SUMMARY

• SAP FICO Consultant with 8+ years of experience in SAP FI and Controlling and vast experience in Financial Accounting, Financial Management and Cost Controlling. Proven expertise in full life cycle implementation projects; Business Process Re - engineering, Design, Realization, Configuration, Integration, Testing, Go-Live, Hyper-care and Support.
• Worked on 2 End to End full life-cycle SAP Project Implementations and three Upgrade/Rollout projects using AGILE methodology.
• Two year of hands-on experience in S/4 Hana environment, Green-field implementation S/4Hana 1909. Experience in Fiori Apps. and different roles in Finance and Controlling modules.
• Writing FS on many WRICEF objects integrating with SD, MM, PP, and PS.
• Product Costing(CO-PC): Configuring material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, maintained settlement structures, configuring variance calculations and WIP calculation, integrating CO-PC (Product Costing) with SD, MM and Account based COPA, cost variants, Costing Sheet, valuation variants.
• Configuration Asset Master Data, Asset Classes, Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas, Depreciation Keys, Account Determination, Asset Acquisition, AUC Assets, Distribution profile, Fixed Asset clearing Account, Migration of assets, Capitalization, Scrapping and Inter Company Asset Transfer.
• Migration of master data and open items from AS 400 to SAP.
• Extensive knowledge in Quality Assurance in Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Hands-on knowledge and experience in ASAP Methodology of SAP project implementation.
• Experience in Tax integration in ECC 6.0 with Vertex. Vertex integration settings, data mapping, tax code maintenance and reconciliation reports.
• Hands-on experience in P2P, O2C processes and Integration of FI-MM & FI-SD.
• Experienced in configuring Lockbox, Electronic Bank Statements (EBS).
• Experienced in Logistics Invoice Verification, EDI Interface and IDOC Process.
• Prepared Test scripts and involved in Unit/System/Integration/Regression Testing & provided UAT Support. Hands on experience in testing tool HPQC/ALM, and Panaya.
• Well experienced in drafting the End User Manuals and delivered End User trainings.
• Involved in Cutover Activities and Data Conversion using Migration tools like LSMW and BDC.
• Strong implementation experience of cost center accounting, internal orders, Profit center accounting, Product costing and Profitability analysis
• Worked on Validation & Substitutions, Interfaces, User exists and BTEs.
• Involved in handling Tickets, Incidents, Problem records, Change Management and Change Control Requests.
• With Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities highly focused on deliverables, Proficient at setting priorities and meeting goals. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 FI/CO, SAP S/4 HANA FINANCE

Operating systems: Window 95/98/XP, Server 2000/2003, Unix, RDBMS, MS-SQL Server 2000 / 2005, MS Access 2000

SAP R/3 Tools: SAP-FICO, Report Painter, Report writer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Business Analyst/SAP FICO Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Record to Report, taking care of Incidents related to Treasury, General Ledger, Interfaces, AP, AR, PS, Open Text, Winshuttle and Fixed Assets.
• Resolving incidents, discussing with the Business Users, determined the root causes, and resolved them in a timely manner.
• Regularly interacted with users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and Functional specifications.
• Creating BRD for different Wricef objects - Configuration, Reports, Interface, Enhancements, WF etc.
• Writing FS and coordinating with technical consultants to complete development.
• Creating mapping sheets and gathering business requirement and creating BRD.
• Creating Interface mapping tables and creating test scenarios in Q.
• Familiar with middleware PI/PO and BRF Plus.
• Creating and mapping cross reference table in BRF plus.
• Monitoring interfaces and rectifying error messages.
• Created test cases in HPQC/ALM.
• Creating test scenarios and doing integrated testing and helping UAT.
• Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes and mapped it in SAP.
• ConductedGAP analysis, document findings, evaluated scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customization.

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

SAP FICO Consultant - Lead

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Interacted with Client to understand Asset Management configuration and user requirements for capitalization of instrument asset.
• Checked and tested user requirements fields with system configuration and carried out modifications.
• Configured asset sub numbers and group asset and Defined Organizational Structure required for Fixed Assets.
• Configured the system to post the Acquisitions and Scrapping.
• Configured the system for creating, posting and settling an asset under construction.
• Configured the system for closing procedures.
• Worked on postings made for the asset (acquisitions, retirements, depreciation) to the Company code and business area.
• Configured Group Assets and Sub Assets, defined depreciation area, transaction type for retirement and created individual assets.
• Configured Inter Company Asset Transfer fields and transaction type.
• Functional Spec for Fixed asset conversion and rebuilding of asset sub ledger, Month End Capitalization Program, Migration Legacy assets etc.
• Prepared Work step procedure for various asset transactions and user exits.
• Integration of material master and warehouse management to FI on creation of two new plants handling procure to pay and order to cash process.
• Involved in Unit Testing of various asset transactions, user exits and asset reports with super users.
• Involved in Integrated Testing of various asset transactions, user exits and asset reports with super users.
• Successfully completed capitalization of assets of through integration between Assets Accounting module with PP and MM modules.
• Configured Asset balance list and asset master record.
• Configured the system in assigning asset to various CO objects and logistic organizational units.
• Developed specification changes to Asset Module to allow ABAP developers to program required changes.
• GAAP requirements for Capex and Opex funds in Acquisition, Depreciation and Tax.
• Conversion and migration of Fixed Assets through a Zprogram.
• Creating Asset through Ztable, BAPI and Asset Clearing Account.
• Configuration and account determination for creating new plants.
• Creation of assets on the basis of brands and product hierarchy on a monthly basis.
• Coordinating in the preparation of Design document, Project plan and estimation.
• Creation of profit centers, Profit center master data, profit center groups, Profit center assignment (material, GL accounts), etc.
• Creating cost center, Segment and GL Accounts for BU.
• Writing Test scripts and involved in UAT and SAT etc.

Confidential, Winston Salem

SAP FICO Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain the cross-reference table with HFA and SAP customers
• Move AR process to existing SAP AFS system
• Convert all AR Open Items for BU from Legacy system SAP AFS
• Create daily interfaces from the AS 400 system to feed daily billing transactions to SAP.
• Create interfaces from SAP back to the AS400 system to get credit limit for customers, risk categories, AR balances to AS400 back from SAP
• Update Lockbox and move the Socks EDI 820 processes into SAP.
• Provide cross reference functionality for AS400 customer master against SAP customer master, to ensure smooth processing of BU invoices in SAP A/R
• Deduction management based on 820 remittances will be managed in SAP using standard processes.
• Responsible for business and system solutions, design and document methodologies, configuration of S/4HANA FI & CO functional module, integration processes with SD, conduct workshops, user training and continued support during the projects
• Working closely with Technical and Functional consultants of other modules to resolve the issues as per priorities.
• Coordinating with Basis team on EDI, ETL, Interfaces and Idocs.
• Interacted with client's business process team; collected business requirements, created functional specifications.
• Map the retailer reason code (segment) from EDI 820 into SAP to provide more accurate reporting.
• Develop a new mapping for Open AR invoices for new Business Unit.
• Interface mapping sheet with source and destination fields (credit limit for customers, risk categories, AR balances)
• Creating Profit center, Cost center, Segment and GL Accounts for BU.
• Creating mapping document for IDOC and EDI.
• Involved in decision-making for the screen layout of Master Records including General Ledger, Vendor Master Record and Customer Master Record.
• Configured customer account groups & assigned number ranges to customer groups.
• Customized the Payment Program to in corporate Company Code Data, Paying Company Code Data, Country Payment Methods, Company Code Payment Methods, and House Banks etc.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, Bank Account G/L Structure, Check Lots, Void Reason codes etc.
• Configured Electronic bank statement and familiar with new EBS and Lockbox application conforming to BAI2 format and methodology algorithms.
• In Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA) Worked on Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, Cost management and profitability, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, and Cost Center Categories.
• Writing Test Scripts and familiar with testing tool Panaya.
• Expertise in Vertex while determining Tax Jurisdiction codes based on the address for customers and Calculating taxes.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

SAP FICO Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conducting andCoordinating Business Blueprint workshopsfor understanding client requirements.
• Understanding the business scenario in the Q/A database and generate issue log to track issues in the following areas
• Preparation of business blueprint deliveries. The task involved identification of data conversions required, interfaces needed.
• Collaborative work with the key users inthe documentation of “As-is process”.
• Performeddata validation and account determination for mapping of the processes on to the SAP R/3 system.
• Gap analysiswith realization of open issues and design of best fit functionalities.
• Educating the client on FI and CO Master and transaction data information with Intercompany processing details.
• Testing of full order to cash and procure to pay process. Have good experience in writing functional specification for generating new reports to ABAP programmers.
• Successful Implementation of FI (GL, AR, AP) and CO settings on the development server and ultimate transportation on to the testing and production servers.
• Configured ERP structure and Financial Accounting global settings: key settings being company code, Business area, fiscal year variants, field status variant, open and close posting periods, document types and document number ranges and validations.
• Credit management settings: key being credit control area and risk categories.
• Handled issues related to GL, AR, AP, AA, CO-PC, IO, CCA, PCA, and Project Systems, etc.
• As part of the Production Support Team worked closely with Technical and Functional consultants of other modules to resolve the issues as per priorities.
• Analyzed FICO related trouble tickets, discussed with the Business Users, determined the root causes and resolved them in timely manner.
• Involved in decision-making for the screen layout of Master Records including General Ledger, Vendor Master Record and Customer Master Record.
• Customized Operating Chart of Accounts, Group Chart of Accounts & Country Chart of Accounts.
• Configured vendor account groups & assigned number ranges to vendor groups.
• Maintained Vendor Group Field Status for General Data, Company Code Data & Purchasing Data which reflected on the Vendor Master Records.
• Customized the Payment Program to in corporate Company Code Data, Paying Company Code Data, Country Payment Methods, Company Code Payment Methods, and House Banks etc.
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, Bank Account G/L Structure, Check Lots, Void Reason codes etc.
• Configured Electronic bank statement and familiar with new EBS and Lockbox application conforming to BAI2 format and methodology algorithms.
• Integrated FI with MM & SD modules.
• In Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA) Worked on Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, and Cost Center Categories.
• Maintained the basic setting, created hierarchy, dummy profit centers, Profit center master data, profit center groups, Profit center assignment (material, GL accounts), etc.
• Involved in Unit Testing, provided the User training and UAT support, Cutover activities and post go-live support.
• Design and Configured Denmark (European company code) VAT taxation process to calculated taxes as per business process to include tax in vendor invoices and system to post to VAT G/L account mapped to VAT as per business process.
• Involved in testing in development and Q&A environments. Issues resolving, compile documentation, user training and sign off.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Created new company codes for the countries Mexico & Canada and Rolled out SAP FICO solutions.
• Configured all the basic settings as per the Global template, Created Tax codes, Number ranges, Payment output files, EBS, LOCKBOX, EDI settings, Cost center Hierarchy, Cost centers and Cutover activity.
• Customized and Configured General Ledger Account Groups, G/L Accounts, Chart of Accounts, Tolerance Groups & retained earnings account in New GL.
• Configured Electronic bank statement and familiar with new EBS and Lockbox.
• Worked on extensive customization for Asset Accounting and coordinated with SharePoint team to setup a connection between one-gate and ECC to process asset transactions from SharePoint.
• Developed and tested a customized vendor master design which includes web dynpro forms, workflows, enhancements, interfaces. Worked with MDM (Microsoft Master Mata Management) team in designing an interface through PI/PO. Designed a mapping for data transfer between ECC and MDM.
• Experienced in KOFAX invoice processing and involved in custom program design in ECC for monitoring invoices coming through KOFAX.
• Developed SAP query for Withholding tax from BSIK and LIFNR table -open item information.
• Worked on customized AUC settlement process.
• Managing on-site & offshore teams.
• Involved in Unit Testing, provided the User training and UAT support, Cutover activities and post go-live support.
• Executing Data Manager packages for weekly reports from flat files and BW.
• Good experience in configuration of leading and non-leading ledgers.
• Extensively involved in preparation of test data, writing test scripts and execution of test scripts.
• Played a key role in System integration testing for finance and reporting of test results to management by creating defects in application life cycle management (HP QC/ ALM)
• Good understanding of payment process and expert in tracing the payment issues.
• Involved in post go live support for finance and led a team of 6 members.
• Familiar with "Service now" ticketing tool.
• Involved in reporting activities with respect to team productivity and ticket resolution.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gathered business requirements and Coordinated with ABAP team for development of new Reports required by user and for modification of programs.
• Identified the gap by doing Gap analysis and prepared Functional Specification documents for the custom developments and supporting the technical people in completing Technical Specification documents.
• Coordinating with the legacy system owners and preparing the Functional Specs for the Inbound and Out bound interfaces from Legacy to SAP and from SAP to Legacy.
• Handled issues related to AR, AP, AA and GL.
• Implemented SAP notes as suggested by SAP for our OSS messages to fix standard SAP issues.
• Brought up lot of process improvements that reduced incidents count.
• Profitability Analysis and Cost management.
• Prepared End user documents and created a knowledge database, which helped both business users and support teams to easily fix the repeated issues.
• Handled issues related to FI-MM-SD Integration.
• Supported business in UAT testing.
• Configured Vertex - FI integration.
• Configured substitutions and Validations as part of CRs.
• Involved in functional unit testing for CR and Enhancements
• Involved in defining Roles and Providing authorization to User IDs
• Handling low to high priority tickets and providing resolutions within SLA.
• Configuring and testing the new functional enhancements & Reports.
• Worked on problem management, which includes root cause analysis to reduce the flow of the incidents.
• Coordinating with ABAP team for development of Reports required by user.
• Conducted knowledge sharing sessions.

Confidential

Financial Controller

Responsibilities:

• Prepare general ledger account reconciliations, intercompany eliminations & journal entries.
• Review the completeness of revenue, and expenses booked each month to ensure all the expenses recurring and non-recurring are recorded and complete.
• Research expense variances for both fixed and variable expenses. Prepare appropriate adjustments for review. Preparation of yearly and quarterly budgets analyze budget variances with actual.
• Preparation and review of balance sheet, income statements, and supporting schedules and comparative financial information.
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing lead schedules and analysis.
• Reconciled A/R, A/P, and all Expense accounts on general ledger.
• Reconciled daily cash flow resulting in maximized investment on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Keeping Asset ledger, inventory ledger, and inventory management.
• Supervise subsidiary accountants and approval of ledgers.
• Accruals, Provisions, Depreciations, Prepaid and Amortization.

Confidential

Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and analyze Financial Statements, and reconciliations of ledgers.
• Review and analyze Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable entries
• Foreign exchange valuation and entries in unrealied/realised accounts and balance sheet entries
• Preparation of Trend Analysis and Forecasting
• Preparation of Annual Operating Budgets
• Ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts.
• Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, cash flow statements.
• Work with internal and external auditors during reviews, and audits to ensure full cooperation from accounting staff and compliance with all qualified requests.
• Project accounting, and profitability statements.
• Preparation, and coordinate the Year End group consolidation reports.