SUMMARY

• Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) with over 12 years of total IT experience including 9 years of SAP R/3 FICO functional expertise and equipped with hands on experience from various implementations, rollouts and development projects.
• Expertise in configuration and customization of FI (New GL, A/P, A/R, AA, Banking, PS, RMCA and SPL)
• Strong working knowledge in Controlling (CCA, IO, PCA, PC, COPA) module.
• Extensive experience Two Full life cycle large implementations in SAP Configuration.
• Strong Post Implementation support 24/7
• Experienced in SAP IS - Utility
• Concrete understanding of ASAP methodology.
• Able to solve intricate discrepancies with strong problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and inter personnel skills. Proven ability to work independently and team environments.
• Ability to take on new challenges and strives to meet objectives with unparalleled determination.
• Worked in Full life cycle implementations, Rollouts, Support and Enhancement projects.
• Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI/CO modules - New GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, US taxation, Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Special purpose Ledger, Project Systems, Receivables Management & Contract Accounting (RMCA), Revenue Recognition and Data Migration.
• Strong experience in New GL with document splitting configuration, parallel ledgers and parallel currencies.
• Integration of FI with MM and SD with Procure to Pay and Order to cash Cycles
• Reporting tools like Report Painter, Report Writer and ABAP Query
• Through understanding of a customized SAP system, bank interfaces and Electronic Bank Statements.
• Through understanding of SAP system from business process, cross functional and integration view points
• In-depth knowledge in configuration, implementation, ASAP methodology, system design and development and gathering user requirements
• Experience in Blueprint, Configuration, Unit, Stress, Volume, Regression, Integration Testing and User Acceptance, Training, Documentation and Production support.
• Special emphasis on Data Migration specifications with BDC, Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects
• Good knowledge in ABAP debugging techniques to work with user-exits and cross applications
• Good knowledge of Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM), Business Process and Consolidations (BPC), SAP Solution Manager and SAP DART process.
• Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE & EDI), user-exits, and reporting tools
• Active member in conducting the team meetings, Customer feedback meetings & self-assimilation programs.
• Knowledge in identifying, testing and documenting of SAP application controls in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 FI/CO, 3.0F, 4.6, 4.7, ECC 6.0, BW 3.1

Operating systems: Unix, Sun Solaris, Window 95/98/XP, Server 2000/2003

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.2.3 / 9.2.0.7/ 10.0.2.1 , MS-SQL Server, MS Access 2000

Tools: &Utilities: Autosys job scheduler, Vertex Tax Application, Governance Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) application, Withholding tax (WHT)

SAP R/3 Tools: SAP-FICO, SAP FICA, SAP-SD, SAP-MM, ABAP/4, Report Painter and Report Writer, SAP Business Processes and Consolidation (BPC NW)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Senior Functional Consultant SAP FICO

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Performed as senior consultant for Chrysler SAP FICO implementation that is integrated with more than 300 applications.
• Involved from blue print phase to post production support in the implementation of SAP system for GL, AP and fixed assets.
• Conducted requirements gathering sessions with business users to document and prepare functional specifications for new enhancements.
• Configured and tested Organization structure, Fiscal and Posting period variants, document splitting in New GL.
• Completed asset related purchase accounting for FIAT merger as per GAAP and IFRS accounting.
• Finalized NAFTA Plant tooling conversion in GSAP in order to meet PentaSAP project launch requirements.
• Completely configured and tested fixed assets sub module from end to end with Investment Management and Project Systems as part of SAP implementation.
• Implemented and tested payment process for suppliers across the globe in different currencies through EFT/ACH, Domestic WIRE (DMT), Global WIRE (GMT), Global ACH and Positive Pay (Check) using Automatic Payment program and Payment Medium workbench set up thru Pay stream and Pay source methods.
• Modified and reinstalled Chase positive pay file containing supplier check payment details in GSAP to align with PSAP file format.
• Worked on integration between SAP FI-AP and HR to receive employee expense data from BETR system.
• Established electronic and manual bank statements thru custom interfaces.
• Configured and tested intercompany set up for GL, AP/AR and US taxation integrated with Vertex system.
• Configured and tested lockbox process for Accounts Receivables.
• Configured and integrated SAP AR with FSCM components like Dispute Management, Credit management, Deductions Management or Collections Management.
• Configured Credit management to define review/create credit checking rules & define internal A/R credit structure.
• Originated and tested business processes like Open text Vendor Invoice Management (VIM), Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS), Procurement cards (P-Cards), Currency substitution and Withholding tax (WHT) management.
• Completed cut over data migrations for Accounts Payables and Fixed Assets
• Established autosys jobs to execute Invoice posting, background verification, process validations, payment run and outbound interfaces in the background.
• Post go-live and daily Run & Maintenance support, resolved issues in the areas of cost center, profit center, internal order accounting, product costing and profitability analysis.
• In the support as SME, collaboration with Accounts Payable teams helped to resolve issues on Procure to Pay process and avoid late payments mainly to federal organizations and direct suppliers.
• Performed invoice reversal, check cancellations, GR/IR reconciliations and Escheats processes for Accounts Payables team.
• Worked closely with fixed assets teams to record and maintain Chrysler assets in SAP system.
• Performed month end, yearend activities for AP, GL and fixed assets
• Developed client reports using ABAP query, report painter and report writer techniques.
• Created GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, vendors and customers as part of master data governance and updated exchange rate tables for Mexico.
• Created SERVs, for new enhancements required for business and issues raised during day-to-day support, and coordinated till completion with the team to meet deliverables.

Confidential, South Bend, IN

SAP FICO Functional Lead

Environment: SAP R/3 6.0 Finance and Controlling

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Team in Business Blue Print Phase
• Concluded all configuration settings related to Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, General Ledger and Asset Management.
• Completed configurations for new GL sub module and tested custom interfaces with GL
• Solely implemented Asset management from blue print phase to first month depreciation run.
• Configuration of asset accounting module integrated with Project Systems Module
• Configured integration areas for FI-MM and FI-SD and tested for the complete PTP and OTC cycles.
• Configured, customized and tested Automatic payment program, Payment Medium workbench set up, custom bank interfaces, Electronic Bank Statements, Withholding tax (WHT) and lockbox processes.
• In Project Systems defined the Project coding mask, created the project file and status profile
• Completed and evaluated unit, integration and regression testing for the Procure to Pay (PTP) and Order to Cash (OTC) processes.
• Coordinated on-site and offshore support resources to resolve production issues and deliver enhancements as per agreed dates.
• Maintained the Budget Profiles and set the tolerance limit for the availability control
• Defining Settlement Rules and creating Selection Variants
• Configured Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions.
• Configured and Customized CO - General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling, Cost Center Accounting and Internal Orders
• In Internal Orders setup status profile for order type, maintained settlement rules, internal order planning, and budget profile and also set up tolerances for budget cost.
• Configured settlements distribution cycles for actual cost distribution
• Configured and completely tested profitability analysis reports output to meet requirements from the management.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups, Cost Center Hierarchies and cost centers.
• Resolved issues on cost center, profit center and profitability analysis as part of post go-live support.

Confidential, Raleigh Durum, NC

SAP FICO Functional Lead

Environment: SAP R3 5.0 Finance Module

Responsibilities:

• Functional lead for divestiture projects, such as Avaya, Ericsson, Ciena&Genband, designed to differentiate the SAP FICO system of sold out businesses from Nortel’s SAP system.
• Developed Report Writer and Report Painter Reports by Customer/Profit Center/Product/Period.
• Resolved the issues in fiscal year variant 445 and completed period end activities
• Documentation and training on procedures for Finance (AR,AP,GL& AA)
• Verified the Test Scripts executed including the Month End Closing Scripts
• Supported month end, quarter end, and year-end activities
• Creating custom Reports on AR and AP by giving functional specifications to the ABAP team for development.
• Data loads by using ABAP designed BDC programs and LSMW techniques.

Confidential

SAP FICA Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 FICA Module

Responsibilities:

• Resolved issues with ETHIM and posting keys.
• Formulated requirements portion of the Change Management Document for all FI related CCR’s (Change Control Requests) and DIR’s (Development Incident Requests).
• Set Development Specification for all the FI related CCR’s and DIR’s.
• Performed thorough unit and integration testing.
• Contributed to concepts such as IS-U Contract accounting, Core Extensions in Finance, LSMW uploads and Asset accounting.
• Resolved issues in Receivables management and contract accounting specific to the clients in utility industry.
• Involved in preparation and testing of FI Security roles for newly created company codes along with BASIS consultants.
• Executed functional support during upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0.
• Configured Allocation Cycles (Assessments & Distributions), IO Settlements
• Extensively worked on PCA restructuring & enhancements to enable management reporting
• Worked with the business users to collect requirements to maintain Profit centers, profit center Hierarchies, Transfer of historic balances from MM/FI to PCA and reconciliation with GL accounts
• Created custom reports for producing financial statements profit center wise through Report painter and month end closing operations

Confidential, Troy, MI

Senior SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C Finance Module

Responsibilities:

• Acquired business requirements from business users. Analyzed business requirements and translated them into functional/technical requirements.
• Prepared functional specification documents for the requirements received and worked with business users for the sign-off.
• Assisted development team for requirements clarifications and test scenarios.
• Completed unit and integration testing as per the functional specifications
• Completed deployment and supported post go-live issues.

Confidential, Troy, MI

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C Finance Module

Responsibilities:

• Completed core extensions of GL, AP (Procure to Pay), AR (Order to Cash) and Fixed asset sub modules for different roll out projects.
• Extended DACOR payment medium to new plants, eDELPHI pay, and eCEPTS interface to newly rolled-out company codes
• Maintain the Versions for actual and planned postings
• Creation of Cost Centers and Definition of Cost Centre Hierarchy
• Creation of Activity types and Statistical key figures for Allocation, Distribution and assessment of costs
• Creation of Primary and Secondary Cost Elements with appropriate Cost Element Category
• Definition of Internal Orders Types, Order Masters and Settlement Profiles
• Met all delivery gates for different activities during project release.