Sap Finance Lead / Architect - Sap Implementation Resume
SUMMARY:
- SAP S4 HANA SAP FICO ( FI & CO - ECC 6.0 - Certified ) Professional working with world’s leading consulting house Capgemini - Australia, with 14 Years 8 Months worked through SAP Financials / SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP EPM - BPC, SAP Solution Manager .
- Traveled to Australia - United Kingdom - Netherlands / Europe on assignments. Worked for multiple USA clients from offshore locations.
- SAP S4 HANA Professional with expertise in functional modules of Financial Accounting (FI) - GL/AR/AP/ AA / BA, Controlling (CO) - CE/CCA/PCA/ CO-PC, CO-PA and SAP Business Intelligence (BI) with many full Life Cycle Implementations experience. Handled and lead many Brown / Green field implementations, Rollouts, Data migrations and support and testing experience.
- Experienced in delivering the deliverables through onshore - offshore delivery models.
- Excellency in gathering the requirements and translating the requirements into detailed functional specifications.
- Experienced in implementing CO-PA, CO-Product costing modules, also experienced on implementing SAP BI based CO-PA reports.
- Excellent experience in integrating SAP FI/CO with MM / SD/ PP/PS / IM / HR modules. Excellent experience in integrating SAP Systems with non-SAP systems by establishing Automatic Interfaces.
- Able to understand the Global Business requirements and configuring the related accounting functionality in SAP to meet multiple GAAP requirements like US/UK/AU / KOREA GAAP and IFRS.
- Proven experience in managing the SAP FICO team of 16 members, managing the client relationship. With rich client facing role experience, I am the immediate GO TO SAP Consultant for my global Clientele. Proficient with ASAP, iSAP (CapGemini’s) methodologies.
- Proven experience in delivering the RFPs, Requirements gathering - Analysis and Business process design for using SEM BCS and EPM BPC (7.5 & 10 - IFRS Kit) modules.
- Worked through FMCG / FMCE / AUTOMOTIVE / RATAIL / RAIL Industries
TECHNOLOGY PROFILE
E.R.P. System: SAP Financials (FI, CO, PS, EC-CS, PM/CS, EAM) ECC 6.0 EHP6
Modeling Tools: SAP BW, SAP BI
BPM Tools: SAP Solution Manager, ARIS, MS-Visio, IBM - BPM
EPM Tools: SAP SEM BCS, SAP EPM BPC 7.5, EPM BPC 10
Third Party Tools: HP Mercury Testing 8.0, HP Service Center 7.0, RUNBOOK, Vertex Tax
Operating Systems: Windows 7 & 8.1
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
SAP Finance Lead / Architect - SAP Implementation
Technology used in project: SAP ECC 6.0 EHP6, SAP EPM BPC 10, SAP PS - IM - PM/CS
Responsibilities:
- Confidential Rail Europe Limited (HRE) SAP Implementation: Part of the Confidential Group, Confidential Rail Europe (HRE) manufactures and maintains Rolling Stock and Trains in the UK. In 2012, HRE won a major contract to manufacture / maintain trains for UK high speed link (IEP). Business growth necessitated HRE to implement their “own” SAP Back Office Solution the project implementation divided into two phases. I am SAP FICO implementation team lead sitting in London/ Bangalore. I am the onshore /off-site (Bangalore) lead with in FICO team. Go live of Phase 1 was on1st May 2013 and phase 2 was January 10th, 2014. Go live happened smoothly and received Top level Appreciation too. Participated in all phases of this project.
- Conducted Business Blue print workshops (travelled to UK-London) for all SAP FICO sub modules. Analysed and recorded the business requirements and finalized the requirements. Number of Business Process documents delivered. Blue print sign off done on 17th Dec 2012.
- Configured the whole SAP FICO module on SAP ECC 6.0 EHP6 with General Ledger (New), AA, AP, AR, BCM, CO-CE, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PC. Participated in making test cases, reviewed the test results / bugs fixed.
- Also participated in configuring SAP PS, EAM - PM/ CS which are very critical for advanced manufacturing and maintenance activities.
- Participated in preparing the go-live cut over list. Handled the Legacy Data transfer tasks.
- I am the architect behind the ADP, Concur, CITI Bank Interfaces. ADP is a third-party company which process the Employee Salaries. Concur is the Legacy system for managing travel expenses. Participated in all high-level discussions with CXOs for implementing EPM BPC 10, gathered and analysed requirements, submitted the EPM BPC implementation blue print to client, signing
Confidential
SAP Finance Architect
Technologies: SAP ECC 6.0 EHP6, SAP BI, SAP FSCM
Responsibilities:
- I took initiative, explained the concept and got approval. Reconstructed the whole SAP Based payments process/ interfaces, integrated all payments to happen through a single Bank Account with Confidential . CXO room got impressed with this project in GWF. Shared services operating costs saved by 7 FTE, i.e. near AUD 560K per annum.
- Fixed Assets Refresh: Worked with external Auditors during the Fixed Assets Audit. Reviewed all bases of depreciation calculation and capitalization. Quickly implemented the corrections to meet revised Australia Accounting Standards. The whole re-work reduced the depreciation provision by AUD 9 Million per annum.
- SAP Product Costing improvements: Provides Solution consultation throughout requirements gathering phases as a part of client’s new manufacturing model at existing plants and new plants. I implemented product costing for GWF’s new manufacturing location Charmhaven, NSW. Responsible for translating business requirements into detailed functional - technical designs, POC plans, testing plans and getting stakeholder’s approval to go for agreed deliverables. I am the GO-TO person for all GWF product costing and COPA related developments / issues.
- Manging the renewal projects: Being a GO TO person for all SAP Finance / Control subjects, right now I am engaged with all senior stake holders and CXOs in identifying the pockets through which IT can provide more value additions. Many new areas identified, for example automating all MEC / YEC activities, banking functions, managing the periodic payments and FSCM roll out.
- Implemented new Mobile applications for managing SAP Customers Claims (Rebates and Promotions), SAP Vendor / Customer / Material Master Data and integrated to MS-Outlook.
- Single point of contact to architect and migrating all financial interfaces from ICAN to SAP PO platform.
Confidential
Senior SAP FICO Implementation Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Senior FICO team member for Roll out to Middle East Business Requirements Gathering
- Conducted Business Blue print workshops (travelled to UK-London) for all SAP FICO sub modules. Analysed and recorded the business requirements and finalized the requirements. Blue print sign off done on 17th Dec 2012. I travelled to London for conducting blue print workshops.
- Handed over all the blue print documents to build team sitting in India. Helped the build team ondemand.
Confidential
Senior SAP FICO Implementation / Support Team Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Confidential was using country specific assets classes’ concept. Because of that the process in Asset Accounting module was not in line with global ways of working.
- We moved the Asset Accounting to new set of Assets Classes with uniform ways of working to meet global and local accounting requirements.
- Participated in all phases of this project, right from Business Blue print to Post Go live support and handing over the support to support team in Bangalore.
- Confidential was using country specific consolidations and then doing the global consolidation outside SEM BCS.
- I am part of the team for analysing the Confidential Global consolidation needs, worked with CXO teams in Confidential for finalizing the Global Consolidation structure.
- I also monitor SAP GRC/ Fire fighter logs of project team and support team members.
- I also support the Offshore Support team to resolve the complex issues / WRICEFs in SAP FICO module.
Confidential
SAP R/3 FICO / BW Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Trade Billing System: Identified Singapore Trade Billing System as one of the significant legacies to be retired and retired successfully. HP uses this as bridging software to send the Invoice to Sub contractors in PDF format. Migration involves the development of Interfaces, SAP standard Work flow Process utilization to Email the invoices.
- CART System: CART is one of the Java Based Reporting System which is used my Material Requirement Planning Department to forecast the material requirement, to identify the future costs and initiating cost reduction plans. This is being successfully migrated to SAP BW. BEX reports were developed by using the Data extracted from R/3 by using LO Extraction and Generic Extraction.
- ZSIM Implementation: ZSIM is a Sales order type used to create the SO without allowing any financial postings and extract the material BOM structures to ICOST system - Global Cost system to track the costs and identify the cost saving possibility. This is being implemented in FUSION SAP with SAP FI, CO, MM, SD modules. This implementation automated the synchronization of local material costs with Global cost planning machine.
Confidential, Cincinnati
SAP ECC 6.0 EAM / BI / ICA Implementation Team Member
Responsibilities:
- As an SAP FICO team member, participated in implementation of (EAM) Asset accounting module.
- Participated in implementing Japan Local GAAP reports in BW.
- End User Training.
Technology used: SAP ECC 6.0SAP BW 7.0
Confidential, Troy,
SAP R/3 4.6 C - FICO, BW Level 3 / Rollout Team Member
Responsibilities:
- As SAP FICO Consultant for Rolling Out Asset accounting module to APAC.
- Participated in moving the CO-PA reports to BW
- Participated in Developments related to Reports/Interfaces/Conversions/ Enhancements (WRICEF).
Technology used: SAP R/3 4.6C, Lotus Notes, Outlook 2003HP Mercury Testing Tool 8.0