SUMMARY:

• A seasoned professional wif 17 years of financial consulting experience. 11 years of SAP design, implementation and support experience in industry verticals CPG, Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail and Professional Services.
• Designed RTR, PTP, OTC, CTC, QTC processes and supported sub processes.
• Worked on Business Process optimization, process reengineering and continuous improvement wif Activate ASAP methodology.
• Worked on cross - module functionalities for teh process improvement. (PM-AA, FI-MM, FI-SD, FI-HR, EDI, T&E, Concur)
• Proficient in preparation and executions of Project presentations, BRR, Blue Print, RACI charts
• Worked on standalone end to end customization projects - starting from conceptual designing, developing Functional and Technical specifications, leading teh co-ordination wif ABAP, development and its testing (Unit, Functional, Integration, Regression and User acceptance), its implementation in Production system, document hand over.
• Strong expertise in problem solving, decision making and translating business requirements into business solutions utilizing process improvements
• TEMPEffective Stake Holders Management by extensive interaction wif all levels of Finance, Accounts, Internal Audit & Compliance, Treasury, Costing and Procurement users - all teh way up to senior leadership.
• Working wif Finance Controller, Directors and VPs on design & implementation of various projects.
• Worked on multiple major releases via HP ALM (asset lifecycle management)
• TEMPEffectively led teh team on multi-vendor engagement wif a mix of on-site / off shore presence.
• Led projects for integration between FI-MM, FI-SD, FI-PM, FI-PP, FI-WM, FI-HR
• Implemented Travel & Expense Cloud for multiple countries. Also led teh migration from T&E to SAP Concur.
• Strong expertise in problem solving, decision making and translating business requirements into business solutions utilizing process improvements
• WRICEF - Development, Maintenance & execution
• Worked on Distribution based Functional area for Revenue Recognition and extensive Settlement Processes and its automation.
• Led teh implementation project for an automated integration of non-SAP systems wif SAP.
• Worked on Validations and Substitutions, DME file, EBS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead, Onshore Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on acquisitions (of various plants) including assisting business in finalizing teh net book values to take over etc.
• Implemented teh Inter-Company sales process.
• Implemented teh payment process (Paymetric) for online shopping (sales portal), its integration, reporting and collection tracking. New House Banks and their EBS process.
• Working on Business Process redesign project - CAM Equipment write offs. (Customer Assets write off)
• Worked out a strategy along wif business on teh Corporate T-Card and P-Card issue to employees and its implementation in teh T&E Cloud.
• Lead teh transition from SAP T&E cloud to SAP Concur.
• Played business / functional lead role and responsible for FICO, Concur, SRM, PTP and Manufacturing areas.
• Post acquisitions, established teh Revenue Recognition and Settlement Processes and its KPIs. A very important key to success of dis Distribution based business model.
• Worked on teh automation project for Settlement Process to ensure teh cash / check remittance reconciliation accuracy.
• Led teh Driver Commission module implementation and its seamless integration wif Warehouse Management shipment / delivery processes.
• Ensured compliance to project scope and objectives.
• Communication wif project stakeholders to manage expectations on project deliverable.
• Analysis of local processes, gap identification, assisting wif business modelling and case development for CR, Key Users and BPLs for process improvement / changes.
• Assets load into teh SAP, based on teh final asset list. Ensuring teh retrospective capitalization date, remaining useful life, integration wif Equipment and accumulated depreciation during teh 1st Dep. Run.
• Support for Asset revaluations, scrapping, transfer across locations.
• Managed teh teams, on-shore offshore model in a multi-vendor complex environment.
• Application support, deployments, perform integration and regression testing for various releases through HP-ALM test cycles for bottlers.
• SAP FICO- Configuring & maintaining related to FI, GL, AR, AP, AA, CO, Mgmt. Reporting, and Month end processing.
• SAP SRM- Procurement, Catalog Mgmt., Self-service Procurement, Centralized contract management.
• SAP Cloud T&E/Concur - end to end management and support for T&E and its integration wif SAP AP, HR and Payroll and integration for validation of expense reports
• SAP PTP - leading teh FI-MM integration and other Direct Procurement related improvements
• Manufacturing - supporting on FI-PM integration and other related issues

Confidential

SAP FICO & Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implement Travel & Expense (T&E) for Italy, Spain and Brazil,
• Design and implement teh enhancement projects
• Deliver L3 and L4 support for users across teh world,
• Develop, redesign and implement teh business process to be aligned wif existing business needs
• Roll outs of teh new processes and reports to teh other countries.
• Led three T&E Implementation Projects for different countries to switch them from Company Paid Credit Cards to Corporate Credit Card (self-paid) process.
• Redesigned teh Business Process for Inter Company Sales & Receivable Process for sanctioned countries.
• Led all teh FICO related projects, tickets and responsible for its execution/solutions.
• Supported as Lead FICO consultant and played a key role in winning teh project.
• Responsible for issues resolution related to Travel and Expenses for 42 countries.
• Responsible for MM-FI, SD-FI integration related issues resolution.
• Client Interaction for Business Process redesign and its rollout discussions.
• Drive teh Regression Testing for teh quarterly releases.
• Worked on Validations and Substitutions.
• Design, development and maintenance of DME files, EBS.
• Worked on EDI.
• Create me & A documents & initiate teh User s, documentations.

Environment: ECC 6.0

Confidential

SAP FICO & Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Deliver business process standardization across 17 plants,
• Optimization of M&R spend (approx. US$ 1 Mn reduction per annum, US $ 2 Mn reduction in Spare parts inventory),
• Integration wif Finance & Controlling,
• Implementation of Syclo Mobility.
• Conducting of Business Process workshops wif Plant Maintenance Directors and Department Heads of Finance, Facilities, Utilities, Procurement from different countries,
• Participated in Design & Blueprinting phase at Dongen, Netherlands for teh Pilot Project of Global Template Implementation,
• Business process mapping, Solution designing, Gap identification,
• Creation of BPML, BBP, Test Cases,
• Solution presentation workshops to teh Management,
• FI and CO solution architect,
• Integration lead for MM/IM and FI,
• Carried out hands on configurations related to teh FICO and its integration related to other modules like MM/IM and PM etc.
• Implemented an E2E solution for seamless Asset x Equipment integration.
• Harmonized teh business process for Asset Scrapping across all countries and companies.
• Client Interaction for Business Process redesign and its rollout discussions.
• Key role-played during all teh phases of Implementation as well as Rollouts (Business Blue printing, Realization, Testing and Final Preparation, Go Live and support.)
• Participated in teh Rollout project launch and gap analysis phase wif Business at Belgium and French Plant locations.
• Provided teh on-site support to Business Core Team and End users for BCO and post go-live support at various Plants in Europe. (Dongen-Netherlands, Clamart-Paris, Toulouse- France, Chaudfontaine-Belgium, Marsille-France, Grigny-France)
• Addressed teh issues related to teh Profit Center reporting and teh Business team and plant controllers.
• Active participation in Integration, Regression and User Acceptance Testing
• Successfully redesigned teh business process of Inventory/spares Management and achieved teh Spares Optimization and reduction & accuracy in M&R spent. (contributed to reduction in overall inventory by US $ 2 Mn)
• Developed a tool for Quotation Process that resulted in saving of huge man-power. A higher efficiency reached wif a quality audit trail for teh work carried out.
• Along wif SD consultant implemented teh Inter-Company and Intra-company process to achieve teh lean inventory and its optimized usage.
• Trained teh core Business SMEs on train teh trainer basis.

Environment: ECC 6.0

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led teh FICO team and responsible for all teh FICO related projects, tickets and its solutions.
• Played a key role during teh Project take over from teh exiting support vendor.
• Client Interaction for Business Process redesign and its rollout discussions.
• Preparation of Proposals and Presentations.
• Successfully Implemented important projects like:
• Deferral functionality to suit teh business needs (a tool to achieve teh system efficiency and monthly accurate reporting.)
• Manual Bank Reconciliation
• Payment Gateway project wif banks
• Auto MIRO functionality
• Designed and implemented Rent-a-Guard (rental sales integration wif Fixed Assets) process.
• Extensively worked on teh FICO integration issues related to other modules like MM, SD and CRM etc.
• Maintaining teh Validation and Substitution rules.
• Designed & Implemented ‘C’ Form tracking and e-mailing functionality.
• Automation of manual process to avoid teh revenue leakages, efficiency improvement and higher sales. dis led to teh 20% faster period end closure, better revenue bookings and halped block teh substantial amount of revenue leakage.
• Learned and used teh basic level debugging of customized programs.

Environment: ECC 6.0

Confidential

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Looking after all teh FICO related issues and responsible for its solutions.
• Successfully implemented teh Service Tax related Input Tax and Output Tax reports to ease teh Service Tax reporting by teh Finance Team.
• Successfully restructured teh Cost Center Hierarchy to accommodate teh complex structure of Service Industry and its easy reporting to teh higher management.
• Successfully used LSMW to do teh New Cost Center Master Data upload (creation), Old Cost Center blocking, New Internal Order Master Data upload (creation), transactions data upload.
• Participated in teh Year End activities for teh smoother transition into teh new financial year.
• Worked on EC-CS for teh consolidations.
• Successfully configured teh system to update all teh FOREX rates automatically.
• Collecting all teh information on modified functionality for teh customized t. codes, redesigning teh program, testing and transport back teh same to teh Production System.
• Actively participating in teh Pre-Sales activities.
• Building teh POCs for teh different requirements.
• Building teh stand-alone tools to automate / ease teh existing process.
• White Papers and case study publishing internally.

SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing all teh FICO related Standard and Customized t. codes and test cases.
• Also did teh Role Based access testing.
• Co-ordinate wif Project Managers (from Client side) and management to do teh planning and measure teh progress.

Environment: ECC 6.0

SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Collecting Inputs from Users for Customization Reports, preparing FS (Functional Spec).
• Master Data upload for Cost Center as well Profit Center via LSMW
• Providing Post Go-Live support.
• Analyzing teh Problems faced by teh users and provides teh solution, Document teh solutions provided and then update knowledge Database wif teh problem faced and teh solution provided.
• Prepared Change requests that includes functional specs, documentation of teh change, testing documents and tracking it up until its successful deployment in production environment.
• Trained employees at various levels for document entry.

Environment: ECC 6.0

SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential

Activities, Roles & Responsibility:

• Responsible for detailed problem determination of issues escalated from Level-1. (L2, L3 and L4)
• Based on teh fix, need to work out teh ROMs and LOEs for Development / configuration and its testing.
• Follow teh change cycle, due diligence and ensure its successful delivery in production system.
• Carrying out enhancements of Z- programs to meet new business scenarios
• Executed teh Project that includes designing teh Specs on Inbound and Outbound files for FTP and includes designing teh automated customized programs.
• To have teh deepest level of application or product understanding.
• Co-ordination of problem tickets wif onshore and offshore resources (functional as well as technical) to ensure that teh tickets are resolved wifin teh stipulated SLAs.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7 and ECC 6.0