Regional Finance Lead Resume

SUMMARY

Accomplished Project Manager/Team Lead with 20 years of global and large - scale systems implementation experience of SAP R/3 system in diverse industries with in-depth knowledge of FI and CO processes.
Solution manager 7.2 - Charm process for change/transport management
Demonstrated expertise in FI- New G/L Migration, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Banking, Fixed Assets, CO- Product Costing, Material Ledger, Profitability Analysis, Profit Center Accounting, and Project Systems
In addition to consulting, 11 years of business experience in Finance and Management Accounting/Controlling.
8 years of experience in Project Management of SAP projects
Worked with all levels of clients in various and highly dynamic environments.
Self-motivated and solution oriented combined with excellent communication skills
Lead multiple design and implementation of Finance and Management Reporting systems.
Provided strategic direction for Cost analysis and implementation of Cost and Management Reporting system that resulted in financial turnaround for a client.
Responsible for providing strategic guidance and define long term road maps.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Regional Finance Lead

Responsibilities:

Managing team of 8 in addition to external consultants
Resource planning for timely execution of projects
Key process architecture- S4 HANA 1809 and 1909 - Contract manufacturing using MTO and MTS production strategies, development projects, ASC606- revenue recognition, COPA structure and data flow
Product cost planning, Sales order costing, results analysis and settlement for MTO and MTS production strategies
Multiple RA valuation methods
Collaboration with key finance members for defining/designing scalable and efficient solutions
Budget preparation and control
Orchestrating integration and UAT testing cycles
Change management
Agile methodology for S4 HANA transition
Managing issues’ closure

Confidential

Finance Lead

Responsibilities:

Managed fit-to-standard sessions for FICO processes
Co-Ordinated with off-shore development team and managed development objects via CPI. Use of white-listed APIs,
Defined custom fields, updated APIs, custom substitutions/validations
Designed solution for interface with external service providers for vendor management, FI reporting (Blackline),
Designed and implemented successfully - including enhancement for special handling of receipts
Post-go live support

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

Segment FI lead to prioritize the locations for go-live, resource planning, budget and monitor actual
Interact with Third party vendors to integrate with SAP solution. (Vertex, Banks)
Provided creative solution for handling FICO processes. Also, designed solution for migrating open sales order in Variant Configuration setup.
Provided strategic input resulting in huge savings in project cost and effort.
Working with CFOs and Controllers to improve/design FICO processes for SAP implementation. In addition to processes in global template, designing solution for engineer to order, services processes, e-payables and Vertex.