SUMMARY:

• Accomplished and Integrity driven professional having Performed multiple consulting roles as SAP FICO consultant with 10 years of consulting experience in SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO) modules handling various responsibilities of Application design, development and implementation.
• Successfully implemented Full life cycle projects, Rollouts, Upgradation project and Production support project with various clients for industries like Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Utilities, Health Care & Medical, Automotive, AFS and Telecommunication industries.
• Involved in Requirements gathering, Re - engineering processes, Fit/gap analysis, Workshops, Blue print preparation, Configuration, Testing and Training.
• Strong expertise in functional configuration and implementation of FI-G/L, New GL, FI-A/P, FI-A/R, FA/AM, FI-Banking, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, COPA and Product Costing especially in highly Complex Business Environment.
• Configuration, testing, archiving and support experience with different SAP Versions 4.6 B, 4.6C, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 and EHP.
• Extensively worked on the integration of cross modules MM, SD, PP, PS and Vistex with FI and CO.
• Work with Onsite/offshore team closely to set the expectations of business deliverables on time
• Good knowledge with ABAP routines for enhancements, closely worked with ABAP team members.
• Knowledge of FI-ABAP objects like Data Dictionary, Dialog Programming, and RICEFW
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug standard SAP ABAP code.
• Worked on all stages of life cycle implementation in Business Process Engineering & Analysis, As-Is Study, To-Be Process (conducted Workshops), GAP Analysis, Blueprint Mapping & BPP (Coordinated with Counter Part/SME’s), Testing (Unit/Regression/Integration), GO-LIVE, Post Production Support, End User Training (Job-Aid), Trouble Shooting, Cut Over Planning/Activities and Documentation using ASAP methodology.
• Knowledge of different aspects of a business relating to FI-G/L Transactions, Inter Company Transactions, House Banks, Automatic Payment Programs, Credit Management, Cash Application, Clearing Inter-company Vendor/Customer Open Items, Reconciliation Accounts, Carry Forward Balance, Lock Box and Dunning.
• Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE IDocs & EDI), user-exits, and reporting tools
• Worked extensively in New GL based on IFRS guidelines, parallel ledgers, document splitting and segment reporting.
• Experienced with HP ALM, SNAP.
• Experience in SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting and SAP RTR - Record to Report and ICR
• Knowledge in BPC and Reporting in BW/BI
• Knowledge in S/4 HANA systems, Simple Finance.
• Strong experience in creating reports using Report Painter, Report Writer and SAP Query etc.
• Worked on COPA configuration of Key figures schemas, characteristics derivation, Hierarchies etc
• Extensive work experience and technical proficiency in implementation of major functionalities like Electronic Bank Statements, Payments, Electronic and Manual Check deposit, Payment Advices, complete Check Management functionality.
• Lockbox configuration, Lockbox Processing, setting up house banks, defining lockbox accounts at House banks, defining lockbox parameters and Posting data and testing the lockbox functionality.
• Worked on end to end configuration and testing of Tax calculation ad posting on Purchases and Sales using condition technique such as Tax Calculation procedure, Access Sequences, Condition types and Tax Codes. Experience in implementing interfaces with external tax systems like Taxware and Vertex.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, OTC, PTP, APP, Lockbox configuration, ICR - Inter Company Reconciliation Tool, Resource Related Billing, LSMW and dunning process. Experienced in designing interfaces, conversion and data mapping programs for data flow to/from existing legacy systems.
• Experience with Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience with client presentations, assessments, conducting business process workshops. Multiple currencies accounting and multiple currency valuation. Expertise in cross company code transactions.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams throughout the organization to identify and assess system issue influencing multiple departments. Prepared End User Training & Documentation material.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to resolve issues, drive projects and meet deadlines.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and Good written and oral skills.
• Ability to learn fast and apply the knowledge to meet the business requirements and have the functional experience to understand and propose changes

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP R/3 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7EE, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, EHP 4/6/7

DBMS: MS-Access, SQL Server.

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000, XP, NT and UNIX.

General Tools: LSMW, CATT, Mercury Test Director.

Others: MS Office suites, Visio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,WA 

Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide functional expertise, knowledge transfer, guidance, and training to end users
• Resolved issues related to Automatic Payment Program (APP).
• Prepare all levels of test scripts responsible for regression testing, interface testing and providing support to UAT.
• Execution of different FICO test scenarios and defect management using HPQC
• Script development and perform testing triage
• Involved in Post migration and Cutover activities

Confidential,PA 

 Lead SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0.

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirements through client meetings and designed the Financial Accounting business processes.
• Actively involved in conducting workshops on Org structure, CCA, PCA, and ongoing Financial activities
• Configured Organizational Units, Company Global settings (Fiscal year variants, Postings period Variants, Document Field Status Variants). Defined Accounting structure for the company (Chart of Accounts, Account groups, General Ledger master Records)
• Resolve routine AP issues like Automatic Payment Program (APP), payment terms, banks issues.
• Resolve issues related to Invoice verification (MIRO), GR/IR clearing, Automatic clearing and ECS
• Configure new House Bank, account determination, Payment method (Check, ACH, Wire Transfer)
• Provided support for new Asset Master Data Maintenance.
• Utilized the FI Drill down reporting to meet the client specific requirement like plan and actual comparisons for the financial statements, Drill down reports by profit center
• Configured Extended Withholding Tax Settings
• Maintained Automatic Account Determination for MM & SD Pricing & Revenue Recognition
• Customized and implemented the revenue recognition, including the customization for FI accounts for unbilled and deferred revenue.
• Developed complex business design for all FI/TR/CO process incorporating gaps, interfaces (IDocs), reports, enhancements and data conversions from the legacy system
• Customization and configuration for Creation of master data - GL postings and reversal of documents, made settings for recurring entries, Accruals documents, intercompany transactions, Special GL transactions - Down Payments
• Reconciliation of COPA, FI and PCA reports
• Worked on NEW G/L Configuration on Document Splitting, Parallel Ledgers and Segment Reporting.
• Resolved issues relating to Procurement to Pay and Order to Cash cycles, which involves third party sales scenarios.
• Extensively worked on Vendor/Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
• Provide functional expertise, knowledge transfer, guidance, and training to end users

Confidential, Houston, TX 

Lead FICO Functional Consultant 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and interpret user/system requirements so as to prepare “As-is document” and “Business Blue Print” for baseline configuration of GL, AR, AP, BA and AA.
• Configure different Company Codes and Chart of Account with different currency and fiscal year variants.
• Configure and Customize the Chart of accounts, Account Groups, G/L account master records, G/L display configurations, Document splitting, Segments and Parallel Accounting, Financial Statement versions, Recurring items.
• To migrate Master Data (GL, Vendor, Customer & Asset) and Transaction data from legacy into SAP using LSMW.
• Configure Payment term, Dunning Program, Interest calculation & posting
• Configure Automatic Payment Programs, Down Payments, Clearing Open Items
• Customize bank related accounting, bank master data, house banks and G/L accounts in different currencies for each bank account, Lockbox and Electronic Bank Statement(EBS)
• Designed unit test cases inclusive of GL, AP, AR and System Integration Testing for P2P (Procurement to pay), (Order to Cash) and (Logistic Invoice Verification) Cycles.
• Order to Cash (SAP FICO - SD Integration) implementations with complex billing and invoicing and resource related billing solutions, Revenue Recognition, Pricing procedure, Intercompany sales and STO, Credit Management.
• Intercompany Reconciliation (ICR) of customer documents and vendor documents of affiliated companies in the group
• Account Assignment & Account determination for integrating MM and SD module with FI.
• Configure settings for Controlling Area and maintaining Versions.
• Create Cost Elements, Cost Element Groups, maintain Cost Element Attributes.
• Create cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center categories, document numbers.
• Configure settings for Cost center and Profit Center hierarchy, Actual Postings, Periodic Reposting, Distribution, Assessment, and Product Costing with Cost Splitting Valuation - PA-structure, value fields, planning and reporting.
• Defined asset classes, depreciation areas and depreciation keys.
• Specified Document Type for Posting of Depreciation, Specified Account Assignment types for Account Assignment Object, Defined Depreciation Areas, Specify Transfer of APC Values, and Determined Depreciation Areas in the Fixed Asset Class.
• Maintained Depreciation keys, Define Screen Layout for Fixed Asset Master Data & Fixed Asset Depreciation Areas.
• Maintaining multi-level methods and performing depreciation run. Maintaining maximum amount limits for low value assets and asset classes.
• Prepare all levels of test scripts and responsible for unit testing, module testing and providing support to UAT.
• Prepare the Business Blueprints, BPML, Business process procedure, configuration document, test scripts. 

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA 

FICO Consultant 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0.

• Provided 24/7 support covering General ledger, Accounts receivables, Accounts Payables and Asset accounting
• Maintain on-going configuration of the installed SAP modules, Review and analyze FI business requirements and provide technical and functional specifications for these requirements
• Providing support for multiple customers at one time irrespective of their level to help them perform the SAP transactions easily & smoothly for all the changes which comes as support tickets
• Complete Comprehensive Knowledge transfer & documentation. Resolution of Problems through tickets
• Designed Specification documents as per the System Requirements, Prepared flowcharts. Instructing, Training & helping the users of all the departments to understand the process flow and learn the SAP transactions to perform their corresponding operations
• Gathered business requirements through client meetings and designed the financial accounting business processes
• Coordinating with Material management team members for the purchase to pay process, worked in team to resolve issues in relation to Logistics Invoice verification processes and vendor open item payment using APP
• Built test scripts & Input Master Data for testing purposes

Confidential, Malvern, PA 

SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 Version 4.7.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as FICO Consultant responsible for maintenance and supporting CO-PA, New GL, AR, AP, CCA, PCA and Product Costing.
• Implemented Lockbox for customer payments through American Express Bank. Configured the Lockbox and Bank Master relevant settings in SAP. Worked with Developer to implement the customer exit for identifying the AR open item based on custom algorithm.
• Good understanding of SAP Process Flow - Procure to Pay and Order to Cash for different business scenarios.
• Configuring and Customizing Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis and Profit Center Accounting sub-modules in CO
• In Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA) configured and customized the Standard Hierarchy for cost centers, maintained Activities, Statistical Key Figures, developed cost sheet, cycles, segments for cost center distributions and assessment of overhead costs. Configured and customized the settlement structures, cost splits for activity price calculations
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), created the Operating concern, configured costing based profitability analysis. Defined and configured the reporting characteristics, value field, profitability segments used in profitability analysis
• Defined Source Symbols, Planning Groups and Planning Levels.
• Product Costing: Performed material costing with cost estimate using quantity structure. Costing runs with bifurcation into variable and fixed cost. Analyzed costing runs. Analyzed BOM and materials type. Inventory valuation.
• Worked extensively in analyzing the costing rolls errors and co-ordinate with data migration team to make the changes to Master Data such as Material, BOMs, Routings, Source Lists, Inforecords and Work Centers which caused the costing differences.
• Experience in defining Costing Sheet and calculating Overhead.
• Configured the derivative structures and rule for characteristics. Defined both basic reports and form reports for the business units by profit centers to analyze the profit at customer and product levels. Developed multiple reports for the reporting of profitability. Configured the flow of information from SD/CO-CCA/CO-PC/CO-IO/FI and MM, and carried out extraction of data from COPA to SAP BW system
• Account Assignment & Account determination for integrating MM and SD module with FI.
• Configure the Asset Screen layout rules and Asset Classes.
• Configure the Depreciation Key’s according to the Business Requirements.
• Experience in Fixed Asset Accounting with New General Ledger.
• Integration Experience in Asset Accounting and Internal Order with Investment Management.

Confidential, Chantilly VA

SAP FICO Consultant 

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the existing Blue Print and identified areas of entire Controlling Configuration.
• Involved in entire CO configuration based on the requirements of the client
• Created Controlling Area, Operating Concern, assigned company codes to controlling area and assigned number ranges to the controlling area.
• Configured Extended Withholding Tax (1099) Settings.
• Configuration of Interest Calculation.
• Involved in the creation of the primary and secondary Cost Elements, cost element groups and assigned number ranges to groups.
• Defined Cost Center Hierarchies, cost centers, cost center groups, activity types and statistical key figures.
• Defined distribution and assessment cycles for departmental allocations and defined planning profiles
• Involved in Internal Order configuration and created few required Order Types and provided the necessary Settlement Profile for Order Types.
• Planning for CCA, Internal Orders, Activity Price Calculation (Plan/Actual), CCA Plan Allocations, Actual Cost Flows(FI, MM, SD)
• Closing Activities like Posting of Actual Quantities, Actual Price Calculations, CCA Variance Allocation and Internal Order Settlement.
• Reporting related to Cost Center, Internal Order and Statistical Key Figures
• Worked with technical team in mass data changes to the cost-center master records using BDC and processing batch input session in SM35.
• Configured LOCK BOX functionality for BAI Format.
• In Profit Center Accounting maintained the basic settings and master data for profit centers, Profit center groups, dummy profit centers, profit center hierarchy, assessments, distributions etc
• Profit Center assignment to other master data like Sales Order(PC Derivation), Materials, Assets, Cost Centers and Internal Orders
• Created and displayed profit center reports from the management perspective
• Configured Electronic bank statements, importing of electronic bank statement, displaying bank statements, conversion programs, post processing of bank statements.
• Configured Electronic check deposit. Payment advice comparisons with account and bank statements, interest calculation
• Worked on many other month end and year end reports using Report Painter.
• Provided Training to the Users to Use & Create Variants as well as Saving/Own User Specific Data.
• Involved in Data conversion from an external system using SAP LSMW.

 Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

SAP FI Asset management

Environment: SAP Version: R/3 4.7E

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Depreciation keys, Define Screen Layout for Fixed Asset Master Data & Fixed Asset Depreciation Areas in FI-AA.
• Specified Transfer of APC Values in Asset Accounting, Determined Depreciation Areas in the Fixed Asset Class in AA.
• Classified Fixed Asset using Character Evaluation Group in Asset Accounting, Defined Transfer type for Acquisition, Retirement, and Transfers & for Inter Company Asset Transfers in FI-Asset Accounting.
• Created new asset classes, chart of depreciation, depreciation keys.
• Created new tax depreciation keys for Federal, State, AMT, ACE in AA.
• In FI-AA created four Depreciation Areas to take care of Book Depreciation, US Federal Tax Depreciation, and Cost Depreciation, Management Depreciation.
• Group assets were created to take care of the Block Assets for Tax Depreciation purposes in Asset Accounting.
• Maintained Substitution Rules for Asset Master Data Mass Change.
• Configured the Asset Screen layout rules and Asset Classes.
• Involved in the month end activities
• Configured the Depreciation Key’s according to the Business Requirements.
• Experience in Fixed Asset Accounting with New General Ledger.
• Integration Experience in Asset Accounting and Internal Order with Investment Management.