PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Twelve years of Functional experience in IT and other industries encompassing a wide range of roles and skill-sets.
• SAP R/3 FICO Consultant with extensive experience in Global Projects like Avantor, Uniselect, British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Gennum, ERCB, TVA, Uniboard and Domestic project like Oscar Group.
• Experience as a Solution Architect configuration testing of FI/CO modules-GL, AR Including OTC , AP Including PTP/STS , Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA , Profit Center Accounting EC-PCA , COPA Profitability Analysis , Product costing, Material ledger PS Project System , FSCM Cash and liquidity management .
• In-depth experience with the Integration aspects of FI/CO with the MM Module. For example, setting up Valuation Classes, Account Assignment Keys, etc.
• Experience in developing specifications for Interfaces Custom Reports.
• Well versed in ASAP methodology, Business process design, and Documentation.
• Experienced in SAP solution manager.
• Knowledge of business warehousing CO- PA module.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to functional and technical requirements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong analytical ability and problem-solving capabilities.
• Good team player, self-motivated, quick learner, and strong work ethic.

Technical Skills

• ERP : SAP ERP ECC Ver-6.0 , SAP R/3 4.7
• FI Module : GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets
• CO Module : Cost Centre, Profit Centre
• TM Module : Cash Management and Bank Accounting
• Integration : FICO integration with MM. SD HR
• Tools : ASAP with Ascendant, Solution Manager
• Others : MS-Office, Lotus Notes 7.0, Lotus Sametime 7.5.1

Professional Experience

WhiteWave Foods Oct 2012 - Till Date

With pioneering Horizon Organic, Silk, International Delight and Land O'Lakes brands in North America and Alpro and Provamel brands in Europe, WhiteWave Foods has made healthy, alternative food choices mainstream, creating not just new categories, but a new consumer mind set. It's Earth favorite food company.

Responsibilities

• Providing support for all the question related to all Finance and Controlling.
• Implemented new depreciation area for the new reporting requirement.
• Changed the process of additive cost by implementing the new overhead for product costing purposes.
• Worked with technical team to automate the financial period open and close.
• Changed the derivation rules in COPA
• Communicated effectively with business and got the appreciation from them.
• Worked with ecommerce team to implement the IDoc for the new inter-company processes.
• Prepared Functional specs for new P-Card implementation process.
• Co-ordinated with ecommerce team to successfully implement the P-Card process.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

• SAP FI CO Consultant for Pre and Post Go live and stabilization phase
• Preparing the configuration rationales for FI and CO and validating the configuration
• Month end closing activities
• End user training
• Substitution to change Functional Area at the time of depreciation posting run
• GR/IR clearing, Automatic clearing Issues
• Issues related Invoice verification MIRO
• Ticket resolution and answering how-to questions being a part of level 3 support.
• Coordination of problem tickets with offshore resources functional as well as technical to ensure the tickets are resolved within the stipulated SLAs.
• Ensure offshore team resources are properly loaded, help them solve tickets where required, and make certain tickets are resolved well within the stipulated SLA timelines.

Confidential

Team Leader Functional

Responsibilities

• Provided support for Electronic bank statement configuration and interface issues
• Provided support for Accounts Receivable related to customer statement, payment terms, and credit control
• Configured House Banks and Payment Programs in Accounts Payable A/P
• Configured and maintained House Banks with multiple bank accounts and alternate bank selections for payments. Assigned check lots and defined void reason codes.
• Supported day-to-day issues like creating new payment terms, creating new banks, and investigating payment program issues on a weekly basis. Also worked on interfaces used to print checks from a third party application.
• Provided SAP FI/CO tuning and troubleshooting including the identification and resolution of performance related issues
• Worked in FSCM module and resolved issue in Dispute management and In house cash management.
• Provided end user support to the SAP user community

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Provided support for Accounts Payable related to payment block, payments file creation, and setting of tolerances limit in Accounting.
• Grouped G/L accounts into various account groups.
• Created reconciliation accounts for accounts receivables and accounts payables
• Provided support for month end close activity in the areas of asset accounting, G/L, A/R, and A/P.
• Carried out configuration changes when required, while keeping in mind the integration aspect with the MM Module
• Performed unit test in Unit Test Client before moving to quality system and doing integration testing in quality along with the business user.
• Written the functional specification for the client's different reporting requirements.
• Support the PS Project System module.
• Creation or modification of Validation and Substitution as and when required.
• Configuration of internal order and budgeting profile.
• Communicate and coordinate with the client, project executives, and team leads to ensure appropriate integration of processes and modules across the organization.

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Coordination with onsite and offshore team about different issue and assigned tasks.
• Responsible for upgrading the SAP sytem from 4.7 to ECC 6.0 in FICO module.
• Carry out the Unit Testing and Integration Testing
• Wrote Functional Specification for report requirement.
• Carried out the required changes to the configuration
• Prepared FI and Co configuration document.
• Supported Asset accounting area.

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Created of Substitution rule for Bank Partner field.
• Performing Unit test in Unit test client in the area of SAP A/P, A/R, Bank Accounting G/L before moving to quality system and doing integration testing.
• Wrote functional specification for User Exit in SAP Bank Accounting module.
• Supported SAP Cost center accounting area

Confidential

• This project required the SAP modules: SD, MM, FI, CO, PP, and HR
• Technical skills for functional consultants: Functional specifications for ABAP developments reports, enhancement, data conversion, etc. and inputs to SAP security / Authorization design
• All the major phases and deliverables of a SAP project such as Blue printing, Realization, Cutover, Go-Live and post Go-Live support

Responsibilities

• Ensure deliverables are prepared to satisfy the project requirements, cost and schedule. Co-ordinated with team member and steering committee for presentation review of documentation.
• Involved with G/L, AP configuration Electronic banks statement.
• Helping to configure other sub modules.

Confidential

SAP FI / CO Consultant

Responsibilities

• As a FICO Consultant handled the FICO implementation covering in detail the requirements of the client: -
• Business Blue Print.
• Customizing Configuration Client and Testing Testing Client
• Data uploading through LSMW Program.
• Live Implementation User Training, Loading Opening Balances, Monitoring entries, Updating additional parameters .
• Taking Signoff's at each stage from top management.

Defining and assigning FI/CO Enterprise Structure

• Company code formation 2 Companies .
• Chart of Accounts Finalization Common COA for all countries
• Taxation Structure Tax codification
• Fiscal Year
• Currencies USD Global currency, Company code Currency .
• Chart of Depreciation and Depreciation Areas.

FI Configuration

• Settings for field selection of Master Data.
• Defining and assigning Number Ranges for GL, AR, AP, and AA.
• Defining Customer Groups and Vendor Groups in Master Data.
• Configuring House Banks and Payment Programs in Accounts Payable.
• Configuring and Defining Asset Accounting.
• Co-ordination with ABAP team for designing Layout Sets.
• Co-ordination with Basis Consultant for Authorization Profiles.

Controlling Configuration

• Defining and Configuring Controlling area.
• Created various Cost Element Accounts.
• Created and Configured Various Cost Centers.