SUMMARY

• A qualified and high performing individual with excellent professional skills achieved via rich overseas & indigenous experience of over 15 years in Finance & Costing domain out of which 3 years in Finance & Accounts operation and 12 years as ERP consultant in SAP FICO area & Ramco OnDemand ERP with three full project lifecycle implementations, Upgrade, rollout & post live production support which involves expertise in following areas
• Experience in FI Customized Settings for Enterprise Structure, Classic & New GL, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Accounting, Indirect/Direct/Property taxation, Asset Accounting
• Have been involved in two full life cycle implementation of Fixed Assets & Project System modules in integration with other modules
• Have hands on experience on configuring & testing DART (Data Retention Tool) to extract data for providing to tax authorities
• Have worked as scrum lead to handle bi - weekly sprints for SAP enhancements in new agile methodology
• Have worked on Microsoft tool VSTS to manage various scrums, backlog items, capacity estimation & progress under new agile methodology for some cost saving & small-scale projects
• Have played a role of SAP Controlling module integrator with implementation of MRO & SAP PM module in aviation industry
• Good understanding of Oil & Gas industry business processes & best used accounting practices
• Have experience in accounts payable processes, payment file generation in automatic payment program, fax/email remittance advices, electronic bank statement, MT940 file format development, bank master update from SWIFT website to SAP, parallel ledger configuration (IFRS), and automatic bank reconciliation
• Cross-functional expertise including integration with FI, SD, MM, PP, PM, PS, CO, JVA & Investment Management
• Expertise in Analysis, Development, Unit Testing, Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing, Upgrade, Implementation and Support in SAP FI/CO activities
• Have worked on Argentina local statutory & tax requirements
• Have working experience in various areas of project system module including WBS setup, project budgeting, WBS settlement to AUC, project & settlement profiles, Investment measure, integration with asset accounting etc.
• Worked on all SAP versions like 4.6c, 4.7, ECC 6.0, S4 Central Finance
• Basic knowledge in ABAP program debugging, reporting & Smart forms
• Hand on Experience in Data Migration tools like LSMW and BDC
• Possess in-depth knowledge of Procurement-To-Pay & Order-To-Cash cycle
• Have knowledge in Simple Finance and worked on POC to explore the Simple Finance capabilities suiting client’s needs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Solution Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Handling configuration & deployment activities in the area of Asset Accounting & Project Systems which included All asset related configurations, asset componentization, IDC Intangible Drilling Cost) transfer process, UOP depreciation configuration, setting up standard project templates, allocation structures, settlement profiles, etc. in SAP
• Co-ordinated with GBS (Global Business Services) to gather the detailed local requirements for Trinidad & formulated the solution approach to align with global finance template in SAP
• Configured & tested DART (Data Retention Tool), a standard tool provided by SAP for extracting data for submitting to tax authorities
• Worked on Investment Management module to configure Capitalization Versions & Capitalization keys per depreciation area and tested the functionality in integration with Asset accounting & Project systems in SAP
• Configured local tax procedures for Trinidad & Barbados, setup VAT codes, designed VAT clearing process & Advance VAT Return reports
• Worked on Withholding tax code/type setup, Withholding tax reporting, CAPEX OPEX split report for tax reporting purposes in SAP
• Prepared functional specifications for upstream Exploration & Production processes in area of Asset accounting, Project systems & direct/indirect taxation in SAP
• Co-ordinated with testing team for successful completion of regression testing & UAT cycles
• Worked over cutover schedules, coordinated with data team during various data migration cycles & facilitated the validation of the loaded data in SAP with that in legacy system along with business
• Have hands-on experience on various IS-Oil solutions provided by SAP like Joint Venture Accounting & PRA (Production Revenue Accounting) for their upstream exploration businesses
• Coordinated with BW team for preparing BW reports in Asset Accounting & Tax areas

Confidential

SAP S4 Hana Simple Finance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• The role in SAP S4 HANA Simple Finance implementation project involved attending workshops to understand & gather business requirements, preparing business process design documents, GAP analysis, process mapping in SAP
• Configuring and customizing FICO solutions for business requirements in SAP
• Preparing functional specification document, various test cases & executing unit/regression testing for all the business processes in SAP
• Preparing training manuals & job aids, providing training to end users

Confidential

Senior SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• The role in MRO implementation project involved designing Controlling business processes integrated with MRO & SAP-PM modules
• Identified settlement processes for various types of component repair orders (Planned & Defect) and worked on enhancement for auto population of settlement rule for such orders
• Have a process understanding of all types of aircraft repairs like Heavy & Line maintenance, Configuration Control, 3rd party & internal customer component repair orders, Capital Orders, etc.
• Designed the process for capital work orders of building aircraft modifications, their release, cost booking & settlement to fixed assets
• Worked on planned & actual order cost calculation, Result Analysis Key configuration (Resource Related Billing), Work-in-process & variance calculation for 3rd party & internal repair orders
• Worked on revenue planning by profit centers
• Worked on customizing COPA derivation rules based on business requirements and designed several COPA reports in Report Painter
• Involved in all major testing & UAT schedules for MRO 1st phase implementation checking the integration points of MRO with Controlling module

Confidential

Senior SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on major developments (RICEFW objects) relating to Payment File generation in Automatic Payment Program, Payment Forms, Fax/Email Remittance Advices, Mock HMRC forms, Vendor Master Enhancement, Algorithms Electronic Bank Statement, Asset Class Spend type Mapping
• Worked on various payment methods configuration for Trinidad & Tobago
• Worked on SWIFT data update in bank master table in SAP from SWIFT website on periodical basis & their impact on existing payment proposals
• Worked on lockbox configuration & positive pay interface in US bank locations
• Worked on partner bank type, alternate payee setup in vendor master
• Worked on mapping bank clearing GL accounts to planning group for liquidity determination
• Worked on Value Date enhancement during bank file generation based on payment methods

Confidential

Senior SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• The role in Fixed Assets implementation project involved attending steering committee meetings, requirement gathering, preparing business blueprints based on Global template, identifying gaps while mapping business processes in SAP and providing workarounds for that, writing functional specs & configuration documents, unit & regression testing, executing UAT sessions with the business users, training the users on SAP system, completing legacy data migration and cut over activities
• Designed specific asset class setup for componentization of aircrafts as per IFRS and also for assets with non-components
• Set up various depreciation areas and depreciation keys to calculate depreciation in corporate & tax books per USGAAP, IFRS, UKGAAP, MACRS, ACE (Adjusted Current Earnings) & AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax)
• Defined business processes like Involuntary Conversion, Like Kind Exchanges, Intercompany Asset Transfers, Impairment of assets, AUC setup with or without investment measure, Asset Disposal & Scrapping, etc. in SAP
• Worked on integration points of Fixed Assets with MRO system for serial number update & swapping, issue of component assets for repair to an aircraft through capital work order, issue of aircraft modifications to an aircraft through Purchase Orders
• Worked on integration points of Fixed Assets with Project System for booking down payments & procurement costs to WBS elements with investment measure, calculating capitalized interest periodically per USGAAP, settling them to AUC periodically and doing final settlement to main asset once project is completed
• Worked on complete AFE (Authorization for Expense) process starting from customizing AFE form, automating BU wise approval process, automatic project & WBS creation from AFE approval
• Worked on AFD (Authorization for Disposal) process which included customizing AFD form in SAP, automating BU wise approval process, automatic asset disposal & intercompany transfer process from AFD approval
• Prepared data migration template for AS91 & completed legacy data migration for all assets balances as on Go-Live date; completed all cut over activities including number range setup, validating all transports moving to production system during Go-Live