SUMMARY

• A highly motivated self starter looking for challenging opportunities in a multi national environment leveraging hands - on international experience in business process re-engineering, business analytics and system implementationsProfile
• An experienced Solution Manager of SAP products focused on product management, New GL oriented business solution packages based on SAP Best Practices
• A Senior Application Consultant with configuration expertise in SAP Financial, Controlling and Consolidation Modules (FICO, ECCS) and Strategic Enterprise Modules (SEM-BCS, SEM-BPS); 10 Plus years of SAP experience with four full cycle implementations; all clients productive
• Expertise in SAP Business Suite including New GL, graduating to designing Business Warehouse architecture, info cubes, SEM-BCS, SEM-BPS planning layouts, and designing Business Explorer (BEx) reports used in business analytics
• Highly Knowledgeable in the back end Modeling of BPC - planning and consolidation solutions of SAP - Info Areas, Read and/or Write Info Providers, Characteristics and its attributes, Master Data and related Hierarchies, planning models and Consolidation Areas with its associated functions
• Hands on individual financial implementations in Europe, Asia, and the USA; strengths include international experience, business process reengineering, system conversions, change management, training, and post Go Live support
• Results oriented, solution driven Consultant with great business sense for client’s needs
• Effective communication to developers regarding product requirements and enhancements, demonstrate and educate product features to US field services and customers worldwide; hands-on functional testing of product during release cycles with primary focus on Finance, Organization Management and Business Configuration
• Configuration expertise in SEM-BCS, SEM-BPS, EC-CS, Legal Consolidations and FI-CO Modules
• Experienced with designing BW architecture, model, and configure info cubes relating to SEM-BCS and SEM-BPS
• Knowledgeable understanding of relating front end BPC to the back end modeling of BPC - Environment, Models, Dimensions and associated properties, Data Input Forms, Journals and Consolidation Central
• Experienced at designing, configuring, and developing planning layouts in SEM-BPS; integrating CRM-TPM with SEM-BPS
• Skilled with cross functional configuration of SD and MM modules; configure limited scope SD module
• Highly Knowledgeable with designing and developing reports in R/3 Report Painter and BW BEx reporting tools enabling effective business analytics
• Highly knowledgeable in Product Costing, COPA Profitability Analysis, ABAP Query, IDOC process
• Proficient in ASAP methodology, MS Project and other MS office products

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Founder President

Responsibilities:

• Incorporate top-notch information technology consulting company
• Successful delivery of 2 long-term contracts as Team Lead for a highly successful multi national company in the High Tech space - APPLE, INC.
• Team Lead for a retail expansion project in Asia Pacific Region; responsibility included
• Introduction of new organizational element in existing SAP environment to meet business requirement of producing Store Level Financial Statements
• Providing weekly status report to Project Sponsors
• Plan time lines for different phases of the project - Development, Testing including User Acceptance Testing and GO-Live
• Plan and develop test scripts to cover various finance specific scenarios including month end close process, asset accounting, revenue recognition scenarios for subscription and deferred revenue products and services
• Plan and develop test scripts to cover end to end scenarios including data flows from/to various SAP and Non-SAP systems - front end systems, interfaces and reporting
• Monitor and execute test scripts, resolve Issues reporting to ensure fast and prompt closure of issue tickets
• Work closely with the SD team in setting up sales organizations, pricing procedures and account determination
• Work closely with the MM team in setting up purchasing organizations, material set up and account determination
• Perform necessary configuration changes to ensure proper COPA - profitability analysis reports
• Prepare Knowledge Transfer materials and conduct Knowledge Transfer sessions for Production Support team
• Team Lead for a service management expansion project in South America; responsibility included
• Implementation of complete financial functionality to support service management operations including month end close process, revenue recognition for subscription and deferred revenue products and services; meet local country requirements - Nota Fiscal requirements and local country reporting using SAP/ MasterSAF integration
• Providing weekly status report to Project Sponsors
• Plan time lines for different phases of the project - Development, Testing including User Acceptance Testing and GO-Live
• Conduct business playback sessions outlining the system solution based on in depth analysis of the business requirements
• Plan and develop test scripts to cover end to end scenarios including data flows from/to various SAP and Non-SAP systems – front end systems, interfaces and reporting
• Plan and test tax scenarios with cross functional teams, 3rd party consultants and business testers; obtain electronic approvals of Nota Fiscals from local authorities
• Monitor and execute test scripts, resolve Issues reporting to ensure fast and prompt closure of issue tickets
• Work closely with the SD team in setting up sales organizations, pricing procedures and account determination
• Work closely with the MM team in setting up purchasing organizations, material set up and account determination
• Perform necessary configuration changes to ensure proper COPA – profitability analysis reports
• Prepare Knowledge Transfer materials and conduct Knowledge Transfer sessions for Production Support team

Senior FI consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design and Development of custom stock transfer process from SAP Core System to SAP Retail System
• Design custom stock return process from SAP Retail to SAP Core System
• Design, Develop and Test custom tables and custom inbound IDOC segments to meet country specific requirements
• Design, Develop and Test posting logics to meet country specific financial posting requirements and generate Nota Fiscal thereof using SAP’s BAPI functionality
• Develop test scripts and schedule test cases for Integration Testing
• Test various end to end scenarios to meet country specific tax legislation as it relates to IPI, ICMS, ICMS ST with and without protocol, PIS, COFINS and ISS
• Perform due diligence by reviewing financial postings, including tax postings, from POS systems during User Acceptance Testing
• Address issues raised during user acceptance testing and provide solutions based on custom design
• Work with SAP Core team and 3rd party tax software provider to ensure proper tax rates, by NCM codes, were sent to POS System
• Accommodated technical design changes and business requirements without jeopardizing GO-Live dates for the retail expansion project in APAC region
• Aggressively ensured 3rd party tax software development was ready in order to meet project time lines for the service management expansion project in South America
• Reviewed Brazil tax requirements for a high volume online store to arrive at an implementation strategy
• Reviewed Business Requirements Document for integrating a supplier governance and management tool with SAP’s vendor master requirements and associated business processes
• Successfully re-positioned custom solution for the stock transfer process and delivered solution on time for User Acceptance Testing

Confidential, CA

Solution Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gather product requirements from US field services and customers and channel it to developers
• Perform product management functions – perform gap analysis, prioritize product functionality, review and communicate product roadmaps to the field and customers
• Develop New GL oriented packaged business solutions based on SAP Best Practices for manufacturing, professional services and conduct knowledge transfer sessions, including system demonstrations, to US field services and customers worldwide
• Pro-actively support and be the customer advocate for pilot customers and channel feedback to developers
• Review and approve customer nominations based on customer needs and product capabilities
• Develop New GL based work around and conduct knowledge transfer sessions to meet customer requirements
• Hands-on functional testing of products during release cycles; report results and test corrections applied where necessary
• Bridging the gap between Developers and the US field services and end user customers thereby matching needs to product functionality
• Conducted several “GO Live Experience” sessions in Germany, India and US using business scenarios involving parallel ledgers (New GL)
• Co-authored case study used in the “GO Live Experience” sessions

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Senior Applications Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented financial consolidations system at multinational companies
• Strategic Enterprise Management – Business Consolidation System (SEM-BCS)
• Designed, modeled, and developed the info cubes for SEM-BCS
• Defined Data Basis, Consolidation Area, and Consolidation Chart of Accounts
• Defined various Flexible upload methods to upload master and transaction data
• Defined Hierarchies to meet various reporting requirements – internal and external Configure Document Types, Manual Data Entry, and tasks and methods for Data Monitor
• Configured consolidation activities – data load for consolidation, Inter-unit Eliminations, Currency Translation, Reclassifications and Validations
• Developed consolidation reports using Business Explorer (BEx)
• Enterprise Controlling and Consolidation Systems (EC-CS)
• Configured Consolidation groups, Consolidation units and Consolidation Chart of Accounts
• Defined document types, real time FI updates and consolidation monitors
• Configured consolidation activities –Inter-unit Eliminations, Currency Translation, Reclassifications and Validations
• Developed consolidation reports using Report Painter
• Migrated from Financials-Legal Consolidation (FILC) to ECCS for nine legal entities in six different APAC countries
• Set up ledgers and additional characteristics in ECCS for migration of historical data from FILC to ECCS
• Documented conceptual differences between FILC and ECCS for client benefit
• Aligned implementation to client’s worldwide finance operating procedures and reporting
• Coordinated creation of User Exit to capture additional characteristics in ECCS tables with ABAP and Basis team members
• Compared FILC and ECCS tables post migration to ensure historical data integrity
• Monitored simultaneous updates to FILC and ECCS post migration to ensure transactional processing integrity
• Compared FILC based trial balance reports with ECCS based trial balance reports to ensure historical as well as transaction data integrity
• Implemented fully integrated planning systems for a manufacturing company
• Strategic Enterprise Management – Business Planning Simulation (SEM-BPS)
• Designed, modeled, and developed the info cubes for SEM-BPS and SEM-BCS
• Designed, configured, and developed fully integrated planning layouts
• Designed, configured, and developed planning layouts for Trade Promotions Management (TPM)
• Developed business analytics reports based on customer requirements – trended plan report based on different time dimensions, plan vs actual, reports showing performance by products, by regions, gross margin contribution
• Supported Financial and Controlling (FICO) team members
• Set up company codes, chart of accounts, account groups, cost centers, and profit centers
• Supported FI modules team members
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable with lock box functionality, Purchasing, COPA – profitability analysis and Asset Management – account groups, automatic payment program, asset organization, and depreciation areas
• Supported Business Warehouse Reporting team
• Design and developed BW reports using BEx
• Prepared end-user documentation and conducted knowledge transfer sessions for financial consolidation modules and FICO modules

Confidential,San Jose, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Configured and supported EC-CS – Consolidation groups, consolidation units, document types, real time FI updates, and currency translation
• Configured and supported FICO – set up company codes, chart of accounts, account groups, cost centers, profit centers and cost allocations using distribution and assessment
• Configured and supported FI modules – Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, and Asset Management – account groups, automatic payment program, asset organization, and depreciation areas
• Revamped Cost Center and Profit Center numbering schema to facilitate internal management reports and external reports supporting a unique tax structure
• Individually implemented SAP financial systems in Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Taiwan, South Korea and China
• Developed training materials and conducted end user training including using a language translator
• Individually designed and developed SAP financial reports using Report Painter thereby establishing SAP as a system of record with Senior Executives
• Orchestrated the system landscape, the BW architecture, created info cubes, set up internal management allocations in SEM and developed management reports using SAP BW BEx tool Configured limited scope SD module – Order entry, billing, pricing and integration with FI

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Configured and supported Legal Consolidations & EC-CS – Consolidation groups, Consolidation units, Document types, and Currency translation
• Configured and supported FICO – set up company codes, chart of accounts, account groups, cost centers, profit centers and cost allocations using distribution and assessments
• Configured and supported FI modules – Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, and Asset Management – account groups, automatic payment program, asset organization, and depreciation areas
• Worked closely with SD team in the configuration of SAP’s Installed Base Solution for tracking customer licenses and revenue recognition thereof
• Converted 4 digit cost centers to 8 digit cost centers to accommodate business needs and facilitate development of internal management reports.
• Individually implemented SAP financial systems in Australia and supported SAP FICO operations in US, Netherlands, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Austria, Spain & Portugal
• Individually designed and developed SAP financial reports using Report Painter
• Prepared Request for Proposals, reviewed responses, recommended, and selected fixed bid partner for 4.6 implementation using ASAP methodology
• Implemented EURO as transaction and functional currency to meet EURO requirements
• Met country specific requirements, implemented Accounts Payable for six European countries using EDI, and Global Gateway Systems for automatic payments