OBJECTIVE:

An accomplished career oriented professional in SAP ERP Finance & Controlling seeking progressively responsible management position where I can leverage my skills and knowledge in SAP Solutions. Being a Canadian citizen with a Canadian Passport, I am eligible to work in Canada and as well as be on a project internationally.

PROFILE:

• Certified SAP FI and CO Consultant with 10+ years of experience as SAP FI Consultant/Analyst, Business Analyst and Financial Analyst role, with 2 life - cycle implementation experience.
• Demonstrated and hands on experience in:
• Integration of FI with MM, SD and CO.
• Configuration expertise in New General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Account Receivable Asset Accounting, Profit Center, Cost Center, and Internal Orders in 4.7 and ECC 6.0 environment.
• Knowledge of COPA and Product Costing.
• Using LSMW tool for conversion from legacy to SAP.
• Various stages of implementing SAP Solutions: From Blue Print to Go-Live.
• SAP Process flow Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay
• Preparing End user Manuals for FICO
• Conducting User for FICO end users.
• Involved in As Is—To Be and conducting gap analysis.
• Developing and executing Test Plans and Test Scripts for Unit Testing and UAT to test each customized and configured components and scenarios to ensure that the expected results meet the actual requirements.
• Coordinating, managing, reporting and finding solutions for the issues arising from unit and user acceptance testing.
• Worked on the Purchase Order Material Management, Sales Orders Sales and Distribution, Inter Entity Order Sales Orders Purchase Orders, Stock Transport Orders.
• Worked on the Idocs ALE and EDI support.
• Knowledge of Transitioning to IFRS in SAP ERP Financials.
• Involved in preparing Business Process documents.
• Excellent Accounting and Finance working experience with good understanding of IFRS and IAS and Degree in Accounting, with hands on experience in preparation of Balance Sheet and Financial Statement
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• MS Office, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Publisher, Project
• QuickBooks, Yardi, Simply Accounting, Lotus notes, Excel and Access
• Sap Basis, Fico, MM and SD
• SQL, Oracle and People soft

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP Financial System AnaIyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported SAP implementations of new locations, software upgrades, new functionality, and business process improvements. Developed new reporting as required to support implementations.
• Assisted end user integration testing for all SAP implementations and enhancements. Includes coordinating and reporting end user test results. Prepares documentation on SAP functionality and processes. Assisted in providing to global accounting end users for new functionality or business process improvements.
• Developed standardized global Accounting processes and procedures and created process documentation. Reviewed existing business processes for opportunities to develop synergies, efficiencies, improvements or enhancements.
• Organized and executed new projects as assigned by manager to develop SAP business process improvements and new SAP functionality. Worked with SAP IT financial analysts to configure, test and implement SAP functionality for implementation of new or existing processes as well as changes required for issue resolution.
• Responsible for managing master data and business processes related to SAP Finance modules with the focus on Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Sales and Distribution.
• Reviewed customer and vendor master data creation and maintenance to ensure consistencies and synergies to enhance the business process efficiencies.
• Maintained and evaluate improvements in pricing condition tables to be utilized for customer and inter-entity invoicing.
• Maintained sales account determination tables to ensure proper accounting postings. Includes intercompany accounting, reason code processing, and customer discounts and adjustments. In addition, assisted with Inter-entity Accounting processing
• Responsible for preparing and maintaining end user reports created in Report Writer and Report Painter. For cost center reporting, Profit center reporting and Trial balance reports.
• Using Quick Query, Queries, Info sets, User groups, report painter and writer, libraries, report groups in SQVI, SQ01, SQ02, SQ03, GRRI, GR31,GR21 and GR55.
• Prepared documentation on SAP functionality and processes. Provided to global accounting end users for new functionality or business process improvements as well as implementations of new locations and upgrades. Provides new and existing employees with on-going as required.
• Supported end users in SAP accounting processes, globally, including month-end close process. Liaisons between the IT SAP Finance team and end users to help resolve complex problems and issues related to SAP Finance and Controlling modules.
• Worked on the Purchase Order Material Management, Sales Orders Sales and Distribution, Inter Entity Order Sales Orders Purchase Orders, Stock Transport Orders.
• Worked on the Idocs ALE and EDI support.
• Worked on the integration of SAP MM and SD with FI - OBYC and VKOA

SAP FICO CONSULTANT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured organizational structures of FI and CO.
• Configured Global Chart of Accounts, GL master, No ranges, Account groups, and Field Status Groups.
• Defined Posting Period Variant, Field Status Variant, Fiscal Year Variant and assigned Company code.
• Defined GL Account groups, Reconciliation accounts, Vendor/Customer accounts, Payment terms and discounts
• Define tolerance group for employees and GL accounts.
• Created functional specifications for House Bank.

SAP FICO CONSULTANT & SUPPORT

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Assigned document number range and intervals, define posting period variant and configured open and close posting period.
• Involved in As Is-To Be analysis.
• Configured House bank in CAD and USD currency. (FI12) Set up automatic payment program.
• Created check lots and define void reason codes. Created dunning procedure and define dunning reasons block.
• Setup fiscal year variant, GL account group, Field status variant.
• Maintain tax code, assign tax code for non-taxable transaction and specify GL account for different tax code for automatic posting.
• GL account for automatic posting (OB40):
• Setup Fiscal year variant and define tolerance group for vendors and customers.
• Define tolerance group for employees and GL accounts.
• Carried out integration of FI with MM by mapping GL with valuation class and movement type.
• Set up cash journal, define number range and setup print parameter.
• Created primary and secondary cost element.
• Worked with ABAPer in uploading GL and Cost Center Master data from legacy to SAP using LSMW.
• Working with cost center accounting, created cost centers, activity types.
• Set up profit centers standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, maintain document type, and maintain number range.
• Configured dunning procedures, setting up dunning interval, level, dunning charges. Assisted ABAPer in customizing dunning forms and assign dunning forms to procedure.
• Prepared business process procedure for FICO sub module
• Responsible for configuration of asset classes, account determination, screen layout key, allocation of number ranges, valuation of assets in different depreciation areas, asset acquisition, transfer, settings for depreciation runs.
• Assisted in data migration of fixed assets from legacy to SAP.
• Prepared user manuals for FICO and conducted for end users
• Involved in developing of Unit and User acceptance Testing scripts and resolving issues arising during the test
• Supported end user in post go live scenario by assisting user in posting documents, analysis variances, ran payment program, settle internal order, issues in billing documents, manual and electronics bank statement.

SAP FICO CONSULTANT & SUPPORT

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business blueprint, and Realization phase, testing and go-live Support.
• Configured organizational structures of FI and CO.
• Configured Global Chart of Accounts, GL master, No ranges, Account groups, and Field Status Groups.
• Defined Posting Period Variant, Field Status Variant, Fiscal Year Variant and assigned Company code.
• Defined GL Account groups, Reconciliation accounts, Vendor/Customer accounts, Payment terms and discounts
• Assisted with configuration of multiple foreign currencies, exchange rate types, and exchange rate differences.
• Created functional specifications for House Bank.
• Created controlling master data for cost centers, cost elements, and internal orders.
• Assisted in the creation of cost center standard hierarchy.
• Set up profit centers, dummy profit center, maintain document type, and maintain number range.
• Chart of Depreciation for the new Company code
• Linked Chart of Depreciation to Chart of Account for the new Company code.
• Linked Depreciation areas with the Chart of Depreciation.
• Assisted in the configuration of asset classes, account determination, depreciation key, screen layout key, allocation of number ranges and intervals.
• Carried out integration of FI with MM by mapping GL with valuation class and movement type.
• Defined account category s and configured automatic postings for FI-MM account determination.
• Prepared test script for unit testing and UAT.
• Assisted in the preparation of end user manual for FI user and delivered to end user.

SAP FICO BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gather user requirement, define business process flows and prepare detailed methods and procedure related to SAP solution.
• Involved in As Is - To Be analysis.
• Coordinates with development team and project manager throughout the development lifecycle to ensure requirements are developed and delivered to specification.
• Ensured that all the business requirements are met by continuously validating the configuration.
• Liaises with users to troubleshoot and resolve application problem and did gap analysis.
• Prepared detailed business process procedure documentation in a manner easily understood by end user and supported their .
• Assisted in data migration from legacy to sap system.
• Analyze gap between current business process and SAP best practice in order to recommend a preferred implementation, coordinate with ABAPer for development of reports and scripts.
• Involved in develop RICEF and coordinate with technical team to ensure proper implementation of such components.
• Took part in meetings with senior business analyst, functional consultants and managers.
• Participated in developing of Unit Testing scripts.

APPLICATION SUPPORT ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and guided customer while troubleshooting technical issue during installation of different softwares.
• Identified customers needs and find resolutions that meet those needs, while keeping the customer informed via phone and/or email throughout the installation/troubleshooting process.
• Collaborated on cross-team and cross product technical issues by working with resources from other groups (Hardware Manufacturers, Software Vendors, and other platforms of Operating Systems) as needed to resolve customer issues.

SUPPORT ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and guided customer while troubleshooting technical issue during installation of Vista.
• Identified customers needs and find resolutions that meet those needs, while keeping the customer informed via phone and/or email throughout the installation/troubleshooting process.
• Collaborated on cross-team and cross product technical issues by working with resources from other groups (Hardware Manufacturers, Software Vendors, and other platforms of Operating Systems) as needed to resolve customer issues.

FINANCIAL ANALYST

Confidential, Arlington, IL

Responsibilities:

• Prepare a monthly management reporting package including variance analyses, and review the results with managers.
• Prepare financial plans including an annual budget, annual Long Range Plan, forecasts, latest estimates, and cash flows, in collaboration with managers.
• Prepare consolidated financial reporting and analysis for senior management.
• Analysis of monthly sales and operational variances versus budget and actual reporting of such results.
• Work closely with various departments to ensure consistency in financial reporting, with the ability to multitask and work within tight deadlines.
• Prepare sales forecast and analyze cash flow for assigned programs from data supplied by functional

Confidential

Financial Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing the day to day accounting function, reviewing all GL entries and monitoring payroll
• Liaise with the various financial executives from each subsidiary regarding any issues as it relates to finance and accounting.
• Manage and forecast cash flow, short term investments and collections.
• Prepare and monitor financial and operating budgets of area of responsibility.
• Monthly Financial reporting, including quarterly reviews and variance analysis
• Ensure internal controls processes are in accordance to policies and procedures.
• Ensured that the compliance with statutory requirements is adhered too.
• Supervise accounting staff, propose staffing solutions, and development opportunities; and provide input into salary recommendations and performance evaluations.