SUMMARY:

• Around 13 Plus years of professional experience as SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO) consultant (Management Accounting Certified) and 8 years of Domain experience as Accounts and Audit Manager in Chartered Accounts firm.
• Worked as Project lead for 2 implementations, Lead FICO Consultant for 2 implementations, 2 Roll outs projects, 1 Proto type project and On - Site coordinator with On-Site/Off-Shore Model in multiple support projects done in India, Malaysia, China, Japan, USA, Canada, Mexico & Europe.
• Ability to handle multiple projects at same time (Upgrade, Rollout & Support) as Project Lead.
• Worked on Agile Scrum & Waterfall Methodologies.
• Knowledge on S/4 HANA Simple Finance
• Consistently demonstrated strong leadership, problem solving, analytical, and communication skills; exceptionally team oriented project management, user and multi-tasking skills.
• Successful record in translating business objectives into clear functional and technical requirements. I am an articulate communicator who can fluently speak the languages of both people and technology, blending technical expertise with exceptional interpersonal skills while interacting effectively with customers, business users, core team members and technical teams; excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Proven knowledge and experience in
• Accelerated SAP Methodology for Implementation
• Experienced in gathering and analysing business requirements, worked with SME’s, identifying gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE, re-engineering business processes, creating business blueprints, mapping processes to SAP functionality, and collecting master data
• Extensive hands on experience in Financial Accounting (FI) including General Ledger (GL), New GL, Asset Accounting (AA), Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR).
• Controlling experience includes Cost Element Accounting (CEA), Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders (IO), Product Costing (COPC), Material Ledger & Actual costing and Controlling - Profitability Analysis (COPA).
• Extensive hands on implementation, enhancements and support Travel & Expenses Management.
• Extensive hands on Report Painter/Report Writer for Income and Expenses Reports/Profit & Loss Reports, Revenue Analysis, Balance Sheets and COPA Reports etc.
• Experienced in configuring Dunning, Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) and Automatic payment run.
• Experienced in configuring New GL functionality like Document Splitting and Parallel accounting
• Integrated Asset Accounting (FI-AA) structured and valuated Fixed Assets, new Acquisitions, Alteration, Depreciation postings, Year-End closing and Fiscal Year Change.
• Extensive work experience in Integration of FI with Production Planning, Project Systems, Procure to Pay (PTP) and Order To Cash (OTC) cycle
• Interacting with ABAP developers for technical specifications for Enhancements, Reports and other customized developments
• Extensive hands on EDI and third party interfaces.
• Involved in giving directions for data migration system from legacy to SAP R/3 using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) tool
• Worked extensively on unit testing, integration testing, functional testing and user acceptance testing. Writing Test scenarios
• Motivated achiever who guides organizations in applying technology to business settings, provides added value, and creates project deliverables in a timely manner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MA

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering of existing business practices and documenting As-Is business and detailed TO-Be processes accordingly.
• Carried out gap analysis for As-Is and To-be. Prepared scope documents, objectives and deliverables. Activities included understanding business requirement, process details, and reporting requirements and the integration between various functions/systems within and outside organization.
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants of other modules to resolve cross - functional issues.
• Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)
• Carried out unit testing and integration testing, developed test scenarios and documented test results for EHP 7 enhancements.
• Configured and customized SAP functionalities as per requirements of the finance team.
• Extensively worked with Orders to Cash (OTC) business in association with Sales team and Procure to pay (PTP) process with the Purchases team and Manufacturing team in integration.
• Involved in production support activity.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.
• Custom development for Evaluated Receipts Settlements with logistics invoice verifications.
• To supports centralized purchases, virtual plants were created for all European and Asia plants purchases from Flex and other vendors. N plants would do a virtual receipt and ship out to the ‘D’ plants. No inventory value should exist in ‘N’ plants - By ensuring all inventory related postings/ in transits/ GR/IR posting were all mapped to ‘8’ Series management accounts
• Changes in Product costing with one valuation for all N plants (Virtual plants) and D plants.

Confidential, Connecticut

Finance and Controlling - Team Lead (Onsite/Offshore Coordinator)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering of existing business practices and documenting As-Is business and detailed TO-Be processes accordingly.
• Carried out gap analysis for As-Is and To-be. Prepared scope documents, objectives and deliverables. Activities included understanding business requirement, process details, and reporting requirements and the integration between various functions/systems within and outside organization.
• Involved in design, configuration of Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), configured costing based profitability analysis. Defined and configured the reporting characteristics, value field, profitability segments used in profitability analysis
• Provided functional assistance in the development of Reports & Enhancements.
• Carried out unit testing and integration testing, developed test scenarios, tested and documented test results. Tested ABAP developments.
• Involved in production support activity.
• Involved in changes in existing reports and creating new reports for Income and Expenses Reports/Profit & Loss Reports and COPA Reports (Report Painter/Report Writer) as per requirements of Finance/Business.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.

Confidential, NJ

Finance and Controlling - Team Lead (Onsite/Offshore Coordinator)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in production support activity.
• Involved in changes in existing reports and creating new reports for Income and Expenses Reports/Profit & Loss Reports and COPA Reports (Report Painter/Report Writer) as per requirements of Finance/Business.
• Involved in month end closing activities With Material Ledger & Actual costing
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.
• Involved in requirement gathering of existing business practices and documenting As-Is business processes accordingly.
• Developed detailed To-Be model based on future corporate and operational strategies, corporate vision and new business challenges.
• Configured and customized SAP functionalities New GL - Document splitting and Parallel Ledger accounting - IFRS Reporting.
• Prepared functional specifications and Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)
• Rendered post go-live support, carried out troubleshooting of various issues related to FI module and cross-functional modules.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling - Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering of existing business practices and documenting As-Is business and detailed TO-Be processes accordingly.
• Carried out gap analysis for As-Is and To-be. Prepared scope documents, objectives and deliverables. Activities included understanding business requirement, process details, and reporting requirements and the integration between various functions/systems within and outside organization.
• Involved in design, configuration, & process re-engineering for Standard Cost Estimates in Product Costing. It has been configured for ‘Product Cost by Period’ and ‘Product Cost by Order’ in Product Costing (COPC).
• Configured the Material Cost estimate with Quantity Structure and Configured the cost component structure, Costing variants for standard cost estimate for planned and actual Process orders in Product Costing Planning.
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants of other modules to resolve cross - functional issues.
• Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)
• Carried out unit testing and integration testing, developed test scenarios, tested and documented test results. Tested ABAP developments.
• Worked on LSMW for the Secondary Cost Elements, Activity types and Cost centers.
• Assisted the end users in writing work instructions for various Transactions codes and trained on the same.

Confidential

Controlling - Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering of existing business practices and documenting As-Is business and detailed TO-Be processes accordingly.
• Carried out gap analysis for As-Is and To-be. Prepared scope documents, objectives and deliverables. Activities included understanding business requirement, process details, and reporting requirements and the integration between various functions/systems within and outside organization.
• Involved in design, configuration, & process re-engineering for Standard Cost Estimates in Product Costing. It has been configured for ‘Product Cost by Period’ and ‘Product Cost by Order’ in Product Costing (COPC).
• Configured the Material Cost estimate with Quantity Structure and Configured the cost component structure, Costing variants for standard cost estimate for planned and actual Process orders in Product Costing Planning.
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants of other modules to resolve cross - functional issues.
• Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)
• Carried out unit testing and integration testing, developed test scenarios, tested and documented test results. Tested ABAP developments.
• Worked on LSMW for the Secondary Cost Elements, Activity types and Cost centers.
• Assisted the end users in writing work instructions for various Transactions codes and trained on the same.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering of existing business practices and documenting As-Is business processes accordingly.
• Developed detailed To-Be model based on future corporate and operational strategies, corporate vision and new business challenges.
• Configured and customized SAP functionalities New GL - Document splitting and Parallel Ledger accounting - IFRS Reporting.
• Extensively worked on both Orders to Cash (OTC) business in association with SD team and Procure to pay (PTP) process with the MM and Manufacturing team.
• Involved in the Configuration of House Bank, outgoing and incoming payments including Automatic payment program (APP) and down payments.
• Designed and configured Asset management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, write-offs and post capitalization
• Asset Classes and customized screen layout for each asset class with unique number ranges. Created a Chart of Depreciation and carried out settings for asset company code. Made settings for GL accounts for AUC, loss/gain on asset disposal/retirement, for posting depreciation under different Depreciation Areas
• Prepared functional specifications and Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)
• Involved in the team of Unit and integration testing. Developed end user manuals and provided end user on business processes in SAP. Created authorization profiles for end-users
• Involved in Cutover activities like Extraction, Conversion & Uploading data in New System.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and customized SAP functionalities New GL - Document splitting.
• Extensively worked on both Orders to Cash (OTC) business in association with SD team and Procure to pay (PTP) process with the MM and Manufacturing team.
• Involved in the Configuration of House Bank, outgoing and incoming payments including Automatic payment program (APP) and down payments.
• Designed and configured Asset management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, write-offs and post capitalization
• Grouped assets into manageable Asset Classes and customized screen layout for each asset class with unique number ranges. Created a Chart of Depreciation and carried out settings for asset company code. Made settings for GL accounts for AUC, loss/gain on asset disposal/retirement, for posting depreciation under different Depreciation Areas
• Prepared functional specifications and Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)
• Involved in the team of Unit and integration testing. Developed end user manuals and provided end user on business processes in SAP. Created authorization profiles for end-users
• Involved in Cutover activities like Extraction, Conversion & Uploading data in New System.
• Rendered post go-live support, carried out troubleshooting of various issues related to FI module and cross-functional modules. Parking all documents in SOLMAN as well as TP tracker platform.
• Involved in production support activity.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Studied the current business process and gathered the customer requirements.
• Defined the scope, objectives and deliverables for prototype.
• Extensively worked on both Orders to Cash (OTC) business in association with SD team and Procure to pay (PTP) process with the MM and Manufacturing team.
• Involved in the Configuration of House Bank, outgoing and incoming payments including Automatic payment program (APP) and down payments.
• Designed and configured Asset management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, write-offs and post capitalization
• Interactively demonstrated the prototype to Business owners, Management and End users.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in production support activity.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Maintaining SLA timelines for solving support issues based on severity of issues logged in Solman
• New Developments:
• Channel Finance Program.
• Customer Outstanding Interest/Early Payments Interest Program automation.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in defining common business processes and Global To-Be template.
• Involved in communication, migration and testing strategies.
• Realization: Unit testing and Integration testing.
• Post Go-live support.
• Involved in production support activity.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.
• Involved in production support activity.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.

Confidential

Finance and Controlling Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in production support activity.
• Coordinated with client management and Key users for resolution of problems.
• Coordinated with the technical team for customized developments.
• Analyzed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Monitored the resolution process and logs.

Confidential

Account & Audit Manager

Responsibilities:

• Planning, co-coordinating and independently conducting internal & statutory audits.
• ABC audit for Eenadu.
• Finalizing Accounts of Companies, Reconciliation of clients banks statements.
• Assisting the client in tax planning, and preparation and submission of IT returns.
• Management consulting work such as project reports, cash flow statements, variance analysis
• Financial Restructuring of partnership firms.
• Analyzing and Preparing Reports on Billing and Collection
• Preparation of BRS
• Generating MIS Reports periodically in respect of Sales, Purchase and Expenses
• Valuation of Stock and its Physical Verification
• Monitoring the Debtors and generating of Aging Schedule periodically.