SUMMARY

• Experienced SAP FICO Functional consultant with more than 7 years of implementation and configuration experience in FI and CO module.
• Involved in four full life cycle implementations, upgrades & participated in all phases of ASAP Methodology, Blue - Printing.
• Experience in Analyzing business requirements, Configuration, Process mapping, Testing, Documentation and End User Training.
• Lead Consultant- SAP FI in ECC and have worked in IS-Retail suites with expertise in Inbound, Outbound, Reverse Logistics, POS, Retail Process along with deep SAP MM and SD expertise.
• 5 Green field SAP R/3 implementations in multiple countries, 3 Large SAP Retail Expansion Roll Outs, 1 Major Assortment Implementation for Online & Retail Stores, Multiple Large Change Management Projects in SAP R/3 / SAP Retail and Multiple SAP application Support projects.
• Strong work experience in building ideas to develop SAP Z tables, Module Pools, Webdynpro screen designs for complex business processes.
• Worked in RMCA system which uses FICA.
• Worked on Brazilian implementation with extensive exposure on J1BTAX manager.
• Worked on Brazil Taxes and did configurations for Nota fiscals, Complimentary Nota fiscals and Cupom Fiscals.
• Worked on BRF+ application and used it to derive CFOP code and tax laws for Brazil by maintaining decision tables in BRF+.
• Worked on Mastersaf and Invoiceware which is third party tool for government report purpose
• Worked on maintain TARS for Vertex. Solution developed for Brazil in Vertex for the first time.
• Streamlined the procurement process in Confidential Retail.
• Carried out changes in Invoice Idoc (EDI 810).
• Developed Average cost utility for SAP retail in Confidential Inc.
• Worked on Net to Gross accounting for Local Brazil GAAP reporting.
• Worked on developing New Interfaces and carried out changes in existing interfaces.
• Involved with Business Process re-engineering/process improvement, Multitask oriented and the ability to prioritize to meet deadlines.
• Worked on EMEA taxes.
• Very good understanding of Confidential processes and reconciliation
• Expertise in process improvement and gap analysis, integration project and data conversions from source SAP to destination SAP system. Assist in User Acceptance testing (UAT) with experience with debugging issues.
• Worked in the areas of FI-GL transactions and configuring accounts for General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Asset Accounting (A/A) and Controlling (CO).
• Expertise in creating Company code, Posting Period Variant, Assigned document number ranges, Tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.
• Define required customizing in Accounts Payable. Configured for Payment terms, Vendor Groups, Number Ranges, and Automatic Payment Program.
• Defined number ranges, valuation of assets in different depreciation areas, external asset acquisition, in-house asset acquisition, cross company code transfers in Asset Accounting (A/A).
• Functional specification for Customized Reports and LSMW for conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP system.
• Significant knowledge in the integration aspects of SD and MM modules with FI/CO.
• Strong technical, analytical skills combined with outstanding leadership ability, creative problem solving skills in both strategic, tactical areas.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Specialties: SAP IS Retail Finance, SAP RMCA (FICA), POS, Brazil implementation, BRF+, Vertex.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, CA

Lead SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Collected and analyzed business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
• The headquarter of the Company is moving from one country to another country. So worked extensively on all the processes related to iTunes processes.
• Set-up tax codes for 28 countries and defined new posting area’s.
• Worked on Revenue recognition.
• Tested Gift card and Gift certificate scenario’s.
• Set-up contract pricing and contract billing.
• Worked on ad-hoc contract creation utility.
• Worked on subscription, affiliation and obligation processes.
• Worked on credit card, delinquent, delinquent recovery and write-off processes.
• Set-up VPP (Volume purchase program) for European union countries.
• Worked on Vendor Automation.
• Performed an AS-IS study and came up with a TO-BE analysis, to have a complete GAP analysis.
• Created a Detailed Description of the configuration that needs to be done in the SAP system.
• CFOP is 4-digit code which needs to be sent to SEFAZ for nota fiscal approval. Without correct CFOP, the SEFAZ rejects the Nota Fiscal and without approved Nota Fiscal, the sales can’t happen in Brazil.
• Used BRF+ extensively to make the CFOP solution more scalable and flexible.
• Maintained BRF+ decision table to derive correct CFOP for various scenario’s.
• The Nota Fiscal rejection rate dropped from average 5% to less than 1% after go-live date.
• Worked on simulation report for Business users.
• Provided Hands-on training to Business users on BRF+ for decision table maintenance.

Confidential, CA

Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the functional team, worked with user groups to create business and process flows and to document "AS IS" processes.
• Participated in JTMs (Joint Team Meetings) to arrive at "TO BE" design, acceptable to the team, user groups and Management.
• Documented the business processes in AS-IS mapping.
• Generated business blueprint after conducting thorough study on business processes and template questions using ASAP tools.
• Applied Brazil Localization using utility o035.
• Defined Alternative chart of accounts for SPED and Tax reporting.
• Applied Invoiceware package for Nota fiscal approvals from SEFAZ.
• Configured the Automatic Payment Program for Wire transfers to the vendors.
• Configured Withholding taxes for obtaining services from vendors.
• Configured J1BTAX manager
• Working on Electronic Bank statement for Brazil.
• Created account symbols, defined posting keys, posting rules, external transactions and transaction types.
• Worked on creating Duplicata file for bank to generate Boleto for corporate customers.
• Configured Boleto for end consumers.
• Configured Asset Module, including Asset Classes, Integration with Purchasing, and Assets under Construction
• Integrated Asset Accounting, Structured and Valuated Fixed Assets, created Asset Values, Acquisitions Entry and Asset Retirement
• Worked on Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas, Asset Classes, Inter Company Assets Transfers and reorganized accounts for various Cost and Profit centers and programmed schedules and Jobs
• Configured Account Determinations, Depreciation Keys and Number Ranges for asset classes Configured Account Assignments for Asset Acquisitions, Retirements and Intercompany transfers
• Created, Configured and Customized Cost Elements, Cost Centers and Profit Centers
• Configuration of Master Data Controlling area, Valuation Profiles, Field Status Groups
• Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements, created Cost Element Groups, maintained cost element attributes
• Created Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, Cost Center Categories, Document Numbers
• Maintained Default Account Assignment and Automatic Account Assignments, Validations and Substitutions, Overhead Structure for Accrual Costs, Distribution & Assessment, and indirect activity allocation
• Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern
• Provided Break/Fix support - issue resolution, Issue resolution by working with functional/technical teams

Confidential, CA

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Collected and analyzed user’s business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
• Followed ASAP Implementation methodology and designed the business processes, wrote blueprint phase documentation and completed Configuration during realization phase.
• All the business transactions or sales at POS require Nota-fisca’s and Cupom Fisca’s. Configured the system to generate the NF’s and CF’s.
• For exception scenario’s Complementary NF’s are required so worked on to configure complementary NF’s for Over-Shipment Scenario.
• Established connection with SAP GRC, which sends these NF’s for SEFAZ approval.
• The Taxes on material is based on certain parameters like NCM code, Article Origin, and type of sales like to end consumer or reseller.
• Worked extensively on Vertex to maintain TARS (Tax assist rules). Before this project Vertex didn’t had solution for Brazil Retail.
• Since vertex doesn’t support Input Taxes for Confidential Inc., so worked on Tax manager (J1BTAX) for RMA’s.
• The Tax procedure used in Brazil is either TAXBRA or TAXBRJ. Since we were using the Vertex for Tax calculation, we used TAXBRJ. To use TAXBRJ we need to make changes into routine so that it doesn’t create conflict.
• Developed RMA solution for Finished Goods and AppleCare Parts (Both KGB and KBB)
• Modified EDI 810 (Invoic Idoc) to get Tax segments in Invoic Idoc along with other information required for RMA solution for FG and AC (KBB and KGB)
• The legal mandate in Brazil is to do GR against the Inbound Delivery. So introduced change management in MIM and Backstage application used in Confidential Inc. for Good’s Receipt.
• Worked on MasterSaf, which is third party software.
• Customized MasterSaf Reports as per Confidential requirements like SAFX10, SAFX52, SAFX101 etc which are for Material movement, Inventory Balances and CF reporting.
• Inter-Company AR/AP Postings in Cross-Company Sales Orders, Ensured That SD Billing Document Invoices Are Posted in FI.
• Created Vendor transactions, Master data, Clearing Inter - company Vendor/Customer open items, Logistic invoice verification, Evaluated settlement.
• Designed an Interface and Prepared Functional Specification for Interface. Worked extensively with Technical team.
• Worked on Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV or GR-IR verification) in FI-MM (Procure to Pay) integration and configured account determination for FI-SD (Order to Cash) cycles.
• Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms).
• Completed integration testing.
• Worked on UAT tickets.
• Prepared Cut-over plan
• Provided Post Production Warranty support
• Provided KT to support team
• Prepared functional specifications for conversions and interfaces, performed post go live trouble shooting in FI and CO and documented various business process flows and produced end user procedures.
• Collected and analyzed user’s business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
• Organized GAP sessions with Business.
• Worked on designs considering the Brazil implementation also undertaken by me.
• Playback session with Business.
• Carried out changes in EDI 810 to accommodate additional changes.
• Worked on to differentiate non-recoverable taxes from recoverable Tax, which is imperative for average cost calculation.
• Built new interface between SAP core and SAP retail to register information required by SAP retail for average cost calculation
• Developed utility to get records for RMA’s at the POS retail store.
• Developed utility to calculate average cost per article for store.
• Changes carried out in MasterSaf reports SAFX10 and SAFX52 to report inventory at average cost.
• Developed business reports on transaction basis as well as summary.
• Developed cutover utility to upload average cost for past months.
• Worked on master data set-up required for transaction.
• Completed IT with other systems impacted due to average cost calculation
• Solved UAT tickets.
• Prepared task list for cutover activities.
• Go-live and post Go-Live support.
• Collected and analyzed users business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
• Followed ASAP Implementation methodology and designed the business processes, wrote blueprint phase documentation and completed Configuration during realization phase.
• Worked on VAT reporting for Sweden

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured Withholding taxes, payment advices, foreign currency valuation, financial statement versions and cross company code transactions.
• Worked on asset classes, depreciation areas, assigned company codes to depreciation areas, created screen layouts and number ranges, configured depreciation keys, parallel valuation of assets, depreciation run, periodic depreciation posting and error handling, involved in uploading of asset data using LSMW.
• Maintained asset master data for asset acquisitions, retirements, inter-company transfers, settlement of AUC to assets and configured leased assets.
• Simulated asset reports, asset history sheets and depreciation to provide desired reports to the local accounting team.
• Managed financial information dealing with Assets, liabilities, and capital. And prepared B/S, P&L statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position for department managers.
• Designed, configured, and implemented accounts payable (A/P) check printing, periodic Sales and Use tax reporting, and related month end financial reports.
• Customized ABAP Z-reports for displaying asset account balances and developed special reporting capability for monthly depreciation forecast for future years.
• Maintained profit center standard hierarchy, plan versions, planning layout, planning profile, periodic allocation functions involving assessment and distribution and defined account determination for internal goods movements.
• Configured Dummy Profit Center for Statistical postings, Maintained Plan/Versions, Maintained the Master data, Defined profit center hierarchy, provided support for Account Determination for internal goods movement and for production variances.
• Created Internal Orders for different order types, Planning profile, Settlement Profile, Settlement Rules and month end settlements to various cost and profit centers.
• Maintained number ranges for Settlement and controlling documents and for variance documents, defined posting rules for settlement to financial accounting with different G/L accounts.
• Maintained segment level characteristics, characteristic groups, characteristic hierarchy, derivation rules, defined and assigned valuation strategy, value field analysis, maintained plan versions, assigned quantity fields and value fields, automatic account assignment, defined and executed assessment cycles.
• Created product cost collectors at production version level in repetitive manufacturing, defined order types, results analysis keys, configured costing and valuation variant for preliminary and simultaneous costing.
• Created and analyzed costing runs, customized quota arrangements in determining the vendors, maintained repetitive manufacturing profile and created cost object hierarchies.
• Configured valuation areas for material ledger, maintained number range for material ledger documents and assigned currency types to material ledger.
• Prepared functional specifications for conversions and interfaces, performed post go live trouble shooting in FI and CO and documented various business process flows and produced end user procedures.