PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 11 years’ of SAP experience in all project phases including requirements gathering, design, build and post go - live support.
• I have worked on new SAP project implementations, template based roll-outs, upgrades and currently working as a senior ERP analyst on post go-live stabilization team for product costing, controlling (profit-center accounting), capital/expense internal orders, fixed asset accounting and project systems.
• Experience in 3 full life-cycle implementation using ASAP methodology, understand “as is” business processes, create “to be” processes, create design, configuration, functional specification documents. Participated in unit, integration and user acceptance testing; prepared test scripts, designed security roles including authorization objects, developed BPP’s and end user documentation.
• Strong knowledge in Product Costing MTO (Make to Order) & MTS (Make to stock- repetitive manufacturing processes) for inventory valuation and Standard Cost Estimate Run valuation at plant level or at company code level and WIP calculations and variance analysis
• Configured and supported Project Systems for project accounting functions like creating various project/WBS types for cost capital cost collection, interest calculations and settlement to balance sheet via asset under construction
• Experienced in data conversion using LSMW, BDC (including IDocs’), custom interface and reports development
• Sound knowledge in integrating FI with SD and MM modules (Procurement, sales, billing, inventory).
• Experience in configuration and testing related to country specific localization (Germany, Hungary, and UK)
• Strong experience with HPQC, Infopak for Unit, Integration testing

FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Financial Accounting (FI) Enterprise Structure: Configuration and customizing Company code, Chart of Accounts, Configuration of FI Global settings, Configuration of GL automatic clearing, Configuration of Foreign currency valuation, Sales Tax/Purchase Taxes (Vertex). Created New Financial statement versions.
• New General Ledger/Classical GL: Activation of New GL Accounting, Define ledger for GL Accounting, Integrating the GL with subcomponents, Document splitting, Segmentation and Parallel Accounting, Controlling Component Transfer postings, Integration with Asset accounting.
• Accounts Receivable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Oder to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms), Dunning reporting.
• Accounts Payable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing vendor master data, vendor account groups, Define sensitive fields for dual control, House banks, Invoice processing, logistic Invoice Verification, automatic clearing of GR/IR accounts, configured automatic account assignment Document parking, Outgoing payment including APP (Automatic Payment Run), Reporting.
• Asset Accounting: Configuring of Asset Accounting, Structuring Fixed asset design, integration with the GL, Defining asset classes, depreciation areas, Configure (Base, Balance and Multilevel) depreciation methods, monthly depreciation run, asset transfer, and scrapping retirement. Creation of new transfer variants as per client requirement. User on assets reports. AUC through internal orders settlements. Interest calculation on capital order using AFR rates through project systems. Creation new sort variants for as per client asset reports
• Cost Element/Center Accounting: creation of Primary and secondary cost elements, creation of cost center standard Hierarchy, Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures, Assessments, Distributions, plan price calculation, periodic allocations in plan. Cost center reports creation using report painter.
• Internal Orders: Creation of settlement cost element, configuration of the Settlement structure, settlement profile, real and statistical postings, Configuration of order planning, Budgeting, Defining status profile, Defining order types. Capex orders.
• In Product Costing (CO-PC), Built Standard costs with Production order scenario (Make to Order), Configured Costing sheet, Template allocation, cost component structure, costing variant. Configured Special procurement key, configuration for Overhead Allocation, Calculation of Work in process, Calculation of variance and settlement for production order scenario. Mapped the cost components in Product costing to value fields in CO-PA to facilitate flow of cost of sales.
• CO-Profitability Analysis: Configuring and Customizing Costing based CO-PA and Account based CO-PA including setting up of the operating concern, characteristics, and value fields. Mapped SD conditions from pricing procedures & direct postings in FI/MM modules to value fields in CO-PA. Assigned Cost Element groups to Value Fields in PA settlement structure and mapped condition types and FI account keys to the COPA value fields.
• Closing operations: Performed Month end closing operations for GL, AR, AP and AA that includes clearing GR/IR accounts, regrouping and sorting of AR /AP, running the depreciation run, running the APP program, opening new periods, MMPV, Foreign currency revaluations, update exchange rates, recurring entries, Batch input sessions, automatic clearing, manual clearing, post adjustment entries, etc.
• Performed Year end operations AP, AR, and AA, GL, Balance confirmations receivables, and payables creating Financial Statement Versions, Grouping GL accounts into Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts. Closing the old posting periods and opening the new fiscal year and posting periods, carrying forward the balances. Integration with MM, PP and SD: Integration of FI with MM, PP and SD modules, Inventory movement related account, Billing and Revenue account determination, Interfaces design and testing.
• Good experience in onsite and offshore model operations
• Conduct and assist team in design workshops to gather and document requirements
• Conduct “Conference Room Pilot” and “Fit/Gap” workshops to validate the design requirements
• Design and develop interfaces from/to SAP/Legacy systems
• Develop and review functional design documents for Finance RICEF objects
• Unit, integration, user, user acceptance, and cut-over testing
• Technical and business cut-over process before go-live and post go-live support process
• Configured multiple depreciation areas (book, federal tax, AMT, ACE, E&P, multiple state tax areas, insurance values and group valuation areas for consolidation)
• Developed custom depreciation keys (government stimulus program related bonus depreciation keys, including 167k allowance.
• Supported all the phases of implementation support to all the subsidiaries.
• Developed Rolling Business Manufacturing report
• Monitored and saved excess discounts to customer based on payment terms
• Automated daily exchanges rates to SAP from routers
• SAP fixed asset team lead on the “ Confidential” with 1 company code and over 60,000 assets converted (revaluated asset values)
• Developed critical and legal reports for user community
• Experience in Analyzing, Interpreting, and implementing Master and Transactional data conversion and interfacing SAP with legacy systems.
• HPQC testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lansing, MI

Senior ERP Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configured new transfer variants for intra and inter-company asset transfers; developed custom asset history sheet to report the intra and inter-company asset transfer in SAP and cross-system transfers; developed LSMW for mass changes to the asset master data etc.
• Configured and developed the process for AFR (applicable federal rates) interest calculation on capital internal orders using project systems
• Developed new costing variants for different material valuations at plant level
• WIP calculations and variance analysis for production orders

Confidential, Auburn, Indiana

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Conducted global blue printing workshops for France and Poland rollout projects
• As a FICO Lead participated in SAP functionality feasibility study.
• Managed team to determine requirements, identify gaps, offer mitigation strategies and deliver implementation options for replacement of decentralized legacy systems.
• Coordinated resources and developed project schedule, methodology, project templates and final report.
• Assisted with the global design discussions related to “production sharing accounting”
• Configured FAGL3KEH for deriving profit centers in New GL that replaces 3KEH and 3KEI in classic GL

Confidential, Lake forest, IL

FICO onsite-offshore support

Responsibilities:

• Revisited FICO configuration especially in product costing, profitability analysis and internal orders and PS integration with fixed assets.
• Worked with QA team to ensure compliance of SOX and FDA regulations during production support process using solution manager.
• CO-Product Costing: Month end closing IT support as per the Month activities related to Product costing.
• Creating Costing Run, Determining Material Prices, Consumption Revaluation, Closing Postings, Confirming Costing Result, CO-PA Periodic Revaluation, Marking Material Price, Releasing Material Price
• Profitability Analysis (COPA): KEPM Designs: Planning methods, Layouts, Reports, Planning levels, Planning versions, Derivations rules, Integrated Planning, data uploads from excel

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Conducted blue printing workshops for Finance and Controlling
• Gathered all functional requirements and created the functional design documents for conversions, interfaces, and custom reports
• Developed configuration rationale to meet the functional requirements
• SAP New G/L: The Ledger Solution: Defined ledgers for various company codes as per legal reporting requirements. Assigned scenarios to leading and non-leading ledgers. Spearheaded the deployment of Document Splitting. Designed logic for zero balanced - active splitting rules. Defined splitting rules for Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FI-AR and FI-AP business transactions
• Infopak testing
• Implemented heavy product costing includes make to stock, make to order. Created few costing variants, cost component structure, standard cost estimate run, WIP calculation, variance analysis and additive costing with special procurement keys for stock transfer between plants. Report painter reports for COPA. Interest calculation on capex orders Developed custom depreciation keys (government stimulus program related bonus depreciation keys, including 167k allowance. Month end & yearend activities.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Senior FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• New General Ledger / Classical GL: Activation of New GL Accounting, Define ledger for GL Accounting, Integrating the GL with subcomponents, Document splitting, Segmentation and Parallel Accounting, Controlling Component Transfer postings, Integration with Asset accounting.
• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments in BAI2 format.
• Provided specification, and configuration of posting rules for processing customer payments via Lockbox, dunning.
• Involved in Cost center assessments to segments, COPA reporting, forms, Planning, Derivation rules and structures, Product and customer hierarchy, PA settlement, realignments and integration issues with SD. Month end & Yearend Activities
• Gathered all functional requirements and created the functional design documents for conversions, interfaces, and custom reports
• Merger project. Migrated project from one client to client with in SAP for US company code (Source Client 310 and Target Client is 300) Responsible for unit testing/light acceptance test and user acceptance and preparation of manuals & Responsible for maintenance of conversion table to convert the data (from ) thru Program (Conversion Table) Responsible for data migration strategy/cutover activities for GL, AP, AR and Assets Accounting. Month & Yearend closing activities

Confidential

FICO Advanced Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided post-implementation support of all changes to the SAP FI system
• Assist in the integration point of SD/FI/MM
• Develop and submits business process documentation for approval
• Tested bank checks(SAP AP), Positive Pay file and Cleared checks file
• Write functional specification to modify existing program(ABAP)
• Test, modify and document system configuration, user manuals, user
• Resolve technical and business process issues/Month & Yearend closing activities
• Create Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning / Cost Centers., Create Planning Layouts for Activity Type Planning, Create Planning Layouts for Statistical Key Figure Planning, Create Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning / Internal Orders, Maintain User-Defined Planner Profiles, Define Assessment Plan, Define Assessment Actual

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided post-implementation support of all changes to the SAP FI system
• Reporting to Managers of Accounts and Distributions Departments.
• Prepared and maintained books of accounts and statutory requirements.
• Preparations of age wise reports of Debtors and creditors preparations of MIS Reports.
• Reconciliation’s of stock and inventory
• Preparation of costing reports and meeting the requirements of external an internal
• Handled internal and external audit requirements Responsible for filing income tax statutory requirements as government regulations, TDS Challans monthly and yearly. Responsible for TDS for Vendors and Issuance of Tax s, Tax forms and other tax related issues