SUMMARY

• SAP FI/FSCM Functional Consultant with 8 plus years of experience including 5 Full Life Cycle Global Implementations with extensive working knowledge in pharmaceuticals and Manufacturing Industries.
• Experience includes Implementation, Testing and Production support in a validated environment.
• Strong expertise in Functional Configuration and Implementation of following modules ofFSCM: Credit Management, Collections Management, Dispute Management, FI:, FI - GL, A/P, A/R, FI-AA
• Strong experience in Integration of various SAP Modules like SD, MM.
• SAP project experience includes development of Business process procedures, Business process flows, “As-Is” documentation, System blueprint, System test, User acceptance testing.
• Collected of user requirements and reports and documenting the new functionalities.
• Worked on Reporting tools like Drilldown Reporting, Report writer and Report painter and ABAP Query.
• Experience in implementing enhancements using USEREXIT, BAPIs and BADIs
• Worked on interface technologies like ALE, IDOC, BAPI, RFC
• Performed Unit Testing, System Integration Testing, And User Acceptance Testing.
• Effective communicator with excellent skills in making Business Presentation Documentation.
• Hands of expertise in End-User training and documentation.
• Provided post live support, production support and maintenance.
• Individual as well team oriented ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• A profit conscious individual who is highly motivated and welcomes new challenges and responsibilities. Demonstrated leadership ability to resolve issues, drive projects, and meet deadlines, highly motivated to develop successful solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Finance: Global Settings, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Account Receivable

Credit Management: FI-AR Credit Management, SD Credit management, SD CRM Credit Management integration

Cross Applications: ALE Configuration and Settings, Distribution of Master Data by using stand-alone Programs. IDOCs Creation, Extended IDOCs and Archiving of IDOCs.

Software/Tools: SAP R/3 ECC 4.6c,4.7, 5.0 & 6.0, Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Visio and Project, Windows NT 4.0/2003/XP, SAPGUI, Vertex.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Toledo, OH

SAP FI AR/FSCM Track Lead

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Worked on an Upgrade Project from SAP R/3 3.1i to ECC 6.0 and also worked on two new implementation projects on FSCM .
• Created Blueprints and functional specification for the data migration from 3.1i system to 6.0 system for the upgrade project.
• Worked on Interfaces and IDOCs to enable interface between SAP 3.1i system and SAP 6.0 system in orders to manage daily communication between the two systems, such as transferring of daily receivables data from old to new system.
• Configure BAI2 format Lockbox management system
• Configured Electronic bank statement, by defining posting rules and search string for processing the statements
• Configured FI AR/SD Credit Management, followed by FSCM credit Management. Integrated AR/SD with FSCM.
• Enhanced the functionality VKM1 and VKM3 transactions in SD credit management, and Credit Analyst Workbench in CRM to integrate FI AR/SD Credit Management and CRM credit management
• Configured Master Data synchronization from customer master to Business Partner Master data which enabled data flow from FI/SD to FSCM
• Configured and created rules for calculating risk classes and credit limits based on credit ratings and customer payment history
• Integrated FSCM with CRM for performing credit checks when sales orders are created in CRM
• Configured FSCM Collections management system to manage receivables from customers
• Assigned collection profiles, collection segments and collection specialists to all customers in collections management
• Configured and created rules and strategies in FSCM Collections management to prioritize customers based on their receivables and to enable collection specialists to manage their work lists
• Configured Dispute case management and integrated it will collections management
• Integrated AR with dispute case management
• Configured workflow system to manage dispute cases
• Created batch jobs and mass update programs for mass transition of all customers to FSCM Business Partners
• Created Blueprints and functional specifications for lockbox pre validation processing which filters duplicate lockbox files from going into the system.
• Worked on lockbox configuration for BAI 2 format file, Flb2 processing, Auto cash management using Hanse orga tool
• Defined ‘House banks’ and Bank Accounts and Performed lockbox configuration to manage incoming lockbox files from banks
• Configured Credit control areas and assigned to Company codes and performed Reason code configuration and payment terms configuration
• Configured Bank areas, Bank accounts, Business partners and transaction types to carry out internal deals using for Inhouse Cash management.
• Configured In House cash product types for Standard, processing, external processing and cross bank processing
• Tested In-house cash internal and external deals and their related interfaces to External Banks
• Created product types and transaction types to carry out Money Market deals such as Short term and Long Term Loans, Foreign exchange transactions.
• Worked on interfaces to enable data transfer between legacy system and SAP system
• Worked with PI team on data Conversion/mapping

Confidential, Orlando, FL

SAP FI/FSCM Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Supported the upgrading team SAP R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0. Worked on two projects were combined in one (New Company code Integration and SAP release upgrade)
• Maintaining Customer Tolerance Groups to specify the maximum payment difference that can be charged off to a G/L account, the maximum Cash Discount percentage amount and the maximum allowable difference in percentage terms.
• Identifying and defining ‘House banks’ and Bank Accounts, setting up bank groups to meet the client’s project needs and to help optimize bank selection in automatic and manual payment program.
• Configured FSCM collection Management created collection profiles, collection segments and assigned it to the Business partners
• Worked on master data synchronization to replicate customers as business partners which were further used in FSCM
• Prepared test scripts and configuration documents for collections management and dispute management
• Worked on issue related to promise to pay and dispute case processing in FSCM Collections and dispute management
• Scheduled mass processing jobs for data transfer between FI and FSCM
• Analyzed and demonstrated SAP capabilities and flexibilities to client team by prototyping business scenarios based on the business requirements.
• Migration of data from Legacy system to SAP.
• Mapping legacy Chart of Accounts to SAP Chart of Accounts, assisting data migration team by providing the mappings for data migration.
• Designed the process for the configuration of general ledger, account payable and account receivable and coordinated with other team members for the development.
• Created G/L accounts in the charts of accounts and defined global parameters in company code area, defined account groups, configured the settings for creation of G/L master records, sub-ledger accounts for customers, reconciliation accounts.
• Defined ‘House banks’ and Bank Accounts for In house cash management and Performed lockbox configuration to manage incoming lockbox files from banks
• Grouped vendors/ customers by company code and creation of account groups, number ranges for vendors/customers and respective screen layouts.
• Settings for automatic payment program and customization of forms for vendor/ customer’s confirmation letters.
• FI-AP configuration included vendor master, vendor group, vendor invoices, automatic payment program, house bank, check lot, manual check updating, manual payment
• FI-AR configuration included customer master, terms of payment, incoming payment, interest calculation, open item processing and clearing, dunning and dunning run.
• Worked With SD team on SD-FI integration related to Billing and Intercompany invoicing
• Involved in end to end testing in order to cash scenarios including regular sales orders, credit memo requests and debit memo requests and returns.

Confidential, Hopkins, MN

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Created Functional Specification Documents for the enhancements required in FI - GL, AR, AP to enable ABAP programmers to develop custom programs.
• Contributed in solving issues related to external credit ratings in FSCM credit management, Workflow Scenarios and also in Attachment of documents in Business Partners.
• Supported FSCM credit management in enabling automatic calculation of risk classes and credit limits
• Created test scripts for FSCM collections, credit and dispute management
• Worked on preparing configuration documents for FSCM collections management and credit management
• Worked on Workflow cases, preparing process route headers and monitoring data flow.
• Responsible for understanding the business problems, construction of the necessary project and resource plans to identify and document requirements, and implement the recommended solutions.
• Mapping functional requirement and preparation of As Is-To Be process for new developments.
• Analyzing & proposing solution to tickets. To identify functional errors and workaround, liaising directly with Client to ensure that the resolution of issues / incidents is dealt with in accordance with defined support service level agreements.
• Responsible for Test Scripts preparation and execution (for functional testing, unit testing and system testing) and creation and/or maintenance of Installation and Operational documentation.
• Worked with End Users and ABAP Team to map and deliver a wide range of reporting and automated tools.
• Responsible for timely &successful completion of business processes like batch job & interfaces monitoring & month end activities.
• Validated whether all the Programs are transported correctly in Production, performed jobs in production.
• Translated high-level Business requirements into detailed Functional Specifications to initiate and support developers’ work on Custom Programs, Reports, Forms, Interfaces and Enhancements.
• Provided training to Business Users on optimal utilization of SAP FI/CO tools for their Business Processes as well as for any requested Enhancements
• Go live and production support for two weeks.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

SAP FICO AP/AR Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Configuring and Customizing vendor/customer master records, account groups, account determinations, tolerance groups, country/company code specific payment methods, automatic payment programs for outgoing payments, dunning, bank settings, Spooling, reason codes, interest calculations, Special GL Transactions and Credit Control Areas.
• Worked on configuring Data medium exchange(DME) to enable automatic payment using payment medium workbench
• Configured Payment terms to enable calculation of discount percentages and due dates for payments
• Worked on issues related to dispute case processing and Configured workflow system to resolve pending dispute cases
• Mapped AR reason codes to FSCM reason codes to integrate FI-AR with FSCM Dispute Management
• Created test scripts and tested dispute case process in FSCM dispute management
• Created Functional Specification Documents for the enhancements required in FI AR, AP to enable ABAP programmers to develop custom programs.
• Configuration Documents and Test Case Procedures created for the enhancements related to configuration of FI AR, AP
• Training and Documentation of all relevant process UAT (User Acceptance Testing), Integration Testing, Test Scripts arranging and coordinating the testing activities, Trouble Shooting. Cut off procedures along with uploading and tallying of legacy assets and the future depreciations etc., - Support and Maintenance of the System.
• Data Governance and Data Migration from Legacy to SAP, all Master, Hierarchy and Transaction Data
• Configured dunning Procedure for customers and also automatic payment programs.
• Configuration of Payment Program for Payment Request in Treasury
• Defined Selection of Sequence banks in Treasury for Planning Available Amounts.
• Configured relevant settings for FSCM treasury- cash management position, liquidity forecast and cash concentration.

Confidential, Strongsville, OH

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Participated in SAP life cycle implementation.
• Created Functional Specification Documents for the enhancements required in FI - GL, AR, AP to enable ABAP programmers to develop custom programs.
• Worked with SAP functional teams to understand data requirement, codification rules to explain to business and development teams.
• Maintained Chart of Accounts for company code, Create/change GL accounts, Field status group, Maintained Financial Statement Version, Manual and Automatic Clearing, Configured the settings for foreign currency valuation.
• Defined Account Groups, Number Ranges, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Period, Fiscal Year Variants, and Field Status Groups.
• Interacted with Client to Configure Vendor/Customer Groups, Set up Vendor/Customer Master Records and Assign Reconciliation Accounts in G/L
• Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors. Configured AP with manual and Automatic Payment Program to do Check, ACH and Wire Payment.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL Structure.
• Set up the integration of FI with MM and SD through Automatic Account Assignment.
• Extensively worked on controlling Area and Operating Concern configuration as per Business Scenario and Processes.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of FI- GL, AP, AP. and also worked with Production support Team.
• As part of the Production Support Team worked closely with Technical and Functional consultants of other modules to resolve the issues as per priorities. Proactively discussed critical issues with other functional consultants.
• Defining Interest indicators, Reference interest Rates keys for Interest calculations procedure to charge interest on overdue customer accounts using open line items and account balances and maintain account determination.
• Designed the process for the configuration of general ledger, account payable and account receivable and coordinated with other team members for the development
• FI-AR configuration included customer master, terms of payment, incoming payment, interest calculation, open item processing and clearing, dunning and dunning run.
• Asset Accounting configuration Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas, Asset Class, Asset Master Creation, Integration with GL Account, Asset Acquisition, Sale and Retirement of Asset.
• Converted data from legacy system to the required system.
• Worked with ABAPers for Customization of FICO Tables and User Exits.
• Used VERTEX for Configuration of tax settings.
• Integration of FI with SD and MM for proper flow of data and reporting.
• Provided business application support (Postproduction support) in the areas of Product Costing and Profitability analysis.

Confidential

Jr. SAP R/3 FI/CO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Provided support in the area of testing and prepared training documents for end-users.
• Created testing strategy for unit testing and integration testing.
• Analyzed and reviewed all business processes, user procedures, and system requirements.
• Scheduled batch jobs for all FI and CO programs on the 4.6C environment.
• Tested the FI/CO transactions for field errors and missing data in SAP standard programs. And tested all the custom programs, modified the field changes and enhanced the customized programs.
• Written functional and technical specifications for the new custom developments which included forms, reports and enhancements.