SUMMARY

• Over 9 years Professional experience with Business Users Interaction, Requirement Gatherings, Configurations, Development, Data Migration, Testing and End User Training with SAP ERP, Accounting, and Technical Support.
• About 8 years in SAP Finance and Controlling with 3full life-cycle Implementations of Business Consulting & Functional Analysis of SAP FI/CO Module in SAP Project as per ASAP methodology.
• Possess excellent internal, communication and organizational skills with proven abilities to handle multiple tasks, Team Management, Customer relationship Management and planning with strict adherence to time schedules.
• Implementation experience in General Ledger (GL), Account Receivable (AR), Account Payable (AP), Asset Accounting (AA), Special purpose Ledger, Controlling Areas, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), and Profit Center Accounting (PCA) and Strong working knowledge in Controlling (CCA, OM, IO, PCA, PC) and B/W modules.
• Experience covers all stages of SAP FI/CO activities from Fit Gap analysis, Develop, Creation of business blueprints, Configuration, Realization, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Learning training, Go Live support, Control Start, Support production.
• Integration of FI with MM, SD and HR with Procure to Pay, Order to cash and Payroll Cycles.
• Special emphasis on Data Migration and ETL Techniques specifications with BDC, Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects
• Experienced in Enhancements, Testing & Production Support/ user issues, super-users and End user training and documentation.
• Extensive exposure in writing functional specifications including interfaces and working with ABAP programmers.
• Strong knowledge of business processes with strong foundation in Financial Accounting Managerial Accounting and Cost Accounting concepts.
• Provided end user support for all issues pertaining to Finance and Controlling modules & Worked closely with Business Leaders to consult and influence direction of business process.
• Extensive experience in developing specifications for Interfaces and Custom Reports
• Good knowledge in ABAP debugging techniques to work with user-exits and cross applications. Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE & EDI), user-exits, and reporting tools
• Experienced in User Acceptance Testing and Integration testing of Legacy System Interfaces with SAP functionality.
• Coordinated with Global Team in Project Estimates forRICEFdevelopment and tested the RICEF's developed by offshore team.
• Excellent project execution track record with good leadership, strong communication and analytical skills.
• Knowledge in identifying, testing and documenting of SAP application controls in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX).
• Expertise in preparing User Manuals with perfect documentation and conducting training sessions for end users.

SAP FI/CO Skills:

• FI Enterprise Structure: Defining the organizational structure of Company, Configure Chart of Accounts and Define company codes.
• General Ledger: (FI GL) Configuration Create Account groups, Account types B/S & P/L, Retained Earnings Account, Field status variant, GL Master records, Fiscal year, Post Period variant, Account type, Customized Document type, Sort Keys, Posting keys, Exchange rate. Reconciliation Accounts for customers, vendors, Assets.
• Account Payables: (FI AP) Defined vendor groups, vendor Master data, House Banks, Down payments, Automatic payment program, Recurring Entries Program, Closing procedure.
• Integration of MM with FI.
• Accounts Receivable: Defined customer groups, customer master data, payment terms and interest calculation, incoming payments, dunning, down payments, closing operations, Define Lock Boxes, Clearing Accounts, and payment methods.
• Integration of SD, MM, HR withFI.
• Asset Accounting: Configuring chart of Depreciation, Define Depreciation areas, Depreciation key, Account Determination and Asset classes and calculate of depreciation.
• Controlling: create cost centers, primary cost element, secondary cost elements, Distribution and Assessment cycles, statistical key figure, Planning & development of reports. Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing (CO-PC) and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Profit Center Accounting: Configuring and customizing the basic settings, maintaining profit center hierarchy, assignments, CO-objects to profit centers etc.
• Special Purpose Ledger: Define Summary table, Group, Define ledger, Activities field movements, Activity transaction.

Technical Skills
SAP ERP Application: ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, SAP R/3 4.6/4.0b, CRM 7.0
Version : 4.6C,4.6B, 4.7, ECC 6.0, SCM/APO
Functional Area : SAP ERP - Finance and Controlling, Project Systems,
Data Migration Tools: LSMW, eCATT, Report Painter, Report Writer, custom BAPI
Other Tools : HPQuality Center 11.0, Remedy, SOLMAN, M-Office Suite
Testing Strategies : Integration System, Performance, UA & Black Box Testing

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

• Master's in Business Administration (Finance Major)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Orlando, FL Jan11-present
SAP FICO Functional Consultant
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, BI/BW, EDI, Solution Manager, Rev-Trac & HP QC
CHEP is Global Pallet Leader in pallet and container business. It servers almost all types of the business across the globe. CHEP handles pallet and container supply chain logistics for customers in the consumer goods, produce, meat, home improvement, beverage, raw materials, petro-chemical and automotive industries. CHEP is an Australian based company with operations in more than 45 countries.
Responsibilities:

• As a core member for full cycle implementation of SAP FI/CO module, gathered business process information and compiled the AS-IS, TO-BE and GAP analysis of the SAP R/3 system. Performed assessment of business requirements, mapping with SAP functionality.
• Configured FI New GL, AP/AR & Banking - Document Splitting, Segment Reporting, Special purpose ledger, Doc types & posting keys, analysis of all open items and clearing of goods receipt/invoice receipt (GR/IR) accounts. Designed Account groups and Configured Payment program for check printing and Wire Transfer payments. Configured tax codes for vendor invoices. Worked on Vendor Master, Vendor invoices Payment methods (ACH/Wire Transfer, Check and Credit Card) and reporting, Customer Master, and Default account assignments for Overpayments/Underpayments.
• In Asset Accounting (FA), assisted in creating Fixed Assets, Group Assets, Assets Class, Post Periodic Assets, and Asset Acquisitions. Maintained Depreciations, Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Area, Fiscal Year Variant, Number range, and Substitution Rules in the Fixed Asset Master records and reviewed various Fixed Assets Accounts.
• Integration of parallel accounting concept during configuration for Fixed Assets Module, General Ledger, re-grouping and currency valuation processes for each period-end.
• Responsible of delivering integrated solution for service process with R/3 and CRM system.
• Configured relevant settings for Lockbox processing and Outgoing Payments. Resolved issues during Unit, Functional, Integration and Regression testing of business scenarios and test conditions.
• Defined Profit Center and Cost Center hierarchies. Created reports using Report Painter and Report Writer in CCA and PCA.
• Created an Electronic Bank Statement Posting Rules. Created Lockbox in House banks.
• Responsible for configuration of asset classes, depreciation areas, account determination, screen layout key and allocating number ranges to asset classes. Customized screen layout for each asset class with unique number ranges.
• Configured Leasing types, Account Determination, Screen layout rules, Asset classes for capital lease. Assign GL Accounts for Depreciation Area Impairment.
• Built custom transaction that allows systemic match between a searchable list of goods receipts and vendor invoice information entered into the screen. Developed custom programs to meet business requirements.
• Providing functional specifications to technical team in building custom program to automate the Retro process to reduce the manual Intervention.
• Coordinated the integration efforts of FI/CO with SD, MM, based on functional requirements, automatic account assignment, maintaining the revenue account determinations & revenue recognition which is useful in integrating AR-SD.
• Implemented integrations with SAP HR Module (Pre-Payroll and Post-Payroll Processes).
• Mapped SD pricing procedure and direct postings from FI/MM modules to value fields in CO-PA.
• Involved in Maintaining Default Account Assignments, Validations and Substitutions rules, Overhead Structure for Accrual Costs, Planning Layout and Profiles.
• Designed, developed and tested data conversion programs to load, GL uploads, Account Payables and Customer Open Account Receivables data into SAP using LSMW and BDC.
• Identified the RICEFs related to the processes above and create the RICEF (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms) functional designs.
• Created BRD, FRD for User exits, module pool programs, Custom Idocs, Interface and reports.
• Extensively worked in Data Migration from legacy system to SAP using LSMW.
• Worked extensively on identifying RICEF factors, documented them, and trained the team on writing RICEF functional designs.
• Conducted User testing after the implementation and supported the client in post launch Session and also involved in providing training to end-users.

Confidential, WI Jun10-Jan11
SAP FICO Functional Consultant
Environment: ECC 6.0, Solution Manager, Rev-Trac & HP QC
It is an electrical company which manufactures battery and UPS for commercial use. It also provides support and maintenance with field engineers spread across the country.
Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirements, Preparation of Blue print by Re-engineering the system to fill the GAP between the existing system and to the to be system
• Defined the Enterprise structure and configured global settings for GL postings including automatic account assignments, financial statement version.
• Involved in Treasury Module upgrade, Money Market, Foreign exchange, Loans and Bank reconciliation.
• Prepared Documentation for business users.
• Provided Production Support after the go-live.
• Created GL account master, document number ranges and field status groups.
• Created Tolerance groups for employees and GL accounts.
• Created Vendor Groups, Vendor Master Records, Reconciliation Accounts, Number ranges and payment terms.
• Defined accounts for cash discounts, exchange rate differences and rounding differences.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program (APP) for invoice processing in Transaction Codes FBZP and F110.
• Created Profit Centers with hierarchy including dummy profit centre. Defined NumberRanges for documents.
• Configured the basic settings for distribution, assessment of actual and plan costs.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements and cost element groups in Controlling.
• Created cost center standard hierarchy, cost centers and assigned cost centers to cost elements.
• Configured with costing and accounting based PA. Data flow to PA from SD, MM. Also configured the CCA to PA assessments, and reconciliation with PCA. Drill down reporting and COPA planning.
• Top down distribution and settlement of orders.
• Carried out Reporting for profitability by Customer, Product and Market segments, characteristics, value fields, maintaining the derivation rules.

Confidential, IL. May08-Jun10
SAP FI CO Consultant
Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, Remedy & HP QC
Tenneco is one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and after the market.
Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
• Worked on foreign currency exchange rate and valuation, GR/IR clearing account and automatic clearing.
• Configured terms of payment, incoming and outgoing invoice, incoming and outgoing payment.
• Defined cash discounts based upon payment terms, Lockbox Processing for incoming payments, BankReconciliation.
• Worked on Customer Cash Discount Overview and Credit Limit Display
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors and Maintained Initial settings for Recurring Entries.
• Identified one-time vendors and customers and defined a separate screen layout for them. Created account assignment models for recurring entries.
• Configured Lock box and electronic bank statement process for automatic clearing of invoices and bank transactions.
• Used BAI2 file format for lock box processing.
• Customized the cash application algorithms for lock box processing based on customer requirements.
• Configured Product Cost Planningby basic settings forMaterial Costing and Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure.
• Defined Costing Sheet, Over head cost elements, Overhead Keys, Cost Component Structure,
• Defined operating concern, characteristics, value fields, Characteristic Derivation, Valuation strategy.
• Tracked and resolved business process and configuration issues resulting from unit and integration testing.

Confidential, TX Dec06-Mar08
FI Consultant
Environment:FI, CO, MM, Version R/3 4.6C
Tarrant County is one of the fastest growing counties in the State of Texas. The county has an estimated population of 730,000 with about 93 people moving in every day.

Responsibilities:

• Deigned, configured and tested the Procure-to-Pay process in SAP R/3 to replace non-integrated, incongruent legacy systems, and eliminate redundancy, and to allow the county government to take advantage of vendor discounts.
• Set up Vendor Account Groups including One-Time Vendors, discussed options on the Vendor Master Data, and reviewed legacy master data, provided data cleansing logic, set up LSMW, and verified loaded master data.
• Created Tolerance Groups for AP, and Tolerances for Purchasing, Goods Receipt and Invoice Receipt.
• Configured new Payment Terms including Installment Payment Terms for retentions in the case of contracts.
• Defined special GL accounts for Vendor Down Payments.
• Set Valuation Control, assigned Valuation Area Grouping, defined Valuation Classes, configured Automatic Postings for Goods Movements and Taxes, and set up parameters and default values for Invoice Verification.
• Configured the Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments, defined accounts for Cash Discounts, Rounding Differences, Bank Charges, defined Payment Block Reasons and default values. Defined Tolerances, Reason Codes, and accounts for Payment Differences for Manual Outgoing Payments.
• Configured F.13 and MR11 for automatic GR/IR clearing.
• Set up the Extended Withholding Tax functionality in SAP.
• Provided a list of standard SAP reports and developed custom reports using Report Painter.
• Unit tested the configuration, tested the Procure-to-Pay scenario and conducted a walk-through session for end-users, and verified integration with GL, AR, AA, MM, and CO.
• Trained end-users on FI, CO.

Confidential, KY Jan 05-Nov06
SAP FI/CO Consultant
Environment:SAP R/3, HP QC
Century Aluminum produces various aluminum products. It produces molten, ingot, extrusion bullet and rolled aluminum products. The company has a total capacity of 615,000 of primary aluminum and has direct interest in three plants in America.

Responsibilities in FICO module:

• Extensively worked on vendor master records.
• Client Specific Payment Terms and Payment Method
• Worked on Customer Analysis including Days in Arrears, Payment History, Cash Discount Overview and Credit Limit Display.
• Configured the settings for outgoing payments including Automatic Payment Program.
• Configured cross company code transactions, line item display, and open item processing for G/L.
• Clearing open items, automatic payment and dunning program for the client.
• Responsibilities in CO module:
• Configured settings for Controlling Area and maintained Versions.
• In Cost Element Accounting created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements, worked on Automatic, Manual cost element creation and reconciliation ledger.
• Configuration in Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA) included creation of cost center hierarchy and cost center groups, distribution cycle set up; planned as well as actual.
• Configuration of activity types and planning them on different cost centers, configuration of the system for planned and actual activity price calculations.
• In Cost Center Accounting created cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations and substitutions, distribution and assessment.
• In cost center planning developed planning area, planning layout and planner profile.
• In Internal Orders maintained order types, screen layouts, maintained order groups, status management, overhead costing sheets, maintained settlement rules, settlement profile, planning profile, budget profile, availability control etc.
• Created Internal Order, Order Groups, Budgeting, Corrected Entry Errors and Reposted Transactions.
• In Profit Center Accounting maintained the master data, planning, actual postings and period end closing.
• Generated reports using Report Painter.
• Coordinated overall testing and QA activities required to meet system validation requirements.

Confidential, Hyderabad, India March 03-December 2004
Depository Participant Executive
KARVY Stock Broking Limited, one of the cornerstones of the KARVY edifice, flows freely towards attaining diverse goals of the customer through varied services.

• I had worked withKarvy Stock BrokingLimited as a Depository Participant Executive.
• Managed the day-to-day activities to get a clear view of operationsin the business.
• Maintained the contacts to solve the issues which arise ininternal and external operations.
• Maintained the data of the company and submit the daily reports to the higher management.
• Maintained a team of 20 members and solve the issues which arise in the flow of operations and train the staff.
• Maintained the Depository Participant Data to know how many active accounts are in the business.