SUMMARY

• Certified consultant in SAP S/4HANA Finance, Controlling and Sales & Distribution.
• SAP S/4HANA conversion project experience with version 1503.
• Seasoned SAP professional with excellent Finance domain experience.
• Delivered multiple SAP projects including end to end implementations, rollouts, upgrades, and support projects.
• 15 years of project experience as an SAP FICO, S/4HANA and SD consultant involving solution design, Business Process Re - Engineering, Configuration, Testing and Training.
• Excellent Financial Accounting expertise in Configuring & Testing G/L, NEW GL, Accounts Payable A/P, Accounts Receivable A/R, FSCM-Dispute Management, Collections management, credit management, Bank Accounting BA, Asset Accounting AM, S/4HANA Simple Finance.
• Controlling experience includes Cost Center Accounting CCA, Cost & Revenue Element Accounting, Profitability Analysis COPA, Internal Order Accounting CO-IOA, Profit Center Accounting PCA, Product Costing CO-PC, Material Ledger.
• Extensive experience on SD module and specialized skills on Pricing.
• Extensive experience in Automatic payment program and Lock box functionality.
• Experienced in ASAP Project Implementation Methodology.
• Part of a Team skilled in Project Evaluation, Information Gathering, Business Blueprint, Documentation, Customization and Configuration with an in depth Understanding of Business Processes relating to SAP Finance, Controlling and Integration with SD and MM Modules.
• Expertise in Procure to pay, order to cash, Record to Report (RTR) end to end processes.
• Hands-on experience in using Reporting tools like SAP Query, SAP BI, Report Painter/ Report Writer and Drill Down Reports which used for analysis, performance, accounts history, and day to day business processes.
• Worked with Legacy System Migration workbench tool (LSMW) for importing data from legacy system to SAP R/3.
• Strong Communication, Analytical and Client Service skills with a High Learning Acumen to adopt new Tools and Technologies with ease and seamlessly Integrate skills set into the Project Implementation Lifecycle.
• User Training on the processes and assistance in Developing End User Document.
• Strong Problem Solving and Analytical skills and abilities to make Balanced & Independent Decisions.
• Good Team Player, Strong Interpersonal, Organizational and Communication skills combined with Self-Motivation, Initiative and Project Management Attributes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP FICO/SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as FICO consultant for Starbucks implementation
• Responsible to enhance the existing interfaces for deductions management and master data management
• Rollout all existing configurations and enhancements to NCP
• Played key role in finalizing requirements and design to meet requirements specific to SE business and streamline with industry best practices
• Prepared specs and test scripts for interfaces
• Prepare user training documents and provided hyper care support.
• Prepare test scripts and document new functionalities as part of upgrade.
• Responsible to run all existing test scripts to make sure the system working as expected
• Validate data and perform reconciliation before and after migration
• Involved in S/4HANA Finance project cycle Preparation, Customizing, Data Migration, Testing, and Go-Live.
• Involved in requirement gathering, preparation of AS-IS and TO-BE presentation decks, preparation of Business Process Documents (BPD), identifying the GAPs, and Preparation of Function Specifications (FSDs) for GAPs.
• Worked with Technical team on WRICEF objects, provided test data, completed functional unit testing, and Integration testing.
• Developed custom reports and user exits based on the Universal Journal table ACDOCA along with existing tables.
• Worked with EDI and middleware teams to align on the changes required as part of the upgrade.
• Recommended changes required in upgraded SAP system to ensure the current cash application and dispute management processes work without failure post go-live
• Responsible for Business Blueprinting, Design, Testing and Training for the Financial Supply Chain Management FSCM implementation project.
• Conducted workshops to gather dispute management requirements from Credit team in order to migrate dispute case recording and resolution process to SAP FSCM Dispute management component.
• End-to-End configuration and testing of Dispute management includes creation of case type, Attribute profile, function profile, text profile, Status profile, reason codes set up, escalation reasons, categories, Auto dispute case create, Auto write off and Auto closure etc.,
• Design of custom process required for charge backs and developed new forms to replace chargeback forms in legacy.
• IDOC process configuring partner profile etc.
• Worked closely with middleware team (XI/GXS open text) to resolve connectivity issues
• Designed new BW reports on WEBI interface to create new BI reports and for Customer Invoice and Aged trail balance report
• Worked with imaging and indexing (Input Accel tool) and document finder which is used to store all scanned images and documentation
• Worked with lock box and FEDI process and resolved issues related to them
• Worked deduction collection report

Confidential

SAP FICO/SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed production support for SAP projects covering Fi, AR and AP processes.
• Documented business scenarios, business processes and mapping documentation in Solution Manager.
• Responsible for developing functional specifications based on the business requirements and enhancements in business process for Fi processes.
• Worked in Asset accounting. Configured chart of depreciation, asset classes, assigning GL account to asset classes, screen layout for master data, depreciation Areas, Group Fixed Assets Configuration, Accounts for Posting Depreciation, Depreciation Key configuration, Acquisitions, Retirements, Transfers, Revaluation of Assets, Capitalization of Assets, assets data transfer
• Configured WBS elements, cost centers and general ledger accounts, vendor accounts for symbolic accounts of HR and Payroll integration
• Configured FI, MM and SD integration settings using OBYC and VKOA transactions codes.
• Prepared functional specs, test scripts, testing and end user training materials for configured functionalities.
• Worked with ABAP team to design forms using SAP script, SMART Forms for critical business processes for payments via US check, remittance advices, dunning forms and customer statement forms.
• Prepared test scripts for unit testing and integration testing.
• Participated in workshops and requirement gathering
• Prepared blueprint document for pricing and rebates
• Configured pricing procedure, condition types and access sequences and more related to Pricing
• Designed new interfaces for pre-need insurance
• Designed new reports for pricing/rebates
• Developed LSMW to migrate data from legacy systems
• Prepared functional specs and test scripts and user training documents

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Represented the FI team during the design phase to present the AS-IS and TO-BE processes. Prepared design documents, functional Specifications for custom objects.
• Worked on New GL Configuration. Configured new general ledger, activating new GL, leading and non-leading ledgers, document splitting, document splitting characteristics, post capitalization of cash discounts for assets, document types, accounting principles, variants, valuation area, methods, account assignment types, account determination
• Worked in the areas of Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables. Configured account groups, number ranges, payment terms, cash discount base, reconciliation accounts, sort methods for regrouping, foreign currency valuation, GR/IR clearing, automatic payment program, electronic bank statement & dunning.
• Designed new reports for customer and vendor master data reconciliation and analyzing transactional data
• Configured various payment methods. Set up house banks for ACH, Wires and check payments.
• Worked as a liaison between the Bank of America, CITI bank and the client development team to gather requirements on incoming payments and outgoing payments interface using EDI.
• Configured Lockbox in SAP and worked with the banks to set up EDI which required extensive customizing of the BAI2 file as per client requirement. Worked on EDI mapping, successful EDI transmission and end-to-end partner testing with SAP Cross-Gate (EDI service provider).
• Implemented positive pay for check payments.
• Configured house banks for outgoing payment via- ACH, Wires, Bank transfers, Checks.
• Worked on Cash Management. Implemented flow types, assignment of flow types to transaction type, derived flows, define update types and assign updates, condition types and assignment for money market, foreign exchange and interest rate swaps

Confidential, egundo, CA

SAP Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops with the business users to gather and document business requirements.
• Prepared blueprint document, prototypes and presented to the business.
• Implemented Asset Accounting in SAP as per business requirements.
• Provided RTR (Record to Report) feedback on the existing custom process to understand how business is performing
• Designed interfaces for asset creation, change, acquisition, revaluation, transfer and retirement functionalities.
• Configured chart of depreciation and depreciation areas as per the country’s legal requirement.
• Defined tax code and assigned tax codes to the company code for non-taxable transactions.
• Defined asset classes according to the asset types, configured account determination keys, screen layouts and set up number ranges and assigned these parameters to the asset classes.
• Defined depreciation methods and assigned the depreciation methods to the depreciation keys. Defined Asset history sheets
• Uploaded various asset master records from legacy system to the SAP system.
• Set up document types for posting of depreciation and specified the intervals and the posting rules.
• Defined Screen layouts for the general master segment and the depreciation areas.
• Worked with ABAP team and explained logic flow to improve the performance of existing custom programs and to design new reports for financial closing.
• Worked in Cost center accounting and Profit center accounting. Defined number ranges, versions, cost center and profit center hierarchies, cost center groups, profit center groups, activity types and cost elements for activity allocation, statistical key figures, defined distribution and assessment and splitting structure, planner profiles, automatic account assignment OKB9.
• Worked in vertex maintained logical destination for external tax calculation, modified jurisdiction code for input/output tax, modified tax jurisdiction code structure from 9 to 10.
• Vertex - External System activation, maintained company code address and jurisdiction code, maintained company code jurisdiction code, vertex-assigned jurisdiction codes to applicable plants.
• Responsible for providing production support activities and resolving the all high, medium and low priority issues according to SLA’s for all the areas of FICO, Treasury and PS modules.
• Resolved high priority reconciliation issues between asset accounting and BW, asset balance carry forward issues, mass reversals, remittance advices and wire transfers.
• Worked on application interface framework where interfaces, batch jobs and IDOCs can be monitored and corrected.
• Worked in Data Archiving. Performed data archiving activities for FI documents, general ledger, customer, vendor and bank master data.
• Responsible for supporting month and year-end activities.

Confidential, Oakland,CA

SAP Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided production support and responsible for resolving issues according to SLA (service level agreement) for all the areas of FiCo.
• Designed a program to capture the list of various transaction information (count of purchase orders, goods receipts, invoice verification documents, payment documents and reverse documents) and pass to external system. dis information is used to calculate service fees as the procurement services are provided by an external organization to the client.
• Created validations and substitutions for GL account accessibility.
• Worked on transfer of open items from one GL (which is not open items managed) to another GL (open item managed).
• Worked on adding custom fields for internal order types to capture market relevant data.
• Designed new reports and interface for processes related to internal orders and payment cards.
• Added account details field for each GL account at chart of accounts level by using function module “Read-Text” and designed report to view account details related to GL accounts.
• Rollout: Configured new general ledger, accounts receivables, accounts payable, automatic payment program
• Worked in IDOC/ALE Customizing to send remittance advices to external vendor system, created logical systems, configured RFCs, ports, created partner profiles. Worked in field conversion configuration
• Created BDCs for several master data internal orders, cost centers, customers, and vendors etc. to upload from Excel file.
• Configured ACH, worked with DME formats for Bank of America and Citi Bank.
• Created G/L accounts for bank and clearing accounts and mapped external t-codes to posting rules.
• Configured lockbox functionality for Bank of America and also configured Electronic Bank Statement processing.
• Configured parallel currencies for general ledger, foreign currency evaluation, functional areas
• Worked on Order to Cash processes, performed AR-SD integration: Worked with SD team to configure condition type, pricing procedure. Automatic account assignment of revenues using VKOA transaction code.
• Assisted in configuring In-House Cash to reduce the number of external banks and the volume of foreign payments made.
• Worked on FI-MM integration using OBYC transaction code.
• Worked on Fixed Assets configuration. Configured asset classes, chart of depreciation, screen layout rules, accounts for posting depreciation, depreciation Key configuration, acquisitions, retirements, transfers, revaluation of assets, capitalization of Assets and assets data transfer.
• Configured substitution rules for profit center/business areas automatic assignment.
• Interacted with business to identify KPIs (key performance indicators) from finance perspective.
• Worked with BI and BO team and prepared functional specs to develop finance dash boards.
• Prepared test scripts and executed test cases in test systems. Organized UAT.
• Prepared presentations to demonstrated reports related to KPIs to the top-level management.

Confidential

SAP Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirements, preparation of blueprint.
• Defined operating concern, attributes, characteristics, value fields, segment level characteristics.
• Defined profitability analysis transfer structure for settlement of production variances, material price variances to CO-PA.
• Customized summarization levels and used report painter to generate form reports.
• Implemented material cost estimate with quantity structure and without quantity structure.
• Defined costing sheet, cost component structure and costing variant for cost estimate with quantity structure.
• Defined costing type, valuation variant, date control, quantity structure control, transfer variant, costing variant for base planning object, standard cost estimate and current cost estimate.
• Developed the line-ids and account determination for WIP, variance calculation and settlement that influence the activities at the end of the accounting period in order- related production.
• Maintained standard hierarchy, cost center categories, performed period end closing activities like distribution and assessment and allocation in cost center accounting CO-CCA.
• Configured profit center master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, profit center groups, distribution and assessments in CO-PCA.
• Participated in phases of requirement gathering, business blueprint, realization, testing and postproduction support.
• Configured company code, business areas, fiscal year variant, posting periods, chart of accounts, account group, retained Earnings account, number ranges, document types, field status variants and Tolerance groups for employees.
• Configured account groups for customer and vendor accounts, number ranges, assignment of number ranges to account groups, automatic payment program, extended withholding tax configuration.
• Configured bank accounting, electronic bank reconciliation and cash journal setup.
• Configured controlling area, maintained versions, number ranges for controlling documents, created primary and secondary cost elements, cost element categories, cost center groups, cost center hierarchy, cost center categories, automatic account assignments.
• Configured standard hierarchy for profit centers, profit center groups, created profit centers and dummy profit center.
• Defined certificate number ranges for withholding tax, copied number ranges, balance carry forward for the general ledger accounts, vendors and customer as part of the year end activities
• Designed new Z program to automate batch job monitoring to reduce job monitoring efforts which consuming one FTE
• Configured withholding tax calculation settings based on the PAN number for one time vendors
• Worked with LSMW to migrate branch offices to regional offices
• Worked on month and year end activities
• Prepared test scripts and performed unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing

Confidential

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Defined characteristics, value fields and defined the segment level characteristics to address profitability analysis (CO-PA) requirement.
• Defined profitability analysis transfer structure for settlement of production variances, material price variances to CO-PA.
• Defined costing sheet, cost component structure and costing variant for cost estimate with quantity structure.
• Configured line-ids and account determination for WIP, Variance calculation and settlement that influence the activities at the end of the accounting period in order- related production.
• Maintained standard hierarchy, cost center categories, performed period end closing activities like distribution and assessment and allocation in cost center accounting.
• Configured material ledger settings activate valuation area, assign currency types, material ledger types, dynamic price changes, material update structure, activate actual costing, user defined names for receipts and consumptions, activate actual cost component split
• Configured and maintained chart of accounts, customized account groups, field status groups, posting keys, document types, open and close posting periods and created general ledger account master records
• Defined standard hierarchy for cost center accounting, configured automatic account assignments, assigned profit centers to cost center.
• Configured operating concern, created custom characteristics, used various derivation techniques like table lookups and derivation rules, and mapped SD condition types to value fields.
• Configured PA Transfer structures for transferring values from FI and controlling to CO-PA.
• Responsible for preparing test cases and post go-live support
• Worked in administration, accounting and taxation, materials management, sales and distribution and production environment.
• Monitored day-to-day expenses incurred by the company.
• Monitored all incoming and outgoing transactions by company.
• Prepared delivery challans, Invoices, credit memos, debit memos, cash receipts and cash payments, cash journals and bank reconciliation.
• Maintained cash balance books & general ledger.
• Prepared trial balance, trading account, profit and loss statement and balance sheet statements for monthly and yearly.
• Involved in costing and prepared costing sheets.
• Handling of banking activities.
• Maintained stock registers for raw materials, packing materials and finished goods.
• Performed financial month end and year end activities.