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MD

SUMMARY:

Proven technical and functional resource with over 14 years’ experience designing, implementing, testing, and supporting multiple SAP FICO, FSCM, FICA, RMCA, Funds & Grants Management, IS - Banking, Corporate Treasury and Banking projects across Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia. He has implemented for both Public and Private sectors globally (CPG, Public Sector, Chemicals, Telecoms, Metals, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance and Energy) on R/3, ECC 5.0 and 6.0 platforms. A motivated self-starter, able to quickly grasp issues and great attention to details. Well proficient in best practices template for optimal result.

SKILL:

  • SAP FI AP, AR, New G/L/Trained in SAP Simple Finance
  • SAP HANA and SAP Fiori - Analysis of the Migration process per system starting point
  • Configuration of General Ledger Accounting for migration
  • Asset Accounting, Management Accounting Migration & Configuration
  • PSCD & FSCD - Collections and Disbursement & FI Revenue ManagementContract Accounting, Insurance Object, Incoming Payments (Cash Desk and Security Deposit), Payment Program, Dunning, Returns, Settlement Rules, Promise To Pay, Write-Offs / Value Adjustments, Installment Plan and Master Data planning
  • SAP ECC 6.0 Information Lifecycle Management implementation - Data Archiving and Retention;
  • ETL (Extract Transform and Load) Modelling and Legacy migration;
  • Data and Document Archiving & SAP Data Retention Tool (DART).
  • FSCM Cash Management/Transaction Management/Liquidity Planner
  • Cash Management-Cash Position, Bank Accounting, Liquidity Forecast, Liquidity Planner, BPC
  • International banking correspondence & Interface (Treasury, Lockbox, Electronic Bank Statement & Swift processing).
  • Treasury Debt/Investment SOX Compliance and Internal controls
  • Treasury Investment and Debt Management- Money Market, Foreign Exchange FX, Derivatives and Securities Hedge and Market data Management (FAS 133 &IAS39)
  • FSCM - In House Cash
  • Cash pooling, Netting, IC bill settlement and IC loan processing, Zero Balance Account
  • FSCM - Credit Management, Dispute Management & Collections Management
  • Funds & Grant Management
  • FSCM Payer/ Biller’s Direct: Integration with FI-AR
  • FSCM EHP 6.0 - Bank Communications Management
  • Swift Integration (MT940, 942, 101, 103), BAI1, BAI2 & XML 20022, SEPA & SWIFT
  • Payment Medium Workbench, EDI and IDocs
  • IS Banking: Consumer & Mortgage Loans
  • Deposit Management (SAP DM), Bank Customer Accounts (SAP BCA), Loans Management (SAP CML), Collateral Management (SAP CM), Bank Analyzer (SAP BA), SAP Payment Engine
  • SAP CO - CCA, PCA
  • Strong SAP FICO Instructional and Classroom Trainer (Multiple sessions for Confidential and SAP Philippines clients)
  • SAP Testing (Unit, String, Integration, Regression, UAT)
  • Experience in eCATT and HP Quality Center for Testing, Remedy ticketing system, RWD InfoPak and uPerform for developing documentation and materials

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MD

FI Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for design, build, test of treasury accounting transactions, bank accounting, account receivables, account payables, and cash management.
  • This includes managing all configuration and development of Confidential design to meet the reporting requirement for treasury. Integration with third party contractors to assure business process and relevant accounting transactions meet business reporting requirement.
  • Provided leading practices and process development with primary focus on treasury financial instruments, enhanced cash journal processing, cash application and bank processing for previous and intraday bank statements (BAI2).
  • Drove functional/technical blueprint and business process modeling/concepts based on SAP best designs and practices.
  • Provided functional and process expertise on bank accounting, account receivables, account payables, and cash management.
  • Defined integration points between different modules - bank accounting, Account Receivables, Accounts Payables, Grants Management and Fund Management
  • Defined processes on treasury/cash position and cash forecast report (including Liquidity forecasts, Electronic Bank Statements, Bank Reconciliation Statements etc.).
  • Defined Money Market Operations and Accounting
  • Transaction Manager Customizing (Money Market, Foreign Exchange, OTC-Derivatives, Mirror Deals, Authorization Management, Market Data Management, Workflows)
  • Master Data aspects including that of business partners, security/interest/forex details etc.,
  • F111 TR payments, cash concentration, F110 AP payments
  • Configured BCM workflow, batching rules, payment status monitor, and bank statement monitor.
  • Developed conversion path to convert payment format to Payment Method Workbench (PMW) format.
  • Designed and configured configuration of payment methods encompassing Manual vs. automatic payment, free-from payment, ISO 20022 XML and non-ISO format payment
  • Integration knowledge of CM/TR with other modules of SAP
  • Developed a longer term solution on Liquidity Forecast, Liquidity Planner
  • Developed processes on Treasury SOX Compliance and Internal controls
  • Advance level functional knowledge of cash management processing.
  • Defined and configured account structure for bank reconciliation and treasury postings
  • Incoming payment processing and Cash application - Enhancements for increasing the hit rates
  • Designed and configured processing rules using search string rules
  • Led blueprint on customer master and business partner integration for funds management
  • Reviewed master data requirements for all categories in FI/CO configuration by mapping legacy objects and hierarchies to the SAP object repository and hierarchy structures.
  • Defined multiple WRICEF objects as GAPped during blueprint.
  • Design - determined business requirements, identify conversion objects, and write functional specifications to meet requirements.
  • Data Cleansing -identify opportunities to cleanse data in source system, develop metrics, work with business partners to execute cleanup and track progress
  • Development - worked with development team to build and unit test conversion programs
  • Testing - Executed functional and integrated testing. Defect analysis and resolution.
  • Conversion - Plan and Execute production go-live conversions.
  • Reconciliation - Design and execute reconciliation processes
  • Worked on Interest Calculation, Dunning and Interest Charges.
  • Developed and trained in FICO AP, AR and GL
  • Worked with business process owners to develop course outlines and End User materials
  • Conducted multiple train the trainer session with business SMEs.
  • Helped analyzed and implement data management, retention and archiving strategy using DART tool.
  • Gathered user requirement with numerous customer-facing meetings to develop data archiving specifications, establish data retention policies, configuration needs, user access requirements and print list reporting.
  • Helped define queries to create data views for user/data auditors.

Confidential

FSCM Lead & FICA-FSCD Advisor

Responsibilities:

  • Drove best SAP designs and practices based on functional/technical blueprint and existing IT infrastructure business process modeling/concepts on message exchange with banks via SWIFTNet Alliance Lite 2, payments batching and payment medium workbench.
  • Defined and developed a new cash and banking processes to achieve optimization for SWIFT integration package.
  • Provided functional and process expertise on SWIFT global disbursement and network integration using FSCM - BCM Bank Communications Management via SWIFTNet Alliance Lite 2, payments batching and payment medium workbench.
  • Creation of a Centralized (In House) Bank and Pay-On-Behalf (POB) functionality
  • Intercompany settlement
  • Validation and documentation of local legal requirements on bank area set up and bank account ownership
  • Created functional/technical specifications for Confidential items.
  • Developed end-to-end configuration documents for global SWIFT disbursement steps including BCM customizations, BCM connector interface and SAP Integration Package for SWIFT (SIPS).
  • Assisted in designing SAP’s BCM Connector interface for multiple BCM instances.
  • Configured BCM workflow, batching rules, payment status monitor, and bank statement monitor.
  • Developed conversion path to convert payment format to Payment Method Workbench (PMW) format.
  • Designed and configured configuration of payment methods encompassing Manual vs. automatic payment, free-from payment, ISO 20022 XML and non-ISO format payment, Domestic vs. foreign payment, SEPA payment, MT940, MT950, MT942, MT103 and MT101.
  • Assisted to onboard pilot house bank (Deutsche Bank) in SWIFT FileAct messages exchange using parameter files.
  • Guided technical team on SAP Integration Package of SWIFT (SIPS), outbound payload messages, inbound SWIFT messages, and inbound bank PAIN 002 messages.
  • Configured Electronic Bank Statement to automate payment open items and bank accounts reconciliation.
  • Advised and implemented Collections, Dispute and Cash Management Integration process integration.
  • Implemented a global bank master update with AP, VIM, T&E and Payments integration
  • Knowledge of external and internal best practices relevant to aligned process areas ·
  • Assisted with end-to-end integration testing and User Acceptance Testing and provided go-live support.
  • Tapped as an advisor/architect on a separate in-house project to help define business processes and configuration on FICA: Customer Account Management, Billing, Customer Accounting, Payments processing, Clearing, Dunning (Collections) and General Ledger Accounting
  • Led blueprint discussion on IS-U (FS Business Partner, FSCD, Contract Accounting, Installment Plans, Broker Collections, Dunning, and Correspondence) FI-CA - Disbursement and Collections Management, Cash Management and Treasury Transaction Manager.
  • Created and configured created master data models (business partners, contract accounts and insurance objects) in FS-CD & FICA Revenue Management (RMCA).
  • Prepared Functional Specification and co-ordinate for Technical specification and testing on FICA RICEFW
  • Developed materials and trained in FSCM, FICA, FICO AP, AR and GL
  • Worked with business process owners to develop course outlines and End User materials.
  • Prepared and built data set and scenarios for user .
  • Recorded materials and instruction video using RWD Infopak.
  • Conducted multiple train the trainer session with business SMEs. Train the Trainer.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

FSCM Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Provided functional and process expertise in module areas of FI-Finance (Credit Management, Accounts Receivable, Collections & Dispute Management, Cash management, In House Cash, AP BCM and Treasury.
  • As SAP FSCM lead, worked closely with the team on the end to end processes over all FSCM modules and bank reconciliation for the organization. Led AP/AR/Treasury requirements gathering sessions during the blueprint phase. Performed fit gap analysis based on the business requirements in the BPD. Provided content experience on Abbott’s merger and acquisition project and FSCM integration with other SAP modules.
  • Performed all tasks in development cycle, starting from business process definition, to configuration, unit testing, user testing, coordination of transports to Production, and post-live support and fixes.
  • Led development of Treasury's SOX effort and the company's approach to measuring direct cash flow, including processes of accounting for financial instruments (stocks, fixed term deposit, commercial paper, facilities and interest rate instruments
  • Implemented Treasury Money Market/Cash and Liquidity Forecast, Credit, Collections, Dispute Management, FSCM, bank reconciliation and Customer Claims Programs.
  • Configured multiple BADIs/user exits in Dispute and Collections Mgmt (RMS ID, Element types, Record Model, Workflow, Work list, Promise to Pay and process integration with AR).
  • Defined and configured credit segments, Rating procedure, formulas, limit calculations, Risk Classes and integration with D&B
  • Developed functional specs for ABAP development (User Exits and BADI) and LSMW for data upload.
  • Summary Scope for treasury includes data recording, data capture and accounting for Local equity investments and foreign equity portfolios managed by external Asset Managers as well as by the client.
  • Investments on local and regional long term debt instruments
  • Loans to 3rd parties
  • Investments in local short term/money market instruments
  • Extensive experience in working with business and IS, to ensure an effective process design, fit/gap analysis and managing integrity of a global template.
  • Performed fit gap analysis based on business requirements in BPD.
  • Responsible for writing functional specs Confidential items and also created configuration documents.
  • Hands on configuration in ECC FI-AR, FI-AP, GL, SWIFT FileAct bank integration and all FSCM modules including Biller’s and Payer’s Direct.
  • Provided content experience on FSCM integration with other SAP modules.
  • Developed and trained in FICO FSCM, AP, AR and GL
  • Worked with business process owners to develop course outlines and End User materials.
  • Recorded materials and instruction video using RWD Infopak.
  • Conducted multiple train the trainer session with business SMEs. Train the Trainer.
  • Developed and maintained configuration and functional design documents on FSCM and SWIFT integration.
  • Assisted with end-to-end integration testing and User Acceptance Testing and provided go-live support.

Confidential

FICO/FSCM Instructor/Trainer

Responsibilities:

  • Provided periodic content and classroom in an Academy environment to SAP clients in areas of FI-FSCM specifically FSC020 and FSC200- Processes and Customizing in Credit Management, Biller Direct, Cash, Collections and Dispute Management.
  • Focus of these courses are processes in SAP FI Credit Management, SAP Biller Direct, SAP Dispute and SAP Collections Management, Cash Management, Transaction Manager and Customizing SAP Dispute and SAP Collections Management.
  • Cash Management including Liquidity forecasts, Electronic Bank Statements, Bank Reconciliation Statements, Master Data aspects including that of business partners, security/interest/forex details etc.,
  • Integration knowledge of CM/TR with several other modules of SAP
  • Helped develop materials End User (EUT) sessions

Confidential, Canton, OH

FICO-FSCM/Cash Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Implemented SAP FI- AR, AP, New G/L, Cash Management, Treasury, Dispute Management, Collections and Credit Management.
  • Worked with different business units in gathering requirements and defining a solution to enhance revenue management.
  • Ensure technical and functional designs meet business requirements.
  • Prototyped SAP Biller’s Direct for A/R Integration.
  • Provided user and production support
  • Facilitated and managed blueprint phases with focus on key business processes and Integration (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay), Cash Management, Dispute and Collections Management, Case and Record Management and Credit Management.
  • Configured FI-AR, AP, Business Partner/Customer synchronization, Vendor Master, Bank Accounting/Recon, EDI/IDOCs, Intercompany Billing and Receivables, Dunning and tolerances.
  • Developed global strategy on International Banking for all subsidiary and FX Valuation.
  • Configured Cash Position, Cash Forecast, Electronic Bank Statement processing (BAI2, SWIFT, Current Day and Prior Day).
  • Created different treasury reports related to daily treasury processes using drilldown reports and SAP Query.
  • Configured multiple BADIs/user exits in Dispute and Collections Management (RMS ID, Element types, Record Model, Workflow, Work list, Promise to Pay and process integration with AR).
  • Defined and configured credit segments, Rating procedure, formulas, limit calculations, Risk Classes and integration with D&B.
  • Developed functional specifications for ABAP development (user exits and BADI) in 1099 MISC Reporting-US Withholding tax/IRS transmission file and LSMW for data upload.
  • Provided support on FI-Asset Accounting, CO-PA and CCA.
  • Developed day/month-end bank reconciliation and close procedures.
  • Assisted with user and integration testing, coordination of transports to production.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Treasury/Cash Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Provided SAP Treasury and Cash Management content expertise for Confidential ’s in-house treasury transformation project in over 100 countries.
  • Worked with BPOs in TR/AR/AP departments to capture processes in business operations for 150+ affiliates.
  • Responsible for gathering requirements and identifying treasury and cash accounting functional needs and translating these into system configuration and specifications.
  • Designed best of breed solution for transaction manager (securities, money market, derivatives and fx trading operations) and cash/liquidity management and mapping them to standard SAP processes within project scope.
  • Designed and configured cash forecast, liquidity planner, swift messaging, in-house cash, bank accounting, Lockbox, electronic bank statement processing and reconciliation, outgoing and incoming payments and payment medium workbench.
  • Payment batching and approvals using bank communications management (BCM).
  • Led development of Treasury's SOX effort and the company's approach to measuring direct cash flow, including processes of accounting for financial instruments (stocks, fixed term deposit, commercial paper, facilities and interest rate instruments.
  • Defined best of breed solution for FI AP, AR, GL, AA, IC Billing and Receivables, Transaction Manager (securities, Money Market, Derivatives and FX trading operations) and Cash/Liquidity Management (Cash Position, Forecast and Liquidity Planner) and mapping them to standard SAP processes within project scope.
  • Defined processes and strategy around business partner roles, cash pooling, netting, IC bill settlement and IC loan processing using SAP in-house cash.
  • Designed and wrote specifications (RICEFW) for data migration and conversion utilizing LSMW.
  • Created customized reports using SAP drilldown reporting and SAP Query.
  • Developed BPPs and supported project through unit, integration and regression test using HP Quality Center
  • Assisted with end-to-end integration testing and User Acceptance Testing and provided go-live support.

Confidential

IS Banking - Treasury/Cash Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Provided detailed blueprint session covering loans lifecycle with functions and associated customizing settings in SAP loans management solution FI-CA "CML - Consumer and Mortgage Loans" and integration with Collateral and Deposit management.
  • Defined and configured complete loan process for loans given and loans taken from potential contract-to-contract disbursement and processing collaterals associated with loan with basic accounting and inventory management functions.
  • Configured Collateral Management integration with Loans Management.
  • Defined and configured financial services business partner groupings and structures as applicable.
  • Transactional Banking - SAP Payment Engine (Payment Processing, Routing Control and Clearing Processing)
  • Defined a structured process for cross border payment processing that facilitated straight through processing of importing payment transaction data, to fully automated straight-through processing (STP) in the Payment Processing, Routing Control, and Clearing Processing components, through to exporting external payment items for forwarding to an account management system.
  • Designed and built a single, multichannel capable platform for customer and interbank payments (SEPA Direct Debit, SEPA Credit transfer, SWIFT messages, ISO XML 20022).
  • Defined payment processes optimization and standardization of interfaces between connected systems, to provide a central transaction platform.
  • Developed a global strategy (STP) on International Banking for all subsidiary.
  • Defined and configured processes around foreign currency loans and valuations.
  • Developed custom reports using SAP Query.

Confidential

PSCD- FI-CA/Treasury/CML Loans Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Configured and customized different loan types to meet business requirements. Emphasis on business partner conversion from old to new financial services business partner), collateral management, custom development objects (RICEFWS - Report, Interface, Enhancement, Form, Workflow, Service) and PSCD - PS Contract Accounting (PSCA) and Cash Management integration.
  • Configured PSCA - FICA (Business Partner, Contract Account, Insurance Object, Dunning, Returns, Correspondence, Installment Plans, Payment Program, Interest Calculation),
  • Presented a clear blueprint session on major improvements for SAP CML and Treasury module upgrade along with Cash Management and PSCD integration using contract accounting.
  • Configured collateral management integration with LM to manage and evaluate assets agreed as collateral. Provided data extractors and content for BI integration.
  • Redefined and configured a comprehensive structure for new financial business partner and FI customer synchronization and integration.
  • Redefined complete loan process and underlying transactions of contract acquisition and managing collaterals (Collateral Value Calculation FRIL, VRBL, ARIL) and payoff scheme.
  • Prototyped IS Banking (BCA and AM), Bank analyzer BC 4.0.
  • Strategized and configured new process around loan conditions - dunning, contract accounting, contract termination, repayment settlement, value adjustment and interest on arrears calculations.
  • Redefined and configured cash management integration with loans management for bank statement and payment processing and cash reporting (cash forecast and position).
  • Responsible for archiving and retention of CML archiving object, IDoc’s and Workitems records using related SAP’s SARA/ADK and DART archiving tools.

Confidential

FI FSCM/FSCD- Treasury Project Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Presented SAP FSCM and FSCD FICA, demonstrated its concepts and use in helping business understand functional requirements.
  • Led blueprint discussion on IS-U (FS Business Partner, FSCD, Contract Accounting, Installment Plans, Broker Collections, Dunning, and Correspondence) FI-CA - Disbursement and Collections Management, Cash Management and Treasury Transaction Manager.
  • Designed and created master data models (business partners, contract accounts and insurance objects) in FS-CD & FICA Revenue Management (RMCA).
  • Designed and configured Transaction Manager (FX, Money Market, Securities and Derivatives), cash position/liquidity forecast, AP and treasury payments, electronic bank statement, in-house cash, cash position and forecast, Lockbox, and exchange rates, portfolio and market risk analyzer.
  • Defined a competitive solution in processing different trade settlements covering major commodities and product types within energy trading industry (physical oil, natural gas, electricity, financial swaps, options, delivery costs and brokerage fees).
  • Prepared Functional Specification and co-ordinate for Technical specification and testing on FICA RICEFW
  • Designed a conversion roadmap for FX open contract and FI balance upload.
  • Designed and implemented data management and archiving strategies in the Finance and FICA modules using SAP’s SARA/ADK and DART archiving tools.
  • Helped estimate data storage and strategy for long time file storage
  • Defined additional data segment from FICA tables (Function Exit FTXW0002).
  • Facilitated transparent, quick and improved offline data access.

Confidential

Treasury/CFM Cash Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for gathering requirements and identifying treasury and cash accounting functional needs and translating these into system configuration and specifications.
  • Defined best of breed solution for Transaction Manager (securities, Money Market, Derivatives and FX trading operations) and Cash/Liquidity Management and mapping them to standard SAP processes within project scope.
  • Designed and configured Cash Management (cash position/liquidity forecast/planning, AP and treasury payments, electronic bank statement, Lockbox), Transaction Manager (FX, money market, securities and derivatives instruments) and SEM-BPC tool for cash flow planning.
  • Designed and developed an in depth Inter-company settlement and foreign payments procedures using In House Cash IHC module.
  • Reorganized treasury department by setting up new procedures for cash forecasts and a single global banking platform with JP Morgan for centralized EBS reporting and treasury payments.
  • Developed detailed functional specifications, enhancements and modifications documentation.
  • Designed, configured RMS IDs, Service Providers, Element types, Reason codes for dispute case processing automation.
  • Stabilized post-implementation and production downs/issues for Treasury and Bank Reconciliation.

Confidential

Treasury/Cash Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Resolved critical issues around bank interfaces and Bank Accounting (BAI, BAI2, Swift, Confidential, FedWire).
  • Recommended changes that comply with best-practices policies on trading and cash management processes. (Electronic bank statement processes, implementation of services and foreign exchange activities and funding of foreign operations).
  • Reviewed company’s Global bank entities and advised on plan and strategy on consolidation, future SAP In-house Cash implementation for centralized payments.
  • Developed various reports related to payment card processing and payment program.
  • Provided required expertise on design validation, best practices, standards, methodology and guidelines.

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