SUMMARY:

A competent SAP FICO professional, with 14+ years of SAP experience in Food, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Retail, Oil and Gas Industries implementing and supporting Finance, Costing / Profitability Analysis, Project Systems, Project and Portfolio Management, Transportation Management and BW Solutions.Progressive track record of delivering high performance results on various turnkey projects.

STRENGTHS:

• Seven E2E Implementation and various support / upgrade Projects.
• SAP Consulting for Finance, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Project and Portfolio Management, Project Systems and Transportation Management and BW with Global Rollouts.
• S4 HANA Technical Upgrade for Data from SPLIT to MONO Architecture.
• Provided end - to-end SAP solution integration through IDOC and RFC for SPLIT Architecture.
• Provided consulting expertise on Product Costing, Material Ledger and Activity Based Costing functions.
• Identified GAPS & Written functional and technical specs for WRICEF per unique client specific requirements.
• Master Data Repository Maintenance and Management for multi-client environment and split architecture.
• Expertise in Conducting Workshops, End User Training and Documentation.
• Supported internal Finance Consulting Practice with pre-sales support, customer presentations, support for RFQ and spot consulting.
• Lead implementation project in Onsite Offshore Model establishing a 24/7 Support .
• Integrated Change and Release Process Management with ChaRM.
• Service Level Organization Management for sustain with Offshore Operations of Tech Mahindra and IBM.
• Post Implementation Reviews and Audits for compliance.

PRODUCT EXPERTISE:

ERP: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, S4 HANA

SAP R/3 Core Modules: FI,CO, COPA, PPM, PS, BW, TM

Integration Modules: PP and PM, SD, LE, ABAP/4 and HR.

SAP Reporting: BW, Report Painter and SAP ABAP Query.

Cross Application: EDI, ALE, IDOC, CRM, Portals

Portfolio / Project Management Tools: Solution Manager, SAP PPM/ MS Project

Implementation Methodology: ASAP, GLOBE and Solution Manager

Ticket Monitoring Tools: Peregrine, Remedy, HP Service Manager

Change Management Tools: ChaRM, HP Service Centre, Nestool

Documentation Tools: MS Word, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managing all phases of implementation including Business Process Analyses, Data Management, Configuration, Training, and Testing.
• Configuration of SAP Finance Module including New General Ledger, Account Receivables, Account Payables, Payment Methods, Asset Accounting, Travel Expenses and Workflows with FIORI Applications.
• Configuration SAP Controlling Modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Product Cost Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting and Profitability Analysis including derivation rules.
• Configuration and Testing for Period-end Closing applications Standard Costing, WIP, Overhead application, and Variance Calculation & Settlement for MTO and MTS Scenarios
• Providing Expertise on WRICEF Object Development for client specific customization.
• Leading team of Finance specialists both onsite and offshore in configuring and documenting the solution through Solution manager
• Supporting overall GXP relevant FICO Module documentation process from CSV perspective.

Confidential

SAP Schedule Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed all phases of implementation including Business Process Analyses, Data Management, Configuration, Training, Testing and Post Go Live Support and Post Implementation Audits.
• Configuration of SAP Finance Module including New General Ledger, Account Receivables, Account Payables, Payment Methods, Asset Accounting, Travel Expenses and Workflows with FIORI Applications.
• Configuration SAP Controlling Modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Product Cost Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting and Profitability Analysis including derivation rules.
• Configuration and Testing for Period-end Closing applications Standard Costing, WIP, Overhead application, Variance Calculation and Settlement for MTO and MTS Scenarios.
• Provided expertise on E2E processes to identify and translate system requirements into software design documentation and worked with technical writers to ensure quality delivery.
• Provided training on various Finance and Controlling modules to the Super Users.
• Lead Process Stream Resolution Group, facilitating resolution of SAP application system failures in line with agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Managed overall change process of Portal Tools (Customer) interfaces and E2E testing.
• Implementation of Schedule Manager for Period End Close for Confidential Markets.
• Weekly follow up with offshore for SLA performance reporting of FICO Stream.
• Completed Post Implementation Reviews and Audits for compliance.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Master Data Repository System in the Central MDRS Server, management of configuration maintenance through Workflow processes.
• Designed Cost Center and Profit Center Accounting for the Company Codes
• Designing COPA Integration solution for various business units and mapping Value Fields, Characteristics and creation Derivation Rules.
• Configuration and testing of Flow of actual values into CO-PA from SD and PP Modules.
• Investigated and supported resolutions of complex sustain issues faced by live markets as per agreed SLA related to Cost Centre Accounting, Costing based Profitability Analysis and CO PA reports.
• Provided training and documentation to Analysts/ Offshore.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of E Stripes Objectives for Taxation Sub Module of FI for South Pacific Region
• Overall End to End design for FI-Tax considering Master Data and Processes related to Plant, Purchasing Organization, Account Assignment, House Bank, Currency and Payment Methods
• Transaction Data Mapping, Migration and Report Testing for user interfaces.
• Documentation and Training to business super users and sign off

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of SAP Finance Module including General Ledger, Account Receivables, Account Payables, Payment Methods, Asset Accounting.
• Configuration SAP Controlling Modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Product Cost Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting and Profitability Analysis including derivation rules.
• Configuration and Testing for Period-end Closing applications Standard Costing, WIP, Overhead application, and Variance Calculation & Settlement for MTO and MTS Scenarios
• Provided training on finance and controlling module to the core users.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Defined and migrated global standardized AP processes and tools based on LH data standards and the SAP 4.7 environment
• Phased implementation for efficiency and speed of execution for Distributed Invoice Verification considering Global Design - SAP businesses, Single Vendor, Payments and Related reporting
• Managed changes to interfaces for portal tools (Vendors) and allied testing.
• Developed specifications for Local Legal reporting and Interface to Confidential (Invoice Data Warehouse)
• Redefined AP Processes for Indirect Procurement with interface software like Swan, Smart Buy and other Indirect Procurement systems inclusive of Non-PO voucher loads and Employee re imbursements

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of SAP Finance Module including General Ledger, Account Receivables, Account Payables, Payment Methods, Asset Accounting.
• Configuration SAP Controlling Modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Product Cost Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting.
• Configuration and Testing for Period-end Closing applications Standard Costing, WIP, Overhead application, and Variance Calculation & Settlement for MTS Scenarios
• Provided training on finance and controlling module to the core users.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of SAP Finance Module including General Ledger, Account Receivables, Account Payables, Payment Methods, Asset Accounting.
• Configuration SAP Controlling Modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Product Cost Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting and Profitability Analysis including derivation rules.
• Configuration and Testing for Period-end Closing applications Standard Costing, WIP, Overhead application, and Variance Calculation & Settlement for MTS Scenarios
• Development of Functional Specifications for Taxation Module with Excise, Sales Tax and TDS as components, running parallel with core functionality of Finance and Accounting.
• Provided training on controlling module to the core users.