SUMMARY

• Around 10 Years of SAP FICO experience, which includes End to End implementations, roll - outs, support and testing from SAP FICO R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 EHP5.
• Two full life cycle implementations of SAP Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules with hands-on experience in up gradation and in following SAP versions, SAP R/3 4.5B, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0.
• Worked in various industries verticals like IS Retail, AFS, Automobile, and Manufacturing industries.
• Expert configuration experience in FI module, which includes General ledger (GL), New GL, Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Asset Accounting (FI-AA), Banking (FI-BL) including Lockbox and EBS.
• Expert experience in configuration of CO module, which includes Cost Element Accounting (CEA), Cost Center accounting (CCA), Internal order (CO-IO), Profit center accounting (PCA), Product Costing (CO-PC), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Experience in FI module integration with CO, MM, SD, and PP.
• Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) required during the implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and team-oriented environments with well-developed organizational skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge in using reporting tools like Report Painter, Sap Query and Drill Down reports.
• Involved in Cutover Activities and Data Conversion using Migration tools like LSMW and BDC.
• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), methodologies and test processes and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in analyzing business specification documents, developing Test plans, Test strategy, Test scope and defining Test cases and UAT testing to meet the business requirements.
• WRICEFs (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancement, Forms and Workflow) design and development.
• Sound ABAP understanding with debugging, monitoring and in preparation of functional specifications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Applications: SAP R/3Versions (4.6c, 4.7) & ECC 5, 6.0

Tools: MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio

Database: MS Access, SQL

Operating Systems: Windows/XP/Vista

Languages: SQL, ABAP/4

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Handled issues related to GL, AR, AP, AA, CO-PC, IO, CCA, PCA, and Project Systems, etc.
• As part of the Production Support Team worked closely with Technical and Functional consultants of other modules to resolve the issues as per priorities.
• Analyzed FICO related trouble tickets, discussed with the Business Users, determined the root causes and resolved them in timely manner.
• Interacted with client's business process team; collected business requirements, created functional specifications.
• Involved in decision-making for the screen layout of Master Records including General Ledger, Vendor Master Record and Customer Master Record.
• Customized Operating Chart of Accounts, Group Chart of Accounts & Country Chart of Accounts.
• Created different G/L accounts centrally and at company code level, like expenses, revenue, cash, asset and liability.
• Configured vendor account groups & assigned number ranges to vendor groups.
• Maintained Vendor Group Field Status for General Data, Company Code Data & Purchasing Data which reflected on the Vendor Master Records.
• Customized the Payment Program to incorporate Company Code Data, Paying Company Code Data, Country Payment Methods, Company Code Payment Methods, and House Banks etc.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created new company codes for the countries Mexico & Canada and Rolled out SAP FICO solutions.
• Configured all the basic settings as per the Global template, Created Tax codes, Number ranges, Payment output files, EBS, LOCKBOX, EDI settings, Cost center Hierarchy, Cost centers and Cutover activity.
• Customized and Configured General Ledger Account Groups, G/L Accounts, Chart of Accounts, Tolerance Groups & retained earnings account in New GL.
• Configured Electronic bank statement and familiar with new EBS and Lockbox.
• Worked on extensive customization for Asset Accounting and coordinated with SharePoint team to setup a connection between one-gate and ECC to process asset transactions from SharePoint.
• Developed and tested a customized vendor master design which includes web dynpro forms, workflows, enhancements, interfaces. Worked with MDM (Microsoft Master Mata Management) team in designing an interface through PI/PO. Designed a mapping for data transfer between ECC and MDM.
• Experienced in KOFAX invoice processing and involved in custom program design in ECC for monitoring invoices coming through KOFAX.
• Developed SAP query for Withholding tax from BSIK and LIFNR table -open item information.
• Worked on customized AUC settlement process.
• Managing on-site & off-shore teams.
• Involved in Unit Testing, provided the User training and UAT support, Cutover activities and post go-live support.
• Executing Data Manager Packages for weekly reports from flat files and BW.
• Cross-module business process, Inventory Management, groundwork for Warehouse Management implementation, BW info-provider & reporting
• Good experience in configuration of leading and non-leading ledgers.
• Extensively involved in preparation of test data, writing test scripts and execution of test scripts.
• Played a key role in System integration testing for finance and reporting of test results to management by creating defects in application life cycle management (HP QC/ ALM)
• Good understanding of payment process and expert in tracing the payment issues.
• Involved in post go live support for finance and led a team of 6 members.
• Familiar with "Service now" ticketing tool.
• Involved in reporting activities with respect to team productivity and ticket resolution.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the full life cycle (E2E) implementation and post go-live support in FI/CO module.
• Analyzed the AS-IS condition of the existing system, TO-BE analysis, GAP analysis, business process re-engineering, developed Blueprint document and conducted workshop for collection of functional requirement specification, configuration, and modifications to suit the client's requirements by using change management process, made cut over to production, and production support.
• Participated in the design process, assisted in defining project scope for the company and planned implementation of SAP FI/CO module using ASAP methodology with Agile methodology to manage rapidly evolving product requirements and meet aggressive delivery schedules
• Defined Enterprises Structure Company, Company codes, Business Areas and Credit Control Area
• Configured Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Periods, Document number ranges and tolerance groups.
• Accounts Payables (P2P) - Configured - Vendor account groups, number ranges for vendor accounts, tolerance groups,
• Configured Extended Withholding tax, and Tax procedure and different types of payment terms
• In Treasury, responsible for configuring Cash journal, House banks, payment methods, created check lots and defined check void reasons, Automatic Payment Program (APP) for outgoing payments, Manual and Electronic Bank reconciliation statements
• Configured - customer account groups, number ranges for customer accounts, tolerance groups, Dunning and created customer masters.
• Maintained exchange rates, created accounts for exchange difference and foreign exchange valuations,
• Configured validations and substitutions for data integrity on requirement. Also configured financial statement of versions (Balance sheet and Profit and Loss account) according to client requirement.
• Asset Accounting (FI-AA) - Configured Country specific Chart of Depreciation, depreciation areas, defined, account determinations, screen layout rules, number range intervals, assets classes, account assignments, posting rules, depreciation methods, depreciation keys, creation of asset masters and uploading of assets from legacy to SAP using LSMW.
• Configured for Asset sinter / intra-company transfer, asset acquisitions, internal order settlement, capitalization AUC assets, retirements, are also designed other possible business scenarios. The accounting and legal aspect of the asset management is also in-built while designing the system.
• Designed detailed Fixed Assets business processes with depreciation run to be used by users in post implementation SAP environment.
• Configured general controlling settings by defining controlling area, number ranges and versions for controlling area.
• Configured Cost center accounting (CO-CCA) cost center hierarchy, cost centers, categories, cost center groups, cost elements for activity allocation, activity types and statistical key figures. Created planning lay-outs.
• Configured allocation methods-Assessment, Distribution, Periodic posting
• Configured costing Sheet, costing variant, cost component structure, variance key, settlement Profile, and valuation Variant. Involved in creation of BOM, Routing and Work center.
• Cost estimate with quantity structure, created settlement profile for variance calculations and WIP calculation.
• Configured Operating Concern, activated cost-based COPA, Operating Concern Attributes, created characteristics and value fields, defined derivation structures and rules, maintained derivation table, and profitability segments used in Profitability Analysis, created custom reports like Sales report with Customer, Product and Market segment-wise.
• Developed Report Writer and Report Painter Reports by Customer/Profit Center/Product/Period.
• Conducted training classes for the end users and Core users and provided user training manuals. Involved in cutover activates from fico module side.

Confidential

Jr. SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Business Processes Requirements Analysis, User Requirement Specifications and Functional Requirement Specifications for documentation.
• Analyzed the as-is system, performed Gap Analysis and designed to-be system.
• Worked on cut-over and go-live phase and provided post live support, coordinating and solving issues in QA and production
• Assisting State with status, functional specs, user testing, and technical testing and solution.
• Working with ABAP on IDOC/ EDI and User Exits.
• Configured Bank Reconciliation Electronic and Manual Inbound.
• Maintained house banks, bank GL structure with various bank clearing accounts, check lots for the bank accounts and reason codes for voided checks
• Configured the New GL, AP, In the SAP system as a FICO Analyst.
• Setup Fiscal Year Variant, GL Accounts Group, Field Status variant and Document number ranges.
• Configured New-GL-Segments, Scenarios and assigned Segments to Profit Centers Configured Zero-Balance clearing Accounts for document splitting.
• Designed and configured Automatic Payment Program (APP) and Account payable (A/P) Master Data, Vendor group, Vendor Field Status, Creating Vendor and Customer Master Data and Risk Categories.
• Configured EBS, check deposits, check forms and wire transfer and ACH Payment
• Extensively involved in Implantation & support Project of CCA, PCA, COPA.
• Configured Controlling Area, assigned number ranges to controlling area, and maintained Versions.
• Created Standard hierarchy of Cost Center Accounting (CCA) and Cost center groups.
• Configured Activities types and Statistical Key Figures & assigned cost centers to cost elements & developed Allocation cycle for Assessment & Distribution.
• Configured EC-PCA by creating profit centers, standard hierarchies, assigned revenue elements, to profit center, planning profile and planning layouts.
• Resolving day-to-day FICO issues.
• Building Custom reports.
• Helping user to process invoices.
• Cash and bank Configuration and other related area including Cash management. House bank, Lockbox, Automatic payment, Check payment.
• Coordinating Bank for various file and other issue.
• Worked strictly under SOX compliance.
• Responsible for making changes, migrating them, completing the ticket and communicating the change to the level 2 support person, who can then resolve and close the call.
• Problem determination includes re-creating the issues, determining the point of failure by stepping through the ABAP Code and identifying the problem resolution.
• If the resolution is a major development or configuration fix, provide the necessary change detail to Level 3.