SUMMARY

• Overall 20 years of experience including 15 years of experience in SAP FICO domain.
• Comprehensive knowledge in configuration, implementation, ASAP methodology, system design, custom developments and gathering business requirements.
• Robust SAP business process experience in Industry Specific Solution (IS - U) for Utilities industry, Industry Sector, Financial Services & Manufacturing.
• Extensive experience in 3 full life cycle SAP implementation & 4 Rollouts projects.
• Extremely strong functional, conceptual and problem-solving skills.
• Effective program manager and a strong communicator who can help to define, drive and execute project/strategy vision.
• Had worked in Rollouts, Upgrades, Full life cycle implementation, Projects & Support for FICO module, along with cross module skills.
• Project management experience with Microsoft Project includes managing timelines, resources, prioritizing activities, monitoring milestones, Gantt chart analysis, and critical factors and reworking the project for changing project scope, timelines and resources availability. Other project management skills include managing team, issue logs, conducting Blueprint Workshops, using MS Power Point, MS Excel.
• Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI/CO modules - New GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Treasury, Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). Product costing (CO-PC) and Special Purpose Ledger Integration of FI with MM and SD with Procure to Pay and Order to cash Cycles.
• Proficient in all aspects of Project Systems including Planning, Budgeting and Cost allocation.
• Working knowledge of creating different kind of profiles such as, WBS elements, Network and their activities, cost planning and budgeting.
• Extensive experience in Lockbox configuration and processing, Automatic processes like payment program and dunning program.
• Thorough understanding of a customized SAP system.
• Thorough understanding of SAP system from business process, cross functional and integration viewpoints.
• In-depth knowledge in configuration, implementation, ASAP methodology, system design, development and gathering user requirements.
• Experience in Blueprint, Configuration, Unit, Regression, User Acceptance, Integration Testing, Training, Documentation and Production support.
• Special emphasis on Data Migration specifications with BDC, Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects.
• Extensive experience in developing specifications for Interfaces and Custom Reports.
• Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE & EDI), user-exits, and reporting tools.
• Active member in conducting the team meetings, customer feedback meetings & self-assimilation programs.
• Knowledge in identifying, testing and documenting of SAP application controls in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP FICO Solution Architect/Domain Manager

Confidential - Livermore, CA

Responsibilities:

• Involved in SAP rollout for Confidential Europe Positioning, B.V." in Netherlands.
• Handled Data Migration for FICO (Master & Transaction Data) objects & few cross-module objects in TEP rollout.
• Project Manager for Concur Expense & Lockbox projects.
• Extensive Business-to-SAP migration and integration expertise.
• SAP support of all active units and departments of POC using SAP with primary focus area on FICO.
• Working with Finance team and management to identify improvements and execute identified projects within Confidential release processes.
• Introduced new processes/processes corrections, standards and best practices in a diverse fast changing environment.
• Specialized in SAP FI/CO, Security and SOD models, Solution Manager and Project Management.
• Highly experience in billing plan, revenue recognition & subscriptions business process.
• Implemented Concur expense application with SAP connector ability.
• Involving in SAP Hybris project and currently it’s in design phase.
• Designed security roles for BPC web application.

SAP FICO

Confidential - Fremont, CA

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Confidential SAP implemention as FICO SME.
• Involved in reviewing design & configuration in SAP implementation project.
• Gathered information on legacy business processes and new requirements.
• Mapping the source data element for each data element in the target environment (Data Mapping).
• Handled Data Migration for FICO (Master & Transaction Data) ojbects & few cross module objects.
• Suggested changes in business process that would enable to implement and use standard SAP solution
• Support for Post Go live and stabilization phase.
• Implemented Enhancement & Fixes.
• Involve in security role design meeting SOX compliance.
• Handled CO-PA reconciliation (Revenue & COGS) Project.
• Resolved cross module issues.

Assistant Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked for PSEG, ABB & Eli Lilly clients behalf of Tata Consultancy Services ( Confidential ).
• Implemented New GL, Activated new Ledger, Performed document splitting, Parallel Accounting and periodic processing.
• Problem determination includes re-creating the issues, determining the point of failure by stepping through the ABAP Code and identifying the problem resolution.
• Responsible for detailed problem determination of issues escalated from Level-1.
• If the resolution is a major development or configuration fix, provided the necessary change detail to Level 3.
• Able to understand both the standard application features (i.e. out of the box functionality) as well as the detailed components of the customized features.
• Involved in 24/7 support which includes monitoring scheduled jobs in Maestro.
• Co-ordination of problem tickets with offshore resources (functional as well as technical) to ensure that the tickets are resolved within the stipulated SLAs.
• Ensured that offshore team resources are properly loaded, helped them in solving tickets where required and ascertained that the tickets are resolved well within the stipulated SLA timelines set.
• Configuration of Asset Accounting Module Integrating with PS Module.
• Responsible for resolving FICO, FERC, PS and cross module production tickets.
• Performed onsite-offshore coordination and allocation of work for support & project deliveries.
• Implemented Garnishments process > Implemented ACH transfers to Pennsylvania & New Jersey.
• Implemented Solar Loan Project in SAP
• Prepared project proposals, effort estimations & planning.
• Conducted workshops to business users & executives.
• Involved in data migration from legacy system to SAP at AUABB.
• Quality assurance and activity tracking using IQMS tool.
• Applying coding standards using ASA (Automated Standards Analyzer) and reporting of compliance to standards for development and coding.
• Testing of the components developed using TCA tool.
• Analyzing code defects and carrying out root cause analysis of the bugs using CA tool.
• Provided post implementation support to Eli Lilly from offshore.
• Applied coding standards using ASA (Automated Standards Analyzer) and reporting of compliance to standards for development and coding.
• Facilitated user acceptance testing in coordination with Eli Lilly Business Analysts and Users.
• Facilitated Integration and Regression testing in coordination with Eli Lilly QA Group.

SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and customized Chart of accounts, Company code Global Parameters, Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Account Groups, Field Status Groups, and Tolerance Groups.
• Automatic Account Determination, GR/IR, Down Payments.
• Extensively exposed to integration issues of FI with MM and SD.
• Preparation of Revenue Accounts and Assignment of GL accounts.
• Providing Functional Consultancy on Module specific issues.
• Knowledge sharing with end users on encountered problem with solution.
• Resolved customer queries according to their priority.
• Was SAP roll out team member for IOCL client in two states (Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh) .
• Mapped business process from legacy to SAP along with training to process in SAP.
• Handled data center migration for FICO objects and successfully reconciled.
• Prepared documentation for End-Users.
• Provided end-user training & post go-Live support .
• Resolved client queries with the help of internal senior resources.
• Involved in BRD Reviews (Business Requirement Documents).
• Prepared ADDs (Application Design Documents) for SAP finance sub-modules i.e., AR, AP AM & GL.