SUMMARY

• Commercial Finance professional with more than 12+ years’ experience working with advertising, media and retail sectors by helping project recoverability and profitbility.
• Over 7 years in SAP FICO and SAP S4 Hana and Master Data maintenance. Good understanding of all types of SAP environments and has good transferable skill set.
• Involved in 1 full lifecycle project and 2 support projects and training phases.
• Experience in working with ASAP Methodology utilizing SAP Best Practices; as well as ASAP, Agile Methodology for iterative scrum development
• Worked on resolving tickets on query database tools like CPMT
• Maintained and developed standard operating procedures.
• Experienced working in a global environment.
• Extensive hands - on experience in Financial Accounting (FI) include General Ledger (GL), New GL, Assets Accounting (AA), Account Payable (AP), Account Receivable (AR), Transport Request (TR), Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR).
• Experience covers all stages of SAP FI activities Creation of As - Is, To-Be, Business Blueprints, Configuration, Testing, User training, Documentation, Go Live support and Production support.
• Worked upon mass load tools such as LSMW and query databases such as IBM lotus notes and was responsible for on call support to resolve issues 24X7.
• Expert in analyzing skills with in SAP to give quick and efficient solutions within the team.
• Generate reports on performance such as number of requests processed and request returned for re-implementation and stream line the process to get effective results for the team.
• Good Accounting and Finance knowledge with demonstrated Competencies in Financial and Business Analysis while working in different industries.
• Adaptable to any type of SAP environments.
• Good understanding of P2P (procure 2 pay) cycle.
• Skilled in working under pressure meeting TAT (turnaround time) with accuracy.
• Good team player handled a team of eight to perform day to day operations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 4.6c to ECC 6.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows 7, XP, MS-DOS

WEB: HTML, XML, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash

TOOLS: MS Office Suite, Visual Basic 6, SnagIt

ACCOUNTING AND TAX: ATX, QuickBooks, CCH Online, Case Ware, Quicken

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirement, Preparation of Blue Print by reengineering the system to fill the GAP between the existing system and to the TO-BE system of SANDOZ, mapping processes to SAP ECC6.0 functionality, and collecting master data
• Responsible for the design and blueprint of New General Ledger and Controlling related business processes.
• Configured New General Ledger with Document Splitting and Segment Reporting.
• Responsible for configuring and testing the system for New General Ledger and Controlling related business processes.
• Configured new functionalities available in New General Ledger according to client requirements.
• Involved as a team member in FI - Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable sub-modules and CO - Cost Center Accounting, Cost Element Accounting, Internal Order, Profit Center accounting (CO-PC), and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) implementation
• Worked on Customer Master, House Banks, Payment Programs, Electronic Bank Statements and Lock Box and had successfully configured Clearing to clearing open items in GL/AR/AP Modules.
• Configured Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting by creation Standard Cost Center Hierarchy using CATTs, Alternative Hierarchy, primary and secondary cost elements
• Configured and used LSMW, CATTs for uploading master data of General Ledger, Customers and Vendors
• Designed and configured Internal Order types according to the business requirements.
• Prepared month end close and setting up the master data for Allocations (Assessments and Distribution).
• Involved in SAP H4 Hana implementation involving with financial products Sub-Ledger (FPSL) to clients across financial services
• Implementation experience with SAP RAR module including RAR migration experience, Interfaces and Badis and business processes and reports in SAP RAR
• Organized the operating concern, configured costing-based profitability analysis in profitability analysis (COPA). Created reports using Report Painter
• Configured CO-PA planning, including creating planning levels plan package and planning methods and mapped SD condition types to value fields to have the system automatically transfer the sales revenues and deductions to CO-PA.
• Involved in configuration of business processes within RAR, SD and FI/CO
• Prepared revenue contracts and also make sure that the revenue is recognized as per the pricing procedures
• Generation of reports through ABAP Query for Vendor and Customers.
• Ensured compliance requirements (Title 21 CFR Part11) were met
• Configured new company codes, Inter-company code assignments & processing and Inter-company Transport Orders.
• Prepare detailed functional specifications for development activities including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms (RICEF)
• Involved in unit, Integration testing and performed rigorous testing to check the system performance.

Confidential

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Business Analysts, Business Process Owners and End Users for requirements gathering and analysis.
• Performed configuration of FI enterprise structure that included creating few company codes.
• Defined and finalized various GL accounts in Chart of Accounts.
• Defined the fiscal year variant, employee tolerance limits, posting keys, document number ranges and document types, involved in the integration meetings and participated in Automatic Account Determination in FI with SD and MM modules,
• Worked on configuration of A/P and A/R module: credit management, Tolerance groups, Open item clearing, account group creation, terms of payment, Automatic Payment Program, open item clearing, and reason codes for over and under payments.
• Defined risk categories for customers and configured Credit Management.
• Configured Payment Methods, Payments Terms, House Banks, Clearing Accounts for AP, Dunning process, Interest calculation, Customer and vendor discounts, Customer and vendor tolerances, under and over payments, Customer down payments etc.
• Ensure compliance to existing, and development of required data and reporting standards. Ensure the integrity of the SAP Treasury configuration.
• Actively contribute in Corporate/the client Treasury projects and Treasury Management Systems including Accounts Payable.
• Gathering requirements specification and testing of SAP Cash and Banking activities (GL Account, Bank • Account Master Data, Electronic Bank Statement, Bank Communication Manager, Payment methods etc)
• Clearing of Inter-Company Vendor/Customer open items, Manually Incoming Payments, Running/Editing Dunning proposals,
• Create functional specifications for Interfaces, reports, forms and enhancements.
• Setup of Cost Center hierarchies, defined activity types, activity planning, assisted with Cost center master data setup, Planning and set up of Cost allocations cycles in Cost Center Accounting.
• Configured One-time Vendors/Customers with Separate Screen Layouts.
• Customized Lockbox, Payment Requests and Interest Calculation on Account Balances and Line Items.
• Customer credit control areas and pre-defined credit limits for customers, maintained Risk categories and credit monitoring groups, discount overviews.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Support to the existing SAP in the areas of GL, AP, AR, Intercompany billing and MM integration with FI.
• Involved with the automatic payment program setup.
• Configured treasury module for Lock box processing, Bank accounts, Manual and Electronic Bank statements, Bills of Exchange and Cash journal
• Coordinating the team for timely deliverables.
• Lead support for SAP Incidents and change requests in Treasury and Accounts Payable.
• Involved in blueprint design/ development/ implementation/go live and support for FICO module. Participated in requirement gathering & preparing functional specifications reports.
• Gathering the information based on the identified Custom Processes & Interfaces based on the Customer Requirement Document relating to FI functionalities.
• Configure FI module in the areas of GL, AP, integration of MM and work related there with.
• Involved with lock box setting up for accounts receivable.
• Configured House Banks, Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), Automatic Payment Methods, dunning program configuration, involved with the design of bank interface for automatic payments to vendors etc.
• Dealing with complex supply chain challenges in demand planning, supply chain planning, production planning and detailed scheduling, distribution planning and transport planning
• Intercompany setting in AP/AR
• Bank master record set up and configuring the electronic bank statement etc.
• Involved the Cash Journal (CJ) set up: Creation of GL a/c for cash journal, Defining the cash journal document types, creating cash journal number ranges, cash journal standard business transactions, cash journal set up etc.
• Uploading master and transaction data.
• Coordinating the team activities to meet the deliverables.
• Participated in requirement gathering & preparing functional specifications.
• Involved in configuration of Accounts Payable and related open item management for the client.

Confidential

SAP FICO / Finance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Built data driven strategies to identify credit abuse and potential fraud as part of the underwriting process.
• Assessed business model risk to determine credit exposure risk on new and existing merchants.
• Worked with customers in high-risk business segments to review policies and procedures in relation to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulations to ensure compliance.
• Optimized Portfolio Management Strategies to contribute avg loss risk appetite.
• Involved in cross functional teams to investigate solutions to issues and to explore additional market areas while mitigating risk.
• Develop new strategies by quantitative analysis and evaluation, utilizing various statistical and analytical techniques and tools.
• Worked closely with the Credit Risk Administration and Operations group to ensure a full understanding of strategy implementation.
• Prepared financial analysis and commentary for presentation to senior management on monthly basis along with graphical representation.
• Organized, evaluated, prepared, and detailed analysis of large volumes of financial and non-financial data.
• Independently initiated and manage complex credit risk projects, including project design, data collection, analysis, summarization, and presentation of results and recommendations, and implementation support.

Confidential

Finance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configured for FI-GL, AP, AR, SD CO-CCA, IO and PS.
• Configured and customized Chart of accounts, Company code Global Parameters, Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Account Groups, Field Status Groups, and Tolerance Groups
• Implemented New GL, activated new Ledger, performed document splitting, Parallel Accounting and periodic processing
• Built AR Business modules by 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.
• Built AP Business module by Configuring and Customizing vendor master data, vendor account groups, define sensitive fields for dual control, House banks, Invoice processing, Document parking, Outgoing payment, Reporting, Check printing, Voiding checks, matching invoice with purchase.
• Configured and Customized CO Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions, General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling, Cost Center Accounting, and Internal Orders

Confidential

Accounts Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Managed the overall accounting activities including preparation of Cash/ Bank Book, General Ledger and ensuring bank reconciliation
• Prepared balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position
• Consolidated monthly financial results for a business or division consistent with group or division
• Supervision of payroll functions.
• Fund flow statement, Cash Flow Statement and ratio analysis.
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation statement on monthly basis.

Confidential

Accounts Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Posting Journal Entries, Processing Invoices for payments
• Preparing Expenses and processing payment run
• Ledger Reconciliations and Bank reconciliations