SUMMARY:

• Certified as a solution consultant mySAP Financials - Managerial & Financial Accounting
• Prior Big 4 (IBM, DELOITTE) consulting experience and SAP upgrade experience from R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0.
• 15 years of SAP R/3 Ver 3.1h ~ ECC 6.0 FI/CO experience including full life cycle implementation with proven expertise.
• Experience with around 10 rollouts in implementing controlling modules.
• Good experience in using Solution Manager 4.0 in preparing the blue print with the scope of processes and transactions.
• Completed Lean Six Sigma training and using the methodologies in the day to day activities.
• Proven ability to SAP applications and expert level knowledge in configuration of FI/CO module. Project Management skills including working with user community understanding their business needs and developing strategies to implement them.
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. Worked on multiple financial engagements on analyzing finance functions, blueprinting, streamlining business processes, design and configuration, testing and proof of concept and post-implementation support.
• Strong communication skills combined with a positive attitude make me a key team player. Demonstrated leadership ability to resolve issues, drive projects, and meet deadlines, motivated to develop successful solutions.
• Work experience offers the rare combination of conceptual design of systems and business processes, the hands-on technical ability to execute a conceptual design and effective project management.
• Ability to motivate others in process development and utilization
• Ability to work in a high-stress environment.
• Experienced in functional configuration with the SAP R/3 Financial Accounting & Controlling (FI-CO). Strong development experience in SAP 4.6 FI/CO GL, AP, AR, AA, CCA, PCA, CO-PA, Internal Orders, Product costing and material ledger.
• Sound knowledge of Archiving, DART, Compliance Calibrator, Fire Fighter and Schedule Manager, IDOCS.
• Reporting tools such as: ABAP queries, Report Painter, COPA reporting and Report Writer.
• Knowledge in Integration of various SAP applications like SD, PP and MM with FI/CO.
• Worked on Archiving the FI/CO objects and configured DART for IRS.
• Consultant experience includes Developing Implementation Strategy, Installation, and Configuration.

SKILLS / TOOLS USED:

Operating Systems: MS Windows XP/2000/98/95, WinNT 4.0.

Languages: ABAP, HTML.

Project Management: MS project

ERP: SAP R/3 FI/CO.

Miscellaneous: MS Front Page, MS Power Point.

SKILL:

• Expert in designing and configuring the operating concern, characteristics, value fields, derivation rules, valuation, planning layouts, reorganization, actual values, flow of billing documents, direct FI postings, production order variance settlement, key figure and scheme and COPA reports
• Implemented both costing and account based profitability analysis
• Expert level COPA integration skills with FI, CO, SD and MM.
• Created COPA reports for multiple legal and group valuations.
• Designed Quantities, Revenue, Cost of Sales and variances in COPA from FI, SD, product costing modules
• Created documentation of the common issues in COPA which are related to FI and COPA reconciliation.
• Expert in using the FI-COPA reconciliation report KEAT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CO

Product Costing Lead

Responsibilities:

• CO consultant as part of the Propel project in consolidating legacy Hillshire functionality to Legacy Tyson.
• Been part of the preparation Workshops and future state design, Fit/gap and design decisions.
• Expert knowledge in COPA, Product Cost & Material leger and implemented the Standard Cost Process, weekly alternative cost process, Mixed costing, Disassembly, Cost Plus and Cost planning.
• Taken lead the design sessions and prepared Process flows, PRD’s and Functional specifications.
• Part of the Design, Build and Testing Phase.

Confidential

COPA and product costing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements and implemented costing based Profitability Analysis for Confidential business.
• Designed and implemented MTO, MTS, Repetitive manufacturing finance processes and complex intercompany process with Canada company code and designed all those Cost of sales breakdown to COPA,
• Worked deeply on the variant configuration related manufacturing process and designed product costing to get the right cost of sales to FI and COPA(profitability analysis)
• Used the existing template for the processes in COPA and product costing and modified the reports as needed for the new business
• Prepared functional specification for different custom reports, conversions and enhancements
• Managed the defect resolution for all the test cycles and met the dead lines
• Documented all the business processes, configuration and training documents.

Confidential

Controlling Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements and implemented FICO modules for the newly acquired plants into the existing company code
• Designed and implemented MTO, MTS, Repetitive manufacturing finance processes and complex intercompany process with Canada company code,
• Worked deeply on the variant configuration related manufacturing process and designed product costing to get the right cost of sales to FI and COPA(profitability analysis)
• Used the existing template for the processes in CCA, PCA, COPA and product costing and modified the reports as needed for the new business
• Prepared functional specification for different custom reports, conversions and enhancements
• Managed the defect resolution for all the test cycles and met the deadlines. Documented all the business processes, configuration and training documents.
• Strong knowledge on inter and intra company STO process and account determination.
• Designed AP freight process with integration with US bank. Worked on EDI interfaces for invoices.

Confidential

COPA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Taken lead in gathering requirements from Confidential USA and worldwide for 3 months and prepared PDD (Process definition documents) for the CO Area including Product Costing, and COPA.
• Prototyped all the CO scenarios in the SBX like Standard Cost Estimate, Group Cost Estimates, Additive Cost estimates, Template allocations, Actual activity price calculation, Revaluation of process orders, Settlement of process orders, COPA configuration, COPA reporting and other inter company multi valuation scenarios.
• Configured the Development system with all the process given above include integration process like MTO, Subcontracting, Direct/Indirect/Service Purchase orders and inventory related transfer like Intra company, Cycle Count etc.
• Designed different margin analysis report in COPA with custom characteristics.
• Using different COPA user exists for deriving the right data to COPA.
• Prepared documentation like Process definition documents, Process Flow and Configuration and business process flow diagrams.
• Helped the business during 3 different testing cycles and involved in resolved defects.
• Helped the business with cutover activities and in getting good standard prices for materials working with other integration teams.
• Provided after go live support including month end closing

Confidential

COPA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Helped the realization, testing and cut over parts for the Implementation of Poland Plants and Splitting the France plants to new structure. This includes modules COPA.
• Helped heavily in validation of CO data for the Splitting project.
• Helped resolved the issues of the existing plants thought ITR Process.

Confidential

SAP COPA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in conducting workshops, gathering requirements, designing processes, documenting in Solution manager and implementing in SAP.
• Designed MTS with discrete/repetitive manufacturing, MTO with and without sales order controlling, Maintenance Processes, Vendor Consignment process, Pipeline process, Subcontracting, Subcontracting during the production process, Rework orders, Split Valuation, cycle count process.. from costing perspective.
• Implemented COPA module for fabrication, Steel and recycling business.
• Expert in implementing, documenting and training the users in month end process like Standard Cost Estimate Costing Run, Assessments, Maintenance order settlements, Splitting structure, Actual Activity price calculation, Revaluation of production orders, WIP, Variances, Settlement to materials and Sales order/WBS Elements, Result analysis, Settlement of Sales orders/Projects, Material ledger Close, Sending new actual cost component split to COPA and expert in reports relevant for month end close.
• Acted as COPA lead for configuration, for completing all the Costing/controlling tests in a timely manner for different testing cycles ITC1, ITC2 and ITC3.and responsible for cutover tasks
• Acted lead for material validation, interacting with Dev team on conversions, costing the materials, reconciliation with the legacy systems and getting the business sign off on inventory balances.
• Finished training in Charm and as a costing delegate involved in creation of CR’s, creating transports and approving.
• Represented as Costing delegate in Triage daily status meetings, CRT meetings, War room calls, Manual configuration calls, cutover calls and Disaster recovery processes.
• Given go live support and first Month end closing process for the Mill and FAB business for about 5 rollouts.
• Expert in using the tools UPerform, Quality Center, Charm, Remedy and Firefighter.
• Involved in knowledge transfer to the team members while testing the business process.

Confidential, WA

SAP Senior FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Taken lead in the implementation of EBS Project by conducting workshops, design and configure the production costing and COPA processes.
• Acted as a FI/CO lead in the business Divestiture project, Vitiation process, Testing and Cutover tasks.
• Acted as a FI/CO lead in implementing the Company code closure project and migrating the remaining business to the existing company code.
• Acted lead and point of contact for the support team of size around 10 when issues are not resolved in a timely manner.
• Worked on requirements gathering for IRS, KPMG and Canadian Revenue Agencies and implementing the extensions.
• Expert with BW integration and work closely with the BW team
• Acted as a point of contact during month end closing activities and for the high priority issues.
• Good experience in involving in the team, integration, requirements gathering and transports meetings.
• Prepared Process flow diagrams, Functional specifications for the Custom development.
• Expert with the incoming/outgoing interfaces, IDOCS and coordinating with Integration services and Non SAP systems.
• Support day-to-day issues in General Ledger, Interfaces, COPA, Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting modules.
• Acted lead in documenting all the interface issues and taken necessary actions to avoid issues in the following periods and reported the statistics to the higher level management.
• Expert in using HP ITG tool for transport migration and Test Director to document all the tests scenarios, results and for logging the defects.

Confidential, TN

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Acted as lead for SAP upgrade from R/3 4.7C to ECC 6.0. Tracked the bugs using Test Director.
• Configured new company codes acting as a lead in gathering requirements, implementing, testing and deployment.
• Acted lead in implementing security tools Compliance calibrator and Fire fighter.
• Involved in the SAP upgrade process starting from preparing the BPML, upgrade plan, tasks, testing, interacting with the QA team, preparing the status reports and go live preparation.
• Created blue print with the scope of processes and SAP transactions for the SAP upgrade using Solutions Manager 4.0.
• Good experience in involving in the team, integration, requirements gathering and transports meetings.
• Prepared Process flow diagrams, Functional specifications for the Custom development.
• In Security, Acted as Compliance Calibrator Administrator and also trained the users in using the Fire Fighter for emergency access.
• Experience working the BW team in providing information of the finance data for the Admin non Admin hours project and make changes on the finance side accordingly.
• Support day-to-day issues in General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Lock box, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Project Systems modules.
• Good knowledge of Revenue Recognition process in Project Systems.

Confidential, IL

SAP COPA specialist

Responsibilities:

• Configured settings for automatic GR/IR clearing.
• Worked on Archiving the FI/CO objects and configured DART for IRS.
• Integrated AP and AR modules with MM and SD respectively.
• Configured the settings for Outgoing Payments including Automatic Payment Program.
• Configured settings for automatic GR/IR clearing.
• Supported FSCM credit management functionalities credit limit checks, oldest open item, and maximum dunning level checks
• Worked on Schedule agreements, Sub contracting and Return deliveries to vendor.
• Generated reports for management using report painter, report writer and SAP Query for cost center accounting.
• In Security, Created new profiles, roles and assigned to users after checking using virsa tool. Giving access to new users by assigning roles and profiles. Fixed day-to-day security issues
• In Asset accounting, given support for depreciation calculation and settings related to the asset classes and depreciation area.
• In Cost Center Accounting maintained cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, document numbers, maintained default account assignments automatic account assignments, planning layouts, validations and substitutions
• In Internal Orders created and maintained order types, number ranges, status management, settlement rules, settlement profile, allocation structure, PA transfer structure, planning profile, budget profile etc.
• In Profit Center Accounting maintained the number ranges, Configured Profit Center Accounting planning included defining versions, planning layout, planning profile, plan allocations.
• In Product Costing worked with issues related to product cost estimate, Costing run, overhead rate calculation using costing sheet, setting default values for order type, variance calculations, and settlements (Settlement Profile, Allocation Structure, Source Structure and PA Structure). Configured settings related to cost collector and production version. Integrated PP module with Product Costing. Fixed complex problems related to back flushing.
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) created and configured characteristics, derivation rules, Valuation strategy, Realignment runs, summarization levels, external data transfer interfaces, transfer rules, currency translation keys, Planning versions and PA reports.

Confidential, CA

SAP Controlling Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured settings for Controlling Area, Operating Concern and Versions
• In Cost Center Accounting maintained cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, document numbers, maintained default account assignments automatic account assignments, planning layouts, validations and substitutions
• In Internal Orders created and maintained order types, number ranges, status management, settlement rules, settlement profile, allocation structure, PA transfer structure, planning profile, budget profile etc.
• In Profit Center Accounting maintained the number ranges, Configured Profit Center Accounting planning included defining versions, planning layout, planning profile, plan allocations.
• In Product Costing worked with issues related to material cost estimate, WIP calculation, Costing run, overhead rate calculation using costing sheet, setting default values for order type, template allocations, variance calculations, and settlements (Settlement Profile, Allocation Structure, Source Structure and PA Structure).
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) created and configured characteristics, derivation rules, Valuation strategy, Realignment runs, summarization levels, external data transfer interfaces, transfer rules, currency translation keys, Planning versions and PA reports.
• Generated reports for management using report painter, report writer and SAP Query for cost center accounting.
• Worked with EOS project, Extracting data from CO-PA to Confidential for reporting.
• In Security, Created new profiles, roles and assigned to users after checking using virsa tool. Giving access to new users by assigning roles and profiles. Fixed day-to-day security issues.