integration with SD and MM Modules.
• Sound knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) required during the implementation of FI/CO module.
• User Training on the processes and assistance in Developing End User Document.
• Strong Analytical skills with a High Learning Acumen to adopt new Tools and Technologies with ease and seamlessly Integrate skills set into the common goal of Project blueprint preparation.
• Good Team Player, Strong Interpersonal and Communication skills combined with Self-Motivation, Initiative and Project Management Attributes.
• Capable of converting business requirements into functional specifications for developing ABAP programs.

SAP FI/CO SKILLS

FI: New & Classic General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts

Receivable

CO: Cost Center Accounting, Cost & Revenue Element Accounting, Internal Order Accounting, Profit Center Accounting & Profitability Analysis, Product Cost Controlling.

Integration : FI/CO integration with SD, PP & MM.

BPM Tools :ARIS SAP Net weaver 7.02, Solution Manager 4.0

Production Support Tool: Remedy Ticketing System, HP Service Manager 7.1

Technical Skills/Tool

Operating Systems: WINDOWS NT, WINDOWS 98, 2000 & XP, MS DOS

ERP : SAP R/3 4.7 E - ECC 6.0{SAP FI (New GL & Classic GL, AR, AP AA), CO (PCA, CA, PA, IO, PC)}

Methodologies Used: Accelerated SAP (ASAP).

Tools: MSOffice, uPerform, HP Quality Center

Professional Experience

Confidential, Tampa, Fl

SAP FICO Support Specialist

Project: Global Finance Systems (GFS)

Confidential, is one of the world\'s largest professional services firms. It was formed in 1998 from a merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, both formed in London. PricewaterhouseCoopers earned aggregated worldwide revenues of $28 billion for fiscal 2008, and employed over 146,000 people in 150 countries. In the United States, where it is the fifth largest privately owned organization, it operates as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

• Creating New Lockbox configuration, Electronic Bank Statements (EBS) for the production environment in North America Banks
• Creating Cash Designation Accounts in the Chart of Accounts and activating the ALE to the GL Accounts
• Monitoring the Lockbox, EBS & other Financial daily files through FTP site into R/3 by a Middleware program
• Opening the CO Posting Periods in OKP1 by running Customized ABAP programs on period end.
• Unblocking the GL Accounts through FS00 for postings based on the end user requests through HP Service Manager tickets
• Resolving issues on Different methods of Payment run via F110 for AP team
• Perform regular FICO Validation based on the production server patch implementations and communicating to the End Users
• EDI E Invoice Setup in FTP for Processing the Invoices for Purchase Orders
• Creating New GL Accounts for Bank Accounts to process the Lockbox activities for new House Bank setups
• Creating New Payment Methods in FBZP for making payments to vendors for various company codes
• Running the MRBR transaction customized program to release the price & quantity blocks of the vendor EDI invoices
• Open and Close Posting Periods in OB52 by customized ABAP program with variants in each segment of FI areas.
• Production Support issues on Bug fixes, Maintenance and enhancements.
• Check Printing Program for F110 Payment Run on Payment Method B & C
• Check layout design with ABAP team on SAP Script for ABAP customized check printing program

Environment: ECC 4.6C, FI- GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PA, SD integration.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Senior SAP FI/CO Functional Analyst

Project: AMAT SSG- Applied Materials Singapore Phase IIC

Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in nano manufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. At Applied Materials, we apply nano manufacturing technology to improve the way people live.

Full Life cycle implementation phases,including defining the business requirements, analyzing the gap, writing functional specifications, configuration and testing. Participated in new and existing client development

Responsibilities:

• Examined the company's document flow vis- -vis SAP process flow and recommended suitable validation procedures for documents at header, line item and whole document level.
• Involved & supervised in Conducting Interviews with users to gather requirements and understanding the workflow of the As-Is system. Analyzing workflow to design solutions and designing the To-Be solution.
• Copy Reference Chart of Depreciation/Depreciation areas in Fixed Assets
• Specify Description of Chart of Depreciation, copy/Delete Depreciation Areas in Fixed Assets
• Good Understanding on LSMW & CATT Scripts for SAP FI & CO Data conversions.
• Set up valuation using material cost estimates in CO-PA
• Assigning the SD Condition Types to CO-PA Value Fields in order maintain the flow of values in the system to CO-PA
• Extensively worked on Product Costing, configured the Standard cost estimates (CK11N) for finished products, Costing run for Materials at Plant level (CK40N) with the price update (CK24) parameters for updating the price in Material Master Records.
• Configured Result Analysis Keys, Lind ID'S, Assignments and Updates for WIP calculations.
• Extensively worked on Product Costing, configured Local and Group costing variants to create Standard cost estimates for finished products, Raw Materials and Semi finished products
• In Profit Center Accounting configured the basic settings, maintained profit center standard hierarchy, exchange rate types, statistical key figures, distribution and assessment of costs
• Specified characteristics for which document splitting in New G/L Accounting and activated document splitting.
• Defined the G/L account item posting key for entering G/L account postings for NLL Accounts
• Created Customer and Vendor Master Records in AP and AR and specified number ranges and screen layouts
• AR invoicing. Booking of customer invoice. Flow of SD invoice to FI document. Populating SD invoice details in FI document. Generating reporting based on invoicing details. Generating of FI invoice. (FB70) and Credit note (FB75). Clearing of invoices.
• AP invoicing. Booking of vendor invoice. Configuring the clearing process for AP invoices. Determining criteria for invoice clearing. Configuring clearing process. Addressing GR/IR clearing accounts. Configuring Automatic payment program.
• Extensively worked on COPC period ending activities such as WIP calculations, Variance calculations and settlements of process orders etc.
• Extensively worked on Product Costing, configured the Standard cost estimates (CK11N) for finished products, Costing run for Materials at Plant level (CK40N) with the price update (CK24) parameters for updating the price in Material Master Records.
• Configured Result Analysis Keys, Lind ID'S, Assignments and Updates for WIP calculations on sales orders for period ending reporting valuations of the cost incurred.
• Extensively worked on Product Costing, configured Local and Group costing variants to create Standard cost estimates for finished products, Raw Materials and Semi finished products
• Involved in preparing and presenting User Training records in uPerform in SAP Netweaver Portal in all sub modules of SAP FI- GL, AP, AR, COPA & PCC also delivered training to Business users.
• Performed Functional Unit Test & three levels of Integration testing on SAP Netweaver Portal
• Uploading and Executing Functional Unit Testing, Integration Testing & User Acceptance Testing in HP Quality Center.
• Processing Evaluated Receipt Settlements (ERS)

Environment: ECC 6.0, FI-New GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PCC, CO-PA, SD and MM integration.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Senior SAP FI/CO Functional Analyst

Project: AMJ CES-Applied Materials, North America & Japan Phase I

Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in nano manufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. At Applied Materials, we apply nano manufacturing technology to improve the way people live.

Full Life cycle implementationphases, including defining the business requirements, analyzing the gap, writing functional specifications, configuration and testing. Participated in new and existing client development

Responsibilities:

• Involved & supervised in Conducting Interviews with users to gather requirements and understanding the workflow of the As-Is system. Analyzing workflow to design solutions and designing the To-Be solution.
• Lead the project on BPM in ARIS Business Architect for SAP Netweaver and Designed End to End Processes in ARIS Data Modeling tool for AMJ CES to get synchronized with Solution Manager with the BPR Content which brings in the configuration Objects into SolutionManger from ARIS FAD'S (Functional Allocation Diagrams).
• Involved in preparing and presenting User Training records in uPerform in SAP Netweaver Portal in all sub modules of SAP FI- GL, AP, AR, COPA & PCC also delivered training to Business users.
• Performed Functional Unit Test & three levels of Integration testing on SAP Netweaver Portal
• Uploading and Executing Functional Unit Testing, Integration Testing & User Acceptance Testing in HP Quality Center.
• Created all Functional Configuration Documentation as a lead for the project in SolutionManger
• Good Understanding on LSMW & CATT Scripts for SAP FI & CO Data conversions.
• Identifying the Business Process Repository contents in the FAD function to get all the Configuration Objects into Solution Manager when the FAD's are synchronized to Solution Manager.
• Designed Role Allocation Diagram's (RAD) to define the relevant content for the security roles & controls.
• In New G/L Define Document Types for Entry View in a Ledger & for General Ledger View
• Configured predefined criteria for automatic clearing in New G/L
• Classified G/L Accounts, Document types for Document Splitting
• Migration of Classic General Ledger to New G/L using table GLT0
• Defined Document Splitting Characteristics for New G/L Accounts
• Analyzed the business requirements, determined organizational structures and classified business units/locations as company codes, business areas and profitability centers
• Create new account groups and maintain GL accounts in the account groups.
• Product Cost Planning- Detailed configuration of overhead keys, Special Procurement Keys, costing sheets, overhead groups and Complete Cost Component Structure.
• Specify Description of Chart of Depreciation in Fixed Assets
• Copy/Delete Depreciation Areas for Fixed Assets
• Assign Input Tax Indicator for Non-Taxable Acquisitions in Fixed Assets
• Assign Chart of Depreciation of Fixed Assets to company code
• Specify Number Assignment Across Company codes (Optional), Specify Account Determination
• Assigning the SD Condition Types to CO-PA Value Fields in order maintain the flow of values in the system to CO-PA
• Extensively worked on COPC period ending activities such as WIP calculations, Variance calculations and settlements of process orders etc.
• Extensively worked on Product Costing, configured the Standard cost estimates (CK11N) for finished products, Costing run for Materials at Plant level (CK40N) with the price update (CK24) parameters for updating the price in Material Master Records.
• Configured Result Analysis Keys, Line ID'S, Assignments and Updates for WIP calculations.
• Extensively worked on Product Costing, configured Local and Group costing variants to create Standard cost estimates for finished products, Raw Materials and Semi finished products
• Assigned Material Ledger types to Valuation Area
• In Material Ledger For Goods Receipt against Production Order and Settlement Defined Accounts for Automatic Postings in Transaction Key PRF
• Identify which account groups are impacted due to new FSV and new GL accounts. Do the necessary restructuring of the account groups. Identify the Reports, assessment, and distribution cycles and CO-PA reports which require modification and make the necessary changes in the assessment, distribution cycles, reports and CO-PA settlement rules.

Environment: ECC 6.0, FI-New GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PCC, CO-PA, SD and MM integration.

Confidential, Burbank, CA

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Project: CFI-Warner Music

Responsibilities:

• Designed structure for Cost center Accounting, Profit center Accounting and internal orders, CO-PCA-Assessments and Distribution, PCA-settings, hierarchy, account assignment objects, and integration with project systems.
• Specify Description of Chart of Depreciation in Fixed Assets
• Copy/Delete Depreciation Areas for Fixed Assets
• Assign Input Tax Indicator for Non-Taxable Acquisitions in Fixed Assets
• Assign Chart of Depreciation of Fixed Assets to company code
• Specify Number Assignment Across Company codes (Optional), Specify Account Determination
• Create Screen Layout Rules & Define Number Range Interval
• Configured direct account assignment of activity types on actual cost splitting. Splitting After Account Assignment to an Activity Type.
• Configuration of Payment Program for Payment Request in Treasury
• Defined Selection of Sequence banks in Treasury for Planning Available Amounts.
• Creation of cost elements categories, automatic cost element creation, imputed costs calculation methods, creation of cost sheet and assign to a controlling area.
• Configuring Field status variant, posting period variant and fiscal year variants with year dependent periods.
• Configured Chart of Accounts for multi-company code scenario with company chart of accounts apart from operating Chart of accounts.
• Grouping the company vendors and customers and define credit control and dunning areas Configured Dunning program processing which included from creation of dunning proposals to printing the dunning notices.
• Period end closing operations for foreign exchange valuations on payables / receivables and G/L account balances.
• Involved actively with the Cross-Functional team members to solve production issues.
• Worked with the basis team members to create User profiles and authorizations.

Environment: SAP R/3 ver. 4.7E FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PCC, CO-PA,CO-IOA, SD and MM integration.

Confidential, JOPLIN, MO

SAP Functional FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathered high-level financial information requirements and translated these requirements into an appropriate SAP financial hierarchy (enterprise model). Supported all phases of a project life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment of solutions, as well as documentation, and end-user training.
• In Accounts Payable (AP) configured manual and automatic outgoing payments, house banks, ranking order, bank accounts, check management, automatic payment program and integration with MM to meet the client specific requirements.
• Involved in the configuration of company code, standard chart of accounts, country chart of accounts, fiscal year variants, posting periods, GL accounts, and business areas for eight divisions with different currencies for regulatory reporting purposes.
• Worked on reconciliation accounts for outgoing payments, sort methods and adjustment accounts for regrouping, month and year end closing activities including accruals /deferrals, processing recurring entries, closing sub-ledgers and preliminary closing of GL.
• Designed New Storage Facility and distribution site for plant.
• Provided configuration support in FI-MM integration for account determination, material movements' setup, and inter-company billing and involved in resolving the post production issues.
• Configuring of Activity type, Activity hours, price calculation, costing sheets in Product Costing.
• Baseline reduction in stocking time of SR materials. Created Vendor relations program to enhance service abilities. Led Baseline Project Team to map Slowdowns in Material Replenishment.
• Configured Standard cost Accounting system, in which the end result is calculating Variance between Planned & Actual & analyzing those for further corrective actions.
• Defined order types, number ranges, categories, field status group, creation of G/L account for Internal Order-IO
• Generated Actual Variance Reports for Internal Order-IO.
• Worked on Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA for Cost Center creation, defining cost center groups.
• Instrumental in CO-PA configuration, which included building, the operating concern, developing value fields & characteristics, configuring summarization levels for reporting and assessments, cost center assessments to segments, CO-PA reporting, PA settlement, and integration issues with Sales & Distribution.
• For Profit Center Accounting CO-PCA set the controlling area for PCA, created profit center, set control parameters for actual data.
• Configured and created custom PCA reports in CO module
• Configured and set the master data required for cost controlling pertaining to cost centers, Activity types, internal orders and product costing and segment level creation.
• Configured Organizational Structure by creating Company Code, Chart of Accounts, Posting Period Variants, and Field Status Variants for integration of SAP HR module.
• Involved in writing Functional Specifications for developing an Interface for mass reversal of required Goods Receipt
• Worked on Functional Specifications for developing an Interface for generation of new Vendors from the existing vendors.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7E FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PCC, CO-PA,CO-IOA, SD and MM integration.

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential, a division of Confidential - Confidential, is a research and advanced development organization and currently consists of seven locations throughout the world and hundreds of projects. HP Lab's function is to deliver breakthrough technologies and to create business opportunities that go beyond HP\'s current strategies. HP is a technology company, fueled by progress and innovation. As HP\'s central research organization, HP Lab's job is to invent for the company\'s future.

Responsibilities:

• Supervised team members in resolving configuration issues for GL, AR, AP and tracked their progress on a weekly basis.
• Created new GL accounts for accounting to permit timely reporting, modified financial statement version to more accurately reflect business and allow accurate analysis of company.
• In AP, defined client specific payment terms, created tolerance groups for employees, vendors, configured manual outgoing payment configuration - payment methods per country and company code for payment transactions.
• Implemented Purchase to pay and procurement to pay processes.
• Worked on account determination configuration and interface points between FI, MM, and SD.
• Worked on random partial payment through AP automatic payment program issue, recurring payments issues.
• Worked on the configuration of master data groups, terms of payment, incoming payments, dunning, interest calculation, open item clearing and credit management in Accounts Receivable
• In AR, defined client specific payment terms, defined tolerances for customers, configured manual incoming payment configuration - payment methods per country and company code for payment transactions, house banks, ranking order and bank details, defined dunning procedures.
• Set up the balance sheet adjustment accounts and exchange rate Gain/Loss accounts for Goods Receipt (GR), Invoice Receipt (IR) and Goods Issued (GI). Worked on Purchasing, Inventory Management and Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV).
• Configuration of accounts groups, terms of payment, outgoing payments including ACH and EDI, open item clearing and Special GL transactions
• Configured Lockbox processing, liquidity forecast, cash management position, cash concentration, bank statement processing and exchange rates. Helped end users with Spot Exchange Transactions.
• Configuring Plant, Assigning plant to company code, maintaining company code for Material management.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7E FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PCC, CO-PA,CO-IOA, SD and MM integration.

Confidential, Kingston, Jamaica

Functional Analyst

• Configuring the systems for statutory and financial audits on GTExplorer (Version 6.0) for company's various clients such as construction, finance, manufacturing, banking and service.
• Customizing the Audit Care (Version 2.6) software for the statutory and financial audits of the company based on the nature of the audit assignment and audit type. Software that is designed to assist audit teams in reviewing and testing the important internal controls that should be operating.
• Data Migration from different accounting systems such as QuickBooks, MYOB, ACCPAC, Platinum to company's CBEAM (Version 2003) Accounting software.
• Customizing the Pentana Checklist Audit tool for risk assessment of the audits that company involves in every financial year audit financial reports.
• Verifying the client's trial balance to assist the audit teams in software called IDEA.
• Customizing the report generating tools for CBEAM, Audit Care, GT Explorer, Pentana, and ACL.
• Sound knowledge in IAS (International Accounting Standards)