SUMMARY

• A multi - skilled technical and functional SAP certified functional professional with over 6 years’ experience (including ECC 6.0, SAP S/4HANA simple finance experience platforms) designing, implementing, testing and supporting multiple SAP FICO, FICA, Corporate projects.
• A motivated self-starter, well proficient in best practices template, able to quickly grasp issues with great attention to details.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• SAP Simple Finance
• SAP Fiori Apps
• Configuration of General Ledger Accounting
• New Asset Accounting integration with PS and IM
• Management Accounting
• API Invoicing, FI month and year end closing and withholding tax configuration
• Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), Lockbox, EDI 820, 823 etc.
• (Classic & New GL) covering design, development and post go-live support
• Dispute Management
• Collections Management
• Bank Communications Management
• Credit Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led discussion on SAP Simple Finance project initiation, requirements gathering and blueprinting.
• Configured the new GL functionality (Segment Reporting, implementation of parallel accounting methods and document splitting).
• Configured AR/AP for customers based upon interest calculation on items, account balance configuration, validation of substitution rules for documents, recurring entries, taxes, currencies and correspondence.
• Enhanced the intercompany clearing process by using the functional module to update the assignment field for matching records of AR and AP documents.
• Upgraded auto clear program to process more open item after lockbox is processed.
• Configured automatic payment program, which included creation of house banks, company code payment methods, employee tolerances, terms of payment, and reason codes.
• Configured the organizational units, master data and document types in line with the requirement captured in the blueprint phase.
• Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for business partners, G/L accounts and users.
• Configured partial payments, exchange rate differences, payment advices, payment proposal/payment schedule, payment run, and payment media.
• Refined and harmonised month end closing process eliminating inefficient activities leading to reduction in the closing cycle
• Led design of new Finance close (month, quarter & year-end) strategy and implementation of SAP Financial Closing Cockpit 2.0 with Business Process Automation (FCC with BPA) to streamline and automate the close processes across multiple applications.
• Successfully transformed resource intensive, offline consolidation process to fully automated solution using existing SAP applications.
• Recommended CAPEX process updates, integrating capital investments budgets into SAP, use of portal based forms and workflows to facilitate and smoothen approval process/work flow between teams and integration of asset tagging technology.
• Collaborate with SAP and non-SAP technical teams for technical specifications and development of customized objects.
• Implementation of desktop and mobile Fiori apps

Confidential

SAP FICO (Finance & Controlling) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successfully developed R2R visions and maturity models, identified development path to achieve targets solutions
• Successfully evaluated processes/system constraints, developed/lead global R2R discovery activities, document observations and provide capability scoring which translated into a transformational roadmap presented to senior management
• Communicated solutions options and rationale for each roadmap items to global process owners and steering committee. chosen Independent trusted advisor to Finance VPs and responsible for relationship management between Finance and project team i.e. solutions, process, technology, people aspects of changes to deliver strategic outcomes
• Completed analysis of existing BPML and finalised for Finance, Treasury, Planning & Consolidation.
• Analysed and distilled SAP S/4 simplification list into functional requirements during assessment phase of the Conversion project
• Successfully lead implementation of document splitting and ledger approach during the migration phase of the project.
• Transform month end closing process with SAP Financial Closing cockpit 2.0 eliminating inefficient activities leading to reduction in the closing cycle.
• Involved in gathering requirements of existing system, identifying the non-value adding events, to follow ASAP Methodology.
• Analysed Customers/Vendor master data in legacy system & completed conversion to business partners during go-live.
• Documented test plan and coordinated Finance activities during various testing phase to ensure that no business process is impacted.
• Managed support queues for Finance and ensure tickets are addressed timely and accurately by both SAP functional and the remote support teams, monitor SLAs as well as pre-emptive identification of trends and areas for training/improvement.
• Configured and implemented assets accounting (FI-AA) and conducted workshops for Asset Accounting business processes, as well as periodic task.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed New GL specification and completed detailed business blueprint documentation
• Completed extensive analysis of document types & GL account usage company-wide covering 4-year period, result of which became the requirements for document splitting set-up, GL account item category assignments & document type assignment to business process.
• Delivery of segment reporting & parallel ledger functionality reflecting group IFRS ledger, countries local statutory ledger & tax ledger
• Implementation of New GL foreign currency revaluation and translation specific changes and tested new revaluation & translation programs.
• Completed New GL specific asset accounting changes including parallel ledger functionality in FI-AA
• Supported all build activities and SAP client copies for multiple migration dress rehearsals
• Completed specification for reports & programs used during all migration phases of the project
• Successfully lead and coordinated all global change managements activities and ensure all testing team remain engaged throughout the duration of the test phases
• Manage implication of New GL changes on key integration points between Finance and all functional modules, HR/Payroll, MM, SD, (Nota fiscal Brazil) etc.
• Coordinated and delivered post New GL go-live global training initiatives

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for process improvements, which included estimating projects, designing project plans, held update meetings with stakeholder and supported teams.
• Hosted workshops with all business parties involved to gather business requirements.
• Helped design, customize, configure and testing of FI/CO modules
• Presented requirements and solutions to senior management.
• Managed the delivery of business change and business readiness, working closely with the business to ensure the solution is delivered at a high quality.
• Coordinated testing, cutover activities, and managed post go-live support for SAP system.
• Managed offshore team, organizing testers, test scripts, and delegating workload.
• Responsible for collating and preparing the governance pack and leading governance meetings.
• Timely and accurate completion of deliverables, including production of MI, resource and milestone tracking, ensuring mitigating actions are in place where required.
• Delivered weekly status report and lead status meetings and all other project related meetings.
• Investigated, escalated and ensured that all project risks were effectively resolved.
• Managed stakeholder expectations and relationships and ensured stakeholder satisfaction is achieved.
• Created and monitored budgets for multiple projects, including monthly production of financial forecasts.

Confidential

Financial Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and produced the monthly consolidated profit and loss and balance sheet and all other external reporting deliverables for Confidential Group.
• Prepared year-end accounts including the notes to the accounts.
• Reviewed journals prepared by the offshore team.
• Reviewed site submissions of data and ensure that these are correct and in accordance with IFRS.
• Prepared the analytical review of the groups financial information and disclosures.
• Directed, guided and assisted the off-shore teams in the performance of their work.
• Prepared and produced other adhoc reports.

Confidential

Group Consolidation Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Loading initial files unto Hyperion, carrying out integrity checks, reconciling intercompany balances and resolving differences, booking corporate adjustments such as tax, and other standard consolidation entries.
• Maintain analysis of consolidation entities and analysis of intercompany profit eliminations.
• Analysis of foreign exchange rate, comparisons and movements.
• Preparation of the monthly management accounts, including the Board report and sales reporting.
• Production of detailed analysis pack and assisting in production of the Board presentation pack.
• Prepared monthly flash reports, KPIs, analysis of EBITA, financial bridges and variances.