SUMMARY

• Experienced SAP FICO functional consultant with more than 7+ years of implementation and configuration experience in FI module - G/L, AR, AP, AA, NEW G/L, TR-CM and in CO module - CCA, PCA, COPA, PC, IO and Cost Element accounting.
• Worked in Three Full life cycle implementations using ASAP methodology, Excellency in Blue Print, Realization-Configuration, Final Preparation-Unit & Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Developing BPP’s, End User Training, and Pre & Post Go live support.
• Configured different aspects of business relating to FI-G/L Transaction, Inter Company Transaction, House Banks, Automatic Payment Programs, Credit Management, Cash Application, Clearing Inter-company Vendor/Customer Open Item, Reconciliation Account, Carry Forward Balance, Document Split, Lockbox & Dunning.
• Experience in handling migration from GL to New GL write from creation of blue print for new GL to the customization of document splitting, allocation, planning and knowledge of US GAAP, Logistic Invoice verification (LIV) and Working knowledge in the creation of reports using Report Writer and Report Painter tools.
• Integrated FI module with other modules such as SD, MM, PP and Logistic, well versed with overall business process like Order to Cash, Make to Order & Procure to Pay. Provided support for account determination (transaction key) and worked on ERS (Evaluated receipt settlement), EBS & EDI.
• Configured different aspects of business relating to CO-Operating Concern, Cost Element Categories, Reconciliation Ledger, CCA activity types, SKF, Assessment and Distribution cycles, Internal Order planning, Budgeting and Profit Center Accounting.
• Worked with BAPI, BADI, User Exits, ALE, EDI/IDOC and tables.
• Extensive experience developing functional and technical specifications for development objects (RICEFW) and Sound Knowledge in migration of data from Legacy system to SAP for Upgrade / New implementation / integration using LSMW, CATTs.
• Ability to work as a SAP techno-functional consultant with sound knowledge ABAP queries and experience in validations of SOX, GMP, GXP, FDA, IFRS internal/external reporting.
• Prepared End User Training & Documentation materials.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with problem solving abilities, effective in working independently and an exceptional team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

FI Module: General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Asset Accounting (AA), Automatic Payment Program (APP), New General ledger (G/L).

CO Module: Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting (CCA)Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA), Internal orders (IO), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Over head Cost Allocation and Product Costing (PC).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: -SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Worked on project Upgrade from SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 and experience in ERP covering all stages of pre-implementation, implementation and post-implementation with relevant integration aspects.
• Configured GL accounts, automatic account assignments, and financial statement versions.
• Configured FI-AP and FI-AR, Customer/ Vendor Master Records, Account groups, Tolerance groups, Document number ranges and account determination.
• Configuring Revenue account, discount account by using Access terminology for determining GL account by using application keys, account determination key, customer account group, material account group and account key.
• Extensively worked on Dispute Management functionality including creating dispute cases, forwarding of disputes, clearing disputes.
• Configured new House Banks for Automatic Payments, Lockbox, Check management, Dunning procedures & EDI setup for inbound and outbound IDOC’s, BAI2, and ACH.
• Developed Functional Specs for changes in various interfaces relating to payroll and freight handling, developed functional specs for forms/exits/conversions/reports/other developments needed for material costing.
• Implemented Lockbox for new company merger and performed application changes for switch over from BAI to BAI2 format for various company codes; User Exits to handle deductions/discounts in system as per business requirement and coordinated with PNC technical team expertise (TAG) for file layout for BAI2 format. Configured Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) for new company code.
• Configured Asset Classes, depreciation areas, chart of depreciation, Asset transfers, depreciation run & Involved in whole process of Capitalization of AUC to Assets.
• Involved in yearend closing operations for FI and AA; also responsible for opening and closing for MM and FI monthly periods for postings.
• In FI-MM, Maintain stock values of the materials of the same material and different material type to be posted to GL account.
• Worked on FI-MM integration using MIRO (invoice verification) and MIGO (Goods receipt).
• Configured Internal Orders Settlement, Assessment & Distribution Cycles, Budget Uploads, Primary & Secondary cost elements, Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures.
• Hands on Experience inSAPintegration with Vertex for purchasing andsalestax calculation.
• Configured new tax jurisdiction codes and input/output tax keys and made changes to current input/output tax keys (tax calculations) as per new regulations; also worked on Tax software for 1099’s forms.
• Configure functionalities of the current TAS system to SAP and prepare a gap analysis document.
• Experience in different testing phases like Application Testing, Integration testing and User Acceptance testing.

Confidential, Cincinnati, Ohio

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: - ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in studying the AS-IS Process, Project Preparation, Re-Scoping from initial scope of work, Blue Print Preparation and Realization activities.
• Conducted workshop with business process to obtain an understanding of the general flow of transactions, SAP functionality utilized, interfaces systems and available process/control documentation.
• Performed GAP analysis & Evaluated the significance of internal control gaps according to the risk it poses to the organization.
• Provided support for Configuration, Implementation and Testing of the customer master records and incoming payments, Banking & Inter-company transactions.
• Worked on US taxes (Sales tax & use tax) and Vertex, FASB52.
• Worked on bank specific payment files to automatic check and electronic payments to meet the client’s specific requirements.
• Helped business users on various business processes such as applying lockbox, Dunning payment run, and recurring entries for periodic transaction.
• Designed and configured asset management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, depreciation calculations, and write offs and post capitalization.
• Worked extensively on asset accounting module for the maintenance of asset classes, depreciation keys, and ordinary/special/unplanned depreciation workings.
• Worked on LSMW for transfer of data migration from Legacy System to SAP R/3 system for transactions relating to customer master data, open item transactions, Collections, G/L accounts transfer, vendor master data & vendor open items.
• Allocations using cycle MM consultants for integration of FI-MM using MIRO, ME21N, MIGO, MR11 report.
• Worked in Secondary Cost Elements and Reconciliation Ledger and also configured Cost Element accounting groups for the Cost Elements.
• Configured Profit Center Hierarchy and Cost Center Hierarchy.
• Configured Primary and segment method for periodic reposting, distribution and assessment for allocating costs to product line cost centers.
• Developed activity types, activity type categories and plan prices for activity types in cost center.
• Configured Internal Order settings & different Order types based on the internal order category & also configured them based on the order types with the settlement profiles.
• Involved in writing various test plans and coordinate Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance testing and Lead the testing team.

Confidential, New Haven, CT

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: - R/3 4.7 & ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Worked on migration GL to New GL write from creation of blue print for new GL to the customization of document splitting, allocation, planning and knowledge of US GAAP, Logistic Invoice verification (LIV) and Working knowledge in the creation of reports using Report Writer and Report Painter tools.
• Configured Company code, G/L, Customer / Vendor master data, defined payment methods, posting period, fiscal year variants, document number ranges and field status groups.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for outgoing payments for Company Codes in accounts payable and integrated AP/AR modules with MM and SD respectively.
• Resolved a number of accounts payable FI-AP problems such as the SAP script output for check printing, incorrect posting of reconciliation accounts.
• Assisted in creating automatic interest calculation procedure, payment terms, correspondence and dunning procedures.
• Customized Lockbox processing, treasury groupings, bank statement processing (EBS), posting rules and exchange rates.
• Configured tax codes, tax procedure & Configured performed required settings in SAP to implement VERTEX for tax calculation.
• Customization settings for Asset Accounting such as Chart of depreciation, account determination, Depreciation areas, Number ranges, Asset classes.
• Performed the closing activities- posting depreciation, parallel valuation, carrying out fiscal year change, simulation of depreciation of individual assets, etc.
• Defining processes for asset acquisitions such as through PO and direct purchases.
• Configured CCA by creating cost elements, cost centers, activity types, cost center categories, document numbers, and allocations.
• Configured Profit center standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, distribution and assessment in PCA.
• Configured settlement profile, Settlement structure and settlement cost element for Internal Order settlements.
• Responsible for configuration & settings of ERS to reduce errors relating to Invoice Verification and to eliminate price & quantity variances.
• Part of Configuring Special Purpose Ledger according to the client’s requirement.

Confidential, Bakersfield, CA

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: - R/3 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Configuring new G/L, customized account groups, field status groups, posting keys, document types, posting periods and G/L master records creation.
• Configured Vendor Master Data - Vendor Field Status, Creating Vendor and Customer Master Data - Customer Credit Limits, Terms & Method of payment and Risk Categories.
• Worked in various FI aspects relating to G/L, AR, AP, Collections, Special G/L, ERS issues, EDI, Treasury, Recurring entries, carry forward balances, residual/partial payment settings for vendors & customers, automatic payment program, Down Payments, Reversal of transactions, Exchange Rates and Inter-company transactions.
• Configured Electronic bank statements, importing of electronic bank statement, displaying bank statements, conversion programs, post processing of bank statements and electronic check deposit.
• Performed Mass Change for different G/L accounts to modify postings with tax and to change payment terms and payment methods for vendors and customers.
• Configured Lockbox using BAI2 format for incoming payments and used CATT’s program comprehensively with the ability to act as a techno consultant.
• Designed and configured Asset Management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, depreciation calculation, write-offs and post capitalization. Made settings for G/L accounts for AUC, Loss/gain on asset disposal/retirement, and posting depreciation under different Depreciation Areas.
• Configured chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, asset classes, asset class account determination, calculation keys, depreciation keys and transaction types.
• Configured Cost Elements, Cost Element Groups, Configured Costing Sheet, Configured the reconciliation ledger, & customized Cost centre hierarchy.
• Configured Internal Orders, Status management, orders settlement, a settlement structure.
• Involved in writing various test plans and coordinate Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance testing and Lead the testing team.

Confidential, Corona, CA

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: - R/3 4.7A

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases of implementation from development of business blueprints to end user training and go-live.
• Involved in understanding the business requirement, understanding legacy system functionalities and customizations, gathered functional requirement through user workshops, Gap identification, Analysis and documented AS-IS model and TO-BE model.
• Conducted Business process for implementation of AA (Asset Accounting) including asset acquisition, depreciation, transfers, retirements, revaluation.
• Responsible for handling all the incoming payments with Full, Partial or Residual payments and clearing Customer accounts accordingly. Implementations for terms of payments in OTC environment (Order-To-Cash).
• Configured Controlling area settings for Profit Center Accounting.
• Configured Internal Orders, Status management, Orders settlement and settlement structure.
• Assigned valuation strategy, keys for accessing material cost estimate.
• Tested the Costing Variant and Valuation Variant configured to control the cost of the projects for lucrative investment purposes.
• Performed Unit testing and Integration testing to ensure proper integrity with the other modules and helped resolve production support issues.
• Prepared Training documents and Conducted User Training.

Confidential, Orland park, IL

SAP FICO consultant

Environment: - R/3 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Configured Vendor master and Customer master and specified Screen layouts & assigned unique number ranges to various document types.
• Configured house banks, bank accounts, reason codes, check lots and lockboxes for payments & Integrated AP and AR modules in FI with MM and SD respectively.
• Configured automatic interest calculation procedure, payment terms, correspondence and dunning procedures.
• Configured several validations and substitutions to meet the user requirements & Configured credit control area and predefined credit limits for customers.
• Configuration of FI-AA Asset classes, depreciation areas, assigning company codes to chart of depreciation.
• Responsible for year - end close and reconciliation of sub-ledger, such AR, AP and Fixed Asset.
• Design and implementation of comprehensive reporting solution in profit center accounting (EC-PCA) and profitability analysis (CO-PA)
• Configured an Activity Based Costing solution for the client, who could be implemented using CO-CCA (operational view), or using CO-ABC (parallel view).
• Configured Standard Cost estimates in Cost object controlling for the orders with Quantity Structure and Configure for WIP Calculations and variance calculations, maintained settlement structures.
• Configured the Cost variants, valuation variants and made the assignments, customized the cost component structure etc. Knowledge of material ledger, material valuations, material account determinations, actual costing, LIFO and other valuation methods, month end closings including material ledger
• Checking assignments of relevant cost objects and in particular materials to profit centers.
• Preparing for the month end close and setting up the master data for Allocations (Assessments and Distribution).
• Completed Unit testing and integration testing. Created authorization profiles and tested the system before go live.