SUMMARY

• Knowledge and experience all aspects of RTR (Record to report), PTP (Procure to Pay) and OTC (Order to Cash)
• Deep functional working knowledge in all key FICO modules like New and Classic GL, COPA, Cost Center accounting, Internal Order, Project systems, Asset Accounting, AP and AR, Banking including all key integration points with Production Planning, Material Management, Procurement and Sales & Distribution
• Expertise on Data conversion/ Migration from Legacy System to SAP, create conversion programs, creation of conversion documents using LSMW, ABAP programs
• Fixed assets modeling for multi - currency, US GAAP and Local scenarios
• Modeling and developing BW reports in Bex Analyzer
• Vendor Invoice processing, three-way match, Ariba- My Supply Cabinet integration, ERS process and Invoice processing through EDI 810 and 824
• AR Cash Applications including configuration of Lock box clearing and bank statement through EDI 820 and 823
• Configuration of Banking, Electronic Bank statement incoming and outgoing payments including positive pay, through EDI and Idocs
• Process experience in complex intercompany billing chains, revenue recognition with title Transfer
• Global currency design supporting consolidation and FASB52 foreign currency revaluation and FC translation for US GAAP, IFRS
• Phased SAP roll-outs that require integration of SAP and legacy systems in transaction processing
• Extensive experience with Global SAP rollouts, coordinating teams located in various geographical areas
• International tax, VAT configuration through Vertex, sequential numbering for VAT legal and regulatory
• Implementation experience in countries with high Legal & Regulatory complexity like Italy, Poland and Hungary
• Deep knowledge of multiple industry-specific business processes and good understanding of business unit’s specific function processes and challenges
• Set-up of Financial Shared Services Organizations as well as organizational change with ERP deployment to Shared Services
• SAP System landscape design, Solution manager design and strategy, Test strategy, process and technology.
• Building test plans and test script in HPQC, Performing integration testing, Defect fixing and reporting
• Experience as Financial liaison with offshore team in initial client AMS project
• Migration to HANA Data Base from DB2 data base
• SAP S4HANA Accounting expert configuration in GL, AA, and CO
• New Fixed asset accounting for Multi-currency, Accounting Principles and Leger group configuration
• SAP S4HANA General ledger configuration for multiple ledger (Leading and Non-Leading ledger scenarios)
• Account Based COPA configuration to include in Universal Ledger
• Business Partner creation (Customer, Vendor), Customer Vendor Integration
• Transaction processing with SAP Fiori

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

SAP FICO SME

Responsibilities:

• Gathering business requirements for acquisition, new plant deployments, analyzing and indenting gaps for SAP FI and SD
• Cash and revenue account determination for internet sales, bank account configuration
• Costing based COPA configuration, enhancements in derivations, building reports KE30
• Building reports Profit center accounting, extending reports for new business acquisitions
• Configuration of sales documents sales order, delivery types, out type
• Fixing production support in FICO, SD
• Built proof of concept for FSCM, Credit Management, Biller Direct, Collections Management, Dispute management and Lockbox

Confidential, Minneapolis

SAP FICO SME

Responsibilities:

• Gather and document business requirements and match requirements to system functionality and identify gaps
• Configuration and build reports on FI GL, AR, FA and FSCM reports in ECC and BI
• Prepare and execute test scripts, provide testing support and resolution of defects

Confidential, Portland, Oregon

Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible building Integration testing plan for Japan Deployment, UAT Testing
• Analyzing production issue, working with off shore team to fix issue
• Responsible for building process documents, test plans, test scripts

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Sr. FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for conducting Blueprint workshops, requirements gathering and gap analysis for European rollouts/ deployments, collaborated across functional teams, integration testing, regression testing, UAT
• Finance cut over lead for all deployments/ rollouts and for major releases
• Defining organization structure, Validation and Substitution and enhancements
• Configuration of multiple currencies for leading and non-leading ledger
• Designed foreign currency revaluation for multiple currencies with multiple exchange rate types in leading and non-leading ledger
• Configuration of Account based COPA, defining new characteristics, and derivation, complex and custom characteristic derivations for multi inter-company transactions,
• Fixed Assets configuration for mulita currency, Depreciation areas for leading and non-leading ledgers, multiple currency settings, Mirror company code set up for different fiscal year variants for non- leading ledger in the same company code
• Configured Profit Center Re-organization tools project including fixed assets
• Accountability reporting based on the PCA in New GL (Profit Center Accounting), business unit (Custom filed in GL) using document splitting for both profit center and custom field. Profit center assessment and Distribution, re-organization of business unit which is linked to profit center every year
• Successfully led profit center re-organization project
• Configuration for European VAT using Vertex interface, special exchange rate type, sequential number range for VAT legal requires, functional and technical specification for Vertex integration
• AR Cash Application including configuration of bank accounts, electronic bank statements, biller direct and payment advise link, applying cash through Lock box and manual postings
• Monitoring incoming payments for Lockbox using EDI823
• Closely Trax system (Sungard, external Treasury Team) to process Electronic Bank Statement (MT940 format) through SI (sterling integrator) middleware to integrate between Trax and SAP
• EDI820 and IDoc processing, error handling
• Responsible for Enhancement pack 6 and 7 and other upgrades
• Led OSS Security and Hot News notes proactive implementation project to complete back logs, defined project plan, time lines, testing and audit process for ongoing monthly maintenance
• Successfully led from finance on- HANA Data base proof of concept and actual upgrade project, worked closely with SAP to identify errors, and fixing with OSS notes and went live without critical incidents
• Trained new off shore team on business process and SAP finance
• Guiding support personal on resolution of the tickets in line with business process, ensure tickets are resolved on time with right solution, root cause analysis, Process improvement on ticket resolution and documentation

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAP FICO consultant

Responsibilities:

• CO-Profitability Analysis: Configuring and Customizing Costing based CO-PA setting up of the operating concern, characteristics, and value fields, reset of billing type
• Mapped SD pricing condition to COPA value fields in details discussion with cross functional modules like FI, SD, MM and Product costing
• Integration of FI with MM and SD modules, Inventory movement related account, Billing and Revenue account determination
• Extensively worked on BI architecture for COPA CCA, reports, testing,
• Responsible for period closing functions and post go-live support.
• Responsible for preparing test tree and updating test labs with results for scripts with multiple test scenarios and validating for Unit Testing, Integration Testing, UAT and volume testing through MQC (Mercury Quality Center)
• Interfaces to external system to HFM, OFA and EPM: Responsible to build interfaces for consolidation system HFM and planning system EPM, built reconciliation reports between SAP, HFM and EPM
• Worked extensively with middle ware system (data stage- IBM Web Sphere) for building interface between SAP and legacy systems HFM, and Oracle Financial Analyzer
• Supported for Cadbury integration with Kraft business COPA, cost center, profit centers, and other CO master data
• Responsible for supporting Kraft Brazil rollout for controlling module

Confidential

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understand the business requirement in factory commercial and manufacturing of Unilever Business and customize the SAP R/3 to suit to the business requirement and mapping to SAP business processes, presenting blueprint documentation and obtaining requirement sign off from stake holders
• Prepared functional, technical, configuration and user documents
• Responsible for end to end configuration of fixed assets which includes depreciation areas for local reporting and consolidation reporting for foreign head office
• Configuration of Asset Accounting integration with General Ledger Accounting assignment object, Configuration of depreciation keys including depreciation key for multiple shifts scenarios, account determination, asset classes, Asset classes, screen layouts, Validation and substitution
• Responsible for end to end configuration project systems and investment management which includes project profile, budget profile, multiple levels WBS element, Validation and substitution for WBS Elements to control account assignment at each level and for both Capital and revenue posting in the same project at WBS element levels, Budget and Commitment management for capital projects
• Responsible for cross functional configuration with MM and SD for Country India Version (CIN) for all manufacturing locations, EOU, SEZ
• Responsible for Fixed Assets data conversion/ Migration from Legacy System to SAP, create conversion programs, creation of conversion documents using LSMW, ABAP programs
• Responsible for design drill down reports in BW for projects systems & asset accounting
• Configuring House banks, Bank Reconciliation, Developing Velocity Pay (interface with bank) Statement Flow to transfer payment details file from payment program & DMEE to external system through XI interface
• Responsible for solution manager configuration team, setting up documentation process, software change management with SOX compliance
• Performing Unit-, Integration- and UAT testing during all phases of the project

Confidential

Production support

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and identifying root cause production incidents and updating business Users with resolutions
• As part of the Production Support Team worked closely with Technical and Functional consultants of other modules to resolve the issues as per priorities
• Assisting onsite resource for new business requirement mapping and configuring FICO area
• Maintained Master data for FI, CO and logistics
• Supported month end financial closing activities and resolving closing related issues

Confidential

Accounting/ Finance

Responsibilities:

• Accounting of payroll, and monthly payroll activities, employee reimbursement & Vendor invoices, vendor accounts, generating weekly and on demand check payments
• Monthly TDS (Tax deducted at source) Preparation and filing
• Supporting Internal and Statutory AuditsPrepared and posted general ledger entries and other financial transactions
• Generated monthly close of financial statements
• Managed the internal and external mail functions

Confidential

Accounts executive

Responsibilities:

• Preparing and maintaining statutory books of accounts viz, journal, ledger, cash book and subsidiaries in compliance with time & accuracy norms
• Presenting a true and fair view of the financial position of the company by preparing financial statements viz, P&L Account, Balance Sheet and annual reports
• Maintaining reconciliation statement
• Preparing Journal Ledgers, Auditing and tax filing for Manufacturing and distribution industries, Individuals
• Preparing final accounts (Profit and Loss and balance sheets)
• Preparing direct and indirect tax filings
• Internal and Auditing of Central Exercise and direct taxes