Summary

• Over 13 years of professional Experience includes SAP FICO Functional consultant, Business analyst and Accounting Finance domain exposure.
• SAP Certified Solution consultant Financials SAP ERP Central component 6.0
• Worked on End to end implementation projects, production support, enhancements and change requests using ASAP methodology.
• Specialized in FI General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bank Accounting, Asset Accounting, Special Purpose Ledger, CO-CCA, IO, PCA and knowledge in COPA.
• Extensively worked on Accounts Payable ACH, Wire payments, Checks, BOE and EDI , Bank accounting, Banking interfaces, Lockbox and EBS.
• Sound knowledge in integration of Materials Management, Sales and Distribution with FI.
• Streamlined the month end Close process by automating the Period close activity.
• Worked on Report Painter reports.
• Worked on interfaces with Mainframes, EDI, banks and other third party soft wares.
• Supporting for financial consolidation tool Hyperion integrated with SAP.
• Understand ABAP coding and able to debug the programs without technical assistance.
• Reduced the number of outstanding support tickets by improving the processes and streamlining the knowledge warehouse. Consistently achieved SLA levels.
• Possess strong analytical thinking, troubleshooting capabilities and excellent inter-personal skills.
• Strong domain knowledge of Business processing in Retail and Service industries.
• Extensively worked in large and medium scale organizations at different capacities across the departments as a SAP user.
• Self-starter and excellent team player with good communication skills
• Excellent in Excel, Word, Power point Visio.

SAP Skills:

• Excellent experience in business requirement gathering, blue printing using ASAP methodology.
• SAP configuration and process design 4.7EE and ECC 6.0
• Expert in FI GL, AR, AP, AA, SPL Special purpose ledger
• Expert in CO CCA, IO, and PCA
• Intermediate in FSCM Credit, Dispute and Collections management
• Integration with FI-MM and FI-SD modules
• Demonstrated ability in leading all kind of SAP projects
• Expert in Techno Functional Skills: LSMW, CATT, EDI and IDocs
• Expert in Testing: Worked on HP Quality Center and clarity etc.
• Expert in setting up program variants and creation of batch Jobs with multiple programs.

Confidential

• Implemented new incentive business process with FI-SD integration from the scratch.
• Worked on XIGN EIPP migration to new system Taulia and Read soft solution
• LKE accounts migration to a new bank and setting up new interfaces with SAP through SFTP process etc.
• Work with Nissan business users and project team to make sure the business requirements are taken care properly.
• Work with Treasury and cash management teams to redesign the existing payment process with new bank/s.
• Preparation of project specification document, statement of work and review the project deliverable documents.
• Work with multiple vendors who support the project hard ware and software facilities, networking, project execution and security etc.
• Coordinate with project team during requirement understanding, validate the efforts estimation, milestones and project deliverables etc.

Confidential

Production Support

• Primary contact for SAP FICO production support, projects PWOs/SOWs , Enhancements and change requests etc.
• Leading the offshore functional team and prioritizing in addressing day to day business issues.
• Bridge the communication between offshore and Nissan business to set the right expectation and filling the gaps.
• Continuously analyze the existing system and explore the options for improving business process improvements and better feasibility.
• Planning and coordinating for month-end and year-end activities with Nissan business users, BAs and other vendors.
• Assisting business users on day to day high priority issues like payments, EBS and critical batch jobs etc.
• Worked in multi-vendor environment with good coordination and deliverables to Nissan as per the expectations set.
• Worked on archiving objects and did the data archiving.

Enhancements/Change Requests

• Worked on multiple enhancements for APP setup, House banks, ACH payments, Wire payments, EDI payments, Bills of Exchange and Electronic bank statement implementation
• Communicate and assisting offshore team to reach an understanding of business requirements and better ways for solution.
• Worked on documentation like Functional/technical specs, testing and training documents.
• Involved in user testing and training.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Studied legacy systems and prepared Business blue print document highlighting the future business process on SAP
• Worked on Asset accounting objects in implementing the new process 'Inventory for Internal use consumption'.
• Setup complex substitution rules using user exists, SET ids etc. and coordinate with MM team for integration.
• Analyzed GAPs and drafted programs to address through customized solution.
• Prepared functional specifications, design documents, test scripts and testing the objects using Quality center etc.
• Being in onsite involved in requirement gathering sessions, presentation to client about solution, UAT with business users, cut-over activities and post go-live support.

Confidential

Production Support

• Supporting Day to Day production support activities of GL, AP, AR, Treasury and Controlling.
• Address and Resolve different levels of problem tickets with in stipulated SLAs.
• Co-ordinate with onsite SME and Nissan BAs in handling production support, requirement gathering for enhancements and deliverables etc.
• Setting up background jobs, variant setup, monitoring the critical Jobs, fixing the problems, working with scheduler team for ABEND issues etc.
• FI configuration at Global and client level and moving transports across the systems.
• Convert the GL Accounts to Open Item Managed.
• Execute 1099 US tax reports in background in assisting Nissan business users
• Automated period close process using background jobs on OB52.
• Prepare the job schedule for month end/year end close and scheduling in TWS with SPRs.

Enhancements/projects

• Worked on Cash management project for Canada with Electronic Bank Statement EBS configuration and treasury cash management reports by copying standard reports in to customization etc.
• Developed new programs for check reconciliation, positive payee and sending Detail of payments to vendors in EDI format etc.
• Implemented Smart forms for Check printing conversion from Jet forms .
• Developed new payment process setup for Bills of Exchange and interface with CITI bank.
• Implemented GRIR project for Parts Accounting in SAP. Brought the entire Parts Accounting system from MF to SAP through GRIR process.
• Worked on various testing projects where SAP interfacing with third party applications like Main Frames, EDI, PGP and People soft etc.
• Manage GL, AP, AR, cost Center, profit centers Master data and extend the same to various company codes in test environments.

• Complete FI Module Configuration GL, New GL, AP, AR, AM using SAP Best Practices
• Configured Automatic payment process and Manual bank reconciliation statement.
• Worked on New General Ledger areas like, integrating the GL with subcomponents, Document splitting, Segmentation and Parallel Accounting.
• Worked on N71 configuration with Senior CO Consultant
• Worked on Unit and Integration Testing of Implementation.
• CIN configuration CIN, FI, SD MM coordinating with Core Team, SAP Notes and SAP Labs for queries.
• Prepared Core User Training Manuals and documented.
• Closely worked with CO, SD, and MM Modules for integration and testing.

Confidential

• Worked as SAP end user on BRS, check deposits and vendor payments and stock distribution at warehouse etc.
• Responsible for the entire circle 11 cities PCO Postpaid Business commercial operations.
• Reconciliation of remittances received from all over locations of AP through multiple banks.
• Creation of work orders and processing of vendor payments
• Physical asset verification and maintenance through asset management CRM portals.
• Stock monitoring, distribution, inventory uploading and reconciliation using SAP.
• MIS reports for stock, vendors, and customer acquisitions to management and head office.
• Assisting internal audit team for periodical audit reports.

Confidential

• Worked on accounting software 'Tally' to maintain day to day operations of the firm.
• Processing of Journal Vouchers.
• Accounting of expenses in cash books and posting into respective ledgers.
• Handling firm related Bank transactions and bank reconciliation statement.
• Maintaining stock records and front office activities.
• Submitting all required information for auditing and working with audit team.

• Completed SAP FI certification in ECC6 from SAP AG with 85 .
• Received 'Pat on back' award on successful implementation of new cash management and EBS functionality for Nissan Canada company codes.
• Received 'BRAVO' award on successful handling of critical issues in Nissan NA support project.