SUMMARY

• A professional with diverse Industry experience and eight years of SAP functional experience in FICO module and has completed 3 full lifecycle implementations.
• Strong problem solving, analytical skills and ability to make balanced, independent decisions.
• Good hands on experience with New GL (IFRS), Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payables. Fixed Assets, Profitability Analysis (COPA).
• Worked on different interfaces with XI and ALE being process integration tools to flow the postings into different systems.
• Experienced in setting up EDI transactions for Lockbox, Remittance advices, Text messages etc. Worked on transaction like 820, 823, 824 and 996.
• Worked with GRC and SOX compliance financial reporting.
• Experience in good knowledge transfer to business end user training and also experience in handling business changes when demanded right from BPPs, functional specifications, through customizing the FICO.
• Experience in Exchange rate types for multiple currencies, foreign currency valuation procedures, closing activities like monthly closing, quarterly closely, and yearly closing.
• Well versed with creation of master in different streams that directly relate to FI module viz. Customer master data, Vendor master data and GL master data. Experienced in mapping customer master that have to be created as Business partners in the system.
• Experienced in Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting
• First hand experience in solving issues by pointing the anomalies and changing them when required while Master data loads for Customer, Vendors and GL.
• Worked with ABAP developers to deliver critical objects to meet project SLA.
• Experienced in designing and implementing complex BI/BW reports.
• High learning curve with the ability to embrace new tools and technologies with ease and to seamlessly integrate skill set into the project implementation lifecycle.
• Worked as a consulting specialist responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of SAP for the client and worked actively with the management and project teams of the client to implement SAP FI/CO.
• General Ledger: Grouping G/L accounts into various account groups, Creation of reconciliation accounts for accounts receivables and accounts payables, cross company transaction. Configured the whole Intercompany Reconciliation tool for process 3.
• Account Receivables and Payables: Creation of customer master and vendor master data in FI, Configuring number ranges, posting keys and document types for posting and validation of business transactions. Automatic payment configurations. Worked extensively on US check program, have worked extensively on MICR ink set up for checks. Created Vendor remittance advice program for payment notification to Vendor and Customer. Worked on DME engines to support European business models in terms of payments.
• Enterprise Structure in Controlling: Setting up of controlling area, assigning company codes and creating standard hierarchy, creating CO version and defining control indicators.
• Creation of Master data: Creation of cost center groups under the standard hierarchy, creation of cost centers including collection cost centers and allocation cost centers, creation of secondary cost elements. Setting control parameters for actual posting, Allocation characteristics for sender/receiver cost, Configuration of Assessment, distribution and reposting.
• Cost Centre Planning: Configured cost center planning, Configuration of Profit centers accounting.
• Profit Centre Accounting: Created dummy profit center, Creation of profit center and Doc No ranges of PCA, Created operating concern and controlling version, Creation of Attributes and Data structures, Configuration of CO - PA costing bases and accounts bases analysis, Created CO-PA master data, PA settlement structures, CO-PA planning / profile / layout.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP ECC FI/CO

Methodology: ASAP

General Tools: Visio, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Share-point, BMS remedy system, HPQC.

Operating Systems: MS Windows Server 2008,Windows 2000/98/95, WinNT 4.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

SAP FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared detailed flow charts and presentations during the design phase of the project. Performed GAP analysis based on which requirements were identified and supporting information was gathered.
• Represented the FI team during the designing phase to present the AS-IS and TO-BE process.
• Prepared Design documents, Functional Specifications for custom design and requirement also handled change request for already designed functionality/ programs.
• Designed and configured Accounts payable with various payment methods. Set up house banks for ACH, Wires and check payments.
• Designed and configured Accounts receivable. Involved in setting up credit management, disputes and collection management.
• Worked as a Liaison between the Bank of America, CITI bank and the client, development team (Cross-Gate) to gather requirements and partner test for incoming payments and outgoing payments. These were handled via EDI’s 820, 824, 996, 997.
• Configured Lockbox in SAP and worked with Bank of America to set up EDI 996 which required extensive customizing of the BAI2 file as per client requirement. Worked on EDI mapping, successful EDI transmission and end-to-end partner testing with SAP Cross-Gate (EDI service provider).
• Configured house banks for outgoing payment via- ACH, Wires, Bank transfers, Checks.
• Configuring the Asset Management Module: Creating Chart of Depreciation, Asset Classes,
• Assigning G/L account to asset classes, Screen layout for master data, depreciation Areas, Group Fixed Assets Configuration, Accounts for Posting Depreciation, Depreciation Key configuration, Acquisitions, Retirements, Transfers, Revaluation of Assets, Capitalization of Assets, assets data transfer
• Designed forms using SAP script, SMART Forms for critical business processes such as payment via US check, remittance advices, dunning forms, customer statement forms.
• Extensive knowledge on working with MICR printers used on US checks.
• Designed and developed interfaces for cash postings, vendor invoice postings and journal entry postings using BDC’s, BAPI’s and Function Modules
• Configured Tax codes in FTXP. Worked with SABRIX and to set up taxation for North America. Assisted in preparation of specification from the FI perspective. Validated tax postings against the configuration done.
• Configured Exchange translation ratios and maintained exchange rates as per the business requirements. Worked on a Bloomberg interface, which updated the exchange rate for North America.
• Fine-tuned Document splitting configuration depending on business process for AR, AP and GL.
• Designed and developed Journal Entry workflow process. Gathered requirements and prepared functional specification for an elaborate Journal entry approval process, which involved an approval matrix depending on amount threshold.
• Worked closely with SD and MM team to set up the integration between the FI-SD and FI-MM.
• Created Valuation and Substitution for various business rules, which helped in reconciliation as well as consolidation of the General ledger.
• Configured default account assignment for General Ledger accounts in OBK9.
• Assisted and monitored in Integration and UAT testing using HPQC.
• Performed cutover activities to ensure smooth Go-Live.
• Assisted business users to close the books during month and half year end.
• Assisted in Month end and half yearly closing process by being in constant support to the business users and the process and design team.
• Worked closely with the ABAP team to resolve defects in the testing phase and also in tickets in hyper-care
• Designed and implemented BI/BW reports like Aged receivables and Days sales outstanding.
• Worked closely with the Basis team to set up batch jobs, open ports for SAP for OSS messages raised, opened up SOST to check the connectivity for outgoing messages such as emails, fax etc.
• Worked towards stabilizing the system by resolving high, low and medium priority incidents on AP, AR and GL as well as FSCM- mainly in Credit Management and Dispute Management.

Confidential, Brea.CA

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for New GL implementation and the central task of this is to provide a comprehensive picture of external accounting and accounts. Beyond fulfilling these legal requirements, General ledger also fulfilled other requirements like Parallel accounting, Integration of legal and Management Reporting, Detailed Segment Reporting and cost of sales accounting.
• Worked Funds Management and Grants Management in order to achieve Accounts Payables requirement based on Derivation rules derived in Funds management.
• Configured Parallel Accounting where it allows you to perform parallel accounting by managing several parallel ledgers for different accounting principles.
• Worked on Integration of legal and management reporting to perform internal management reporting in parallel with legal reporting. For this purpose, the Profit center accounting functions are integrated with General Ledger Accounting. Furthermore, you can generate financial statements for any dimension (such as profit center).
• Worked on BI functional specifications for reporting, analysis, and interpretation of business data is of central importance to a company in guaranteeing its competitive edge, optimizing processes, and enabling it to react quickly and in line with the market.
• Worked on Segment reporting where you can produce the segment reports required by the accounting principles IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). For this purpose, General Ledger Accounting contains the Segment dimension.
• Configured GL Accounts, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payable, Created Automatic Payment Programs
• Configured parallel currencies for general ledger, foreign currency evaluation, functional areas
• Configured Dynamic Credit Management with several Risk Categories, created test scenarios and tested for different types of sales orders.
• Worked on Order to Cash Process, performed AR-SD integration: Worked with SD team to configure condition type, pricing procedure. Automatic account assignment of revenues through VKOA
• Assisted in configuring In-House Cash to reduce the number of external banks and the volume of foreign payments made.
• Worked on FI-MM integration through OBYC, Movement Types, Valuation Class, and Assignment of Movement Types.
• Configuring the Asset Management Module: Creating Chart of Depreciation, Asset Classes,
• Assigning G/L account to asset classes, Screen layout for master data, depreciation Areas, Group
• Fixed Assets Configuration, Accounts for Posting Depreciation, Depreciation Key configuration, Acquisitions, Retirements, Transfers, Revaluation of Assets, Capitalization of Assets, assets data transfer
• Configured Substitution for Profit Center/Business areas automatic assignment.

Confidential, Irvine, CA

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirement gathering, functional specification, Configuration Script, Test Script, configuration and Testing of GL, AP and AR.
• Worked on functional specification for GL, AP, AR. Created Configuration and testing template, Involved in Cutover and Go live Production support.
• Worked on Configuration of General Ledger, Parallel Currency configuration, Foreign Currency Valuation, IAS valuation with foreign currency.
• Worked on GRC and SOX compliance financial statements for transparent reporting to the shareholders and also to avoid penalties.
• In New General Ledger, Maintained New GL configuration to create Leading and Non Leading Ledger for different reporting purpose of different Countries, Defined Currency for Leading ledger, Defined Segment, Document Splitting, Account Assignment types for Objects, Defined Post Capitalization of Cash Discounts for Assets, Defined Valuation area and Method, Defined and assigned Accounting Principles to Ledger Groups, Maintained Chart of Accounts for twenty three different company code, Create/change GL accounts, Field status group, Maintained Financial Statement Version, Manual and Automatic Clearing, Recurring Postings, Defined Foreign Exchange rates, Foreign Currency Revaluation, Intercompany Account Posting, Intercompany Reconciliation, Maintained Posting Period Variant.
• Worked on FI-PP, FI-MM integration for production order, purchase order automatic account assignment and FI-SD for sales order billing automatic account assignments.
• Worked in IDoc/ALE Customizing to share Material Master Data to Sales and Distribution, created Logical systems, configured RFCs, ports, Created Partner Profiles, Worked in Field Conversion Configuration, Synchronized Customized setting with SAP Solution Manager
• Created BDCs for several Master data Internal Orders, Cost Centers, Customers, and vendors etc. to upload from Excel file.
• Configured ACH, worked with DME formats for Bank of America and Citi Bank
• Configured Dynamic Credit Management with Risk Categories, created test scenarios and tested for sales orders, created credit accounts, set credit limits
• Configured Sales/Use Tax for USA and Canada, using Sabrix as third party software. Configured Integration of Taxware and SAP, Created tax accounts, Condition types and tax procedures
• Worked on Order to Cash Process, performed AR-SD integration
• Created several substitution and validations regarding business area and profit center
• Created G/L accounts for bank and Clearing Accounts, mapped external t-codes to posting rules
• Configured Lockbox for Bank of America and also configured Electronic Bank Statement Processing.
• Cost center accounting: -Controlling area, number ranges, cost center groups, cost centers, alternate hierarchies, and primary and secondary cost elements.
• Configured Assessment cycle to ensure proper flow of values from one cost center to several other different cost centers.
• Configuration of Operating Concern with relevant characteristics and value fields. Developed profitability segments such as customer groups, product groups, customer zip codes and product hierarchies for analyzing profitability results Mapped SD pricing procedure and direct postings from FI/MM modules to value fields in CO-PA.
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) configured costing based CO-PA, assisted client in design and configuration of PA structures, including decisions on characteristics, key figures, derivation rules and settlement to CO-PA.

Confidential, IL

SAP R/3 FI/CO Senior Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Defined chart of accounts and basic configuration of system in areas of global settings, organizational structure, company code definition, and taxes with jurisdiction code levels, pricing procedures, account groups, field status groups, line layouts, open item clearing and generating reports.
• Customized document types, posting keys, posting periods and document number ranges.
• Configured ECCS for real time posting, customer defined characteristic, currency translation and inter unit elimination. Assisted ECCS team members in defining data and consolidation monitors.
• Defined Automatic payment program, check management, defined settings for invoices and credit memos.
• Configured the house banks, G/L accounts for Bank accounts and reconciliation program.
• Worked on various integrations with FI-MM, FI-SD, and FI-CO and successfully made the values flow from FI to MM, SD and CO.
• Conducted lockbox configuration, cash management, planning levels and groups in the Treasury.
• In Fixed Asset Accounting, defined chart of depreciation, depreciation areas and different asset classes.
• Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern, maintained Versions.
• In Cost Element Accounting created Primary and Secondary Cost elements, Cost Element Groups, maintain 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, overhead structure for accrual costs, allocations using cycle-segment method for periodic reposting, distribution and assessment, indirect activity allocations.
• Configured CO-PA and created master data in PCA and defined the derivation rules to effect the flow of values into PCA.

Confidential, Novato, CA

FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern, maintained Versions.
• Created Primary and Secondary Cost elements, Cost Element Groups, maintained Cost Element Attributes and Costing Sheet.
• Cost Elements Analysis, involving both primary and secondary cost elements, activating the reconciliation ledger, and maintaining accounts for automatic reconciliation posting.
• Cost Center Accounting defined and assigned standard hierarchy, validations and substitutions.
• Configuring Asset Accounting, Country specific settings are configured, copied reference chart of depreciation and assigned it to company code, Specified the account determination accounts, created screen layout rules.
• Maintained order types, screen layouts, maintained order groups, status management, overhead costing sheets, maintained settlement rules, settlement profile, planning profile, budget profile, and availability control.
• Configured Profit Center Accounting, maintained profit center standard hierarchy, and statistical key figures.
• Configured costing based CO-PA, assisted client in design and configuration of PA structures, including decisions on characteristics, key figures, derivation rules and settlement to CO-PA.
• Reporting profitability by Customer, Product and Market. Created P&L statements CO-PA reporting tools.

Confidential

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of Chart of accounts and General Ledger accounts.
• Assets - acquisitions, depreciation, unplanned depreciation, transfer & retirement.
• Special GL transactions including down payments.
• Closing operations including year-end closing, etc.
• Financial Statement versions (Finalization of Accounts).
• Maintenance of AR (Creation of Customer Master Data, Invoices, down-payment, Dunning procedure, Incoming payments and Partial payments).
• Maintenance of AP account (Creation of Vendor Master Data, Invoices, down-payment, Outgoing Payments, Partial payments), creation of House Bank, Automatic Payment program.
• User training & support.
• Configured the standard hierarchy of Cost Centers.
• Created Cost center and cost center groups.
• Created Cost element and cost element groups.
• Created Activity types and activity type groups.
• Generation of reports like planned / actual comparison cost center-wise, period wise etc. through information system.

Confidential

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• General analysis of finance reports obtained from various departments such as sales, marketing, purchase, production, communication and others
• Reading financial statements of the organization and taking into consideration the sales, expenses and production cost to recommend investments and forecast future earnings of the organization
• Performed additional ad-hoc analysis
• Handling audits and working for client information support services