PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 17 years of professional experience includes 9+ years of SAP experience with 3 full life cycle implementations.
• S4HANA Experience
• Experienced with Rollouts , Support and Upgrade projects.
• Expert with Release Management for new applications / bug fixes and control Changes
• Expertise in configuration and customization of FI (GL, A/P, A/R, AA, SPL) & S4 HANA
• Strong working knowledge in Controlling (CCA, OM, IO, PCA, PC,COPA), VIM and B/W modules.
• Implemented SAP VIM, Concur , ARIBA
• Strong Post Implementation support 24/7 with experience in various industries
• Professional Client and Consulting facing experience with managing onsite and offshore teams
• Efficient Proposal Participation and Management with the ability for Oral Presentation and opening new consulting accounts, and expert in working along system integrators
• Extensive experience in enhancements, configuration and testing of FI/CO modules General Ledger (GL) , Account Payable (AR) , Account Receivable (AP) , Fixed Assets, Treasury, Cost Center Accounting (CO - CCA) , Internal Orders (I/O) and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) . Product costing (CO-PC) and Special Purpose Ledger.
• Integration of FI with MM and SD with Procure to Pay and Order to cash Cycles
• Extensively worked on Reporting tools like Report Painter , and Report Writer
• Through understanding of SAP system from business process , cross functional and integration view points
• In-depth knowledge in configuration , implementation , ASAP methodology , system design and development , gathering user requirements, developing specification and custom report
• Experience in Blueprint , Configuration , Unit , Stress , Volume , Regression , User Acceptance and Integration Testing , Training , Documentation and Production support
• Special emphasis on Data Migration specifications with BDC , Legacy System Migration workbench ( LSMW ) for data uploads for various SAP Projects
• Good knowledge in ABAP debugging techniques to work with user-exits and cross applications
• Excellent in working with posting validations , substitution rules , forms , interfaces ( ALE & EDI ), user-exits , and reporting tools
• Experience in treasury module such as Lockbox processing , Liquidity Forecast , Cash Management
• Experienced in complex Project System scenarios for Capex , Make to Order and others
• Experience in cost management and bank Accounting : Inbound / Outbound Process, House Banks , Bill of Exchange, Manual and Electronic Bank Statement, Exchange Rates, Translation Ratios, Bank reconciliation and Cash journal .
• Worked on taxes configuration for tax procedures TAXUSJ and TAXUSX
• Worked on automatic clearing and all payment methods like ACH , EDI and Lockbox
• Knowledge on compliance and control practices pertaining to SOX
• Assets, Asset Classes, depreciation, and PS Integration
• Excellent communication and inter personnel skills.
• Active member in conducting team meetings , customer feedback meetings & self-assimilation programs , and expert in Agile Methodologies.
• Managed Project Scoping , blueprint, and responsible for delivery and architectural changes

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP R/3 Versions 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0

Financial: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting.

Controlling: Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profitable Analysis, And Product Costing.

Technical: ABAP Query, Report Painter, Report Writer, CATTS, LSMW, ASAP Methodology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 & S4HANA (Full Life Cycle Implementation)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Finance application delivery
• Designed VIM (Open-Text) with OCR scanner
• Manage all aspects of Project life cycle to facilitate successful delivery to executive team
• Develop and oversee detailed project plans, provide initial estimate prior system integration
• Involved in end-to-end Procurement Renovation implementation across all the landscapes
• Hands On Solution Design, S4 HANA Migration, and business transformation
• Responsible for HANA Assessment and system readiness, scoping, roadmap plan creation
• Designed an effective Global template plans with various SAP & non-SAP tools like OpenText, Ariba, Concur, Workday, Service now, and others.
• Owned SIT & UAT Testing and holding final IT approval on the project sign offs
• Lead business transformation to bring processes to best practices as possible
• Lead the blueprinting sessions and created & approving functional specs, Business rules Swimlanes
• Owned global project documentation and approving training materials from system integrators
• Responsible on SAP Finance design changes, configuration, managing system integrators, and testing with business & IT users
• Worked on training OCR for various complex invoice images, multiple vendor invoice templates and troubleshooting OCR adaptive recognition issues
• Led Cost Center hierarchy changes, costing and profitability analysis (COPA) re-design and implementation in SAP
• Hands on implementing SAP S4 HANA Solutions with various integration with non-SAP system
• Designed the S4 HANA Migration plan without impacting existing interfaces and enhancements
• Led 14 team members inshore/offshore
• Implemented Concur and its integration with SAP from setting expense types till posting vendor invoices in SAP
• Implemented OCR part of re-designing Vendor Invoice Managements
• Led Procurement Integration project with various solutions Jaggaer, SRM, C2C, Ariba and others
• Managing SAP resources onsite and offshore
• Holding Advisory role in many PWC projects like ESSBASE, EDW, Revenue Recognition, WorkDay, InterCompany, and many others
• Full ownership on new accounts from proposal to technical progress management
• Experienced Proposal development and designing implementation philosophy based on clients pain points and needs
• Points of contacts for client engagement and Consulting Technical assistant
• Balance Project budget and report profitability
• Reporting to leadership and involve in various accounts pre-sale activity in requirements scoping and technical advisory

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. SAP FICO Lead

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 & S4HANA (Full Life Cycle Implementation)

Responsibilities:

• In charge of Managing the entire Acquisition and Merger SAP effort including FICO, BW, SD, MM, PP and interfaces
• Implemented S4HANA Finance for AP,AR, & GL
• In charge of Setting up (Hands on) Global Template for entire FICO solution including New GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Product Costing, and COPA
• Designed Project System for M2O, Capital Investment, and Engineering Scenarios
• Done extensive customization to achieve high security vis-a-vis VIM roles, Work centers and WF
• Worked on customizing the SAP user Inbox SBWP and configured the VIM Integrated Invoice Capture Center IIC
• S4 HANA Finance migration assessment, readiness, design, Asset Accounting and COPA Account Based
• Worked on setting up the VIM Approval portal for web approvals and mobility integration
• Configured and customized the VIM email notifications, VIM Analytics report, Month end & Yearend closing reports as per the client requirement
• Worked in setting up the substitutes in Invoice Approval Portal of VIM, troubleshooting the WF issues, role resolution issues, back ground VIM jobs
• Implementing New GL migrating from JD Edward System: Setting up Document Splitting, parallel accounting and all new GL custom fields
• Set up the entire Product Costing and COPA with 40 Cost Components to Track
• Set up Product Costing with SAP Classical Product Costing and Actual Costing Material Ledger
• Configured Cost Component Structure, Splits, Costing Variants
• Set up Product Cost Variances and allocation to COPA and GL
• Designed Costing models for MTS,MTO,ETO and integrated with Project System, Asset Accounting, and Production Planning
• Designed solution for different production environments Discreet, Process, and repitetive manufacturing
• Enhanced Costing model to retrieve from different upstream systems
• Designed Costing reports based on Cost Estimates, Actuals and near actuals
• Designed reports to measure budget utilizations and variances from budget
• Implemented budget control in production cost and overhead to limit spending
• Customized Production Cost Improvement by tracking Rework Cost% and slippage
• Implemented COPA (Cost Based COPA)
• Designed BW reports based on COPA transactions to track gross margin and budget utilization to near real-time
• Enhanced Payment forms and worked on EDI with vendors communication
• Experience with Change Management and CHARM and Testing in HPQC and handling tickets
• Acted as point of contact and escalation for SAP support tickets after GO LIVE

Confidential, OH

Sr. SAP FICO Analyst Level 3

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 & S4HANA (Full Life Cycle Implementation)

Responsibilities:

• In charge about all integration with production e.g. BOM, Routings, MRPs, production Versions, Spec. Proc. Key, Back-flushing, etc.
• Developed a process to cost products dynamically considering fast changing transfer price
• Experienced massive system enhancements in product costing and COPA
• Designing Sales Operation Planning (SOP) Process by integrating Sales and Profit Plan in COPA, Cost Center Planning, Input and output activity planning, Production planning, and Investment Project Planning.
• Configured Project System for Make To Order, and Capital Investment
• Integrating Product Costing with Project Systems and investment program
• Acting as the main point of contact for all CO-PC Product Costing Solution and COPA
• Conducted detailed core CO-PC training and COPA for end users
• Maintained overhead cost element , defined calculation bases , and defined overhead rates
• Defined credits, origin groups, costing sheets, overhead keys, costing types, valuation variants and cost component structured
• Dealt with cross-company activation functionality
• Designed different Product Costing Processes like MTS and MTO
• Checked order types, defined good receipt valuation for delivery, defined result analysis keys, defined cost element calculation for WIP, defined line Ids, created settlement profile, and created PA transfer structure.
• Enhancing state of the art solution for Transfer Price
• Design a solution for multiple valuation costing Regional , Global & Profit Center valuation
• Configured assignment, costing rules, target cost versions
• Used Product Costing for Estimates with Multiple-Sourced Material s (from different plan)-Mixed Costing
• Set up product costing for subcontracted material
• Created product cost collectors at production version level in repetitive manufacturing , defined order types, results analysis keys , configured costing and valuation variant for preliminary and simultaneous costing.
• Created and analyzed costing runs , customized quota arrangements in determining the vendors, maintained repetitive manufacturing profile and created cost object hierarchies.
• Configured all COPA (Costing Based) design and used as an OLTP base for analytics.
• Re-designed the OTC process and design
• Enhanced customer invoicing and integrated Barcode invoicing.
• Enhanced Billing Reporting with price conditions break down report
• Enhanced transfer price solutions
• Created Customer Group , Customer Master , Created Tolerance Group for Customers, Linked AR with GL through Reconciliation account
• Worked with Controllers and refined all Cost Elements and Profit Center Assignment
• Restructured Cost Element to be used in reporting
• Maintained the Standard Hierarchy (included new Profit center )
• Set up Pricing for Transfer Price , Set up Account Determination for Internal Goods Movements
• Set up Account Determination for Production Variance and defined special handling for internal goods movements
• Maintained Planning Layout for Costs/Revenue , Balance Sheet Accounts , and Statistical Key Figures
• Maintained Planner Profile, and created distribution and assessment cycles and supporting Month End Processes
• Maintain Terms of Payment
• Implemented Ariba for E-procurements
• Designed Cash Discount process for Incoming Payment
• Defined Terms of Payment for Installment Payment
• Defined custom Characteristics and Value Fields
• Configured all COPA Costing
• Created Custom Solutions/Enhancement for COPA
• Created all business Top Down Distributions and Assessments
• Enhanced Characteristic derivations
• Designed COPA Valuation

Confidential

Chief Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the preparation of financial reports as required
• Processed payments and bank reconciliations
• Participated in the preparation, management and control of the budget
• Trained Community Based Organizations (CBOs) on financial matters
• Processed transactions in the organization finance system
• Maintains subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating and posting transactions.
• Ensure that day to day transactions and financial activities are posted to the general ledger
• Maintain cash book postings and balancing.
• Assists the financial manager in the preparation for audit and the production of financial statements, budgets and other financial reports
• Weekly bank reconciliation to verify that the amounts in bank statements are consistent with the company's cash accounts in the General ledger and vice versa.
• Codes source documents such as invoices and receipts to the appropriate accounts
• Maintains historical records by filling documents
• Prepare financial statements and reports, including the profit and loss statement and balance sheet
• Provide inventory support, including maintaining office materials and supplies.
• Receive requests for materials and equipment and prepare purchase orders accordingly.
• Transmit purchase orders directly to vendors for purchases
• Assist with budget preparations

Confidential

Chief Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Processed payments and bank reconciliations
• Tracked daily transactions and recording books
• Inventory control and reconciliation
• Prepared cash flow statements
• Managed / reported on the daily cash flow of the company and liaising with local banks to ensure enough funding is in place to manage the business.
• Budget preparation for tenders.
• Managed the accounting / financial reporting of the company to tight deadlines with full reconciliation of: Fixed Assets, Receivables, Payables, Client rebills, Provisions, Exchange Gain/Loss, Cut-off Accruals, Prepayment, Stock, Cash-in-transit and others
• Prepared monthly payroll and emoluments
• Presented draft annual Final Accounts by early February of following year.
• Taxation management including: Budgeting, computation and replying to all tax queries and inspection/audit reports to ensure company’s exposure is correctly stated.
• Regular liaising with company suppliers, bankers, auditors etc.
• Monthly in-depth analysis of cost (Proof-in-totals).
• Closing books of account, finalization of balance sheet.
• Oversight function on the internal audit department to ensure costs are controlled
• Evaluating the feasibility of projects within the operation. Managing accounting staff and driving initiatives.
• Updating & writing new financial / administrative Company Operating Procedures (COPs)