SUMMARY

• A certified SAP FICO consultant with knowledge and expertise implementing full life - cycle SAP projects and support. Adept in partnering with business process owners to optimize processes. Knowledge of ASAP methodology.
• A total of 17 years relevant IT and Business experience with over 13 years of SAP FICO experience with full-life cycle implementations, upgrades, and rollouts.
• Experience in all project implementation phases from requirements gathering, writing functional specifications, solution design and mapping, interfaces, enhancements, go live and production support.
• Project management and team lead experience, coordination of offshore support and help desk operationalizing. Certified PMP (Project Management Professional).
• Effective in business process mapping, analyzing root cause, collaborating with users in process improvement, change management, testing and end user training.
• In-depth knowledge of financial business process and mapping into SAP, Production support and user training. Training material documentation.
• Excellent analytical, functional, and social problem-solving skills with a passionate desire to learn new things in a team-oriented environment. Flexible and adaptive to new environment.
• Good understanding of SAP landscape and architecture, with 3 full cycle SAP S/4 HANA Finance implementations with Confidential .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• SAP R/3 and ECC 6.0
• S/4 HANA
• Solution Manager
• LSMW
• MS excel
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Access
• VB
• Java
• HP Quality center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Senior SAP consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participating in harmonization session as the subject matter expert, writing user stories and identifying gaps.
• Configuration for finance business process; General ledger, Accounts Payables Accounts Receivables, Assets accounting, and Controlling as per global roll-out template.
• Configuration of FSCM Inhouse Cash (IH) processes for US subsidiaries and acquisitions.
• Designing interfaces and writing functional specifications for integration objects, mapping data structures for third party applications bringing data in and out of SAP.
• Data migration, validation, reconciliation and remediation strategies.
• Creation of training simulations, end user manuals and conducting training.

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

Senior SAP consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of Revenue Recognition, setting Revenue Recognition Items, Contracts and Performance Obligations (POB), Revenue Accounting postings, setting up BFRs, integration of SAP RAR with SD.
• Developed plan and strategy to convert data from legacy systems to S/4 HANA system
• Led in validations and reconciliations of financial master data, GL balances, account mapping, and FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) account mapping compliance.
• Led in troubleshooting and solving problems relating to financial data, did trial balance reconciliations.
• Led in the requirements gathering sessions, wrote functional specifications for interfaces and enhancements and led in the development work and creating test scripts.
• Analyzed reporting needs and helped refine reporting requirements leveraging standard reports vs customized reports.

Confidential, Modesto, CA

Senior SAP consultant

Responsibilities:

• Did configurations for the organizational structure and global settings for company code, defined ledgers, document types, number ranges, currencies, exchange rates, set up US tax procedure and tax codes.
• Did General Ledger configurations and master data setup, Chart of accounts and account groups, General Ledger account settings, document splitting, Automatic account determinations.
• Made settings for Periodic processing and financial closing, Automatic account clearing, and intercompany reconciliations, configured retained earnings account for the balance carry forward. Set up Financial Statement Versions for reporting and drill down reports.
• Business partner set up and CVI integration with vendor and customer, set up accounts payable business transactions, terms of payments, reconciliation account, special GL indicator, integration with Materials Management.
• Made configurations for Automatic Payment program, generation of payment medium file to the bank, made settings for the EBS (Electronic Bank Statement)
• Vendor invoice processing and integration with OpenText Vendor Invoice Management system.
• Configured new asset accounting, set the chart of depreciation, Asset classes, screen layouts for asset creation, account determination, defined custom asset fields for reporting.
• Configured assets transactions, acquisitions, transfers and retirements, depreciation, multiple valuation approaches, and revaluations and manual value corrections.
• Configuration and set up of SAP Financial Closing Cockpit, consolidation of all closing tasks into one application and automation of the processes. Configured SAP Fiori launchpad for the Financial Closing Cockpit.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior SAP consultant

Responsibilities:

• Wrote data profiling rules to compare data from source SAP and non-SAP systems for harmonization. Identified source tables and fields required for profiling.
• Defined key objects identifiers for data mapping e.g. company codes and cost objects form source system to central finance.
• Defined all requisite data for documents from SAP and non-SAP systems before posting into central finance.
• Did Configurations for account-based profitability analysis, defined characteristics and derivations, and determination of GL accounts.
• Sep settlement profile for settling Internal Orders and WBS elements for flow to Profitability analysis, and assessments to transfer Cost center costs.
• Helped in mapping of accounts for transitioning from costing-based COPA to account based COPA in central finance. Defined accounts for splitting the COGS account.
• Wrote data specifications documents, helped users understand architecture and design for SAP S/4 HANA Central finance.

Confidential, Coralville, IA

Senior SAP consultant

Responsibilities:

• Run the Simplification Item check (SI) for data consistency and to identify the Simplification Items relevant for the upgrade and did impact assessment.
• Identified and analyzed the various SAP notes that needed to be applied before the upgrade.
• Performed consistency check and identified inconsistencies in the system that would affect SUM process and devised a remediation process to solve the inconsistencies.
• Performed custom code analysis to check compliance with scope and data structure for SAP S4/HANA.
• Did application specific manual preparation activities identified in the Simplification Item check and Custom code check.
• Made configuration settings for Accounts receivable, Master data set up, made settings for outgoing invoices and credit memos.
• Defined tax codes for outgoing customer invoices and credit memos and made customizations to generate printed invoices and correspondence from financial accounting.

Confidential, Muscle Shoals, AL

SAP Finance Solution and Process designer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing and documenting new business processes and doing fit/gap analysis for the acquisition.
• Integrated the acquisition, created a new company code and performed all the requisite configurations and mapping to main company's business processes.
• Performed customization settings for the US and localization.
• Designed interface with the bank for payments processing and bank reconciliations.
• Designed an interface to connect a billing system (BBO-Business Back Office Operation) with SAP finance, wrote functional specifications and led in the development work of the interface.
• Led in the testing work, developed test cases, wrote test scripts, developed training manuals and conducted users training.
• Led in Legacy data migration, Master data issue resolutions, transactional data verification and fields mapping.
• Data designs and management, vendor data, customer data, cost centers, profit centers, cost elements, internal orders.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

SAP Training Environment Manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensured that all required configurations were done for the training client. Enhanced processes and procedures for accessing training materials and managed all aspects of the training environment.
• Developed a system refresh approach strategy and plan that periodically refreshed data from production environment to training clients, conducted all functional validation tests after client copy and data loads.
• Developed a project plan tasks list with all tasks to be performed during a client refresh, developed access strategy and SOP for the training client.
• Analyzed training data requirements and made sure that all required data was available when needed. Monitored data usage and advised on best practices.
• Ensured all configurations and maintenance of the training client were up to date, provided expert advice on SAP functionality to users and guided in process alignment as per solution design.
• Provided support in finance areas and logistic areas doing root cause analysis and configuration changes.

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

Senior SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Operationalized a new help desk, designed new support processes & procedures, and provided service desk ticket resolution meeting SLA targets.
• Conducted detailed problem determination and root cause analysis on system issues, ABAP debugging, performed configuration changes, change management and training.
• Wrote Functional specification documents, and reviewed documents written by others, making sure they met client’s requirements for enhancements and articulated business case, pushed for changes to be implemented in Change Control Board.
• Coached and conducted knowledge transfer to helpdesk resources, wrote knowledge transfer documents, managed complex issue resolution bringing together diverse teams onsite and offshore.
• Provided application support for interfaces to SAP system, processing of ALE/EDI IDOCs, intercompany transactions, Assets postings, Accounts Payable and Receivables, Automatic Payment program, ledger closing activities, Controlling, and profitability analysis.
• Generated communication broadcasts to stakeholders on resolution status of complex issues, system failures, workarounds, and scheduled maintenance notifications.
• Led in enhancement projects, rollout customizations, acquisition, upgrades, and testing, conveying a strong presence and developing trust as the subject matter expert.

Confidential

SAP Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the SAP implementation project and a roll-out, from requirements gathering phase to go-live and support, utilizing ASAP methodology. Delivered the project on time and budget.
• Developed a project plan that was agreeable to all stakeholders incorporating project needs, scope, budget, and time. Ensured strict adherence to the project plan and managed changes to the plan.
• Provided detailed estimates for development work, staffed the project, monitored quality of work for consultants, managed third party vendors and contractors and diverse teams.
• Conducted regular development meetings with teams to monitor progress and take corrective actions. Ensured deliverables were met. Managed communications with top level management and project teams.
• Managed scope verification process, integrated change management, corrective actions and quality control.
• Managed the cut-over process, data migration and go-live, maximized user satisfaction by optimizing Solution Manager Issue management, established and operationalized the help desk.
• Minimized issue escalation during hyper care phase by over 30% by designing a support strategy that empowered core users with prerequisite skills and availing support resources available in the system, thus saving time and money.

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the existing SAP system and utilization and identified areas to optimize processes in multiple functional areas. Analyzed the scope of work and estimated effort.
• Designed customized programs and interfaces. Led in the gathering of requirements, wrote functional specifications, and coordinated development work, testing and sign-off.
• Made configuration changes in GL document postings, workflows, tolerance limits for document types, and made settings for GL automatic clearing.
• Made configuration settings for electronic bank statements and lockbox functionality. Configured for multiple house banks.
• Made settings for default profit center assignments, derivation rules, cost center /material derivations, GL default assignments, Sales order assignments.
• Configured for cost center accounting, cost center planning, functional area assignment, hierarchy group changes, activity types, activity categories and allocation default values.
• Made settings for Internal Orders, maintained settlement rules, made settings for planning and budgeting, budget tolerances, allocations, distributions and assessments.
• Established and championed for close interaction between IT technical team, core users and business process owners in solution design, delivery and change management.
• Evaluated application change requests for fixes and system enhancements and ensured there was sufficient documented and approved business case for major enhancements.

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Mapped the organization structure with new acquisitions, created new company codes, and made requisite configuration settings.
• Customized business transactions including; tax codes, bank data, automatic postings, and Lock box functionality, EBS, GR/IR clearing account, and MM, SD and HR integrations.
• Made customizations for Profit center and cost center accounting, standard hierarchy and groups’ maintenance and transactions processing.
• Wrote functional specifications for development of a sales commission program for the client. Oversaw the development and testing of the program and sign off.
• Led a team of auditors and consultants in evaluating SAP control environment. Analyzed and recommended changes to finance roles, ensured compliance to audit guidelines and regulatory compliance.
• Prepared a road map for EHP upgrade; gathering the technical details, charting the upgrade path, server sizing, cost estimates, and infrastructure planning.
• Made configuration settings for overhead controlling, maintained controlling area settings, assigned company codes, maintained versions, number ranges for CO documents, and allocation structures.
• Configured for Profitability analysis(COPA), created operating concern, maintained characteristic values and value fields, characteristic derivations, and valuation strategies.
• Configured cost center accounting created cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center standard hierarchy, cost center categories, created distributions and assessments.
• Created planning layouts for cost element planning, activity type planning, statistical key figures planning and cost element planning, maintained planner profiles, maintained allocation structures, maintained settlement profiles.
• Created profit center groups, profit center hierarchy, created dummy profit center, assigned cost centers to profit centers, assigned profit centers to materials.
• Configured Internal Orders, defined Order types, Order settlement rules, executed settlement for orders.

Confidential, Springdale, AR

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Full Life cycle implementation phases, including defining business requirements, conducted the fit /gap analysis, wrote functional specifications document, did configurations and testing.
• Made settings for incoming/outgoing payments, payment program and created account assignment models.
• Configured for credit card transaction processing and collections processing, automatic postings, over/under payments, cash discounts, and bank Charges.
• Configured created credit control areas and pre-defined credit limits for customers.
• Configured the automatic interest calculations on the account balances, payment terms, dunning, down payments and automatic clearing of line items.
• Defined asset classes, screen layout, depreciation areas, defined number range interval for asset document types, and maintained depreciation keys.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, Cost Center Hierarchy, cost element groups, cost centers master data.
• Prepared detailed training manuals and configuration documents, and conducted extensive end user training

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

SAP FICO consultant

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, conducted AS-IS and TO-BE analysis, participated in writing of business blue-print document that was easily approved by business.
• Configured accounts receivable module including master data, business transactions, payment terms, sales tax, credit management and dunning processes.
• Configured bank master data, automatic payment program, incoming /outgoing payments, including full payments, partial payments and residual payments.
• Configured GL master data, automatic account assignment for various AR &AP transactions like Bank charges, Overpayments, Underpayments, and Exchange Rate Difference.
• Maintained Lockbox Configuration, Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), and cash management in treasury.
• Configured posting period variant, open and close posting period, document number ranges, document types, tolerance ranges, line item controls, maintained fast entry screens for G/L account items, individual or mass reversal of documents, valuation of foreign currency.
• Configured Asset accounting including; Asset Master Records, Chart of Depreciation, Asset classes, Depreciation areas and keys, customized Asset transactions.
• Created posting validations, substitution rules and user exits, customized screen layouts and user default values, designed forms, and wrote specifications for reports.

Confidential, Danvers, MA

SAP FICO Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, business process analysis and documentation, Customizations, testing and preparation or training material.
• Conducted unit and integration testing, developed test scripts and test cases and documented results in quality center.
• Prepared for creation of GL, vendor and customer master data, made settings for GL postings, created number ranges, tolerance groups and account groups.
• Defined Parallel Currencies, Exchange Rate Types, Translation Ratios, and Exchange Rates as per client’s requirements.
• Maintained tolerances for customers, configured credit management, customized dunning proposal and printing of dunning notices in AR, worked on integration of FI with SD .
• Configured automatic postings such as over/under payments, cash discounts, bank charges, foreign currency revaluation accounts, and assigned various general ledger accounts.
• Configured reference method for posting documents, which included reference documents, account assignment model, sample documents, recurring entries.
• Made configurations for Cost/Profit centres, assigned number ranges to controlling area, assigned company codes to controlling area, maintained standard hierarchy.

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a business analyst for 4 years before joining SAP implementation team for 1 year.
• Member of a team selected for SAP training during implementation. Evaluated SAP design and business specifications and facilitated issue resolution during business process mapping phase
• Worked with consultants in defining requirements, reviewing current business processes and SAP functionality to identify gaps and help standardize and logging unsolved gaps.
• Acquired SAP application knowledge through training and experience working in different areas such as Finance, procurement and sales.
• Conducted User Acceptance testing, Integration testing, logged and tracked defects.
• Involved in executing reports, training end user community, and updating documentations in accordance with corporate standards.
• Participated in enhancement projects as advisor in the area of system and business user, tracking business needs during development phases and observing standards and procedures established by project office.
• Supported management in decision making by carrying out research analysis and giving recommendations.