SUMMARY:

• IT professional with over 10 years of experience playing key roles as a Business Analyst and Sr. SAP Analyst (FICO, PA, SD, CRM, HR, HANA).
• Played Lead roles to capture business requirements through interviews and workshops, and translated them into process flows, application and operational requirements.
• Actively involved in designing and developing data visualizations / SAP Query reports that are easy to use and enable further analysis.
• Good understanding of Business Intelligence (BI) architecture, Data warehouse, ETL functionality, Info cubes & DSOs, PSA, various OLAP services, BEx query & report designer, BEx web analyzer.
• Responsible for the Analysis, Design and Implementation of SAP projects and worked actively with the management and project teams.
• Executed end - to-end multi-million dollar SAP projects wearing multiple hats in different phases - Business Blueprint, Analysis, Design, Implementation, End- User Training and Documentation.
• Actively participated in business process modeling, management and improvement.
• Successfully designed and implemented several key business processes - Order to Cash transactions, Procure to pay process, Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV) process, SD Billing and ERS process.
• Good understanding & experience of ASAP methodology, RAD methodology & agile methodology (SCRUM).
• Good understanding of SAP HANA architecture, various Data Provisioning/ ETL tools (SLT, BODS, DXC & various Data Modelling technics & concepts.
• Involved in coordinating Unit testing cycles, Functional testing cycles, integrated testing cycles, User acceptance testing (UAT) among various groups involved. Prepared test conditions & test plans from the functional specification and preparing testing Scenario scripts ahead of testing.
• Good understanding and experience working with Electronic data interchange (EDI).
• Applied key strategies for Data Migration from SAP R/3 using LSMW & Batch Data Communication (BDC), involving complex Data Conversions and Uploads.
• Excellent root-cause analysis, trouble-shooting skills & Analytical Skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Sr. SAP Functional Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed various project while at the same time worked as a liaison between business & technical teams to translate high level business requirements into functional specifications.
• Worked with end users to identify various business processes & functionalities which can be automated & incorporated in the future projects.
• Played Lead roles to capture business requirements through interviews and workshops, and translated them into process flows, application and operational requirements.
• Responsible for gathering/refining complex business requirements, provide recommendation on business requirements.
• Responsible for developing complex business cases & documentation & create impact analysis to make recommendations to the business.
• Worked with various user groups & managers to provide them custom reports based on their requirements on a regular basis.
• Successfully managed the project requirement, development time line, testing & on time delivery of the multiphase projects.
• Did in-house project for Finance department to make values flow seamlessly for various discounts into PA for reporting purposes.
• Responsible for smooth daily operation activities and maintenance of multiple SAP modules & 3rd party software.
• Took agile scrum methodology approach to successfully implement Company website & SAP system integration project.
• Responsible for 1st level of testing from a client side for any ongoing projects.
• Worked on FI-SD, FI-CRM, and FI-MM integration during various ongoing project.
• Actively involved in designing & implementation of Service functionality in CRM module.
• Successfully roller out Service functionality (Installation services) on to CRM module & developed custom solution which fit business requirement.
• Worked on multiple small in-house projects to fulfill business requirement in FI, CO, PA, SD, CRM, MM modules.
• Solely responsible for maintaining 3rd party rate shopping tool called XPS.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

SAP Functional Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for smooth daily operation activities and maintenance of multiple SAP modules.
• Key member of a small team to execute the project from end-to-end.
• Responsible for 1st level of testing from a client side for any ongoing projects.
• Successfully managed the project requirement, development time line, testing & onetime delivery of the multi-phase projects.
• Worked with various user groups & managers to provide them custom reports based on their requirements on a regular basis.
• Successfully complete ESS-MSS Implementation Project from the client side under budget & on time.
• Involved with HR dept. for information gathering and understanding as-is scenarios and then creating the initial functional specification document for the consulting team.
• Did the complete end user testing for the Enterprise Portal project.
• Conducted various training session at multiple location to educate the end users to perform day to day activities over the Portal.
• Responsible for Org. Structure cleansing during the project for an efficient work flow and maintain it periodically.
• Save company a lot of efforts and money by deploying the Total Compensation Sheet (TCS) functionality on to ESS Portal.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

SAP Fixed Asset & Data Conversion Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the business used to understand their business process.
• Designed the Data collection template for the legacy systems.
• Conducted several boot camps to explain the design to the end users.
• Conducted live demos to explain the data collection format desired for them
• Involved with various plant representatives for the collection of the data and for Asset Data conversion from the various power generation plants.
• Responsible for writing all the Blue Print document, Business Process Documents (BPDs), Business Process Flow (BPFs) and Visio diagrams.
• Worked with Controls teams to integrate controls in business process flows and designs.
• Created Data upload template to upload the data.
• Created the Functional Specification Document for the data uploaded.
• Designed and implemented a new Hire to retire process.
• Configured the sand box system for the testing purposes.
• Responsible for Configuration Settings from Chart of Depreciations for Valuation of Assets in Various Depreciation Areas.
• Created new Asset classes as per the requirement of the business.
• Configured the Internal Order functionality to settle the cost for Asset under construction.
• Distribute and Settle Capital cost of Assets under Construction through Internal order.
• Worked on the RICEF documents.
• Created Functional Specification document for Fixed Assets.
• Responsible for migrating their Planned and Forecasting data at the time of go live and on a monthly base.
• Responsible for the creation of various Data collection template for Finance (AP/AR balances, Asset, GL Balanced and Cost Centers).
• Responsible for cleansing of all the FI data files and putting it in the desired format required by the upstream systems.
• Designed the Data Migration Process and the template to implement the process effectively.

Confidential, Redwood city, CA

SAP AP/AR Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the whole Accounts Payable Accounts receivable, month end closing and reporting.
• Intergraded with the Technical team for the customizing Check printing program based on the client’s requirement.
• Tested the functionality of the customized check printing program and conducted a training session to train the end users.
• Configured the Down Payment process, did the end user training and prepared the documentation.
• Integrated with the overseas Technical team (ABAP programmer) to customize the Budget up loading program and created the Functional specification document for the same process.
• Initially used LSMW to upload the Planning budget data.
• Created a Functional specification document for the customization of Planned Budget uploading program.
• Gave a detail presentation on the various standard reports in SAP to the management and how these reports can be customized to meet the business needs of the client.
• Integrated with the client to do the end user training on how to create various reports and prepared detail documentation for oncoming staff.
• Worked with the SD team to create a new business process for Out of area Business contacts and gave a detail presentation on newly created business process to the management.
• Responsible for configuration of automatic payment program.
• Resolved critical legal issue related to missing number while creation of customers and Purchase requisitions.
• Working on the consolidation of FI data while taking over other international production plants which were still on Non-SAP system.
• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments in BAI2 Format.
• Tested and debugged the Budget uploading program functionality.
• Responsible for Unit testing cycles and Functional testing cycles for Accounts receivable process.
• Responsible for Integration test cycles AR module with other sub modules (mainly SD) and down stream flow of data to non-SAP systems.

Confidential, RTP, NC

SAP FI/CO Functional Business Analyst Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Writing Blue Print Documents involving all Functional details
• Created the Functional Specification Documents for various inter-module reconciliation reports
• Defined a New business process for efficient streamlining of the business.
• Prepared the As-Is and To-Be documentation.
• Prepared the Details Process Analysis Documentation.
• Responsible for Controlling Configuration - Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting,
• Responsible for customizing the process for the use of WBS elements for services contract.
• Responsible for the Configuration of Project System (Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)) which will be used for all hardware or software sales tied to a services contract.
• Configuration of various Characteristics and value field for COPA
• Design Documentation and End User Training.
• Responsible for COPA configuration and Integration of COPA with other Modules.
• Responsible for Configuring and Creating Legal Reports and High Level Reports.
• Involved in Customizing the Special Purpose Ledger and Created Documentation involving all Technical and Functional details.
• Prepared the Functional and Technical Specification Documentation for creation of the IDOC.
• Responsible for testing successful transmission of the IDOCs to the Distributed SAP Systems.
• Tested and verified the IDOCs functionality (outbound) follows a flat file creation.
• Responsible for Unit testing cycles and Functional testing for Inter Module Reconciliation process, cost centers, Project systems.
• Responsible for Functional testing and integrated testing cycle for all the assigned business process.
• Prepared the functional and technical documentation for the creation of Flat file along with testing scenarios for each document.
• Responsible for testing the generation of Flat files through SAP system and successful posting of the Flat file to the non- SAP system.
• Prepared test conditions from the functional specifications and prepared scenario spreadsheets ahead of testing.
• Prepared Run sheets for the Functional specifications and test conditions.
• Coordinated the creation of test data for system, business process, integration, volume and performance testing.
• Coordinated the client environment preparation for each test cycle by communicating with the technical team.