OBJECTIVE:

Highly experienced and qualified SAP FI - CO Consultant with 18 years direct SAP FI-CO and Logistic Functional experiences seeking for a consulting position in the Finance-Controlling area

SUMMARY:

• Multi-industry solutions provider using ASAP methodology: project preparation, business blueprinting, realization, final preparation, go live - support in functional configuration, and refinement expertise covering institutional and enterprise category leaders .
• 18 years SAP experiences based ASAP methodologies including Gathering requirements, Business Analysis, Gap Analysis, Blue-printing, Configuration, customizing interface objects, User Acceptance Testing, user training, Data extraction and Legacy data load expert, Conducting workshops systems/applications development and support, and/or systems project management in FI/CO over 10 large-scale systems.
• Leader in 5 multi-million-dollar complex, global, full-life-cycle SAP projects. Full hands-on control included, on the business side, aligning business objectives and strategies in a cohesive business case and developing ROI/ cost benefit analyses, and on the technical side, configuring, prototyping, and project planning inclusive of conducting current/future state & as-is to-be gap analyses. Leadership support covers IT strategy, organizational structuring, landscape/ architecture design, and change management. Project configuration management contributions during realization phases includes validation & quality assurance customization, user exits, interfaces, data conversion, design, coding, testing, training, reporting, go-live/cutover tasks, and production support. Leading-edge project management highlights include the integration finance management components with sales, distribution, and supply chain operations.
• Follow up on all SAP changes related to SAP Finance release 1503, 1511 and 1602. Familiar
• Expertise includes setting up (configuring, prototyping, testing, etc.) new systems for S/4 Hana Finance, Fiori, GL, Special Purpose Ledger, AM, AR, AP, CCA, CO-PA, PCA, PS and FI/CO integration with Product Costing, Payroll, IM, MM, CRM (Service and Sales Order Management), SRM, EWM, SD, HR elements. Sales and Purchase Tax Calculation Procedures, Vertex Integration
• Hands on expertise in Mining template enhancement based of 1503,1511 ad 1605 S4 HANA Version management
• Banking expertise includes setting up house banks, payment methods, cheque printing, Lockbox processing, PMW (Payment Medium workbench), Cheque extracts, Automatic cheque clearing process, Lockbox Processing, EDI Payment transfer with RBC, Scotiabank, HSBC, CIBC, BMO
• Hands on experiences of the PS related Construction and Operation as: Project Setup for Engineering and Construction, Project Budgeting; Project Planning, Purchase Orders for Project-based Procurement, Equipment Management, Revenue Recognition, Contract Billing, Project Reporting, Time Entry Integration, Project Result Analysis and Settlement
• Hands-on design and configuration expertise with SD module (with emphasis on Customer Order Management, Order to Cash (OTC), Pricing, Billing, Shipping and Transportation process flows in Consumer products industry. Hands-on experience in configuring Sales/Delivery/Billing Document types, Item Categories, Schedule Line Categories, and Copy Control for various scenarios.
• Excellent experience in complex Sales Pricing Procedures, Conditions, Calculations types, Access Sequences, Determination, Account assignment design and configuration, Intercompany processes; ATP, IDOCs, EDI transfer, & product allocation processes; and, tax calculations procedures, Vertex Integration
• Hands-on design and configuration expertise in Regular Returns, Consignment Returns and Advanced Return Management handling expired, Recalled goods, empties, crates, seasonal products, expired products
• Hands-on leadership and problem-solving experience in purchasing system configuration and integration with SAP; includes ARIBA-purchasing system and Live-Meat-Livestock purchasing system.
• Hands-on design and configuration expertise in Asset and Investment Management. Configured asset classes, GL account assignment by asset classes. Maintained Depreciation areas,
• Professional expertise in LSMW Creation, Legacy data extraction and takeover
• Hands-on design and configuration expertise Result analysis /Settlement configuration for PS system, Service Order, Internal Orders, Production Order
• Professional for a wide range of SAP utilities/interfaces/components. Highly skilled in SAP report writer/painter.
• Hands on designing/configuring expertise in SAP Funds Management module to: process transactions associated with budget entry, supplements, transfers, returns, funds reservations, funds commitments, budgetary ledger, special purpose ledger, and budget version planning; perform year end close; enable automatic availability control/checking; and reconcile differences between Availability Control (AVC) and FM ledgers
• Augments technical competencies with wide-ranging business and analytical abilities covering client value & engagement economics and project roadmaps. Generated significant intellectual capital by defining project triggers, goals, objectives, and risk mitigation strategies and developing change management and scope management parameters. In past five years, personally secured client buy-ins for over $10M in projects. Mentored over 20 consultants, more than 15 of whom advanced into senior positions. Liaises with client CFOs & executives, leads blueprint workshops, and organizes knowledge transfer to clients so they fully understand system empowerments.
• With IBM, despite an intensive technical work load, took on extra responsibilities conducting client needs analyses and generated multi-million dollar winning proposals.

CAREER HISTORY:

Confidential

FI/CO Architect

Responsibilities:

• Configured new GL (S4 Hana Finance)
• Design, develop and implement the SAPUTO Transfer Price Solution with the Split Valuation functionality in order to preserve the Market Price Information for FG and SFG Goods
• Implemented DMS (Dairy Management System), worked together with the MSG implementation team to set up the Dairy Costing Module as part of actual cost calculation, Milk Balance, Raw Material Controlling, Back posting of Milk Components and Overheads
• For AM, configured chart of depreciation, asset classes, GL account assignment by asset classes. Maintained Depreciation areas, Depreciation (Ordinary, Special, and Unplanned), Valuation Methods: period control methods, defined multi-levels methods, and maintained depreciation key. Configured AUC and Investment support. Professional expertise in LSMW Legacy Asset Takeover and Asset Balance Reconciliation Process
• For CCA, created planned layouts and profiles, integrated planning with FI, standard hierarchy and alternative hierarchy, generated the algorithms for cost center assessments and cost center distribution & activity allocations.
• For PCA, integrated planning with FI. Created planned layouts and profiles. Articulated the profit centre standard hierarchy & alternative. Generated custom standard and actual gross margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• Configured Workflow approval process for JV and Vendor Invoices
• Developed SD Sales and Distribution (OTC) Integrated Solutions
• Configured and Changed TM - Transportation Management Standard Configuration
• Developed & wrote functional specification documents for wide range of system enhancements and other interface programs.
• Key Point person during any Go- Live activities starting from the first business unit implementation

Confidential

FI/CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented FI/CO modules for Mining Client. Led, in multiple instances, or participated as a team member in: Gathering requirements, Business Analysis, Gap Analysis, blueprinting, business process prototyping & configuration, integration testing, and end user training.
• Configured new GL (ECC 6.0), Special Purpose Ledger. Developed multiple LSMW for legacy data takeover
• For AM, configured chart of depreciation, asset classes, GL account assignment by asset classes. Maintained Depreciation areas, Depreciation (Ordinary, Special, and Unplanned), Valuation Methods: period control methods, defined multi-levels methods, and maintained depreciation key. Configured AUC and Investment support. Professional expertise in LSMW Legacy asset Takeover and Asset Balance Reconciliation Process
• For CCA, created planned layouts and profiles, integrated planning with FI, standard hierarchy and alternative hierarchy, generated the algorithms for cost center assessments and cost center distribution & activity allocations.
• For PCA, integrated planning with FI. Created planned layouts and profiles. Articulated the profit centre standard hierarchy & alternative. Generated custom standard and actual gross margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• Configured Workflow approval process for JV and Vendor Invoices
• Configured EBS - Electronic Bank Statement using multiple search strings available
• Consolidate financial closing for multiple company codes
• Developed & wrote functional specification documents for wide range of system enhancements and other interface programs.

Confidential

FI/CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and configured high complexity solutions: CRM Sales Order; CRM Service Order and Equipment Management.
• Configured new GL (ECC 6.0), Special Purpose Ledger, Parallel Accounting, Document Splitting rule.
• For AR, configuration covered customer groups, customer master records, and customer account group screen layouts, Automatic account assignment. Set up dunning procedures/interest calculations. Automatic payment processes. Automates inbound and outbound payment sending and receiving process
• For AM, configured chart of depreciation, asset classes, GL account assignment by asset classes. Maintained Depreciation areas, Depreciation (Ordinary, Special, and Unplanned), Valuation Methods: period control methods, defined multi-levels methods, and maintained depreciation key. Configured AUC and Investment support. Professional expertise in LSMW Legacy asset Takeover and Asset Balance Reconciliation Process
• For CCA, created planned layouts and profiles, integrated planning with FI, standard hierarchy and alternative hierarchy, generated the algorithms for cost center assessments and cost center distribution & activity allocations.
• For PCA, integrated planning with FI. Created planned layouts and profiles. Articulated the profit centre standard hierarchy & alternative. Generated custom standard and actual gross margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• For IOA, configured various internal order types. Created internal order master records, planning layouts, and profiles. Created order hierarchy and order group. Defined settlement structure and settlement cost element for internal order settlement, maintain number ranges for settlement document, Maintained budget and status profiles. Result Analysis and Settlement
• Vendor Invoice Automation through batch automated flat file posting
• For CO-PA, configuration included setting up operating concern, creating characteristics and value field for operating concern; included user defined characteristics, characteristic derivation from derivation table and derivation structure & roles, valuation using SD conditions types, planning layouts & profiles, and custom reports such as Standard & Actual Gross Margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• Design and configure CRM integration with Controlling for Service Order Management using Single Object Controlling scenarios.
• For SD, Defined Sales Organisational Structure and sales process flow, Configured Pricing procedure, defined condition types, access combination, account assignment and CO-PA mapping, finalised output determination,
• For PS, Designed and Configured SAP Project Definition, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Element, integration with SAP PPM (Project and Portfolio Management), PM (Plant Maintenance), IM/MM (Inventory management/ Material Management) to facilitate designated processes and transaction flows. Result Analysis and Settlement for WBS element
• Configured WBS element Results Analysis (RA) tool within the Controlling module what computed the cost of sales, WIP inventory and the reserves for unrealized revenue or surplus revenue. It used percentage of completion based upon planned costs and revenue to calculate the values
• For HR, Developed Time entry Profile in CATS for Time, Timesheet approval process (CAT4), Transfer to Costing Object to FI-CO (CAT7), created company organizational structure ( PPOCE) for employee master records maintenance( PA30)
• Worked closely with the MM- Material Management team for purchase requisitions (PR’s) transformation into purchase orders (PO’s)for materials, subcontracted services and equipment’s, creation of PO’s directly without using master records, define delivery commitments, create goods receipt and service entry. Invoice receiving and handling from suppliers with progress tracking and quality tracking. Handled retentions for the subcontracted services. Defined and configured MM account assignment based on specific business scenarios.
• Developed & wrote functional specification documents for wide range of system enhancements and other interface programs.

Confidential

FI/CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured new GL (ECC 6.0), Special Purpose Ledger, Parallel Accounting, Document Splitting rule.
• For AM, configured chart of depreciation, asset classes, GL account assignment by asset classes. Maintained Depreciation areas, Depreciation (Ordinary, Special, and Unplanned), Valuation Methods: period control methods, defined multi-levels methods, and maintained depreciation key. Configured AUC and Investment support. Professional expertise in LSMW Legacy asset Takeover and Asset Balance Reconciliation Process
• For CCA, created planned layouts and profiles, integrated planning with FI, standard hierarchy and alternative hierarchy, generated the algorithms for cost center assessments and cost center distribution & activity allocations.
• For PCA, integrated planning with FI. Created planned layouts and profiles. Articulated the profit centre standard hierarchy & alternative. Generated custom standard and actual gross margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• For IOA, configured various internal order types. Created internal order master records, planning layouts, and profiles. Created order hierarchy and order group. Defined settlement structure and settlement cost element for internal order settlement, maintain number ranges for settlement document, Maintained budget and status profiles.
• For HR, Developed Time entry Profile in CATS for Time, Timesheet approval process (CAT4), Transfer to Costing Object to FI-CO (CAT7), created company organizational structure ( PPOCE) for employee master records maintenance( PA30)
• Worked closely with the MM- Material Management team for purchase requisitions (PR’s) transformation into purchase orders (PO’s)for materials, subcontracted services and equipment’s, creation of PO’s directly without using master records, define delivery commitments, create goods receipt and service entry. Invoice receiving and handling from suppliers with progress tracking and quality tracking. Handled retentions for the subcontracted services. Defined and configured MM account assignment based on specific business scenarios.
• Developed & wrote functional specification documents for wide range of system enhancements and other interface programs.

Confidential

FI/CO SAP Implementation Leader

Responsibilities:

• Designed/Configured business processes in SAP Funds Management module to: process transactions associated with budget entry, supplements, transfers, returns, funds reservations, funds commitments, budgetary ledger, special purpose ledger, and budget version planning; perform year end close; enable automatic availability control/checking; and reconcile differences between Availability Control (AVC) and FM ledgers
• Configured the automatic payment program featuring EFT, Cheque, Wire Transfer capabilities. Enhance payment transmission from DME file to EDI transmission and designs Payment Medium Workbench. Implement Electronic Bank Services - EBS using search string capabilities
• Analyzed legacy business processes and produced the conversion roadmap for a new SAP system. Generated the ELT algorithms following extensive testing and integrated legacy GL, AP, Grants/Funds, Implemented and Integrated brand new modules PS, AM, CO modules and BI reporting.
• Develops user training collateral and conducts training sessions.
• Conducted unit and integration testing and validated test results. (HPQC and SAP TAO testing systems).
• Established and designed system enhancement as part of the post go-live process.
• New system investment resulted in more rapid and transparent financial, Ministry of Health & taxation reporting. To date (Sept. 2012) have enhanced over a dozen production subsystems.
• Defined Project structure on organized view into manageable sections and disciplines, which made it possible to control all dimensions of a project, such as costs, milestones, dates, resources.
• Created and assigned a cost version to be used as the preliminary budget
• Deployed items from the estimate within the project structure (WBS and network), for resources (material, labor, equipment, lump sum items) for each line item with their respective unit costs
• Developed Time entry Profile in CATS for Time, Timesheet approval process (CAT4)
• Transfer to Costing Object to FI-CO ( CAT7),Maintenaned of employee master records
• Maintenaned of the company organizational structure ( PPOCE)
• Worked closely with the Material Management team for purchase requisitions (PR’s) transformation into purchase orders (PO’s)for materials, subcontracted services and equipment’s, creation of PO’s directly without using master records, define delivery commitments, create goods receipt and service entry. Invoice receiving and handling from suppliers with progress tracking and quality tracking. Handled retentions for the subcontracted services.

Confidential

FI/CO Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided business & technical leadership in multiple FI/CO areas.
• Configured new GL (ECC 6.0), Special Purpose Ledger, Parallel Accounting, Document Splitting rule.
• For AR, configuration covered customer groups, customer master records, and customer account group screen layouts. Set up dunning procedures.
• Configured the Lockbox system and set up EDI payment processes. Installed FSCM, Biller Direct, Dispute, and Collection Management sub modules.
• For AM, configured Asset and Investment Management. Configured asset classes, GL account assignment by asset classes. Maintained Depreciation areas, Depreciation (Ordinary, Special, and Unplanned), Valuation Methods: period control methods, defined multi-levels methods, and maintained depreciation key. Configured AUC and Investment support. Professional expertise in LSMW Legacy Asset Takeover and Asset Balance Reconciliation Process
• For CCA, created planned layouts and profiles, integrated planning with FI, standard hierarchy and alternative hierarchy, generated the algorithms for cost center assessments and cost center distribution & activity allocations.
• For PCA, integrated planning with FI. Created planned layouts and profiles.
• Articulated the profit centre standard hierarchy & alternative. Generated custom standard and actual gross margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• For IOA, configured various internal order types. Maintained number range for different order types. Created internal order master records, planning layouts, and profiles. Created order hierarchy and order group. Defined settlement structure and settlement cost element for internal order settlement, maintain number ranges for settlement document, Maintained budget and status profiles.
• For CO-PA, configuration included setting up operating concern, creating characteristics and value field for operating concern; included user defined characteristics, characteristic derivation from derivation table and derivation structure & roles, valuation using SD conditions types, planning layouts & profiles, and custom reports such as Standard & Actual Gross Margin reports using drilldown reporting tools.
• Configured the automatic payment program featuring EFT, Cheque, Wire Transfer capabilities. Implement Electronic Bank Services - EBS using search string capabilities
• Developed & wrote functional specifications for G/L data upload & other interface programs.