PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Professional Experience of 8 years in ERP/SAP, Experience in Implementing, Customizing and Configuring FICO Module and worked in various phases of Project Life Cycle.
• Experience in New Implementations, Enhancements, Upgrades, and Testing & Production Support/User issues, Super - User & End-User Training & Documentation.
• Experienced in gathering and analysing business requirements, identifying process gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE processes, re-engineering business processes, creating business blueprints, mapping processes to SAP and collecting master data.
• Involved in three full life cycle implementations using ASAP (Accelerated SAP) methodology with experience in all project phases - Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final preparation, Go-live and post live Production Support, with documentation.
• Experience in application support preferably includingHP Service Manager Experience
• Extensive hands-on experience in Financial Accounting (FI) including General Ledger (GL), Asset Accounting (AA), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Special Ledger.
• Have strong expertise on Direct (with -holding tax) and indirect taxes.
• Strong expertise in Controlling: Cost Centre Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders (CO-IO), Profit Centre Accounting (CO-PCA), Product Costing (CO-PC) and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), MATERIAL LEDGER Actual costing and Standard Costing.
• Worked extensively on FSCM module Credit Management.
• Have worked on Vendor Invoice management VIM for raising invoices.
• Worked on Central Finance deployment to post universal journal entries in S/4 HANA system for FI and CO documents.
• Proficient in Configuration and Integration of SD, MM and PP with FI. Good understanding of SD (OTC), RTR and MM (PTP) business processes.
• Manage interactions and delivery with third parties contributing to the overall solution, i.e., bank interfacing.
• Worked extensively on CONCUR gathering requirements, creating functional specifications, FUT till post go-live support.
• Expert in Treasury and Banking Module and implemented numerous banking interfaces, lockboxes, EBS statements and configured Automatic Payment Programs.
• Worked on Tax configuration and maintenance for USA using SABRIX and in integration with VERTEX team.
• Worked on FI-GL period end processing, G/L reporting, vendor master records, configured payment transactions, processed payment runs, customer master data, Automatic Account Determination, Bank Master Data, Lockbox, Dunning and Automatic Payment Program.
• Configured Asset Accounting: Maintained Chart of Depreciation, Defined Assets class, Account determination, Created Asset Master, Asset Retirement, In-house creation of Assets and Depreciation Run.
• Worked on S4 HANA financial operations and accounting in real time and reporting using BI tools.

SKILLS:

SAP Modules: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting and Cost Centre Accounting, General Ledger/New General Ledger, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Internal Orders.

SAP Versions: SAP S/4 HANA 1709, SAP ECC 6.0

SAP Tools: Report Painter, Report Writer, Solution Manager, Jira, Zephyr, SharePoint, Service Now, CATTs, LSMW and IDOCs. Used HP Application lifecycle management (HP ALM), SABRIX, VIM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St Louis, MO

Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirements gathering, prototyping, and configuration of GL, AR, AP modules.
• Responsible for standardizing and organizing the reporting structure which included development of reports using report writer and report painter.
• Worked on Fixed Asset Migration from Legacy to SAP, Setup fixed asset structure - Asset class, Depreciation areas, & amp, Asset master data. Maintained master data and structure for Asset accounting modules.
• Responsible for Configuration of Asset acquisitions, Asset retirements, Asset transfers, revaluation of assets, depreciation run and year-end closing activities in Asset accounting.
• Complete asset accounting with three depreciation areas including Book, Tax - Federal and State, with group and company currency as parallel currencies. It included complex depreciation keys and period controls for each depreciation areas, periodic posting to more than one depreciation area.
• Responsible for posting of lease payments, acquisition of leased assets, processing of the expiration and scrapping of leased assets. Responsible for designing of asset transaction types for capitalization of assets under construction.
• Defined and configured Dunning process which included creation of dunning proposals to creating dunning notices, Interest calculation - open items/balance outstanding, correspondence and account statement process and financial statement versions.
• Responsible for customizing of payment methods, payment terms, cash discount automatic postings, bills of exchange and doubtful receivables postings. Designed and configured Payment program, electronic bank statements for payments such as direct debits, check and bank transfers. Period end closing operations for foreign exchange valuations on payables/receivables and G/L account balances.
• Responsible for Lockbox design, configuration and testing the complete lockbox process and incoming payments settings. Designed and configured credit management settings and credit card settings from Accounts receivable perspective.
• Maintained settings for Controlling Area, Operating Concern and maintained Versions. Configured cost center accounting, profit center accounting, and internal orders.
• Configured costing-based CO-PA, created characteristics and value fields, used various derivation techniques and rules, configured CO-PA planning including planning levels, plan package and planning methods.
• Defined summarization levels to call up data stored in Profitability analysis and generated Reports on different profitability segments using the data from CO-PA tables.
• Assisted client in design and configuration of PA structures including decisions on characteristics, and settlement to CO-PA. Customized appropriate settlement profiles to facilitate settlement to CO-PA. Defined additional account determination to default cost centers, profit centers and profitability analysis (CO-PA) for postings to cost element.
• Designed functional specs and tested various Accounts receivable reports and coordinated with ABAP team and Business users to fix the trouble tickets. Designed functional specs and developed Report painter reports by creating libraries, report groups, sets and variables.
• Designed, created, and executed Unit test scripts and integration test scripts at every stage of the project. Coordinated with Users during User acceptance testing and resolved issues during UAT.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Sr. SAP FICA/FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as FICA consultant where I had to Gather business requirements, participated in the system design, configured, and tested the existing system.
• Involved in different phases of the project cycle starting from business blueprints, open items, develop business process flows, closing schedule and desktop procedures for all the activities in FI/CA.
• Part of the implementation team for FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AA Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Cost center Accounting and Profit Center accounting modules at HASS Automation.
• Defined result analysis keys, cost elements, result analysis versions and valuation methods to calculate Work in Process (WIP) and its settlements.
• Configured valuation areas, multiple currency types, movement type groups and material update structure in product costing.
• Responsible for carrying out valuation in COPA to access pricing and product cost information thereby allowing projected revenue and cost of sales figures to be calculated.
• Implemented transfer of overhead costs, transfer of activities from cost center accounting over to COPA segments.
• Configured account assignment objects for incurred costs and revenues to profit centers.
• Designed company specific reporting for HASS in multiple currencies involving multidimensional P&L reports across product lines.
• Configured the new GL functionality (standard company hierarchy, account groups, accounts for company codes, fiscal year variant, field status variant and posting period variant, implementation of parallel accounting methods and document splitting)
• Configured AR/AP for customers based upon interest calculation on items, account balance configuration / validation of substitution rules for documents, recurring entries, taxes, currencies, and correspondence
• Customized payment terms for Dunning and down payments, lockbox application in compliance with the BAI2 Format.
• Utilized LSMW to transfer Master Data.
• Have been direct point of contact for middleware teams working on PI.
• Created reports via Report Painter and Report Writer.
• Implemented tolerances for budget cost and settlement rules in the Internal Order.
• Created the Cost Center with maintenance of the standard hierarchy and the subsequent assignment to Cost Elements.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirements, participated in the system design, configured, and tested the existing system.
• Worked on S/4 HANA 1709 Private Cloud (HEC) global implementation.
• Worked on House Banks, Bank Key uploads via FIORI, Bank Accounts upload via FIORI tool.
• Worked on development of custom apps for AP.
• Worked on Central Finance module where the FI and CO (GL reconciliation postings) documents have been replicated from all Legacy systems (ERP and Non-ERP) and used to post journal entries in S4 HANA real time.
• Worked on FSCM credit management to operate on centralised credit management for taking internal and external credit information.
• Worked on configuring withholding tax for US company codes in implementation process.
• Performed functional gap analysis, interface requirements definition, and specifications.
• Coordinated meetings with the users to understand existing business processes and documented business process flow charts, identified the requirements and modelled the ‘To-Be’ process.
• Worked on configuring two new banks in SAP. Configured check printing and worked on all the inbound and outbound interfaces with the Banks.
• Completed the setup of Automatic payment program for two new company codes along with their house bank configuration.
• Worked on tax configuration for Europe countries and Brazil (with-holding tax).
• Worked on GL, Cost Center and Internal Order interfaces to CAMS systems.
• During the implementation of the project, worked on cost components, assignment of cost elements to the cost components, cost component views and cost component split.
• Configured material cost estimate with Quantity structure, costing variant, BOM and Routing settings required for costing the product. Also worked on costing estimate, marking and release of material price and costing run.
• Analysed and validated product costing configuration, procedures, and reports. Also worked on cross company costing and costing versions.
• Worked on the configuration for Costing type, valuation variant, date control, quantity structure control, transfer control and reference variant for costing variant in Product Costing (CO-PC).
• Worked on both purchase orders and production orders for back-end manufacturing process which involves Subcontracting.
• For Cost Object controlling part, worked on Product Cost by Order. Also worked on master data such as BOMs, Routings, Work centres, Info records, activity types.
• Implemented the month-end functionalities for product costing i.e., overhead calculation, WIP calculation, and variance calculation and manufacturing order settlement processes.
• Worked on costing sheets and overhead keys for Overhead calculation, Results analysis version and Results analysis key for WIP calculation, settlement profile for settlement of production orders. Also interacted with business users to enhance the current WIP report for the manufacturing process.
• Worked on REVALUATION OF CONSUMPTION in integration to transfer revaluation amounts for sales-relevant consumption directly toProfitability Analysis.
• Worked on Inventory Reconciliation and Stock adjustments during month end closing process.
• Worked on special procurement keys to transfer the material costs from one plant to another plant. Also worked on extending material views for different materials.
• Worked on both Order to Cash process in association with SD team and Procure to Pay process with MM, RTR and Manufacturing team.
• Set-up planning profile for cost centres, activities, statistical key figures, and cost element planning.
• Worked on Vendor Invoice Management (Open Text) for raising vendor Invoices and balancing the accounts.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirements through client meetings and designed the Financial Accounting business processes and provided post go live production support for enhancements.
• Interacted with business users to understand the As-Is process and identified the requirements for To-Be process.
• Supported existing applications within the FICO module as and when required.
• Worked on both Order to Cash process in association with SD team and Procure to Pay process with MM and Manufacturing team.
• As a FICO Consultant responsible for implementing Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.
• Product Cost Planning - Material Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure, Standard Cost Calculation and Release with Costing Variant.
• Worked on Reverse Mapping for the period end close/quarterly close/half yearly close activities between JD EDWARDS/ORACLE and HANA system.
• Also worked on Field mapping for AP and AR interfaces between Oracle and SAP.
• Conducted requirements gathering workshops and documented the business processes.
• Configured outgoing payments for ACH, Checks, and Wire payments.
• Configured global settings and enterprise structure.
• In configuring Master records for A/P: Defined Vendor Account Groups and screen layouts per activity & company code; defined number ranges for vendor accounts and assigned these number ranges to vendor account groups.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments for Company Codes in Accounts Payable.
• Worked on interface related to ACH payments, Payment Confirmation and Check Encashments.
• Customized Electronic Bank Statement Reconciliation Accounts. Also completed several Reports, Interfaces, and functional specifications and worked closely with the technical team in developing the functional objects.
• Worked on Direct and Indirect Taxes configuration with Vertex team.
• Asset Accounting - Defined chart of depreciation, various depreciation areas and depreciation keys required, asset classes, number ranges, revaluation settings etc.
• Configured Flows of actual values from MM, PP, RTR, IM and SD to CO-PA. Also worked on plan value transfer from CO-PA to PCA.
• Extensively worked on Controlling Area and Operating Concern Configuration as per Business Scenarios and Processes.
• Strong experience in SAP Material Ledger Actual Costing and Standard Costingused to manage your inventory in multiple currencies and/ or perform multiple inventory valuation.
• Worked on Parallel Evaluationto transfer prices in case of intercompany transfers and carry this markup in the inventory ledger from the legal or local statutory rules perspective.
• Coordinated with the team for post go live support until first month end close in SAP system.
• Worked on functional specifications of RICEFW objects.
• Prepared the Functional Specifications for various reports as per client requirements.
• Defined unit test scenarios for GL, AP, AR, and Cost Center Accounting.
• Worked closely with BI team to generate critical finance reports and functional specifications.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for documentation of implementation and changes. Training of client team members of new system functionality.
• Refined business requirements and suggested improvements to smooth flow of business process.
• Customized and configured G/L account master records, G/L account groups,recurring entries, validations, and substitutions.
• Created and maintained GL transactions for multiple countries with different currencies.
• Conducted requirements gathering workshops and documented the business processes.
• Configured Automatic payment program (APP) for vendor outgoing payments including partial payment configuration, check management and check printing.
• Created Bank master data, House banks and G/L accounts for each bank account.
• Created reconciliation accounts for vendors and customers.
• Involved in migration of GL master data, Vendor master data and Customer master data from legacy systems using SAP standard LSMW migration tool.
• Co-ordinated with BPC team to work on files archived.
• PreparedBusiness Process Procedures (BPP)and conducted end-user training for General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Account Receivable modules.
• Involved in month-end closing activities including posting, clearing parked documents, and ensuring that all interfaced electronic files, and files with errorswere corrected, and posted.
• Configured vendor account groups,vendor tolerance limits and configured system for cash discounts.
• Configuredcustomer tolerance limits, customized payment terms, and configured the settings for down payments in accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Defined Account Groups, Number Ranges, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Period, Fiscal Year Variants, and Field Status Groups.
• Interacted with Client to Configure Vendor/Customer Groups, Setup Vendor/Customer Master Records and Assign Reconciliation Accounts in G/L.
• Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
• Worked on Customer Analysis including Days in Arrears, Payment History, Cash Discount Overview and Credit Limit Display.
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors and Maintained Initial settings for Recurring Entries.
• Extensively worked for Configuring and Customizing the Credit Management.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL structure, Posting Rules for Automatic Assignment.
• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments in BAI2 Format.
• Set up the Integration of FI with MM and SD through Automatic Account Assignment.
• During the Configuration of CO-PA, worked on valuation strategies, valuation using material cost estimate, condition tables, costing sheets and pricing reports.
• In CO-PA, dealt with issues relating to generating operating concern, settlement of production variances, transfer of overheads, profitability reports and report components.
• During the configuration and implementation of CO-PA, worked on Planning Package and Planning Layout for CO-PA Planning, uploaded Plan data from Excel, Transferred Plan Overheads from CO-CCA to CO-PA.
• Designed and Developed Customized Reports for Management Reporting Purposes using tools like Report Painter and Report Writer.
• Cost Center Accounting - Created Cost Centres, Defined Cost Center Categories, Time based fields and configured Allocation Methods, Actual and Plan versions, Distribution and Assessment Cycles both planned as well as actual.
• In Profit Center Accounting Configured the Basic Settings, Assignments and Actual Posting Maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of all Controlling and Material Ledger data base tables to understand and build the custom ABAP programs.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked with MM team as a part of FI-MM integration. Also worked with SD Team as a part of FI-SD integration.
• Extensively worked on Vendor/Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
• Worked on Vendor/Customer Analysis including Days in Arrears, Payment History, Cash Discount Overview and Credit Limit Display.
• Mapped and Defined the Chart of Accounts and Customized to the Client requirements.
• Customized the Account Groups, Field Status Groups, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Periods and Creation of G/L Account Master Records.
• Configured Vertex for settings Sales, Use Tax.
• Worked with Purchasing and Sales consultants to Design a global Vendor / Customer Master Record Structure.
• Defined the G/L accounts for Materials Management and set up the Integration between FI and MM through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL structure, Posting Rules for Automatic Assignment.
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors and Maintained Initial settings for Recurring Entries.
• Defined Customer/Vendor Account Groups and Created Customer/Vendor Master Data.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments for Company Codes in Accounts Payable.
• Payment Program Configuration: Company Code Data, Paying Company Code, Country Payment Methods, creating proposal to Check Printing, Wire Transfer settings, ACH payments etc.
• Extensively worked for Configuring and Customizing the Credit Management.
• Configured Credit Control Area and Defined Risk Categories, Credit Representatives, and Intervals for Days in Arrears.
• Configured and customized for monthly depreciation run.
• Tested AR scenarios for Order to Cash scenario, worked on Customer master data, maintenance of complete, partial, residual, and incoming payments, invoice posting and AR reporting.
• Interacted with Client Business Users for requirements Gathering and Analysis.
• Trained Business Process Owners and End Users.
• Provided Production Support including Month-end and Year-end Closing Activities.