SUMMARY

• Twenty one years of SAP practice with Private and Public sector organizations; teaming with SAP SE, Deloitte, PWC, IBM, Confidential and Bearing Point; employed and consulting on projects guided by the ASAP and Agile mythologies for Global Implementations from Blue Print to Post Go Live support
• Proficient in Business Process design, Testing, Training development, Master Data Governance and Organizational Change Management
• Industries include, Oil & Gas, DOD, Army, Navy, Auto, Manufacturing, Retail, Food & Beverage, Biotechnologies, Chemical Transportation and life Sciences.
• Teamed on Year End processing, Record to Report - RTR, Order to Cash - OTC, Procure to Pay-PTP, Make to Stock-MTS, and Make to Order-MTO global ERP work streams
• Cross module experience, include Finance and Controlling-FICO, Sales and Distribution-SD, Plant Maintenance-PM, Project Systems - PS, PP-Production Planning, Materials Management - MM, Asset Management - EAM, Profitability Analysis-COPA and Financial Supply Chain Management-FSCM
• Strong Stakeholder and Business Owner communication skills used for status updates on Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Forms - RICEF objects affecting respective business processes
• Designed and executed data validation tasks through Table extractions using SE11 & SE16 for LSMW uploads and special projects. Used BI BW for report and data consolidations
• Performed and managed User Acceptance, End User, and End to End Testing and Training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Torrance, CA

RTR Business Analyst/Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

• Examine and evaluate purpose and content of business RTR reports to develop new organizational structures to improve financial reporting.
• Review reports to determine basic characteristics, such as data components, origin and report flow, format, frequency, distribution and purpose or function of report
• Confer with business owners originating, handling, processing or receiving reports to identify problems and to gather suggestions for improvements
• Evaluate findings, using knowledge of workflow, operating practices, records retention schedules and office equipment layout
• Recommend establishment of new or modified reporting methods and procedures to improve report content and completeness of information
• Strong data analysis and problem solving skills
• Good understanding of the organizations goals and objectives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to provide outstanding Stakeholder communication in fast-paced RTR and OCM environments
• Proficient use of computerized applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation software, email and specialized business applications software
• Effectively communicate, update, persuade and/or facilitate discussions with all levels of management stakeholders and Business owners
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other business areas and government agencies as required
• Create the Nomenclature for the Cost Center and Profit Center Structures
• Review the Organizational Structures for the Plant and manufacturing locations to align the Functional area assignments
• Assimilate and interpret various sources of data and provide and make decisions on recommendations to executive management to solve highly complex problems from start to Coordinate workload around multiple assignments

Confidential

Lead RTR/FI Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Create AS-IS - TO BE scenarios for the New General Ledger, Foreign Currency Accounting & Treasury
• Develop and execute test scripts for FI sub processes General Masters Data/Journal Entries/COPA and Project Systems
• Review A/R and A/P processes to align GR/IR procedures
• Edit training material and Job Aids for the Power Users & End users
• Create/load/stage SAP training data and coordinate system refreshes, authorizations, org structures, workflow, period close, year-end closing, new year set-up, transports, background jobs, variants, and layouts
• Review and validate the end-user landscape for role assignment
• Document/Test Day to Day and Month End Process for Cash application and month end processing
• Review Revenue Recognition requirements and processes
• Create test scripts and business process specifications
• GL Master Data Structure
• CO Master Data Structure
• Cost Center Hierarchy structure
• Profit Center Groups & PCA
• WBS Element Structure
• Revenue Recognition
• Develop Product Hierarchy cross walk for COPA segment reporting
• Develop & test Allocation and Intercompany processes
• Facilitate end user training for Finance, Project Systems, Treasury and COPA

Confidential

Lead Sr. SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Trouble shoot process issues, determine root cause and propose resolutions resulting incident reduction and quality assurance validation
• SAP Solutions architect tasked with aligning FI, CO, PM, SD, SCM, FSCM and PS into global processes
• Create AS-IS - TO-BE scenarios and functional specifications
• Provide configuration support for sustainment and implementation realignment requirements
• Trouble shoot reporting and posting inconstancies related to budget and planning
• Analyzed supplements, returns and transfers and budget update processes
• Reviewed availability control and settlement for process realignment
• Process architect for PR, PO and WBS
• Configured, end to end test and delivered the Extended Withholding Tax solution
• Configured, end to end test and delivered Material Masters for price valuation and value category setup
• Created data extracts with SE16 & SE11
• Created extracts for LSMW upload
• Tables:MAKTX/MEINS/MATKL/BISMT/EKGRP/LGFSB/PERKZ/MTVFP/BKLAS/VERPR/STPRS/PEINH
• Test/approve Change Request proposed by the Technical team (Rotterdam)
• Test E2E for material purchase processes and data field alignment
• Configured, test and delivered Material Group and Cost center Group realignment - COPA
• Account assignment and Cost Center group designation
• Configured, end to end test and delivered Project Systems customized report for project budget analysis
• Challenge with availability checks when settling to an order vs. WBS
• Redesigned IW31 input screen to include taxable item indicator option - process improvement for P2P
• Created Tax designation column for material purchase requirements
• End to end test of Functional Specifications to customized “Revenue & Profitability Analysis Report”
• Configuration omitted to report revenue by Tank, Rail, Barge & Truck for combined products
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and processes.
• Provided Master Data Governance and quality assurance support
• Provide Cost Center and Profit Center Master Data realignment recommendations
• Realigned MD for open Purchase orders, WBs element, Budget and Planning balances
• Facilitate change control meetings
• Weekly IT/Help Desk/Project Status
• Review Open tickets/Solutions (Break fix/Software Modification)
• Assign Analyst to solution/ticket
• Provide updates and status for stake holders buy in and approval
• Project lead for VIM Vendor Invoice Management implementation Blue print to Final Preparation
• AP Processor Business process and Role Design
• Purchase Order Blocking
• Parked Documents, Shopping Cart
• Account Payable - Payment trouble shooting for F-110
• Document Flow, UOM Mismatch - Process Development
• Buyer Invoice Resolution Decision Table and Blocked Purchase Order Process Design
• VIM Analytics & Report output options
• Manage team of 12: 6 US based and 6 UK based consultants

Confidential

SAP FI-FM Functional Process Analyst/Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed business process requirements to performed Gap analysis and functional specification for Funds Management appropriations processes, RTR and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), MILSTRIP, DTS, SPS and STANFINS interfaces.
• Support and participated in the MOCK Y/E close to document process changes
• Validated end to end scenarios for Funds Management processes:
• Fund Center/Master Data/Budget & Planning
• Functional Area/Funded Program/Funds/Funds Status Reporting
• Inter-fund Bills/Billing/Shopping Cart/Work Flow
• UMDs (Unmatched Disbursements)/UMCs (Unmatched Receivables)
• Pricing Condition updates
• Financial Close and Reporting/BI/BW
• Create/load/stage SAP training data and coordinate system refreshes, authorizations, org structures, workflow, period close, year-end closing, new year set-up, transports, background jobs, variants, and layouts
• Work with process team members and subject matter experts (SME’s) to create, revise, and validate end-user instructor-led training (ILT), system simulations and web-based training (WBT) using Captivate and STT

Confidential

SAP Business Functional Analyst - FICO

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and defined financial (FI/CO) process requirements, business processes, and user needs according to operational needs
• Used SAP functional application knowledge to analyze and translate requirements into business functionality
• Requirements gathering for reporting requirements; and end to end test report accuracy usability
• Including, but not limited to:
• Develop and functional specifications for VIM, FI, MM, SRM, BI/BW processes and reports
• Shopping Cart and Invoice Work Flow
• Functional design specifications for VAT Tax rate conversions
• Performing ad-hoc training
• Providing end-user support
• Managed 4 US Consultants

Confidential, Houston, TX.

Backbone SAP Business Analyst/FICO/P2P/OTC /RTR

Responsibilities:

• Liaison to the Technical, Financial, and Business, teams to translate the business requirements to develop best practices for SAP transaction execution for the Financial Supply Chain Management processes
• Perform GAP Analysis for proposed process enhancements and RICEFW requirements
• Review VIM Open text business processes issues and create solution
• Shopping Cart and Dispute resolution quality assurance
• Create and validate business process procedures and process flows for P2P, OTC, RTR, SRM
• Account Payable - Payment trouble shooting for F-110
• Perform transactional and master data validations for E-Procurement, P2P, FI, CO, MM, SCM and COPA
• Documented Budget, Planning and Forecasting report procedures
• Develop and review training material using UPK/ Assess End-User Training Needs
• Develop End-User Training Plan / Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Facilitated SAP mobile training for IM WM
• Created extracts for LSMW upload
• Participated in legacy system process testing and in cut over process

Confidential - Houston, Texas

IPES SAP CO Developer

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute end to end test scripts for FI/CO and COPA processes
• Create, edit and validate business process procedures and process flows for P2P and RTR
• Master data validations for E-Procurement, P2P, FSCM, CO, PS, OTC, RTR, SCM, SD, and MM processes
• Facilitate stakeholder and business owner status meetings
• Review training material using UPK and Captivate
• Track training material development progress against milestones

Confidential

Lead SAP Business Analyst/Trainer & Developer (SAP Crew)

Responsibilities:

• Developed and tested training UPK materials for SRM, MM, PS, SD, BI/BW and FI
• Facilitated Train the Trainer and Super Users Training sessions
• Facilitated SAP mobile training - SRM using UPK and Captivate
• Capture Business Process issues on issue log to functional teams
• Translated issue solutions to the end user community
• Created SAP Tips and Tricks to users for streamline transaction processing
• Created data for the sandbox for MM, SD, PS and AP, FI transactions
• Validated business process procedures and process flows

Confidential - Houston, TX.

SAP/Atlas Business Process Advisor Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed and managed project end to end test plans for SAP Business Process changes
• Areas of focus Time & Expense/Cost Center Alignment/Master Data Governance
• Captured/analyzed potential enhancements for business process improvements
• Implemented and Managed Pro-Master Legacy interface for Time & Expense
• Liaison to the Technical, Financial, and Business, teams to translate the business requirements to develop best practices for SAP transaction execution and SOX compliance quality assurance
• Malaysia/Chennai/Singapore/Mexico
• Developed extracts for Data Cleansing requirements for upgrades, implementations and interface projects for CO, QM, SRM, MM, SCM, MDM, PRA, WM, FSCM, SD & PS
• Table extractions for data modeling and validations - SE11 & SE16
• Analyzed statutory VAT tax requirements for international currency exchange rate and customs mandates
• Trouble shoot month end and year end process issues related to budgets, planning and forecasting
• Weekly global tem meeting to review open items and change request
• Perform GAP Analysis for proposed process enhancements and RICEFW requirements
• Created/monitor/troubleshoot batch jobs/SQ01/SQVI Queries/Table maintenance for Transfer pricing, Product costing, Sales & Distribution and Material Masters,
• Execute data loads and data validations for conversion areas (RTR, OTC, SRM, P2P & FICO (new G/L)
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and processes
• Manage team of 18; 11 US based and 7 International consultants (India, Malaysia, Netherlands)

Confidential, Alexandria, Virginia

FICO-Material/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Functional Specifications for AR, AP, PURC, FM, GL, CM, MILSTRIP, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), Budget Formulation, Funds Management, Real Property and Project Systems business processes for RTR and COPA
• Maintained a high level of direct client interaction to collaborate on process developments
• Test end to end and approve LMS Training Materials, instructor and participant guides, online help procedures, process flows, simulation tutorials, assessments, and job aids
• Developed training and performance support materials using STT and Captivate

Confidential

Training AP Business Process Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implementation integrated FI, CO, MM, P2P, OTC & RTR
• Test Dispute resolution for OTC and processes relating producing planning and budgets
• Developed training material to integrate FI, CO, FM, CCA, SCM, AM,SRM, COPA, PCA, PS, BI
• Created/edited UPerform Training material for BPP/SOP/BPD process continuity stored in LMS
• Delivered training material to end users
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and processes
• Resolved WBS budget and planning tickets
• Reviewed DOD policies and accounting procedures for quality assurance
• Provided project status updates with Project Management Team leads

Confidential

Sr. Training/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Development to Deployment of the largest SAP implementation in the United States
• Review Costing Model and Controlling Processes for clean integration points
• Review Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), MILSTRIP, DTS, SPS and STANFINS interfaces for process alignment and procedures.
• Document settlement processes and budget master data requirements for quality assurance
• Review and edit BPP and BPD’s for End to End process flow
• Create Legacy Interface and SAP integration point analyses
• Provide over the shoulder training and functional support to Super users
• Create/edit LMS training material with InfoPak, QRC’s and PowerPoint as needed
• Completed validation FI CO FM PS MM & SD with configuration updates
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and processes

Confidential, Detroit, MI.

Functional Analyst/Training Lead

Responsibilities:

• Create Business Process design strategy to integrate FI, CO, AR, AP, P2P, PS, SCM,SD, OTC & RTR
• Develop plan for Testing of BPP’s for “Pre-Qualification” stage
• Review SOP’s for SOX compliance, integrity and Best Practices
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and processes
• Perform GAP Analysis for proposed process enhancements and RICEFW requirements
• Review Costing Model and Controlling Processes for clean integration points
• Supported integrated process realignment for FI, CO budget, planning and forecasting requirements
• Create strategy to create training data for Training client
• Manage team of 14: 9 US based and 5 UK based consultants

Confidential - Thousand Oaks, Ca.

SAP Sr. Training Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implementation integrated FI, CO, AP, AR, SD, QM, MM, PC, & HR
• Tested BPP’s for “Pre-Qualification” stage
• Reviewed SOP’s for SOX compliance, integrity and quality assurance
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and processes
• Review Costing Model and Controlling Processes for FI integration points
• MTS Make to stock /MTO - Make to Order
• Created/edited/delivered Training material with InfoPak for BPP/SOP/BPD process continuity

Confidential - St. Louis Mo.

SAP Lead Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team of 5 Functional Analyst and 2 Training Developers
• Implementation integrated FI, CO, COPA, MDM, SCM, SRM, AP, AR, SD, PM, EAM, QM, E-Procurement
• Review Costing Model and Profitability Analysis integration points
• Participated in legacy system process testing and in cut over process
• Created/edited LMS training material using On Demand
• Reviewed BPP/SOP/BPD’s process continuity and quality assurance
• Provided post-go live support to end-users, delivered training material to end users
• Repetitive make-to-order production environment MTS Make to stock /MTO - Make to Order

Confidential - Tampa Fl.

Change Management/Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead team of 2 Functional Analyst and 6 Training Developers
• Configured InfoPak, developed and updated the Project Plan
• Review Costing Model and Controlling Processes for AP integration points
• Developed and Tested BPP’s for FI, CO, EAM, AR, AP, AP, and PS
• Resolved business scenario end to end testing issues for FI, CO and PS
• Validated end-user landscape
• MTS Make to stock /MTO - Make to Order
• Updated Core Management team with project communication to the integration teams

Confidential, Houston, TX.

Functional Analyst/Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the end to end testing, go-live and post go-live phases of the implementation
• Created Training material with On Demand for GL, PC and PS
• Validated BPP’s for SOX compliance
• Communicated with core team members regarding project status and updates.
• MTS Make to stock /MTO - Make to Order

Confidential

Sr. Functional Business Process Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implementation integrated FI, FM, CO, CCA, EAM, PCA, AR, AP, GL, PM, PS
• Created/edited Training material for BPP/SOP/BPD process continuity
• Delivered training material to end users
• Reviewed DOD policies and accounting procedures for process readiness
• Provided project status updates with Project Management Team leads

Confidential, Houston, TX.

SAP Trainer/Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated the ongoing SAP Training classes for the Global supply and Trading Group
• Provided instruction on financial reporting, report building and account reconciliation
• Support and participate in Year End close activities and quality assurance
• Facilitated the ongoing SAP upgrade Training classes
• MTS Make to stock /MTO - Make to Order and SCM processes