SUMMARY:

• SAP FI CO Lead with 16 plus years of experience in strategy, designing, building and implementing SAP business solutions.
• Participated in numerous ERP implementations/upgrades at various responsibilities that include team management, functional design, gap analysis, mapping, custom interfaces, and support.
• Highly accomplished in fields of SAP Financial & Controlling with New GL (including Migration Cockpit), Asset Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, SPL, Cash Application, FSCM (In - House Cash & Credit Management), Electronic Bank Statement, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Order, COPA, Product Costing, Project Systems, Consolidations, Data Governance, Internal Audit and has experience integrating SAP MM, PP and SD modules with FI, SAP BW and BPC.
• Knowledge of Treasury and Risk Management and new dimensional SAP Business Suite on HANA (Simple Finance).
• Highly experience in designing and troubleshooting SAP security roles.
• A good team player/lead with sound interpersonal skills, effectively communicate with people at all levels within any organization, superior problem-solving skills and a proven track record of delivering on time and budget.
• Develops strong and successful relationships with teams and customers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Functional FI/CO: New GL, S/4 Finance, AA, AP, AR, FSCM, CO, COPA, PC, EC-CS, SPL, MM, SD, PP, PM, BI/BW, SRM, ABAP, SAP Solution Manager.

SAP Tools: New GL migration cockpit, Sap Query, SAP e-CATT, ALE, EDI, BAPI, LSMW, Report Painter, Report Writer, Win Shuttle, GLSU.

Other Tools: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, HP (QC, PPM, Service Desk), IBM Lotus notes.

Highlights: Simple Finance (S/4 on HANA) green field implementation.

SAP RTR lead In: House Cash (FSCM) implementation for Treasury.

SAP Lead/Senor Manager Confidential Pharmaceuticals: SAP RTR Lead Confidential International (New Implementation).

SAP Solution Architect Confidential .: Lead/Project Manager FICO implementation for Mexico.

Lead Business Analyst: New GL implementation from Classic GL.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP AP Treasury Architect

Environment: SAP ECC & S4 HANA

Responsibilities:

• Working as architect for process re-engineering AP &Treasury for global rollout.
• Responsibilities include managing fit gap, design, build and testing and users in AP & Treasury area.
• Worked extensively with the business in defining the new banking structure and regional internal banks.
• Implemented cross area payments between regional inhouse banks and local intercompany payments.
• Configured financial instruments for treasury transactions.
• Configured Bank Reconciliation Electronic and Manual Inbound Bank Communication BCM.
• Worked extensively with bank implementation team and connectivity team in automating payments.
• Defined accounting and reconciliation process for bank GL and statements.
• Worked with ABAP on IDOC/ EDI and BTE’s and BADI’s needed for the integration.
• Prepared documents and accounting flow and operating manuals for users.

Confidential

SAP S4 Finance RTR Business Analyst

Environment: S4 Finance - NEW GL, AP, AR, AA, Bank Accounting, CO, Inventory Accounting, SD, Vertex

Responsibilities:

• Working as lead business analyst for S4 finance greenfield implementation.
• Responsibilities include manage project and involving in the blue print and design along with the implementation partners for FICO area.
• Worked extensively with the business in defining the new SAP global chart of account and end to end process FICO.
• Worked extensively with SD, MM and EWM team and designed various integration scenarios with FICO Areas.
• Worked extensively on designing asset accounting and SD, MM integration and setting up standard cost estimates.
• Lead and designed Sales integration with Vertex for NA Business (US and Canada.
• Reviewed functional design and provided approvals based on the business needs.
• Designed security role which includes roles for NWBC as well.
• Involved hands on in configuration and process testing for processes related with FICO and integration areas
• Supported month end and year end closing for the new SAP implementation in S4 Finance.

Confidential

SAP Finance Specialist/Senior Product Manager

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0 FI/CO - NEW GL, AP, AR, AA, CO, FSCM. MM, SD, SRM, SAP, Corptax

Responsibilities:

• Managing projects and ongoing demand for enhancing the systems for areas of responsibility within finance and global project initiatives.
• Responsibilities include manage project, prioritization support, requirement gathering and designing for SAP FICO module and its integrated applications.
• Regional Lead for global business process (BPR) for S/4 Finance solution for Confidential US to one global Confidential ERP solution.
• Involved in pilot implementing S/4 Finance solution for Confidential Norway Holding AS.
• Lead and supported (hands on) In-house Cash (FSCM) and Payment Factory implementation for treasury using BCM with JPM Chase.
• Leading and developing integration AP and Treasury system applications with bank using EBS and DMEE functionalities for US, Europe and Asia.
• Worked on implementation of PO tolerance across the system SAP SRM, Image Now, SAP ECC and integrating other invoicing systems to SAP.
• Lead Integrating of FATCA tax validation software for vendor registration using SRM.
• Worked with SAP supply chain and purchasing team for integrating and enhancing purchasing and supply chain solutions to meet global needs.
• Supporting AR Cash Application and FSCM Credit Management for US and EUCAN systems.
• Worked extensively with SD and MM team for Intercompany sales, billing and MM integration with FI.
• Design integration and automation of AP with bank for Europe and Asia (EBS, DMEE (BACS, GIRO, CBEFT, ACH, and SEPA).
• Providing subject matter expertise in designing, configuration, testing and deployment for enhancement and process improvements.
• Managing onshore and offshore resources and to meet and deliver the business need on time and with the budget.
• Planning, scoping, budget estimation and co-coordinating vendor contract process for 3rd party integration projects.
• Data cleansing, configuring and converting for legacy financial systems to SAP.
• Review and approve configuration and testing document and executing testing as and when required.

Confidential

SAP RTR Implementation Lead

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0, FI/CO - Manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

• Lead blue printing, requirement gathering and go live for RTR and integrating OTC, PTP and PTM (mainly GL, AP, AR, AA, COPC, COPA and CCA).
• Used preconfigured Rapid Deployment Solution (RDS) for faster and streamlined implementation using SAP Best Practice.
• Performed extensive work with design proposals, oral presentations, timeline determination, budget estimation and tracking.
• Worked extensively with the business in defining the new SAP global chart of account structure and designing cost and profit center structures.
• Designed product costing and profitability analysis and cost flow and structures for discrete manufacturing.
• Designed cost component structure, costing variants, overhead allocation methods for standard costing and manufacturing orders.
• Developed data conversion design and strategies for Master Data as well as Legacy Transactional Data (GL, AP AR, Assets, and Inventory).
• Designed the cost based profitability analysis and planning for sales forecasting.
• Designed various integration scenarios and process with OTC, PTP and PTM teams.
• Worked extensively Order to Cash team in designing process for different Commission, 3rd party drop shipment process and intercompany billing.
• Mapping of organizational structures and other master data from legacy to SAP and BPC for consolidated reporting.
• Lead integrating Accounts Payable and Receivable with 3rd party vendors and designing interfaces.
• Lead offshore resources delegated design details and peer reviewed and approved configuration and testing documentation.
• Configured as needed and executed some of unit test and integration testing scenarios for controlling and finance.

Confidential

SAP CO Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0, FI/CO - Manufacturing Project.

Responsibilities:

• Worked in re-defined business process for global template for Controlling for Manufacturing Plant in Italy (connected manufacturing project).
• Created design and configuration documents based on business process requirement for product costing and inventory accounting.
• Worked mainly on designing, configuration and testing of connected manufacturing project mainly in product Costing (CO-PC) and inventory accounting configured and customized for Standard Cost and actual costing of process orders.
• Developed detailed test plan and executed unit test for controlling and as well as finance modules.

Confidential

Lead SAP FICO Consultant (Independent)

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0, FI/CO - Legal Entity realization (Divestiture Project)

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops and blueprint with users in understanding the as-is process and defining to-be process.
• Designing splitting of existing entity into two legal entities for tax benefits and separating corporate and retail business functions
• Redefining purchasing and financial process for corporate and retail legal entity, including intercompany sales and markup, settlement and payment.
• Writing functional specs for custom enhancement interface programs, daily and monthly jobs.
• Developed test plan and test case for the finance and related logistics area.
• Review finance and related logistics configuration documents and getting user approval and sign-off.

Confidential

Lead SAP Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0, FI/CO - Post Go Live Support & Enhancement

Responsibilities:

• Process Improvement, enhancement and support post Go Live issues in SAP finance and controlling modules mainly product costing, COPA and integration with SD, Assets.
• Resolved issues revolving around SD & MM areas, which integrate with finance.
• Worked on improving FICO reporting, AR Cash Applications.
• Working with business users and process owners in understanding and improving existing process.
• Developed functional spec custom development.

Confidential

Lead SAP Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0, FI/CO - Upgrade to EHP 5

Responsibilities:

• Designing and configuring COPA for deriving profitability for Transport Management System.
• Leading finance and controlling module of SAP ECC6 EHP5 upgrade and testing.
• Worked with business teams in understanding the process for creating test scripts for the upgrading the system.
• Executed unit and system testing for the project, which includes Investment Management Project system, Profitability and Product costing.

Confidential

SAP Solution Architect

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0 FI/CO - Legacy data migration to SAP

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business teams in Requirement Gathering, Gap Analysis, and Solution designing and developing the Functional Specs.
• Designed and developed functional specs for Data Governance process and syndication process for GL account attributes and its syndication from MDM to downstream applications including SAP ECC, BI/BW and BPC 10 using SAP PI.
• Design Restatement process for SAP and integrated legacy systems using custom build Journal Entry tool (SAP PI, SAP CE, and SAP Workflow).
• Design the Inter Company Journal Entry Automation process using SAP. Integration process with other systems designed and configured. Functional specs developed and unit testing is completed.
• Review the technical specs for all of the above objects and provided the direction for development.
• Extensively worked with integration teams using PI, BW and eFMA and MDM and provided the direction to use of SAP process.

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0 FI/CO - Taxes, AP

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include design development and testing of VAT and Withholding taxes for Taxes for US, Canada and Ireland.
• GAP analysis and develop functional design specification to solution.
• Designing custom tax report for Canadian and Ireland business units.

Confidential

FICO Lead/Project Manager

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC 6.0 FI/CO - NEW GL, AP, AR, AA,CO, MM, SD, SAP Solution Manager, MS Visio, MS Project, Mercury Test Director

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for entire SAP FICO module and integration areas (SD, MM).
• Responsible for project planning, issues, deliverables and status reporting with PMO.
• Handling employees and consultants supporting FICO modules.
• Providing subject matter expertise and being hands on system.
• Guiding team in process designs, requirement gathering, monitoring tasks to successful completion of project.
• Responsible for affiliate support in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Europe (GB) and Singapore.
• Designed and lead implementation for GL, AP (including VAT, Withholding taxes), controlling and Enterprise Consolidations for Mexico.
• Designing and configuring parallel ledgers (local) for local Mexican GAAP and statutory reporting.
• Currently leading design & configuration for Asset Accounting, AR and SCM implementation.
• Leading blueprint, design and executing migration of Classic GL to New GL and the post go live support.
• Gaps analysis of the existing process and re-engineered business process to improve efficiency using the functionality available in New GL.
• Migration of reports from special ledger to New GL & remediation of custom reports for New GL.
• Developed detailed design for New GL to meet future IFRS standards and global reporting for Canadian, and US especially for US tax reporting.
• Ran SAP migration using migration cockpit for Scenario 2 in production environment.
• Remediated RICEF objects, redesigned security roles and migration of reports from special ledger to New GL & remediated of custom reports for New GL.
• Canada was implemented in Phases GL/CS/AM, AP and AR.
• Lead business requirement gathering and designing for Canadian AR /SCM implementation and Payroll integration.
• Designing and configuring GL and CO for various statutory and management reporting and cost analysis.
• Leading, designing and configuring Asset Accounting for US and Canadian entities and supporting finance during month end activities depreciation and inter-company transfers for tax department.
• Configured Canadian taxes (GST, PST, HST, and QST & Self assed) using vertex external bolt on application.
• Automated ACH processing and positive pay with Confidential .
• Configuring required order type and CO & PCA planning and integrating CO planning to EC-CS using SPL.
• Migration from legacy application to SAP as part of merger, which includes legacy asset conversion using BAPI, vendor master.
• Lead vendor master conversion from legacy application as part of merger activity utilizing e-CATT functionality in SAP.
• Implemented of Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) and automatic payment (domestic and foreign) configuration for UK.
• Integrating payment process and positive pay with Bank for ACH, Wires and Check.
• Enhanced Special purpose ledger for new roll outs and as roll up ledger for consolidations.
• Designing and developed report painter based Management Income Statement Reports.
• Designing system for handling inter-company process between affiliates that includes inter-company sales and eliminations in consolidation.
• Designing required finance roles to support segregation of duties the affiliates working approval from internal controls.
• Extensively supporting Finance department for month end and year-end activities and auditing related questions.

Confidential

SAP FI-CO Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3 ECC, SAP Solution Manager, MS Visio, MS Project, Mercury Test Director.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying scope of activities involved in various processes that includes new business rules, requirements and business processes in place.
• I was involved in the inception, planning and deployment of the FI processes. My work also comprised assessing SAP business transactions that need to be accommodated into the work plan for the Business Scenarios. Part of my work also involved analyzing and understanding various legacy systems to design an efficient procedure of interfacing SAP with all of these legacy systems.
• Involved in design, mapping and business process re-engineering to match the client requirements with SAP. This involved the evaluation of standard Business process procedures for various FI transactions.
• SAP went live in ECC 6.0 and my work involved understanding the New GL to accommodate the current process corresponding with the New GL (close integration of GL with Profit Center functionality).
• Conducted process review sessions to demonstrate the working of various Business Scenarios and the solution with SAP functionality.
• Involved in the configuration of the SAP system some of which include - Defining document splitting characteristics, Customizing document splitting rules, Open Item Clearing, Validation and Substitution rules.
• Was also heavily involved in design and configuration of financial elements such as ledgers, FY variant, valuation methods, and roll ups creation of document types specific for each inbound interface.
• Working with various reports in the New GL. Some of these reports include - Balance Sheet & Profit / Loss based on functional area and profit center, which include consolidated reports.
• Work also included leading design and configuration of FI integration points with MM and SD
• Configuration and testing of account determination based on valuation modifiers.
• Executing intercompany Goods movement, capitalization, disbursement and retirement of equipment’s to validate financial transactions.
• Process design of material movements and Integration with Property Tax software and legacy ERP system (Oracle financials).
• Part of my work involved creation of work plan for GL activities and managing GL resources (mainly Confidential people and 2 SBC employees) allocating time and approving weekly time on project tasks.
• Work also involved the creation and maintenance of status reports and tasks. Responsible in communicating status of tasks that were part of the work plan to project management.
• Involved in definition of various Profit Center and Segments in the New GL with Profit center as the legal entity and management reporting unit.
• Worked with the technical team in identifying various enhancements required in SAP.
• Worked on SAP solution manager as a path for major configuration and for capturing configuration Rationale.
• Lead system testing for integrated scenarios for the FICO team and involved in testing period end close cycle.
• Involved in the overall deployment activities and coordinated with the deployment lead to provide dependency activities in configuration and master data.
• Coordinated with the team for end user and instigated knowledge transfer of configuration and system usage to designated counter parts.

Confidential, WA

CO/CS Functional Lead

Environment: SAPR/3 4.7 FI/CO/CS AR, MS Visio, Mercury Test Director

Responsibilities:

• Leading configuration and testing for GL/CO/CS module.
• Leading functional testing (FI-CO), integration testing, which include end to end testing of PM, MM to FI complying to SOX standards.
• Configured CCA, PCA, Internal Order, CO-PC, COPA and leading the financial period closing and year-end closing test cycles.
• Configured Product Cost Planning for standard cost estimate for updating the material master for standard price.
• Defined Costing sheet for calculating the overheads on the production orders with overhead rates.
• Designed and configured the period end operations of Product costing like WIP, variance calculations and settlement of production orders.
• Configured profitability analysis, which include setting up operating concern, creating characteristics and value field for operating concern, characteristic including user-defined characteristics, characteristic derivation from derivation table and derivation structure and roles.
• Configured planning layouts and profile, and developed custom reports such as Standard and Actual Gross Margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• Designed and implemented enterprise consolidations for US & Canadian entities for management reporting.
• Designed and set up Special ledgers to satisfy for parallel accounting for non-US company codes and to satisfy management reporting.
• Configuring asset management and integrating it with Plant Maintenance.