PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:


  
Extensive experience working as an SAP FI consultant.

  
Expertise       and strong analytical skills in SAP R/3 Environment (SAP-FI).

  
10 years of professional and 9 years of SAP functional experience in implementation, customization,       development, integration, and testing of SAP R/3 Finance and controlling       modules.

  
Implemented Full life cycle of FI projects       in General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR),       Asset Accounting (AA), and       also integration with CO, MM, and SD.

  
Hands-on       experience in Implementation of major functionalities within: 

  
General Ledger: Configuring Account groups, GL master records, Posting Period Variants,       field status variants, sample accounts, field status groups, posting keys,       Financial Statement Versions, Automatic account determination, sales/use       tax assignment, and document number ranges, document types, tolerance       groups, recurring entries, Account assignment model and closing       procedure. 

  
Strong       knowledge in SAP New GL (Code Blocks, Document Splitting, Parallel Leger) 

  
Accounts Payable: Configuring and customizing vendor groups, vendor master data,       house banks, Bank accounts, check lots, reason codes, Automatic payment       Program, Payment using electronic payment advice and clearing of open       items at the vendor, recurring entries, invoices, credit memos,       integration with MM.

  
Accounts Receivable: Configuring and customizing customer groups, customer master       data, payment terms and interest calculation program, dunning, credit       management, credit card payment using Xi Pay Adapters and integration with       SD.

  
Treasury: Lockbox configuration setting up house banks, defining lockbox accounts at       House banks, Lockbox Posting data, testing the lockbox functionality,       treasury groupings, electronic bank statement processing and Cash       management (Liquidity Forecast, Cash Concentration, and In-house Cash).

  
Fixed Assets including chart of depreciation, asset classes, depreciation       areas, depreciation keys, account assignment in cost accounting, number       ranges, creating reconciliation accounts for assets

  
In-Depth knowledge of GAAP and exposure to IFRS with experience in applying SAP ERP solutions to ensure       optimal integration and efficient information availability with strong       accounting and Finance knowledge.

  
Expertise in applying Project Planning (CaliberRM)       including Analysis, Design, Configuration, UAT, SIT, End User Training,       Go-Live and Post Go-Live warranty periods. 

  
Developed and executed data       conversion and integration test plans through integration test-scripts and       unit testing with testing tools like Mercury Test director & Quality       center, End user training and documentation.

  
Efficient in analyzing the Business Requirements,       needs, Objectives and Mapping them through SAP XI, Custom Unix based       mappers, and custom tables as per SAP processes, solutions and products       that are being implemented. 

  
Extensive       experience in SAP standard reports, Report painter, migrating/consolidating       SAP custom reports from 4.5 to 6.0(AFM Compliant) by mapping source fields       to target fields.

  
Extensive       experience in Win shuttle (Trans/Run), TIDAL Job scheduler, SAP Batch job       monitoring (SM36/37), ticket tracking (HP Quality Center, Mercury Test       director) and SAP Transport Management (SE09). Proficiency in writing       Functional specifications, Technical Specifications, test cases for SIT       and Mapping specifications for Interfaces. 

  
Expertise in Order to Cash (OTC) and Procurement to Pay process (P2P), Automatic Payment Program, Lockbox, LSMW, and IDOCS       (Inbound/Outbound).

  
Strong       planner and organizer with demonstrated ability to master new concepts       quickly, incorporate the latest technology, and develop business solutions       that increase efficiency, productivity and profitability.

  
Excellent       communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.



EDUCATION:

BS: Business  Finance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

Client : Confidential, TX  (Jan  2010  -  Present) 

    Role :  SAP AP/AR Analyst

    Environment :  SAP R/3 4.5 to SAP ECC 6.0 (Migration)

    SAP related Tools : Win shuttle, TIDAL Scheduler, SAP XI, HP Quality Center,  CaliberRM

    Microsoft Tools : MS Office Suits, Outlook, Communicator, One Note,  SharePoint


  
Configured Account       Receivable (AR), (AP) accounts payable and General Ledger (GL)

  
Migrated Vendor       master data and customer master data from another system using IDOC types       CREMAS and DEBMAS.

  
Designed Mapping       specifications for several Non SAP interfaces sending invoices       (INVOIC01/INVOIC02), Purchase orders (PORDCH02/PORDCR10), Financial       documents (ACC_DOC03) in a different formats like SIF, CIF, Invoice       voucher etc.

  
Configured partner       profiles and worked on custom program designed for IDOCs error handling.

  
Worked on custom       program designed for IDOCs error handling.

  
Configured MM  -        Porgs, Plants, Storage locations, Plants linked to Porgs, Porgs linked to       Company codes, Tolerance limits for Price variance, Tolerance limit for       invoicing. Invoice verification item amount check, Tax default on invoice       verification.

  
Configured AFM       Compliant Doc Type (Direct bookings and Interfaces) replacing Doc types       from 4.5 to 6.0, Number ranges, Reversal Doc types, Recurring invoices,       Down payments (GL Indicator A), and Validation/Substitution/User exits.

  
Performed UAT for       Doc types used for direct bookings, MM related configurations,       Validation/Substitutions, POs, Good Receipt, Invoices and Credit Memos       using ME21, ME25, MIGO, FB60 etc. Invoice verifications using MIRO.

  
Designed Test cases       and completed SIT by testing Inbound IDOCS (INVOIC01, INVOIC02, PORDCH02,       PORDCR10, DEBMAS, CREMAS) by usingWE05, WE19, WE20, BD87.

  
Configured Customer       (AR) account groups, terms of payment, tolerance limits for customer       payments, special GL indicators, dunning procedure, and down payments.

  
Worked on AP/AR       Standard and ABAP reports. Helped design the field mappings between       reports from 4.5 environments to 6.0 environments. 

  
Worked on different       QC (Project) tickets, IM (Production) tickets related to sub ledger       Configurations and for interfaces by interacting with the business users       to fully understand the issue to provide deliverables.

  
Worked in Intense       War-rooms during Post Go-live warranty periods.



Client : Confidential, OR (Nov 2008  -  Dec 2009) 

    Role : SAP FI  Consultant 

    Environment  :  SAP ECC 6.0 


  
Lead team member in successfully       carrying out the realization phase of FI. Created presentations on current       and future state of the project implementation and outcomes.


  
Interacted with       client for requirements gathering and analysis. Reviewed and Updated the       functional design documents for FI developments

  
Involved in       developing detailed functional specifications and configuration documents

  
Configured       organization structure for company code, field status variant, fiscal       variants, posting periods, document number ranges

  
Configured Created       GL accounts, Defined posting keys, maintained field status variants and       assigned to company code, screen variants for document entry as per business       specifications and tested the configuration in various scenarios with test       cases.

  
Configured the       settings in GL area, such as creating G/L master data, open item clearing.

  
Setting up of down       payment methods, payment files and advices through change in SAP scripts.

  
Configuration and       creation of house banks, bank accounts and assignment of these accounts to       a check lot.

  
Involved in their       Order to cash and Procure to pay cycle requirement gathering. Understand       their OTC and P2P cycle and according to clients       requirement configured OTC and P2P cycle for their system. 

  
Configured       automatic payment program for out-going payments in A/P.

  
Configured Account       Receivable and A/R master Data.

  
Configured Special       Purpose Ledger (FI-SPL) for External and Internal Reporting Purpose.

  
Configured payment       terms, over-due interest calculations, cash discounts and automatic       clearing of line items.

  
Configured Customer       (AR) account groups, terms of payment, tolerance limits for customer       payments, special GL indicators, dunning, and down payments.

  
Configuration for       the creation of A/R invoices and posting of manual incoming payments with       differences.

  
Developed documentation for       customizing automatic payment program (changes in segments according to       the bank requirements, SAP  -  bank payment related interfaces).



Client :Confidential, CA  (May 2007  -  Sep 2008)

    Industry :  Semiconductor

    Role :SAP  FI Consultant 


  
Conducted  GAP analysis, documented the findings, assessed scope of studies &  suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customizations. 

  
Performed  Baseline Configurations for FI-GL, AP, AR, and MM modules. 

  
In  FI-AP/MM, configured the Automatic Payment Program, Recurring payments, House  Bank, MM related enterprise structure (Plant, Purchasing Organization). 

  
In  FI-GL, configured the Cross Company and Inter-company setups, Foreign Currency  Valuation Design (Re-measurement and Revaluation), GL Master Data upload. 


  
Creation       of New G/L Accounts, Chart of Accounts, Fiscal year variants and Posting Period,       etc

  
Configuration       of Cost & Sales Accounting, Parallel Valuation Methods, G/L Account       Master Records, Account Balances, Posting Business Transactions in General       Ledger and Line Items

  
Document Splitting: Item category, Business transaction       variant, Account determination, Constants, Splitting rule.

  
Configuredparallel       ledgers andaccounting       principles.

  
Assigning       of New G/L Accounts to Financial Statement Versions


  
Defined  templates for configuring recurring entries in GL postings. Configured payment  program for third party remittance allowing the check printing and direct  deposit programs, RFFOUS_C and RFFOUS_T to generate payments automatically.

  
Set  up integration between financial and material management through automatic  account assignment. 

  
Functional  specifications for account receivable and account payable open items and  general ledger balances for data conversion.

  
Functional  specification and testing for various forms like dealer statement, manual  invoice, T4A, and 1099 invoice list.

  
Integrated  account payable and account receivable modules with material management and  sales and distribution respectively with respect to account determination for  various clearing and adjustment accounts and automatic postings.

  
Assist  in business process review for accounts payable, accounts receivable and  general ledger.



Client :Confidential, CA   (Feb  2006  -  Mar 2007)

    Industry :  Banking/Finance

    Role :SAP  FI Consultant 


  
Understood the clients business as a whole,  anticipated its needs and clarify it. 

  
Responsible for FICO module. Team lead for  Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), GL accounting Asset Accounting  (AA). 

  
Responsible for customization of the  organization structure, client interaction, user training, process and  transaction testing. 

  
Analysis of customer requirements in preparing  the master data for GL accounts, asset masters, Cost centers, Customer masters  etc. 

  
Cross company code transaction process set up. 

  
Configuring the Automatic Payment Program in  Accounts Payable.  

  
Accounts Receivable: Configuration for customer  incoming payments full, partial, & residual payments.  

  
Dunning, clearing, statistical postings, down  payments. 

  
General Ledger accounting: GL postings, and  foreign currency valuation. 

  
Bank Accounting Master data for house banks,  Bank statement, reason codes, check printing, interest calculation. 

  
Asset Accounting: Configuration &  customizing Chart of Depreciation and its Assignment to Company Code.  

  
Involved in the Legacy data asset transfer,  which is taken into the system using batch data processing. 

  
Created Asset Master Data, asset classes, and  depreciation areas/keys. 

  
Handled assets acquisition/retirement of assets  & postings. 



Client : Confidential, CA (July 2003  -  Dec 2005)

    Industry : Insurance

    Role  : SAP FICO Consultant 


  
Team  member in creating in-process design, mapping and business process  re-engineering to match the client requirements with SAP. Understand Business  Process, Creating GL, AP, AR and other FI Masters. Also test of master data,  mapping up FI/CO masters with FSV. Passing Document Posting.

  
Configured  specific aspects of FI/CO Module including GL, AR, AP.

  
Completed  some critical configuring aspects in AM with a cross-functional team, like  Configuring US Chart of Depreciation and its Assignment to Company Code,  configuring asset purchases, Master records and postings, Issues of goods for  fixed assets, Depreciation adjustment and write-ups with changing the useful  life of Asset and Leasing Assets.

  
Imparting  training to Key users of FI/CO module.

  
Unit  testing and Integration Testing. Configuring Country US Version.

  
Provided  support for General Ledger, Asset Accounting, Controlling (including Cost  Center Accounting, Internal Orders), and Treasury- Cash Management, Project  System modules for Users. 

  
Maintained  cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center categories,  document numbers. Involved in creation of primary and secondary cost elements  groups, maintained cost element attributes.

  
Creation  of Cost Centers, Cost Elements, Activity Types, Standard Hierarchy, Profit  Center, and PCA Accounting.

  
Responsible  for standardizing and organizing the report structure, which included  development of reports using SAP Report Writer.



Confidential, Hyderabad    (Mar 2002  -  Apr 2003) 

    SAP Consultant

    Confidential

    Support  Project 


  
Solving the tickets / production       tickets 

  
Solving the tickets using the       Synergy tool based on priority.

  
Discussing and understanding the       application functionality in area of SAP-FI/CO

  
Solving the incidents in the order       of the priorities with screen service help desk

  
Preparing the customized Reports       according to the client's requirement.

  
Incident is the problem/issue raised       by the user and it is solved in a specified 

  
Period.

  
Solved the tickets on General       ledger, Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable,

  
Fixed Assets, Cost Center       Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting.

  
Preparing the Design Documents from       collecting from the Business group. 

  
Collected requirements using       Question and Answer database.

  
Analyzed and decompose the Business       Process. 

  
Development

  
Implemented the Lockbox Processing

  
SAP Cash Application - specifically       ACH and EDI 820 integration

  
Developed AR processes in large       corporations (open item management, A/R conversions, dunning, clearing       items, dealing with deductions, etc) Specialty in cash application -       especially manual cash application and lockbox. 

  
Tested EDI 820 and BAI2. 

  
Experienced with a live cash       application environment and who can work with users on how to handle       manual cash application and cash post-processing.

  
Implemented Check Printing Process

  
Configured the Interface of Check       Printing remotely at Citibank for company codes

  
US9P and US9Q with TIBCO, GXS,       Citibank and Moore System. 

  
Prepared functional Specification       for Check printing, Tested end-to-end scenarios with middle vendors. 



Confidential, Hyderabad   (Jan 2001  -  Feb  2002) 

    Financial Analyst


  
Assisted Controller with       preparation, review, and analysis of financial statements. 

  
Conducted and       coordinated company's monthly and year-end closings. 

  
Performed monthly       and quarterly financial accounting reports. 

  
Reviewed and       assisted in supervision of day-to-day work of accounting department staff       of 6 people. 

  
Prepared company's       tax return and coordinated internal audit with external auditors.

  
Conducted audits       for management to assess effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial       records, and efficiency of operations. 

  
Provided and       performed proper checks and balances over company's various financial       operations. 

  
Reorganized and       collected data to determine pricing of individual by products.

  
Secured and       interpreted discrepancies directly to management.

  
Succeeded in       reducing outstanding account receivables by interacting with customers on       a regular basis. 

  
Monitored and       created various expense reports to project company profitability.