SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience as SAP FICO consultant including experience in three full cycle implementations using ASAP Methodology.
• Worked on Up - gradation of SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 and was responsible for ECC 6.0 customizing, configuring, integrating, testing, end user training and providing support for global organizations.
• Experienced in gathering and analyzing business requirements, working with SME’s, identifying gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE, re-engineering business processes, creating business blueprints, mapping processes to SAP R/3 functionality, and collecting master data.
• Controlling expertise includes CEA, CCA, PCA, IO, CO-PC as well as knowledge about CO-PA.
• Financial Accounting expertise includes G/L, A/P, A/R, AA, and SL.
• Proficient in interacting with ABAP developers for technical specifications for IDOCs, BAdI’s, BAPIs, Enhancements, Reports and other customized developments.
• Possess in-depth knowledge about US GAAP, Taxation, and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Act.
• Strong industry specific knowledge in Petrochemicals, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Shipping, Consumer Products, Food, Banking & Public Sector industries.
• Involved in giving directions for data migration system from legacy to SAP R/3 using the LSMW tool.
• Experienced in configuring Lockbox with BAI2 format, cash management and planning levels in treasury. Sound knowledge about Biller Direct in FSCM.
• Motivated achiever who guides organizations in applying technology to business settings, provides value added services, and creates project deliverables in a timely manner.
• Strong knowledge of FI/CO modules integration with other modules such as MM, SD, and PP.
• Involved in SAP overview training, end user navigation training, and end user FICO training.
• Experienced to support reporting and business intelligence requirements to ensure a robust reporting environment.
• Experienced in using SOLMAN for the purpose of documentation, testing, customization and landscape definition.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP System: ECC 6.0, SAP R/3 4.6C/4.7

Operation Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/ XP/ Vista/7. UNIX, MS DOS, LINUX

Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007

Other Tools: LSMW, ABAP Query, Quick viewer, CATT & eCATT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Bartlesville, OK

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Provided Level 2 Production Support for the FI Module - G/L, AP and AR and for CO Module - CCA, PCA, CEA, and Product Costing.
• Facilitated knowledge transfer, communication, and interaction between various functional organizations and the Information Technology department.
• Provided Extensive functional support for master data governance and master data troubleshooting.
• Stayed current with costing functionality available within SAP and communicated opportunities to Conoco’s Cost Accounting Department employees.
• Helped in the Configuration of automatic account assignment for Conoco’s balance sheet G/L accounts and those required for integration with MM & SD Modules.
• Configured Cost Center Accounting / Cost element, maintained standard hierarchy for cost centers, created cost center categories and its distribution and assessment.
• Helped in setting up one of the House banks and Configured APP for outgoing payments in Accounts payable, Assigned Layout and print program to the payment method in FBZP configuration to print the checks directly in SAP and worked with a developer on modifying a SAP Script for checks and the print program.
• Assigned value fields to different condition types in SD and monitored the actual data flow from SD billing documents to FI direct postings.
• Resolved issues in various modules such as FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-PA, CO-PC, CO-CCA, CO-CEA, and CO-PCA.
• Used LSMW for uploading master data of General Ledger, Customers and Vendors. Worked on CATTs for creation and modification of master data of G/L accounts, Customers, Vendors, Internal Orders and Cost Centers.
• Interacted with the external Tax Software application system (Sabrix) for US Taxes whenever there were any unresolved issues relating to it.
• Worked closely with technical team in Houston, Texas to design and develop ABAP/4 reports, interfaces and enhancements as per Managements requirements.
• Developed custom reports in controlling module using Report Painter and Report Writer.
• Trained on an average of around 10 to 15 end-users per class on SAP functionality in a classroom setting with a combination of PowerPoint, SAP live on screen, and hands-on training.
• Performed Integration testing of FI with other modules; SD, MM & PP and extended support for account determination.
• Worked closely with Confidential ’s employees and explained them the overall business workflow for integration (MIGO, MIRO, LIV and MRBR).

Confidential, WI

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely in a team of 20 consultants at company’s headquarters in Milwaukee and performed GAP analysis and participated actively in designing blueprints using ASAP Methodology. Interacted constantly with team of FICO consultants at Confidential corporation’s offices in Australia and Singapore throughout the implementation process.
• Helped the FI team in Configuring Global settings for Company code, Fiscal year variant, Chart of accounts, posting period variant, field status variant and field status groups.
• Created Standard Hierarchy for Confidential Corporations various Cost Centers based on its brands and businesses such as Electromark, Etimark, Big and several others. Also maintained statistical key figures, distribution and assessment, indirect activity allocations in CCA.
• Created standard hierarchy for Confidential Corporations profit centers, dummy profit center, defined various document types for profit centers, assigned number ranges, and contributed for PCA planning parameters in PCA.
• Maintained Overhead cost elements, percentage overhead rates, calculation bases, credits, costing sheets, activity plan, and costing types in CO-PC.
• Configured the Material Cost estimate with Quantity Structure and Configured the cost component structure, Costing variants for standard cost estimate for planned and actual Production orders in CO-PC.
• Worked on Cost Object controlling, period ending activities such as WIP and Variance calculations, settlements of orders, Cost Split, cost estimation, Costing Run, Marking and Releasing for updating the price in material master records in CO-PC.
• Defined costing sheets for calculating Overhead (percentage based overhead calculation) in Product CO-PC so that the Overhead could be assigned accurately for indirect costs incurred in the production of ID cards, labels, etc.
• Involved in design, configuration & process re-engineering for Standard Cost Estimates in Product Costing. Helped in the configuration of ‘Product Cost by Period’ and ‘Product Cost by Sales Order in CO-PC.
• Assisted the FICO/ MM team in configuring the three way matching concept of Purchase Order with Goods Receipt and Invoice Receipt. Monitored closely the integration touch points and assigned proper G/L Accounts in Account Determination.
• Involved in the Configuration of several House Banks based on several businesses and technologies and configured Automatic Payment Program (APP) using F110 and FBZP. Also worked in optimizing bank details for wire payments, check lots, void reason codes and clearing inter-company vendor/customer open items in FI- AP.
• Maintained Lockbox configuration in BAI2 format with Confidential Bank, along with cash management and planning levels in treasury. Used FLB2 to pull the file that Confidential sent to Confidential Corporation in addition with using OBAX, OBAY, and OB10.
• Helped in the development of the specifications for check forms (USA, CAD and MXN checks) and payment advice forms.
• Participated in transferring Confidential Corporations existing G/L accounts, vendor master (FK01) data using LSMW tool. Modified the existing data in Excel spreadsheet by adding the payment terms and interest calculations.
• Provided functional assistance to the FICO team in the development of RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms).

Confidential, NJ

SAP FICO Analyst

Environment: ECC 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Identified upgrade related issues for Pharmaceuticals line of business and communicated those with Confidential Company’s accounting department and management.
• Worked closely in a team with the MM, PP, and SD consultants regarding upgrade related issues
• Configured G/L accounts, maintained automatic account assignments, and Financial statement versions.
• Configured FI-AP, FI- AR, Customer/ Vendor Master records, Account groups for GL accounts, Vendors/ Customers, Tolerance groups, Document number ranges, and maintained correct Account determination based on the information provided by Confidential ’s staff.
• Worked on configuration areas of House banks as it wanted to maintain different banks for different company codes. Helped in the set-up of the Automatic Payment Program for paying Confidential ’s vendors for raw materials of the drug, Automatic interest calculation, Bank statement (electronic and manual), and Dunning procedures.
• Assisted the FSCM consultant at Confidential in setting up of Releasing credit cards and Editing payment methods in Biller Direct using EBPP. Assigned value fields to different condition types in SD and monitored the actual data flow from SD billing documents to FI direct postings.
• Configured settings for Controlling Area and assigned those to company codes. Created Primary and Secondary Cost elements, Cost Element Groups, maintained Cost Element Attributes, Costing Sheet etc.
• Cost Elements Analysis, involving both primary and secondary cost elements, activating the reconciliation ledger, and maintaining accounts for automatic reconciliation posting.
• In Cost Center Accounting defined and assigned standard hierarchy. Created Cost Centers for Confidential ’s Company based on different pharmaceutical products and assigned them to G/L accounts through Cost elements to Profit Centers and Work Centers.
• In Internal Orders maintained order types, screen layouts, maintained order groups, status management, overhead costing sheets, maintained settlement rules, settlement profile, and planning profile.
• Configured Profit Center Accounting, maintained profit center standard hierarchy and created profit centers based on Confidential ’s Company’s market segments, Exchange rate types, Distribution, assessment of costs, and statistical key figures.
• In CO-PA, configured costing based CO-PA, assisted Confidential ’s management in the design and configuration of PA structures, including decisions on characteristics, key figures, derivation rules, and settlement to CO-PA.
• Used CO-PA to report profitability of Confidential Company by Customer, Product, and Market Segments. Created Profit & Loss statements using CO-PA reporting tools.
• In CO-PC-PCP, Configured Material costing with quantity structure, Costing Variants, Standard, Inventory, and Modified cost estimate and involved in Price update.
• In CO-PC-OC, Configured Master data for Product cost by order (Product Cost Collector), Simultaneous Costing, and Period End Closing.

Confidential, MI

SAP FICO Analyst

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Provided Production Support for Confidential ’s Turnstone & Coalesse brand on various FI and CO modules. Configured Account groups and Retained Earning Accounts in OB53 to create G/L Master Data.
• Assisted the A/R Consultant and Confidential ’s Credit Department on Credit Management and Credit Control Areas. Assisted the FICO team in resolving the issues for one of the Confidential ’s Travel & Expense project.
• Maintained Document types for customer/vendor and maintained number ranges for the same.
• Configured Cost Center Accounting / Cost element, maintained standard hierarchy, cost center categories, distribution and assessment.
• Configured Profit Center master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, profit center groups, distribution and assessments.
• Maintained Internal Order types for Research and Development projects, maintained Settlement profile and allocation structure for different settlement rules and parameters.
• Created and generated operating concern, created characteristics, value fields and defined the segment level characteristics to address CO-PA requirement. Assigned value fields to different condition types to SD and monitoring of actual data flow from SD billing documents and FI direct postings. Creation of assessment cycles to allow the overhead costs among various characteristics
• Maintained Costing sheets and Cost component structure in OKTZ. Configured standard Cost estimate in cost object controlling, WIP calculation, variance calculation and Maintained settlement structures.
• Configured multiple costing variants for period dependent sales data and was involved in testing Bill of Material (BOM) and Routing Data that is relevant for CO-PC.
• Worked on Costing Run to cost, mark and release multiple materials (Steel, wood, particle board, etc.) at same times in CO-PC.
• Worked on the integration touch points of CO-PC with Production planning PP-PI using a process that included master recipes, routings, and Bill of Materials BOM.
• Created Characteristics and Value fields in CO-PA. Configured the derivative rules for user defined characteristics, created costing keys for transferring current cost estimate in CO-PA.
• Activated New GL and Configured new functionalities available in New GL according to client requirements. Resolved issues in various modules such as COPA, COPC, CCA, AP and PCA.
• Sound knowledge in the migration to New GL starting from the creation of blue print for New GL to the customization of document splitting, allocation and planning.
• Used LSMW for uploading master data of General Ledger, Customers and Vendors. Worked on CATT’s for creation and modification of master data of GL accounts, Customers, Vendors, Internal Orders and Cost Centers.

Confidential, PA

SAP FICO Analyst

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Participated in JTMs (Joint Team Meetings) to arrive at "TO BE" design which was acceptable to the team, user groups, and Management.
• Conducted GAP analysis, documented the findings, assessed scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customizations. Worked closely with MM, SD and PP-PI consultants so as to ensure that commercial controls and accounting requirements are met as per business process blueprint.
• Configured G/L accounts, maintained automatic account assignments, Financial statement versions, validations, and substitutions.
• Configured FI-AP and FI-AR, Customer/ Vendor Master records, Account groups, Tolerance groups, Document number ranges, and Account determination for several accounts.
• Created Bank Master data, House banks, G/L accounts for each bank account and assigned reconciliation accounts for vendors, customers and assets.
• Customized settings for Interest Calculation on FI- AR and FI-AP items. Configured the settings for Outgoing payments for Logistics vendors such as including Automatic Payment Program (APP) in F110 & FBZP.
• Configured Controlling area and General settings for the company and set currency for controlling area same as company code.
• Created customer/vendor master data, edited field status group for master records, payment terms, payment methods, arrangements for residual/partial payments, risk categories, different number ranges for domestic/global/one time customers/vendors, credit memo’s, down payments, and set credit & tolerance limits for customers & vendors.
• Coordinated and implemented ERS agreements for the company with its vendors and set the configuration settings in the vendor master record to eliminate Price & Quantity Variances.
• Customized General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts payable as per client’s request.
• Configured Standard hierarchies for Profit centers, created profit center groups and profit centers
• Configured changes in Standard hierarchies for Cost centers, created cost center groups and cost centers and assigned cost centers to respective profit centers
• Developed Assessment, Distributions and Reposting periodic cycles and configured Internal Orders Types, Order Settlement and Internal Order Budgeting.
• Configured Costing based & Accounting based CO-PA; maintained Operating concern with characteristics and field values, and also defined versions.
• Tested report generation using Report Writer & Report Painter. Worked extensively on LSMW & CATTS programs and trained end users for the same. Analyzed reports and identified errors using ABAP Queries.
• Performed Integration testing of FI with other modules; SD, MM & PP and extended support for account determination. Worked with end users and explained them the overall business workflow for integration (MIGO, MIRO, LIV and MRBR).

Confidential, MD

SAP FICO Analyst

Environment: SAP R/3 - 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Provided Production support for the Confidential ’s Culinary Brand on FI module - GL, AP and AR and for CO module - CEA, CCA, and PCA.
• Enhanced to create Vendor/ Customer - Specific Fields in Purchase Order and Sales Order as required meeting project’s accounting & business requirements.
• Maintained variants for customer statements and scheduled batch jobs for frequent transactional activities and configured various financial statement versions.
• Supported extensively on FI integrations with CO, MM and SD Modules. Configured the different products profitability segment in the CO-PA module - set up the characteristics and value fields and configured the flow of values from FI to CO-PA.
• Monitored day-to-day activities at Confidential ’s Culinary Division and resolved issues/problems as they occurred.
• Worked closely with the billing team on issues related to debit/credit memo, and invoices sent out to Confidential ’s customers.
• Interacted with the technical team to design and develop ABAP/4 reports, interfaces and enhancements in Customer Master (XD01) and Vendor Master (XK01) as per Managements requirements.
• Resolved various issues related to enhancements using user exits to accommodate new functionalities.
• Involved in writing of Integration test scripts and User acceptance test scripts and training users in the areas of GL, AR, AP and CO modules.
• Developed custom reports in controlling module using Report Painter and Report Writer. Configured Controlling modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting and Profit Center Accounting.
• Implement new GL functionality, Configuring New GL to meet requirements to report multiple project accounting methods including US GAAP and IFRS.
• In Cost Element Accounting - Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements and Reconciliation Ledger.
• Configured Controlling Area settings to address the Management Accounting.
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) Created Operating Concern Attributes, Characteristics and Value Fields.
• Worked with Senior management and other consultants to create a Project plan for re-implementing SAP (version 4.7) with additional MM, PP, and PCA functionality.
• FI and CO work centered on the core configuration with Profit Center Accounting. Additional work included analysis of SAP landscape, financial reporting, support, and assisting other consultants in MM, PP, and SD areas.

Confidential - Strongsville, OH

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Configured and Customized FICO modules including GL, AP, AR, FA, CEA, CCA, PCA and CO-PA.
• Implemented the Asset Management (Fixed Assets) module based on the specific requirements, customized the Asset module, configured, set up Asset classes also responsible for data conversion from legacy system and reconciling the same.
• Worked with SAP functional teams to understand data requirement, codification rules to explain to business and development teams.
• Maintained Chart of Accounts for company code, Create/change GL accounts, Field status group, Maintained Financial Statement Version, Manual and Automatic Clearing, Configured the settings for foreign currency valuation.
• Defined Account Groups, Number Ranges, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Period, Fiscal Year Variants, and Field Status Groups.
• Interacted with Client to Configure Vendor/Customer Groups, Set up Vendor/Customer Master Records and Assign Reconciliation Accounts in G/L
• Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors. Configured AP with manual and Automatic Payment Program to do Check, ACH and Wire Payment.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL Structure. Set up the integration of FI with MM and SD through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Extensively worked on controlling Area and Operating Concern configuration as per Business Scenario and Processes. Perform FI and CO testing that includes AR, AP, AA, GL, SPL and Cost Element, Cost CentreAccounting, Internal Orders, Profit Centre Accountingrespectively.
• Configured Asset Management: Configured Asset financial statement version, asset sub numbers and group asset and Defined Organizational Structure required for Fixed Assets.
• Applied working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Principles (GAAP) and Project AccountingProcedures.
• Configured Controlling modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting and Profit Center Accounting.
• Implement new GL functionality, Configuring New GL to meet requirements to report multiple project accounting methods including US GAAP and IFRS.
• In Cost Element Accounting - Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements and Reconciliation ing

Confidential, Torrance, CA

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Environment: ECC 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the preparation of Business Blue Print (As-Is, To-Be, and Fit-Gap Analysis).
• Designed and Configured the Vendor Master Data, Vendor Group, Vendor Field Status, Vendor and Customer Master Data and Risk Categories. Set up the Credit Management Configuration.
• Refined and Configured Payment Methods, Payments Terms, House Bank, Bank Accounts for AP, AR - Dunning process, Interest calculation, and Credit Management.
• Clearing Inter-Company (R2R) Vendor/Customer open Items, Manually Processing Incoming Payments, Running/Editing Dunning proposals, Reconciliation Accounts in the GL, Create functional specifications for Custom interfaces.
• Configured House Bank R2R to Bank Reconciliation. Configured Outgoing Payments, Open Item Clearing in Accounts Payable, and Cost Center Accounting Master data, Planning and Cost allocations in Cost Center Accounting.
• Configured the Automatic Payment Program for A/P including Partial Payment Configuration, Check Management and Check Printing.
• Defined the G/L accounts for Materials Management and Set up the Integration between Financial Accounting and Materials Management through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Set up the Parameters for Cross-Company Code Postings. Configured the One-time Vendors/Customers with a Separate Screen Layouts.
• Customized Lockbox, Payment Requests and Interest Calculation on Account Balances and Line Items.
• In Asset Management (configured R2R), Copied Reference Chart of Depreciation, Assigned Chart of Depreciation, Specify Number Assignment across Company Codes & Account Determination.
• Created Screen Layout Rules, Defined Number Range Interval & Asset Classes. Defined Depreciation Area posting to General Ledger, Assigned G/L Accounts.
• Specified Document Type for Posting of Depreciation, Specified Account Assignment types for Account Assignment Object, Defined Depreciation Areas, Specify Transfer of APC Values, Determined Depreciation Areas in the Asset Class.
• Maintained Depreciation keys, Define Screen Layout for Asset Master Data & Asset Depreciation Areas.
• Classified Asset using Character Evaluation Group, Defined Transfer type for Acquisition, Retirement, Transfers &for Intercompany Asset Transfers
• Extensively worked in Controlling modules including, Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting. Configured Tax structure (Vertex interface).

Confidential, Akron City, OHIO

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R3- 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of global setting, Configured Company code, GL Master Data, Maintained field status variants and assigned to company code, Screen variants for document entry as per business specifications and tested the configuration scenarios.
• Configured the setting in the GL area, GL master Data and open item clearing. Implemented New GL, performed document splitting, parallel accounting and periodic processing.
• Worked and experiences on ALE, EDI, LockBox. Setting up of payment methods payment files and advice through change in SAP scripts.
• Implemented and Resolved issues relating to Automatic APP. Configured House Banks, Bank account and assign to check lot. Configured automatic payment program for out-going payments in AP.
• Configured payment terms, over-due interest calculations, cash discount and automatic clearing of line items.
• Configured Lockbox processing, Cash management, Generated bank advice and account posting. Imported and processed Electronic bank statement (EBS) and worked with BAI2 file formats. Created lock box at house bank and configured control parameters and posting data. Configured GL account structure for each bank account. Configured electronic bank statement and worked with different file formats (Multi-cash and BAI), EDI Processing.
• Transaction Data Configuration & Processing Invoice Verification (MIRO - LIV): Maintained Invoice Receipt Tolerance. Automatic account determination, GR/IR clearing, Automatic clearing issues. Limits, Reductions in invoice, credit memos and Evaluated receipt settle.
• Configuration of Asset Accounting Module. Set up Chart of Depreciation, Number range assignment across company codes and account determination.
• Created Asset classes and screen layout rules, Defined number range intervals. Defined depreciation area posting to General Ledger, Assigned GL accounts and Assigned input tax indicator for Non-Taxable Acquisition. Depreciation calculation key.
• Integrated automatic posting for FI-MM through OBYC. Procure To Pay (PTP). Configured FI-SD integration and revenue accounts determination through VKOA Order To Cash (OTC).
• Maintained Controlling area settings and made cost center hierarchy and other assignments In Cost Element Accounting created Primary and secondary Cost elements, created Cost Element Groups,
• In CO-CCA/PC created the cost centers and maintained the Standard hierarchy, assigned cost centers to cost elements. Configured Activities, Statistical Key Figures.
• Developed cost sheet, cycles, segments for cost center distributions and assessment to allocate manufacturing overhead cost to cost objects. Configured settlements, cost splits for Activity Price calculations. Setup internal orders and cost collector configuration.
• Customized order classification establishing a sophisticated system of order settlements and cost center assessment cycles. Set-up planning profile for cost center, activities, statistical key figures and cost element planning.
• Uploaded FI legacy data using LSMW. Defined expense accounts, revenue accounts for realized exchange rate difference, differentiated the accounts by currency, exchange rate gains, exchange rate losses and then posted to separate GL account.
• Created and defined credit control areas to company code including pre-defined credit limits for customers.