SUMMARY

• 13 years of SAP experience with 11 years of functional experience in finance and accounting.
• Experienced in implementation and post go - live support
• Responsible for pre-sales marketing, analyze and recommend business process development, security and audit tools and post-implementation client-support,
• Experience in the areas of General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Credit Management, Lockbox Accounting, Dispute Management, Vendor Invoice Management, Cost Center, Internal order, Profit center, New GL accounting, Product Costing, COPA, SD and MM integration.
• Well versed with High Radius application (bolt-on for SAP) for Cash application and dispute management.
• Working experience with Vendor Invoice Management (VIM)
• Individual with good analytical and organizational skills.
• Liaison with client for requirement gathering, mapping client business processes to FICO module in SAP, and recommend process change, security and audit functionalities based on processes and requirements,
• Provide real-time solutions for end-user issues and enhance systems and processes.
• Provide recommendations for security and audit tools for oversight and monitoring in FICO,
• Provide guidance and support for change management controls and assist in testing from time-to-time,
• Provide real time solution to process controls, increase efficiency and mitigate risks,
• Pre-sale marketing and demonstrations of Financial and Controlling (FICO) module based on client requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementing FICO module to the companies acquired by Sika, (Sarnafil Services with turnkey business, BMI, FRC Industries etc)
• Liaison with the acquired companies for requirement gathering, business processing mapping, configuration and user training etc.
• Worked on the various FICO modules including GL accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Controlling - Cost center, Profit center, internal order accounting, Product costing. COPA etc,
• Accounts Receivable included the cash application process with High Radius add on,
• Accounts Payable process included the Invoice posting through the Vendor Invoice Management module. setting up payment processing with JP Morgan Bank on the Single use payment method account, setting up payment processing with Citibank for Canadian entity.
• Experienced in Order to Cash process with FI Integration including pricing
• Experienced in Purchasing process with FI Integration including Purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoicing with VIM interface.
• Supporting VIM module business users on the VIM add on in SAP and VIM Portal.
• Handling Vertex interface issues, vertex monthly upgrade
• Concur expense module setup and support - Cost Center, Cost center Approval workflow setup,
• Success factor interface to load employee information into Concur.
• Supporting business on other financial functions

Confidential

Manager - Senior Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Oversee a team on a day-to-day basis for SAP systems specifically related to Financial and controlling module (FICO) throughout the organization.
• Analyze system logic/process SAP errors related to various sub-modules of SAP FICO application: Dispute management, Lockbox Accounting, General Ledger Account, Revenue Recognition, Credit Management, Controlling, Product Costing, and Profitability Analysis, etc.
• Working with team members for other SAP modules such as GDW, BPC etc. to resolve the interface issues with FICO module.
• Design/blue print SAP system processes and functional business operations for company-wide application upgrades and application software configurations.
• Resolving SAP application interface issues with High Radius with respect to Cash application and Dispute management.
• Identify and analyze root cause of system errors by reviewing coding and configuration.
• Oversee timeliness of resolutions of user requests and user issues and provide practical and logical recommendations.
• Provide periodical updates to client’s senior management.
• Maintaining and Updating documentation - Technical and functional specifications, test cases for minor enhancements/ break-fix incidents as per existing C&D SOPs (.i.e., Standard Operating procedures).

Confidential

Team Lead FICO

Responsibilities:

• Manage/lead team for implementing FICO module in company-wide implementation of SAP. Will oversee onsite as well as offshore personnel.
• Liaison with senior client management personnel to understand and create financial processes blueprints for SAP configuration.
• Provide leadership during design system testing scripts and testing phase for end-to-end completion.
• Facilitate system cutover for testing of information prior to migration to production environment.
• Overall responsible for providing iGate senior management as well client management team with progress reports, key issues and recommendation of process changes to ensure efficiency and mitigate risks.
• Responsible for the timely delivery of key deliverables to client.
• Responsible to ensure overall integration of FICO module with other SAP products and interface with other client systems.
• Manage resource plan for the deliverables and re-prioritization based on the criticality of the deliverables.

Motorola

Team Lead - FICO

Responsibilities:

• Manage/Lead SAP FICO team for SAP system enhancement and data migration to Oracle application.
• Reviewed and analyzed client’s existing business processes and managed team to configure as per client’s requirements;
• Manage change management and coordinate business prioritization for enhancements
• Mapped the SAP master data to Oracle master data through custom SAP mapping tables.
• Provide real time solutions to end users and assisted client’s key personnel in overseeing data migration.
• Liaison with executive management and provide periodical status reports.
• Managed SAP programmers to customize existing applications as per client requirements.

Confidential

SAP FICO Testing team lead and Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and understand client’s financial processes and controls,
• Assist and recommend mapping of client’s business with FICO module,
• Understanding implementation life cycle of new system releases for client and recommend client for system enhancements and efficiency,
• Understanding scope of new /enhanced business process or sites integration,
• Liaison with client and implementation team regarding client needs, security requirements, systems tools and testing methodologies,
• Working through the Change control process and verification of Change request for new and enhanced functionalities,
• Liaison with offshore team for pre-implementation testing,
• Resolve client issues on a real-time basis,
• Report to client’s executive management periodically regarding project status, issues and process recommendations