SUMMARY:

• Implemented FI I.e. General ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting
• Customized CO I.e. Cost Element, Cost Center, Internal Orders, COPA, Profit Center, Product Costing
• Leadership to Offshore team.
• Resolution of Incidents and Work Orders
• Involved in documentation of various processes
• SOX controls and governance process
• Interface Scheduling and design of Interfaces
• Wrote functional specification
• Performed Mappings of Interfaces in Insurance Analyzer
• Developed reports using AFO
• Extensive experience in New GL Implementation i.e document splitting Leading and non - leading ledgers
• Created program variants
• Set up parameter Ids for user profiles
• Performed data mapping/conversion from legacy to ECC
• Prepared test plans and test scripts in HPQC
• Configured Internal orders for Capital Investment projects and promotional events
• Performed Unit, Integration, DR, Support Pack and UAT testing, and wrote test scripts
• Involved in naming of cost centers
• Solved errors during testing
• Supported end user training by reviewing training documents and recommending enhancements

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and SAP ECC 6.0

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP FICO Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Definition and maintenance of standard hierarchy for Cost Centers
• Creation of Internal Orders
• Production Support of the general Ledger and troubleshoot on issues raised by end users
• Perform testing and write test scripts

Confidential

Senior Associate

Responsibilities:

• Post go-live Support-Classic GL to new GL
• Documenting various processes used by different groups in the company
• Perform IA mappings
• Resolve Incidents/Work Orders by actively tracking FI remedy requests and Incidents
• Develop effective solutions to fix FI issues through configuration/changes in master data.
• Conduct knowledge transfer training for offshore team to Include SAP functions like financial close, master data, configuration changes, and daily customer support.
• Involved in design of governance process related to Master Data-(PC,CC,IO,GL)
• Training Interns/end users on SAP JE and reporting procedures that include parking JE, uploading JE adding favorites etc
• Work on validations related to JE
• Design process flows to be used by the ET team
• Lead and work with the Offshore team for smooth operations
• Perform month end close activities like closing of the periods, updating rates for allocation, running allocations,, running reports, FX revaluation etc
• Create functional specifications for the ET team and working on enhancements of JE Work flow approval process
• Write test scripts for support pack testing to test transactions used by Finance department are working correctly. Also involved in DR testing.
• Perform regression testing in all clients on enhancements or any new changes made to the system
• Create company codes, assignment of company codes to Chart of accounts, ledgers, fiscal year variants, trading partners, create number ranges, define tolerance group and setting company codes to productive status.
• Involved in the design of 7 Interfaces for 7 International companies in Europe to have a monthly feed of JE posted. Help in Performing UAT testing of the Interfaces
• Monitor interfaces and resolve Interface errors
• Configure internal orders based on the internal order types created.
• Create cost centers, Profit centers, CC and PC hierarchies
• Perform hierarchy changes of Cost centers and profit centers/master data changes/mapping changes
• Perform Sarbanes -Oxley methodologies on a quarterly basis to meet business requirements ensuring proper controls are in place
• Support the overall functions of the General ledger, non expense allocation, and foundation master data process
• Assist end users in gaining SAP access through submitting SARs
• Configure asset classes, account determination and changing account determination of the asset classes previously configured and changes to screen layout rule to include additional fields

Confidential

SAP Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configured Vendor Groups, number ranges, and tolerance group
• Activated real time Integration of CO-FI
• Data Mapping of GL from legacy to SAP
• Collected requirements using QADB of the GL account like the length of the GL accounts, if the number ranges were to be year dependent/year independent, how many chart of accounts were to be created, assignment of GL accounts to the GL account groups etc
• Reset cleared items
• Solved depreciation error problem during testing and go live
• Created and defined advertising activity type for cost centers
• Calculated planned activity price for the cost center which was used as a standard cost estimate in Product Costing
• Set up IO for capital investment projects I.e created internal order types, allocation structure, settlement profiles, and number ranges
• Gathered requirements for the integration of SAP with other applications e.g if SAP was to be integrated with their trading partners, if the messages were outbound/inbound etc
• Transferred HR payroll postings to SAP system
• Designed Lock box procedure for AR payments in various house banks
• Reversed documents posted in GL
• Set up cash journals and assigned them to GL accounts
• Set up parameter ids and user profile
• Created screen layouts for GL, AR, and AP
• Defined the G/L accounts for Materials Management and set up the Integration between FI and MM through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Resolved Partial payment issues I.e the data was not posting as posting were too large for clearing
• Assisted in conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP system using LSMW
• Defined dunning interval, charges, letters, and minimum amounts for dunning
• Performed data mapping of GL accounts from legacy to Sap system
• Wrote a functional specification for the check register and wrote user guide for this
• Set up the automatic payment program
• Completed configuration of several house banks by defining their account Id's, banking keys, bank account number and their respective GL accounts
• Created check lots and void reasons
• Created noted items in vendor account and customer accounts
• Configured Depreciation areas and defined depreciation keys
• Established a link between the asset master records and the corresponding GL accounts in Financial Accounting through account determination
• Created Profit centers, Cost centers
• Defined Costing type, valuation variant, date control, quantity structure control, transfer control and reference variant for defining costing variant in product costing
• Performed unit, integration, and UAT testing for the GL accounts, AR, and FI-SD.
• Participated in Asset deployment from legacy to sap
• Directed the end users in UAT testing
• Set up EBS I.e created account symbols for the bank accounts, assigned GL accounts to account symbols, Created keys for posting rules etc
• Integration of FI with SD and MM-Customer orders were done in SD, stock transfer orders by MM, and payments done in FI

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirements for promotion events, product distribution, spending, profit, and payments
• Created internal order types for company code KBKE for Internal orders Master record for each bar in Nairobi where the promotion was carried out
• Created the allocation structures for the bars and the incurred costs were settled in a cost center
• Configured settlement profiles for each order type by defining all the values necessary to settle the cost
• Defined the number ranges for settlement of the Internal orders to a cost center
• Bank accounting configuration of House Bank, checks management, and bank statements.
• FI-MM integration-Production orders were created and purchasing orders done to fulfill the production. The receipts with reference to the purchase orders automated the payable processing
• Configured dunning in AR to manage the collections from customers to identify past due accounts and created three dunning letters according to the division
• Configured automatic payment program for out going payments in Accounts payable
• Used I Docs to transfer field data collected by the sales team leaders
• Defined the characteristics for analyzing the profits and activated the characteristics. .I.e Customer group, Product line, sales offices, etc
• Defined the value fields to be analyzed for every characteristic and activated it. I.e Sales revenue, sales quantity, cost, cash discount, etc
• Combined characteristics and value fields according to Customer group, product group, sales offices, sales revenue, sales quantity, and cost in the data structure and activated it
• Used both Accounting based and costing based COPA
• Created the organization structure for COPA
• Activated COPA for both types and defined number ranges for actual and planned postings
• Mapped SD condition types to COPA values like prices, discounts etc and were linked with the GL accounts
• Maintained flow of direct postings from FI to COPA by specifying the cost elements to be used
• Involved in Unit testing of internal orders by entering parameters in the fields of order types, company code, and the receivers. Posted to the GL expenses account and identified it with the internal orders created and executed the settlement with reference to the order number

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted End User training and wrote documentation with screen shots
• Supported testing, and wrote test scripts
• Involved in the To be process of the GL to include chart of accounts, fiscal year and posting periods, parking documents, recurring documents etc
• Created one chart of accounts and many account groups for creation of different GL accounts
• Created secondary cost elements in the controlling module to be used in the assessment of overheads and set the integration of GL accounts with controlling as manual
• Performed Unit testing for recurring documents by creating recurring documents to include; document type, posting key, account, amount. Determined which recurring documents were to be posted according to document number, EAIL company code, fiscal year, settlement period and named the batch input session. I then processed the batch input session to post the accounting documents
• Created several profit centers and Cost centers
• Configured different asset classes with reference to their account determination, screen layout rule, and number range created
• Created customer groups and designed dunning area in AR with reference to their products and dunning letters, reminders etc
• Involved in Integration testing of FI-SD

Confidential

Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Received, sorted & sent Invoices for authorization
• Processed high volumes of invoices & credit notes
• Generated various Account payable reports for Management and cash flow forecasts
• Solved clients queries over phone or e-mail
• Reconciled vendor accounts
• Created and updated vendor and bank details
• Posted Journal Entries
• Processed vendor invoices and made payments
• Processed cash receipts
• Banks statement reconciliation of receipts and payments against customer and vendor accounts
• Generated Financial Statements
• Followed up payment, making sure payments were done in time
• Solved queries with customers