SUMMARY

• Six years of SAP FICO experience in Full Lifecycle Implementation, Rollout, Upgrade and Production Support
• TEMPHas successfully completed three rollout lifecycle implementations for a global Media & Advertising company. Media, Entertainment & Advertising industry process expert
• Experience in Project Planning, Blueprinting, Process Alignment, Requirements Gathering, RICEFW, Designing, Documentation, Configuration, Security Role Assignments, Testing, Training, Change Management, Post Go - Live Support and Production Support
• Configuration knowledge of FICO sub-modules - GL (New GL), AP, AR, Fixed Assets, PCA, CCA, CO-PA and other Controlling components; thorough understanding of P2P, OTC and R2R processes and experience of working on FICO integration wif SD and MM
• TEMPHas worked as a FICO Lead in client-facing environments while maintaining direct relationships wif teh management teams including CFO, COO and Controllers; conducted several presentations to business and technical audiences as FICO Subject Matter Expert
• Experience in mentoring FICO/finance team members Onsite, Offshore and at Shared Services locations
• Deep knowledge of Financial and Accounting processes, SOX compliance requirements, and US GAAP and IFRS principles

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Enterprise Structure: Company Code, Business Area, Profit Center, Cost Center

General Ledger: GL Master, New GL, Special Purpose Ledgers, Inter-Company Transactions, Document Splitting, Financial Statement Versions, Chart of Accounts, Period End Closing, Account Groups, Automatic Clearing Program, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Periods, Fiscal Year Variants, Accruals and Deferrals, Recurring Entries, Variant Principles, Field Status Groups, Account Groups

Accounts Payable: Vendor Master, Payment Run, Vendor Account Groups, Payment Terms, Payment Methods, Vendor Tolerance Groups, Number Ranges

Accounts Receivable: Customer Master, Dunning, Customer Account Groups, Customer Tolerance Groups, Number Ranges

Fixed Assets: Asset Master, Asset Classes, Depreciation Methods, Depreciations Keys, Depreciation Run, Asset Purchase, Asset Transfer, Asset under Construction, Revaluation, Retirement, Scrapping

Controlling: Cost Centers Accounting, Profit Centers Accounting, Cost Elements, Statistical Key Figures, Profitability Analysis

Other: Business Warehouse (BW), IS-Media, Banks, Foreign Currencies, WBS Elements, Internal Orders, MS Office, Remedy, HPQC, SolMan, MS Visio, MS Project, Hyperion, Concur, Vertex, Dolphin, LSMW

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr SAP FICO Analyst

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Successfully implemented three lifecycles while leading onsite, offshore and shared services resources for FICO; worked as a FICO Subject Matter Expert throughout teh deployments
• Conducted Process Alignment Workshops to elicit process gaps and document as-is and to-be states. Identified key business scenarios for which teh future state processes were documented in-detail and presented to teh business team
• Gathered and documented requirements using an MS SharePoint tool which generated reports for client validation and input files for product development team. Liaised between business and technical team for requirements, configuration and developments
• Configured and tested FICO sub-modules including Enterprise Elements, Master Records, GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Profit Centers, Cost Centers and Cost Elements
• Developed BRDs for RICEFW and worked closely wif teh product development team in developing these enhancements. Also developed test scripts for RICEFW and integration testing
• Throughout teh implementations, worked closely wif end-users for Process Deep-Dives, System Demos, User Acceptance Testing, Data Conversion, Training and PGL Support
• Time-TEMPeffectively resolved FICO Remedy tickets and documented resolutions for business use

SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirements gathering for core system designing wif clients
• Worked on Fixed Assets configuration - chart of depreciation, asset classes, asset master, depreciation keys, depreciation areas and depreciation methods
• Configured asset purchases, acquisition through asset-under-construction, intra-company and inter-company transfers, revaluation, retirement and scrapping
• Developed test scripts for configuration and RICEFW, coordinated data conversion efforts and completed cutover tasks
• Coordinated UAT and training efforts; provided PGL support and knowledge transition to production support team for seamless business-as-usual
• Worked on Remedy tickets related to Fixed Assets and other FICO sub-modules

SAP Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked wif teh PMO in designing Project plan using MS Project; created a playbook to articulate complex project-level processes and action plan for all project phases including configuration dependencies
• Actively participated in Fit/Gap analysis and requirements sessions for as-is/to-be documentation, and requirements gathering and elicitation
• Assisted PMO in tracking project timelines, costs and resource allocation
• Designed test scripts, coordinated configuration and WFRICE testing, and created user manuals for remote support during PGL