Sap Fico Consultant Resume
Bridgewater, NJ
SUMMARY
- Over 14 years of experience in SAP FICO Implementation which also includes testing experience in Worksoft Certify (Test Automation tool) and Quality management tools HP ALM and IBM Rational Test Manager.
- SAP Production support experience in RTR cycle using ITSM.
- Experience in New Implementations, Upgrades, Super - User & End-User Documentation, Cutover activities and Go-Live
- Experienced in gathering and analyzing business requirements, identifying process gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE processes, creating business blueprints and collecting master data.
- Experience in full life cycle implementations using ASAP methodology with experience in all project phases - Project Preparation, Business Blue Print, Realization, Final preparation, Go-live and post live Production Support.
- Extensive hands on experience in Financial Accounting (FI) including Classic GL, NEW GL, Asset Accounting (AA), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Special Ledger and Project Systems
- Strong expertise in Controlling: Cost Element Accounting (CO-CEL), Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders (CO-IO), Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA).
- Proficient in Configuration and Integration of SD, MM with FI. Good understanding of SD (OTC) and MM (PTP) business processes.
- Experience in Integration between Worksoft Certify with Solman, HP ALM and Google Test Tracker tool.
- Conceptual knowledge on SAP Simple Finance Migration from ECC 6.0
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Methodologies: ASAP, Waterfall, Agile
SAP Modules: AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Controlling, Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Cost Element Accounting, GL/New GL, Profitability Analysis, Internal Orders, Financial Statement version, Business Warehouse, Business Objects, Project Systems
ERP: SAP R/3 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, S4 HANA 1610, 1809, Fiori Apps
SAP Tools: LSMW, BDC, Solution Manager, IT Service Manager
Test Automation Tool: Worksoft Certify, Worksoft Analyze
Quality Manager Tools: HP ALM and IBM Rational
Business Modelling Tools: Microsoft Visio
Content Development: uPerform
Language: HTML, SQL
Documentation tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) and G Suite (Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Google Slides)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
SAP FICO Consultant
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, IT Service Manager
Responsibilities:
- SAP ECC 6.0 Production support for Record to report process.
- Working on change requests, Incident management, Requests and Tasks based on priority.
- Worked on Intercompany Automation setup for Idoc, maintaining exchange rates, updating of year end overheads in costing sheets, text changes for VAT compliant Invoices, creation of new functional area for Gain /Loss Business Disposal in various clients.
- Working through the process flow for tackling priority tickets raised by users and also providing support to FICO process.
- Analyzing and creating incidents in SAP OSS portal for tickets which can be resolved using SAP OSS support.
- Working with offshore and weekly status calls for tickets.
- Working on changes which needs to be made in Development client and transporting the changes to Quality and after UAT moving transports to Production based on timelines and various approvals for Deployment.
- Liaison with super users and technical architects and creating functional specifications for technical changes.
Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ
SAP FICO & Worksoft Certify Automation Testing
Environment: SAP S/4 Hana 1809, Worksoft Certify 11 and Analyze
Responsibilities:
- A four week project for laying the digitalroadmap for Worksoft Automation for SAP S4 Greenfield Implementation.
- Worked with the client and stakeholders to assess the AS-is state and providing a radar assessment for Test Automation with Worksoft Certify, Analyze and BPP. Preparing the technical proposal and aligning the stakeholder’s availability for Technical Assessment workshop.
- Agile Transformation and delivering the workshop using Kanban to assign responsibilities and grouping tasks in buckets and working on the technical proposal presentation.
- Providing sample test scripts which can be used in Worksoft Certify and Analyze for SAP FICO process mapping and creating test scripts repository which can be reused for testing using SAP SolMan.
Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA
SAP FICO Consultant
Environment: SAP S/4 Hana 1809, Fiori UX, Worksoft Certify 11
Responsibilities:
- Defined the Test Strategy and Test Automation Framework.
- Defining and documenting test cases from RTM, collaborating with business leads to plan and execute test cycles, automation scripts using Fiori application and legacy tools, bug tracking, regression testing and workflows.
- Created Test scripts for SAP treasury Implementation, IT Asset Management, Order to Cash and Finance process for SAP GUI (thick client) and FIORI apps.
- Created Data, Recordsets and Layout for running the Test Scripts.
- Scheduling jobs for Lights out Testing in Execution Manager.
- Scheduled the testing efforts with the SME’s and work with SME’s to ensure the testing process is completed for each application. new team members who are new to Worksoft. Getting them set up for Automation testing.
- Working with offshore team to complete the tasks as per the Testing estimation provided to the client. Understanding if there are any constraints in achieving the goals for the weekly status calls with the client.
- Raising bugs in the Buganizer tool and tracking defects to closure. Creating Team Hot lists to keep track of the defects raised by the team and working with development team to resolve the defects.
- Liaison with Solman consultants, client Test Engineers and Implementation team to identify the gaps and working with management to identify the As-Is and To-Be process.
- Working with Worksoft engineers when some functions are not working in the tool and raising requests in the Worksoft community tool for further action.
- Define opportunities to create business value for the Finance Organization Identify and define high-level Finance requirements.
- Define the business solutions and structures needed to realize these opportunities Work with the other team members to explore specific solutions and define the scope of the project
- Help define the performance goals and metrics for the proposed solution Review prototypes, solution blueprints, and project scope to ensure that the needs of the business are being met Serve as liaison to Finance, to ensure that its needs are fully understood by the project team Supported analysis activities.
Confidential, Minneapolis, MN
SAP CO/ UAT Test Lead
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW, SAP BOBJ(Lumira), IBM Rational Test Manager tool
Responsibilities:
- Worked as a testing consultant for SAP Data and process, SAP Business Warehouse and SAP Business Objects (Lumira) for a management reporting project in an Agile environment using the IBM Rational test manager tool.
- Gathering business requirements from the Business and then working with the development team on creating the test cases and test scripts.
- Working with the Business users and super users during product test cycle and User Acceptance Testing. Sending out defect status reports and Test Execution reports to the Stakeholders, Business and the development team every day.
- Worked on CNMASS for changing Mass updates on Project type data for WBS Elements.
- Driving defect status calls on a regular basis and keeping track of the defect resolution dates and communicating them with the business on the priorities.
- Marking defects deferred that which were not fully resolved before Go-Live and getting sign off on the deferred defects which would be taken care during 19.1 release or post production.
- Defect Management during Product Test Cycle and User Acceptance Testing. Sending out defect status reports and test execution reports to the BAF team, testers and the stakeholders on a daily basis.
- Coordinating the testing activities with the users and project team, driving defect status meetings on a daily basis and updating the IBM Rational based on outcomes of the meeting.
- Preparing and communicating the job guide updates to the team for fire fighter access issues and following up with team for acknowledgement of the cutover activities which is required as part of the SOX compliance.
- Sending out due date reminders to the project team as and when required and following up with testers on the defect resolution and verification.
- Point of contact for the 18.2 defect status and the UAT team meeting and working on the action items. From the UAT exit tagged the deferred defects and created incidents in the post Go-Live service manager.
- Define opportunities to create business value for the Finance Organization Identify and define high-level Finance requirements.
- Define the business solutions and structures needed to realize these opportunities Work with the other team members to explore specific solutions and define the scope of the project
- Help define the performance goals and metrics for the proposed solution Review prototypes, solution blueprints, and project scope to ensure that the needs of the business are being met Serve as liaison to Finance, to ensure that its needs are fully understood by the project team Supports analysis activities.
Confidential, Tampa, FL
SAP FICO Consultant
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, HPALM, Oracle
Responsibilities:
- SAP testing specializing in Finance (GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets) and Project systems.
- Collaborated closely with business and technical design consultants to create FUT, SIT and UAT test cases and scripts for the Financial configuration objects.
- Worked on the testing scenarios for EBS (Electronic Bank Statements), Revenue recognition, IBS, Lockbox, Fixed Asset Cycle for Assets under construction, GL, AR & AP upload templates for Accrual and Deferral transactions and also worked along with Dev team on analyzing the root cause of the issue.
- Performed multiple SIT cycles and coordinated with super users from various countries during UAT (e.g., scenario plan/data setup/execution/defect management).
- Supported end-user from a test transaction scenario and Q&A standpoint.
- Complied and provided daily testing metrics for planning, execution, defects, and readiness status
- Supported defect triage war rooms and working sessions. Worked on HP ALM tool for testing.
- Conducted testing through HP Application Lifecycle Management before SAP go live for different countries like Pakistan, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria and UAE.
- Created Standard Operating Procedure to be followed for SAP Technical codes used during production.
- Lead the financial users to get used to SAP as they have just transformed from Oracle ERP to SAP ECC system.
- Liaison with business users to understand how they have used the legacy systems and providing solutions to help them with their queries.
- Working with offshore implementation team when there is a bug in the configuration to resolve their issues.
- Integration testing done for go lives in various countries, identifying defects in the configuration and updating the defects in ALM, coordinating with other teams to correct the defects before Go-Live.
- Coordinating with the business users and the Implementation team to solve the queries.
Confidential
SAP FICO Consultant
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, HP ALM
Responsibilities:
- Creating configuration documents for Currency Revaluation and Translation.
- Involved in New GL Configuration, Document Splitting with zero balancing flag, Parallel Accounting and segment reporting.
- 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 Asset class, Account determination, Created Asset Master and Depreciation Run.
- Defining Financial Statement versions and extensive experience in Data Mapping and Conversions with migration tools like LSMW and BDC.
- Configured the Organization structure and setting up the parallel ledgers and created ledger groups along with additional reporting currencies based on the business requirements.
- Created trading partners for Intercompany transactions.
- Created Configuration documents during the build phase.
- Worked on Interfaces for bank and exchange rates.
- Worked on creating the Functional Specification for Interface based on Global file format for Automatic wire transfer.
- Functional design document created for Positive Pay file an interface for issuing of checks.
- Worked with team to coordinate the completion of the RICEFW objects.
- Creating multiple payment terms, installment payment and House bank configuration.
- Maintained a BPML tracker for Objects that are ready to be tested and any defects that will be raised and how to prioritize them.
- Provide Demo for Mass upload template for GL, AP, AR, accrual entries using excel template.
- Created Customer and Vendor Master.
- Identified Key areas of for End users and created documents.
- Unit tested all the configuration objects.