SUMMARY:

• Around 10 years of experience in IT/Software field as SAP FI/CO functional consultant
• Expertize in configuration and customization of SAP - FI (GL, AP, AR, AA or Asset Accounting, Petty cash)
• Expertize in configuration and customization of SAP-CO (Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, and Profitability Analysis)
• Experienced in 2 full cycle implementation projects
• Integration of FI with MM, SD and HR
• Expertise in SAP In-House cash(IHC), Dispute management and Collection Management functionalities from FSCM
• FI integration with IS-Media package and SAP Travel Management system
• Worked on integration between SAP and ARIBA Network
• Expertise in New GL Functionality (Document Splitting),
• Good understanding of an SAP system from business process, cross functional and integration view points
• Good knowledge in configuration, implementation, ASAP methodology, and gathering user requirements
• FI-GL: GL master, chart of accounts, account groups, posting period variant, fiscal year variant, field status variant, tolerance groups, financial statement version, posting, account balances, financial reporting, closing activities, Multiple foreign currencies, foreign currency valuation/translation
• FI-AR: Customer master, dunning, document reversal, sales returns, credit control, credit management, one-time customer, automatic payment, customer account groups, incoming payments, reset AR cleared items, terms of payment, house bank, Customer collections & invoice clearing through EDI, Customer chargeback, Revenue Recognition/RAR
• FI-AP: Vendor master, automatic payment program, check management, purchase returns, one time vendor, vendor account groups, reset AP cleared items
• FI-AA: Asset master, chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, integration with GL, valuation of assets, postings and reporting, asset explorer
• Experienced in cash management areas
• Good understanding of Sales & Purchase Tax system (India, EU), TDS
• Worked on RUNBOOK Packaged business solution, an add-on to SAP system, to manage monthly & yearly closing activities
• Cost Element Accounting: Master data, cost element group, cost element category, reconciliation ledger
• Cost Centre Accounting: Cost centre master, standard hierarchy, activity types, planning, postings, allocations, reporting, closing activities, activity based costing
• Internal Orders: Master data, order types, postings, settlements, closing activities
• Profitability Analysis: Structure, characteristics, value fields, allocations, value flows, planning, postings, summarizations
• Moderate exposure in SAP-PS module
• Good experience with CO Report Painter tool, Validation/Substitution, SAP Query, LSMW, BDC, ALE & IDOC. Solution architect level experience with Z-developments & Enhancements
• Thorough working knowledge in ITSM ticketing tool
• Leadership qualities as well as team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Played lead role in functional service delivery with tasks like communication with client, decision making task, to meet dead line of deliverables, project planning & milestone set
• Done task allocation to team members, coordinating with them, reviewing their work (Issue resolution, Functional Design, and testing)
• Experienced in Media, Telecom, Consumer goods, Trading, Retail, Engine& Spare parts and services domains

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP:  SAP ECC 6.0

Operating Systems:  Windows 2000/2003/NT/98/ME/XP/Vista/7/8, Mac, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP Business Consultant

Confidential, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Design and build solution for various custom requirements based on business request in RTR
• Ensure successful test, deployment and support of any new RICEFW object in RTR
• Support customer collections, chargebacks and invoice clearing process through EDI
• Worked on complex SAP-ARIBA interface enhancements
• Support closing activities for foreign currency valuation with multiple foreign currencies scenarios
• Perform, Coordinate North America regression test for any changes done under EU rollout
• Provide support for North America SAP business users

SAP Business Consultant 

Confidential, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Resolving daily maintenance issues/tickets raised by Finance & Controlling users as per SLA
• Support all issues in Finance including financial reporting.
• Analysis of new change requests in Finance, designing the solution for development
• Testing of the solutions delivered, provide support for UAT
• Supervising periodic releases for FI module in production and system maintenance

SAP Team Lead 

Confidential  

Responsibilities:

• Finance AR process FIT-GAP analysis for a country against global business template and create change requests for GAPs.
• Design solution documents or Functional Specs for the change requests in FI-AR
• Testing of the developments done for the change requests in FI-AR
• Supporting the business users during UAT and solving their queries
• Reviewing configuration, fixing gaps and maintain list of activities for final deployment.

SAP Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Correction of any configuration gap in FI once new ECC 6 system is installed
• Conduct successful testing of all existing business scenarios in Finance process in new system and fix issues if any
• Implement any new feature in ECC 6 which replaced obsolete setting in old 4.7 version
• Conduct end user and support FI team training for the delta observed during upgrade
• Cut over activity in Finance, post go-live support after upgrade
• Configuration of new IHC settings as per existing process, deactivation of old IHC functionality
• Design the solution for developments required to implement the changes in new IHC
• Creation of new SEPA payment files for external IHC payments as per AOS2 format
• Support all user testing activities and documentation, Go-live support.

SAP Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Looking after any deliver issues in Finance & Controlling area on daily basis and ensure escalation free operation
• Ensure team performance matrices are always within defined threshold and KPIs are delivered
• Provide SME support for any critical and high complex issue including FICO month end.
• Prepare monthly reports and update client management on regular basis
• Working on the issues reported in revenue recognition & reporting
• Supporting SAP revenue accounting and reporting functionality.
• Prepare estimation for any new project, resource planning and team management

SAP Team Lead

Confidential 

Responsibilities:

• Independently worked on 9 enhancement requests in FI module from outline solution design to deployment stage.
• Handling service requests (daily support incidents) in Finance and Controlling.
• Supporting FICO Month-End Closing activities.
• Have worked on service requests related to project planning/forecasting, project MEC activities, PCA issues
• Managing enhancement requirements which involve FS preparation, test case design, testing the delivered solution, client support in UAT, managing the release & deployment of solution into production system.

SAP Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of AS-IS & expectations, GAP analysis, presentation of TO-BE process in format of Business Blue Print(BBP) for Finance & Controlling
• Realization of the proposed blue print
• Successful completion of unit test & integration test plan, UAT support
• Designed solution for some complex custom developments including Revenue recognition process
• FICO Cut over activities for Go-Live
• Post Go-Live support.

SAP Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Customizing the FI-AR requirements in SAP as per the Business Blue Print
• Integration Testing & User Training for Finance team.
• Cut Over activity & Go-Live Support.

SAP Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of Finance Receivables process for media as well as general revenue
• Designing a Z module for Accounts Receivables as per requirements of SAP & Legacy
• Integration testing of IS-Media and Receipts module (Z module)
• Developments to integrate online transactions into SAP
• Cut over activities for Go-Live

SAP Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of current Finance and controlling business processes of the client
• Gap analysis and mapping the requirements(BPB) in R/3 system
• Configuring basic company code requirements, AP, AR &Asset Accounting process of client in SAP R/3
• Designed MIS reports required by client in Finance
• Integration testing, conducting training sessions for the users
• Post Go-Live support.

SAP Consultant 

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of current Finance & controlling business processes of the client
• Gap analysis and mapping the requirements (BBP) in R/3 system & realization.
• Designed MIS reports required by client in Finance
• Integration testing, conducting training sessions for the users and roll out
• Post Go-Live support.