SUMMARY:

• SAP FICO functional Consultant with a strong financial accounting background.
• Total 12.7Years of Experience, out of which 8.5 years of SAP FICO experience in different Industries and 4.2years of functional experience in the area of accounts and finance in manufacturing industry.
• Worked on4 Full life cycle implementations using ASAP methodology.
• Worked on3 Support Projectsfor different versions in SAP.
• Experience in migration of ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0 implementations.
• Strong SAP Configuration experience in FI - GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-CCA, CO-IO, CO-PC, EC-PCA and CO-PA.
• Experience in Treasury and Risk Management configuration
• Experience in NEW GL configuration.
• Strong experience in integration aspects covering Materials Management, Sales & Distribution, HR/Payroll integration with FI/CO and Production Planning.
• Experience working on production support activities and expertise in resolving the production support issues as per service level agreements (SLAs).
• Experience in FI data archival
• Knowledge in SAP BPC version 10.1
• Knowledge in Basic configuration of MM, SD and PP Modules.
• Good command on Report Painter / Writer, ABAP Query, data conversion using LSMW.
• Well versed in developing Functional Designs for ABAP Reports / Interfaces.
• Strong functional experience in finalization of accounts, budgets and audits.
• Worked extensively on developing functional specifications for RICEFs - custom reports development, Field-Exit, User-Exit, Custom-Functions, Data transfer routines, ETL, BDC, LSMW and SAP Query.
• Worked extensively on SAP Layouts, Smart Forms and debugging of ABAP codes.
• Organized and delivered end-user training and ability to work independently and with team as needed.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Maplewood, Minnesota

FICO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided production support and responsible for resolving issues according to SLA (service level agreement) for all the areas of FICO.
• Created validations and substitutions for GL account accessibility.
• Designed new reports and interface for processes related to internal orders and payment cards.
• Added account details field for each GL account at chart of accounts level by using function module “Read-Text” and designed report to view account details related to GL accounts.
• Rollout: Configured new general ledger, accounts receivables, accounts payable, automatic payment program
• Worked in IDOC/ALE Customizing to send remittance advices to external vendor system, created logical systems, configured RFCs, ports, created partner profiles. Worked in field conversion configuration
• Created BDCs for several master data internal orders, cost centers, customers, and vendors etc. to upload from Excel file.
• Configured ACH, worked with DME formats for Bank of America and Citi Bank.
• Created G/L accounts for bank and clearing accounts and mapped external t-codes to posting rules.
• Configured lockbox functionality for Bank of America and also configured Electronic Bank Statement processing.
• Configured parallel currencies for general ledger, foreign currency evaluation, functional areas
• Worked on Order to Cash processes, performed AR-SD integration: Worked with SD team to configure condition type, pricing procedure. Automatic account assignment of revenues using VKOA transaction code.
• Assisted in configuring In-House Cash to reduce the number of external banks and the volume of foreign payments made.
• Worked on FI-MM integration using OBYC transaction code.
• Worked on Fixed Assets configuration. Configured asset classes, chart of depreciation, screen layout rules, accounts for posting depreciation, depreciation Key configuration, acquisitions, retirements, transfers, revaluation of assets, capitalization of Assets and assets data transfer.
• Configured substitution rules for profit center/business areas automatic assignment.

Confidential, Winston-Salem, NC

SAP FI/CO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Implementation project called Lorrilord as SAP FiColead consultant.
• Represented the FI team during the design phase to present the AS-IS and TO-BE processes. Prepared design documents, functional Specifications for custom objects.
• Worked on New GL Configuration. Configured new general ledger, activating new GL, leading and non-leading ledgers, document splitting, document splitting characteristics, post capitalization of cash discounts for assets, document types, accounting principles, variants, valuation area, methods, account assignment types, account determination
• Worked in the areas of Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables. Configured account groups, number ranges, payment terms, cash discount base, reconciliation accounts, sort methods for regrouping, foreign currency valuation, GR/IR clearing, automatic payment program, electronic bank statement & dunning.
• Designed new reports for customer and vendor master data reconciliation and analyzing transactional data
• Configured various payment methods. Set up house banks for ACH, Wires and check payments.
• Worked as a liaison between the Bank of America, CITI bank and the client development team to gather requirements on incoming payments and outgoing payments interface using EDI.
• Configured Lockbox in SAP and worked with the banks to set up EDI which required extensive customizing of the BAI2 file as per client requirement. Worked on EDI mapping, successful EDI transmission and end-to-end partner testing with SAP Cross-Gate (EDI service provider).
• Implemented positive pay for check payments.
• Configured house banks for outgoing payment via- ACH, Wires, Bank transfers, Checks.
• Configured SAP revenue recognition functionality and prepared custom financial reports to meet US GAAP requirements
• Worked on Cash Management. Implemented flow types, assignment of flow types to transaction type, derived flows, define update types and assign updates, condition types and assignment for money market, foreign exchange and interest rate swaps
• Worked in Asset accounting. Configured chart of depreciation, asset classes, assigning GL account to asset classes, screen layout for master data, depreciation Areas, Group Fixed Assets Configuration, Accounts for Posting Depreciation, Depreciation Key configuration, Acquisitions, Retirements, Transfers, Revaluation of Assets, Capitalization of Assets, assets data transfer
• Configured WBS elements, cost centers and general ledger accounts, vendor accounts for symbolic accounts of HR and Payroll integration
• Configured FI, MM and SD integration settings using OBYC and VKOA transactions codes.
• Prepared functionalspecs, test scripts, testing and end user training materials for configured functionalities.
• Worked with ABAP team to design forms using SAP script, SMART Forms for critical business processes for payments via US check, remittance advices, dunning forms and customer statement forms.

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

SAP Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops with the business users to gather and document business requirements.
• Prepared blueprint document, proto types and presented to the business.
• Implemented Asset Accounting in SAP as per business requirements.
• Provided RTR (Record to Report) feedback on the existing custom process to understand how business is performing
• Configured chart of depreciation and depreciation areas as per the country’s legal requirement.
• Defined tax code and assigned tax codes to the company code for non-taxable transactions.
• Defined asset classes according to the asset types, configured account determination keys, screen layouts and set up number ranges and assigned these parameters to the asset classes.
• Defined depreciation methods and assigned the depreciation methods to the depreciation keys. Defined Asset history sheets
• Uploaded various asset master records from legacy system to the SAP system.
• Set up document types for posting of depreciation and specified the intervals and the posting rules.
• Defined Screen layouts for the general master segment and the depreciation areas.
• Worked with ABAP team and explained logic flow to improve the performance of existing custom programs and to design new reports for financial closing.
• Worked in Cost center accounting and Profit center accounting. Defined number ranges, versions, cost center and profit center hierarchies, cost center groups, profit center groups, activity types and cost elements for activity allocation, statistical key figures, defined distribution and assessment and splitting structure, planner profiles, automatic account assignment OKB9.
• Worked in vertex maintained logical destination for external tax calculation, modified jurisdiction code for input/output tax, modified tax jurisdiction code structure from 9 to 10.
• Vertex - External System activation, maintained company code address and jurisdiction code, maintained company code jurisdiction code, vertex-assigned jurisdiction codes to applicable plants.
• Responsible for providing production support activities and resolving the all high, medium and low priority issues according to SLA’s for all the areas of FICO, Treasury and PS modules.
• Resolved high priority reconciliation issues between asset accounting and BW, asset balance carry forward issues, mass reversals, remittance advices and wire transfers.
• Worked on application interface framework where interfaces, batch jobs and IDOCs can be monitored and corrected.
• Worked in Data Archiving. Performed data archiving activities for FI documents, general ledger, customer, vendor and bank master data.
• Responsible for supporting month and year-end activities.

Confidential

SAP FI-CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Roll out SAP to all the Sites of HCC.
• Implemented CIN - TDS, TCS, VAT and Service Tax. And support provided for the statutory compliances through SAP System is achieved.
• Instrumental in developing Critical MIS reports for Top management.
• Conducted workshops with the business users to gather and document business requirements of Treasury and Risk Management.
• Implemented Treasury and Risk Management - Loans, Fixed deposits, Commercial Papers, Interest rate hedging etc, Bank Guaranty and letter of Credit.
• Training Manuals for treasury and Risk Management have created and hands on training imparted to the business users.
• Cost center Accounting, Internal order and Profit center accounting relevant Configuration and their respective Master Data Maintenance.
• Issue resolving through Solution manager
• Non SAP support in case of XBRL reporting for more than 50 entities for ROC filing
• Worked in Data Archiving. Performed data archiving activities for FI documents, general ledger, customer and vendor.
• Responsible for supporting month and year-end activities.
• Responsible for providing production support activities and resolving the all high, medium and low priority issues according to SLA’s for all the areas of FICO, Treasury modules.
• Maintained substitution rules in FI and CO. Validations.
• Implemented system controls using User exits, Validations and Business transaction events (BTE) have been enhanced.

Confidential

SAP FI-CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as SAP Finance Consultant for implementing FI and CO. Production support of business issues.
• Designed and configured Organization Structure.
• Integrating FI module with MM, SD and HR.
• Uploaded master data like GL accounts, Vendor, Customer cost centers by using LSMW
• Designed period end closing activities.
• Designed Year end closing activities over and above period end closing activities.
• Configured Global Settings, Enterprise Structure, General Ledger Master Data, Maintaining of field Status Variants and assigned to company code
• Configured Org structure, Bank accounting, Asset accounting, Accounts payables and accounts receivables.
• Involved in the business analysis of the FICO requirements.
• Worked on FICO Architecture and system designs.
• Enhanced the automatic payment program, house banks, and check lots configuration.
• Handled issues raised by the end users and super users according to their criticality level defined in the SLA.
• Provide the training to super users on interfaces developed and programs configured.
• User training provided in the areas of GL, Fixed Assets, AR, AP.
• Configuring Travel management training provided. Issues related to Travel Management were handled.
• Issues related to TDS, till EFiling (J1INQEFILE) through SAP is ensured.
• Service Tax, Vat related issues handled and continuous statutory compliance is ensured with the regular changes.
• Cost center Accounting, Internal order and Profit center accounting relevant Configuration and their respective Master Data Maintenance.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As per the AS IS study the system is proposed for Confidential .
• FI &Co Enterprise Structure Configuration. Company, Company Code, Business Areas, Segments, etc
• GL, Vendor, Customer and Assets were configured as per the Business Requirement.
• Implemented Asset Accounting in SAP as per business requirements.
• Financial statement versions were configured as per the requirements of Schedule VI.
• Withholding Tax configuration, Service Tax Configurations as per the Statutory requirements have been configured
• Developed Customer ageing, Vendor Ageing, Cash Flow and MIS reports
• Configured Auto BRS for multi cash format
• Cost center Accounting, Internal order and Profit center accounting relevant Configuration and their respective Master Data Maintenance.
• Configured Travel management module. Training manuals prepared and training imparted to the business users.
• FI - MM, SD and HR integrations were configured as per the business process.
• Legacy data was uploaded though migration workbench and BDC
• Worked with ABAP team and explained logic flow to improve the performance of existing custom programs and to design new reports for financial closing.
• Responsible for providing production support activities and resolving the all high, medium and low priority issues according to SLA’s for all the areas of FICO, Travel Management.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• FI &Co Enterprise Structure Configuration. Company, Company Code, Business Areas, Segments.
• Master Data Maintenance of GL accounts across different Company codes for the same chart of account.
• Creation of house bank, automatic payment program, and checks issued, check lot numbers, void reasons and Manual checks.
• Worked in Cost center accounting and Profit center accounting. Defined number ranges, versions, cost center and profit center hierarchies, cost center groups, profit center groups, activity types and cost elements for activity allocation, statistical key figures, defined distribution and assessment and splitting structure, planner profiles, automatic account assignment OKB9.
• Withholding Tax configuration.
• Configured Auto BRS for multi cash format
• Cost center Accounting, Internal order and Profit center accounting relevant Configuration and their respective Master Data Maintenance.
• Configuring Asset Organisational Structures, Integration with the General Ledger, valuation Methods on fixed Asset.
• Worked on application interface framework where interfaces, batch jobs and IDOCs can be monitored and corrected.
• Training manuals and tutorials were prepared for training purpose. Imparted training to business users.
• Supporting the existing implementation and answering the queries of users through solution manager.
• Giving day-to-day support for FI/CO issues
• Creation of new Functional specs on the basis of change requests, when required.
• Resolved issues on GL Accounting, Accounts Receivables and payables, Automatic payment program, Asset Accounting and various kinds of issues on various components of controlling.
• Responsible for supporting month and year-end activities.
• Created Test scripts for different procedures in FI and CO
• Provided post GO Live support for wide range of issues as per the SLA
• Monitoring the interfaces on Daily basis
• Creating Functional Specification for new enhancements and subsequent testing of the developed Programs with scenarios.
• Created and Tested LSMW as and when required.
• Created SAP Queries as per the user requirements.
• Created drill down reports like vendor ageing and customer ageing etc.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Issue resolving as per the SLA.
• Implemented With holding tax
• Configured Auto BRS Multi cash format.
• Master Data Maintenance of GL accounts across different Company codes for the same chart of account.
• Configuring Account Groups for Customers and Vendors specific fields and AssigningNumberRanges
• Configuring Special GL settings for both Customers and vendors.
• Configuring House Banks, check lot numbers, void reasons and Manual checks.
• Configuring Automatic payment programming for various payment methods.
• Cost center Accounting, Internal order and Profit center accounting relevant Configuration and their respective Master Data Maintenance.
• Configuring Planning for Cost center, Internal Order and Profit center.
• Involved in Interface designing and prepared relevant Functional Specifications for the Interfaces. For e.g. FRAME Vs SAP, FORCE Vs SAP, VASSIST Vs SAP, DAVINCI Vs SAP, NEXT STEP Vs SAP Creating Functional Specification and subsequent testing of the developed Programs with scenarios.
• Resolving Issues related to Assets, Automatic payment program, BRS