resume details

47
RESUME DETAILS Professional Summary Over 7 + years of SAP functional experience including two full life cycle implementations. Extensively involved in implementation of ASAP methodology on all stages of project including business process analysis, AS-IS to TO-BE designing, GAP analysis, Realization, Go-Live, post production support, user training and documentation Proven ability to implement various SAP applications and expert level knowledge in configuration of FI/CO modules. Ability to work with user community to understand their business needs and developing strategies to implement them. Strong functional knowledge and experience in the areas of FI-GL, FI-AR, FI- AP, and Asset Accounting. Expertise in configuring New GL, document splitting, zero balancing of documents and configuring parallel ledgers. Configuration experience with Lockbox, Automatic payment program, Dunning, Credit management. Experience in cross company code configuration, Automatic postings, foreign currency valuation and multiple currency configuration. Expertise in implementing Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Cost Element Accounting (CO-CEA), Internal Orders (CO-IO), Profit Center Accounting (CO- PCA), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). Strong knowledge in ABAP Queries, Report Painter and Report Writer, LSMW and CATTS Experience in post implementation support for FI/CO module with emphasis on FI - FM, I/O, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA and Treasury. Strong knowledge of SAP integration with FI/CO/PP/MM and SD modules. Expert in performing data analysis using Microsoft Excel and or Microsoft Access. Expert in leveraging Excel spreadsheet functions such as VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, IF CONDITION, IF AND CONDITION and CONCATENATE to streamline data analysis required to perform various activities in SAP and to create excel based dash boards. Expertise in handling incident and change management tickets resolving using tools such as HP Service manager and clarify as per SLA (Service Level Agreement) norms. Experience in different testing phases like Application Testing, Integration testing and User Acceptance testing. Excellent communication skills, leadership qualities, systematic approach and ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment. Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to motivate team members and others in process development and utilization.

Upload: parvati-b

Post on 12-Apr-2015

62 views

Category:

Documents


2 download

DESCRIPTION

RD

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Resume Details

RESUME DETAILS

Professional Summary

Over 7 + years of SAP functional experience including two full life cycle implementations.Extensively involved in implementation of ASAP methodology on all stages of project including business process analysis, AS-IS to TO-BE designing, GAP analysis, Realization, Go-Live, post production support, user training and documentation Proven ability to implement various SAP applications and expert level knowledge in configuration of FI/CO modules. Ability to work with user community to understand their business needs and developing strategies to implement them. Strong functional knowledge and experience in the areas of FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, and Asset Accounting.Expertise in configuring New GL, document splitting, zero balancing of documents and configuring parallel ledgers.Configuration experience with Lockbox, Automatic payment program, Dunning, Credit management.Experience in cross company code configuration, Automatic postings, foreign currency valuation and multiple currency configuration. Expertise in implementing Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Cost Element Accounting (CO-CEA), Internal Orders (CO-IO), Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). Strong knowledge in ABAP Queries, Report Painter and Report Writer, LSMW and CATTSExperience in post implementation support for FI/CO module with emphasis on FI - FM, I/O, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA and Treasury. Strong knowledge of SAP integration with FI/CO/PP/MM and SD modules.Expert in performing data analysis using Microsoft Excel and or Microsoft Access. Expert in leveraging Excel spreadsheet functions such as VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, IF CONDITION, IF AND CONDITION and CONCATENATE to streamline data analysis required to perform various activities in SAP and to create excel based dash boards.Expertise in handling incident and change management tickets resolving using tools such as HP Service manager and clarify as per SLA (Service Level Agreement) norms.Experience in different testing phases like Application Testing, Integration testing and User Acceptance testing.Excellent communication skills, leadership qualities, systematic approach and ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment.Strong organizational and time management skills.Ability to motivate team members and others in process development and utilization.Ability to work in a high-stress environment.

Skill SetERP Packages: SAP R/3 4.0-4.7, ECC 6.0Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XPSoftware tools: MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio & Front Page 

Professional Experience

CAREFUSION, SANDIEGO, CA May10-CurrentIndustry: PharmaceuticalEnvironment: SAP ERP 6.0 Role: SAP FI/CO ConsultantCare Fusion Offers products and services focusing on medication errors and hospital-acquired infections. Care Fusion implemented an SAP solution to standardize and integrate core business processes across its enterprise. 

Page 2: Resume Details

ResponsibilitiesInvolved in all phases of implementation from development of business blueprint to end user training and go live. Understanding the business requirements, legacy system functionalities and customizations, gathering functional requirements through user workshops, identifying and analyzing Gaps, recommending solution/ business processes to address the Gaps, documenting AS-IS model and TO-BE model.Involved in configuring and demonstrating SAP R/3 capabilities to client team by prototyping business scenarios based on the business requirements of the clients.

Relevant for FI:

Configured GL, AP, AR, TR and Bank modules in the SAP system.Defining Organization structure, Configuring chart of accounts, financial statement versions and financial statement sets.Configured fiscal year variant, Fiscal period variant, GL account groups, field status variants and document number ranges.Configured Customer and vendor account groups. Master records as well as one time vendor and customer master records, account groups, number ranges, field status, tolerance groups and tolerances for each group.Configured automatic payment program in FBZP Sending co. code, payment co. code, and payment methods at country level, house banks, ranking order and account amount level.Worked extensively on P2P (Procure to Pay) business process.Defined reason codes for payment differences and configured account determination for writing off these differences to GL accounts.Configured house banks, automated payment program, payment terms, Auto clearing rules and lockbox processing.Defined check lots and void reason codes.Configured credit management functionality. Created credit control areas, credit risk categories and defined credit representative groups as per the clients requirement.Setup lockbox configuration for customer payments in BAI2 format.Created bank master data, house banks and GL accounts for each bank account and created reconciliation accounts for vendors and customers.Configured Electronic bank statements and check deposits.Designed and configured asset management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, depreciation calculations, and write offs and post capitalization.Provided configuration support in MM integration for account determination using OBYC.Performed unit testing and coordinated with technical and functional people from other modules in integration testing.Worked on developing a script for uploading customer vendor master data using LSMW.Generated ad-hoc reports through ABAP query for vendors and customers.Participated in integration testing for all the processes. Provided production support, knowledge transfer and end user training. Configured Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting by creation Standard Cost Center Hierarchy using CATTs, Alternative Hierarchy, primary and secondary cost elements;Configured CO- Internal Orders (I/O) by maintaining Order Types, Screen Layouts, Order Groups, Settlement Rules, and Settlement Profile.Created primary and secondary cost elements in CO.Worked on month-end/year-end closing procedures.Created customized reports using report painter/report writer.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES, LOS ANGELES, CA Dec09-Apr10Industry: Entertainment

Page 3: Resume Details

Environment: SAP ERP 6.0 Role: SAP FI/CO Functional ConsultantParamount Pictures Corporation is a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, with robust and multi-faceted divisions across all areas including digital, home entertainment, network and cable television distribution, studio operations, and consumer products and recreation. Responsibilities

Studied the existing systems at Paramount for AS-IS analysis to provide project team with the required understanding of the organizational structure and current business processes through user workshops.Involved in all phases of implementation from development of business blue print to end user training and Go-Live. Also involved in defining requirements, process reengineering, configuration, integration, testing and training.Determined TO-BE using GAP analysis to determine business drivers, implement change and develop strategies for achieving organizational missions and goals.Worked on development of functional process design and configured Paramount pictures organizational structure as specified. Decided the required configuration for SAP FI/CO module implementation. Configuration of integration between FI/CO MM and FI/CO SD.Defined functions, processes, mappings, implementation and extensive configuration in SAP Account payables, Receivables and General Ledger entries. Configured tolerance groups for Paramount employees.Created Vendor account groups and configured Automatic Payment program. Configuration of house banks and bank accounts. Check lot management, payment medium forms. Configured special G/L transactions and down payment processing. Exchange rate revaluation.Created customer account groups and Automatic Account Assignment.Defined Internal Orders, order types, planning profile and settlement profile in controlling.Involved in developing test scenarios/test cases, executing and error correction for integration testing in FI/CO area with SD.Configured operating concern attributes and COPA settlement structure with the settlement rules to populate the values in the value fields in COPA.Maintained number ranges for settlement and controlling documents and for variance documents, used report painter and report writer.Designed and configured asset management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, depreciation calculations, and write offs and post capitalization.Created bank master data, house banks, EDI, ERS, G/L accounts for each bank account and reconciliation accounts for vendors, customers and assets.Made settings for G/L accounts for AUC, loss/gain on asset disposal/retirement and posting depreciation under different depreciation areas.Worked with PS team in creating appropriate project profile using WBS elements (Data for WBS element, editing the WBS, system status in WBS, Distribute the WBS).Documented the end user training manuals using Infopak and involved in the training program.

THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DENVER, CO Sep08-Nov09Industry: Public SectorEnvironment: SAP ERP 6.0 Role: SAP FI functional ConsultantThe Colorado Department of Transportation implemented SAP(R) Business Suite applications based solution to boost information consistency and accuracy, improve and automate operations, and save support costs.

Responsibilities

Involved in configuring field status groups, posting keys, Intercompany postings, financial

Page 4: Resume Details

statement version, Document types, and fiscal year variants and carried out mass changes in GL, AP and AR as needed by client.Configured account groups, vendor master data, tolerance limits, posting period variant, fiscal year variants, document number ranges and field status groups in AP and AR.Configured all business transactions for AP and AR including the Automatic payment configuration, automatic check payment advice and payment analysis printing, clearing of vendor and customer open items, bank master data, house banks for payment program, credit management, periodic processing and correspondence.Maintained and created master data for vendors, general data, company data and purchasing data.Customized vendor settings to set ERS indicator as default in the info record for materials and vendors.Configured AP payment runs, Automatic payments, Tax, Manual payments, Check management, GR/IR Clearing account maintenance (MIGO, MIRO and LIV) and Account maintenance documents.Configured tax codes, tax procedure for US and Canada. Configured performed required settings in SAP to implement VERTEX for tax calculation. Worked on the integration points of FI-MM for Invoice verification and master data of AP to block vendor payments and worked on bank reconciliation.Hands on experience on Purchase to Pay, Request for Quotation (RFQ), PO, GR/IR, payment and supplier relationship management (SRM).Efficient in cross checking of Invoice Receipt from vendor with the purchase order for invoice verification and worked on service sheets.Worked on defining source symbols, planning levels and planning groups in CM.Created standard hierarchy in Cost center accounting, Assigned Cost centers to Cost elements, Configured activities and statistical key figures. Developed assessment, distribution, periodic reposting cycles and segments.Provided support for Configuration, Implementation and Testing of the Customer master records and incoming payments.Expertise in Banking and intercompany transaction, Foreign currency valuations, EBS, EDI, special G/L and configuration of LOCKBOX.Conducted end user training and prepared job aid.Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern, maintained Versions. In Cost Element Accounting created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements, created Cost Element Groups, maintained Cost Element Attributes, Costing Sheet etc. In Cost Center Accounting created the Standard hierarchy, cost centers, assigned cost centers to cost elements. Cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations and substitutions, Configured Activities, Statistical Key Figures. Developed assessment, distribution periodic reposting cycles and segment. In cost center planning developed planning area, planning layout and planner profile. Setup internal orders and cost collector configuration. Customized order classification establishing a sophisticated system of order settlements and cost center assessment cycles. Set-up planning profile for cost center, activities, statistical key figures and cost element planning. In Profit Center Accounting maintained the master data, standard hierarchy, substitutions, and assignments. Configured Profit Center Accounting planning included defining versions, planning layout, planning profile, plan allocations.

COBRA ELECTRONICS, CHICAGO, IL Oct07 Aug 08Industry: ElectronicsEnvironment: upgraded from SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 Role: SAP FI Application ExpertCobra Electronics Corporation is a leading designer of mobile communications products in the United States, Canada, and Europe and around the world. Responsibilities

Page 5: Resume Details

Worked on the successful system upgrade of SAP R/3 4.7 to SAP ECC 6.0 using ASAP methodology. Involved in testing custom reports, interfaces and user exits to ensure compatibility with new release.Developed and executed test scripts, test scenarios, unit test plans, functional test plans.Integration test plans and regression test plans.Documented all changes, revised the business process procedures to facilitate the changes during the upgrade. Creation of customer account group and number range assignments.Configuration of special G/L indicators and interest calculation program for the customers.Configured the new G/L and the current ledgers being set as leading ledgers and update rules for the other ledgers based on the report requirements.Developed a custom AR aging report, created invoice layout and processed invoices.Developed and configured the electronic bank statement, cash management and lockbox procedure in Treasury.Configured and set up credit card payment processes.Configured the Data Medium Exchange for making payments.Integrated treasury with AR, AP, MM, SD and PP modules. . Fine tuning interfaces with FI, GL, AP and AR including validation/substitution rules.Calculated NPVs of money market and derivative transactions using OTC NPV table.Estimated and reported the cash position and the liquidity forecast in the sub ledger accounts.Estimated cash flows from business transactions managed by the Treasury Management Component.Analyzed factors influencing the cash position: Bank balances, outgoing checks posted to the bank clearing account, outgoing transfers posted to the bank clearing account, time deposits that are due, notified incoming payments, value dated incoming payments.Trained the users of new functionality being added with version change during the upgrade.

DSM CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, NC May06-Sepr07Industry: PharmaceuticalEnvironment: SAP ERP 6.0 Role: SAP FI ConsultantDSM Catalyst Pharmaceuticals is a manufacturer and marketer of quality pharmaceutical products. My responsibilities include configuring AP, AR

Responsibilities

Tested the FI transactions for field errors, missing data and for the entire custom programs. Modified the field changes and enhanced the custom programs.In general ledger accounting, made settings for the line item display using the ABAP list view.Defined a new field status group in the field status variant to maintain more account specific screen layout for general ledger accounts.Setup of Automatic payment program, for a new payment method of wire transfer, which included the settings of payment methods per company code for payment transactions and settings of bank determination for payment transactions.Created account assignment models for recurring entries.Worked extensively on asset accounting module for the maintenance of asset classes, depreciation keys, and ordinary/special/unplanned depreciation workings.Defined an interest indicator for account balance interest calculation in bank accounting.Worked on month end and year end processes for balance sheet and profit/loss statements.Written functional and technical specifications for the new custom developments which included reports, forms and enhancements

PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS, CA Jul05 April06Industry: Semi Conductor/ElectronicsEnvironment: SAP R/3 4.7 Role: SAP FI Consultant

Page 6: Resume Details

Philips Semi - conductors is a manufacturer of electronic devices for laptop computers, automobile cruise control mechanisms, and transistors and integrated circuits for a variety of products.

Responsibilities

As a team member involved in project management, GAP analysis, configuration, testing, support of various functionalities in FI/CO modules.Worked on the configuration rationales in many areas of financial accounting and fund management.Worked on basic data for funds management.Involved in creating master data in FM module like commitment item, funds center, and budget structure.Created and generated forms and reports in funds management.Analyzed and verified complete funds management module and other integrated in-scope processes like financial reporting and budget execution.Involved and worked with PS module team in testing on areas like maintain budget profiles and budgeting.Configured transaction types, keys for posting rules, mapping external transaction codes to posting rules in electronic bank statement processing, configured source symbols, planning levels and planning groups for liquidity forecast and cash management.Used CATTS to create GL accounts and upload the data.Generated test sets and worked on unit testing, user acceptance testing and integration testing using mercury test director.Worked in report painter and report writer to generate profitability analysis.

MASS MUTUAL, SPRINGFIELD, MA Jan05July05 Industry: Insurance/Financial ServicesEnvironment: SAP R/3 4.6C Role: SAP FI Functional ConsultantMass Mutual Financial Group is a global, growth - oriented diversified financial services organization. They offer a broad-based portfolio of financial products and services, including mutual funds etc

Responsibilities

Configured G/L: Master records, document number ranges, posting period variants, tolerance groups, reversal of documents, opening and closing periods, field status variants, document types, posting keys etc.Completed base line configuration to meet the business requirements within FI/CO including GL, AR, AP, AA, CO-CCA and Internal Order Costing.Familiarized with system integration and understood how system configuration and implementation of the CO module works.Identified the cost objects and centers and finalized the costing hierarchies, reporting structure, including cost sheet, drill down to basic cost objects/elements.Defined Order types, Settlement profile, settlement structure and settlement cost element for internal order settlement.Configured Customer and vendor account groups. Master records as well as one time vendor and customer master records, account groups, number ranges, field status, tolerance groups and tolerances for each group.Configured the Cost Element Accounting by creating primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups, maintained cost element attributes, defined activity types and statistical key figures. Created cost centers and cost center categories, maintenance of CO document number objects. Default CO objects assignments. Maintained automatic account assignment in OKB9.

Page 7: Resume Details

Defined assessment and distribution cycles and reposting rules among cost centers.Wrote functional specifications for Legacy data Transfer.

Dystar India Ltd, Thane, India May04 Nov04Industry: TextileEnvironment: SAP R/3 4.6C Role: SAP FI ConsultantDystar India Ltd is a subsidiary of the Dystar Textilfarben GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, who is one of the leading suppliers of dyes, auxiliaries and services for the textile industry in INDIA.Responsibilities

Analyzed and documented as-Is model and To-Be model.Configured the organizational structure from accounting view - Company Code, Chart of Accounts, defined posting keys, maintained field status variants and assign to company code, screen variants for document entry as per business specifications and tested the configuration in various scenarios. Integration between different modules - GL, AP, AR, Bank Ledger, Treasury, CO (CCA, Internal Orders), SD and MM.Customized credit control area for credit management in the application components AR and SD.Defined credit limit checks for SD processing, Risk management for receivables, assign Company Code to Credit Control Area.Integrated FI, FI-AA and CO-CCA. Involved in the design of Asset Class and Charts of depreciation in Fixed Assets.Configured Asset Accounting structure/valuating fixed assets, Treasury cash management and foreign exchange and payment program for payments.Customized appropriate settlement profiles to facilitate settlement to CO-PA and to CCA.Payment processing in AR and Automatic Account Determination.Developed AR aging report, created Invoice Layout and processed invoices.Worked on month-end and year-end processes (Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statements).

Education

MBA(PGDHRM) Loyola College, Chennai, IndiaPost Graduate Diploma in Computer Application, PACEMCA, Annamalai University, India

RESUME DETAILS

Summary: • SAP FI/CO Functional -Technical Consultant with 8+ years of experience in SAP FI/CO implementation, configuration, upgrade, testing, training and production support with a proven record of continuous improvement and effectiveness• Involved in 3 Full Life-cycle implementations experience in SAP R/3, upgrade projects using ASAPmethodology, and Integration specialist with excellent experience in configuration• Experienced in all phases of the systems development life cycle which include system design, analysis, configuration, system testing, data conversion, and production support in FI- General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Asset Management, CO- Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting, Project Systems(PS), Material Management and Order Management• Developed high quality deliverables including: Application Design, Business Process

Page 8: Resume Details

Procedures (BPP), and Process Design Document (PDD) with Visio Process Flows and narratives• Involved in writing various test plans and coordinate Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance testing and Lead the testing team. Worked on Rational ClearQuest & Quality center• Acted as liaison between business users and technical developers and worked closely with technical developers to deliver cost-effective application systems to meet business needs• Expert in data migration system from legacy to SAP R/3 using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), ECATT, EDI, IDOC and SeeBurger tools. Expert in preparation of reports using Report writer/Report Painter• Excellent Trainer in imparting complex technical knowledge with ease to the novice with good communication and writing skills. Proven abilities in End-User training, Courseware material preparation and documentation• Played leading role for planning, configuration, implementation operation and post support and delivered detailer functional specifications to ensure that SAP solutions are delivered• Strong project planning, problem solving and analytical skills and ability to make balanced, independent decisions• Strong communication skills combined with a positive attitude helped me demonstrate ability to work both in independent and team-oriented environments, able to meet very stringent deadlines and always delivered results on-time

Professional Experience

Role : SAP R/3 FI/CO Functional Consultant Duration : Dec 2009 -- till dateClient : Hewlett-Packard, Roseville CA

Responsibilities:• Worked with business and IT team members in full life cycle implement includes blueprint, configuration, testing, training, and post-implement support across all sub-modules in FI-GL, AR, AP, AA, CO -- CC, PC, IO and Project Systems modules• Worked closely with Project management team in preparation of Go-Live schedule and coordinated all whole Project team for On-Time completion• Worked on E2E flow of Sales Order to Invoice generation and tracked in/out EDI messages via HPSB, SEEBURGER routers• Configured Account Determination, chart of accounts, account groups in General Ledger, incoming payments, reason codes, outgoing payments, open item clearing. Created and maintained field status groups, posting keys, document types, open and close posting periods and created G/L account master records• Created FI-AP vendor groups, number ranges and assignment, creation of tolerance groups, creation of vendor master and document types. Configured payment program which includes creation of bank account G/L structure, company code payment methods, and payment • Creation of FI-AR customer groups, employee tolerances, terms of payment and interest calculation configuration, reason code creation, credit management, dunning, creation of AR master records and number ranges• Configuration of FI-AA Asset classes, Asset Serialization, depreciation areas, Creation of G/L accounts and determining automatic assignment, posting dep., insurance amounts and interests to G/L account. Configuration of transactions like acquisitions, retirements, transfers, inter-company transfers, write-offs and capitalization of assets under constructions • Defined controlling area Structure and Configured Standard hierarchy for Cost center/ Cost element accounting. Created Automatic/Manual/Secondary Cost elements created Cost

Page 9: Resume Details

centers, Distribution, Assessment, Validations, Substitution• Worked on Month end Costing run, Cost estimate, Material Master record update. Set-up Purchase Info Records.• Integrated IM with Internal Orders in CO, PS and Asset Accounting in FI • Defined the Project Masks, Project Profiles by scenario, User Status Profile with authorization objects, Planning Board profiles with different settings• Provided configuration support in SD, MM, HR integration for account determination, material movement's setup. Defined Valuation classes, assigned GL accounts to Trans.Keys in OBYC Account determination • Lead the Migration of GL, PS, IO, CC, Bank and FA areas. Defined mapping rules, Structures, Cleansed data and migrated data into R/3 system

Role : SAP R/3 FI/CO Lead Functional Consultant ECC 6.0 Duration : June 2008 -- Nov 2009Client : IBM - Lantheus Medical Imaging, Billerica MA

Responsibilities:

• Delivered high quality processes including: Application Design Document, Business Process Procedures (BPP) and Process Design Document (PDD) with Visio Process Flows and narratives• Interacted with the business users, documented requirements, finalized the functional and technical specifications • Successfully demonstrated Training in SAP FI- GL,AR,AP, Asset Management, CO-IO, PS areas • Customized IPs product type for Intellectual Property Management scenarios • Activated Internal Order in Controlling area, activated order management and commitment management. Configured Order settlement. Created settlement cost elements• Configured customized financial statements used by top level management for decision making as well as prepared drill down ad-hoc reports to facilitate end user enquiries• Built on CCA and PCA hierarchy and assigned PC to CC. Customized CO-CEA, CO-CCA & CO-PCA• Worked on Assignment of GL accounts to BSX, GBB, PRD, AKO, EKG as part of integration with FI,MM • Created Payment programs in Accounts Payables including Creation of House Banks• Created various Payment terms as per the client specific requirements for Accounts Receivables• Creation of basic sets, key figure sets, assigning reports to report group and executing the report groups using Report writer• Worked on LSMW tool 

Role : SAP Functional Consultant Duration : September 2007 -- May 2008Client : IBM -- Verizon Communications, Dallas TX

Responsibilities:

• Set up company codes, chart of account, posting variants, fiscal year variants, Inter Company Transactions, foreign currencies, Cost element accounting, cost centers

Page 10: Resume Details

accounting, internal orders and profit centers• Tested transactions for GL, AR, AP, CO, CCA and Product Costing on training client for individual transactions• Prepared testing scenarios, integration testing scripts BPP documents and process flows for GL, AR, AP and CO• In Controlling defined the Master Records like Cost Elements (primary and secondary), Cost Element Groups, Cost Centers and Cost Center Group Defined Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures for Calculation of Overheads• Provided configuration support in SD, MM integration for account determination, material movement's setup, and inter-company billing. Allocated accounts to be used to post revenues, surcharges, discounts• Did integration testing and end-user training. Prepared detailed test plan for integration testing in FICOmodule with a focus on improving accuracy of inventory and to be able to match cost and revenue within a period• Developed training material for all relevant FI and CO transactions. Involved in testing, training client, validating data and using training client

Role : SAP Functional Consultant Duration : August 2006 -- August 2007Client : IBM -- Walt Disney, Burbank CA

Responsibilities: 

• Performed As- Is and To-Be study for the client's current business and worked in blue printing and implementation phases of the project• Business Process Review, Design, Configuration in the areas of AR, AP, Bank and Cash, and General Ledger• Configured basic settings in Asset Management including Asset classes, Screen Layout, Depreciation Key, Depreciation posting rules & Accounts Determination.• Created End User Procedures to document the business Transactions related to Assets like Acquisition, Retirement, Sale, Depreciation Calculation, Period closing, Post-capitalization & reporting.• Configured the necessary settings for Capitalizing Assets under Construction.• Configuration of Dunning Procedures, Bank Accounting and Customer Statements• Creation of required Payment Methods, Payment Terms, Payment Programs and Profit Centers.• Configuration of Cross Modular Integration with Sales and Distribution and Accounts Receivable.• Coordinating Unit and User Acceptance Testing

Role : SAP Functional Consultant Duration : August 2005 -- July 2006Client : IBM --Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee WI

Responsibilities: 

• Assisted project team to reconstruct enterprise organization and streamline business process? Implemented complete new FI (GL/AP/AR/), CO (CCA/PCA/IO), PS modules

Page 11: Resume Details

• Configured the Chart of Depreciation and setting up the various depreciation areas like Book Depreciation and Taxation• Configured and Customized Internal Orders• Integrating/Configuring Intercompany Processing, MM (Logistics), SD and HR Modules with FI and CO• Worked on Customer Master, House Banks, Payment Programs, Electronic Bank Statements and Lock Box and had successfully configured Clearing to clearing open items in GL/AR/AP Modules• Gap analysis of clients/sandboxes for further consistent testing and validated custom ABAP/4 programs to ensure delivery of expected results and interacted with end users to analyses testing issues and concerns subsequent to re-organization• Supported the client in system design for data migration/transfer and SAP organization structuring

Role : SAP Functional Consultant Duration : January 2004 -- July 2005Client : DTE, Detroit MI

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and support of SAP AR processes -- Receivables management, Lockbox and ACH configurations, payment methods, Special GL transactions, bank settings, correspondence activities• Configuration of SAP AP processes -- vendor master, LIV, payment methods, Automatic bank payment programs, bank reconciliation• Settings for depreciation run under different depreciation Areas such as book depreciation, tax depreciation, and cost accounting depreciation• Maintained the operating chart of accounts by adding new G/L accounts as per the client's requirements• Creation of FI-AP vendor invoice, park and posting parked invoices, manual outgoing payments, defining check lots, release blocked invoices, vendor invoice posted through invoice verification, printing the check with the existing check number, manual check printing, cancel payment, reinstate the check information in the check register and AP reporting

Role : SAP Functional Consultant Duration : February 2002 -- December 2003Client : Sharp Electronics, Mahwah NJ

Responsibilities:

• Configured global settings and organization structure. Set up company codes chart of account, posting variants, fiscal year variants, inter-company transactions and foreign currencies• Configured and Customized General Ledger -- Created Master Records, configured Number Ranges and G/L Accounts for Company Code and added new Accounts, assigning Chart of Accounts to Company Code, defining Field Status Variant, Fiscal Year Variant• Customized accounting transactions for GL postings, AR/AP posting and recurring entries. Provided configuration support in MM integration for account determination, material movement setup• Vendor Master, Payment methods (Manual, Auto) Defined account groups with screen layout for Master data, Setting for Vendor line item display and open item processing

Page 12: Resume Details

• Configured basic settings in Asset Management including Asset classes, Screen Layout, Depreciation Key, Depreciation posting rules & Accounts Determination• Created Procedures to document the business Transactions related to Assets like Acquisition, Retirement, Sale, and Depreciation Calculation• Configured Controlling Area, assigned Company Code to Controlling Area, and assigned Number Ranges to Controlling Area• Created Field status group, Fiscal year, Posting period, Document number ranges, Credit control area, Tolerance group

Education: 

Masters in Business Administration (Finance & Marketing) Bachelor's in Commerce (Accounts)

RESUME DETAILS

Summary• 5 years of successful experience as a resourceful and proactive SAP FICO Consultant • 9+ year's Functional expertise in Financial Accounting -- Book Keeping and accounts writing, Auditing, Taxation and MIS Functions• SAP R/3 exposed to all phases of project from Planning, Blueprint, Configuration, Development, Testing, Cutover, and Training to Go Live• FI-GL -- GL Master, posting, account balances, reporting, closing activities.• FI-AR -- Customer Master, Credit Management, Risk Management, Dunning, FI-SD Integration• FI-AP -- Vendor Master, Automatic Payment Program, Check Management, Intercompany clearing• FI-BL -- Bank Master, House Banks• FI-AA -- Asset Master, Chart of Depreciation, Integration with GL, Valuation of assets, postings and reporting• Cost Element Accounting -- Master Data, Cost Element Group, Cost element category, Reconciliation Ledger• Cost Center Accounting -- Cost Center Master, Standard Hierarchy, SKF, Activity Types, Planning, Postings, Allocations, Reporting, closing activities• Internal Orders- Master Data, Order Types, Funds Commitments, Postings, Settlements, closing activities• Consistently performed and ranked with top-most ratings in all appraisal cycles• Good team player with exceptional organizational and technical talent for troubleshooting

Page 13: Resume Details

production issues• Strong Interpersonal communication skills with Self-Motivation and Project Management Attributes• In the process of completing CGA Level 4

SAP SKILLSFI General Ledger, Accounts Payable / Receivable, Asset Accounting CO Cost Center Accounting, Cost & Revenue Element Accounting, Internal OrderInterfaces LSMW, I Doc's, BDC, BAPI Integration FICO integration with SD and MM 

Technical Skills/Tools Operating Systems WINDOWS NT, WINDOWS 95-2007&XP, UNIX, MS DOSERP ECC 5.0, 6.0, SAP R/3-- 4.7, BI 7.0, BW3.xDatabases Oracle 7.0,SQL6.5/7.0/2000Tools MSOffice (Excel, Word, Power Point)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vansco Electronics LP, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Nov 2009 -- July 2010 SAP FI CO Consultant, Enhancement Environment: ECC 6.0, FI CO, SD, MM, SCM, CRM&BI 

• Configured ECC 6.0 with New General ledger• Coordinated with Finance Business users and basis team in Data migration from Classical General ledger to New General ledger• Worked on New GL, Chart of Accounts with Account Groups, Field Status/ fiscal year variants • Maintained settings for foreign currency translation and Exchange rate gain/loss post automatically • Mapped Legacy chart of account to SAP Group chart of accounts• Gathered the requirements from users regarding the screen layout for Masters Records of vendors, customers and worked with ABAP team members• Customer master record maintenance, account group maintenance, payment terms, Dunning procedure configuration with four dunning levels• Configured Vendor master Data, Vendor account groups, Invoice verification and processing, payment run, manual payment processing• Accounts payables configured House bank, ranking order, Automatic payment programs including setting up payment methods and value date determination• Setting up of document types and posting keys for business transactions, General Ledger, creation of reconciliation accounts for account receivables• Designed Test case from Business Requirement and prepare test case inventory in Mercury Quality Center (MQC) • Completed the project within the allocated time and budget

Delphi Corporation, Troy, MI, USA June 2008 -- Aug 2009 SAP FI CO Consultant, Implementation and Support 

Environment: ECC 5.0, FI CO, SD, MM, PP& BI 

• Examined the company's document flow vis-à-vis SAP process flow• Business Blueprinting, Configuration, Testing, providing Functional Specifications to the ABAP team for Reports/ SAP Scripts/ Module Pools, Uploading data through BDC and Post

Page 14: Resume Details

go-live support• Maintained General ledger, account groups, chart of accounts, field status groups, fiscal year variant, posting period variant, number ranges and document types• Setting up of document types and posting keys for business transactions, General Ledger, creation of reconciliation accounts for account receivables• Configured customer/vendor master data, tolerance limits, invoice verification and terms of payment• Configured Bank Master Data, House Bank, check deposits, Automatic Payment Program and the Manual Bank Reconciliation Statement and Manual Check Deposit• Configured Lockbox with Bank, dispute management and collection management functionality• Defined new dunning procedure with 4 levels. Maintained variants for different user groups for Ageing reports and dunning letters• Prepared Test scripts based on variation and conditions• Implementation and Post Implementation Support• Coordinated with Super users and Business user the period end and year end activities and developing new reports• FICO integration support for SD and MM team members within the production support team

Tellabs operations Inc, Lisle, IL, USA Jan 2007- April 2008 SAP FI CO Consultant, Testing, Go Live and Support

Environment: ECC 5.0, FI CO, SD, MM, SCM, CRM&BI 

• Prepared Test scripts based on variation and conditions• Responsible for knowledge Transfer, documentation and training of Offshore resources on formal test scripts• Coordination with the Validation Team to comply Quality Assurance standards to be adhered for the GMP relevant scenarios and involved in drafting work instructions• Analyze business requirements, review Test Scenario documentation for Requirement coverage, Scripting, functional approval of the Test scenarios and post execution validation of the results• Raised SIR (System Investigation Report) if Test case is failed during execution. Discuss various issues with Process Team about particular SIR and resolve SIR and executed• Successfully implemented QTP for automation of test case execution • Designed Data migration plan the legacy system for general ledger, account receivables and payable• Applied majority of the OSS notes and key manual cut-over steps before GO-Live

Enteq Infotech Private limited, India June2004- Oct 2006 SAP FI CO Consultant, Implementation and Post Go Live support

Environment: 4.7, FI CO, SD, MM, PP & HR 

• Business Blueprint, Configuration, Testing, Data Uploadation and provided post go-live support• Designed organizational structure like setting up of client, creation of company, assigning company to company code, chart of accounts and G/L master data • Configured GL master data, account groups, retained earnings and financial Statement

Page 15: Resume Details

version• Maintained field status groups, fiscal year variant, posting period variant, number ranges, document types• Uploaded G/L accounts using BDC's programs, specifications were given for transfer from legacy into SAPusing flat files, Accounts receivables, General Ledger Balances• Coordinated integration design and configuration with SD and MM account determination• Maintained Vendor master data based on item and region wise, customer master data, defined credit limits to customers for individuals and corporate customers• Configured automatic payment program, maintained Terms of payment for payables• Configured asset master data after diagnosing Client requirements and Business• Configured chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, classify assets using asset classes, number ranges, asset class account determination for Balance Sheet and depreciation G/L accounts• Configured Asset Classes, depreciation keys, transaction types, asset master data, acquisitions, retirement, group assets, capitalization of asset under construction -- AUC• Involved in testing custom reports, interfaces, and user exits to ensure compatibility with new release• Integrated FI with MM and SD modules for the GR/IR Clearing and automatic payment • Trained the end user on such processes as created GL accounts, posting documents

OTHER EXPERIENCES Industrial Projects and services Pvt Ltd Nov 2000-May 2004 General Accountant • Performed AP Functions which includes scrutinizing and coding invoices / expense reports / commission statements / sundry office invoices. Then, weekly check runs / mailing out checks and answering to vendor queries• Performed AR function includes preparing invoices, sending statements monthly and following up for payment Assisted in monthly, quarterly & year-end close, and participated in preparation of financial statements• Processed Payroll for over 100 employees' monthly and submitted reports• Reviewed, analyzed & evaluated finances and securities pertaining to advance and shipping for clients• Project management function includes setting up new projects, booking and tracking contracts & purchase orders, monitoring projects in progress and reconciliation • Performed revenue recognition, deferred/unbilled and revenues/reserves and reconciled them on a monthly basis• Assisted with maintaining the integrity and retention of financial records • Reported and reconciled monthly inter-company/inter-branch, cost/revenue transfers

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONSMaster's in Business Administration (MBA) 2001

Bachelor's in Commerce 1995

Page 16: Resume Details

RESUME DETAILS

Career Profile

An experienced Accountant with a proven track record within the Public Sector. Experience of two major ERP implementations with a focus on change management and delivering project objectives. Experience to effectively challenge processes and procedures, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement in the workplace. 

Summary of Qualifications and Skills

• CIPFA • Accountancy • SAP FICO • AAT • HNC Business • IFRS implementation• Contract Management • SAP PS Asset customising• Agresso Financials• Staff Management • Change Management • Microsoft Office• Project Management • ERP Implementations • Capital Academy AXIS

Achievements

• Successful SAP implementation including projects and Asset module. This has included identifying process improvements and managing change.• Developed new accounting systems that fully complied with CIPFA 2007 SORP and resolved historic problems with asset accounting for the organisation.• Managed Implementation of Capita Academy cash receipting system within budget and required deadline. The successful implementation improved efficiencies within cashiering function.• Managed Agresso financial management system implementation including end user training delivery to deadline and within budget. Managing change management issues within Exchequer function.• Part of team to win a number of contracts as part of the Capita group that improved the profitability of the unit and increased job variety to members of the team.• Achieved internal promotions through exam success in both AAT exams and CIPFA exams and achievement of job objectives on a consistent basis.

Education

2006--2010 Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy2002-2003 Association of Accounting Technicians1999-2001 BTEC Higher Certificate in Business, Isle of Wight College1991-1993 NVQ Level 3 in Information Technology1989 -1991 9 GCSE's including Math's and English, Carisbrooke High School

Training

2009 SAP ERP 6.0, Isle of Wight Council2006 Agresso advanced user and administration, Agresso Services2005 Management Training, Capita Business Services2003 European Computer Driving License, Isle of Wight CouncilEmployment History

SAP Finance Specialist, Isle of Wight Council - Sept 2008 to Present

• Managed SAP implementation for project and asset management modules of SAP ECC6

Page 17: Resume Details

system.• Produced documentation for user guidance and new procedure guidance for FICO and PS modules.• Developed and managed successful FICO integration testing scenarios and user acceptance tests.• Delivered training and provided support to SAP users in FICO and PS modules.• Managed the financial reporting requirements for the organisation identifying reports not provided as standard by SAP and writing bespoke reports using both report writer and query tools in SAP.• Managed IFRS implementation and configured SAP system for these changes.

Capital Accountant, Isle of Wight Council - July 2006 to Aug 2008

• Produced the Council's Capital Strategy and Medium Term Financial Plan.• Developed procedures for Asset Accounting to comply with 2007 CIPFA SORP.• Monitored the capital programme and prepared Statement of Accounts.• Coordinated improvements in Asset Management across the organisation.• Provided guidance to Accountants and Project Managers on capital and asset related issues.

Senior Accountant, Capita Local Government Service - Oct 2004 to June 2006

• Project managed Agresso and Capita Academy AXIS implementation for successful go live in 2006.• Responsible for statutory reporting, providing management reports to Directors and Members.• Performed day-to-day management of Exchequer function and covered for Chief Accountant managing six accountants including performance reviews and setting performance targets.• Managed contract bid and managed successful contract for mortgage administration function.• Developed open book accounting policy for Somerset Waste Partnership and other contracts identifying opportunities for improvement.

Accountant, Isle of Wight Council May 1998 to Sept 2004

• Provided accountancy function including monthly reports and reviews with budget manager.• Management of one junior member including staff appraisal.• Provided financial service to budget managers including budget monitoring, budget setting and attending budget meetings.

Payments Officer, Isle of Wight Council - April 1993 to April 1998

• Provided assistance in all areas of Exchequer Services, assisting with credit control, payment routines, cashiering function and office budget management.

Additional Information• Interests: Football, Swimming, Cinema, Theatre, Traveling, Reading, Music and Computing.• Driving License: Full, clean UK license.RESUME DETAILS

SKILLS:

Page 18: Resume Details

Lawrence has more than 20 years of working experience as a Business Analyst, with more than 13+ as an IT Senior Business Analyst implementing SAP ECC 6.0, 3.0, 3.1 and 4.6 on a global level. His strength lies in Financial Systems/SAP (FI, AP, AR, Treasury modules) as well as knowledge of the SAP WMS Warehouse module. He possesses excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills, with strong abilities in problem resolution, and a talent for communicating with diverse individuals. EDUCATION:

Post Graduate, Oakland UniversityMBA, Central Michigan University, BA, Business Administration Accounting, University of Toledo

EXPERIENCE:

TBC Corporation, Juno Beach, FL March 2007 -- January 2010SAP Senior Business Analyst

Team Lead in managing the project scope, implementation, testing deployment and post implementation support of SAP ECC 6.0 in a $2.5 billion dollar Shared Services organization • Subject Matter Expert for the Financial module of SAP ECC 6.0• Analyzed data mapping and managed data conversions between SAP and Legacy Systems. • Managed file interfaces (over 100) between SAP and the Legacy Systems.• Configuration and support of Master Data and X-ref tables in SAP to maintain data synchronization with legacy system tables.• Functional support for the Corporate Accounting and Finance team configuration.• Department liaison between the business and IT Development team.• Support Functional and Technical Design Reviews.• Directed Unit and Integration testing for several modules including: General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury and Warehouse Management. • Responsible for the deployment and the close out of the project documentation.• Managed project risks and timelines to ensure successful implementation.• Support Go-Live and Cutover activities while running parallel systems support. • Worked with the off-shore team in India with the FICO implementation.

Flagstar Bank May 2006 -- December 2006Senior Business Analyst 

Managed the project scope, acceptance, installation and deployment of a multi-million dollar bank loan amortization project. • Consulted with and provided guidance to stakeholders on devising effective and efficient approaches to achieve project objectives. • Coordinated with other project areas to map interdependencies and resolve issues.• Managed the risks, analyzed the data and improved business processes.• Gathered requirements for the project and created business and use cases. • Designed and reviewed unit and user acceptance test cases utilizing TestDirector.• Supported the creation of current state and future state processes creating Business Requirements Definitions.• Supported Go-Live and Cutover activities including parallel runs and system support• Utilized two separated project methodologies in use at the time by the company: System Development Methodology (SDM) and the Rapid Application Development (RAD).Detroit Edison Company October 2005 -- January 2006Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Chosen as Subject Matter Expert during the Implementation of SAP R3 4.7:

Page 19: Resume Details

• Utilized Oracle/Peoplesoft Accounting Systems for Detroit Edison and Michcon and Non-Utility Business Ventures such as Waste Coal recovery and Fuel Transportation includingAccounting Operations, Project Costing, Asset Management and Consolidations modules. • Responsible for maintenance and setup of recurring journals, chart of accounts, and cost components.• Imported and managed all Project Costing Work Orders for all Divisions. • Enforced all GAAP rules and Sarbanes-Oxley process policies with respect to month end financial statements.

DaimlerChrysler Corporation August 1988 -- March 2005 Senior Business Analyst March 1998 -- March 2005

Team Leader in the redesign of Accounting/Cost programs with emphasis on General Ledger, Standard Cost Functions and Financial Reporting applications. • Analyst for SAP FI, CO and AR Modules which rolled up to the General Ledger, Cost Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable in the SAP R3 4.6 Accounting Systems.• Led blueprinting sessions and conducted subsequent work for the creation of current state and future state processes, users Business Requirements Definitions, and Functional and Technical Design Reviews interacting with internal and external project resources. • Documented business process flows and narratives in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. • Business liaison with SAP Consultants in upgrading the SAP R3 system from 3.0 to 4.6, globally. • Participated in Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Process Assessments.• Developed training materials and provided training to 100+ end users on all financial modules of SAP• Supported Go-Live and Cutover activities including parallel runs for Accounting Monthly/Year End Closings.• Automated several manual systems by creating 30 new databases resulting in improved operating efficiency, cost effectiveness and increased management controls throughout all financial disciplines.• Created interfaces to increase efficiencies and reduces errors including: created seamless technology between users using Microsoft Access databases for the sharing of unique data that each of the users needed.• Wrote and created tables for Data integrity in Microsoft Access for use in the SAP Modules using Visual Basic and SQL Statements in the creation of Reports for the GEAC, SAP r3 Accounting Systems.• Developed file upload format that created a General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable file transfer mechanism into the SAP r3 Accounting Systems.

Material Cost Control/System Analyst May 1993 -- March 1998 

Implemented, tested and rolled out SAP R3, version 3.0.

Systems Analyst January 1992 -- May 1993

Established and maintained computer systems within International Accounting, effectively automating general ledger applications. 

Corporate Staff Accounting Analyst August 1988 -- January 1992

Automated general accounting processes and streamlined business procedures.

AMC Jeep Corporation June 1984 -- August 1988 (Acquired by Chrysler Corporation, 1988) Accounts Payable Supervisor

Page 20: Resume Details

Supervised 13 member staff processing vendor and inter-company invoices. 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: 

Received Employee of the Quarter Award five times for innovation in automation and cost savings

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Page 21: Resume Details

RESUME DETAILS

Profile• Over four years of Consulting experience in SAP in FI/CO functional area and overall five plus years of experience in IT field.• Working as a Team-Lead in USA.• In-depth understanding of all modules of FI. • In-depth understanding of OM, PCA and PA modules in Controlling. • Good Working and support knowledge on CO-PS, PS and IM modules.• Worked primarily in enhancement projects and support projects.• Good understanding of SD, MM and PM integration issues and related functional process.• Consistently performed and ranked with top-most ratings in all appraisal cycles. Recognized and Promoted in the Lead Consultant Role.• Well versed with CMMI project management process. Good experience in Outsource/Offshore delivery model.• MBA in International Business specializing in IT, Finance and Marketing with engineering background.

Areas of Expertise• Organization Structure Setup, Taxes and Schedule Manager.• FI-GL -- GL Master, posting, account balances, reporting, closing activities.• FI-AR -- Customer Master, Credit Management, Risk Management, Dunning, FI-SD Integration.• FI-AP -- Vendor Master, Automatic Payment Program, Check Management, Intercompany clearing.• FI-BL -- Bank Master, House Banks.• FI-AA -- Asset Master, Chart of Depreciation, Integration with GL, Valuation of assets, postings and reporting.• Cash Management -- Electronic Bank Statement and Lock Box.• CO-OM -- o Cost Element Accounting -- Master Data, Cost Element Group, Cost element category, Reconciliation Ledger.o Cost Center Accounting -- Cost Center Master, Standard Hierarchy, SKF, Activity Types, Planning, Postings, Allocations, Reporting, closing activities.o Internal Orders- Master Data, Order Types, Funds Commitments, Postings, Settlements, closing activities.• CO-PA -- Structure, Characteristics, Value Fields, Allocations, Value Flows, Planning, Postings, Summarizations.• Reports -- Report Painter, Report Writer and Drill-down reporting.• EC-PCA -- Master Data, Planning, Postings, closing activities.• EC-CS -- Underwent training course AC-660 in SAP Americas.• LSMW, E-CATT.• Supported issues in Investment Management and Project Systems.

Project Details at Infosys

Client Novartis PharmaceuticalsProject Name SISNet -- North America ORION Project (Pharma Global Upgrade program to ECC 6.0)Location East Hanover, New jerseyDuration May 2009 -- Oct 2009 (6 months)Description of the projectAbout Orion Program: The ORION program is a global project to upgrade Pharma ERP landscape from 4.6C to ECC

Page 22: Resume Details

6.0. The North America project covered USA and Canada SAP systems. The scope included all current modules including all the custom programs and custom enhancements. The project had offshore team presence in India mainly delivering formal test results. The upgrade environment was a Unicode SAP system. Role:• FI/CO team lead from Infosys and responsible for end-to-end screening and testing of all process.• Key Responsible person from Infosys team for all Support related issues in FI (GL, AP, AR, AA) and CO (OM, PCA, PC)• Enable offshore delivery on time and planned cost reducing TCO for the business

Responsibilities:• As a team lead, responsible for planning and coordinating all testing and screening work.• Responsible for knowledge Transfer, documentation and training of Offshore resources on formal test scripts.• Worked on all areas of the business cycle like Order to Cash, Requisition to Pay.• Applied majority of the OSS notes and key manual cut-over steps before GO-Live.• Co-coordinated with business on new enhancements and maintained the integrity of the dual system landscape.

Key Learning's:• Understood concepts of Unicode Vs Non-Unicode.• Understood concepts of SPUD, SPDD and Basis Cut-Over steps.

Client Novartis PharmaceuticalsProject Name SISNet -- Global SupportLocation East Hanover, New jerseyDuration February 2007 -- April 2009 (2 year and 3 months) and Nov 2009 Onwards (2 months)Description of the projectAbout NovartisNovartis is a pharmaceuticals giant, established in over 140 countries across the globe. Novartis annual revenue is close to 40 billion $. Novartis group consists of Pharmaceuticals, Sandoz, Consumer Health and Vaccines and Diagnostics. The SAP version implemented is R/3 4.6C, with Modules of FI/CO, SD, MM and PM. Many Legacy systems are integrated with R/3. SAP BW system too is included in the landscape.Projects: 1) Implementation of Electronic Bank Statement• Customized version of BAI format bank statement upload• Customized implementation for user friendly interface almost avoiding frequent use CTS transports across system/clients for change in account assignments.• A single file utilized for all entities/instances, bypassing error related to existing of House banks for entities of other instance.• Involved in Writing Activity Descriptions, Functional Specifications, Process flow, sub-process flow and testing.• Supported implementation as a team member. Recognized for the role by senior management of Novartis.• Primary support for other instances/entities post go-live and subsequent roll-outs.2) Implementation of Concur-SAP interface as part of Travel & Expense project• Use of Concur as front-end tool leading to change in SAP related functionality.• A new interface file definition to be used for FI/CO postings.• Enhancement included automatic re-postings for reclassing of expenses posting to IO's related to marketing expenses.• Daily and monthly summary reports for consolidation across various systems.

Page 23: Resume Details

• Involved in Design of custom reports coordinating with business and offshore delivery team. • Involved as a SAP team lead for implementation and post go-live support.3) Fixed Assets project -- Mass Transfer of assets to a new cost center hierarchy• The project involved using LSMW tools to affect mass transfer of assets to a new Cost center hierarchy,• Developed and designed LSMW tool for creation, transfer of asset master data and change in key customizations in the asset class, copy-control.

Role:• FI/CO team lead from Infosys for North America (US/Canada) operations of Novartis Pharmaceuticals.• Key Responsible person from Infosys team for all Support related issues in FI (GL, AP, AR, AA) and CO (OM, PCA, PC)• SPOC for all enhancements related to change in business scope.• Client handling consisting various legal entities (7) and functions (BP&A, SOX, Tax, FRA)• Enable offshore delivery on time and planned cost reducing TCO for the business

Responsibilities:• As a team lead, responsible for planning and coordinating all North America related support/enhancement work.• Responsible for knowledge Transfer, documentation and training of Offshore resources on Domain, tools and processes.• Consistent productivity improvements for faster turnaround of enhancement work.• Coordinating with teams across Europe and India for proper planning and utilization of resources as part of the global delivery model.

Key Learning's:• Broader and specific SAP customizations related to Pharmaceuticals industry spanning functional modules of SD, MM and FI/CO.• Key Business Process/Domain understanding of Pharmaceuticals industry.

Training:• SAP Americas training on Consolidation (EC-CS). Course AC660

Project Name Air Liquide OperaClient Air Liquide, S.ALocation Paris, FranceDuration August 2005 -- Jan 2007 (1 year and 6 months)Description of the projectAbout Air LiquideAn Industrial and Medical gas manufacturer/supplier headquartered in Paris, France with annual turnover of 12 Billion Euros. Sells Gases to Industry, domestic and commercial establishments.The implementation involves SD, MM, FI/CO, PM modules. There are various legacy ERP packages which are integrated with SAP through EAI process. The level-3 support for end-users is known as the SAP ECC (European Competency Center) team which is divided as Active Cycle team, FI/CO team and Procurement/PM teams.Projects/Enhancements:ITALY Plant transfer:• Project was to transfer existing plants to a new plants within ITALY• Transfer of master and transactional data through LSMW.• FI/CO master data involved transfer of Asset, customer and vendor masters at plant and sales area level.

Page 24: Resume Details

• Transactional data involved transfer of open items of customers and vendors.• Involved in design, testing and deployment of the tools.Roles and Responsibilities:• Primary enhancement/support work on FI and CO with core focus on AR/AP/GL/AA and CO-OM, EC-PCA and CO-PA.• Member of the FI/CO team involved in support, knowledge transfer, documentation, creation of training materials.• Worked both in Paris, France and Bangalore, India getting a good hand at understanding global delivery model.• Worked in FI-AR enhancements which included inter-company EDI processing for automated Vendor invoice creation. Configuration involved Intercompany Sales order to Vendor invoice creation and Purchase Order to Vendor Invoice creation.• Involved in writing Functional specifications for customization of SAP with Air Liquide Business Process'. • Interacted with the Architecture team on a regular basis to understand issues faced by the client and suggesting improvements in SAP functionality.• Involved in testing FI/CO process' for regression tests held bi-annually for conformance of the functionality with respect to the template.• Developed ECATT scripts in certain flows for improving efficiency of Regression tests.• Developed LSMW tools to mass update master data related to vendor, customer, asset, material, etc.,.

Project Name ESU Training

Client InternalDescription of the projectThe Enterprise Solutions Training involved the following:-• Technical Training for Associate Consultants• Domain Training for Associate Consultants• Team Building, Methodologies and Process Orientation• Package Specific Training• Business Development PresentationsRole : Associate Consultant- Enterprise SolutionsResponsibility : • Formal Training on SAP SD Modules• Domain Training on Logistics, SCM, HR and Financial Functions• Package Implementation and Upgrade MethodologiesDuration : From: MAY 2005 To: June 2005Software : SAP R/3 Version 4.7

Personal and Educational Details

CURRENT OCCUPATIONCOMPANY :: Consultant -- ESInfosys Technologies Ltd., (From May 2005)EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MBA (IB), IIFT, New DelhiBachelor of Engineer RVCE, Bangalore University

PRIOR EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE INFOSYS (Pre-MBA / Post-BE):

1. Company worked for : HP (Digital) Global Soft, Bangalore, India

Project Name IM & MessagingLocation Bangalore, India

Page 25: Resume Details

Client Hewlett PackardDescription of the projectIM & Messaging project is a data-warehouse project where end-users used front-end Executive Information System reporting tool (BRIO Query, Insight) running queries on 6 application databases. The project has automated jobs which run daily, weekly and monthly to generate reports and is mailed to the selected list of end-user. The 6 application databases are populated with data through ETL methodology every 24 hours from different application databases running across Europe.The different application databases run on different data base servers. A list of some of the database servers include Odyssey (hardware repair information), OMRE (Order Management), WFM-IM (software repair information), MCDM, CARE (Contract Analysis), ICEMAN (Profitability reporting) which ran on Oracle, SQL Server, Redbrick and SOLID data warehouses.Role : Software EngineerResponsibility : 1. Monitor automated jobs and re-run failed jobs. Run jobs on special user-request2. Maintain username, password, and access permissions and create new users upon request.3. Create new report and maintain existing report and help end-users trouble shoot errors while running the reports.4. Provide support to end-users when database applications are migrated to new technology or upgraded to new versions.Duration : From: January 2003 To: April 2003Software : Windows 2000, Oracle, MS SQL Server 2000. 

2. Company worked for : Dell Computers, Bangalore, India

Project Name Relationship Support, US regionLocation Bangalore, IndiaClient Dell relationship customersDescription of the projectThis is a voice-support project for business customers of Dell. The support nature of project included both Dell hardware and Dell supported third-party Hardware and software. The hardware was Dimension Series Desktop computers. The software operating systems included Windows 9x, 2000 professional and XP. Third-party software's were hardware drivers, CD-burn software, media application software and many more.Role : Technical Support RepresentativeResponsibility : 1. Supported booting problems, hardware functional errors.2. Supported O/S errors.3. Helped customers to format hard-disks and re-install operating system.4. Supported customers in tracking consignments.Duration : From : July 2002 To : November 2002Software : Windows O/S, MS Office.

3. Company worked for: Spice Telecom, Bangalore, India

Project Name : GSM BTS SupportLocation : Bangalore, IndiaClient : Internal Maintenance TeamDescription of the projectThis project was maintenance and support for GSM BTS sites spread through out in Bangalore, India by Telecom Service provider Spice Telecom. Spice Telecom has a network of 130 BTS sites in Bangalore which is monitored 24 hours from the central Switch facility located in Bangalore. The network consists of a Central Switch (Siemens) of capacity 350,000 lines, monitoring OMC (Ops Maintenance Center) facility which would raise alerts for

Page 26: Resume Details

BTS maintenance team for quick resolution of network problems.Role : Trainee EngineerResponsibility : 1. Responsible to quick resolution of BTS site issues, whenever there is failure of signal pick-up, power-failure.2. Maintenance of BTS sites including the antenna system, Motorola BTS rack, tuning of frequencies, testing range activities.3. Mentoring team of support-electricians and setting up new BTS sites 4. Monthly monitoring and replacing failed devices, and also actively involved in understanding the switch and OMC functions.Duration : From: May2002 To: July 2002Software : Sun Solaris OS.

Page 27: Resume Details

RESUME DETAILS

Summary:• Over 8 years of experience working as Financial Analyst out of which 6 years in SAP FICO as Functional Consultant. • Sound SAP Financial Knowledge and configuration with excellent expertise of SAP R/3 FICO versions from 4.6 to ECC 6.0.• Full life cycle implementation using ASAP methodology, Understanding of “As Is “ Business processes, Blue Print, Realization - Configuration, Final Preparation-Unit & Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing , Preparation of Test Scripts ,Authorization design for Roles with Security team & developing BPP's, End Users User Training Pre & Post Go Live Support. • Cross Functional Knowledge of Overall Business Processes in Pharmaceutical, Telecom, Banking, Finance and Manufacturing Companies.• Strong functional experience in Migration, upgradation, Implementation, Customization, Configuration, Integration, Testing, User Training and Support. • Hands on experience in designing and implementing FI (GL/AP/AR/AA) and implementation of CO (CCA/IO/PA).• Hands on experience in upgradation from 4.7 to ECC 6.0. Expert in data migration from Classic GL to New GL • Extensively worked in Solution Manager, Report writer and Report painter.• Experienced working with SOX and SOD compliance. Good knowledge of EU Regulations.• Used BDC, LSMW & BAPI in various projects for data upload.• Excellent communication skills, exceptional ability to perform individually, good interpersonal relations, motivated & hard working individual.

SAP FICO Configuration Skills:• Financial Accounting (FI) Enterprise Structure: Configuration and customizing Company code, Creating GL account codes and Chart of Accounts, Configuration of Global settings, Configuration of GL automatic clearing, Configuration of Foreign currency valuation, Sales Tax/Purchase Taxes (Vertex).• New General Ledger / Classical GL: Activation of New GL Accounting, Define ledger for GL Accounting, Integrating the GL with subcomponents, Document splitting, Segmentation and Parallel Accounting, Controlling Component Transfer postings, Integration with Asset accounting.• Accounts Receivable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Oder to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms),Dunning, Reporting • Accounts Payable: Building AR Business module, Configuring and Customizing vendor master data, vendor account groups, Define sensitive fields for dual control, House banks, Invoice processing ,Document parking, Outgoing payment ,Reporting. • Treasury: Lockbox configuration, treasury groupings, bank statement processing, risk management, cash management posting rules, exchange rates, planning, integration with MM and SD• Asset Accounting: Configuring of Asset Accounting, Structuring Fixed asset design, integration with the GL, Defining asset classes, depreciation areas, Configure (Base, Balance and Multilevel) depreciation methods.• Cost Element/Center Accounting: creation of Primary and secondary cost elements, creation of cost center standard Hierarchy, Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures, Assessments, Distributions, plan price calculation, periodic allocations in plan.• Internal Orders: Creation of settlement cost element, configuration of the Settlement structure, settlement profile, real and statistical postings, Configuration of order planning, Budgeting, Defining status profile, Defining order types.

Page 28: Resume Details

• CO-Profitability Analysis: Configuring and Customizing Costing based CO-PA and Account based CO-PA including setting up of the operating concern, characteristics, value fields, • Closing and Reporting: Run and reconcile all incoming interface, start control and clearing reconciliation, run customer billing and vendor payments, approval of all parked documents, Run final sales figure and dunning reports, Open new period ,close old sales and material periods, Run all settlements in CO, Creating management accounting reports with Report painter. • Integration with MM, PP and SD: Integration of FI with MM, PP and SD modules, Inventory movement related account, Billing and Revenue account determination, Interfaces design and testing.• Migration to New GL: Activating New GL, Migration Cockpit.

Technical Skills:

ERP Applications: SAP R/3 Versions (4.6, 4.7) & ECC 6.0.Reporting: Crystal Reports, HyperionTools: Solution Manager 4.0, MS Office, Excel & PowerPoint presentation.Integration: FI & CO integration with MM, SD Database: Oracle, MS Access.Operating Systems: Windows (2003/XP/Vista).

Education:• MBA in Corporate Finance and Global business, University of Dallas TX USA• BBA In Corporate Finance, St. Gregory's University Shawnee OK USA

Professional Experience:

Client: Anheuser-Busch St Louis MO May 2009 till date Role: SAP FICO Functional consultant Environment: ECC 6.0, AP, AR, Treasury, SD and MM.Anheuser-Busch produces the two best-selling beers in the world, operates 12 breweries in the United States; and has operations around the globe. I was responsible for supporting the construction and implementation of SAP FI/CO (Financials, Controlling) at a consumer products company as the functional member of the Systems Integration team.Responsibilities:• Worked on treasury module in Lock box processing, Bank accounts, Manual and Electronic Bank statements, Bills of Exchange and Cash journal. • Customized customer master data, customer groups, customer field status, terms of payment Performing Lockbox configuration.• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments in BAI2 Format• Provided specification, and configuration of posting rules for processing customer payments via Lockbox. • Involved in providing functional specifications for modifying the lockbox program to handle negative values and credit memos and also Created Credit Control Areas and pre-defined Credit Limits for Customers• Configured Account Receivables which included Dunning, Incoming payments settings, Down payments procedure and Credit management.• Integration of FI with MM and SD modules, Fine-tuning interfaces with FI, GL, AP, and AR including validation / substitution rules. 

Client: FMC, Philadelphia PA. Dec 2007 -- Mar 2009Role: SAP FICO Functional ConsultantEnvironment: ECC 6.0 AP, AR, AA, COPAFMC Corporation is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial and

Page 29: Resume Details

consumer markets globally. Project involved customization of SAP ECC 6.0 and implementation across all enterprises in US, I was Involved in analyzing the requirements of clients and configuration in Financial and Controlling modules. Responsibilities:• Interacted with client for requirements gathering and analysis. Reviewed and updated the functional design documents for FI/CO developments, Full lifecycle implementation. • Involved in developing detailed functional specifications documents.• Configured Account Payables Starting with Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification, Vendors credit memo and Check clearing sub-processes, Advance paid or down payment made to vendors• Configuration for the creation of Account Receivables invoices and posting of manual incoming payments with differences, clearing and reversals, interest calculation.• Developed AR custom report for month end closing to capture the every detail of Closed and Open Customer invoices• Configured Fixed Asset Master Data - acquisitions, retirements, revaluation of fixed assets, customized depreciation keys for depreciation run - planned, special, unplanned depreciation.• Customizing screen layouts for asset master data, asset sub ledgers and asset depreciation areas. Defining transaction types and account assignments for asset acquisitions and retirements.• Involved in integration of Fixed Asset accounting with internal orders, maintaining settlement profiles for internal orders, Configuring capitalization of assets under construction, assigning cost elements.• I was involved in Integration of New general ledger with Controlling for reconciliation activity through real time integration variant. • Involved in Cost center assessments to segments, COPA reporting, forms, Planning, Derivation rules and structures, Product and customer hierarchy, PA settlement, realignments and integration issues with SD.• Involved in data migration from legacy systems to SAP system using LSMW.• Integration of FI with MM, PP and SD modules, Integrated SD and FICO with Project System.

Client: AT&T, Morristown, NJ Mar 2007 -- Nov 2007Role: SAP FICO ConsultantEnvironment: ECC 6.0, AP, AR, AA, IO, COPAAT&T is a premier communications holding in the United States and worldwide. Recently AT&T started to implement CFM (Customer Financial Management) which is post-billing application of SAP that supports the Financial and Operational processes for the recording of all Customer transactions for revenue, tax and accounts receivable and for managing the consolidated financial results of the Customers. I was involved as a part of Implementation team for AP, AR, GL and CO module.Responsibilities:• Involved in Migration of data from Classic GL to New GL through different phases of migration cockpit.• Configured the settings in G/L area, such as creating G/L master data, cross-company code transactions, with multiple currencies and multiple company codes, and open item clearing. Configured GL transactions for business processes such as fast-entry screens, posting, parking, reversals and month end closings.• Configured and maintained House banks with multiple bank accounts, Alternate bank selections for payments, assigned check lots and defined void reason codes.• Configured Vendor Down payment, Installment payment, Automatic payment program, Check management, and recurring entries.• Configured Fixed Asset: Defined the chart of depreciation which includes the list of depreciation areas. Created Different Asset classes and defined the screen layout rules for the corresponding asset classes. Integrated the Asset management with the plant

Page 30: Resume Details

maintenance module. Defined the LSMW object for uploading asset masters.• Worked on integration of FI/CO with MM and SD for Inventory valuation, Movement types, damaged stocks and functions such as GR and Invoice verification, order management, pricing, delivery and transportation and billing.

Client: PetsMart Inc., Phoenix, AZ Aug 2006 - Feb 2007 Role: SAP FICO ConsultantEnvironment: SAP R/3 4.6, 4.7, AP, AR, COPet Smart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. Pet Smart is the largest retail chain in North America to implement all SAP Financial and retail software solutions. I was Involved in providing production support to end user as well as actively involved with upgrade team (4.6 to 4.7).Responsibilities: • Worked on day to day support issues and implementation related issues which comprise Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, Cost center accounting, internal orders and Profitability analysis.• Supported day to day issues like creating new payment terms, creating new banks, investigating payment program issues on weekly basis. Also worked on interfaces for printing checks from third party application and developed functional specs to create interface to provide check status to external legacy system.• In Account Receivable, worked on various support issues like investigating blocked billing document from SD and identifying the root cause of it.• Created new correspondence types for Payment advices, customer account statement and rebate document which enabled business to communicate efficiently with Customers.• Supported in the area of Internal Order Settlement to Asset under Construction and respective asset (settlement profile, etc.) Configured Internal Order.• Modifications of functional specifications and user exits to make them compatible with the new version • Documented the workshop meeting minutes and stored these reviewed documents in the Solution Manager 4.0• Conducted various meeting with key Management in the Financial Management department to discuss various needed development strategies

Client: Amerada Hess Corporation, Houston, TX Aug 2004 -- July 2006Role: SAP FI/CO Functional ConsultantEnvironment: SAP R/3 4.7, Production Support.Amerada Hess Corporation operates as a leading integrated oil and gas concern. In 1997 they adopted SAP's Enterprise planning software; I was involved in post production support to resolve day to day issues to make the whole system run effectively and also responsible for enhancement as and when needed.Responsibilities:• Provided extensive support to the business users regarding business issues arising out of SAP FICO• Configured down payment functionally and payment medium workbench and also worked extensively on bank specific payment files to automate check and electronic payments to meet client's specific requirements.• Trained business users on various business processes like applying lockbox, running payment run and recurring entries for periodic transactions.• Created various new (fixed asset) asset master data and tested them thoroughly in the testing client and transported them into the production.• Worked on configuring the necessary settings to transfer plan data from controlling components to Special Purpose Ledger and resolved issues.• Performed unit testing and regression testing for different accounts payable and accounts receivable functionalities.• Master Data Maintenance in PCA, which included set up of new, Profit centers. Enhanced

Page 31: Resume Details

COPA reports.• Provided SAP FI/CO tuning and troubleshooting including the identification and resolution of performance related issues• Provided End user support to the SAP user community• Strictly followed SOX rules for the Support Phase

Client: Merchant Banking & Financing Ltd, India Feb 2002 -- July 2003Role: Financial AnalystResponsibilities:• As A Issue Manager to managed the public offering of various securities like equity shares (both ordinary as well as right), preference shares, bonds & debentures etc• Merchant banking activities: IPO, RTS, underwriting of shares managing private placement of equity. • Developed detail report on financial activity of MB: Financial advisory services, fixed deposit saving accounts, provident fund deposit, call account, current account. Learned the use of popular on line banking software Pumori plus 2.0.• Researched on various lending process: Corporate lending, retail lending, lending against marketable securities.• Trained in Credit, account and public relations departments. • Involved in Initial Public Offering (IPO) • Research for prospective clients and Developed database for IPO activities.

Client: MicroTech Computers, India Jan 2001 -- Jan 2002Role: Financial AnalystResponsibilities:• Performed financial analysis, prepared budgets and forecasted revenues by reviewing financial statements and market reports.• Developed financial reports and presentations management to facilitate them make informed decisions.• Managed and audited monthly, quarterly and annual accounting closes including review of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.• Performed a breakeven analysis for management to make critical decision. • Handled tax audits of various clients & assisted them in tax management issues• Prepared complex income tax returns for individuals as well as for businesses• Gained exposure of Individuals, Firms & Companies taxation. Involved in preparation & filing of Tax Returns, Computation of Income Tax & also assisted in Tax Planning

Client: Standard Chartered Bank, India, May 2000 -- Dec 2000Role: Financial AnalystStandard Chartered Bank is a multi- national bank with extensive presence in Asia, Africa & the Middle East. It serves both Retail & Wholesale Banking customers & has a huge inter- connected network of banking locations. My role as Financial Analyst involved Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, handling audits and financial analysis of the financial statements of the organization.Responsibilities:• Financial Appraisal of existing clients with respect to Investment Advisory (including Tax- savings, Mutual Funds & Life Insurance), Involved in Auditing of Financial transactions & Vouchers.• Handling Branch Accounts & Preparation of Branch Profit & Loss Accounts & Balance Sheet. • Created various statistical reports that were used as management tools in the decision making process.• Track payments and schedule future payments. Verify accuracy of every expense before entering payment stream.• Reconcile and distribute payment to multiply vendors. Distribute daily general operating

Page 32: Resume Details

reports. Maintain logs of payment schedules.• Handle accounts receivable and billing services as needed. Process month end closings and monthly reports.• Regularly take an added responsibility involving spreadsheet management and other duties.• Process overhead invoices for payment and process all expense reports.• Handle a broad scope of internal processes encompassing the daily management of billings, collections, reconciliation, general ledger and month end closing with main focus on accounts receivable functions.

Page 33: Resume Details

RESUME DETAILS

OBJECTIVE: To work in an innovative and challenging environment as an SAP Functional Consultant that utilizes solid experience and knowledge of core financial concepts 

and a sound skill set in financial reporting and analysis by leveraging my experience and continuing to be challenged. 

EDUCATION: Wayne State University, Detroit, MIMay 2008Master of Business Administration [MBA] -- Finance and Strategic Management

Ryerson University, Toronto, ONMay 1998Bachelor of Business Commerce 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Business AnalystOct. 2008 -- PresentMercyLight LLC, Berkley, MIProvided consulting services in order to develop a business strategy. • Integrated financial analysis for future developments in the area of: sales forecast, break even analysis, NPV, IRR, profit and loss statement, cash flow statement and balance sheet.• Pricing objectives, strategy and support.• Analyzed market demographics and defined target market.• Constructed a marketing strategy tailored around advertising objectives and marketing campaigns.• Advised on product offerings and pricing.

Research Analyst -- InternshipJan. 2008 -- Apr. 2008 Wayne County Airport Authority, Detroit, MI• Researched and analyzed Detroit Metropolitan Airport's customer satisfaction improvement program using Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey data that was used as a metric to benchmark and to identify customer satisfaction of the top 100 airports around the world.• Developed a monthly traveler schedule for ASQ surveyors in order to support the ASQ Survey.• Developed meaningful ad-hoc reports utilizing PivotTables and VLOOKUP functions utilizing the results from the ASQ Survey. • Personally determined, designed and administered an additional questionnaire to a sample a group of 300 passengers in order to take the ASQ Surveys a step further in order to support the findings of the ASQ Survey. The results were collected, compiled and used by senior management for decision making on where to focus financial and personnel resources.

Analyst/AdministratorMar. 2006 -- Aug. 2007Sterling Therapy, PC, Warren, MI• Preparation of monthly/yearly financial reporting, including variance analysis to budget.• Performed profitability and ratio analysis.• Preparation of processing AR billings including calculation of DSO's.• Reconcile entries to financial reporting system reports.

Page 34: Resume Details

• Enter cash transactions in ledgers and reconcile cash reports in preparation of bank deposits.• Tracking of AP, including vendor reconciliations.• Responsible for payroll & benefits administration.

Purchasing AnalystAug. 2004 -- Feb. 2006DASCAN Industrial Controls, Troy, MI• Planned and managed material procurement functions for $2 million Company.• Responsible for coordinating the purchase of industrial process control equipment for the automotive, water/waste-water, and wireless communications industries.• Performed inventory control and management functions as they applied to purchasing, including A/P vendor reconciliation.• Researched and resolved all debit/credit discrepancies from vendor statements.• Provided detailed analysis of research on claim and return disputes.• Communicated with Vendors/Customers about A/P/A/R issues.• Maintained good financial relations with key vendors.• Conducted market analysis by researching prospective bids from various industries and presenting data to management.• Entrusted with preparation of bids for potential projects using cost benefit analysis.• Efficiently scheduled and tracked shipments of industrial control panels/electrical equipment.• Reduced shipping cost by 15% through cultivating and negotiating long-term shipping contracts. 

Business Development/AdministratorJul. 1999 -- Jun. 2004 Ergosoft/PCI, LLC, Detroit, MI • Relationship development with key top clients.• Negotiated client contracts with upper management.• Responsible for contracting IT consultants.• Responsible for the hiring IT professionals and chemical engineers for this start-up company.• Responsible for payroll and benefits administration.• Conducted cost-benefit analysis of employee benefit plans by reducing health insurance costs by 25%. 

SAP TRAINING:SAP (FI/CO)May 2009 - PresentExperience in SAP R/3, ECC 6.0• Experience with full project lifecycle activities including design, configuration and understanding of the SAPmethodology. • Functional support and implementation in SAP Applications within the module areas of FI and CO.• Creation of Reconciliation accounts for Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. • Assigned Chart of Accounts to Company Code. • Created and configured settings for Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period and Field Status Variant, Field Status Groups, Document Number Ranges; as well as defined Tolerance Groups.• Configured “Lockbox” and APP, setup and defined Control Parameters. Defined posting rules for processing Electronic Bank Statements. • Creation of Master Data: Creation of Cost Center groups under the Standard Hierarchy, including Collection and Allocation Cost Centers.• Configuration experience with Controlling & Profitability Analysis (COPA).

Page 35: Resume Details

• Configuration of Product Costing, creation of Material Master, and Cost Centers. • Configured Cost component structure and BOM. Set up material cost estimate with quantity structure.

COMPUTER SKILLS:Proficient with Windows operating systems and internet based search. Specialized knowledge of:• MS Office Suite 2007 (Access) • SAP Financials and Controlling (FI/CO) • Peach-Tree Accounting • PC-ACE Pro 32 • Quicken Deluxe • AutoCAD

REFERENCE: References available upon request

Page 36: Resume Details

RESUME DETAILS

CAREER OBJECTIVE 

Challenging SAP R/3 FICO position with a growth oriented company, where application of my functional and professional experience can be utilized to enhance its goal. 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE 

Over seven years versatile experience in SAP R/3, 3.0F, 3.1H, 3.1I, 4.0B, 4.6C and 4.7 implementation of FI/CO modules. Experience in Materials Management (MM) and Sales & Distribution (SD).Ability to apply logical methodology for the analysis and resolution of business and functional issues.Excellent oral and written communication skills. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Excellent training and strong leadership skills. 80 WPM typing skill

EXPERIENCE

SAP FICO WESTLAKE -- SENIOR SAP R/3 FICO AnalystSENIOR SAP R/3 FICO Analyst, Texas 04/2007 - Present

Product cost controlling, pipe roll-out projects participation.Involved with month end close activities SAP R/3 FICO trainer and production support. Perform acceptance testing for interfacing FI module with CO, SD, MM and PPFICO Semi-Annual Test of SAP Automated SOX controls. Strong knowledge of tax codes configuration, fixed assets, AP, AR, and LSMW.Create controlling area CCA, PCA, COPA, primary cost element and standard hierarchy.Conducted post implementation activities in FICO application areas, which included the monitoring of end user calls to aid in identification and resolution of issues, added value in supplementing training personnel and in offering suggestions towards more efficient help desk procedures.Prepare FI configuration synchronization. Create project plan, define testing scope and strategy. ConfigureSAP controlling module involving the controlling area

SENIOR SAP R/3 FICO ConsultantHouston, Texas 05/2006 -- 04/2007

Versatile experience in FICO, product costing, cost center accounting, internal order accounting and profit center accounting. Create controlling area CCA, PCA, COPA, primary cost element and standard hierarchy.Strong knowledge in FI in GL, AP, AR, taxes and asset accounting. Team coordinator. Manage daily responsibilities of consulting team involved in methods enhancing and production support services.Participate with process team to identify conversion and interface requirements for business systems to SAPDevelop functional specifications for interfaces and conversions to SAPDevelop techniques for error detection and data synchronization.Assist in coordinating data quality efforts for the various process teams

Page 37: Resume Details

Design and implement profit improvement projects including cost reduction and strategic planningBuild event from the business event type of Human Resources. Experience in Fixed Assets.Configure SAP FI module involving General Ledger, Account Receivable and Account Payable.Configure SAP controlling module involving the controlling areaConfigure Clients organizational structure involving company, credit control area and company codes.

SAP R/3 FICO Senior ConsultantHouston, Texas 09/2005 -- 04/2006

Finance testing team coordinator. Manage daily responsibilities of consulting team involved in methods enhancing.Participate with process team to identify conversion and interface requirements for business systems to SAPDevelop functional specifications for interfaces and conversions to SAPDevelop techniques for error detection and data synchronization.Assist in coordinating data quality efforts for the various process teamsDesign and implement profit improvement projects including cost reduction and strategic planningBuild event from the business event type of Human Resources. Experience in Fixed Assets.Configure SAP FI module involving General Ledger, Account Receivable and Account Payable.Configure SAP controlling module involving the controlling areaConfigure Clients organizational structure involving company, credit control area and company codes.

SAP R/3 FICO Senior Systems AnalystHouston, Texas 10/2000 -- 09/2005

Provided quality assurance, integration, configuration, and testing of SAP R/3 FI AP/AR/GL (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger), SAP R/3 CO (Controlling) Cost center, Special ledger and internal order.Core FICO, inclusive of establishing design of organizational elements such as company codes, cost and profit centers. Tax codes configuration. Archiving, support pack testing, profit center group configuration.Testing responsibilities -- Accounts Receivable, accounts payable, General Ledger, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Business Areas and Profitability analysisConducted post implementation activities in FICO application areas, which included the monitoring of end user calls to aid in identification and resolution of issues, added value in supplementing training personnel and in offering suggestions towards more efficient help desk procedures.Prepare FI configuration synchronization. Create project plan, define testing scope and strategy.Perform acceptance testing for interfacing FI module with CO, SD, MM and PP.Prepare specifications and queries for abap4 programmers.Configure SAP FI involving G/L, A/R, A/P, fixed assets, multi-foreign currency and assets management.Define company code, chart of accounts, fiscal year variants, field status variants, posting key variants, number ranges and tolerance group.

Page 38: Resume Details

SAP R/3 FICO Production Support ConsultantSugar land, Texas 05/2000 - 09/2000

Vertex tax quantum experience, ALE, work flow control, remedy (action request system), Product costing, EDI, report tree, logistics, multi foreign currency, special ledger, report writer and report painter.Create the integration of purchasing in materials management. Create vendor master record.Create report and analysis in purchasing and maintain invoice verification.Configure material ledger and special ledger. Activate and deactivate valuation areas for material ledgerConfigure currency types to a material ledger type. Maintain price-relevant master data fields.Configure material ledger type to valuation area. Maintain transfer pricing.Configure SAP FI module involving General Ledger, Account Receivable and Account Payable, define fiscal year variants, field status variants and posting key variants.Create controlling area CCA, PCA, COPA, primary cost element and standard hierarchy.Configure automatic payment program, automatic posting program and automatic clearing program. Prepare specification for abap4 programmers, support end users.

SHELL -- SAP R/3 FICO Systems ConsultantHouston, Texas 02/2000 - 05/2000

Data discovery-Collect all data from the legacy system (including the chart of accounts) and prepare scripts (with script numbers) starting with the workflow. Mapping old legacy system to the new SAP system using batch data communication and batch programs. Configure SAP system including SAP transactions using workflow scripts.Prepare acceptance testing documents in SAP FICO modules. Make changes to configuration with approval provided by client, performed in a test environment.Determine and solve production problems, track and submit transport request for configuration changes from test to production environment.Perform acceptance testing for interfacing FI module with CO, SD, MM and PP.Prepare specifications and queries for abap4 programmers.Configure SAP FI involving G/L, A/R, A/P, fixed assets, product costing, special ledger, multi foreign currency and assets management.Define company code, chart of accounts, fiscal year variants, field status variants, posting key variants, number ranges and tolerance group.Create controlling area, CCA, PCA, COPA, primary and secondary cost element.Create financial special purpose ledger, report writer and report painter.

SAP R/3 FICO Systems ConsultantIrving, Texas 01/00 - 02/00 

Manage daily responsibilities of consulting team involved in methods enhancing.Participate with process team to identify conversion and interface requirements for business systems to SAPDevelop functional specifications for interfaces and conversions to SAPDevelop techniques for error detection and data synchronization.Assist in coordinating data quality efforts for the various process teamsDesign and implement profit improvement projects including cost reduction and strategic planningBuild event from the business event type of Human Resources. Experience in Fixed Assets.

Page 39: Resume Details

Configure SAP FI module involving General Ledger, Account Receivable and Account Payable.Configure SAP controlling module involving the controlling areaConfigure Clients organizational structure involving company, credit control area and company codes.Define fiscal year variant and tolerance group to establish maximum profit and payment differences.Design and implement profit improvement projects including cost reduction and strategic planning.Work directly with all management levels and areas within institution to achieve desired results. 

OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - Financial SpecialistHouston, Texas 12/93 - 01/00 

Performed daily account analysis, Cash Applications and various general ledger accounts reconciliation.Processed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable invoices and prepared various month end reports and financial statements. Maintained statistical data in posting payments and discrepancies.