SUMMARY

• Experienced SAP FICO Functional consultant wif 7 years of implementation and configuration experience in FI and CO module.
• Involved in two full life cycle implementations, upgrades & production support projects, participated in all phases of ASAP Methodology - Project Preparation, BusinessBlueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Going Live and Support.
• Experience in Analyzing business requirements, Configuration, Process mapping, Testing, Documentation and End User Training.
• Involved wif Business Process re-engineering/process improvement, Multitask oriented and teh ability to prioritize to meet deadlines.
• Worked in teh areas of FI-GL transactions and configuring accounts for General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Asset Accounting (A/A) and Controlling (CO).
• Expertise in creating Company code, Posting Period Variant, Assigned document numberranges, Tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.
• Defined required customizing in Accounts Payable. Configured for Payment terms, Vendor Groups, Number Ranges, and Automatic Payment Program.
• Created & Maintained Customer Master Data along wif, Customer Groups, Payment Terms, Reporting, Dunning, Down Payment, Discount, Over and Under Payment.
• Worked for Configurations in Assets like, Copying reference Chart of Depreciation, made required configuration for account determination, asset classes, screen layout rules.
• Defined number ranges, valuation of assets in different depreciation areas, external asset acquisition, in-house asset acquisition, cross company code transfers in Asset Accounting (A/A).
• Configured New G/L for document splitting and provide Document simulation facility rather TEMPthan waiting for period end process.
• Worked on controlling part dis includes Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA and Profit Center Accounting CO-PCA, Profitable analysis CO-PA.
• Configured operating concern and maintained CO versions, defined characteristics, value fields and attributes.
• Configured controlling area - Activate components/control indicators. Assign number ranges to controlling area. Integrate FI and CO.
• Worked on CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) reporting, forms, planning, derivation rules and structures, product and customer hierarchy, PA settlement, realignments, and integration issues wif Sales & Distribution.
• Made necessary changes to reconcile PCA to CO-PA for P&L accounts including modification of CO-PA user exits, and creation of new field status groups.
• Functional specification for Customized Reports and LSMW for conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP system.
• Significant noledge in teh integration aspects of SD and MM modules wif FI/CO.
• Extensively worked on Report writer/ Report painter, CATT, ABAP queries.
• Strong technical, analytical skills combined wif outstanding leadership ability, creative problem solving skills in both strategic, tactical areas.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 Version, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0

SAP: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting. Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, and Profitability Analysis.

Technical: LSMW, ASAP Methodology, Report Painter, Report Writer, ABAP Query, CATTS.

Databases: MS Access

Applications: MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Platforms: Dos, Microsoft Windows 95/98, 2000/NT/XP, Vista, Windows 7.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 /FSCM/ Full Life cycle Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Worked on New GL in teh areas of parallel accounting, document splitting and real-time integration between FI and CO.
• Activated segment dimension to produce segment reports as required by IFRS/US GAAP.
• New GL was configured and teh current ledger being set as leading ledger and updated rules for teh multiple ledgers for parallel accounting purposes.
• Configured Wifholding taxes, payment advices, foreign currency valuation, financial statement versions and cross company code transactions.
• Worked on asset classes, depreciation areas, assigned company codes to depreciation areas, created screen layouts and number ranges, configured depreciation keys, parallel valuation of assets, depreciation run, periodic depreciation posting and error handling, involved in uploading of asset data usingLSMW.
• Maintained asset master data for asset acquisitions, retirements, inter-company transfers, settlement of AUC to assets and configured leased assets.
• Simulated asset reports, asset history sheets and depreciation to provide desired reports to teh local accounting team.
• Managed financial information dealing wif Assets, liabilities, capital. And prepared B/S, P&L statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position for department managers.
• Configured teh process of foreign currency valuation to evaluate teh A/R and A/P open line items and balances of GL accounts in foreign currency to calculate teh foreign exchange gain/ loss.
• Designed, configured, and implemented accounts payable (A/P) check printing, periodic Sales and Use tax reporting, and related month end financial reports.
• A/P Payment Program configuration: Company code data, Paying company code, Country payment methods, wire transfer settings, ACH payments, Dunning Notices.
• Designed and configured Automatic Write off, Clearing, Late Fee for Accounts Receivable A/R including Manual Clearing and Refund Process.
• Customized ABAP Z-reports for displaying asset account balances and developed special reporting capability for monthly depreciation forecast for future years.
• Maintained profit center standard hierarchy, plan versions, planning layout, planning profile, periodic allocation functions involving assessment and distribution and defined account determination for internal goods movements.
• Maintained segment level characteristics, characteristic groups, characteristic hierarchy, derivation rules, defined and assigned valuation strategy, value field analysis, maintained plan versions, assigned quantity fields and value fields, automatic account assignment, defined and executed assessment cycles.
• Prepared functional specifications for conversions and interfaces, performed post go live trouble shooting in FI and CO and documented various business process flows and produced end user procedures.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Full Life Cycle Implementation/ FSCM

Responsibilities:

• Collected and analyzed users business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
• Analyzed all open items, foreign currency revaluation, reclassification of payable and receivable, clearing of goods receipt/invoice receipt GI/IR accounts, performing reconciliation s, profitability allocations by business area.
• Configured company code which includes creating chart of accounts, defined posting periodvariant, retained earnings account, document types, and tolerance groups for employees, created financial statement version.
• Followed ASAP Implementation methodology and designed teh business processes, wrote blueprint phase documentation and completed Configuration during realization phase.
• Designed teh process of payment proposal approvals for different payment methods like ACH, Wire, Check and P-cards in A/P.
• Involved in modeling of invoice processing, Disbursement run, check printing and bank reconciliation processes for A/P.
• Eliminated Duplicated Inter-Company AR/AP Postings in Cross-Company Sales Orders, Ensured dat SD Billing Document Invoices Are Posted in FI.
• Worked on bill of exchange configuration and processing in FI-AR by configuring teh reconciliation accounts in teh special GL.
• Worked on customer transactions, Master data, Payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, Mapping Bank Lockbox format wif Sap lockbox format, customizing payment advice notes on Accounts Receivable (A/R).
• Worked on Correspondence types on A/R which means different outputs which can be printed and sent to you're business partners based around customer G/L information.
• Responsible for A/R customer transactions, credit management, check printing, payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, Cash receipts, clearing and month end and Year-end activities.
• Used Biller Direct in FSCM for electronic invoicing and payment collection.
• Defined distribution for cash position and liquidity forecast, cash collection strategy in Biller Direct using FSCM.
• Managed electronic customer billing disputes, receivables, collections and customercredit risk using FSCM.
• Identified technical improvements in FSCM and teh related interfaces focusing on application sharing and business process optimization.
• Used FSCM to employ tools to analyze credit worthiness and establish policies. Enabled customer access to invoices, account status and payment information over teh internet.
• Used Collection Management functionality in FSCM for creating a collection work list, preparing and documenting customer contacts.
• Cleaned Legacy Customer Master Data. Reviewed customer address data, Credit limits, Dunning, Line item displays and carry forward balances.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for Check, Wire and ACH payments.
• Worked on Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV or GR-IR verification) in FI-MM (Procure to Pay) integration and configured account determination for FI-SD (Order to Cash) cycles.
• Created Bank Master data, House banks, EDI,ERS, G/L accounts for each bank account and Reconciliation accounts for vendors, customers and assets.
• Provided functional assistance in teh development of RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms).
• Resolved end-user issues involved in cost roll, WIP calculation, variance calculation and period end settlement in different plants
• Configured Cost component structure and roll ups, BOM. Set up material cost estimate wif quantity structure.
• Worked in PTP (Procure-To-Pay) business process.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Configured Settings for New GL in teh areas of document splitting, parallel accounting.
• Configured teh organization structure for Finance and Controlling and completed teh global settings required for set up of a company code.
• Configured Account groups and retained earning accounts to create GL Master.
• Configured auto GL Account for GR/IR account at teh time goods receipt.
• Created House Banks, Bank Accounts and assigned teh accounts to a check lot.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for outgoing payments in Accounts payable.
• Assigned Layout and print program to teh payment method in FBZP configuration to print teh checks directly in SAP.
• Worked wif a developer on modifying a SAP Script for checks and teh print program.
• Involved in SD and MM integration in Account Receivable and Accounts Payable modules.
• Configured for revenue integration wif SD and Credit Management wif Dynamic check to check teh credit limit at teh time of sales order.
• Configured account assignment category for MM by valuation class. Used various processing keys such as GBB and BSX for account determination.
• Configured Screen layout rules, automatic account assignments, financial statement version, validations and substitutions.
• Assigned Chart of Depreciation to company code.
• Configured Asset classes, Account determination, and assigned accounts for Depreciation, Accumulated Depreciation and Fixed Asset Control account.
• Also configured Depreciation Key, Calculation Key and teh period Controls.
• Provided recommendation on execution of various month-end programs using a schedule instead of manually executing teh same for each company code(s).
• Validated system configurations in GL, AP and MM-FI process integration, and recommended fine-tuning and configuration enhancements.
• Configured Controlling Area, Versions and maintain number ranges for controlling area, also maintained Standard Hierarchy for a controlling area and Alternate Hierarchy to teh controlling area.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in gathering business process information and compiled teh AS-IS, and modeled teh TO-BE system and conducted GAP analysis of teh SAP ECC 5.0 system
• Involved in configuration, testing, user training and cutover activities of teh project
• Defined global parameters for different company codes, Created and Maintained Chart of accounts, configured account groups, tolerance groups, field status groups, posting keys, document types, posting period variants, fiscal year variants
• Created GL master records and reconciliation accounts for sub-ledgers
• Defined different exchange rate types, currency factors for currency conversion and entered exchange rates in global settings to enable foreign currency transactions
• Configured teh settings for sales/use tax automatic account assignment, reconciliation accounts and special ledger accounts
• Configured auto GL Account for GR/IR account at teh time goods receipt
• Configured special GL transactions like down payment program
• Configured Vendor/Customer groups and Created vendor/customer master data, specified number ranges and screen layouts
• Enhanced teh intercompany clearing process by using teh functional module to update teh assignment field for matching records of A/R and A/P documents
• Configured and maintained House Banks wif multiple Bank Accounts, Alternate Bank Selections for Payments, assigned check lots and defined void reason codes
• Configured Automatic Payment Program-FBZP for outgoing payments
• Configured Dunning procedure for customers wif outstanding balances and also responsible for credit and debit memos
• Configured terms of payment and interest calculation on open items/outstanding balances
• Defined asset classes, account determinations, number ranges, screen layout rules and assigned GL accounts for depreciation, accumulated depreciation and APC
• Determined depreciation areas in asset classes, depreciation key, calculation key and period controls
• Configured OAYZ to default depreciation key for a given asset class
• Involved in Legacy Data Asset Transfer, using LSMW
• Configured Internal Order by maintaining Order Types, Screen Layouts, Order Groups, Status Management, Settlement Rules, Settlement Profile and Planning Profile.
• Created teh Standard hierarchy in Cost Center Accounting, defined cost centers, assigned cost centers to cost elements. Configured Activities and Statistical Key figures
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups, maintained cost element attributes in cost element accounting
• Maintained teh basic settings in Profit Center Accounting, created master data for profit centers, profit center groups, dummy profit centers, profit center hierarchy, activity types
• Used CATT for creating test data for user training
• Provided Post Go-Live support to users, helped users in solving their problems

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3.47

Responsibilities:

• Performed assessment of business requirements, documented teh findings, assessed scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customizations
• Prepared and reviewed business process procedures (BPPs) for GL, AP and AR
• Assisted in teh implementation of 27 company codes worldwide in different countries wif a global chart of accounts and country specific legal charts of accounts
• Configured Company codes, Posting Period variants, Fiscal year variants, Field status groups, Number ranges, Tolerance groups, assigning teh variants to company code
• Defined and configured chart of accounts, account groups and general ledger accounts for various company codes
• Configured teh global settings of GL, such as creating GL master data, cross-company code transactions, open item clearing, bank account and interest calculation, closing, and integration
• Configured Customer/Vendor Master Data and master groups
• Configured and maintained House Banks, Payment Programs, Automatic Payment Methods configuration, Alternate Bank Selections for Payments
• Posted Invoices wif and wifout Invoice Verification
• Processed Recurring Documents and configuration of one-time vendor screen layouts
• Resolved integration issues among FI, CO, MM and SD. Provided configuration support in MM integration for account determination, material movement setup
• Configured Asset Classes, Master data, Acquisition, Retirement and Transfer transactions
• Supported teh mapping procedure in asset structure, grouping and numbering
• Created teh Standard hierarchy, cost centers, assigned cost centers to cost elements. Configured Activities, Statistical Key figures
• Prepared training material and gave end user training to teh process owners in GL, AR, AP, and CO as well as to core team members and also maintained detailed documentation
• Worked on Report Painter in FI/CO modules for developing reports as per client’s requirement
• Involved in unit and integration testing
• Involved in production support related to FI module

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Defined customer / vendor account groups, configured vendor / customer master data settings, defined payment methods for vendor / customer and configured automatic payment program for outgoing payments.
• Analyzed and verified teh whole procurement cycle from determination of requirements to payment procedures and order to cash cycle.
• Maintained credit control areas for customers, credit risk categories, and interest calculation procedures for overdue customers, cash discounts, customized forms for dunning and confirmation of balances for period end closing, configured credit management, debit and credit memos, down payment, tolerances and reason codes.
• Configured internal order types and status management, order layouts, plan versions, settlement profile, availability control, budget and commitment management.
• Configured profit center master data, hierarchy, profit center groups, dummy profit center and assignment of controlling objects and production orders.
• Configured reason codes wif A/R analyze payment differences and avoid G/L coding errors.
• Efficiently dealt wif teh unresolved A/R accounts by using Deduction management component.
• Configured Vendor account groups, terms of payment, payment methods, and automatic payment programs (APP) for Item clearing.
• Resolved teh issues pertaining to vendor payments using payment requests.
• Working noledge of TEMPeffectively control and monitor teh purchase price variance.
• Implemented Asset accounting acquisition, transfer, retirement, and asset class and depreciation areas.
• Configured House bank, Bank determination and set tolerances limits, scheduled Automatic Payment Program for payments to vendors and others, created check lots and online cashed checks.
• Configured Lockbox settings for incoming payments as per teh BAI2 format and cash management including cash concentration, wire transfer settings and ACH payments.
• Written functional requirement specifications for conversions and scheduled period closing using schedule manager to automate repeated activities and monitored successful execution of transactions.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Conducted As-Is study interacting wif teh core team members and developed a To-Be process to suit teh company’s objectives using ASAP methodology. Involved in Business Blueprint Phase and worked on field mapping to study teh GAP Analysis.
• Set up company codes, chart of account, fiscal year variants, tolerance limits, posting periods and financial statement variant.
• Created Segments and assigned Scenarios and Customer Fields in teh Ledgers.
• Created separate country-specific financial statement versions.
• Configured Accounts payable (A/P) including vendor account groups, number ranges, tolerance groups.
• Created vendor/customer groups, assigned Number ranges, Tolerance groups and Document types.
• Involved in creation of work centers and project profile using project builder/project planning board and IMG module.
• Worked wif teh management in budget allocation, assisted teh client in budget management and releasing teh budget.
• Evaluated cost planning on project forecast, and performed Project Summarization.
• Configured Lockbox wif BAI2 format, house banks and bank accounts for Lockbox processing.
• Extensively worked on LSMW and ABAP Queries wif teh ability to act as a techno functional consultant.
• Configured and customized Account groups, posting keys, Document number ranges and document types, Open and closed posting periods and maintained Field status groups.
• Configured Controlling area, Cost elements, Cost centers, Profit centers for CCA and PCA wif Integration of FI wif SD and MM modules.
• Configured Cost objects, Account assignments, Allocations and Settlements in CO.
• Maintained Overhead Cost Elements defined Costing sheets, Credits, Overhead Keys. Configured Standard Cost estimates in Product Cost Planning for teh production orders wif Quantity structure
• Trained end users about teh new system functionality and explained teh integration between teh various modules SD, MM, FI & CO.
• Resolved critical business issues related to finance and controlling.