SUMMARY:

• I am multi - skilled SAP professional with great all-round Functional and Technical expertise.
• Very capable with an ability to identify and then deal with a client’s needs by translating them into appropriate functional & technical solutions.
• Ihave knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley and US GAAP.
• Experienced in providing motivation, guidance and an up to date SAP service to both colleagues and clients.
• Extensive Functional & Technical knowledge of: SAP FICO, SD, SAP BI, Oracle, SQL, JDE, CORE systems, Invaluable.
• With 3 End to End full cycle implementations with recent configuration monthly Now looking for a new and challenging role dealing in SAP one which will make best use of my existing skills and experience and further my personal and professional development.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Identified business pain points and assessing how SAP FICO can improve efficiency
• Prepared summary level presentations and facilitate future state system design and process workshops to obtain client acceptance.
• Prepared in banking and MT940 upload processes in SAP.
• Demonstrated and trained team in understanding of banking or corporate treasury and related accounting business processes
• Demonstrated Solid understanding of SAP accounting (classic GL and/or New GL, A/P, A/R and Controlling).
• Performed and/or oversaw; configuration of SAP applications, creation of positive/negative unit test scripts, and execution of unit tests.
• Performed complex Configuration for Liquidity Planner & Cash Forecasting
• Trained client staff on design, application functions and configuration.
• Created and/or supported creation of integration/user acceptance test scenarios and scripts as well as facilitate and provide direct support for user testing.
• Created and/or supported creation of cutover plan and scripts as well as facilitate and provide direct support for production migration and go-live stabilization.
• Provided status updates on assigned work to management and, when required, act as a project manager on small to medium-sized projects.
• Performed in cross-functional team environments where strong interpersonal communication skills are essential.
• Analyzed data and prepare reports for multiple users
• Perform other related duties as required

Confidential

SAP Applications & Cutover Manager

• Identifying business pain points and assessing how SAP FICO can improve efficiency
• Translating vague business requirements into requirements and architecting solutions
• Executing SAP FICO projects by defining requirements, define functional specifications, working with IT in realizing the change, and working with finance users in testing, training and rolling out of changes
• Troubleshooting technical issues in SAP FICO and interacting with IT to resolve
• Reverse-engineering undocumented accounting processes and posting rules in SAP (e.g., evaluating PCA assessments and suggesting path forward)
• Evaluating functionality enhancements in SAP upgrades and managing the roll-out of upgrades
• Assist Business users on design and analyze reporting through use of BI tool
• Provide SAP functional application usage how to for business users
• Collaborate directly with finance business groups to resolve finance master data issues and develop recommendations/options to the group on how to best address/resolve issues
• Maintain finance master data elements within SAP ECC; assist business with resolving for any finance data quality issues
• Participating in design of finance master data framework
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures, rules and regulations
• Perform related and ad hoc duties as assigned
• Assist the Deployment Lead in all deployment-related tasks including work planning, scheduling, budgeting, metrics, training, pilots and resources      
• Develop Cutover Approach, Cutover Plan steps for managed functional area and link interdependencies
• Develop and conduct cutover communication sessions with project team, business cutover coordinators and application support teams
• Part of shift to run cutover operations center to track status, report/resolve/escalate issue for managed functional area

Confidential

AVP SAP Applications Analyst

• Design, implement, evaluate and manage SAP functional applications systems that interact with end users
• Building and maintaining relationships with business users, IT colleagues and external resources to foster teamwork and enable effective application delivery.
• Ensure the security of the functional applications information systems
• Use of application delivery tools and methods to understand and document business requirements; analyze existing and/or new information and applications; propose potential solutions; develop effective business cases; and execute selected technology solutions
• Preparation of FICO design document, configuration, testing plans, validation of results and training materials using approved tools, templates and methods
• Manage annual independent IT audit review of application Systems on a yearly basis and arrange and organized for presentation to CTO
• ABAP development, utilizing Debug to assess issues and potential bug fixes and or process improvements working with developers to define requirements and process technical specs to determine customizing or updating code, BAPI, BADI’s. functional modules
• Preparation of time estimates for completing projects.  Direct and coordinate of IT or business partner efforts to develop, test, install and/or modify programs.  Management of project tasks to ensure that they are completed on time and within budget.
• Assisted IT director with Execute PHP scripts
• Prepare, test, and implement the applications portion of Disaster Recovery plans
• Ensure that interfaces are in working order and assess each process performance on a regular basis
• Ensure that the system applications are user friendly, easy to navigate, secure and the user data incorporated is safeguarded
• Ensure configurations are correct and update to ensure function module are behaving to business process standard and that the content is not duplicated on other configuration platforms
• Keep abreast of new technologies for possible upgrades in terms of functional processing
• Initiate, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, procedures, and standards using agile methodology
• Define, deliver, and support strategic plans for implementing information technologies
• Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade and support of all applications systems
• Benchmark, analyze, report on and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of end user processing
• Oversee provision of end-user services, including help desk and technical support services
• Work with stakeholders to define business and systems requirements for new technology implementations
• Manage financial aspects of applications support department, including purchasing, budgeting and budget review
• Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for applications service delivery spending and initiatives
• Negotiate and administer vendor, outsourcer and consultant contracts and service agreements
• Practice asset management for company Sap applications management
• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, department heads and end users regarding pertinent end user activities
• Lead and handle all business processing projects and duties and responsibilities related to end user application usage as the business requires

Confidential

SAP Functional Applications Analyst

• Responsible for project planning and administration, scoping, determining and documenting business requirements, created functional specifications, developed and executed test plans and scripts, conducted acceptance testing, streamlined and improved current processes.
• Served as the primary point of contact for SAP applications modules SD, MM, FICO system support, implementation delivery projects, acting as a liaison between users, IT teams and third parties.
• Scrum Master practicing all agile methodology when collaborating with all IT, product owners, and third parties to effectively prioritize and execute projects and system development & support.
• Acted as subject matter expert on SAP SD, MM, FICO technology solutions and business processes within SAP lines of business and providing system and data support for business process execution.
• Developed updated delivery standards for BPO’s organization, including refined processes to gather business requirements, updated testing strategies, and enhanced business readiness approaches.
• Recommend plans for continued process improvements, system enhancements and new applications to support business strategies and operational needs.
• Maintained, updated, and configured the enterprise SAP SD, MM system platforms.
• Debugged ABAP stack to find root cause of SAP SD, MM, WM issues
• Partnered with third party vendors for interface support, design, and implementation.
• Managed, monitored & troubleshoot issues with SAP interfaces.
• Monitored/Modified/Supported integration to SAP/Success-Factors (From JDE)
• Responsible for evaluating release updates and applicable testing, communicating to the business and developing strategy for testing and turning on in production
• Responsible for oversight on notifications, evaluations, tracking and reporting.
• Provided Level 2&3 support on SAP MM, SD, WM, FICO modules to end users—responds to Remedy tickets through Footprints system
• Participated in SAP implementation projects (From JDE) by providing support to requirement gathering and documentation, business process mapping and redesign, data conversions, system configurations, testing, deployment, cutover coordination, training and system post go live stabilization
• Proactively identified and reported risks, issues and dependencies of assigned tasks/ project.
• Assisted the Customer Service Group (CSG) and Business Analysts in the research, classification and resolution of tickets.
• Worked with business organization to analyze root causes for problems.
• Developed alternative functional solutions to a problem, evaluates each solution, and then recommends the best alternative based on the technical and business impacts.
• Provided training and mentoring to other analysts.
• Provided after hours support as required.