SUMMARY

• SAP FICO consultant 8+ years of hands on experience in implementation of FICO activities, along with Accounts Payable - open text VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) and its support activities.
• Experience in business blueprints for the processes and specified the requirements. Preparation of documentation and flow charts, describing interfaces, collecting of master data, testing and reviewing training documentation.
• Involved in business discussions regarding SAP Simple Fin S/4 HANA roll out activities. I also participated in feasibility study and data migration methodology.
• Trained onS/4 HANAas applied to Finance(FI) and Controlling(CO), Simple Finance S/4 HANA (Version1503), and Process Integration areas of SAP.
• Responsible for configuration and support resolution of issues in the areas of GL/NEW GL (General Ledger), AP (Accounts Payable), AR (Accounts Receivable), FSCM (Biller Direct, Credit Management and Dispute Management and Collections Management), Lockbox, Banking, VIM, and Travel & Expense in FI module and cost center accounting, profit center accounting, Asset Accounting.
• Significant knowledge in Open Text VIM version 5.2 and higher, Enterprise Scan 9.7.1, Invoice Capture Center 7.0 (OCR Solution) and Archive Content Server
• Good knowledge in US GAAP, UK GAAP, report painter, report writer and Inventory accounting.
• Strong knowledge of Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflow (RICEFW) in different FI/CO modules.
• Provided resolutions for many change requests (CRB’s) with documented impact analysis by considering conflict effects and thereby suggesting immediate work around without any delay in ongoing business process.
• Strong regression testing experience covering all the areas of FICO, i.e., Asset Postings, VIM, TRIP postings, Costing, IHC, GL postings, reprocessing of bank statements, AP/AR and all the process scenarios of FI-SD/MM.
• Configured and customized FI - AP - APP and Dunning Programs.
• Strong knowledge of data migration using LSMW, Data integration and Data conversion processes. Worked with Data conversion process of different accounting systems
• Single Point of Contact for consolidation and submission of reports i.e., managerial activities in the areas of Vendor Invoice Management ( Confidential )
• Worked as a tower lead and manager in the areas of VIM (Accounts Payable) and Travel & Expenses (SAP FI) where it covers major portion of the project ( Confidential ).
• Mentor for new trainees by presenting the test cases of all the scenario’s and other documented analysis of major issues ( Confidential ).
• Proposed multiple process improvements, one of which is on material-based PO’s that are struck with blocked status in VIM analytics. My logical and innovative solution filled the process gap and helped business to get 1.2 Million GBP which is pending from their customers ( Confidential ).
• I was nominated as a delegate to GENPACT organization for a new production Go Live coordination and post Go Live cutover & hyper case coordination ( Confidential ).
• Proposed process improvement in travel management with respect to credit card transactions of the employees that enter SAP which helped client’s ( Confidential ) business to eliminate duplicate costs around 1.06 Million GBP.
• Involved in Documentation, Configuration and Testing during Go Live, performed unit testing and regression testing for FI-GL, Bank, APP, AP, IHC end to end processes and involved in providing solutions for integration issues related to FI with MM, and SD ( Confidential & Confidential ).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP ECC 6.0, S/4 HANA

OpenText tools: VIM 5.2 and higher (Vendor Invoice Management)

SAP Modules: FICO/MM/SD

Ticketing Tool: BMC Remedy

Testing Tools: HP-QC

Software Languages: ABAP (Basics), C, MAINFRAMES (Cobol), JAVA, DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dublin, OH

SAP VIM consultant

Responsibilities:

• Vendor Invoice Management Implementation (VIM), AP/AR, FI-MM Integration
• Responsible for Open Text VIM implementation and ICC 7.0 deployment.
• Manage structured and unstructured data into Open Text Archive Server.
• Experience in administration and configuration of Open Text Archive and Storage services (LEA 9.7.1).
• Worked on configuration of FI-AP/GL - VIM document types, Exception handling, two-way/ three-way matching, duplicate checks.
• Worked on installation, implementation and customization of OpenText Vendor Invoice Management and ICC.
• Involved in blueprinting sessions and worked on creating functional specifications and business rules swim lanes.
• Analyzed AS-IS condition of existing system and Performed TO-BE Analysis, Gap Analysis. Configuration and Modifications to suite the client’s requirements regarding Plants Abroad Functionality. Tested the Support pack Upgrade consistency
• Daily client meetings and interaction with business in gathering business requirements and other third-party clients for repository services.
• Worked on configuring VIM document types, process options, process types, invoice approval process and blocked invoice resolutions.
• Worked on creating an interface program to read approvers from SRM system into VIM COA with the help of ABAP team.
• Worked in setting up the substitutes for the invoice approval, issues in roles setup, maintaining VIM batch jobs.
• Designed new customized archive document types to process invoices for customized DP documents.
• Conducting KT sessions to new joiners and helped team to develop test cases in all the environments and I have performed end to end regression testing on the development and quality systems for all the business process of FICO.

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

SAP VIM consultant

Responsibilities:

• FI - OpenText VIM, AP/AR, FI-MM Integration, Travel Management
• Open Text VIM - configuration, DP workflow and exception process, VIM process roles, business rules design and implementation.
• Open Text Enterprise - Profile Management, Document Pipeline and integration with Invoice Capture Center.
• Setting up Open Text Archive Server connectivity involving Basis team.
• SAP Archive Link configuration for storing critical business data in the HTTP Content Server, Content Repository and Document Class configuration.
• Monitoring archives and retrieval of archived data through Archive Information System.
• Open Text custom development for reporting, workflow exception handling, business rules and SAP Enterprise Portal.
• Open Text ICC 7.0 - Scanning, OCR determination, Extraction/mapping and data transfer to ECC.
• Worked on ICC/OCR setup includes application creation per Archive document type and hotspot setup, batch jobs for Invoice Capture Center dispatcher in Open Text VIM.
• SAP Workflow - WF definition, steps, agent determination, event linkages, objects and methods
• Archiving FSCM Dispute Management cases to content repository.
• Set up Collection groups, Collection strategy and Collection segment for Collections Management module.
• Configured solution for PO and Non-PO based invoices wherein PO based invoices included 3-way match and 2-way match scenarios in Open Text VIM.
• Worked on document type configuration includes document process, process determination sequence, set sequence, index screen option in VIM.
• Worked on document type determination procedures for various documents based on Process Design Document in Vendor Invoice Management.
• Configured VIM Reports/Analytics in order to analyze as well as provide updated progress status of invoices in a unified dashboard.
• Worked on performing regression testing on TRIP postings, VIM end to end process flow, FI/MM process scenarios with the help of HP-QC.
• Worked on issues related to Travel Managementand worked on maintaining employee HR profile and credit card transaction issues.
• Worked on issue related to Employee TRIP postings, settlement till the generation of Accounting Document.
• Worked as Module Lead and Team mentor for the Travel Management section of the project.
• Worked on APP and IHC configurational settings and issues related to configuration.
• Worked on SLA response and achievements
• Track and resolve incidents and problem tickets via Service-Now tool
• Extract monthly ticket aging report from Service-Now for business users and client engagement

Confidential, Marlborough, MA

SAP FICO/VIM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented End-to-End Open text VIM which included Document Type configuration, Process Type Configuration, Invoice Capture Center (ICC) and OCR in OpenText Capture Center(OCC) Setup.
• Worked with Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow (RICEFW) in different FI/CO modules and VIM.
• Configured Archive Link document types in VIM and linked SAP Business objects to respective document types.
• Configured EDI interfaces for field mapping in Vendor Invoice Management (VIM).
• Worked on customizing and modifying properties for Invoice Items Recognition in ICC.
• Configured Document processing in Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) based on Process types, Document Rules and their respective roles.
• Worked on resolving issues relate to VIM analytics and configured reports.
• Suggested multiple Process Improment initiatives for VIM issues and got approved by the client.
• Configured Lockbox Processing, customized processing of Incoming Checks formatted the BAI and BAI2 format file.
• Defined Lockbox for better liquidity, depositing, crediting of checks, and reducing processing workload.
• Gathered business requirement, held meetings with Super users as well as internal IT resources in the process of Lockbox implementation.
• Created lockbox accounts to clear out through the electronic bank statement processing into the main Lockbox account.
• Created over/underpayment and un-allowed deductions as well as customer discount accounts to facilitate the lockbox clearing process into appropriate GL accounts.
• End to End configuration of FI-MM Integration.
• Manual reprocessing incoming electronic bank statements ended up in error TA cluster via transaction code SXMB MONI using firefighter access.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, Posting Rules for automatic account assignment, Bank Statement processing and mapping external transaction codes to posting rules.
• Worked on SAP MT-940 and BAI2 file customizations. Worked on EBS configuration and generated the Electronic bank statements.
• Integrated AP and AR modules with MM and SD respectively with respect to Account determination for various Clearing and Adjustment Accounts and Automatic Postings.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in blueprinting sessions and worked on creating functional specifications for the enhancements and clients manufacturing business implementation.
• Successfully configured and tested GL, AP, AR, Bank accounting as part of Go-lives and roll outs.
• I am part of solving issues regarding configuring, running Automatic payment program (F110), In-house cash methodology, dunning issues related to vendor/customer, creation and changing of nodes in financial statement versions, payment terms, maintaining Number Ranges, Exchange rates, configuration of input and output tax as per the business requirement.
• Configured and implemented New GL Functionality
• Helped and conducted training sessions for business users in posting manual journal entries, G/L account postings, vendor invoice postings.
• Created vendor master, vendor account groups, configured automatic payment program, defined alternative reconciliation account for special GL transaction like Down payments and Bills of Exchange.
• Configured Lockbox Processing, Customized Processing of Incoming Checks.
• Implemented FSCM Collections Management in 10 languages as part of global rollout x
• Configured Promise to Pay in FSCM Collections Management.
• Defined workflow approval process for FSCM Collections Management.
• Created worklist in FSCM Collections Management.
• Configured Bank Statement processing and Mapping external Transaction Codes to Posting Rules.
• Created origin-destination, house bank, partner profile, port definition, message types and logical message types
• Configured partial payments, exchange rate differences, payment advices, payment proposal/payment schedule, payment run, and payment media.
• Worked on configuration of Travel Management (Travel Expenses) for Manufacturing market of the client and mapping of GL accounts.
• Solved day to-day issues in Travel Managementand worked on submitting weekly report to client on the issuesas a part of my tower lead activity.
• Involved in business discussions regarding SAP Concur roll out activities. I also participated in feasibility study and immigration to concur.
• Asset Under Construction (AUC) and settlement of the same to final asset.
• Worked on issues relating to cost center accounting and profit center accounting on daily basis and I have configured default cost center assignment settings as a part of routine activity whenever client needed assistance.
• Worked on Product Costing (CO-PC), configured the basic settings for the Product Costing with quantity structure.
• Configured Settlement Profile and Settlement Cost Elements, PA Transfer Structure for Settlement of Production Variances (COPA) and Settlement of Price Differences (FI and EC-PCA), Work in Process (FI and EC-PCA), Scrap (COPA) and Product Costing Reports.
• Configured settings for Costing variant, Valuation variant, Result analysis Keys/ versions, Valuation methods, Variance keys, Settlement profile, Settlement structures for various manufacturing environment/clients.
• Worked as VIM- Accounts Payable Single Point of Contact for Europe market and Asian pacific market where I had hands on experience on resolving many day to day issues (L2 and L3 support)

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on creation of house banks, worked on EBS configuration.
• Worked extensively with the Treasury department to predict cash inflow and outflow and expected cash balance on any given day by utilizing the functions of liquidity forecast and cash management position.
• Customized the Chart of Accounts, Account Groups, G/L Account Master records, Field Status Groups, Posting Keys, Document Types and Posting Periods.
• Worked extensively on configuration of Posting Period Variants (PPV’s), and Financial Statement Version FSV’s - Change and addition of new nodes).
• Worked on order to cash scenarios involving Sales order, Invoicing, Outbound deliveries, and integration activities.
• Worked on FI-MM integration - account determination and configuration including calculation of valuation class, valuation control, assigning field to field selection groups.
• Worked on daily incidents related to bill of exchange, error detection of electronic bank reconciliation statements which enter SAP.
• Resolved many issues regarding In House Cash, house banks, configuring cash discounts and tolerances.
• Possess very good knowledge and understanding on the procurement process starting from creation of purchase requisition to vendor payment.
• Helped in generating and reviewing EDI, master data, and workflow specifications related to functional module.
• Worked on order to cash scenarios involving Sales order, Invoicing, Outbound deliveries which are related to SD.
• Performed end to end regression testing by reviewing the test cases for Asset postings, IHC scenarios, GL postings, Costing, bank statements, SD scenarios, AP process.
• Worked on issues related to FI-MM integration and FI-SD integration.
• Worked on APP and IHC configurational settings and issues related to configuration.
• Worked with ABAP team for Customization of FI/CO Tables and User Exits
• Worked with technical team members to design and implement an MS Access based validation system to evaluate the results of data conversion and system processing.