PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experience in Full life cycle Implementation and Upgrade, which includes Requirement Analysis, Design, Development, Data Cleansing, Testing, Go - Live, Maintenance and Production Support.
• Involved in 3 Full Life Cycle Implementations.
• Experienced in troubleshooting in various pre-Go Live issues in SAP FI/CO area.
• Hands on experience in effective use of ASAP implementation methodology and Fit Gap Analysis.
• Experience in various versions of SAP including R/3 4.6C, R/3 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 and ECC 7.0
• Experienced in SAP upgrades from R/3 4.6 to ECC 6.0 and 4.7 to ECC 6.0 and ECC 7.0
• Thorough understanding of the relationship between various SAP modules (FI/CO, SD, MM and PS) and of overall business processes such as Order-to-Cash and Purchase-to-Pay and Make to Order.
• Functional expertise includes FICO/PS (Finance, Controlling and Project System) and their integration with MM (Material Management) and SD (Sales and Distribution).
• Extensively worked in Asset Accounting, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables and General Ledger in highly complex business environment.
• Experienced in configuring Cost Elements, Internal Order, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Product Costing (PC) and Profitability Analysis (COPA).
• Understanding the business requirements and configuration experience of New GL (General Ledger) and its features including Document Splitting, real time integration between CO and FI, New Foreign Currency Valuation, Parallel Accounting.
• Experienced in data migration (LSMW and BDC Methods), BAPI, SAP Script and Smart Forms.
• Strong knowledge on International Financial Reporting concepts (IFRS), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act.
• Rich experience in SAP integration with external tax ware “VERTEX” and “STO” for tax calculation and Patch Update.
• Experience in Configuring Lockbox Program with EDI and IDOC setup.
• Proven experience in functionality testing, unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Excellent working knowledge in development of reports using Report Painter, Report Writer & ABAP Query.
• Created Functional Design Documents (FDDS) based on the Use Case Documents.
• Expertise in Feasibility Study of projects.
• Active participation in Knowledge Transfer and Documentation.
• Ability to identify the Business needs and determine solutions to Business Problems as Business Analyst.
• Experienced in writing functional specifications for interfaces, customizing reports and working experience with conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP systems.
• Experience in coordination with module leads, project managers, super users, end users, SME, ABAP team, Integration lead, Business Analysts and PMO, required for different phases of a Project.
• Implemented best practices in SAP solution and maximize the use of standard SAP solutions and minimize the ongoing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, a total team player. Self-starter with drive, initiative and a positive attitude. Able to meet very stringent deadlines and always deliver results, even under pressure.
• Extensive working experience across various industries like Aerospace, Real Estate, Banking, Finance, Manufacturing and Retailing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• ERP: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, 5.0, 4.7, 4.6C,4.6B and 4.7 versions, SAP R/2 B1.
• FI: General Ledger SAP-FI-GL, New GL, Accounts Payable SAP-FI-AP, Automatic payment program, Treasury, House Bank, Bank reconciliation (electronic and manual), Procure-to-pay-cycle, Substitutions, Validations, Accounts Receivable FI-AR, Order-to-Cash, SAP-Treasury, Lock Box processes, EDI, Credit Management SAP-FI-CM, Special Purpose Ledger SAP-FI-SL and Asset Accounting SAP-FI-AA (Fixed assets, Asset Classes, and Special Asset Classes), and Interfaces and data loads (LSMW, CATT & others)
• Knowledge of ASAP implementation and capability of communicating with ABAP programmers for technical specifications. Application of OSS notes wherever applicable.
• Conducted Feasibility Studies, Project Planning, Development, Enhancements and conversions.
• Expertise in Configuration and Testing
• HPQC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Deland, FL

SAP FICO | S/4 HANA Finance

Version: SAP R/3 ECC 7

• Leadership in development, implement and support of global initiatives at various time zones.
• Experience with large SAP ERP rollouts.
• Experience with Global SAP implementations.
• Responsible for the delivery of solutions on the S/4 HANA Finance
• Experience with integration of FICO with all SAP Modules.
• Experience in configuring FI - General Ledger, Accounts Receivable & Collections, Accounts Payable
• Asset Accounting, Interface with External Tax Systems, Banking and Cash Management.
• Experience in configuring CO - Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders,
• Product Costing (Product Cost Planning, Cost Object Controlling and Actual Costing) and Profitability Analysis
• Experience in designing complex WRICEF (Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions)
• Ability to define, create and maintain SAP roadmaps for business area.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to perform complex system analysis and draw conclusions by relating information from different sources, including root-cause analysis and issue resolution.
• Ability to create and meet timelines cognizant of business needs and constraints Asset Accounting End to End implementation for New Asset Class - Building, Land, Vehicles a Fixtures. Configuration of Book Depreciation for Useful life in months. Account determination per Asset Class. GL Integration Per Asset Class.
• New Bank Account Implementation for US Vendors Payable from Canada Company Code.
• Clearing Inter-Company Vendor/Customer open Items, Manually Processing Incoming Payments, Running/Editing Dunning proposals, Reconciliation Accounts in the GL, Create functional specifications for Custom interfaces.
• Configured Outgoing Payments, Open Item Clearing in Accounts Payable, and Cost Center Accounting Master data, Planning and Cost allocations in Cost Center Accounting.
• Configured the Automatic Payment Program for A/P including Partial Payment Configuration, Check Management and Check Printing.
• Defined the G/L accounts for Materials Management and Set up the Integration between Financial Accounting and Materials Management through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Set up the Parameters for Cross-Company Code Postings.
• Configured the One-time Vendors/Customers with Separate Screen Layouts.
• Configured Inter-Company process for transactions involving sales between two different company codes to recognize revenue correctly.
• Configured Controlling areas, SAP-CO-OM (Overhead Cost Accounting), SAP-CO-CCA (Cost Center Accounting), Internal Orders, Settlements, SAP-EC-PCA (Profit Center Accounting), SAP-CO-PA (Profitability Analysis), SAP-CO-PC (Product Costing).
• In SAP-CO, Created Controlling area, operating concern, maintained versions, primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups and assigned number ranges to groups
• Defined Cost Center Hierarchies, activity types, statistical key figures and reconciliation ledgers.
• In SAP-CO-PC, worked in coordination with Production planning team, Master data structure in CO-PC, Standard cost estimate from BOM, Work center, Product Cost planning areas, Cost Roll-up and Costing run.
• In SAP-CO-PA, worked in coordination with SD, MM and PP teams regarding "Pricing" in defining condition types, Condition tables, Procedures and access sequence.
• Configured Characteristics, Value Fields and Value Field Groups, Derivation Rules and Reporting structure. Configured Costing-Based Profitability Analysis, creating characteristics and value fields using various derivation techniques and rules and configuring valuation using product costing and costing sheet.
• Cost based COPA, planning, operating concern, creating data structures, characteristics, value fields and attributes, transfer structures, reports on profitability analysis.

Confidential, Lake Mary, FL

Sr. SAP FICO / FI-PS Analyst

Version: SAP R/3 ECC 7

• Configuration of GL, AR, FI Master Data, Account Groups, retained earning accounts, customizing: Credit Control Area, Functional Areas, Maintain Fiscal Year Variant, GL Automatic Clearing, Regrouping postings, Define Financial Statement version.
• Defining document type, assign document number range and maintaining field status variants
• Enterprise Structure configuration settings in Global Parameters and Integration with Overhead Cost Controlling and SD.
• Configuration of number ranges for customer accounts, Maintenance of terms of payment, Definition of cash discount base for Incoming Invoices.
• Customization of ‘Credit Control Area’ for Credit Management as per company requirement based on credit limit and open A/R values set for customers, setting up delivery blocks to customers who exceed credit limit.
• Worked with Change Management team on GAPs, RICEF objects and assisted in developing Analysis Documents, Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications, UAT Scripts, UAT testing, User Sign-offs, transport validations across different platforms.
• Assisted in 3 mock month end closings in the following areas: Foreign Currency valuations, bank reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations, sales tax accruals, overhead calculations, settlements, assessments, distributions, accrual reversals, income tax accruals, top level pre-closing adjustments.
• Used LSMW to perform following activities: a) Year-End HR Mini-master Activity Type update, b) Year-End mass Activity Price uploads, c) Mass Material Master update of Physical Inventory, d) Mass update of Storage Locations, e) Mass Standard Cost update.
• Implemented new lockboxes for customer incoming payments including planning, design, development, testing, transporting, and Go-Live.
• Assisted in Production Support in the following areas: a) Identified production issues by discussions with end-users, b) Logged tickets with Help Desk (SharePoint) Identified solutions for issues logged, d) assisted end-users in validating the fixes using UAT, e) Transported fixes from development to production, f) Logged defects in Mercury Quality Center for SOX compliance, g) Documented all changes in Solution Manager.
• Functionally supported and helped developed many custom reports per client requirement for variance compliance activities. Provided alternatives for performance improvement, and also assisted development of security authorization checks per EIDs/roles.
• Other configuration changes worked on include: Internal Trading partners, derivation rules, validation and substitutions, foreign currency valuations, fiscal year variant, posting period variants, document types, number ranges, and account groups for vendors/customers.

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Sr. SAP FI-AA / FI-PS Consultant

Version: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

• Configured asset module (fixed assets), including asset classes, integration with purchasing, and assets under construction.
• Configuration of Asset Module to transfer Numerous assets across hundreds of companies including system configuration, chart of depreciation, asset classes, revaluation and periodic GL postings from multiple depreciation areas (One set of posting to US GAAP Accounts, one set of postings to foreign GAAP accounts).
• Management of assets, Master Data Maintenance, Handling of depreciation, Legacy Data transfer. Structuring fixed assets, Configuring Asset class and Asset types, Asset Re-Valuation and retirement, Integration, Depreciation, Master data maintenance, Legacy data transfer, Acquisitions, Period Closing, Knowledge management and documentation.
• Used NEW GL concepts to speed reconciliation and to ensure transparency and audit ability.
• Configured the Lock-Box Process in AR and Automatic Payment Program in AP.
• Configured asset module (fixed assets), including asset classes, integration with purchasing, and assets under construction.
• Integrated asset accounting, structured and valuated fixed assets, created asset values, acquisitions entry and alterations during use, and asset retirement.
• Worked with SAP functional teams to understand data requirement, codification rules to explain to business and development teams
• Worked with the development team to develop required data migration programs and assist in testing.
• Worked closely with process teams in understanding the As-Is system and finalizing design of the To-Be system (GAP analysis)
• Defined Automatic postings for foreign currency valuation
• In SAP-FI-GL, configured account groups, posting period, fiscal year variants, and document number ranges, field status groups.
• Configured Special G/L transaction, such as down payment program to meet the customer requirement
• In Asset accounting (SAP-AA), Created and configured Fixed assets, Copied Reference Chart of Depreciation, Assigned Chart of Depreciation, Specify Number Assignment across Company Codes & Account Determination
• Configured real time integration of CO with FI.
• Created Screen Layout Rules, Defined Number Range Interval & Asset Classes
• Defined Depreciation Area posting to General Ledger, Assigned G/L Accounts.
• Specified Document Type for Posting of Depreciation, Specified Account Assignment types for Account Assignment Object, Defined Depreciation Areas, Specify Transfer of APC Values, Determined Depreciation Areas in the Asset Class
• Maintained Depreciation keys, Define Screen Layout for Asset Master Data & Asset Depreciation Areas
• Classified Asset using Character Evaluation Group, Defined Transfer type for Acquisition, Retirement, Transfers &for Intercompany Asset Transfers
• Assisted the team in designing the documentation and provided Go-Live, Post implementation support
• Work in conjunction with IBM and Business Process owners to provide expertise in the functional review and configuration of PS, SD (including RRB) & CATS
• Development of project conversion methodology from legacy system (Artemis) to SAP PS
• Post-implementation support - PS, FI, CO, SD, MM & CATS
• Training needs analysis for user population - 1500+ end users
• Development of PS, SD (including RRB), CATS, CO & MM training materials in conjunction with eLearning software “On-Demand”
• Classroom delivery of PS, SD (including RRB), CATS, CO & MM courses to Super User / End User community
• Provide expert advice and guidance in the development of the Time Management business blueprint and policy for time recording using CATS
• Assignment & authorization error analysis of SAP security roles in conjunction with SOX / SOD requirements
• Prepare and facilitate stakeholder workshops to identify the “as-is” business process and document the “to-be” business processes
• Responsible for all PS & COPA configuration including project structures, costs (planning & settlement), revenue & earnings (results analysis), progress versions, COPA structures (characteristics & value fields), resource related billing (RRB) and more...
• Functional development of PS enhancements including:
• Default activity type in CATS timesheet based on Project Type, User Status & Pay type;
• Interface business opportunities from Siebel into User fields of SAP using an Internal SAP Table & RFC connection;
• User fields using constant values
• Work in conjunction with ABAP to develop technical specifications, build & test of solutions
• Management of data migration activities from legacy into SAP using LSMW & Z programs
• Conduct unit and product test for all PS & COPA solutions, resolution of defects using IBM Clear Quest test tool and client guidance through UAT
• Development of PS, COPA training materials including instructor lead, web-based & help cards
• Develop a close working relationship with BI (BW) team to define PS & COPA report requirements & determine data sources
• Management of all PS / COPA system transports (configuration and workbench)
• Design of all PS / COPA roles and authorizations
• Accountability for the integration between PS & COPA with FI, SD, MM (SRM), HR (CATS) & BW
• After Go-live support throughout warranty period for PS & COPA including knowledge transfer to Accenture helpdesk
• Performed business process analysis and blue print
• Responsible for Design and configuration of Project systems
• Performed requirement collection and analysis for PS module a
• Configured WBS elements, networks and various business scenarios in PS
• Defined cost centers, activity types, work center formulas and parameter ids
• Implementation experience and experience with creating functional specifications for RICEF objects.
• Configured the integration points between PP, MM and SD.
• Configured PS touch points with co and pp modules
• Involved in testing plan and execution
• Developed Business process procedures
• Prepared unit test scripts and integration test scripts
• Responsible for user exits and customer exits.
• Provided documentation management process for issue resolution
• Knowledge transfer to end users and power users.
• Defined cost centers, activity types and work center formulas
• Implementation experience and experience with creating functional specifications for RICEF objects.
• Worked on BPPs, Prepared Specifications for PS Developed test scenarios and
• Performed unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge transfer and end user training
• Anlaysing the tickets, recommending solutions for the issues and creating configuration requests if needed.
• Carrying out the necessary configuration changes in compliance with the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
• Unit and Integration testing of customization changes and rendering assistance to the users during UAT.
• Preparation of self-help documents - These documents contain solutions for the issues that are raised frequently. End users can refer to these documents instead of logging a ticket.
• Created and maintained Master Records like Materials, Customers, Vendors and G/L Accounts according to client's requirements.
• Setting up New House Bank, Customization for Bank Reconciliation, and Determination of Bank Clearing account for BRS Posting, Determination of Expenses Account for the posting of bank charges and handling of various end user queries regarding BRS.
• Assisted end users in month end closing activities.
• Interacted with other team members in SD and MM for effective integration through account assignments and provided some new GL Accounts to them.
• Handled dispatching of tickets to the Team members.
• Providing knowledge transfer sessions to the new comers in the team.
• Conducting weekly meetings and coordinating with other teams

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

SAP FICO/PS Business Systems Analyst

Version: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 (Full Cycle Implementation)

• Conducted session with stakeholders to Gather requirements and to Understand the Workflow of the As-Is System.
• Conduct detailed business blueprinting workshops using ASAP methodology and Q&A database.
• Worked with business to explain the data cleansing, extraction and transformation principles.
• Worked with SAP functional teams to understand data requirement, codification rules to explain to business and development teams.
• Meet regularly with Business Owners to evaluate and or suggest changes in processes that will enhance the use of SAP.
• Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms).
• Worked with the development team to develop required data migration programs and assist in testing.
• Created Function Design Documents (FDDS) based on the Use Case Documents as per the requirements.
• Involved in the preparation of Application Design Document (ADD).
• Configured the New GL, including Migration, parallel valuation and document splitting.
• Worked on Segment Reporting.
• Valuation of foreign currency balance sheet accounts.
• Valuation of open items in foreign currencies.
• Worked through complex SAP process problems, Documented the Business Process as Configured in SAP & Ensured proper Integration with other Modules.
• Interacted with Client to Update and Group Customer and Vendor Master Data to define Credit Control Areas and Dunning Areas.
• Developed project plan, investigated issues, and participated in tax minimization strategy formulation with tax department.
• Designed and Configured the Vendor Master Data, Vendor Group, Vendor Field Status, Vendor and Customer Master Data and Risk Categories.
• Set up the Credit Management Configuration.
• Implemented EBS, Lockbox, Outgoing Payments using ACH and Payment Card Functionality.
• Refined and Configured Payment Methods, Payments Terms, House Bank, Bank Accounts for AP, AR - Dunning process, Interest calculation, and Credit Management.
• Set up a bank Interface.
• Clearing Inter-Company Vendor/Customer open Items, Manually Processing Incoming Payments, Running/Editing Dunning proposals, Reconciliation Accounts in the GL, Create functional specifications for Custom interfaces.
• Configured Outgoing Payments, Open Item Clearing in Accounts Payable, and Cost Center Accounting Master data, Planning and Cost allocations in Cost Center Accounting.
• Configured the Automatic Payment Program for A/P including Partial Payment Configuration, Check Management and Check Printing.
• Defined the G/L accounts for Materials Management and Set up the Integration between Financial Accounting and Materials Management through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Set up the Parameters for Cross-Company Code Postings.
• Configured the One-time Vendors/Customers with Separate Screen Layouts.
• Configured Inter-Company process for transactions involving sales between two different company codes to recognize revenue correctly.
• Configured Controlling areas, SAP-CO-OM (Overhead Cost Accounting), SAP-CO-CCA (Cost Center Accounting), Internal Orders, Settlements, SAP-EC-PCA (Profit Center Accounting), SAP-CO-PA (Profitability Analysis), SAP-CO-PC (Product Costing).
• In SAP-CO, Created Controlling area, Operating concern, maintained versions, primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups and assigned number ranges to groups
• Defined Cost Center Hierarchies, activity types, statistical key figures and reconciliation ledgers.
• In SAP-CO-PC, worked in coordination with Production planning team, Master data structure in CO-PC, Standard cost estimate from BOM, Work center, Product Cost planning areas, Cost Roll-up and Costing run.
• In SAP-CO-PA, worked in coordination with SD, MM and PP teams regarding "Pricing" in defining condition types, Condition tables, Procedures and access sequence.
• Configured Characteristics, Value Fields and Value Field Groups, Derivation Rules and Reporting structure. Configured Costing-Based Profitability Analysis, creating characteristics and value fields using various derivation techniques and rules and configuring valuation using product costing and costing sheet.
• Cost based COPA, planning, operating concern, creating data structures, characteristics, value fields and attributes, transfer structures, reports on profitability analysis.
• In SAP-EC-PCA, created Profit Center groups, Dummy profit centers, Profit center standard Hierarchies, assigned objects to the profit centers, maintain the master data, standard hierarchy, substitutions, and assignments. Configure profit center accounting planning, defining versions, planning layout, planning profile, plan allocations.
• In SAP Product Costing, Product cost planning with and without quantity structures, costing run, Cost object controlling product cost by period, product cost by order, product cost collector, Actual costing/Material ledger.
• Configured cost component structure, costing variants, inter-company costing, Work-in Process and PA transfer structure related to Product Costing.
• Tested the generation of reports using report writer and report painter.
• Developed Test cases and solve issues using Unit Testing and System testing.
• Documented and trained end users to understand the New GL features like scenarios, entry view and GL view modes and how to interpret the split documents in GL.
• Assisted the team in designing the documentation and provided Go-Live, Post implementation support.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

SAP FI-AA Functional Consultant

Version: SAP R/3 4.7

• Specified automatic account assignments to link asset master data to G/L accounts.
• Created depreciation keys with assignment to depreciation areas
• Responsible for Configurations in Assets like, Copying reference Chart of Depreciation, made required settings for account determination, asset classes, screen layout rules, defining number ranges, external asset acquisition, in-house asset acquisition, cross company code transfers, settings for depreciation runs, Asset Explorer, Settings for automatic account assignment ( FI-AA Integration).
• Integrated Asset Accounting (FI-AA & AM) structured and valuated Fixed Assets, new Acquisitions, Alteration, Retirement, Depreciation postings, Year-End closing and Fiscal Year Change.
• Developed Functional Specifications for new interfaces and conversions
• Configured GL accounts, Account groups, sort variants, field status groups, document types, document number ranges, document splitting, defining and assigning clearing rules to account types.
• Defining line layouts for document posting and processing as per end user requirements. Configure automatic account assignments for recurring entries.
• Defined non-leading ledgers as per user requirements.
• Demonstrated Document Splitting concepts with relevant examples and online demo.
• Assigned scenarios for cost centers, profit centers and segment reporting.
• Developed custom reports based upon segment reporting.
• Define forms for tax on sales/purchase returns and designed custom reports for displaying GL balances.
• Was Involved in Business Process re-engineering regarding the costing and reporting functionalities. Worked on the model to make it SOX compliant in consensus with IFRS standards.
• Was Involved in Business Process re-engineering regarding the costing and reporting functionalities. Worked on the model to make it SOX compliant in consensus with IFRS standards.
• Created internal milestones and dashboards to track the progress on the streams in sync with the Global Parameters.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

AP/AR Analyst

• Balance Sheet, budget forecast, general ledgers, apply accounting language and concepts, record financial transactions.
• Acted as liaison between AP/AR departments and senior management.
• Process, review and maintain expense/income accounts.
• Track monthly expense to create variance versus budget analysis and prepare month end accruals/ prepaid.
• Make general entries/ Accruals.
• Reconcile various reports and prepare schedules for month-end close.
• Ensure timely payments with fast coding and keying to make sure invoices and checks were entered and cut promptly.
• Analyze statistical financial data for strategic decision-making and summarized data to assist department with quarterly budget forecasts.