SUMMARY:

• Over all 10+ years of SAP experience and Talented Functional consultant with deep expertise related to Design and Implementation of SAP FI/CO module
• Experience in Implementing SAP FI - GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Controlling (Versions ECC, S4/HANA), Extensive Experience in SAP Configuration, Implementation, Production Support, Business Process and Digital Transformation.
• Hands on experience in designing, configuring and supporting SAP FICO Processes including GL, AR, AP, Banking, CO, Costing, COPA
• Led Integration effort with MM, SD, ARIBA, Concur, VIM Open Text, Vertex, and others
• 2 Full Life Cycle Implementation with extensive production support experience
• Efficient in testing, cutover activities, leading offshore team
• Designed extensive enhancements and ability to work in details with Development
• Excellent background in managing and planning project.
• Dependable team player with strong orientation and analytical mind.
• Proficient in Project Management skills, leading, and delegating abilities.
• Proficient with Microsoft products (Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
• Superior time management, organization and prioritization skills.
• SAP ECC 6.0, SAP S4 HANA Central Finance FICO
• Willingness to learn new technologies and software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Denver, CO

SAP FICO Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on GE Current carved Out project for FI/CO and purchasing modules
• Activated the New G/L and assigning to company code and defining according to US GAAP.
• Support SAP FICO handle trouble issue related with SAP FICO and enhancement new/existing program based on user requirement. As part of the Production Support Team worked closely with Technical and Functional consultants of other modules to resolve the issues as per priorities.
• Analyzed FICO related trouble tickets, discussed with the Business Users, determined the root causes and resolved them in timely manner.
• Worked on ARIBA integration with SAP, Travel and Expense invoices and non-merchandise PO’s, GR and IR
• Defined financial statements version for internal and external user groups.
• Defined and customized customer master data - Cash management group, Interest calculation, Terms of payment, Credit memo payment terms, Alternative payer, Dunning procedure, Payment notices and Correspondence.
• Configured the Bank accounts, Cash management and functional specifications for Lockbox (report program: RFEBLBR1) layout.
• Defined and customized vendor master data - Cash management group, Interest calculations, Payment terms, Credit memo terms and set up payment banks.
• Knowledge of S4 HANA Finance Enterprise Management 1809 and Central Finance.
• Working knowledge of SAP Simple Finance on Premise Business edition involving SAP Accounting, SAP Cash Management and SAP Integrated Business Planning for Finance

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP FICO (Business Segment Finance IT Operations)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the existing legacy system, gathered functional requirements through user meetings, gap analysis, participated in process improvement teams and produced the functional requirements document.
• Configured General Ledger by creating Master records, accounts groups, number ranges and G/L accounts for each company code, accounts maintenance and preparation to master files.
• Led Vertex Integration for all Tax calculations
• Migrated master data and transactions using Migration Cockpit
• Customized screen layouts for document entry at account/document levels.
• Configured and customized Asset Accounting Module. Configured depreciation areas, defined assets classes, account determinations, screen layout key, allocate number ranges to assets classes, defined the classes of assets, capitalization procedures and depreciation calculations.
• Designed CapEx (Capital Investment) project with Asset Accounting
• Designed Lock Box for Check customer in cash application
• Designed and configured Automatic Payment Program for various payment methods
• Prepared master data for AR and AP along with Open Item processing settings, Incoming Invoices/Credit Memos (terms of payment), Outgoing Payment, Incoming Payment, Dunning, Open item Clearing, Down-payment received, and Down-payment made.
• Worked on Transactions, Check Deposit and Payment Transactions related to Bank Accounting.
• Set up Cost Center Accounting including Enterprise organization, Master data, Cost Centers, Activity types.
• Tested the settings on the development server and transported the settings onto the testing server for user testing and confirmation and transported into the production server after user confirmation.
• System configuration and testing in the areas of FI-GL transactions, configuring adjustment accounts for GL, AP.
• Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.
• Led S4 HANA readiness taskforce and implemented POC for Finance
• Trained End-Users and ensured documentation are done as per the company’s standard
• Led various POCs (Proof of Concept) with vendors
• Streamline Supply chain operation with various SAP and none-SAP projects like Ariba, VIM, RPA, and RFID adaptation
• Designed all Finance and Controlling Enhancements like expanding coding block, adopting multiple GRIR Accounts, Customer Substations, labor allocation and cost distribution
• Implemented Overhead calculation using costing sheet and custom methods
• Designed costing variant and variance analysis
• Re-engineered WIP analysis and calculation
• Implemented COPA Account based and Cost Based with COGS Splitting and 35 characteristics for segment profitability reposting.
• Led VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) Open-Text with 17 enhanced Process Options and 26 Workflow agents.
• Re-designed intercompany design and 3rd party stock ownership
• Designed various EDI and IDoCs interfaces with various key strategic suppliers for PO processing, delivery notification, ASN, Inventory replenishment messages and others.
• Designed EBS (Electronic Bank Statement) for Bank Reconciliation and search string design
• Helped the company speed up order fulfillment with 15% and increase visibility on supply chain to near real-time for piping business.
• Managed the SAP ECC FICO, BW and BPC data migration, requirements gathering, functional and technical creation and review.
• Supported SAP BPC for finance, created cost centers, asset classes, internal orders, BPC reports and input templates for BI month end report.
• Supported the development of business process flow in BPC for major process and interface efforts.
• Provide support, data and information for SAP FICO BPC, BI/BW elements, objects, deliverables and developments.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP FI-CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Defined expense accounts, revenue accounts for realized exchange rate difference, differentiated the accounts by currency, exchange rate gains, and exchange rate losses and then posted to separate accounts for the individual currencies and foreign currency valuations.
• Customized and implemented the revenue recognition, including the customization for FI accounts for unbilled and deferred revenue.
• Configured dunning program, dunning levels, dunning areas and dunning forms for each company at company code level. Configured payment terms for dunning, for over-due interest calculations, for down payments and automatic clearing of line items. Report specifications to ABAP programmers regarding report format objects of the report, technical information i.e. tables fields and then testing.
• Implemented New GL, activated new Ledger, performed document splitting, Parallel Accounting and periodic processing. Configured Lockbox Application conforming to BAI2 format.
• Preparation of Revenue Accounts and Assignment of GL accounts. Maintained the Budget Profiles and set the tolerance limit for the availability control
• Configured Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions. Defining Settlement Rules and creating Selection Variants.
• Created documentation for the Fixed Assets module for the client from scratch. Worked on testing the new Fiscal Year Variant and its impact on Fixed Assets. Fixed Production support issues related to Fixed Assets.
• Involved in solving Depreciation key related issues. Built good interaction with technical people when working on Enhancements.
• Configuring all business transactions for Accounts Payable and Account Receivables including the Payment Program Configuration to generate the Payment Advice notes and to print the checks to make the payment for all Account Payable that are due, clearing of vendor and customer accounts that are due Items, Bank Master Data, House Banks for payment Program, and Credit Management.
• Creation of Tolerance groups for GR/IR clearing. Revise and delete Terms of Payment.
• Created Chart of Accounts, Asset Classes, Master Data, Valuation, and Asset types, Allocations of number ranges and transfers of legacy data in Asset Management Module.
• Defined Depreciation areas, Depreciation terms, and periodic processing. Configuring Account Determinations, Depreciation Keys and Number Ranges for Asset Classes. Configuring Account Assignments for Asset Acquisitions, Retirements and Inter-company transfers.

Confidential, Nigeria

SAP FI-CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for FI-GL, AP, AR, SD CO-CCA, IO and PS.
• Configured and customized Chart of accounts, Company code Global Parameters, Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Account Groups, Field Status Groups, and Tolerance Groups.
• Implemented New GL, activated new Ledger, performed document splitting, Parallel Accounting and periodic processing.
• Migrated various master data and transaction using LSMW, BDC, Batch Input Session and custom programs
• Re-engineered Drop-ship process and Intercompany Billing Process
• Implemented COPA Cost base and created custom reports
• Migrated GL, AR, AP, AA, Material Inventory in to ECC from JD Edward
• Configured Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions.
• Configured and Customized CO - General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling, Cost Center Accounting; and Internal Orders.
• Accounts Receivable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Order to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms), Dunning.
• Accounts Payable: Building AP Business module, Configuring and Customizing vendor master data, vendor account groups, define sensitive fields for dual control, House banks, Invoice processing, Document parking, Outgoing payment, Reporting, Check printing, Voiding checks, matching invoice with purchase.
• Asset Accounting: Configuring of Asset Accounting, Structuring Fixed asset design, integration with the GL, defining asset classes, depreciation areas, Configure (Base, Balance and Multilevel) depreciation methods.
• Worked on period-end-closing, fiscal-yearend-closing, material ledger, actual costing, profitability analysis, profit center accounting, and reconciliation issues.
• Mapped current data, tables and other reports to SAP.
• Reviewed and delivered functional specifications to developers in order to meet business requirements.