PROFILE:

Senior SAP FI/CO and S/4HANA Functional Consultant, Subjected Matter Expert and Solution Architect with over 18 years of experience specialized in Financial Accounting and Controlling with Accounting Experience in Chemicals, Retail, Finance, Engineering, Pharmaceutical, and Manufacturing Industries. Worked extensively in New GL based on IFRS Guidelines, Parallel Ledgers, Document Splitting, Segment Reporting and Coding Block etc. Done SAP Simple Finance Migration and SAP S/4 HANA Conversion projects and SAP S/4 HANA implementation project.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 5 Full life cycle projects in SAP FI/CO.
• More than 8 years with big 4 consulting Companies
• SAP S/4 HANA Enterprise Management 1511 end to end implementation project using Best practices and Activate methodology
• SAP Certified in S/4 HANA Finance (1503 &1610)
• Completed Advanced Intercompany Reconciliation (ICMR - 1909 version) POC for recent client
• Completed E2E new Asset Accounting design for a multinational client
• Led S/4hana Data Migration project (1809- Version)
• Led C/V (BP) transformation team from 3 legacy systems into S/4hana (1709 version) system
• Designed and delivered new GL with multi ledger (Appendix, Simulation ledgers) and multi currencies.
• In depth knowledge and experience in US Taxation (1099, 1042 and other areas)
• Prolific experience in implementing, customizing and configuring SAP R/3, 3.1h - my SAP FI/CO.
• Extensive experience in FI-General Ledger, FI-Accounts Payable, FI-Accounts Receivable, CO-Cost Center Accounting, CO-Profit Center Accounting, Experience in functions of accounting, financial analysis, and general management.
• Coordinated in integration with other modules like SD, & MM
• Strong functional experience in integrating, testing, document preparation and user training.
• Import master data from legacy systems to SAP R/3 via LSMW and Batch Input Session.
• Electronic Banking Interfaces (Lockbox, ACH-payments, e-bank statement).
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills.
• Involved in Key Design Decisions and organizing several workshops for creating the Fit-Gap documents
• Worked Extensively on the preparation of Global Template
• Designed Client Specific Configuration Rational Documents required for configuring ECC in Deployment Phase.
• Designed and developed Key Interfaces for Positive Pay File and Cleared Check Feed file from Banks
• Designed end to end process for ECC archiving objects.
• Designed key interfaces for GL and AP Master Data uploads from Legacy Systems
• Managed offshore teams for support, testing and development with more than 40 team members
• Helped the client to find best ECC resources for GL, AP, AA, GL modules
• Worked with various clients on Resource Planning and Budgeting for various projects
• Led offshore teams (IBM, Accenture and TCS) to complete the Development and configuration
• Has in depth SAP FICO configuration experience
• Managed the projects with more than twenty people with offshore and on-site model
• Extensive experience in change management support roles.
• Very good experience in tools like HQPC-ALM, PDOCS, RDMC, etc
• Has worked in Treasury, bank statements and Automatic payments area.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Modesto, CA

SAP S/4hana Finance Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led the various phases of SAP S4 HANA 1709 implementation using Agile Methodology
• Deployed Central Finance (From JDE) to implement SAP S/4HANA Finance harmonized and standardized the data through SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT)
• Drive, Coordinate and facilitate the development of all aspects needed in the GL,AP,AR,Fixed Assets and Controlling modules.
• Designed New Fixed Assets module (multi ledger) and have done data migration of Legacy fixed Assets Master Data and Transaction data.
• Have used Fiori apps to configure settings and customize reports.
• Gather business requirements that drive new or enhanced application or process solutions in billing, accounts receivable, (i.e. Finance - Order to Casth, Procure to Pay).
• Possess good knowledge about FI-SD, FI-MM integrations
• Worked with One Source tax team to complete end to end tax process for US and Canada
• Resolved Production defects, gather requirement for new change request, do Impact analysis.
• Participated in special Projects (AP workflow & foreign vendor advances) and process improvement initiatives
• Supported audit efforts by leveraging technology to provide reports and analysis - working with the indirect tax audit team to provide accurate, reconcilable transactional data for audits
• Prepared end user documents & trained all new S/4 functionalities of FICO including FIORI.

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

SAP S/4Hana Central Finance Consultant & Data Profiling Lead

Responsibilities:

• Finalized with business to get the required data from 6 ECC and non-SAP systems based on the use cases
• Provided guidance to offshore team for data profiling
• Finalized Use Cases based on the data profiling results
• Designed and developed Global Intercompanyprocess using new S/4HANA ICR functionality
• Assisted to finalize Common Information Model data elements for Brown Field Central Finance implementation
• Handled finance design workshops for foundational elements (company code, controlling are, trading partner, profit centers, cost centers), chart of accounts, primary organizational elements & secondary organizational elements.
• IMG Configuration for Universal Journal setup & IMG Configuration
• Designed and delivered new Asset Accounting (with multi-currency & multi fiscal year variants)
• Designed and delivered S/4hana Flexible workflow functionality for AP and MM modules
• Worked with OTC and MM teams from Integration point of view

Confidential, Lake Mary, FL

S/4HANA (1709 version)- Central Finance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured Value mapping based on the client requirements
• Configured Key mapping with complex rules
• Assisted in Cutover plan activities
• Monitoring AIF error messages and fixing the issues
• Worked with Dev and Basis teams to fix SLT related issues
• Worked with business GL to finalize GL mapping
• Worked with MDG team to fix master data mapping issues especially Customer & Vendor (BP)
• Work with Documentation to prepare, train, help and guide Command Center Team (CC Team) on usage Support capabilities.
• IMG Configuration for Central Finance: RFC Destination setup, Logical System Client Setup, error correction and suspense Accounting.
• Created and mapped all master data objects from source to target which includes both SAP & non-sap systems using MDG.
• Lead the post Go-Live support team (with 80% of the work done with offshore team) and all the tickets are resolved as per SLA time line.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Senior SAP Finance Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the Global Implementation Project.
• Involved in full life cycle implementations and production support.
• Involved in the project preparation for data migration objects and worked with development team in the conversions.
• Involved in migration of Master Data as well as transaction data during implementations and involved in Global implementations for US, CANADA and Mexico.
• Involved in Quote To Cash process, order to cash (OTC) and Purchase To Pay process for all of the Divisions.
• Worked with purchasing departments to setup proper integration between Material management and accounts payable.
• Implemented Lockbox process for couple of divisions in USA and Canada. Dealt with Various banks PNC, JPMC, WACHOVIA and Bank of America and Royal Bank of Canada.
• Configured the system for Electronic bank statement and worked closely with the banks in receiving the files in proper format.
• Worked with Business to setup proper accounts for lockbox implementation.
• Extensive experience in various Cash application processes. Involved in Training end users in Cash application area in several scenarios.
• Involved in implementation of Electronic bank statement process for US divisions and European divisions.
• Experience working with BAI2 and Multicash bank statement formats.
• Involved in the setup of Cash forecasting and cash position in SAP.
• Implemented Credit management process for all the divisions. Worked on Centralized and Decentralized credit control areas.
• Involved in transferring of Asset data from Legacy systems.
• Configured the system for Asset related activities and worked on Depreciation calculations based on business requirements.
• Involved in the Tax configuration for international divisions which includes development of tax procedures, tax codes and tax rates.
• Involved in the Configuration of Cross module functionality i.e. Integrating FI with SD and MM.
• Worked on Excel upload of GL and Proficient in developing of CATT scripts for loading the master data and to correct the transaction data..
• Responsible for proper system design for master data changes required for cash application through payment advices.
• Worked on setting up the variants for the customer statements and Dunning forms.
• Involved extensively in power user training and End user training

Confidential, Collegeville, PA

SAP FICO Lead Consultant & Architect

Responsibilities:

• Managing offshore testing teams for Integration testing for new deployments
• Working as point of contact for all offshore development teams for enhancements and interfaces (Oracle to SAP and People soft to SAP)
• Managing P3 level tickets and working with Accenture and IBM teams
• Global rollout for SAP ICR tool (Approximately 500 company codes)
• Implementation for Asia, North America and Parts of South America regions with complex business rules
• Based on the client requirement, major enhancements for email functionality and clearing intercompany documents inside the SAP ICR tool
• Leading offshore teams for all SAP enhancements
• Designed and developed on Integration Test scenarios for each region using HPQC tool
• Working with Training team to design and finalize training documentation
• Working with Aris team to design and develop Aris flow charts
• Working closely with other Solution Architects, Enterprise Architects, Technical Architects, Information Architects and Security Architects as part of the Solution Architecture Team
• Providing solutions for 3rd level support for AP, FA Modules (for Already deployed countries)
• Working with SAP America on various performance issues
• Working with BI team to design and develop the extractors to send the ECC data for various legacy systems including Hyperion and RMS
• Providing support for month-end and quarter end critical issues
• Designed and developed major AR and AP workflow process
• Currently working on inter-company AR aging report to meat new IRS guide lines based on the section 385
• Designed and developed Global Inter-company t.code for product and non-product invoices embedded with workflow component
• Interaction with business to understand current business process regarding non-product AR invoices entry and approval process.
• Writing functional specification and interaction with development team to develop workflow process for AR invoices approval and also to attach AR invoices automatically to SAP document for audit purpose.
• Creation of test cases in HP ALM, testing the changes and helping business to complete testing
• Preparation of training documents
• Provided post go-live support and KT to support team
• Match Open Managed Intercompany
• Combining process 3 and process 1
• Automatically validate matching conditions and rules (for automatic and manual assignments)
• Activity log of intercompany reconciliation tool
• Notification to individuals and or groups assigned to dispose unmatched items
• Intercompany Clearing Program within same Company and Trading Partner
• Clearing open items within the ICR tool based on complex rules (for different countries)
• Sets various (example, cross company, royalties loans, dividends. Product, FX etc.) to meet business requirements
• Setting up various batch jobs using Auto sys job monitoring process for various selection and assignment steps.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Senior FICO Architect

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Workshops for requirements gathering for Global Intercompany Reconciliation process
• Designed and developed SAP ICR tool to accommodate various complex scenarios
• Managed teams to determine requirements, identify gaps, offer mitigation strategies and deliver implementation options for replacement of various decentralized legacy applications
• Finalized RICEF inventory for to interface ECC data to various legacy systems.
• Participated in recruiting, resource management, and project staffing activities
• Implemented in more than 20 sites

Confidential, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Lead SAP AP and FA consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted and participated in Blueprint sessions and workshops for the FA and AP streams.
• Analyzed the Interfaces required, wrote functional specifications and worked with the technical teams to produce the technical specifications and design documents for AP Vendor Direct Invoices, GL outbound to Hyperion and Assets conversion
• Wrote the Functional specs for Positive Pay file, Cleared Check feed from PNC and TD banks
• Performed Unit testing on all of the conversion and interface programs and objects
• Coordinated with the training teams and prepared Business Process Procedures.
• Defined Tolerances for Payments, define House Banks, Check Lots, Reason Codes
• Configured Outgoing Payment Methods/ House Bank settings for Payment Program (both ACH and Checks) in FBZP and EBS for incoming payment methods.
• Extensively worked on Inter Company Invoicing, Payments and Clearing
• Configured chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, asset classes, asset class account determination, calculation keys, depreciation keys, transaction types, acquisitions, assets under construction, and also retirements. Legacy asset transfers, mapping and migration
• Worked heavily with business users and recommended best practices of SAP during functional specification development.
• Coordinate testing (System testing and UAT).
• Responsible for developing training documents for power users and end users
• Coordinated master data uploads and validate master data entries for Data Migration

Confidential, San Jose, CA

SAP New GL Consultant (Team Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Designed the processes surrounding Foreign Currency Valuation requirements by configuring multiple Transaction Types, Valuation Methods, Valuation Areas and assigned Valuation Areas to Accounting Principles
• Extensively worked in a Multi-Currency Environment. Configured the Automatic Postings for Foreign Currency Valuation and Account Determination for Currency Translation
• Assigned Custom Fields, Scenarios and Versions to Leading and Non-Leading Ledgers
• Extensively worked on Document Splitting
• Defined variants for Real Time Integration of CO-FI and assigned it to Company Code
• Configured Intercompany Reconciliation Tool for Process 002 (GL Account Balances) and Process 003 (Customer/Vendor Open Items)
• Document Types for Entry View, Entry View in a Ledger and Document Types for General Ledger View
• Configured Controlling Area, assigning Company Codes to Controlling Area, Number Ranges for Controlling Area

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed PDDs for Invoice processing, Payment processing and Asset Accounting,
• Prototyped and configured Asset Accounting including internal order processing and AUC.
• Developed various depreciation keys for mid month, midquarter and half year conventions with or without Bonus depreciation. Configured Capital and Operating Leases. Worked on Revaluation process (Manual and Unplanned Depreciation).
• Created and provided training to the Super users (train the trainer) in the areas of AP and AA. Involved them from early stage to get familiarization so that integration testing would be carried out smoothly.
• Created BPPs and test scripts in the areas of AP and AA mentioned above
• Completed FUT and INTs for the delivered RICEFs and acting as ‘defect coordinator’ for PTP-AP team.
• Defined Tolerances for Payments, define House Banks, Check Lots, Reason Codes
• Configured Outgoing Payment Methods/ House Bank settings for Payment Program (both ACH and Checks) in FBZP and EBS for incoming payment methods.
• Designed an developed custom Outbound interfaces for Positive Pay file right from requirement gathering to post golive support
• Designed and successfully implemented Custom 1099 Misc & 1042 reports interfaces
• Designed and developed custom interface for Cleared Check Feed from Banks
• Prepared Functional Spec for Vendor Master Feed Interface from Legacy systems using webMethods middleware.
• Worked on Post golive support activities for Build 1 and Build 2 AP FUT scripts and KT to offshore AMS team

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

Sr. SAP New GL Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Functional specs for GL inbound and outbound interfaces between two sap systems with in Confidential and Confidential
• Validated and approved various functional and Technical specs for GL, Customer, Vendor and Cost Centers master data.
• Prepared and tested various scenarios for Idocs transmission between two SAP systems with in J&J
• Closed worked with Middleware team for proper data mapping between two SAP systems with different versions.
• Maintained FI Validations and Substitutions based on the requirements.
• Coordinated and prepared Unit Testing, Integration Testing and UAT scenarios with QA team
• Closely worked with the ABAP team on multiple enhancements in FI. Worked with the Basis team to apply OSS notes where needed.

Confidential, Newport Beach, CA

Sr. SAP FICO Configuration Consultant (AP & GL )

Responsibilities:

• Configured financial accounting global settings like company code, company, fiscal year variant, posting period variant, document number ranges, field status variant, field status groups, tolerance limits for employees, validations, substitutions, recurring entries, fast entry screens and withholding taxes.
• Configured chart of accounts, GL account groups and retained earnings account.
• Configured exchange rate types, entered exchange rates and defined valuation methods and accounts for exchange rate differences.
• Configured Vendor account groups, number ranges, check lots, vendor tolerance limits and automatic payment program.
• Configured the system for duplicate invoice check and logistics invoice verification.
• Configured customer account groups, number ranges, payment methods, payment terms, interest, dunning and accounts for cash discount and over and under payments.
• Defined various purchasing value keys to set tolerances for over delivery and under delivery tolerances.
• Configured Lockbox accounts defined lockbox control parameters and posting data, created electronic bank transaction types, keys for posting rules and allocated banks to transaction types and defined posting rules for electronic bank statements.
• Involved in migration of GL master data, Vendor master data, Customer master data and Asset master data from legacy system.
• Prepared user documentation and conducted user training in GL, AP and AR modules.
• Provided support to the end users in solving their problems in live environment.
• InFixed Asset Management, Copied Reference Chart of Depreciation, Assigned Chart of Depreciation, Specify Number Assignment across Company Codes & Account Determination.
• Created ScreenLayout Rules, Defined Number Range Interval & Fixed Asset Classes.
• MaintainedDepreciation Keys, Define Screen Layout for Fixed Asset Master Data & Fixed Asset Depreciation Areas.
• Four Depreciation Areas are created to take care of Book Depreciation, Tax Depreciation, and Cost Depreciation, Management Depreciation.
• Group assets were created to take care of the Block Assets for Tax Depreciation purposes.
• Transfer of assets from one unit to another unit, Sale and Scrapping of Assets.
• Customized asset transactions for acquisitions, retirements and transfers.
• Monitored profit and loss accounts for purchase against asset sales and scrapping.
• Configuredtransaction types, keys for posting rules, mapping external transaction codes to posting rules.
• Defined process flows for Asset Acquisitions from Purchase Orders and Sales Invoice generation from Asset Sale
• Configured Internal Order Types, Source Structures for Settlement of Internal Orders to AUC
• Defined Validations and Substitutions for Defaulting Transaction types in Asset Sale Documents.
• Segregation and upload of Legacy Assets using LSMW and eCATT

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. SAP FICO Configuration Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on New G/L configuration settings for Document Splitting, Parallel Ledgers and Scenario Assignment.
• Created Coding block fields and assigned the coding block fields to the non leading ledgers.
• Created new table groups and assigned it to the non leading ledger.
• Created SAP queries to join the data from the two table groups for Enterprise consolidation in the leading ledger.
• Created Cost center groups, Profit Center groups, profit centers and tested allocation and distribution scenarios between them.
• Activated Profit center accounting, defined number ranges, standard hierarchy, planning including defining versions, planning layout.
• Created segments and sub segments for Segment Reporting
• Worked on Real time Integration of CO with FI and updating the solution manager
• Configured the Interest calculation and discount receivables for different Inter company vendors and Customers.
• Worked on Legacy data transfer to SAP using LSMW and Third party tools.
• Worked on the Foreign Currency revaluation scenarios for document postings.
• Extensively worked on Inter Company invoicing, Payments and clearing using Correspondence settings and generation of Idoc.
• Created Inter company vendors and customers and customized the Trading partner and Head office for further centralization of Inter company postings.
• Worked on Integration of MDM with ECC for Master data creation, validation and maintenance of master data in MDM.
• Configured Withholding Taxes, Input and Output tax using Internal Tax system for 100 countries.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for Paying Inter company Trading Partner

Confidential, Whippany, NJ

IT Manager. SAP

Responsibilities:

• System configuration and testing in the areas of FI-GL-transactions, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, inter-company, AP-customer transactions, house banks, payment program, Clearing Inter-company Vendor/Customer Open Items, AR-customer transactions, credit management, payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, dunning procedures, Documented critical changes performed system tests and trained client team members on new system functionality.
• Configured Operating concern to default revenue to the CO-PA.
• Configured Primary and Secondary Cost Elements, Cost Element Groups, maintained Cost Element Attributes, Costing Sheet etc. In Cost Center Accounting created cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations and substitutions, overhead structure for accrual costs, distribution and assessment.
• In cost center planning developed planning area, planning layout and planner profile.
• Resolved change requests by providing configuration changes to business procedures.
• Provided application support for business process that includes configuration changes as well as production problems.
• Monitored interfaces and jobs and coordinate between technical teams and end users community

Confidential, Buffalo Grove, IL

SAP R/3 FI CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed existing system for AS- IS study and prepared high-level design using questionnaires, user meetings and user workshops.
• Prepared ‘gold configuration’ using design templates and moved transports across various client landscapes.
• Configuration and design of the following FI areas: GL, AP, AR, AM, Taxes, Banking, Inter-Intra Company and integration of FI with SD/MM/CO.
• Designed and configured inter/intra company processes including configuration of SAP/non-SAP plants and company codes.
• Configuration of EBS including setup of accounting rules, external transactions and accounting symbols.
• Configuration of cash journal including setup of various business transaction codes and GL accounts.
• Created FI-AP vendor groups, number ranges, tolerance groups, vendor master and document type
• Involved in the Design and configuration of Asset Management, including Organization structures - Chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, depreciation keys, asset classes and integration with G/L, number ranges, calculation methods, Screen layouts of master data and depreciation, transaction types for acquisitions, retirements, transfers, AUC’s - transaction types, settlement profiles, capitalization of AUC and number ranges.
• Update Chart of Depreciation according to Country/Company code specific needs.
• Design and Configuration of Parallel accounting for different company codes
• Defined Settlement Profiles for settlement of the CIP Assets to final Asset.

Confidential, Wichita, KS

Sr. SAP FICO Configuration Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Utilized ASAP methodology for project scope, business process documentation, testing, and training materials.
• Configured business process design for GL, AP, AR, CCA, and PCA.
• Configuration of relevant settings in SAP R/3 FI/CO
• GL and Sub Ledger Master Data Settings
• Defined Control Parameters for BAI2 file Import Defined Parameters for partial payment clearing.
• Configured Credit management and dunning procedures.
• Worked with MM, and SD teams and client resources to develop solutions to integration issues.
• Provided post implementation support.
• Made configuration changes for the changing of bank for A/P and A/R processing. Tested new bank processes and data communication between SAP and the Bank.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for out going payments in Accounts payable.
• Defining Controlling Area and assigning company code to controlling Area on one is to one assignment basis.
• Activating the components of Controlling Area through a fiscal year assignment relevant to the project and naming the Cost Center Standard hierarchy using the naming convention guidelines mentioned in the business blueprint.
• Liaison in coordinating other team members on issues with master data integration.
• Created unit and integration test scenarios and resolved configuration and business process issues resulting from testing.
• Created FI/CO training documents and trained end users.