PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Proven technical and functional resource with over 9+ years’ experience in designing, implementing, testing, and supporting multiple SAP FICO, FSCM, FICA, RMCA, Funds & Grants Management, IS - Banking,
• Corporate Treasury and Banking projects across Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia. A motivated self-starter, able to quickly grasp issues and great attention to details.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools: SAP FI AP, AR, New G/L PSCD & FSCD Collections and Disbursement& FI Revenue Management FICA: Contract Accounting, Insurance Object, Incoming Payments(Cash Desk and Security Deposit), Payment Program, Dunning, Returns, Settlement Rules, Promise To Pay, Write - Offs / Value Adjustments, Installment Plan and Master Data planning FSCM Cash Management/Transaction Management/Liquidity PlannerCash Management-Cash Position, Bank Accounting, Liquidity Forecast, Liquidity Planner, BPC International banking correspondence & Interface (Treasury, Lockbox, EBS(Electronic Bank Statement) & Swift processing Treasury Debt/Investment Management SOX Compliance and Internal controls FSCM In House Cash Cash pooling, Netting, IC bill settlement and IC loan processing, Zero Balance Account FSCM Credit Management, Dispute Management &Collections Management & investment management FSCM Payer/ Biller s Direct: Integration with FI-AR FSCM EHP 6.0 - Bank Communications Management Swift Integration (MT940, 942, 101, 103), BAI1, BAI2&XML 20022, SEPA & SWIFT Payment Medium Workbench, EDI and IDocs IS Banking: Consumer & Mortgage Loans Deposit Management (SAP DM), Bank Customer Accounts (SAP BCA), Loans Management (SAP CML), Collateral Management (SAP CM), Bank Analyzer (SAP BA), SAP Payment Engine SAP CO CCA, PCA SAP Testing (Unit, String, Integration, Regression, UAT) Experience in eCATT and HP Quality Center for Testing, Remedy ticketing system, BGCS RWD Info Pak and uPerform for developing documentation and materials

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Stamford, CT

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Ticket resolution and answering how-to questions
• Responsible for detailed problem determination of issuesforFIGL,AA,COCCA,IO, FIMM, FISDandPAescalated from Level-1.
• Problem determination includes re-creating the issues, determining the point of failure by stepping through the ABAP Code and identifying the problem resolution.
• If the resolution is a major development or configuration fix, provide the necessary change detail to Level 3.
• On month ends Reconciliation ofCOPA,FIandPCAreports.
• To have the deepest level of application or product understanding.
• Physical Inventory postings.
• Changes to conditions type and pricing procedure for the additional posting for the intercompany transactions.
• End user .
• Able to understand both the standard application features (i.e. out of the box functionality) as well as the detailed components of the customized features.
• Responsible for making changes, migrating them, completing the ticket and communicating the change to the level 2 support person, who can then resolve and close the call.
• Determine problems found by the proactive application monitoring being done on a regular basis by the level 2 support person. Therefore, the level 3 person may also have to apply patches, complete performance tuning, re-create tables or indices, etc.
• Co-ordination of problem tickets with offshore resources (functional as well as technical) to ensure that the tickets are resolved within the stipulated SLAs.
• Ensuring that offshore team resources are properly loaded, help them in solving tickets where required and ascertain that the tickets are resolved well within the stipulated SLA timelines set.

Confidential, NJ

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided functional and process expertise on In-house Cash and SWIFT global disbursement/network integration using FSCM - BCM (Bank Communications Management) and In House Cash solution. Primary focus on SWIFT integration using SIPS, banking systems and electronic banking interfaces specifications and Cash Management Integration with EBS.
• Defined and developed a new cash and banking processes to achieve optimization for SWIFT integration package.
• Provided functional and process expertise on SWIFT global disbursement and network integration using FSCM - BCM Bank Communications Management via SWIFTNet Alliance Lite 2, payments batching and payment medium workbench.
• Creation of a Centralized (In House) Bank and Pay-On-Behalf (POB) functionality
• Intercompany settlement
• Validation and documentation of local legal requirements on bank area set up and bank account ownership
• Created functional/technical specifications for RICEFW items.
• Developed end-to-end configuration documents for global SWIFT disbursement steps including BCM customizations, BCM connector interface and SAP Integration Package for SWIFT (SIPS).
• Assisted in designing SAP’s BCM Connector interface for multiple BCM instances.
• Configured BCM workflow, batching rules, payment status monitor, and bank statement monitor.
• Developed conversion path to convert payment format to Payment Method Workbench (PMW) format.
• Designed and configured configuration of payment methods encompassing Manual vs. automatic payment, free-from payment, ISO 20022 XML and non-ISO format payment, Domestic vs. foreign payment, SEPA payment, MT940, MT950, MT942, MT103 and MT101.
• Configured Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) to automate payment open items and bank accounts reconciliation.
• Advised and implemented Collections, Dispute and Cash Management Integration process integration.
• Implemented a global bank master update with AP, VIM, T&E and Payments integration
• Knowledge of external and internal best practices relevant to aligned process areas •
• Assisted with end-to-end integration testing and User Acceptance Testing and provided go-live support.
• Tapped as an advisor/architect on a separate in-house project to help define business processes and configuration on FICA: Customer Account Management, Billing, Customer Accounting, Payments processing, Clearing, Dunning (Collections) and General Ledger Accounting
• Led blueprint discussion on IS-U (FS Business Partner, FSCD, Contract Accounting, Installment Plans, Broker Collections, Dunning, and Correspondence) FI-CA - Disbursement and Collections Management, Cash Management and Treasury Transaction Manager.
• Created and configured created master data models (business partners, contract accounts and insurance objects) in FS-CD & FICA Revenue Management (RMCA).
• Developed materials and trained in FSCM, FICA,FICO AP, AR and GL
• Worked with business process owners to develop course outlines and End User materials.
• Prepared and built data set and scenarios for user .
• Conducted multiple train the trainer session with business SMEs. Train the Trainer.
• Managed & resolved functionalissues in FI (GL/AP/AR / Bank).
• Participating in FI and CO team meetings related to priority issues.
• Provided support in the period end closing activities (GR/IR) clearing, opening FI periods.
• Resolved the incident requests in AR & AP,HR along with master data issues.
• Tested Scenarios like Vendor master data maintenance, vendor invoice, credit memo posting, parking and posting parked invoices, cancel vendor invoice posted through invoice verification, and Accounts Payable (FI-AP) reports.
• Creation offunctionalspecifications for the various change requests handled
• Involved Customer & vendor Master data management

Environment: ECC 6.0

Confidential, Greensboro, NC

SAP Implementation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported the client in Post Go Live and worked on Post Production Issues
• Facilitated and managed blueprint phases with focus on key business processes and Integration (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay), Cash Management, Dispute and Collections Management, Case and Record Management and Credit Management.
• Configured FI-AR, AP, Business Partner/Customer synchronization, Vendor Master, Bank Accounting/Recon, EDI/IDOCs, Intercompany Billing and Receivables, Dunning and tolerances.
• Developed global strategy on International Banking for all subsidiary and FX Valuation.
• Configured Cash Position, Cash Forecast, Electronic Bank Statement processing (BAI2, SWIFT, Current Day and Prior Day).
• Created different treasury reports related to daily treasury processes using drilldown reports and SAP Query.
• Configured multiple BADIs/user exits in Dispute and Collections Management (RMS ID, Element types, Record Model, Workflow, Work list, Promise to Pay and process integration with AR).
• Defined and configured credit segments, Rating procedure, formulas, limit calculations, Risk Classes and integration with D&B.
• Developed functional specifications for ABAP development (user exits and BADI) in 1099 MISC Reporting-US Withholding tax/IRS transmission file and LSMW for data upload.
• Provided support on FI-Asset Accounting, CO-PA and CCA.
• Developed day/month-end bank reconciliation and close procedures.
• Assisted with user and integration testing, coordination of transports to production.
• Collecting business requirement from the client and map to SAP system.
• Ensured timely account reconciliation- AR/AP/GRIR to support month end balance sheet reviews.
• Conducted and coordinated the support related meetings and reporting with the local and onsite teams.
• Involved in support of integration issues with Vertex application software.
• FI-MM integration - Working on 3 way matching concept.
• Have worked on the vendor master records and set up - verifying the vendor p2p documents, Bank Details, LTO (Letter heads ) and RTQ, RTV
• Intercompany trading scenarios (STO, direct shipment, 3rd party)
• Involved in COPA, Maintained the operating concern, assigned the value fields, OBYC settings, maintained changes in the FI-SD integration changes, defined the key figure schemes.
• Prepared month end reports and configured relevant master data.
• Provided Support during Month end and year closing - Foreign currency valuation, No. range extension and worked on BGCS tool.
• Provided to end users.

Environment: ECC 6.0

Confidential, San Jose. CA

SAP Implementation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the As-Is system, did a profound GAP analysis and successfully designed and mapped the To-Be system. Documented the configurations and prepared functional/ technical specifications.
• Configuration of FI global settings, Configured company code, Created GL accounts, Defined posting keys, maintained field status variants and assigned to company code, screen variants for document entry as per business specifications and tested the configuration in various scenarios.
• Configured the settings in GL area, such as creating G/L master data, open item clearing.
• Customer account groups, terms of payment, tolerance limits for customer payments, special GL indicators, dunning, and down payments.
• Configured revenue integration with SD and credit management with dynamic check of the credit limit at the time of sales order.
• Configuration for the creation of A/R invoices and posting of manual incoming payments with differences.
• Process Payment advices to clear customer open items through automatic processing of batch input sessions.
• Setting up of own payment methods, payment files and advices through change in SAP scripts
• Configuration and creation of house banks, bank accounts and assignment of these accounts to a check lot. Configured automatic payment program for out-going payments in A/P.
• Configured payment terms, over-due interest calculations, cash discounts and automatic clearing of line items.
• Involved in the support and users s.
• Configured FI-MM integration interface in the areas of enterprise structure, Automatic postings for MM through OBYC, Defined required GL accounts for various transaction keys.
• Configured FI-SD integration interface in the area of Enterprise Structure, and Revenue accounts determination through VKOA, mapping required GL accounts to the account keys.
• Involved in solving the production issues in Automatic Payment Program (APP), Account Assignment, and interest calculation on open items, foreign currency valuation, regrouping of line items, check management and void reason codes.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on USA Application - Phoebus.
• Calculating the interest and finance charges.
• Working on debt sold accounts and removed the late fees of customers.
• Preparation of User Manual Procedures.
• Analyzing the documented information and converting it into assertive forms
• Identified and proposed business process and system enhancements.
• Identified, interpreted, validated and documented customer requirements.
• Joined RISE program as a member of Record to Report (R2R)/ Finance team.
• Understanding the existing business Processes in various discussions with the client & studying the available documents & preparation of Business Blue Print.
• Involved in the customization of Organizational elements for Financial Accounting like Creation of Company, Company Code etc.
• Mapped business processes into SAP Financial Accounting.
• Creation and maintenance of master records.
• Involved in Configuration of GL, AA, AR & AP with Banking (EBS and manual payments )
• Worked on Roles and Authorization Matrix by coordinating with Basis Team
• Working on the SAP Master Data Management (AP,AR,GL,CO)
• Also worked on PO based, Non Po based invoices and their maintenance
• Identified and documented the strategic orientations and project scope .
• Identified the needs of stakeholders and the impact on the company -Analyzed user requirements
• Following standard analysis procedures to understand the primary format and scope of the system requirements