SUMMARY:

• Over 12+ years of experience which 10+ years of SAP FICO with 4 full cycle implementations, 2 Global Rollouts and 3 SAP support projects.
• Sound working knowledge in all areas of Finance and Accounts and preparation of Management Reports in the I.T. enabled enterprise business solutions.
• Functional, Configuration and implementation of the following SAP R/3 modules: New GL, FI - GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, CO-CCA, CO-IO, CO-PCA, CO-PC and COPA
• Extensive experience with New G/L - Parallel Accounting, Document splitting, ledger configuration, Real time integration of controlling with FI, Parallel Currencies, periodic processing and Segment Reporting.
• Experienced in configuring Document Splitting and Zero Balancing of Documents in New GL.
• Knowledge and Experience in FSCM Module - Collections & Dispute Management, Biller Direct, New Credit Management, In-house Cash (IHC) and Bank Communication Management (BCM).
• Strong working knowledge on Sales & Distribution - Orders, Billing, Credit Management.
• Experience in customization related to integration between FI/CO & Logistics Modules (SD, PP & MM).
• Worked with SAP Payment Solution Integration with Ariba solution
• Profound Solution Manager experience
• Controlling experience includes Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Cost and Revenue Element Accounting (CEL), Profitability Analysis (COPA), and Product Costing (PC).
• Strong working experience on US GAAP, IFRS.
• A results-driven expert who analyzes and implements SAP ERP solutions to ensure optimal integration and information access.
• Motivated achiever who guides organizations in applying technology to business settings, provides added value, and creates project deliverables in a timely manner.
• Strong working experience on Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflows (RICEFW).
• Good knowledge in ABAP debugging techniques
• Working experience on Open text and VIM
• Experience on Revenue Recognition and Revenue Accounting
• Working experience on Lease Contract accounts
• Excellent communication skills, leadership qualities, systematic approach and ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment. Strong organizational and time management skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

General Ledger: Account Groups, GL M aster Records, F ield Status Groups, Inter-company automatic account posting, Posting Keys, Automatic Account Determination, Number Ranges, Document Types, Tolerance Groups, Sample Accounts, Accruals & Deferrals, Sample & Recurring Documents, Parking Document, Hold Document

New G/L: Parallel Accounting, Document splitting, Ledger configuration, Real time integration of controlling with FI, Parallel Currencies, Periodic Processing and Segment Reporting.

Accounts Payable: Vendor Master Data, Vendor Account Group, Automatic Payment Program Configuration, House Bank, Check Lots, Reason Codes, Payment Terms, Payment Methods, Invoices, Credit Memos, Down Payments, Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV), GR/IR account maintenance.

Accounts Receivable: Customer Master Data, Customer Account Group, Credit management, Tolerance groups, Open Item Clearing, A/R aging, Dunning Procedure, Terms of Payment, partial payments, Residual payments, Outgoing Invoices, Incoming Payments, Integration with SD.

Treasury: Lockbox (BAI, BAI2, EDI-IDOC), Manual Bank Statement and Electronic Bank Statement(BAI, MT940), External transaction codes, Posting Rules

Fixed Assets: Chart of Depreciation, Defining Assets class, Account determination, Creation and Retirement of assets, In-house creation of Assets, Depreciation run, Intercompany transfers.

Controlling: Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA, Profitability analysis CO-PA, Internal Order Accounting CO-IOA, Profit center Accounting EC-PCA

Product Costing: BOMs, Costing sheet, Cost component structure, Material Ledger (ML)

COPA: : Created dummy profit center, Creation of profit center and Doc No ranges of PCA, Created operating concern and controlling version, Creation of attributes and Data structures, Configuration of CO-PA costing bases and accounts bases analysis, Created CO-PA master data, PA settlement structures, CO-PA planning / profile / layout

FSCM:: IHC, Treasury, Risk Management, Credit management, Cash management.

BI/BO: Trial Balance report, P&L Report, B/S Report, AR Ageing report, Broker commission report, Customer credit limit report, Vendor ageing report, Departmental spend report, Capital project report, Cash flow report, Cash liquidity forecast report- AP Future payables, AR future receivables, Sales order obligations report and purchase order obligation report.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Seattle, WA

SAP FICO Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Working on Functional specs development for different functional process
• Working and Monitoring SM37 JOBs for all FI GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting
• Handled Entire Fixed Asset Accounting module support
• Working for NLE for Fixed Assets
• Working for SAP HR activities for info types master data issues
• Working for GL, AP & AR Enhancements
• Working for Month end closing activities
• Providing support to end users
• Writing ABAP Queries
• Working for Open text and VIM support activities
• Working for Lease Account Contracts(LAE)
• Monitoring the Revenue Account items
• Providing support to users to resolve the sales order billing plan issues
• Coordinating with Offshore team as part of Job monitoring
• Monitoring Idocs and Interfaces

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

SAP FI Lead and Configuration specialist

Responsibilities:

• Involved DRD document preparation for integration Fixed assets with ServiceNow project
• Working on Functional specs development for different functional process
• Working on Treasury activities
• Implemented Fixed Assets module as it relates to the Capital Projects. Involved in configuration up to the allocation of assets under construction into actual assets for depreciation, and sample depreciation run for accounting purposes with the depreciation entry into the General Ledger
• Handled Entire Asset Accounting module includes Designing and grouping of Assets
• Working for NLE for Fixed Assets
• Working Extensively in NewGL, AR, AP, COPA, CCA, PCA, IO, Treasury, Asset Accounting,
• Cost Center Accounting: cost center hierarchy, cost elements, internal orders, planning statistical keys, activity type, Event based postings, assessment, distribution, variance analysis, reposting and Period end closing
• Worked with BI/BO implementation for all FICO Reports
• Working on multiple Enhancement projects relating to Finance and Controlling
• Coordinating with Onshore & Offshore Development team as part of various projects
• Acting as Liaison between business & technical teams in implementing various projects
• Participating in production handoff meetings during Go-live and support of various New Legal Entity Projects
• Actively involved in functional unit testing, integration testing and coordinating with business users for user acceptance testing
• Responsible for root cause analysis and resolution of day to day issues
• Experience in S/4 HANA Finance

Confidential, Fresno, CA

SAP FI Lead and Configuration specialist

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Transformation through Project Design and implementation of SAP FICO with New GL system in ECC 6.0
• Conducted workshops with SMEs, discussed AS-IS and designed To-be and identified GAPs and worked on fixing them using User Exits.
• Prepared FICO project timeline and the resources required to the steering committee.
• Performed as is study and prepared To Be Process documents for FSCM Module.
• Created flowcharts and got it approved from Key users, and created Business Blue Print for the existing processes. Created Bank area in country US level
• Accounts Receivable: Customer Master Data, Customer Account Group, Credit management, Tolerance groups, Open Item Clearing, A/R aging, Dunning Procedure, Terms of Payment, partial payments, Residual payments, Outgoing Invoices, Incoming Payments, Integration with SD.
• Treasury: Lockbox (BAI, BAI2, EDI-IDOC), Manual Bank Statement and Electronic Bank Statement (BAI, MT940), External transaction codes, posting Rules.
• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments in BAI2 Format and EDI-IDOC format. Helped users process the on-account and unprocessed items of lockbox execution.
• Maintained IHC account determination for payment notes, external and internal bank accounts. Worked with IDOCs monitoring. Worked with automation of IHC project
• Worked with integration of PI server automation of ACH, Positive pay and lockbox files.
• Worked with intercompany transactions
• Date upload using LSMW/BDC in coordination with technical consultants
• Completely responsible for the Unit and Integration testing of FICO sub modules.
• In charge of the Master data uploads and all associated dry run tasks. Managed the dry run and cut over process across all modules.
• Worked with ABAP Consultant by providing functional specifications for User Exits, Reports, and Upload Programs using BAPI’s and Interfaces with third party tools like Visualization
• Worked on US GAAP including Tax Procedure without Tax Tool.
• Worked on Sales & Use Tax Configuration with Tax Codes, Tax Jurisdiction Codes.
• Worked with SAP Payment Solution Integration with Ariba solution
• Go Live: system validation, data comparison with legacy system, conversion, pre and post go live strategy, post production support, month end closing, hot issue list.

Confidential, Fresno, CA

SAP FICO Lead and Configuration specialist

Responsibilities:

• Implementing FI sub modules Which includes GL, AP and AR .
• Configured settings for Company Code, Define Fiscal year variant, Chart of accounts, Posting period variant, Field status groups and Accounts groups.
• Accounts Payable: vendor master records, vendor account groups, tolerance groups, automatic payment program, outgoing payments, recurring transactions, MM - FI integration, three way match, purchase order invoice, house bank, bank accounts, reason codes, check lot, custom check printing, different payment methods including check, wire transfer, validation and substitution.
• Asset Accounting: Covered the entire cycle understanding of business processes of the organization and reorganizing the existing structure, processes and implementing the same in the SAP ECC System by way of configuration and customization
• Implemented Fixed Assets module as it relates to the Capital Projects. Involved in configuration up to the allocation of assets under construction into actual assets for depreciation, and sample depreciation run for accounting purposes with the depreciation entry into the General Ledger
• Handled Entire Asset Accounting module includes Designing and grouping of Assets.
• Defined Asset Classes screen layouts, depreciation areas and keys. And integration with GL accounting by defining Asset account determination.
• Configured and tested Asset accounting functions including acquisition, retirement by sale to customer or without customer and transfers. Trained and Helped Users creating Assets
• Unit Testing: Tested the discrete pieces of Functionality of Foreign Currency Valuation, Journal Entry Posting, Entering Exchange Rates, Account Balances, FI Document Validation, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, etc.
• Integration Testing: Tested point-to-point Functionality and end-to-end scenarios between Modules and Systems.
• Performance Testing: Stress Testing of the system is checked that it can handle the expected volumes of transactions in expected Time and the Response times of the Transactions are tested
• Define Controlling Area and Activate controlling components.
• Cost Center Accounting: cost center hierarchy, cost elements, internal orders, planning statistical keys, activity type, Event based postings, assessment, distribution, variance analysis, reposting and Period end closing

Confidential

SAP FI configuration specialist

Responsibilities:

• Prepared SAP Questionnaires and completed the scoping document after taking inputs from Client
• Prepared presentation slides and conducted Several Workshops.
• Preparing minutes of meeting template.
• In Accounts Payable, Configured Automatic Payment Processing for Outgoing Payments for high invoice volume using payment methods Check, ACH and Wire payments, Interface/Flat file with bank through EDI, Employee Down Payments, Vendor Down Payments, Partial Payments, Credit Notes.
• Asset Accounting Configured the Chart of Depreciation for Chile, Colombia and Canada and settings up the various depreciation areas like Book Depreciation and Taxation. Configured the Period Controls key’s, Depreciation key’s, Calculation key’s etc. Created Asset classes & configured screen layouts for Asset master records
• Configured the required settings for external acquisition, Posting Investment subsidies, Revaluation of assets, Posting Depreciation etc. Configured necessary settings for Assets under construction and settling the same to Fixed Assets
• Created Process Flows and mapped it with to be business process for their products such as Instant cash, Instant Draft and Western Union money transfer.
• Conducted Integration Meetings with team Materials Management
• Defined enterprise structure, created company codes, fiscal year variant, posting period variant, field status variant and Chart of Accounts.
• Defined GL Account Groups.
• Defined & created Customer & Vendor master Groups. Configuration of settings for Special GL Transaction like down payments, Security deposits. Created Payment terms for vendors. Maintained automatic payment program, which included payment methods by country and company code, sending and paying company codes.
• Configured new House banks, assigned GL accounts to banks and assigned ranking order to house banks
• Configuration of Chart of Depreciation, Asset Class, Account Determination, Depreciation Key and Depreciation Area.
• Creation of Assets and post-Acquisition of Assets, Retirement of Assets and Depreciation Run integration of MM module with FICO module
• Define Controlling Area and Activate controlling components.
• Defined automatic creation of Primary cost elements.
• Implemented Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders and profit center Accounting

Confidential

SAP Senior FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Clarifying the tickets as per the risk and time taken to solve the issue and solving them as client priority.
• Changes to configuration settings as required by the client.
• Analyzing the impact of changes to be taken place.
• Testing of solved issues and reports as per end user requirements.
• Advising client on process related issues.
• Coordinating with the client on a regular basis.
• Documentation of the issues posted on the detailed document with analysis of the issue after providing solution to the Client.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Have Involved CIN Settings
• Have involved in Excise duty and the central value-added tax system (CENVAT)
• Extended Withholding Tax configuration
• Create GL accounts for taxes
• Specify GL Accounts per Excise transaction

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Fixed Assets: Chart of Depreciation, Defining Assets class, Account determination, Creation and Retirement of assets, In-house creation of Assets, Depreciation run.
• Have Involved Integration with FI-MM and FI-SD.
• Have Involved CIN Settings.
• Configure Cash journal settings.
• Creation and testing of User roles
• Have involved for developed Z-Reports for Vendors, Customers and Assets.
• Post- Go Live support.

Confidential, New York

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the financial reporting process by providing periodic financial data to management on an accurate and timely basis.
• Providing data and reports for analysis and completing research on variances to plan, prior year, and forecasts. Also prepares periodic flash report for further review.
• Supporting the fiscal year planning process by providing historical data and trend information for review.
• Inputs planning information into firm’s planning system and distributes final plan to US based Analysts and functional management.
• Monitoring both unbilled and billed receivables to ensure timely billing and collections, as well as the opening and closing of engagements.
• Tracking and monitoring the financial impact of AR on financial performance, including bad debt reserves.
• Prepares periodic reports and system downloads for further review, as well as various ad-hoc reports as needed based on the requirement.
• Monitoring, projecting, and reconciliation of headcount within a given function or practice and in region specific.
• Monitoring time and expense reporting process to ensure optimal revenue and proper cost controls were maintained.
• Timely resolving the tickets in the areas of FI and CO including ALE Interfaces and Idocs.
• Have involved in configuration changes as per requirements.
• Have Involved in Preparing Test Results in quality environment and attach the same in Kintana.
• Have capturing all type of Tickets on daily basis which relates to FI and CO from users.
• Interacting with Users on daily basis to resolve the tickets through Phone and same time.
• Have involved in Updating & Monitoring of Master Data in SAP.

Confidential

SAP FICO Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Business Analysis and Process mapping through ‘As-Is’ and To-Be’ study.
• Implementing FI (Which includes GL, AP and AR sub modules).
• Configured settings for Company Code, Define Fiscal year variant, Chart of accounts, Posting period variant, Field status groups and Accounts groups.
• Configuration for Vendor account groups, house banks, automatic payment program and Special GL transactions.
• Configuration for Customer account groups.
• Configuration of Chart of Depreciation, Asset Class, Account Determination, Depreciation Key and Depreciation Area.
• Creation of Assets and post Acquisition of Assets, Retirement of Assets and Depreciation Run.
• LSMW creation for legacy data uploads.
• Define Controlling Area and Activate controlling components.
• Defined automatic creation of Primary cost elements.
• Implemented Cost center Accounting, Internal Orders and profit center Accounting
• Provided Post Go-live support

Confidential

Accounts Executive

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining books of Accounts.
• Focus issuing on Gold Loans.
• Maintaining of insurance and investments.
• Preparation and analysis of various Management Information System Reports (MIS) for decision-making.