SUMMARY:

• An accomplished Finance/Information System professional with 14+ years of total experience out of which 10+ yrs. approx, as a SAP FICO Consultant. Participative management professional; results focused, entrepreneurial and practical. Progressive leadership experience have created a passion of surpassing objectives via a combination of world class service delivery., lean operating methods and incentive driven rewards for team s.
• Flexible & quick learner - able to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Thrive in deadline-driven environments. Excellent team-building skills.
• Over 14+ years of total experience including 10+ yrs as SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 FICO consultant
• Expertise in configuration and customization of FICO FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA Asset Accounting, TR-CM - Treasury Cash Management, CO-CCA Cost Center Accounting, Opentext VIM
• Strong Post Implementation support 24/7
• As a team lead, responsible for planning and coordinating all testing and screening work, project status reporting to all stake holders, hold regular meetings with business process owners, assign work to team members & monitor progress of work for timely closure, make sure overall quality standards of deliverables are meet and where necessary provide approval.
• Excellent communication and inter personnel skills. Proven ability to work independently and in team environments.
• Worked in multiple geographies, ensuring the company’s Procure to Pay P2P business processes are implemented, enhanced, and supported and aligned with Business Process Owner BPO requirements and expectations.
• 4 Full implementation lifecycles and 2 small scale implementation lifecycles in SAP Configuration.
• Strong working knowledge of Workflow, Status Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements & Forms (WRICEF) in different FI/CO modules.
• Extensive experience in Business Analysis, GAP Analysis, Requirement Gathering, Financial Performance, Revenue Performance and Margins Performance.
• Configuring VIM document types, enhance indexing screen, configure, enhancement and maintaining chart of authority (COA), PO & Non-PO Vendor Invoice Workflow design and development.
• VIM workflow trigger implementation, VIM Parking and block reason enhancement, Invoice approval process design and implementation, preparation of Functional design documents, configuration
• Implementing the SAP Travel & Expense Management module on an ECC 6.0 system. Duties include analyzing client requirements, developing solutions, configuring SAP to meet those requirements, application testing, and documentation.
• Configured travel & expense management tasks: defined trip variant, assigned organizational areas, made global settings, defined travel expense types
• Configured OBYC and VKOA as part of FI-MM-SD integration
• In-depth knowledge in configuration, implementation, system design and development and gathering user requirements
• Experience in Blueprint, Configuration, Unit, Stress, Volume, Regression, User Acceptance and Integration Testing,, Documentation and Production support.
• Data Conversion, Data Migration specifications with Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects
• Active member in conducting the team meetings, Customer feedback meetings, self-assimilation programs & client workshops.
• Design and implement reporting procedures to measure & report critical process metrics, SLA’s and KPI’s.
• Define Access Profiles as per compliance & implemented controls at various stage of the processes.
• Conducting Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Expertise in centralizing the processes using Six Sigma and DMAIC methodologies.
• Defining Fiscal year variant, Posting periods, Tolerance groups, Document types and number ranges
• Defining Interest Calculation Types, Defining interest rates, Assigning Accounts for Automatic Posting for Interest Calculations.
• Settings for foreign currency valuation (fluctuations in exchange rates)
• Creation of Customer/Vendor Accounts Groups, Number Ranges, and Customer/ Vendor Masters Creation
• Configuring Automatic Payment Program and Dunning for Vendors/Customers
• Configuring Input/output Tax and Withholding Tax
• Configured partial, full, residual payments, Open Item Clearing in Accounts Payable.
• Configuring Vendor Invoice Management (VIM 6.0), Invoice automation tool - Ariba
• Customized and Configured Vendor Account Groups and Vendor Master Records
• Created House Banks, Bank Accounts, Check Lots and Void Reason Codes.
• Defined lock box process, control parameters and posting rules for automatic assignment.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments in Accounts Payable

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• I initially started with the project, Wave 13 to implement CERPS for CX division for USA, Puerto Rico & Canada ( corporate & shared service P2P) which successfully went live in Aug 2016. Thereafter my contracted was extended for project, Wave 16 to implement CERPS for RX for same countries, which will go live in Feb 2018.
• I am actively involved in each stage of the project from Early Engagement, Scope & Planning, Detailed Design, Realisation, Go Live & Stabilization.
• Develop impact and preliminary analyses, and participate actively in their implementation
• Develop requirements specifications
• Support account managers (offshore & Onshore) and clients in their decision-making by carrying out research, analyses and recommendations
• Develop testing strategies and verification scenarios
• Configured OBYC and VKOA as part of FI-MM-SD integration
• Configure OBYC (FI-MM) for different transaction event key of different movement types. For e.g. BSX (inventory entry), GBB Off-Setting entry), WRX (provision entry).
• Configured VKOA (FI-SD) and assigned G/L accounts
• Role Mapping, Data Migration, UAT Testing
• Defecting Tracking & Data Migration verification in ALM
• Track business needs during development phases
• Validated new processes with the business process owners
• Coordinated the execution of tests and integration within the module
• Updated the documentation in accordance with corporate standards
• Resolve issues and Configure VIM 6.0, TEMS, P2P, O2C, R2R, SRM and other areas.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Develop impact and preliminary analyses, and participate actively in their implementation
• Develop requirements specifications
• Support account managers and clients in their decision-making by carrying out research, analyses and recommendations
• Develop testing strategies and verification scenarios
• UAT Testing
• Track business needs during development phases
• Validated new processes with the business process owners
• Analyzed change and update requests, Solving day to-day issues in Travel Management
• Coordinated the execution of tests and integration within the module
• Updated the documentation in accordance with corporate standards
• Change request support
• Resolve issues and Configure VIM 6.0 SP5, TEMS, P2P, O2C, GL, Fixed Assets, etc..

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Business process of the Client’s Business and actively involved in SAP-FI/CO Implementation
• General Ledger (FI-GL) taking care for uploading master data and configuring the pre-requisites which includes Creation of Chart of Accounts, Account groups, and Retained earnings accounts, etc.
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), and Accounts Payable (FI-AP) master data uploading and maintaining the prerequisites such as creation of account groups, number ranges and Payment configuration etc.
• Configuration of AA (FI-AA). - Creating Legacy Assets and maintaining the prerequisites such as Chart of Depreciation, account determination, screen layouts, asset classes, defining depreciation key separately for book depreciation and Tax depreciation, asset master record and sub assets, acquisition, Creating Legacy Assets, Period end Closing
• Configuration of Controlling area(CO), Maintaining CO version, Maintaining number ranges for planning and actual transactions in CO and Defining primary and secondary Cost Elements
• Creation of Cost Center Groups and cost centers (CO-CCA), Defining different Activity types and Statistical key figures, Settings for Allocation of costs among cost objects with different methods like Assessments, distributions and reposting
• Creation of allocation structures and settlement profiles, Creation of Different Internal Order Types, maintain planning and budgeting of Internal orders(CO-IO)
• Imparting to the End Users.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in AS-IS & To-Be process flow charts and designed blueprint workshops for finalising Organisation elements and for many integrated processes
• Understanding Business process of the Client’s Business and actively involved in SAP-FI/CO Implementation
• Responsible for Accounts Payable Business Process documentation AS-IS and TO-BE
• Organized and facilitated Business Process workshops to define as-is and to-be processes for Procure-To-Pay processes
• General Ledger (FI-GL) taking care for uploading master data and configuring the pre-requisites which includes Creation of Chart of Accounts, Account groups, and Retained earnings accounts, etc.
• Prototyped steps for entering a TE report, settle the report, create posting run to FI
• Configured AP workflow process for approval of invoices and expense
• Payable (FI-AP) master data reports with level of approval linked to an approval amount
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), and Accounts uploading and maintaining the prerequisites such as creation of account groups, number ranges and Payment configuration etc.
• Configuration of AA (FI-AA). - Creating Legacy Assets and maintaining the prerequisites such as Chart of Depreciation, account determination, screen layouts, asset classes, defining depreciation key separately for book depreciation and Tax depreciation, asset master record and sub assets, acquisition, Creating Legacy Assets, Period end Closing
• Configuration of Controlling area(CO), Maintaining CO version, Maintaining number ranges for planning and actual transactions in CO and Defining primary and secondary Cost Elements
• Creation of Cost Center Groups and cost centers (CO-CCA), Defining different Activity types codes and Statistical key figures, Settings for Allocation of costs among cost objects with different methods like Assessments, distributions and reposting
• Creation of allocation structures and settlement profiles, Creation of Different Internal Order Types, maintain planning and budgeting of Internal orders(CO-IO)
• Thoroughly involved in creation of Test Scenarios, Unit and Integration Testing and Documented the Results.
• Involved in the analysis of business processes of FI-GL, A/P, A/R, CO-PA modules.
• Configured travel & expense management tasks: defined trip variant, assigned organizational areas, made global settings, defined travel expense types
• Prototyped steps for entering a T&E report, settle the report, create posting run to FI
• Imparting to the End Users.
• Performed post Go-Live Support

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in AS-IS process flow charts and designed blueprint workshops for finalising Organisation elements and for many integrated processes
• Developed test cases and involved in unit testing and Integrating testing
• Instrumental in developing Functional specs for data migration using BDC. Worked closely with Development team
• Configured the General Ledger module
• Defined Chart of Accounts, Account groups
• Extensively exposed to integration issues of FI with MM and SD
• Implemented New GL, Activated new Ledger, Performed document splitting, Parallel Accounting and periodic processing
• Automatic Account Determination, GR/IR, Down Payments.
• Created General ledger master data of various B/S and P&L accounts both at chart of accounts level and company code level.
• Created Bank Master data, House banks and GL accounts
• Modification to the Field Status variants according to Clients specifications
• Configuring Financial Statement version as per the Client requirements
• Creation of Customer/Vendor Accounts Groups, Number Ranges, and Customer/ Vendor Masters Creation
• Configuration of Payment Terms for Customers/Vendors
• Configured interest calculation methods for Customers/Vendor Payments and Bank Interest.
• Documented End user manual and trained users - worked closely with them during Post- Go live period
• In-depth knowledge in configuration, implementation, ASAP methodology, system design and development and gathering user requirements
• Active member in conducting the team meetings, Customer feedback meetings & self-assimilation programs.

Confidential, Middlebury, CT

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for FI-GL, AA, 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.
• Automatic Account Determination, GR/IR, Down Payments.
• Configuration of Asset Accounting Module Integrating with PS Module
• Configured Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, Cost Center Hierarchies, cost element groups, cost centers.
• Transitioned and Managed Accounts Payable (Invoice Processing, Vendor Master, Payments & T&E) for Confidential US & Canada with a 5 member team
• Daily operational planning and work allocation
• Configured and customized Chart of accounts, Company code Global Parameters, Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Account Groups, Field Status Groups, Tolerance Groups and Activity Type Codes.
• Root Cause Analysis of process errors and provide feedback to the team
• Complete all month/year end activities as per the Financial Calendar.
• Design process maps to ensure standardization of processes and create tracking mechanisms for knowledge transfer & knowledge management.
• Implementing the SAP Travel Management on an ECC 6.0 system. Duties include analyzing client requirements, developing solutions, configuring SAP to meet those requirements, application testing, and documentation.
• Defining CTQ parameters of the process, Conduct time and motion study, base lining exercises and identify SLA and KPI metrics
• Conduct volume analysis and FTE calculation
• End to end project management using DMAIC methodology - Ensure seamless, timely and profitable migration.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Business process of the Client’s Business and actively involved in SAP-FI/CO Implementation
• Structuring the Organization as per client requirement
• General Ledger (FI-GL) taking care for uploading master data and configuring the pre-requisites which includes Creation of Chart of Accounts, Account groups, and Retained earnings accounts, etc.
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), and Accounts Payable (FI-AP) master data uploading and maintaining the prerequisites such as creation of account groups, number ranges and Payment configuration etc.
• Configuration of AA (FI-AA). - Creating Legacy Assets and maintaining the prerequisites such as Chart of Depreciation, account determination, screen layouts, asset classes, defining depreciation key separately for book depreciation and Tax depreciation, asset master record and sub assets, acquisition, Creating Legacy Assets, Period end Closing
• Configuration of Controlling area(CO), Maintaining CO version, Maintaining number ranges for planning and actual transactions in CO and Defining primary and secondary Cost Elements
• Creation of Cost Center Groups and cost centers (CO-CCA), Defining different Activity types and Statistical key figures, Settings for Allocation of costs among cost objects with different methods like Assessments, distributions and reposting
• Creation of allocation structures and settlement profiles, Creation of Different Internal Order Types, maintain planning and budgeting of Internal orders(CO-IO)
• Imparting to the End Users