SUMMARY

I am a proven visionary and strategic leader that translates business processes and works to maximize the full effective utilization of SAP functionality. I am an expert in enhancement and functional configuration of SAP FICO Project Systems to align with development of strategic and operational initiatives. 18+ years hands - on SAP experience with Blueprint, Configuration, Training Development, Test, Conversions and Post Production Support. Focused on Finance & Controlling Modules, FI/CO Project Systems. Configuring SAP and translating business process requirements into SAP functionality. Design and develop functional specifications for reports, interfaces, and enhancements. Respond to SAP production issues and research causes of problems. Proposes and tests corrective action with Finance team members. I worked with management and end users to effect change. Tracks progress and closure of issues. I provided end user training. I have expertise with HP Quality Center Test Director. Member of Integration Test Team responsible for full end-to-end testing including FI, CO, SD, HR, MM, PS, PP and PM. Successfully worked 3 complete implementation cycles of SAP R/3 system through go-live and production support. Experience with SAP R/3 Releases 4.5B, 4.7 & 6.0, S/4 Hana. Very knowledgeable and certified in ITIL & Six Sigma and Agile methodology experience with proven track record of testing necessary controls to ensure financial framework and IT infrastructure compliance with Confidential . Dedicated to maintaining reputation built on quality, service and uncompromising ethics.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Settlement
• Company Code Configuration
• General Ledger & AR/AP
• Revenue Recognition (RA)
• Assessments
• Profitability Analysis
• Month-End, Quarterly Close
• Internal Order Configuration
• Fixed Asset Accounting
• Inter-Company Accounting
• Overhead Cost Controlling
• Project Systems
• Product Costing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP R/3 Release 4.7 & 6.0 SAP Hana FI/CO Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing the custom programs related to COGS planning product costing before moving to live production sites.
• Creation of User Scenarios for UAT, which denned what actions users can take, what is the expected result and to test whether the desired results are achieved.
• SAP S/4 HANA 1809 experience.
• Involved in the design & configuration- Integration of GL- Results Analysis, Asset Accounting, COP covering intercompany and currency revaluations complying with the US GAAP and IFRS.
• Involved in uploading the planned price and future price in material master as a part of testing the custom programs.
• Involved in the Cost center Planning.
• Development of Costing Sheets.
• Period-end and Year-end Closing activities.
• Screen layout & field status customization per activities/company codes/account groups.
• Document posting controls, Cross-company code transactions
• Foreign currency Valuation, Value adjustments.
• Balance-Sheet and P&L statement creations.
• Integration of FI component with MM and SD and PS modules.
• SAP support/rollout experience.
• Design, Configuration and implementation of CO module - setting up Controlling area, Hierarchy.
• Setting up Cost center hierarchy, Profit center hierarchy (Segment reporting).
• Setting up Cost elements with different categories, internal orders (overhead, investment & accrual IO), activity types, statistical key figures (SKF), and settlement profiles.
• Overhead management accounting (CO OM), actual postings in CO OM, Assessment and allocation of secondary costs - allocation cycle (customizing allocation structure).
• Integrated planning cycle, Statistical and real postings.
• Project controlling - configuration settings for cost planning, cost planning with WBS and Networks.
• Period end closing activities - overhead planning and project controlling.
• Reconciliation Ledger - FI-CO, substitution and validations in CO, Creation of Result analysis key.
• Period end closing for Projects - Progress analysis (PoC) and project settlement.
• Planning & Budgeting - planning profile creation, budget profile creation, budgeting and availability controls.
• Configured new Activity types, Cost centers. Cost center group and assigned default cost centers to cost elements.
• Involved in loading of the planned activity rates for the cost centers.
• Involved in Cost center assessments to segments. COPA reporting forms. Planning. Derivation rules and structures. Product and customer hierarchy-, PA settlement, realignments and migration issues with SD.
• In-depth knowledge of the workflow from the creation of sales order to delivery- and billing in the SD module that involves the Order-to-Cash and Procure to pay process as well as expertise m configuration of account determinations m FI from MM and SD transactions.
• Defined Chart of Accounts, Account Group & GL accounts. Fiscal Year Variants. Posting Period Variants. Field Status Variants and Groups. Screen Variants for Document entry.
• Configured Automatic clearing, GR IR clearing and Adjustment Accounts.
• Defined Financial Statement Versions (FSV) for Balances Sheet and P & L Account
• Uploaded Primary and Secondary Cost Elements. Cost Center hierarchy, CC Groups and Cost Centers.
• Responsible for assessments, distributions. Statistical Key Figures and Activity Types.
• Fixed Asset Management: Configuring the chart of depreciation, depreciation areas for book depreciation, Provided functional assistance in the development of PJCEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms and Workflow) Developed functional specifications for interfaces from Legacy to SAP.
• Configured Asset Management module, defined different Asset Classes. Account determination, Screen layout Rules.
• Depreciation areas. Depreciation keys Asset Data Carried out settings for old data takeover Designed and configured Project systems and integrated with Fixed Assets.
• Project systems configuration, defined WBS, WBS elements, networks.
• Cost Center .Accounting: Created cost centers, activity- types, statistical key figures. Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, cost center categories, maintained default.
• Worked closely with PP and PM teams for Integration with CO.
• Worked extensively on Customization.

Confidential, MA

SAP R/3 Release 4.7 & 6.0 FI/CO Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for company-wide monthly, quarterly and year-end financial closing support.
• Validate Integration between SAP and Third-party interfaces for Revenue accounting.
• Develop and deploy new processes and configuration to meet business needs.
• Proactively provide status on all activities to appropriate stakeholders.
• Follow applicable standards, procedures, guidelines, and methodologies in the support and/or maintenance of systems.
• Continually strive to enhance or improve business systems processes that drive efficiency through use of best practices.
• Develop procedures, processes and guidelines that are efficient and focused on the quality of the process or end state deliverable.
• Prepare Documentation for any new development, enhancement and Testing results.
• Collaborate with various technical teams to evaluate design alternatives, optimize design solution and minimize impact to performance, or any dependencies.
• Develop and execute functional unit test cases in support of new application requirements.
• Work with cross-functional teams to perform test activities (e.g. integration, performance, user acceptance).
• Support the deployment of production applications and provide post-production support related to custom system enhancements and integration points
• Analyze data and processes to identify/troubleshoot problems, and recommend preventive action
• Project lead for revenue recognition effort with level of scope being revenue recognition on Units of Delivery, and Intellectual Property License agreements.
• Detailed understanding of the integration with other SAP modules SD, MM, PS.
• Hands-on Accounting standard ASC 605, 606 standards.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to lead discussions, present ideas to audiences of all sizes, and interact with all levels of the organization.
• Good knowledge of SAP structures, configuration standards, objects dependencies and tables.
• Strong solutions skills with demonstrated ability to analyze and provide effective problem solving, assessing whether standard functionality can be used and identifying reasonable custom solutions where needed.
• Experienced with complex implementations that include custom solutions around and sales revenue postings, including Intercompany Sales.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others to effectively coordinate activities and accomplish goals
• Demonstrated understanding of all aspects of a full life cycle implementation and production support.
• Experience leading and managing project team members and deliverables.
• Supporting Team member for migration of $3.2B segment into consolidated SAP system.
• Responsible for Fixed Asset accounting module that tracks 100,000 pieces of assets.
• Responsible for assigned key controls for Confidential Compliance.
• Responsible for company-wide revenue recognition using Percentage of Completion, Time and Material, and Units of Delivery.
• Supported technical upgrade from release 4.7 to 6.0 with Unit and Integration testing.

SAP R/3 Release 4.5 Implementation Controlling Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for master data development, documentation, training, customizing/configuration, and mapping.
• Active participation through Blueprint, Design, Realization, Testing, Go Live and Stabilization activities.
• Production support for 144000 service orders, 67000 internal orders and 816000 WBSs
• Member of the Integration Test Team responsible for full end-to-end testing that included FI, CO, SD, HR, MM, PS, PP and PM.
• Created functional specifications for multiple complex interfaces, partnering with technical ABAP team for program creation and responsible for performing end-to-end testing.
• Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.
• Defined result analysis keys, cost elements, result analysis versions and valuation methods to calculate Work in Process (WIP) and its settlements.
• Configured G/L Master records, documents number ranges, posting period variants, reversal of documents, opening and closing of periods, field status variants, document types, posting keys.
• Defined cost center hierarchy, profit center hierarchy and also defined distribution and assessment cycles in CCA.
• In Asset Accounting, defined chart of depreciation, various depreciation areas and depreciation keys, Asset Classes, asset master records, number ranges, revaluation settings etc. Also, defined transaction types for various business transaction likes acquisition, retirement, transfers and account determination.
• Configured internal order settlement, order planning and budgeting profiles.
• Involved in co-ordination with the users for UAT and preparation of user training documents.
• Actively participated in Testing of using HP Quality center.
• Developed assessments within SAP for 6 business units, corporation and segment offices that included 105 service centers, 2700 cost centers and 50 overhead pools.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Business Manager

Responsibilities:

• Chief liaison for timely submission of client invoices and supporting financial reports.
• Responsible for general ledger review, job ledger analysis, responsibility center revenue bookings.
• Oversaw accounts payable, accounts receivable and unbilled revenue.
• Responsible for Financial Forecasting and the preparation of Profit/Loss reporting and analysis of Business Unit income.

Confidential, Lexington Park, MD

Manager of Accounting

Responsibilities:

• Served as senior financial manager, responsible for overall financial operations for a Firm Fixed & IDIQ Navy contract.
• Managed payroll department for 131+ employees assuring compliance with Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis Bacon Act (DBA).
• Responsible for General Ledger Maintenance, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Trial Balance preparation.
• Established financial controls and formulated forecasting scenarios to help turn around troubled contract improving overall profitability by 278%.
• Provided all Financial Forecasting and Profit/Loss reporting.
• Prepared contract cost proposals and incorporation of modifications into contract value.
• Prepared journal entries, and account analysis.

Confidential, Fort Monmouth, NJ

Manager of Accounting

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management, development and control of accounting and finance functions for an operation in excess of $28 million annually.
• Supervised proposal preparations, pricing and auditing, and contract negotiations.
• Company representative for all Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Department of Labor (DOL) audits.
• Managed finance/contracts department consisting of, cost accountant, systems analyst, secretary, two payroll clerks along with a purchasing manager and her department.
• Reduce receivable days from a 60 day turnaround down to 20 days.
• Oversaw and maintained operating budgets, financial analysis, cash management, and contract cost compliance.
• Monitored purchasing activity with applications of procurement laws, FAR, DFAR, and CAS.
• Instrumental in the re-bid and award of follow on contract.

Accounting Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Managed a computerized payroll system for a workforce in excess of 500 employees.
• Supervised account analysis, journal voucher preparation and collection of monies.
• Responsible for incurred cost submissions.
• Established job order costing accounting for the contract and performed daily cost accounting.