SUMMARY:

• Costin is an SAP - Certified Integrator of SAP Public Sector with broad public sector experience at the following levels of US, Canadian and International Governments: State, County, City, DOT, Higher, K12, Pension Fund, Health Care & United Nations Organizations (UNESCO, OECD, ITU).
• SAP consulting since 1999 with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting, and since 2006 as an Independent Consultant, Costin has gained in-depth product knowledge as well as strong experience in configuring and testing complex SAP designs.
• Latest SAP version implemented: S/4HANA ON PREMISE 1809
• Possesses expertise in configuring the FM, GM, NewGL with Split Processor, CO, PS, and AA modules
• Keeps abreast of latest developments in the SAP Public Sector suite of solutions, by staying in contact with SAP Product Managers, and SAP Public Sector Certified Consultants
• Experienced in integrating SAP delivered functionality to satisfy complex customer requirements across Financials, Logistics and Human Resources

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FM/GL/AA/CO Principal Consultant

Confidential, California

Responsibilities:

• Managed the FM/GL/AA/CO modules upgrade to ECC 6.0 Enhancement Package 7
• Managed client’s fiscal year end activities and redesigned their CAFR reports
• Educated business analysts on more complex issues related to SAP Public Sector
• Responsible for production tickets related to the FM/GL/AA/CO modules

FM/GM/CO/PS Integration Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the FM/GM/CO/PS modules upgrade to ECC 6.0 Enhancement Package 5
• Educated business analysts on more complex issues related to SAP Public Sector
• Responsible for production tickets related to the FM/GM/CO/PS modules

FM Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architected a complex FM solution comprising multiple AVC ledgers and custom enhancements, to satisfy unique customer business requirements
• Helped design the solution for the Cash Control Ledger and the Cash Basis Accounting Ledger

FM Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participated in all phases of the project’s lifecycle: conducted blueprint workshops for Funds Management (FM), Fund Accounting (FA) and Capital Accounting (CA); developed the FM, FA and CA designs and configured the system to support it; assisted client core team in running Integration Testing cycles; initialized the creation of FM and CA materials; executed go-live activities: legacy system cutover, legacy system to SAP data conversion; supported the system after go-live
• In FM designed all necessary master data hierarchies and derivation strategies, coordinated the integration between FM, FI-CO, MM, and HR-PY, and created required budgetary and consumption custom reports
• For FA created the NewGL, configured the Split Processor, managed the integration between FA, FI, and Payroll, and created required custom reports to support FA reporting
• Architected and delivered a custom Position Budgeting solution based on SAP FM, HR-OM, HR-PA and HR-PY functionality, very similar to SAP’s PBF PEP functionality

GM/FM Team Lead

Confidential, Miami, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of two consultants and five client team members from the realization phase through a successful go-live and post go-live support
• GM/FM team highlights:
• Master data approval, budget approval, funds reservation approval workflows integrated in a Portal
• FM integration with SRM and FM/GM reporting in BI
• Complex real-time interfaces between legacy plant maintenance and project systems and SAP FM

ECC Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Educated Project Team on SAP Public Sector Best Business Practices, including FM, Funds Accounting, Capital Assets, GM, Position Budgeting and Control, while stressing System and Process Integration
• Conducted Scoping and Planning activities to determine CoT’s long-term SAP Public Sector needs
• Initiated, planned, and blueprinted migration from Funds Management Former Budgeting to Budget Control System; blueprinted new functionality available only in FM Budget Control System

GM/FM Consultant

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

Responsibilities:

• Redesigned GM according to best business practices to support CDOT’s grants operations and overall SAP design; configured the system to support the GM design; assisted client core team in running Integration Testing cycles; oversaw the creation of GM materials; executed go-live activities: legacy system cutover, legacy system to SAP data conversion; supported the system after go-live and managed knowledge transfer to CDOT personnel
• Helped the FM lead consultant on complex design issues (multiple FM AVC ledgers, FM user exits and BADIs, FM budget integration with GM, custom interfaces to State and Federal systems, etc); after go-live stabilized the FM design and its multiple custom interfaces; managed knowledge transfer to CDOT personnel; oversaw the execution of CDOT’s first fiscal year end activities in SAP

FM/SL/PS/GM Consultant

Confidential, New York

Responsibilities:

• In Funds Management designed all necessary master data hierarchies and derivation strategies, coordinated the integration between FM, GM and PBC (Personnel Budgeting and Control) budgeting and availability control processes, and created all required budgetary and consumption custom reports
• In Special Ledger created the Fund Accounting Ledger, configured the Split Processor, managed the integration between SL, FI, and Payroll, and created all required custom reports to support CAFR and USAC reporting as well as the reconciliation between the three methods of accounting (budgetary, full accrual and modified accrual) required by GASB34
• Designed the Project System to support the client’s capital spending processes and integrated PS and FM master data hierarchies to support capital projects budgeting and availability control processes
• Educated the Grants Management lead consultant on Grants Management best business practices in SAP
• Provided advice on an as needed basis to the Grants Management lead consultant

GM/CO Consultant

Confidential, New York

Responsibilities:

• Educated IBM consulting team and client core team on Funds Mgmt concepts and on SAP’s best business practices for Public Sector
• Worked closely with the client core team and the SAP consulting team to enhance the functionality of the Grants Management module (examples: allocation of sponsor’s required local share, integration with asset management, grant posting control, integration with cash management, etc.)
• Worked closely with the SAP consulting team to debug and stabilize the brand new Grants Management module

PS/CO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, tested and executed the conversion strategy of capital projects from legacy systems into SAP (the capital projects in the Confidential SAP configuration represent a complex data model that uses functionality from PS, CO, PM and AA)

PS Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tested 4.0b PS processes in the new 4.6c release
• Oversaw the fit-gap analysis in light of the new business processes supported by 4.6c