PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• SAP FICO Functional Consultant working with Confidential .
• Total Industry Experience of 18 + years out which he has got 10+ years of experience in SAP Implementation, Offshore/Onsite Activities & Support and 8+ years of Functional experience in various Manufacturing and Service Industry sector like Engineering Accounting Audit & Finance.
• Extensive experience in configuration of SAP FI/CO modules - GL, AP, AR, Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA), Profitability analysis (CO-PA) and Investment management & Project Systems (IMPS)
• Experience in full life cycle implementation of SAP FI/CO including Blueprinting to Go-Live, Unit testing, Integration testing, User Acceptance testing and Documentation.
• Strengths include strong understanding of the business processes and conversion of business requirements into SAP solutions in the most cost effective manner.
• Analyzed business needs and opportunities, accordingly re-engineered, developed, implemented and supported the To-Be System (Client- Server technology).
• Able to quickly grasp and apply cutting-edge ideas, methods and technology.
• Worked on procure to pay cycle and order to receive cycle.
• Worked on development of reports using Report Painter and Report Writer.
• Strong leadership, project management, documentation, interpersonal, analytical, organizational, technical, administrative, and conflict resolution skills. Dedicated and energetic team builder/player
• Effectively manage important projects and programs in fast-paced, time-critical environments.

SKILL:

FI Enterprise Structure: Chart of accounts, fiscal year, posting period, company code, business areas, functional areas, and sales and use tax.

General Ledger: Account groups, GL master records, sample accounts, field status groups, posting keys, automatic account determination, inter company automatic account posting, sales/use tax assignment, account display, number ranges, document types, tolerance groups.

Asset Accounting & Project system: Company specific Chart of Depreciation, Account determination, screen layout rules, asset classes, Integration with GL, valuation.

Accounts Payable: Vendor groups, vendor master data, house banks, bank accounts, check lots, reason codes, automatic payments, recurring entries, invoices, credit memos, closing procedures, AP information system, integration with MM

Accounts Receivable: Customer groups, customer master data, billing, payment terms and interest calculation, incoming payments, dunning, AR information system, credit management, deduction management, closing operations, sales order, integration with SD, Lockbox and ACH pull processing etc.

FSCM: Collection management basic settings, Credit management, Risk Monitoring, Dispute management, Biller Direct, Integration with account receivable accounting and sales and distribution accounting.

Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting: Planning, cost centers, cost center hierarchy, cost elements, statistical keys, activity type, assessment, distribution, reposting and integration with MM.

Profit Center Accounting: Configuring and Customizing the basic settings, maintaining profit center hierarchy, assignments, CO-Objects to Profit Centers, distribution and assessment of costs, planning and development of Reports.

Product Costing: Configured overhead costing sheet, created cost component structure, valuation variant, costing variant and made assignments, configured material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, performed costing run.

SAP HANA: Worked on HANA reports integration with BW in Confidential Inc

SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation (BO - BPC): It is a corporate performance management tool that can cater for all types of planning and forecasting, from simple small processes to complex multi layer processes, while also providing consolidation and easy to use reporting. Developed different budgets and forecasts for different resources/products based on the available previous data and future estimates given by business managers. Also worked on consolidation of Financial Statements for all the company codes of Confidential .

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:

Languages / Software: Focus, Tally, Ex & Wings (Accounting Packages), MS-Office 2000 (Package), MSDOS, Windows, C, C++, Cobal

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, PA

Responsibilities:

• Leading the team as on site team Lead for OTC driving the team towards resolving the issues in the area of AR, Cash Applications Customer statements.
• Successfully groomed legacy resources in SAP FI area and currently the resources are handling support responsibilities from offshore.
• Designed and implemented the Lockbox & ACH Pull system interfaces in treasury area.
• Trouble shooting Lockbox ACH (Automated Clearing House) system issues as an FICO (Finance & Controlling) designer and SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the implementation of this interface.
• Designing and implementation of data conversion and validation of legacy data into SAP for every plant level through Keystone interface ( Confidential ’s Legacy Billing Interface).
• As FSCM (Financial Supply Chain Management) expert, monitor the collector work list and trouble shoot all the issues regarding liability and payment history updates.
• Designed, developed and enhanced BOBJ - BI and BW - BPC reports.
• Addressed the pricing, tax, rebate & chargeback issues relating to VISTEX application.
• Supporting StreamServe application which is a key activity during day to day business activity to print the customer invoices, customer statements.
• Guides implementation of enterprise, system level architectures and systems by creating and communicating well-written documentation and presentations.
• Writing the Confidential ’s and working closely with the development team (internal and external) to assure a timely solution according to the specifications and implementation of business needs.
• Creates and provides quality training material for user assistance and system usage. It involves creating the unit test scripts, integration test scripts, getting the tests pass through along with other modules and processes in an integrated approach. Also getting the defects created for refining the processes and retesting the changes.
• Utilizes information systems to improve efficiency and makes recommendations for implementation of new systems or necessary upgrades that will best meet customer requirements.
• Monitoring the inbound & outbound Idocs (Intermediary Documents), batch jobs and interfaces communicating with external systems on a daily basis, rescheduling of the jobs on necessary basis.
• Maintaining the test scripts and defects through HP Quality Center (QC).
• Implementing Credit Management system including Head office and Branch Credit accounts that was linked to the SD order module and Keystone system of legacy billing.
• Quality assurance and adherence to project standards of process used to provide software services consistently through IBM QMS (Quality Management system).
• Monitor and manage Service Levels Agreements (SLAs) / Work Plan.
• Participate in pre & post implementation audits with Internal Audit teams to ensure alignment with US Accounting Standards requirements and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
• Conduct daily status meetings with team at offshore and onsite to monitor the status of the issue log and discuss about any road blocks.
• Maintenance of Lockbox system and ACH (Automated Clearing House) Pull processes in treasury management.
• Provide day to day direction to the project team, update regular project status to the client and also communicate / escalate on any issues.
• Conduct performance and stability testing of Configuration, customization and development (Unit testing, integration testing, regression testing & user acceptance testing). Provided continuous support and handholding the Testing Members/ Business Users in understanding the business scenarios for execution and recording the Standard Test Procedures (STPs).

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed PPV Report which will provide the historic reporting as well as for forecast requirements of Planned purchases. Developed functional Specification and done testing after development.
• Configured 6 New report painter reports in Finance & controlling. Enhanced 4 other report painter reports. Functional specification & configuration done.
• Enhancements done for existing Inbound & Outbound Forma Factoring interfaces.
• Configured new payment method Y for foreign Vendors by changing existing DMEE tree so as to accommodate for foreign wire payments as per new requirements.
• Bug fixing and enhancements done to existing Payment & Down Payment Request. Updated FS & done workflow changes.
• Developed two new inbound GL interfaces for VAT - Poland sales.
• Developed a custom transaction for standard cost center line item report KSB1 so as to suite custom requirements to display WBS element field values in full.
• Resolved various break fixing issues relating to FICO.
• Resolved issues relating to workflow.

Confidential, OH

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparation functional specs for spring/summer enhancements in the area of asset accounting.
• Resolved various break fixing issues relating to FICO.
• Worked on defects relating to IMPS asset accounting and CO
• Redesigned the freight payment system ‘LINE HAUL’ (Spring release)
• Development relating to Freight, Duty and Brokerage accrual and clearing
• Worked in enhancements of Interfaces (Spring Release)
• Interface from SAP to JDE
• Interface from JDE to SAP
• Interface from LINEHAUL (transport/freight payment system) to SAP
• Developed custom enhancement for Accelerated Depreciation
• Worked on GR55 (Report writer/Report painter) reports.
• Worked on Functional / technical (ABAP) queries.
• Resolved issues relating to workflow.

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Involved in business requirement discussions, preparation of blue prints, configuration of Organization Structure in FI for Phase I. Involved in unit testing & integration testing.
• Resolved various break fixing issues relating to B2R.
• Worked on defects relating to IMPS.
• Resolved defects relating to VERTEX sale/use tax.
• Worked on GR55 (Report writer/Report painter) reports.
• Worked on Functional / technical (ABAP) queries.
• Resolved issues relating to workflow.
• Developed report for listing of all PO’s for all 999 materials with in a delivery date range.
• Worked on PPV report (variance analysis).
• Worked on Factoring & Netting.
• Resolved various issues relating to interfaces like Hyperion, Budget consolidation, JDA, JE automation, Saloon Biz Vertex & Push balance sheet.
• Worked on BW reports of B2R process (Multi cost accrual & Open PO reports).

Confidential

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Handled issues in the areas of General Ledger accounting, Account receivable & Account payable.
• Handled IMPS (Investment Management & Project Systems) and asset management module individually.
• Resolved the issues relating to the project definitions
• WBS elements and their settlements and appropriation requests
• Resolved issues relating to budgets
• Asset class/master data and Sort versions
• Resolved issues relating to GL, AR & AP

Confidential

SAP FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Concept called “Velocity Pay” as per the legacy (MFG Pro) system of HUL.
• Automation of Accounts palaybles process with banks through XI interface.
• Construction of “Format Tree” for data transfer to the banks for payments automation.
• Development of program for changing of formats so as to include tax details as per the client requirements. Etc.

Confidential

SAP FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Resolving the break fixes in the areas of GL, AP, AR, AA, SPGL & CO modules.
• Resolved enhancement issues including configuration of automatic payment program & dunning.
• Prepared documentation for end user training
• Developed reports as per client requirement.

Confidential

SAP FI Consultant for 4.7 for Implementation, Rollouts & support

Responsibilities:

• As a Functional Consultant, understanding the business processes of the company, preparing the functional specifications & development logic for various developments required for the project in the area of FI-AR, so as to enable the technical consultant to develop the programs.
• Configured Bank accounting, Accounting clerk & Plant etc which involved in FI - AR configuration.
• Worked on various developments relevant to Accounts Receivables like
• Customer ledger printing
• PIS Print
• Receipt Entry Screen (Consolidated for Cheque, DD, Bouncing, Anticipatory DD etc.,)
• Sales Tax Register
• Independently handled developments like Autopayment (YFI CUST AUTO PAY) which is one of the most complex developments in FI.
• And involved in the up gradation / maintenance of other programs like, Customer ledger print, Sales tax register, Bank Reconciliation, Bank Additional data maintenance, Town Bank Master, Customer Bank master, PIS Number Range, PIS Print, Receipt Entry, Exceptions on Invoice & PIS print, Customer outstanding report Etc.
• Given training for new joiners into the project, involved in end user training, support. Involved in knowledge sharing sessions with in the team on cutover & asset management.
• Involved in rollouts of various depots which went live after Go-live. apart from that supported team members by sharing knowledge by giving KT for the support team regarding the flow of Accounts Receivable process and transactions, developments involved & various checks, utilities.
• Involved in Post go-live support & rollouts of the depots.

Confidential

SAP FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and Roll outs of SAP R/3 in Power Systems Group of CGL comprising of 5 manufacturing plants and an Engineering Procurement and Construction business with SAP Project System.
• Requirements gathering: AS-IS Study & GAP Analysis
• Requirements gathering: Identification of To-be business Process
• Configuration of General Ledger, AR & AP modules
• Configuration of Bank reconciliation through Manual bank statement entry
• Interest Calculation on Overdrawn balances in Bank account and Vendor outstanding.
• Special GL Posting for Vendor/Customer advances.
• Participated in
• FI-MM Integration
• FI-SD Integration
• Unit testing & Integration testing
• Involved in the production support and maintenance of FI module

Confidential

SAP FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Resolving the break fixes in the areas of GL, AP, AR, AA, SPGL.
• Resolved enhancement issues including configuration of automatic payment program & dunning.
• Prepared documentation for end user training
• Developed reports as per client requirement.