SUMMARY

• Technology - focused leader wif 16+ years of IT experience focused in SAP Implementation, Build Team and Production Support wif Lead roles wif focus on Finance and Controlling (FICO).
• Articulate communicator skilled in delivering insightful presentations and strengtaning relationships wif business partners, peers and senior leadership.
• Proven mentor and trainer of multidisciplinary teams in line wif diligent performance initiatives.
• An accomplished professional wif 16 years of IT progressive experience wif emphasis in excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and SAP Project Implementation.
• Excel in a fast-paced SAP project implementation environment, as well as SAP Production. Wif 16 years of SAP Experience of 5 Full Life Cycles, and various production support and lead roles.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bilingual: Fluent in English and French

Software: Cognos and MS Office Suite including -Visio, Access, FrontPage, Infopath, (ABAP - debugging)

Agile Tools: Confluence, JIRA, Rally, TFS, Scrum Master

Bill Rating Tools: Omni, NetCracker, Connect, eCDR, PRISM, Vision

Databases Tools: Oracle, Vertica, SQL*Plus, SQL*Loader, Nexus, Teradata, Business Object, HANA

Website Development Tools: Active Control, ASP, DHTML, XML, HTML 4.0, CSS

Languages: JavaScript, Visual Basic 6.0, Java2, Python, C++, R

Bilingual: Fluent in English and French

Software: Cognos and MS Office Suite including -Visio, Access, FrontPage, Infopath, (ABAP - debugging)

Agile Tools: Confluence, JIRA, Rally, TFS, Scrum Master

Bill Rating Tools: Omni, NetCracker, Connect, eCDR, PRISM, Vision

Databases Tools: Oracle, Vertica, SQL*Plus, SQL*Loader, Nexus, Teradata, Business Object, HANA

Website Development Tools: Active Control, ASP, DHTML, XML, HTML 4.0, CSS

Languages: JavaScript, Visual Basic 6.0, Java2, Python, C++, R

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP FICO CONSULTANT - Support Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for FI-GL, AP, AR, SD CO-CCA, Costing, COPA IO and PS.
• Implemented New GL, activated new Ledger, performed document splitting and Parallel Accounting
• Migrated various master data and transaction using LSMW
• Led enhancements, interfaces, and IDoc projects
• Designed and configured Substitution and Validation
• Designed (RICEFW)enhancements to fit design gap leveraging User-Exits, Functional Modules, Enhancement Spots
• Designed Make-to-Order Costing and Consignment Process
• Re-engineered Drop-ship (3rd Party Selling) process and Intercompany Billing Process
• Implemented COPA Cost base and created custom reports
• Migrated GL, AR, AP, AA, Material Inventory in to ECC from Sage
• 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.
• Accounts Receivable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Order to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms), Dunning, Lockbox.
• Gathered Business Requirements, led focused groups, created prototypes design
• Designed SAP Costing and COPA (Cost Based), EBS, Lockbox, EDI, AR, AP, Set up Automatic Payment Program
• Integrated new legal entities (company code) from scratch wif merging chart of accounts and all enterprise structure setup, cost center hierarchy, profit centers, Project System, Capital Investments, and Foreign Currency design and valuation
• Lead all SAP Integration efforts for teh M&A project to include 3 new companies into teh Continental Portfolio
• Led teh corporate interfaces like RFC, Vertex, Mobil Applications, Bank Interfaces, Foreign Currency rate update, Price Update and others
• Designed integration wif Ariba and handled all Ariba exceptions and approval workflow
• Re-Implemented VIM open-Text to fully automate supplier invoices
• Designed Intercompany process and drop-shipping integration in SAP Finance
• Designed SAP FICO Integration wif Concur and designed all enhancements needed
• Asset Accounting: Configuring of Asset Accounting, Structuring Fixed asset design, integration wif teh GL, defining asset classes, depreciation areas, Configure (Base, Balance and Multilevel) depreciation methods.
• Helped streamline OTC process, P2P
• Tightly integrated wif Sales and Distribution and supported SD creating various SD Org Structure such Sales Org, Sales Office, and others.
• Worked on period-end-closing, fiscal-year end-closing, material ledger, actual costing, profitability analysis, profit center accounting, and reconciliation issues.
• Mapped current data, tables and other reports to SAP.
• Reviewed and delivered functional specifications to developers in order to meet business requirements.

Confidential

Sr. SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed Global Blueprint and implementation strategy.
• Leading ALL Production Support Ticket & CR
• Configured Forex Currency Revaluation and Translation
• Responsible for SAP FICO Design and Enhancements.
• Managed complex integration wif SAP FICO wif SD, MM & PP.
• Re-engineered intercompany process using SAP.
• Migrated, Created & Maintained Customer Master data, Customer Groups, Payment Terms, Reporting, AR Aging.
• Balanced bank reconciliations and oversaw daily bank balances.
• Configuration and Review of General Ledger information, General Ledger Reconciliations and Prepare/review journal entries
• Prepared monthly internal financial statements, including but not limited to bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, Statement of cash flow, Balance Sheet and P&L analysis for management and lenders
• Performed month end analysis and close.
• Configured Company Code, Number Ranges, Document Type, Integrated wif SD and account determination
• Account Receivable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Order to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms), Dunning, Lockbox.
• Accounts Payable: Built AP Business module, Configured and Customized vendor master data, vendor account groups, defined sensitive fields for dual control, House banks, Invoice processing, Document parking, Configured (APP) Automatic Payment Program, Outgoing payment, Reporting, check printing, Voiding checks, matching invoice wif purchase.
• Asset Accounting: Configuring of Asset Accounting, Structuring Fixed asset design, integration wif teh GL, defining asset classes, depreciation areas, configure (Base, Balance and Multilevel) depreciation methods, Designed Intercompany Selling
• Migrated AR, AP, GL, Assets, and Inventory.
• Enhanced Vendor Invoicing Process based on VIM services model.
• Managed all Vertex Integration wif FICO.
• Created various LSMWs for various master data and transactional data
• Led Data extraction to BW for Improved Financial Statement Reporting and Business KPIs
• Re-designed Financial Reporting, Document Splitting and Parallel Accounting, and ledger design
• Configured Document Splitting: Configured Item Category, Business Transactions, Splitting Method, Splitting Characteristics, Default Account Assignment, Inheritance, Zero Balance Splitting, and activated splitting
• Configured and Designed SAP New GL: Created Ledgers, Non-Leading Ledgers, Accounting Principals - IFRS & US GAAP
• Enhanced Foreign Transaction and streamline FOREX update via Realized/Unrealized gain/loss and Currency revaluation/translation
• Designed integration wif Concur for travel expense across various expense types and AMEX
• Led VIM open Text Design.
• Built Costing Model wif all assessments, allocations, settlements, BOMs, Routings, Factory Absorption Activity Rates
• Redesigned COPA (Cost Based) wif new profitability segments and reports - configured Op Concern Characteristics & Value Fields
• Designed all MM integration: Daily MRP Run for Demand Requirements & PO creation, Planned Production Order to Production Order
• Responsible for various interfaces wif Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable modules.
• Configured teh entire Asset solution to conduct Asset Acquisition (Capitalization), Asset Transfer, Asset Retirement (Scrap or Sale), and Depreciation.

Confidential, Monroe, CT

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed various Functional Specs and led complex enhancements wif ABAP team using IDoc, EDI, Middleware Services
• Managed teh Entire SAP Project following ASAP Methodology, and Agile Methodology
• Designed Profit Center & Cost Center Hierarchy
• Designed Automatic Payment Program for various Payment Methods
• Used both PMW and Classical Payment Media
• Managed Bank file Process wif local and international Bank
• Designed Electronic Bank Statements (EBS) wif Search String
• Designed enhancement wif D&B for Credit Check interface
• Created Enhancement Reporting and AR Factoring Process
• Designed and configured Lockbox BAI2 file and application server
• Customized Aging Report based on dynamic bucket - Customer and Business Unit Contribution Margin
• Designed all SD integration: Credit management, Tax Calculation, Output Setup, Price Calculation, Revenue Account Determination
• Configured Cost object as Cost Center, Internal Order, and WBS and designed allocation, assessment, distribution, settlement, and indirect allocation in between cost object
• Designed costing for various scenarios as per business requirement.
• Designed Costing Sheet and configured Cost Component Structure and Costing Variant
• Re-engineered overhead solution based on Practical Capacity, Factory Overhead Work Cells including Direct Labor
• Assist in Master Data Design such as BOM, Routing, Work Center, Producing Cost Center Activity Rates and Material Master
• Integrated Costing wif Production Planning for actual cost and WIP calculation and variance calculation and settlement
• Configured COPA Profitability Analysis (Cost Based), Characteristics, Value Fields, Characteristics derivation, and value fields flow and Top-Down Distribution
• Automated teh GR Process across corporate locations and warehouses
• Organized Cut Over Operation wif BASIS team, and prepared for Go Live and provided extended support and production support
• Designed and lead testing and created test cases, user acceptance testing (UAT), and integration testing
• Led Business user training and user manual documentation
• Working on Proposals, Orals, and RFP and overall RFx
• Configured teh entire Asset solution to conduct Asset Acquisition (Capitalization), Asset Transfer, Asset Retirement (Scrap or Sale), and Depreciation.
• Designed AuC and CapEx (Capital Investment) wif SAP Project System Module
• Streamline Month-End and Year-End Process, Financial Statements Adjustments, and Consolidations, and next year Planning (BPC)
• Led various business process transformation for complex scenarios like incoming freight costs booked to inventory capitalization, intercompany selling IDoc AP Invoice creation, and Customer Portal Registration Automated D&B Credit Rating Process
• Designed Month-End Activity for corporate costing where cost estimate, collecting actuals, variance analysis, WIP, and settlement for both Discrete & Repetitive Manufacturing Models
• Optimized teh batch cycle and eliminate process issues by simulating batch testing runs in a mock SAP environment

Confidential, Stamford, CT

SAP ANALYST (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Helped set up standards for Net Income Hedging, Currency Valuation, Revaluation and Translation
• Verified TCurr table accuracy (Reuters) and properly integrated
• Risk Assessment: Implemented Risk assessment steps and procedures to monitor and resolve project impacting issues.
• Trend & Forecast Analysis: Created and developed forecast and trends based on business needs to allow business channels to identify sales directions, trends, and outliers.
• Development: Created a performance evaluation system for teh region, which increased teh efficiency rate of teh management team by over 95% during end of year reviews.
• Product launch: Supported Device leasing projects on data preparation and cleansing, also created reporting on post release dashboard to evaluate trends and access success of device launch
• Training: Trained supervised, supported and coordinated teh activities of Team members to ensure departmental goals and objectives were met
• Issued FSDs to Development Team
• Site Planning: Transformed large amounts of raw public records data from variety of sources into searchable databases for regional determination on future store sites to ensure company remains competitive, this was achieved at 95-98 % availability goal
• Problem Resolution: Identified and resolved any processing and/or procedural issues as they occurred minimizing any customer or regional impacts.
• Data Compliance: Ensured complete, accurate and timely data was reported by regional executives. Developed policy and procedures and advised and interpreted directives for regional data analysts
• Service Level Agreement: Compiled and validated data from six different National reporting sources. Provided KPIs, analyzed metrics and generated reports dat were used at teh highest levels of executive management to make decisions for Core stores, Indirect stores, and B2B business.
• Worked substantially on APP projects
• Worked issues such as Valuation Class, Movement Type, Pricing calculation
• Trained for SAP Design and Configuration, ABAP Query, Report Writer, Report Painter
• Sales and Distribution (SD): Configured sales organizations, assigned sales organization, distribution channels and divisions. Determined pricing procedure, configured condition table and access sequence, defined sales order types, assigned number ranges to sales documents, defined billing types, assigned number ranges to billing documents.