SUMMARY

• 19 years of experience; 12+ years’ experience in implementing SAP solutions including FICO, PS, FSCM and supply chain integrated solution.
• Qualified Cost Accountant (equivalent to CIMA) with 7+ Years of exhaustive experience in Financial & management accounting functions across different industries before entering into ERP Profession.
• Also trained in PMP. Experienced in diverse roles as Project leader, Integration manager, Functional consultant, Solution architect and Support analyst.
• Lead teams of SAP functional consultants located at offshore by providing technical guidance, stakeholder management, quality control and communication skills. Experienced in preparing effort estimations, staffing projections, project planning, tracking deliveries, managing Issues and Risks.
• Consistently mentored application support teams involving both internal and external functional consultants. Have been listed as critical functional resource and highly regarded by clients.
• Have very good business knowledge of financial and management accounting combined with exceptional abilities in managing client expectations, negotiating requirements, design /deliver high quality SAP solutions, test and arrange release of developments according to QA and other validation procedures.
• Expert knowledge of FI-MM, FI-SD, CO-PP, FI-HR Integration and good knowledge of P2P and O2C cycles. (Account Determination, Material document postings, COGS, Revenue Recognition, Movement types, Material types, Valuation classes, Valuation groups, Inventory valuation, inter-company trading, Pricing procedures, condition configuration)
• Worked in different project environments like End-to-End implementations, site divestments, development only (onsite/offshore model) and template rollouts etc., across the verticals (Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, engineering, food and consumer goods).
• Experienced in all phases of project (Requirement Study, Analysis & Design of Organizational Structure, Development of Business Process Blueprints, Configuration, Data Migration, Design of Interfaces, Reports and Enhancements, User Training and Post Go-live Support).
• Experienced in conducting training workshops internally and at client sites. Have conducted many workshops with client’s business users on conceptual design, prototype walk throughs and User Training etc.
• Strong capabilities in LSMW, CAT Scripts, Batch Input and Direct Input methods to import master data from legacy systems,
• Expertise in using SAP Query, Report Painter/ Report Writer.
• Experienced in performance analysis and tuning of reports, coding of simple user exits, interfaces using IDOCs, debugging of ABAP code, validation / substitution exits, business events.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Applications: SAP FICO, PS, IM, FSCM, VIM, T&E, SFIN 1709

SAP (Versions): ECC 6.0, S/4 HANA

Platforms: UNIX and Windows’ 95/’98/‘00/NT/2000.

Testing tools: HP Quality Center / HP ALM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior SAP R2R & SFS Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioning as R2R (Record to Report) & SFS (Shared Financial Services) Hub Lead.
• In this role, performed both the responsibilities of Functional consultant & Core SME (Subject Matter Expert)
• Facilitate the support of SAP Financials (focus on FICO Controlling - Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Project System, Results Analysis, Inventory Valuation, Unsettled Costs, Month End Close, Overhead assessment and settlement.)
• Perform detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer requirements
• Designed, configured and tested the FI-MM, FI-SD, CO-PP, FI-HR Integration (Account Determination, Material document postings, COGS, Revenue Recognition, Movement types, Material types, Valuation classes, Valuation groups, Inventory valuation, inter-company trading, Pricing procedures, condition configuration).
• Was also responsible for integration FI /CO with Plant Maintenance, which included integration with MM for Spare parts management, with Asset management for AUC along with CO Integration.
• Was responsible for all the major enhancements involving validations / substitutions / BTE’s which are used extensively at GSK for various controls and reporting requirements of Unison / Bison.
• Build the system for all the local / legal and fiscal requirements for the countries going live.
• Configuring complete asset accounting module along with revaluation of fixed assets. Integrating with Project Systems and Plant Maintenance.
• Worked on GSK trading partner functionality, configured & tested all the intercompany settings, verified all the back to back invoices generated.
• Responsible for design, customize, configure, testing, training and documenting the P-Cards (Procurement Cards) with integration to Fiori
• The rollout includes, implementation of bespoke solutions like Bison (Consolidation system), IPT (Inter-company profit tracking).
• Standard T&E Process including customer workflows for claim approval Credit card clearing and Mini HR Interface
• Build / configured the manufacturing template requirements of SAP FICO modules and wherever there is chance of conflict with the commercial template, regressive testing has been done to confirm that the current configuration changes will not affect the existing functionalities.
• Proto type and testing the end to end scenarios for actual costing with material ledger for Poznan site (Poland) and after formal approval, configured the actual costing configuration and deployed / implemented the solution.
• Proto-type and tested all the scenarios involving UOM conversion from Imperial system to Metrics.
• Configured Cost Center splitting structure, splitting rules and architected the total process for calculating the activity rates by the system replacing the manual process (Sales Volumes from APO -> Long Term Planning -> Cost Center Planning -> Splitting -> Activity Prices). Designed and configured complex CO and FI allocation cycle design for use in activity price calculations.
• Defined variance keys, valuation variants for WIP and scrap, target cost versions for variance calculation and result analysis keys, results analysis version, valuation methods, line ids and assignment for work in process (WIP).to calculate WIP and variances during period end.
• Configured settlement profile, allocation structure, source structure, PA transfer structure. V for period end settlement of process orders (Product Cost by Order)
• Independently handled many custom developments - from gathering the business requirements, presenting the solution to template review board (TRB), designing the solution, preparing the functional specification, thoroughly testing the solution, implementing the solution after training the users.
• Responsible for successfully completing the Product Costing Dry-runs and Live-runs wherein the SAP standard prices will be matched and reconciled to the standard prices submitted to the central team. Used procurement alternatives and mixing ratio, if the site is procuring the incoming materials from other GSK Sites.
• Initially trained the SMAS (Management Accounting Services) team in the process of Month end activities to be followed like how to calculate the MUV (material usage variance) and Overhead recoveries etc., Recently helped the technical team during automation of this process using BOT’s.
• Was also involved in initial design workshops for product costing and integration with IPT solution.
• Extensively worked on OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) for EDI and Non-EDI Based Invoices, Price Dashboard, Quantity Dashboards, responsibility sets & Grant of Authority (GOA).
• Configured & implemented Inhouse Cash solution for the M-ERP template.
• Build the configurations for Dispute Management, Collections Management & Credit Management as per the standard GSK template.
• Responsible for all the R2R data objects viz., GL Masters, Cost Centers, Bank Masters, Project Definitions, Project Budgets, Asset Masters with values & SFS Data objects viz., Bank Masters, HR Masters.
• Experienced in both BODS & DSP (Data Stewardship) for extracting & validating the data.
• Extensive experience in using the LSMW program to migrate the data.
• Extensive experience in all the phases of data journey in a Project from Data harmonization, data cleansing, finalizing the data field definitions (DFD), data objects mapping documentation (DOMD), data collection workbook (DCW), pre-load and post-load verifications in HP ALM.
• Extensively worked on (Payroll, Banking & Tolling Invoice) EDI IDOC - (inbound, outbound, mapping with third-party service providers, message type, segment extension, IDOC monitoring, posting)/ ALE (distribution model maintenance, logical system, ports, partner profiles
• Act as a liaison between the business functions and the technical team.
• Prepared the test script in HP QC / ALM and executed the test script with all the variants.
• Prepared functional specifications for all the ABAP / BI/ BW related developments handled.
• Prepared the unit test scripts and tested the same in testing / verification client.
• Prepared the informal system test scripts and integration test scripts and tested the same in informal quality environment.
• Helped the users while executing the system test scripts and integration test scripts in Formal User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Prepared the configuration documents, Local configuration build list (LCB), Red Book Entries (RBE) and updated them with all the changes made.
• Trained all the business users on the transaction during Business Process Training (BPT).
• Resolved all the issues raised by the users during testing.
• Worked on several development projects and gained extensive experience in Incident Management, Change Management and Problem management, Process in a production support project following the ITIL driven Processes.
• Expert in replicating the cross functional scenarios across different logical systems to find the root cause of the problem and work along with change management team to deploy the necessary changes to fix the problem/Bug.
• Worked on Rev-trac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Responsibilities:

• Functioning as Senior SAP - FICO Consultant
• Involved in restructuring the enterprise structure based on the requirements of the client
• Based on the new chart of accounts, reconfigured GL, AP & AR sub modules of SAP Finance.
• Configured the Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) & Lockbox
• Configured the ACH payment process using automatic payment program
• Reconfigured the automatic account determination for MM / SD modules
• Trained the core team members from Offshore on basic topics and from onsite on critical transactions.
• Configured with the help of SD & ABAP consultants, the chargeback process in standard SAP using SAP compensation management module.
• Preparation of master data templates using win shuttle data migration tool and reviewing the data collected by the users, supporting the users in uploading the master data into QA client.
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Prepared the user manuals for all the business processes of the client.
• Prepared the unit test & integration test scripts.
• Lead the test management for integration and resolved issues triggered by non-conforming business processes at go-live.

Senior SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP - FICO Consultant
• Implementation in Zen Dairy Vertical Methodology
• Study and discuss with the functional Managers to identify and define the business processes,
• Prepared and reviewed Business Blueprint and followed up with the client in signing off
• Prepared and reviewed the GAP analysis document
• Hi-level Demo/Presentation to the Client
• Configuring the New General Ledger functionality viz., document splitting, non-leading ledgers, assigning scenarios and customer fields to ledgers, defining zero-balance clearing account
• Configuration of SAP - FI sub modules - General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable with major business scenarios like Automatic Payment Program, Dunning, Interest Calculation, Foreign currency valuation, Bills Receivable/Payables, Credit Management, Extended withholding tax, Terms of payment including installment methods, financial statement version etc.
• Configuration of Automatic Account determination for MM/SD/PP/PM Modules.
• Defining Validations, Substitutions and writing SAP Query (Quick Viewer)
• Configuring complete asset accounting module along with revaluation of fixed assets.
• Configuration of CO module - Cost element accounting, cost center accounting, profit center accounting, Creation of Standard Hierarchy, Internal Orders, product cost controlling etc.
• Configuration of Costing based profitability analysis and reports using report painter
• Configuring the CIN (Country India Version) to handle the country specific taxation requirements of India.
• Coordinating with technical and other module consultants for integration issues
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Preparation of functional specifications for all the ABAP related developments.
• Preparing Master data upload templates to upload the master data from legacy systems to SAP using LSMW data migration tool.
• Reviewed the unit test and integration test scripts prepared by the team members.
• Handling operational issues as a part of Post Go-live support
• Designed the interface for stock updating and vendor billing from customized milk procurement module with SAP ECC.
• Designed the product costing model based on batch characteristics.
• Designed the Stock Transfer as per clients requirements
• Designed the auto clearing of customer invoices based on First In First Clear model (Incoming Payments)
• Designed the enhancements in COPA for updating the value fields from Z-Table against the batch delivered.

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP - FICO Consultant
• Involved in detailed SAP system study at Andritz Hydro Pvt. Ltd., India for Mandideep and Prithla plants for FICO module.
• Interacted closely with core team members, end users and business process owners.
• Prepared detailed documentation of the existing processes mapped in SAP - FICO module for both the plants and also studied the existing SAP system of the parent company.
• Prepared a GAP document detailing the GAPS existing in the present system, GAPS existing between the processes followed at Mandideep Plant and Prithla Plant.

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP – FICO & PS Consultant
• Involved in rolling out GEA Engineering, environmental engineering and water solutions unit; located at Thane a new plant acquired by GEA Process Engineering (India) Private Limited in FICO and PS modules.
• Configured the SAP system to address the additional business process requirements,
• Designed and mapped the new organization units,
• Imparted training to the core team and end users in FICO and PS modules,
• Preparation of functional specification for the development of new objects,
• Preparation of software change request (SCR) and customizing change request (CCR) documents for program and customization modifications.

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP – FICO Consultant
• Implementation in Zen Dairy Vertical Methodology
• Study and discuss with the functional Managers to identify and define the business processes,
• Prepared and reviewed the ASIS & TOBE Document and Business Blueprint and followed up with the client in signing off the document
• Prepared and reviewed the GAP analysis document and updated the same document with the process of filling the gaps.
• Hi-level Demo/Presentation to the Client
• Designing Organizational Elements for Finance and Controlling module of SAP
• Configuring the New General Ledger functionality viz., document splitting, non-leading ledgers, assigning scenarios and customer fields to ledgers, defining zero-balance clearing account
• Configuration of SAP - FI sub modules – General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable with major business scenarios like Automatic Payment Program, Dunning, Interest Calculation, Foreign currency valuation, Bills Receivable/Payables, Credit Management, Extended withholding tax, Terms of payment including installment methods, financial statement version etc.
• Configuration of Automatic Account determination for MM/SD/PP/PM Modules.
• Defining Validations, Substitutions and writing SAP Query (Quick Viewer)
• Configuring complete asset accounting module along with revaluation of fixed assets.
• Configuring manual and electronic bank reconciliation statements
• Cash and liquidity management for cash forecast and liquidity calculation
• Configuration of CO module – Cost element accounting, cost center accounting, profit center accounting, Creation of Standard Hierarchy, Internal Orders, product cost controlling etc.
• Designed and prepared the functional specifications for developing
• Configuration of Costing based profitability analysis and reports using report painter
• Configuring the CIN (Country India Version) to handle the country specific taxation requirements of India.
• Coordinating with technical and other module consultants for integration issues
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Successfully handled system audit during business print phase and realization phase conducted by SAP.
• Preparation of functional specifications for all the ABAP related developments.
• Preparing Master data upload templates to upload the master data from legacy systems to SAP using LSMW data migration tool.
• Reviewed the unit test and integration test scripts prepared by the team members.
• Handling operational issues as a part of Post Go-live support

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP – FICO, PS & IM Consultant
• Implementation in Zen Life Vertical Methodology
• Project Systems & Investment Management Module Team Lead
• Study and discuss with the functional Managers to identify and define the business processes, GAP analysis, documentation and preparation of user manuals
• Finalization of User Requirement Specification (URS) Document, Documenting the Blueprint as per URS, Customizing the SAP system as per the blue print, documenting the configurations, Unit Test Documentation, User Manuals, Integration Test Documents, preparation of Traceability matrix and interaction with users at different level.
• Demo to the top management
• Configuring the Project Systems Module for R&D Projects
• Configuring the Project Systems Module & Investment Management Module for CAPEX projects.
• Interaction with FICO, MM, PP, SD and HR for cross-module aspects
• Coordinating with ABAP consultants for the development of the ABAP Objects and reports
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Training for BPO’s, CTM’s and end-users.
• Preparation of User Training Material, Design documents.

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP – FICO, PS & IM Consultant
• Study and discuss with the functional Managers to identify and define the business processes, GAP analysis, documentation and preparation of user manuals
• Configuration of FI sub modules – General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable with major business scenarios like Automatic Payment Program, Dunning, Interest Calculation, Bills Receivable/Payables, Credit Management, etc.
• Configuration of Automatic Account determination for MM/SD/PP/PM Modules.
• Cash and liquidity management for cash forecast and liquidity calculation
• Configuration of CO module – Cost element accounting, cost center accounting, profit center accounting, Creation of Standard Hierarchy, Internal Orders, valuation of WIP, settlements etc.
• Configuration of Product Cost Controlling & Profit Center Accounting.
• Configuration of Costing based profitability analysis and reports using report painter
• Configuration of segmental accounting using New GL methodology.
• Configuring the CIN (Country India Version) to handle the country specific taxation requirements of India.
• Configuring the Project Systems Module for R&D Projects, Registration Projects
• Configuring the Project Systems Module & Investment Management Module for CAPEX projects.
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Investment program, appropriation request, activated standard workflow for approval of appropriation request, release procedure
• PS structures included standard and operative WBS and network activities.
• Functionalities included Budgeting, Budget availability control, User status controls and authorizations,
• Settlement and automatic settlement rule generation,
• Work center capacity planning and leveling,
• Assignment of engineering drawing to project structures.
• Demo to the top management
• Interaction with MM, PP, SD and HR for cross-module aspects
• Coordinating with ABAP consultants for the development of the ABAP Objects and reports
• Training for BPO’s, CTM’s and end-users.
• Undertaken User Training and the Preparation of User Training Material, Design documents.
• Configuring the DMS Module.

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as SAP - FICO & PS Consultant
• Configuration of FI sub modules – General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable with major business scenarios like Automatic Payment Program, Dunning, Interest Calculation, Bills Receivable/Payables, Credit Management, etc.
• Configuration of Automatic Account determination for MM/SD Modules.
• Configuration of Asset Management Configuration.
• Configuration of Profit Center Accounting.
• Configuration of Profitability Analysis.
• Configuration of PS structures included standard and operative WBS and network activities.
• Configured functionalities including Budgeting, Budget availability control, User status controls and authorizations,
• Configuration of PS Settlement and automatic settlement rule generation,
• Configuration of PS Work center capacity planning and leveling,
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Prepared Blueprint, User Manuals, and Test Scripts for the business processes.
• Prepared and tested the integration test scripts.
• Successfully demonstrated the end to end process of the vertical to top management
• Interaction with MM and SD for cross-module aspects

SAP Functional FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as an associate FICO Consultant
• Implementation in Zen Engineering Vertical Methodology
• Undertaken User Training and the Preparation of User Training Materials based on the finalizedbusiness process master list (BPMLT)
• Preparation of User Acceptance Test (UAT) Scripts and guiding the core team while executing the UAT’s
• Preparing master data and opening balance upload templates to upload the data from legacy systems to SAP using LSMW data migration tool.
• Worked on Revtrac process for all the configuration changes and also worked on Solman to update the project documentation.
• Training the users on LSMW tool.
• Reviewed the data collected by the users and guided the core team while uploading the data into quality and production clients (master data & opening balance)
• Resolving issues faced by both the Core team and End Users during Post Go Live Operations and
• Interacting with the ABAP team for development of reports and scripts.

Junior Accounts Officer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of statutory books of accounts & financial statements
• Liaisoning and negotiating with banks & financial institutions for raising fund and preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement.
• Monitoring the inward/outward flow of funds, ensuring optimum utilization of available funds.
• Liaisoning with auditors during finalization of Accounts.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory tax acts.
• Preparing and submitting monthly operating results
• Measures of Performance report
• Preparation of Budgets reports quarterly and yearly