SUMMARY

• MBA and SAP FICO having 11 + years of Finance which includes over 9 + years of IT experience in SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling module with 5 implementations, 4 support projects.
• Worked on ASAP methods of project preparation to identify business objectives to integrate industries, blueprint of the company requirements, realization of the configuration or proof of concept, final preparation of testing, interfaces, conversions, reporting, training, and the go live and support.
• Expertise in FI - General Ledger, FI-Account Receivable, FI-Account Payable, FI-Asset Management, Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Product Costing.
• Extensive working experience in NEW GL with ledger groups, ledgers (leading/non-leading), parallel accounting, foreign currency valuation, segments and document splitting.
• Created the Bank, House Banks, Electronic & Manual Bank Reconciliation, check lots reason codes.
• Integration with SAP Finance to CO-MM-SD-HR-REFX
• Hands-on experience in using Reporting tools like SAP Query, Report Painter/ Report Writer and Drill Down Reports which used for analysis, performance, accounts history, and day to day business processes.
• Extensive experience in Business Analysis, GAP Analysis, Requirement Gathering, and Solution Delivery
• Trained end users in configuration and post implementation production support and documentation.
• Strong knowledge on the various phases of the SAP Implementation.
• Keen ability to understand and analyze problems, develop plan of action, and successfully complete the task within the project guidelines.
• Preparation of user documents & conducting training to the key end-users.
• Strong Knowledge on AR Accounts Receivable Process with SD Sales Distribution Module.
• Strong knowledge with all aspects of Configuration and Customization of SAP FI-GL, FI-AP, with additional knowledge in FI-AR, FI-AA, FI-GL (New GL) CO-CCA, CO-PA and CO-PC.
• Extensive Experience Project System & Funds Management in Production Support.
• Efficient team player with unsurpassed Interpersonal skills, outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Sound Experience in Tax Procedures pertaining to Country Version India.
• Financial Accounting (FI) Enterprise Structure: Configuration and customizing Company code, Creating GL account codes and Chart of Accounts, Configuration of Global settings, Configuration of GL automatic clearing, Configuration of Foreign currency valuation, Sales Tax/Purchase Taxes.
• Accounts Receivable: Configuring and Customizing Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Oder to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms) Dunning and Reporting.
• Accounts Payable: Configuring and Customizing vendor master data, vendor account groups, Define sensitive fields for dual control, House banks, Invoice processing, Document parking, Outgoing payment and Reporting.
• New General Ledger: Configure the New GL, Define the additional ledger (Leading and non-leading ledger), define currency, define segment, activate document splitting, define and assign accounting principle, transfer balance carry forward.
• Integration with MM, PP and SD: Integration of FI with MM, IM, PS and SD modules, Inventory movement related account, Billing and Revenue account determination, interfaces design and testing.
• Asset Management: Creation of AUC, Internal Order, Appropriation request, Asset acquisitions, Asset transfers (Intra Company and Inter Company), Asset retirements (with revenue/without revenue). Configured settings for revaluation of assets, normal depreciation run, manual and unplanned depreciation. Involved in defining asset history sheets.
• CIN/GST India Localization: Configured CIN/GST process for India taxation process for various clients in India.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Package: SAP R/3 - FI/CO.

Operating Systems: Windows 98/2000/NT/XP, MS-Dos.

Others: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

Sr.SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Identifying the As Is Process and actual GAPs during the Workshop Desk.
• Project Preperation to Blueprint through Go-Live during Rollout Implementation process.
• Team member in creating in-process design, mapping and business process re-engineering to match the client requirements with SAP.
• Configured and Customized in areas of FI-GL, AR, AP and AA.
• Configured internal orders Types as per Bussienss Requireement, Configuring capitalization of assets under construction, assigning cost Elements
• Customized the CO Organizational structure for managerial reporting like Controlling area, Cost Elements, Cost centers (CO-CCA), Cost center hierarchy and Cost center Planning.
• Cost center Accounting: Configured Cost center categories, Hierarchy nodes, Activity types, Actual assessments cycles and Plan assessment cycles, Plan distribution Cycles and Actual
• Developed Customized program to aoutomate outgoing payment and implemented successfully.
• Costomized program for Cheque printing and payment advice.

Confidential

Sr.SAP FI/CO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implementaion of Goods and Services Tax.
• Identifying the As Is Process and Impact areas of GST during the Workshop Desk.
• Project Preperation to Blueprint through Go-Live during GST implementation process.
• Team member in creating in-process design, mapping and business process re-engineering to match the client requirements with GST Regime SAP.
• Organised the meeting with the Business Users and INOX Center of Excellence (COE) team to identify the AS-IS process and design the TO-BE process along with thorough GST Impact analysis of required customizations.
• Configured and Customized in areas of FI-GL, AR, AP and AA.
• Configured all FI-MM integration for GST impact and getting data to be posted in Correct Ledgers.
• Configured all FI-SD integration for GST impact and getting data to be posted in Correct Ledgers
• Configured all FI-REFX integration for GST impact and getting data to be posted in Correct Ledgers
• Finalization of Tax Codes to be required in GST Regime as per INOX Bussiness process.
• Finalization of Bussiness places to be required to run Bussiness in GST Regime.
• Desigend Bussienss Process to be followed as per GST.
• Finalized how many GL Accounts required for GST Tax data to be posted.
• Disegned Tax Procedure of INOX for GST.

Confidential

Sr.SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Identifying the As Is Process and actual GAPs during the Workshop Desk.
• Project Preperation to Blueprint through Go-Live during Re-implementation process.
• Team member in creating in-process design, mapping and business process re-engineering to match the client requirements with SAP.
• Organised the meeting with the Business Users and APL Center of Excellence (COE) team to identify the AS-IS process and design the TO-BE process along with thorough GAP analysis of required customizations.
• Configured and Customized in areas of FI-GL, AR, AP and AA.
• Configuration of New G/L: Splitting rule defining, GL account mapping, Scenarios, document types, posting key, field status group, Assigning of documents splitting rule business to transactions, time integration etc.
• Configured New GL, Leading and Non- leading Ledgers, Segments, Document Splitting, and Real-Time integration of Controlling with FI
• Configured Fixed Asset Master Data- Acquisitions, Retirements, Revaluation of fixed assets,
• Customized depreciation keys for depreciation Run- Planned, Special, Unplanned depreciation.
• Customizing screen layouts for asset master data, asset sub ledgers and asset depreciation
• Implemented Material Ledger Actual Costing Functunality.
• Configured Product Costing Process (CO-PC). Configured Standard Cost Estimates process, Costing Variant, Valuation Variant, Costing Type, Costing Sheet, Cost Component Structure etc.
• Configured Process Order Costing (PP-PI with CO-PC), configured Variance analsys with Standard Cost v/s actual costing with settlement process.
• Design the Month End Closing Process for Sap FI/CO with all moduels.
• Participated in integration testing. Documented test results and followed up with the configuration Team to resolve various issues/problems identified during testing.
• Conducted L1,L2,L3 End User Training for Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting,
• Prepare SAP FI/CO training documents and provided End-User Manuals to the end users.
• Configured the Tax Procedure pertaining to Country Version India.
• Customised Excise transaction types for the various sales and purchase scenarios.
• Created various Tax Codes as per various requirements of the client.
• Ensuring the CENVAT is utilized properly and optimally.
• Configured and customised various excise registers and reports.
• Post Go-Live Support: Provide post go-live support to customer, handing tickets raised by client for Sap FI/CO related issue, understand the error and resolve them quickly, liaison with SAP User and provide solutions.
• SAP GST Project: Involved for SAP GST implementation project. Configured SAP GST process for clients as per business requirement.

Confidential

Sr. SAP FI/CO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Sr. SAP FICO Lead and Team Lead Consultant. Handled team of 08 SAP Consultants for this project.
• Identifying the As Is Process and actual GAPs during the Workshop Desk.
• Project Preperation to Blueprint through Go-Live during Re-implementation process.
• Team member in creating in-process design, mapping and business process re-engineering to match the client requirements with SAP.
• Organised the meeting with the Business Users and GFL Center of Excellence (COE) team to identify the AS-IS process and design the TO-BE process along with thorough GAP analysis of required customizations.
• Configured and Customized in areas of FI-GL, AR, AP and AA.
• Configuration of New G/L: Splitting rule defining, GL account mapping, Scenarios, document types, posting key, field status group, Assigning of documents splitting rule business to transactions, time integration etc.
• Configured New GL, Leading and Non- leading Ledgers, Segments, Document Splitting, and Real-Time integration of Controlling with FI
• Configured Fixed Asset Master Data- Acquisitions, Retirements, Revaluation of fixed assets,
• Customized depreciation keys for depreciation Run- Planned, Special, Unplanned depreciation.
• Customizing screen layouts for asset master data, asset sub ledgers and asset depreciation
• Implemented Material Ledger Actual Costing Functunality.
• Configured Product Costing Process (CO-PC). Configured Standard Cost Estimates process, Costing Variant, Valuation Variant, Costing Type, Costing Sheet, Cost Component Structure etc.
• Configured Process Order Costing (PP-PI with CO-PC), configured Variance analsys with Standard Cost v/s actual costing with settlement process.
• Design the Month End Closing Process for Sap FI/CO with all moduels.
• Participated in integration testing. Documented test results and followed up with the configuration Team to resolve various issues/problems identified during testing.
• Conducted L1,L2,L3 End User Training for Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting,
• Prepare SAP FI/CO training documents and provided End-User Manuals to the end users.
• Configured the Tax Procedure pertaining to Country Version India.
• Customised Excise transaction types for the various sales and purchase scenarios.
• Created various Tax Codes as per various requirements of the client.
• Ensuring the CENVAT is utilized properly and optimally.
• Configured and customised various excise registers and reports.
• Post Go-Live Support: Provide post go-live support to customer, handing tickets raised by client for Sap FI/CO related issue, understand the error and resolve them quickly, liaison with SAP User and provide solutions.

Confidential, Syracuse, NY

Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding existing business processes, developments & interfaces with other sub-system
• Extending the Organizational Structure to the Mexico Company code
• Configured Additional Parallel Currencies for Mexico company Code
• Configured for House Bank For Mexico BANAMEX Bank
• Configured Check and ACH (1024 Pay link) method for Mexico Company
• Configured the Inter-company Transactions set up for US company to Mexico Company
• Maintained Tax Procedure for both VAT and Withholding Tax for Mexico Company
• Involved in Interface program of Uploading Payroll Journal into SAP on Weekly basis
• Extending the Controlling area settings to Mexico Company
• Define Origin Group; define Costing Sheet, Cost Component Structure, Costing Sheet Component, Overhead Keys, Overhead Group.
• Define Costing Variants, Costing Types, and Valuation Variants for setting standard cost with different vendor pricing process.
• Configuring Product Cost by Period, Product Cost by Production Order checking Costing Variant for Product Cost Collectors, Valuation Variant for Product Cost Collectors, defines Cost-Accounting-Relevant default setting for order type and plant.
• Developed functional specs for Product Costing Reports like Daily Production Report. Scrap report. Product Cost Comparison Report, PPV report etc.
• Did Testing like Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing for any changes done and get it signed off by Business
• Prepared SAP Training Documents / User-Manuals for giving Training to the SAP Users for SAP FI/CO T. Codes as per Business requirements.
• Involving in Cut-Over activities and pre go-live check
• Uploading data using data migration tools
• Post GO-Live support for SAP FI/CO Modules, to help SAP users to process G/L entry, vendor invoices, vendor payment, automatic payment runs, to resolve day to day issue in SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling Modules.
• Provided Post Go-Live support.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Team member in creating in-process design, mapping and business process re-engineering to match the client requirements with SAP.
• Conducted meeting with the Business Users and Center of Excellence (COE) team to Identify the AS-IS project and design the TO-BE process along with thorough GAP analysis of required customizations.
• Configured and Customized in areas of FI-GL, AR, AP and AA.
• Configured Organization Structure like setting up of Client, Creation of Company, Company Code, Chart of Account, Tolerance Groups & Retained Accounts.
• Configuration of New G/L: Splitting rule defining, GL account mapping, Scenarios, document Types, posting key, field status group, Assigning of documents splitting rule business Transactions, time integration etc.
• Configured New GL, Leading and Non- leading Ledgers, Segments, Document Splitting, and Real-Time integration of Controlling with FI
• Configured Fixed Asset Master Data- acquisitions, retirements, revaluation of fixed assets,
• Customized depreciation keys for depreciation run- Planned, Special, Unplanned depreciation.
• Customizing screen layouts for asset master data, asset sub ledgers and asset depreciation Areas
• Involved in integration of fixed asset accounting with internal orders, maintaining settlement Profiles for internal orders, Configuring capitalization of assets under construction, assigning cost elements
• Customized the CO Organizational structure for managerial reporting like Controlling area, Cost Elements, Cost centers (CO-CCA), Cost center hierarchy and Cost center Planning.
• Cost center Accounting: Configured Cost center categories, Hierarchy nodes, Activity types, Assessments, Planning setups, automatic account assignments.
• Maintained Characterstics and Value fields and also Maintained Operating Concern.
• Done all relevent setting related to Profitability analysis.
• Participated in integration testing. Documented test results and followed up with the configuration team to resolve various issues/problems identified during testing.
• Involved in data migration from legacy systems to SAP system using LSMW.
• Prepare Functional Specs for RICEF objects for SAP- FI/CO and coordinate with businessAnd SAP development for development, testing and move to Production System.
• Prepare End User Training Documents for Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting,
• Product Costing and Performed End-User Training with group of users.
• Post Go-Live support to handle day to day ticket/issue, month end closing issue. During Month End closing, working with business users team to help User to perform step-by-step month end closing for FI/CO Module.
• Configured and Customized the Tax Procedure pertaining to CIN.
• Configured CENVAT Account Determination for various excise duties and its utilization.
• Configured Excise Transaction Types as per the business requriements.
• Created and customised various Tax Codes for business transactions.
• On-going support to resolve day-to-day production issue for SAP Controlling Module and SAP-Financial Module.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Production support and Configuration of CR (Change Request) for FI- GL, AP, AR, AA.
• 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.
• Handling daily tickets and mails in support, participate in regular net meetings with other consultants and managers regarding the status and solution of issues according to the severities.
• Analyzed the assigned tickets in discussion with the authors and provided satisfactory resolution to the users within time frame.
• Analyzed the FICO related trouble tickets, discussed with the Business Users, determined the root causes and resolved them in timely manner.
• Analyzing the problems to provide solutions to the user generated issues
• Customized the CO Organizational structure for managerial reporting like Controlling area, Cost elements, Cost centers (CO-CCA), Cost center hierarchy and Cost center Planning.
• Cost center Accounting: Configured Cost center categories, Hierarchy nodes, Activity types, assessments, Planning setups, automatic account assignments.
• Participated in integration testing. Documented test results and followed up with the configuration team to resolve various issues/problems identified during testing.
• Involved in data migration from legacy systems to SAP system using LSMW.
• Prepare Functional Specs for RICEF objects for SAP- FI/CO and coordinate with business and SAP development for development, testing and move to Production System.
• Prepare End User Training Documents for Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing and Performed End-User Training with group of users.
• Post Go-Live support to handle day to day ticket/issue, month end closing issue. During Month End closing, working with business users team to help User to perform step-by-step month end closing for FI/CO Module.
• Configured Excise Transaction Types as per the business requriements.
• Configured CENVAT Account Determination for various excise duties and its utilization.
• On-going support to resolve day-to-day production issue for SAP Controlling Module and SAP- Financial module.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business Environment and providing various scenarios.
• Handling daily tickets and mails in support, participate in regular net meetings with other consultants and managers regarding the status and solution of issues according to the severities
• Analyzed the assigned tickets in discussion with the authors and provided satisfactory resolution to the users within time frame.
• Analyzed the FICO related trouble tickets, discussed with the Business Users, determined the root causes and resolved them in timely manner
• Prepare Functional Specs for RICEF objects for SAP- FI/CO and coordinate with business and SAP development for development, testing and move to Production System.
• Prepare End User Training Documents for Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing and Performed End-User Training with group of users.
• Copy Chart of Accounts, posting period, Fiscal year variant and General Ledger from the existing Company Code.
• Configuration of House Banks.
• Configuration of Asset accounting, asset classes and Account determination
• Creation of Cost Center and Profit Center
• Interact with client through online and do necessary changes wherever requires
• Preliminary Testing at the Configuration Level before Transport
• Sample Report Generations like Dunning, Correspondences, Statement of Accounts and Vendor Evaluation
• Checking the Period End Activities.
• Preparation of Documents for End User Training

Confidential

SAP FI/CO Associate Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of client’s business process, legacy system to match the client requirement in SAP.
• Prepared Blue print documents for various transactions in GL, AR, AP, CEL, CCA and PCA.
• Involved in Realization Phase by customizing GL, AR, AP, AA, CEA, CCA & PCA modules.
• Defined and mapped Chart of Accounts and Customized to the Client requirements
• Defined Account Groups, Ledgers, Currencies, Number Ranges, Posting Keys, Document Types, and Document splitting rules, 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
• Configured Client Specific Payment Terms, Dunning and Payment Methods
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL structure, Posting Rules for Automatic Assignment
• Configuration of CO: Org structure, creation of cost element master data, Cost Center Master Data and Cost Center Planning.
• In Profit Center Accounting Creation of Standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, Profit Center Master data, Define document types & number ranges for actual postings, assign Revenue Elements to Profit Centers, Choose additional Balance sheet & P&L Accounts and Profit Center Planning.
• Worked on SAP Suport for SAP FI/CO Modules, provide solutions to various L1, L2 and L3 issues and intracted with end Users and Key Users.
• End User Training in G/L, A/R & A/P Modules. Prepare SAP Training documents and provided trianing to end users.

Confidential

Accounts Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team of Accountants for smooth & timely execution of various accounting processes.
• Finalization and review of Monthly Accounts.
• Preparation of monthly MIS and Financial statements to the management.
• Preparation of Cash flow reports.
• Timely payments to Contractors, Suppliers etc.
• Handling Financial concurrence of various contractual & procurement proposals.
• Monitoring the Actual performance, Profitability and Variance analysis.
• Preparation of Budgets and various budgetary control reports.
• Compliance of Direct and VAT requirements.
• Checking and laying down suitable internal controls in the system
• Finalization of inventory, Reconciliation of Creditors & Debtors ledgers.
• Miscellaneous activities like liaison with Auditors, Banks Reconciliations etc.