SUMMARY

• SAP Functional Consultant over 18+ years of total experience including 13+ years in the field of SAP R/3 (4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0,6.0,), S/4 HANA (1503, 1511 On - Premises) Implementation, Support and SAP audit.
• 7 full life cycle implementation projects, 3 support projects in SAP Finance (FI/CO) module for Fortune 500 companies, Midsize Companies.
• SAP FI experience in Organizational Structure: Company codes configuration for multinational companies, Exchange Rates, Currency Settings.
• General Ledger (FI-GL): Chart of accounts for Multinational Company codes as per local accounting practices, Recurring entries, Account Assignment.
• SAP S/4 HANA Finance: Configuration of finance function on S/4 HANA system, Upgradation, Migration from ECC 6.0 to S/4 HANA system.
• New General Ledger (New GL): Ledgers as per US GAAPS, IFRS/IAS, Local GAAPs, Document splitting, Segmental reporting and financial statement versions and reporting as per GAAPs.
• Accounts Payable (FI-AP): Vendors in global environment for Domestic, Imports, Partner profiles, exchange rates, Down Payment, LIV, ERS, Payments, Payment methods, Payment terms, Special GL transactions, GRIR, Open Items Management, Clearing, Correspondence, Reporting.
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR): Customer Groups, Credit Management, Down Payment, Billing, Delivery, Payments, Clearing, Exchange rates, Corresponding, Balance confirmations, Dunning, Customer Analysis, Reporting.FI-CA (Contract Accounting, FSCD and RMCA.
• Bank Accounting: House Banks, Account IDs, EBS, Lockbox, Bank Chains, Intermediary banks.
• Asset Accounting (FI-AA): Chart of Depreciation for Multinational Company, Depreciation areas, Asset Classes, Depreciation Keys, Asset Transfer, Financial lease, operating lease, Insurance, Retirement, reporting as per GAAPs., New Asset Accounting in S/4 HANA.
• Tax Accounting: Use Tax, VAT, GST, PST, Withholding Tax, Extended withholding tax, country specific calculation procedures. Mexico Taxation and electronic invoice process.
• Cost Element Accounting (CO-CEA): Manual / Automatic creation of cost element, secondary cost elements, Reposting, Line Items and Reporting.
• Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA): Cost Center groups, Cost Centers, Activity type, SKFs, Planning, Allocation, Assessment, Distribution, Line Items, Reposting, Reporting.
• Internal Order (CO-IO): Order Types, Planning, Budgeting, Actual Posting, Settlement, Statistical Orders, Capital orders, Carry forward.
• Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA): Profit Center groups, Accounting groups, Adjustment, Reporting.
• Product Costing (CO-PC): Material Costing, Overhead Costing, Costing Sheet, Cost Estimate, Cost release, Production booking, production orders, settlement, WIP calculation and posting, Results analysis, variance analysis. Make to Stock, Make to Order, Back Flush costing scenarios.
• Archiving Finance and Controlling Objects.
• Experience in SAP RAR 1.0 and 1.2 for ASC 605/606 and IFRS-15.
• SAP Actual Costing and Material Ledger including Split Valuation, Transfer Prices, Alternative valuation run.
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA): Account Based CO-PA, Costing Based COPA, Operating concern, Profitability Segment, Reporting.
• Experience in ECCS Consolidation and ECCS month end processes.
• SAP PS, Functional experience in Project Accounting, Project Analysis, Resource Related Billing, Reporting.
• Expert in integrating with in SAP FICO Sub-modules and other modules like SD, MM, MM-PUR, MM-IM, PS, PM, PP, HR, CATS and Travel Management.
• Expert in Providing the Reports with ECC, ECCS, CO-PA, and BI.
• Working knowledge in Special Purpose Ledger.
• Sound experience in month end and year end closing procedures.
• Expertise in writing functional and technical specification for FRICE objects like interface programs, reports, function modules and Forms and read, debug and understand the ABAP code.
• Experience in using and fixing the issues in SAP GRC system.
• Experience in using various testing tools and writing test scenarios, test cases, test scripts and performed Functional Unit Testing, Integration Testing and Defect Management.
• Provide training to Consultant, End users.
• Knowledge and Experience in SOX Compliance and FASB guidelines with respect to business scenarios.
• Sound experience in EDI, RFC, IDOC and other interfaces like Taxware, HardDollars, POSDM with SAP System.
• Domain experience in Finance, Accounting, Controlling and Audit Services.
• Industry Experience includes Retail, Automobile, Service, IT, Banking, Cement, Construction and Food Processing
• Effective and excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills through working in a fast paced and challenging environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 - 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0.S/4 HANA (1503, 1511 On- Premises). SAP RAR 1.0, 1.2)

SAP R/3 Tools: ABAB/4, IDOC, RFC, LSMW, SCAT, BDC, Report Painter,Report Writer, Solution Manager. SAP GRC.

Other systems & Tools: Tax ware, Vertex, Vantive, HP ALM, HP Quality Center, Mercury Test Director, HardDollars, MS Visio, MS Office, MS Projects, SharePoint, Sales force.com, Remedy, Simply Accounting, BaaN. Ariba.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Lead Consultant for FICO modules Implementation, Rollout for Mexicali Project.
• Worked as Lead Consultant for FICO modules Implementation, Rollout for Denmark Project.
• Worked as Lead Consultant for FICO modules Implementation, Rollout for China Project.
• Worked as Lead Consultant for FICO modules for upgrading EHP8 and HANA Data Base Migration project.
• Worked on fixing day to day production support issues and other small projects.
• Implemented General FICO Configuration and Mexico Country Specific functions including Electronic Accounting, IVA and ISR.
• Prepared Blue Print, Configured the SAP system for Parallel Ledgers for Mexico GAAP and US GAAP.
• Implemented FI-NewGL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-CEA, CO-PCA, CO-IO and MM-PUR, MM-IM.
• Implemented Ariba to SAP Integration for MM Procurements, LIV.
• Fixed the issues in SAP GRC system for process and access controls.
• Performed integration testing using the HP ALM.
• Provided the user training and facilitated the UAT.

Confidential, Brisbane, CA

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Lead Consultant for FICO modules Implementation, Rollout and support.
• Worked on SAP H/4 HANA -1503 evaluation project. Participated in technical up gradation to S/4 HANA on-premises edition. Participated in the S/4 HANA functional upgrade.
• Worked on SAP H/4 HANA - 1511 On-Premises Implementation project using the SAP Activate Methodology.
• Worked on SAP-Fiori for GL, AP, AR, New Asset Accounting, KPIs, and Data Migration etc.
• Worked on SAP Implementation, Rollout and Support projects in FI CO / PS module for group companies in USA, Canada and Mexico.
• Designed and Configured New GL for Parallel Ledgers for IFRS and Local GAAP for different countries in US, CA, Mexico, Brazil.
• Involved in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle which include System Design, Analysis, Configuration, System Testing, Data Conversion, and Production Support in FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-CEA, CO-PA and Travel Management.
• Provided the information requested by auditors and tax return prepares for financial statement, JEs, data change audit logs, SOD, Sales Tax return.
• Provided guidance to implement and fix the issues in SAP GRC.
• Requirements gathered, designed and developed various reports in the SAP system to provide the information to the accounting, finance, management, audit, holding company requirements.
• Implemented and supported Mexico specific functionality including, Electronic Accounting, E invoice, Withholding Tax, Deferred Tax and DOIT reports.
• Implemented and rolled out SAP FICO modules for 15 companies in different industry segments.
• Designed and performed Functional testing, Integration testing, UAT.
• Worked on global rollout project for financial information system.
• Implemented and supported CO-PC including, Make to Order and Make to Stock Scenarios.
• Designed and Implemented and supported the Costing Based CO-PA for profitability analysis based on the product lines.
• Designed and developed various reports for cost analysis by product line.
• Designed and Developed the Various reports to support Finance, Controlling, Management month end, Quarter End functions by using the CO-PA and BI functionality with the help of BI team.
• Supported Make to Stock and Make to Order and Research and Development Functionality using the SAP CO-PC and PS functionality.
• Archived Finance and Controlling objects like historical FI documents and CO documents to improve performance of the reports.
• Designed and configured hi-fronts-G (Central Finance system across group companies with IFRS and Local GAAP compliant) functionality to other subsidiary companies to rollout financial information systems.
• Designed and configured hi-fronts-A (Central Finance system across group companies) functionality to other subsidiary companies to rollout financial information systems.
• Designed and Configured ALE/EDI for ACH and Wire payments for US Company Codes.
• Designed and Configured EDI820 and EDI 810 for Tier 2 Automobile Company.
• Supported functionalities of ECCS Consolidation and ECCS month end processes.
• Designed and configured inter company code asset transfer process and implemented capital lease of fixed assets, cost center accounting and profit center accounting.
• Worked on pre-sales activities like providing the presales demos and presenting the solution.
• Conducted technical interviews for role specific and for general requirements.

SanDisk Milpitas, CA

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed the Banking process and prepared the design document.
• Configured automatic payment program for US, Europe and Asia pacific regions.
• Defined House Banks and Account IDs.
• Configured EDI payments for all these regions including foreign currency payments.
• Configured Electronic bank statement with BAI2 format for these regions.
• Defined / Configured DME and Instruction keys.
• Configured partner profiles, ports, and worked with EDI team for Inbound and outbound File transmission to and from Bank.
• Analyzed the master data and provided the changes required for vendor master data, bank master data and facilitated master data updates for smooth transition.
• Analyzed the GAPs, provided functional specs for the FRICE objects and tested the FRICE objects.
• Performed functional testing (FUT), Integration testing and worked with users for user acceptance testing (UAT) and documented the results in Quality center.
• Performed penny testing and cutover activities.
• Provided configuration document, training documents.
• Worked with Support team for integration issues.

Confidential, NJ

SAP Lead FI-CA Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As Lead consultant, involved in process analysis, process and system design, systems development and configuration as required, to implement SAP to meet business requirement.
• Served as designated expert in SAP ECC FI/CO, site implementations, project lead, end user training and documentation, research and implement solutions to SAP configuration or operational issues, provide specifications to development team, work with business leaders to identify issues and implement best practices.
• Design individual Reports, Interfaces, Conversion Programs, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflow (RICEFW) components per the RICEFW inventory.
• Transition design requirements to the development team members
• Developed SAP specific system configuration documentation and user documentation.
• Perform cutover tasks as needed during mocks, dress rehearsals and the actual deployments.
• Providing post go live support. This role involves handling service calls related to analysis, configuration issues, change request and enhancements. Business process scope includes General ledger, Payments Inbound & out bound interfaces, Correspondence, Dunning, collection agency, payment scheme, ISU billing integration, Integration with FIGL.
• Involved in Test defect resolution, Configuration changes, Unit testing, Writing BPP”s, assist in training efforts, reviewing training materials and assist in cutover activities.

Confidential, CA

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in SAP FICO/PS maintenance activities.
• Resolving the User raised tickets and maintenance issues.
• Supported the FICO/PS module during month ends and year ends including Product Costing support issues in Cost release, Cost estimate, Variance Analysis, Material Stock Analysis, Production settlement and month / Year end issues.
• Supported project Profitability and Revenue Analysis reports using the CO-PA.
• Generated the financial reports as requested by the users and SOX compliance team.
• Coordinated the BW team in implementing BI solution for FI/CO data.
• Resolved issues related to PM, PP, MM-PUR, MM-IM, MM-LIV, SD integration issues and new plants rollouts.
• Achieved CO-PA Transaction Data.
• Supported AP, AR, Vertex, Lockbox, EBS, Fixed Assets, Budgeting issues.
• Prepared the functional spec for customized transactions (Z Transactions).
• Helped the ABAP team in creating the user-defined reports.

Confidential, CA

Lead Consultant for FICO/PS modules

Responsibilities:

• Created company code, basic finance and controlling configuration.
• Extended new GL functionality to the 4 new company codes and configured inter company code transactions.
• Created vendor groups, vendor master data, terms of payment, tolerance groups, GRIR clearing, automatic clearing, automatic payment program and payment media.
• Configured customer groups, tolerances, billing, payment terms and interest calculation, dunning, AR information system.
• Configured house bank, payment methods, check management, manual bank statement, electronic bank statement and lockbox processes.
• Configured project profile, network profiles, budget profile, status profile, and investment profile.
• Configured and implemented settlement profiles, availability control and commitment management.
• Configured new asset class for financial lease and IT Assets and depreciation keys.
• Designed and configured inter company code asset transfer process and implemented capital lease of fixed assets.
• Designed and configured cost center accounting and profit center accounting.
• Designed and configured product costing for ready mix plants with back flush costing.
• Material Ledger / Actual Costing functionality extended to new plants including split valuation, Transfer pricing.
• Implemented costing based CO-PA for Project Profitability analysis.
• Implemented the Resource Related Billing for revenue projects.
• Designed and configured CATS integration and Profiles.
• Configured the integration for SD, MM and PM and provided the GL Accounts for Payroll Integration.
• Identified Test Scenarios and wrote test cases, test scripts for Dev Functional Testing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Executed test scripts for Functional Testing, UAT, Integration testing with MM, SD, PM, PP, Payroll.
• Involved in Legacy Master Data migration, which includes GL Accounts, Vendors, Customers, Asset Masters, Cost Elements, Cost Centers and Profit Centers etc.
• Prepared Configuration document, Test Scenarios and Test Cases and Training documents.
• Worked on Product Costing support issues back flush costing model, Variance Analysis, Material Stock Analysis, Production settlement and month / Year end issues.
• Worked on Product Costing support issues particularly month end issues.
• Worked on Profitability Analysis supporting issues like changes to Report writer reports.
• Worked on production support issues in FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-BA and FI-AA.
• Configured network profiles for new plants as per business requirements.
• Performed Support Pack Testing.
• Implemented Vertex integration with SAP.
• Provided guidance and support for JSOX documentation.
• Asset Accounting configuration, Testing and Conversion
• Worked with BW consultant for data specifications for BW initiation.
• Worked with Business team to provide data to Auditors.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP FICO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Configured the Financial and Controlling Organizational Structure
• GL Design and Implementation including Design of Chart of Accounts (COA) and analysis of COA and Configuration of COA across all the Clients.
• Configuration of New General Ledger functionality.
• Configuration of Tax Accounting and Taxware integration with SAP.
• Designed and developed the GL Transaction data extraction from IS Retail system to SAP 4.7 and also reconciliation report for this.
• Configured House Banks, manual bank statement, electronic bank statement process.
• Designed and developed the Foreign Currency Valuation process, where Transaction data is processed in 2 different SAP instances (IS-Retail, R/3 4.7).
• Designed and Implemented Master Data Interfaces between various SAP Instances. IDOC error handling etc.
• Configured cost center accounting, profit center accounting, Validation, Substitution and user exist.
• Conversion of Master Data GL Masters, Validation sets, Cost Elements, Cost Centers, Profit centers, Cost center Hierarchy, Profit Center Hierarchy and Profit Center Account Hierarchy.
• Designed and documented, trained and supported month end process.
• Preparation of documents including, Scenario and Activity Documents, Configuration Guide, Integration test scripts, training material (MPP, BPP).
• Provided functional Specs for General Ledger reporting with BW functionality.
• Preparation of Functional Specification and co-ordination with developer for Development of custom objects like enhancements, Interfaces and reporting.
• Performing Functional Unit Testing and Integration Testing using HP Quality Center.
• End user Training, Performance testing, and User acceptance testing.
• Supported end users post golive and helped in month end process.

Confidential

SAP FICO Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed a review of all business processes and prepared a blue print design document of configurable data for CO-CEA, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PC, CO-PA.
• Worked with team members for setting configuration to integrate production planning, MM, SD for cost of good sold, WIP, sales & purchase account keys & tax codes, Automatic Account Determination for Tax/discounts/bank charges/payment difference and Inter-Company postings.
• Defined reason codes for payment differences and worked on writing off these differences to G/L accounts. Setting up payment methods, House banks, sub accounts, DME programs & Check lots for automatic payments process and generation of payment media and check management. Setting of intermediate banks (bank chains) for automatic payments.
• Worked in fine-tuning configuration for automatic payment program and payment methods.
• Configuration & customization related to processing of domestic and foreign payments. Configured Foreign Currency Valuation for G/L, AP and AR.
• Configured Bank Statement processing and Mapping external Transaction Codes to Posting Rules.
• Involved in implementing solutions around system maintenance modules and coordinated the process controls to achieve desired efficiency.
• Identified Test Scenarios and wrote test cases, test scripts for Dev Functional Testing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Executed test scripts for Functional Testing, UAT, Integration testing with MM, SD, PM, PP, Payroll.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed configuration and customization in SAP R/3 4.6C.
• Completely reviewed the FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-BA, FI-AA, CO-CEA, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-IO CO-PC and CO-PA modules of SAP.
• Analyzed the business process and implemented the controls in SAP across the modules.
• Reviewed the integration of sub-modules in FI, CO and other modules MM, SD, SM and Payroll.
• Reconfigured / Improvements made to the existing system. Achieved complete user satisfaction with new designs and user friendly and control effective SAP system.
• Worked on Resource related Billing, Annual Maintenance contracts and Fixed maintenance contracts.
• Business process documentation and analysis of Fixed Assets Process, which includes preparation of design documents and Configuration documents, GAP Analysis and Testing of SAP- Asset Accounting end-to-end Process.
• Analyzed and audited Intercompany code configuration and made necessary adjustments.
• Validation of the manual and automated (SAP) controls with respect to COSO framework.
• Identified the existing controls (manual and SAP) in Business processes and documenting them.
• Preparing control flowcharts, evaluating the SAP system controls, preparing the risk control matrix for SAP and Manual.
• Performed test of design (TOD), test of operative effectiveness (TOE).
• Identifying and analyzing the gaps in the existing processes and providing the remediation required filling those gaps both manual as well as SAP.