SUMMARY:

• Electrical & Electronics Engineering Graduate with a total work experience of 24 years across multiple industries, multiple SAP modules (SAP - SD, SAP-RAR, SAP-CRM&SAPGTS…)
• 13+ years of SAP Consulting experience in Hi-tech, Semiconductor, Manufacturing, I and Gas industries
• Multiple End-to-End project Implementation experience with expertise in Revenue recognition processes, RAR processes.
• Expertise in End to End Order to Cash processes and Integration knowledge of Presales, AR and Trade compliance processes
• Worked Internationally across multiple geo locations and good ability to develop quick business engagement
• Support the business team with the requirements
• Support and conduct for the user community and preparing documentation
• SAP RAR 1.3 Implementation and upgrade from RAR 1.0 to RAR 1.3
• SAP SD revenue recognition implementation experience

ENAGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

Senior SAP RAR Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Invoice Cancellation Issue - COGS is doubled
• Developed RAR reports
• Contract Combination error-time out error even thru Quick Combine
• Contract Combination Issues-SSP could not be changed
• Thru Fi Substitution changing the incorrect Liability Posting
• Service Program Revenue Carve Out not happening as expected from the Tool
• Contract Combination-Error-Contract has conflicts
• COGS Issue - For Cost conditions, SDII fails at RAI Monitor
• Contract Liability issues - need to update POBs with right CL account
• RAI Monitor issues - Tools
• Update program to invoke the standard FM to update Start and End Dates for Service Programs
• Manual update of start and end dates resulted in an error.
• SDII is not created in RAI Monitor.
• Missing POBs - Update Revenue relevancy flag, push items again to RAR.
• Incorrect Account Mapping for H/W Contract Liability -
• Bundle deal orders - A20000 is showing contract liability for all associated SO'.
• Credit Memos - Revenue Posting program is not fetching corresponding Contracts when Credit Memos are entered.
• Fulfillment Program - a. Check shipment status, before enabling b. Should be able to select and deselect a few lines from fulfillment. c.
• Ability to change Revenue reason codes and fulfillment quantities selectively. While changing for any POB, the values for other POBs shouldn't change.
• Work with SAP every week thru a working session to fix the issues in RAR after discussing with SAP thru note applying note.
• Involved in the Design of POB Determination
• Build FI Substitution Rule to change the incorrect liability account that POB get posted to
• Involved in the design Leading/Linked POB
• Involved in the design of Contract Combination
• Involved in Implementing Switch Contract to Next Period Functionality
• Involved in Implementing Quick Combine Functionality
• Monitor the RAI monitor and clear the items that failed in Rai monitor as a daily activity
• Develop business processes flows and functional specification documents for enhancements of SAP RAR application. Develop SAP RAR documentation & presentation materials as needed to support the Business users.
• Perform RAI- Items analysis on those items with error
• Support the business Month End/Quarter End activities
• Analysis and monitoring of Farr D Reckonkey, Farr D Posting Table monitoring
• Support the business on the Month end, Period End, Quarter End and period closure
• Support the business on the A, B, C step of the revenue recognition process for the one’s with issues.
• Build the design for the new requirements and perform the business play back session.
• Working sessions with SAP to apply note on RAR system issues viz: Quantity deletion in SO not updating the RAR contract
• Work with Business on new Requirement like to de-link the contract updating on the Debit Memo/Credit Memo creation so as to create separate contract.
• Work with Business on Contract Combination and build logic/conditions to build the contract combination BADIS
• Discuss with Business to Freeze the BRD
• Demonstrate business processes developed in RAR and provide the to the Business users through multiple user sessions.
• Discuss with the business process owners and gather the requirement and prepare the design document
• Perform Business play back sessions with the business.
• Finalize and deploy the solution after the review with the stakeholders from the corresponding departments.
• Perform the configurations in the system mapping to the business need.
• Perform the Unit Testing, System Integration testing and Regression Testing.
• Support the Business Users to perform and User Acceptance Testing.
• Preparation of end user manuals and train the end users.

Confidential, Reno, NV

Senior SAP RAR Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• One of the original SAP ramp-up customers
• No further support packs applied after PRD go-live as IGT was waiting for the module to stabilize in changes. Had a past history of support packs causing data failures and/or contract errors.
• Attempted migration to RAR 1.1 Q3 2016, were not able to successfully migrate data in QA system
• Current RAR module is not being used by the business for revenue recognition due to discrepancies in the RA data and errors in the contracts. RA Posting is run and then reversed, entries are being recorded via manual journal entry
• Complete or reject all the existing Revenue Contracts in RAR 1.0
• Upgrade the RAR 1.0 to 1.3
• Send new revenue contracts (Post upgrade) to RAR with a new item category
• New Revenue Contracts would use a new number range to differentiate from old Contracts
• Set all the company Code Status to migration
• Run FARRIC OL in simulation mode, with Reset Status
• Run FARRIC OL in real mode, with Reset Status
• RAR Flag is successfully removed by checking field type FAAR REL TYE. In tables VBKD, LIPS, VBAP across all company codes
• De-activate RAR (view V FARRIC ACT)
• Check if the item category assignment customizing so that ensure only the new item category is maintained set all the company codes to production (since there is no migration)
• Run Z- Program to transfer RAR data to Custom tables
• Run Z-Program program to compare data count between tables
• Run Z Deletion program to delete all entries
• Check customizing (open periods, BRF+, etc.)
• Activate ECC-RAR
• Create Contract in ECC
• Transfer to RAR
• Perform 3 step Process in RAR Viz:
• Transfer Revenue
• Calculate Contract Assets and Liabilities
• Posting run in Simulation Mode and in Actual Mode
• Validate the Posting Results Viz:
• Create Excel Template
• Define Formulae related to Revenue Accounting
• Validate the Allocation values
• Vaidate the accounting Entries
• Validate Accounting Entries thru FARR D Posting & Farr D Reckon Tables
• Prepare Report for Reconciliation as required by the business thru RAR Table entries.
• Developed Report with Farr D Recon & Farr D posting as to get the datas(Contract Nos) with the Run ID’s after period posting get the contract numbers along with Sales Orders/Invoice Numbers to help the business while reconcile.
• Identify the Test Scenarios
• Validate with Accounting Team on the Test Scenarios.
• Prepare the Test Scripts
• Prepare the Test Validation Templates
• Prapare the Excel Template with Formula’s to validate the RAR results on the following:
• Allocation amount, SSP, Transaction Price Revenue Waterfall,
• Unbilled Revenue, Deferred Revenue, Recognized revenue.
• Publish the Test Documents for all the Identified Test Scenarios
• Raise the defects on the Failed Cases and Fix
• Work with SAP on the critical ones and apply note as required.
• Implementing SAP RAR 1.3
• Configured revenue recognition to generate Revenue accounting items based on sales organization, sales document type item category as Relevant for revenue accounting or credit debit memo with to predecessor
• Configured/Generated Revenue accounting item classes for order fulfillment and invoice items
• Generated order fulfillment and invoice classes
• Setup upload rule as processable for all RAI classes
• Defined modifiable rules for fulfillment revenue item class
• Defined source document type item type, sender component
• Configure accounting principle GAAP and IAS and assigned to co code
• Defined number ranges for contract, performance obligation and run ID
• Configured performance obligation event based and time based, and POB determination based on item category
• Worked with BRF+ programmer to add item category and accounting principle in POB determination decision table
• Define reserved condition type and fulfilment event type
• Assigned BRF+ Application to RAI classes
• Configured account determination for receivable adjustment, recognized revenue, revenue adjustment for allocation effect, deferred cost recognized cost, deferred revenue, unbilled revenue contract asset and liability
• Created Test Plan
• Done Period End Closing
• Validated Contracts for the POB’s with SO’s and the values after revenue postings
• Set-Up Automated Job for Transfer Order Items/Invoice Items
• Created Monthly posting run, posting by contracts
• Testing of Reconciliation report
• Building of RAR-reports for validation/reconciliation as required by the business
• Validation of Contracts assets & Liabilities, Deferred Revune, Recievable Adjustment Revenue billed Revenue & Recognized Revenue.
• Setup Same G/L account for Billed Revenue (ECC) & Recognized Revenue
• Define Review Reason to push the contracts those are not required
• Define Exemption reason to exempt the the RAI stuck in the RAI monitor.
• Validated Revenue Schedule for every change in Sales Order with and changes in Deferral Method.
• Prepared and Validated T-Account Mapping for Deferred/Unbilled/Billed & Recognized Revenues.
• Create Contract in ECC
• Transfer to RAR
• Perform 3 step Process in RAR Viz:
• Validate the Posting Results Viz:
• Validate Accounting Entries thru FARR D Posting & Farr D Reckon Tables
• Prepare Report for Reconciliation as required by the business thru RAR Table entries.

Confidential, Santa Clara

Senior SAP Revenue Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As a senior consultant Part of Implementing SAP RAR 1.3 for ASC 606 IFRS 15 as per client requirement and following new 5 step revenue recognition model
• Configured revenue recognition to generate Revenue accounting items based on sales organization, sales document type item category as Relevant for revenue accounting or credit debit memo with to predecessor
• Configured Revenue accounting item classes for order fulfillment and invoice items
• Generated order fulfillment and invoice classes
• Setup upload rule as process able for all RAI classes
• Defined modifiable rules for fulfillment revenue item class
• Defined source document type item type, sender component
• Created and assign in pricing procedure condition ZSSP for SSP Standalone selling price
• Configure accounting principle GAAP and IAS and assigned to co code
• Defined number ranges for contract, performance obligation and run ID
• Configured performance obligation event based and time based, and POB determination based on item category c
• Identify the Test Scenarios
• Validate with Accounting Team on the Test Scenarios.
• Prepare the Test Scripts
• Prepare the Test Validation Templates
• Prepare the Excel Template with Formula’s to validate the RAR results on the following:
• Allocation amount, SSP, Transaction Price Revenue Waterfall,
• Unbilled Revenue, Deferred Revenue, Recognized revenue.
• Publish the Test Documents for all the Identified Test Scenarios
• Raise the defects on the Failed Cases and Fix
• Work with SAP on the critical ones and apply note as required.

Confidential, TN

Senior SAP SD-Revenue Recognition Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Proof of Delivery Activation and setting up Proof of delivery-based billing
• Standard Revenue recognition processes and acceptance-based revenue recognition set up for Equipment sales
• Time based revenue recognition for the Service maintenance contracts
• As a part of bundled sales, developed and deployed new processes and configurations to meet business needs in the area of Revenue Recognition
• Development of Reports for revenue recognition viz: Revenue by customer and Collection Block
• Setting up the Automated Revenue Reclassification for services sold with the system
• Setting up ratable revenue recognition for the stand-alone service agreements sold
• End to End New Sales process set up from Order types all the way till Invoicing
• FI accounts and their settings
• SD item categories and their settings
• Revenue recognition category on item category level
• Account determination

Confidential, CA

Sr.SAP SD/SD-Rev.Rec/Retail Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Proof of Delivery Activation and setting up Proof of delivery-based billing
• Standard Revenue recognition processes and acceptance-based revenue recognition set up for Equipment sales
• Time based revenue recognition for the Service maintenance contracts
• As a part of bundled sales, developed and deployed new processes and configurations to meet business needs in the area of Revenue Recognition
• Been a member of SAP SD-RETAIL integration projects for APM/EMEA/APAC for BOPIS process
• Worked in ECC CRM Integration projects related to B2B stores
• Done the Custom solution for revenue recognition set up of Sell in and Sell out Processes
• Lead E2E project testing and communication of results. Design & deliver appropriate testing cases across SAP Core, Retail, and CRM systems.
• Conducted Unit Test, Integration Test, Regression test and UAT involving Solman and HPALM.
• Develop plans, manuals, test scripts for various SAP application user groups and Lead / participate in implementation plan
• Create a change request as per the need for the enhancements and development requirements and prepare the effort estimation for the Functional/ABAP developments and present it to the CAB for the approval.

Confidential, Florida

Lead consultant for SAP

Responsibilities:

• Create a change request as per the need for the enhancements and development requirements and prepare the effort estimation for the Functional/ABAP developments and present it to the CAB for the approval.
• Prepare the root cause analysis report for every incident and validate the ones that come from the other members.
• Create the task for the ABAP team and monitor/work towards the resolution and closure.
• Attend the status meeting with the client lead on a weekly basis and monitor the SLA.
• Create the change requests and configure the same in ECC and involve in different stages of testing Development, Quality & UAT move the TR to production.
• Study/Analyze the business need and provide Solutioning with the configuration design for the business process involved around M2C
• Prepare Functional Specs, Analysis Document & Root Cause analysis report.
• Conduct technical presentation/hands on sessions to the Users members so as to make them understand the new developments. Strategically assess and map business priorities/need.
• Continuously engage with Business Process Owners, Business Supervisors for SAP-Business Requirements.
• To prepare End User documentation

Confidential, CA

SAP GTS/SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Export/Import Control (Managing Export and Import licenses and automated assignment of licenses to a business transaction)
• Worked on Product Classification (Assign correct tariff numbers to product master and automation of re-classification capabilities)
• Trade Document service (Configuration of required legal forms like Commercial Invoice, of origin, shippers export Declaration, of insurance, Packing list and manufacturers affidavit)
• Worked on Electronic communication process to print relevant foreign trade documents automatically using PPF
• Good knowledge in configuration of setting up the connection between SAP GTS and US Automated Export Systems (AES)
• Good experience configuration of letter or credit process, letter of credit determination strategy and maintenance of letter or credit master records
• Configuration of general basic setting related to customs and risk management areas (Numbering schemes, Partner structure and legal regulations)

Confidential

SAP SD Lead

Responsibilities:

• Conduct technical presentation/hands on sessions to the Users members so as to make them understand and expertise their skill sets in SAP.
• Strategically assess and map business priorities/need.
• Continuously engage with Business Managers and Business Analysts on Business Requirements.
• Configure the requirements and carry out Unit/Integration & UAT
• To train and facilitate the End Users.
• Involved in B2B/Interface object development and testing with XI/Gentran Middleware & EDI/RNIF Sub systems.