SUMMARY:

• SAP Certified Consultant with over 15 years of SAP Implementation experience and several years of functional lead SAP Consultant with strong experience in the implementation of FI - GL, New GL including Consolidation, AR, AP, Asset Accounting and CO- CCA, PCA, Product costing (CO-PC) and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) modules.
• Well versed on Product Costing including Actual Costing with Material Ledger for Make-To-Order and Make-To-Stock with Project Systems, CO-PA integration
• Integrated with Project Systems - WBS, Results Analysis, Periodic Settlements etc
• With more than 20 years of professional experience in IT environments of various industries
• Supervisory, Team Member, Team Leader, Test Lead, Leadership experience with individuals at all levels. Interaction & handling Consultants from Leading Consulting firms.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and ability to make balanced, independent decisions.
• Strong Inter personal & communication skills. Excellent team member & player.
• Implementation experience covering over 6 full life cycles ASAP projects, hands on work experience in all phases of the projects.
• SAP Implementation covering various Industry segments - Manufacturing, Process, Hi Tech, Confidential, Retail, etc.
• Broader functional business experience covering the areas of Finance, Costing for over 6 years. Hands on Accounting, Cost accountant business experience.
• Strong expertise in the areas of SAP Reporting by way of coordination with the BI/BW developers and documentation of FS and TS for custom reports with development teams.
• Experienced in Project Management and was member of PMI

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Jose, CA

SAP FI/CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the SAP Implementation on SAP S/4 HANA platform for Finance area via OTC Team for Global Rollout including Mexico.
• Revenue Recognition / SAP RAR (Revenue Accounting & Reporting) SAP RAR was introduced by SAP for compliance for Confidential and IFRS 15 revenue standard (covering ASC 606 related to Performance Obligation).
• FI-Accounts Receivable
• FSCM Collection Management & Dispute Management
• Dunning and income payments
• Configuration for above areas
• Cutover & Batch Jobs
• Training Super Users & required Documentation for PDD, FS & Configuration
• Coordinated with the Development Team

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

SAP FI/CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP FI/CO Functional Scoping for Boeing Commercial Aircraft group (BCA) integrating with various SAP Modules like MM, Project Systems, SD, PP on SAP HANA Platform

Confidential, Mason, Ohio

SAP FI/CO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Design Review that was conducted on customer's Confidential instance.
• FI-Accounts Receivable including Banking Lockbox
• Transactions Processing
• Dunning and income payments
• Controlling
• COPA
• Overhead Cost Management
• Project Systems - WBS, Results Analysis, Periodic Settlements
• Interco
• Weekly Operations Report

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

SAP FI/CO Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Started as SAP FI/CO Go-Live Function Production Support for SAP RDS version with World Template on SAP HANA Platform.
• Executed Year End and Subsequent Month end processes with Business uses and addressed production issues.
• Supported Product Costing, CO-PA, FI - New-GL with Document Splitting, AP, AR with Banking Lockbox, FA and SD & MM integration area.
• Integrated with Project Systems - WBS, Results Analysis, Periodic Settlements.
• Co-ordinated FI & CO-PA Reconciliation
• Setup Japan Entity Controlling Assessment Cycles
• Supported Accrual Calculation process for Confidential
• Established Payments with new currencies
• Enhanced / Trained Business user’s knowledge on SAP Best Practice Business processes.
• Provided solutions to various production issues

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

SAP FI/CO Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Working as FI/CO consultant contributing towards New Entity Setups, Extended Fixed Asset to multiple Entities, Established Purchase Order creation for multiple Entities
• As part of SAP Global Rollout in multiple SAP Implementation, I have setup entities (Company Codes) for following countries with its currency and have setup Consolidation of these entities with Foreign Currency Valuation and Translation. ( USA- USD, Canada- CAD, Brazil- BRL, Mexico- MXN, UK- GBP, Switzerland- CHF, Israel- ILS, Italy- EUR, Belgium- EUR, Norway- NOK, South Africa- ZAR, Finland- EUR, Singapore- SGD, Australia- AUD, Hongkong- HKD, Japan- JPY, South Korea- KRW, India- INR, Spain- EUR, Sweden- SEK, France- EUR, Denmark- DKK, Germany- EUR, China- CNY etc.)
• Setup Banking Lockbox for ACH and reconciliation
• Setup and trained Business users on Special Ledgers & Consolidation
• Supported Brazil Tax Implementation and US Taxware integration
• Provided solutions to various production issues and supported Month End/ Quarter End / Year End issues

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

SAP FI/CO Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• As FI/CO consultant, contributed towards Revenue Allocation / Revenue Recognition covering EITF 01-09 with SD, CRM and CLM integration.
• The Revenue Allocation & Recognition covered various components like Different Models of Robotic Surgical Systems, Warranty and Customer Service.
• Revenue was recognized for Hardware Systems immediately while Warranty and Customer Service was differed and recognized every month until the end of contract period.
• Provided solutions to various production issues

Confidential, Portland, OR

SAP FI/CO Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Being, part of R2R Team as SAP AFS Product Costing Consultant (Independent Contractor) and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), involved in Blueprinting and Enhancing Product Costing features for US SAP implementation
• CO-PA Requirement covers Cost Based and Account Based Profitability Analysis, its Organizational Structure, Characteristics, Value Fields, Postings to CO-PA from SD, MM & FI, Period-End processing related to Allocations & Settlements and CO-PA Reporting covering all integrated data.
• Product Cost Covers 3 types of Products flowing Cost from Highest Value Purchase Order, Early on Seasoned Products, Custom Cost tables involving customization.
• Integrated with Project Systems - WBS, Results Analysis, Periodic Settlements.
• Blueprinting Cost Center Accounting & Profit Center Accounting
• Established functional and technical specification for BI/BW reports related to Controlling mainly Product Costing and CO-PA
• Production support for Canadian operation which has gone line on Apr/2012

SAP FI/CO Lead Architect / Manager

Confidential, Decatur, IL

Responsibilities:

• As SAP Finance Reporting Lead, Established Global Financial Reporting Specifications and Technical specification in coordination with ABAP & BI/BW Technical Team for Phase-II implementation.
• Successfully Completed FIT and UAT as a Confidential Lead. Have used HP-QC (HP Quality Center for documenting Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Results etc.
• Supported New-GL with Document Splitting
• Setup and tested Payment System suitable for Check Printing, Lockbox etc.
• Supported Data Load for Go Live, Cutover and Go live for the implementation.
• FI CO Lead Consultant for the SAP Retail implementation project. Involved in the full implementation covering all phases since Blue printing to Go-Live
• Facilitated Business Blueprint session for Financial and Controlling Allocation, Configuration and Testing.
• GL Configuration setup involved setting up Company Codes, Chart of Accounts, Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period, Doc Type, Number Range, Posting Keys, Tolerance Groups, Field Status, Special Ledgers and Consolidation etc.
• Involved in the FS of various Retail stores interfaces
• As part of Blueprinting, established Functional and Technical specifications of FI-CO reports via BI/BW in coordination with BI Team.
• Testing Lead for Financial Closing (Month End & Year End Closing) and Controlling for FIT, End-2-End & UAT. Have used HP-QC (HP Quality Center for documenting Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Results etc. Presented Testing process to the team and reported periodically to the management using the dash board
• Cutover, Go live tasks and Post go live support.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Sr. SAP FI/CO Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved in 8 New Company Codes Business Blueprinting as part of Tax Restructuring project including the Consolidation of existing and new entities.
• New Entities on New-GL supporting Document Splitting covered various countries for Global Rollout like Canada, Japan & European Companies Controlled from Netherlands involving Consolidation with US Corporation, (Multiple) Foreign Currency Valuation & Translation.
• Involved in the Realization Phase of current implementation of 34 company codes like establishing Company Code, COA, Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period Variant, Document Types, Number Range, Posting Keys, Tolerance Groups, FSV Field Status variant etc.
• Integrated invoicing and revenue recognition considering Hardware & its warranty with Sales & Distribution module (SD) and Taxware module.
• Walked through Payment System suitable for Check, Banking Lockbox etc.
• Established the process for capturing and uploading of Foreign Exchange rate.
• Worked with Business Users to identify, create and execute various test cases on HP Quality Center.
• Walked through and documented the configuration.
• Trained Business Users on General Ledger module.
• Involved in the production support after Go-live

Confidential

SAP Finance & Controlling (FI/CO) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP Implementation and Production Support

Confidential, Clewiston, FL

SAP Controlling (CO) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understand the existing business process for the Product costing/ Cost object controlling scenarios.
• Configuration of Split Valuation for valuating different quality of same Product by grades.
• Configured for various Cost Object Hierarchies, Product Cost Collectors, and Settlements with its Allocation Structures.
• Created various Assessments cycles for cost allocations.
• Integrated with Project Systems - WBS, Results Analysis, Periodic Settlements.
• Implemented CO-PA Costing-Based model
• Walked through the Month-end process and executed for 3 month ends and fixed various issues.
• Walked through and documented the configuration with master data
• Coordinated with BW and Technical Team for required FI/CO reports.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

SAP Finance & Controlling (FI/CO) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Customer has implemented SAP R/3 Confidential 6.0 version with modules installed included SD with Variant Configurator, MM, PP, FI, CO, and PS. Full Basis and ABAP functionality was required to support the installation. (Intelligence took over this installation in the middle of the project upon the failure of another consulting company)
• Understand the basic Confidential scope (Finance & Controlling module), review and modify the existing configuration extensively like Fiscal Year Variant, Field Status Variant, Document Types etc, unit test and integrated testing and reporting for all entities via GL Consolidation
• Skyline has sales entities worldwide mainly at US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Singapore, India and Dealers all over US involving multiple currencies
• Trained the business users on creating various master data, transactions and ABAP & BW reports for GL, AR, AP, Cost Center accounting, Cost Element accounting, Product Costing with Actual Costing / Material Ledger (with Make-to-Order and Make-To-Stock) and Profitability Analysis modules (CO-PA)
• Integrated with Project Systems - WBS, Results Analysis, Periodic Settlements.
• Supported three rounds of integrated testing with various business scenarios

Confidential, Fremont, CA

ERP Business System Analyst Staff

Responsibilities:

• SAP software enhancements and Production Support in SAP Financial and Controlling (FI/CO) module
• Confidential
• Involved in Refurb enhancement project.
• Contributed extensively for multiple full cycle integration tests from Quote to Revenue recognition and GL Consolidation of all companies including the refurbishing company with Special Ledgers covering Indian entity for Confidential area using Test Director / HP-QC
• Considering the Refurb Systems, Revenue Recognition was setup for Systems, its Warranty and Service was differed initially and recognized latter upon confirmation. After final confirmation, warranty and service was recognized on monthly basis.
• Integrated with Controlling, CO-PA, SD, MM & PP modules.
• Activated Material Ledger with Actual Costing (Make-To-Order) for Product Costing Environment
• Standard cost rollup for several Plants using BOMs and Routings/ Sub contract Info records. Annual cost estimate release process, maintaining OH conditions and updates.
• COPA: COPA Product Characteristic Activation project involving Costing-Based & Account-Based valuation approach.
• Provided solutions and fixed various Controlling related Production issues including and related to Internal Orders, Service Orders, Production Orders, Allocation Process, Revenue & Cost Recognition, Sales Order Costing and COPA Reports.
• Involved with BW Team for establishing Controlling Reports
• Involved in Disaster Recovery and Hot Pack Testing for Confidential .
• Executed Fixed Asset Year-end process with the Business User.
• Executed Foreign Trade ECCN change project.
• Supported System Gross Margin Redesign project with Cost and Revenue information.

Confidential, Portland, OR

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the existing system for as is study; gathered functional requirements through user workshops, gap analysis for filling the gaps between exact and legacy systems, and closed the gaps by providing appropriate solutions.
• Involved in Configuration and Customization of Confidential module. Defined different parameters for Company. Defined Fiscal Year Variants and assigned Fiscal Year Variants to various Company Codes.
• Made initial settings for Customer and Vendor Master Records. Defined Automatic Procedures such as Payment Program and Dunning Program.
• Customized Accounting Transactions for GL Posting, AR, AP Posting and Recurring Entries. Provided configuration support in MM Integration for Account Determination, Material Movement Setup. Defined Organizational Structures required for Fixed Assets.
• Defined Asset Classes, Depreciation Areas and Depreciation Keys. Defined required Period Control Methods and Special Valuations. Configured for Low Value Fixed Assets. Uploading of Legacy Data, Reconciliation of Net Value of Assets with Legacy Data. Defined Net Worth Reports for Property Tax Calculations. Performed Period End Operations including Depreciation Run, Posting to General Ledger, and Tax Reports.
• In Controlling, Defined the Master Records like Cost Elements (Primary and Secondary), Cost Element Groups, Reconciliation Ledger, Confidential, Cost Center Groups and Standard Hierarchy. Created Profit Centers including Dummy Profit Center. Defined Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures for Calculation of Overheads.
• Defined Distribution and Assessment Cycles for Departmental Allocations and Defined Planning Profiles.
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), created the Operating Concern, configured Costing Based and Account Based Profitability Analysis. Created the Characteristics, Value Fields and Profitability Segments used in Profitability Analysis. Maintained the Derivative Structures, Rule and assigned Values to Value Fields. Configured Planning Profile and Layouts.
• Worked with Year End Closing and Month End Closing procedures.

Confidential, Arkansas

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• The project involved Configuration of SAP R/3 4.6C Financial Accounting and Controlling Modules
• Configured clients organization structure
• Configured Chart of Accounts, Financial Statement Versions, creation of parallel currency ledgers, Creation of Vendor Master Records, Customer Master Records, Default Account Assignments, Dunning, Interest calculations, Correspondence, Payment advises, Automatic payment program for outgoing payments etc.
• In Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, configured house bank and bank accounts, configured automatic interest calculations on account balances/line items, Creation of Vendor Master Records, Customer Master Records, account groups, tolerance groups.
• Maintained Controlling area settings
• Created Cost Elements Cost Element Groups, Configured Costing Sheet, Configured the reconciliation ledgers, Created Cost Center Standard hierarchy, Configured Activities, Statistical Key Figures, 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

Confidential, Akron, Ohio

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed integrated test scripts for Asset Accounting module to cover multiple company codes and worldwide assets
• Developed configuration changes in Fixed Assets module to allow company to more accurately track assets and modified tax structure in less than two weeks to allow collection of tax in over twenty states. Saved thousands in tax penalties
• Developed integrated tests for month end and year-end closing to include settlement of orders, assigned depreciation expense, changed and closed fiscal year
• Investigated foreign currency issue, which prevented clearing of items in General ledger account, and determined cause of problem and instituted configuration change to allow clearing of line items
• Created new profit centers and Confidential to enhance financial analysis
• Included complete process from creation of internal order, settlement of periodic charges to Asset under construction to settlement to final fixed asset
• Prepared functional Unit Test Scripts, analysis, design, testing, and implementation with in two Company Codes for FI Journal Voucher postings, GL recurring entries, Accrual deferral documents, error corrections
• Development of test plans, test cases and acceptance criteria and trained users
• Tracked, monitored, & communicated project progress against the project plan, requirements, quality measures, standard processes, milestones & budget to steering committee
• Analyzed and documented As-Is model and To-Be model

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Configuring and Customizing FI/CO modules.
• Defined different parameters for Company, Company Code, Business Area, Functional Area, and Credit Control Area.
• Defined Fiscal Year Variants and assigned Fiscal Year Variants to various Company Codes.
• Made initial settings for: Customer/Vendor Master Records, display and processing of Line Items of Documents, Correspondence, displaying Account Balances, Interest Calculation and Posting, Credit Management and Closing Operations.
• Defined Automatic Procedures such as Payment Program and Dunning Program.
• Customized Accounting Transactions for GL Posting, AR/AP Posting and Recurring Entries.
• Provided configuration support in MM Integration for Account Determination, Material Movement Setup.
• Defined Organizational Structures required for Fixed Assets. Defined Asset Classes, Depreciation Areas and Depreciation Keys. Defined required Period Control Methods and Special Valuations. Configured for Low Value Fixed Assets. Uploading of Legacy Data, Reconciliation of Net Value of Assets with Legacy Data.
• Defined Net Worth Reports for Property Tax Calculations.
• Created Reports as per the requirements as per the requirements of the Customer.
• Performed Period End Operations including Depreciation Run, Posting to General Ledger, and Tax Reports.
• Configured Lock Box Processing, Defined Lock Box Processing Program, worked on Liquidity Forecast, and Cash management in Treasury.
• In Controlling Defined the Master Records like Cost Elements (Primary and Secondary), Cost Element Groups, Reconciliation Ledger, Confidential, Time-Based Fields, Cost Center Groups and Standard Hierarchy.
• Creating Profit Centers including Dummy Profit Center.
• Defined Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures for Calculation of Overheads.
• Defined Distribution and Assessment Cycles for Departmental Allocations and Defined Planning Profiles.
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), created the Operating Concern, configured Costing Based and Account Based Profitability Analysis. Created the Characteristics and Value Fields, and Profitability Segments used in Profitability Analysis. Maintained the Derivative Structures and Rule and assigned Values to Value Fields. Defined Basic Reports and form Reports. Configured Planning Profile and Layouts.
• Worked with Year End Closing and Month End Closing procedure.
• Provided Functional and Technical Specifications for ABAP developments.