SUMMARY

• SAP FICO Consultant with 8+ years of implementation and configuration experience across a wide range of SAP environments.
• Two full life cycle implementations using ASAP accelerators across all phases of a project, from Project Preparation to Post - Go-Live support. Cross-industry knowledge: functionalities have been implemented in the Consumer Industrial Product, Retail, Pharmaceutical, and Manufacturing sectors. Experience using Agile implementation methodology.
• Strong understanding of convergences and differences between IFRS and US GAAP accounting standards according to SOX compliance protocols.
• SAP-FI: configuration expert of the SAP Global Environment, Master Data, New GL (to comply with both US GAAP and IFRS Accounting Standards), Bank Accounting, Fixed Assets Accounting A/P, and A/R. Excellent at writing FI end-user training documents.
• SAP-CO: strong working knowledge of the Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA), with some exposure in Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) sub-modules.
• Hands-on experience of the various integration points between FICO and other SAP modules including, but not limited to, SD, MM & PP.
• Solid understanding of Record-to-Report (RTR), Order-to-Cash (OTC) and Procure-to-Pay (PTP) business scenarios.
• Experienced in Master data management in GL,AP,AR and Asset Master.
• Data Migration expert: creation of LSMW objects, as well as use of third-party software such as WinShutle and Z-Options.
• Working knowledge of report creation using Crystal Reports, Report Writer and Report Painter.
• Team-lead experience: multiple years’ experience leading on-shore and off-shore resources.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills: experience conductor stakeholder meetings, requirements gathering sessions (FITT-GAP), phase review sessions prior to sign-off, etc.
• Team-player with excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to work independently as required.
• Experienced in using Charm, Solman, Assyst, ALM, Vertex, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Environments: SAP R/3 4.6, 4.7, ECC 6.0

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, Server 2003/2008/2016

RDBMS: MS-SQL Server 2005-2014.

SAP R/3 Tools: SAP-FICO, SAP Solutions Manager 7.1, Report Painter, Report Writer, UAT Script development & HPQC, IBM RQM & Clear Quest (Testing), Win shuttle & Z Option (SAP data entry automation)

Software languages: SQL, Java, Haskell, PHP.

MS-Office: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, One Note)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP FICO Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Founded in 1929 WP is a Leading manufacturer of packaging components and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products. Annual global revenues exceed $1.85 billion.
• Project Scope: Accounts Receivable, Lockbox. Some exposure to CO-PA.
• Defined the Bank Account G/L structure with G/L account and several categorized bank-clearing accounts.
• Configured Intercompany (I/C) transaction postings: cross-company code configuration, automatic postings, and foreign currency valuation..
• Customized the Automatic Payment Program.
• Created the automatic Interest Calculation procedure, streamlined payment terms, and introduced a more enhanced Dunning process.
• Activated cost-based CO-PA to report profitability by customer, product, and market. Monitored actual data flow from SD Billing Documents and FI.
• Configured standard cost estimates for production orders. Configured WIP calculations and variance calculations, maintained settlement structures, and assisted at month-end during the closing process for production orders.
• Created Internal Orders (I/O) for multiple projects, and assigned various costs to respective Cost Centers.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• An American company that designs, develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces including sunglasses, sports visors, ski/snowboard goggles, watches, and other accessories.
• Project scope: Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Controlling and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). Cash applications: Lockbox (BAI2) and EBS (BAI2, SWIFT MT940).
• Led Executive Business Analysis meetings to analyze existing AS-IS business processes. Gathered and processed the TO-BE business requirements, and developed functional specifications for 10+ RICEFW objects.
• Developed the spreadsheet to facilitate posting of mass recurring and accrual journal entries.
• Defined Financial Statement Versions (FSVs), and prepared recommendations for a more integrated and streamlined financial close calendar.
• Defined screen layouts for GL, AP and AR master data views.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, Bank Account G/L Structure, Check Lots, Void Reason codes etc.
• Customized the Payment Program to in corporate Company Code Data, Paying Company Code Data, Country Payment Methods, Company Code Payment Methods, and House Banks etc.
• Defined Reason codes, Customized Reason Code Conversion Versions & Mapped external reason codes to the defined reason codes to facilitate accountability for the underpayment and overpayment of incoming payments from customers in AR.
• Configured Lock Box processing including file format, configured and in Bank Statement defined transaction types, keys for posting rules, mapping external transaction codes and posting rules in Treasury Module.
• Configured both costing based CO-PA, created Operating Concern with characteristics and value fields.
• Configured Costing Variant, Valuation Variant, Cost Component Split, Cost Component Structure, BOM and Route Settings.
• Finalized Preparation & Support, involved in testing, development and Q&A environments. Issues resolved, compiled documentation, trained users and signed off. Transported customer & Vendor master data from legacy system in to SAP through LSMW. Involved in Setup of Substitution and Validations.
• Post-Go-Live: validated the account assignment model, post-production functional support (8 weeks).

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant SAP ECC 6.0 (EHP 5, 6, & 7)

Responsibilities:

• Project scope: Implemented a standardized COPA for Mexico, Brazil and USA including Master Data cleanup. Standardize the Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Chart of Accounts across Mexico, Brazil and USA.
• Harmonizing the SAP across affiliates according to business processes.
• Implemented CO-PC with the focus of Make to Order design.
• Helped affiliates with respect to ML issues.
• Worked on Asset revaluation & Fixed Asset Impairment functionality.
• Worked on Leasing Standard ASC 842/IFRS 16 by segregating Operating & Capital leases.
• Worked on various projects related to Batch Metrics and its integration to SAP.
• Led & Managed finance team on SAP support including affiliates across Mexico & Brazil.
• Provided guidance and support on SAP best practices using R/3 system.
• Provided support on areas of improvement at different plants with respect to CO-PC.

Confidential

SAP Analyst Level II SAP ECC 6.0 (EHP 5, 6, & 7)

Responsibilities:

• Confidential is a global service and manufacturing company headquartered in Cincinnati. Confidential has locations across US & CA. Founded in 1929 and has a reported revenue of 4.9 Billion.
• Project scope: Participating in gathering requirements, including leading, designing and providing guidance on recommendations.
• Collaborating with the business on current processes and proposing solutions to enhance current processes, including advising on system options, risk, cost vs. benefits and impacts; ensuring all systems are aligned with the IT long term strategy.
• Working on Support in the Area of FICO using ALM and Assyst tools for production support.
• Identifying, recommending and implementing complex configuration solutions and implementing full cycle configuration to meet business needs, while creating and updating associated documentation.
• Setting testing strategy for modules and leading end to end integration testing.
• Participating in the delivery of project and minor/major releases.
• Troubleshooting and leading the evaluation and design of the correction for complex incidents; and maintaining a high level of functional competency regarding the standard configuration.
• Mainly working on COPA functionality with issue relating to overall area of Finance.
• Worked on enhancement relating to FICO area.
• Worked with Concur for travel management.
• Worked on Volume Transfer and Pricing Simplification Projects.
• Working experience with AS400, Movex, Billtrust, SolMan and Charm.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant SAP R/3 4.6

Responsibilities:

• An American manufacturer of medical diagnostic devices, patient monitoring systems, and miniature precision lamps.
• Project scope: GL, configuration and implementation of Asset Accounting module (FA). Development of Legacy Systems Migration Workbench (LSMW) object.
• Developed a more streamlined organizational structure following internal restructuring: designed a new operational Chart of Accounts, Chart of Depreciation, business areas, and cost / profit centers.
• Structured fixed assets on balance sheet according to classification levels. Segregated assets into Low Value Assets (LVA), Leased assets, and Intangible assets.
• Defined data system for assets by assigning 12-character alpha-numeric main asset number and a 4-character sub-number depending upon asset complexity and component parts.
• Defined group assets for depreciation (ADR tax requirement in U.S.), assigned group asset according to specific depreciation area.
• Involved in Setting parameters for negative acquisition and production costs for some asset classes.
• Integrated Asset Accounting (AA) and Plant Maintenance(PM) components by synchronization of asset master records and equipment master records. Also set up the system so that equipment master records are automatically updated w.r.t asset master records (synchronous changes via workflow).
• Assigned depreciation areas to asset masters, defined derived depreciation areas calculations as per the client requirement, managed value types for depreciation areas, Period control key, depreciation keys.
• Worked extensively with business users on deciding depreciation methods going forward: straight line depreciation vs. declining multi-phase depreciations vs. production-based methods.
• Migrated Asset data from client legacy system to SAP, and defined asset parameters, balance reconciliation with GL via data transfer workbench.
• Configured Lockbox, Electronic Bank Statement (EBS): liaised with JPM EBS team to integrate and process the BAI2 statement for collections and disbursements.
• Configured Cost Center with standard hierarchy.
• Designed and Configured Internal Orders and Costs Allocation /Distributions.