SAP Consultant Resume Example

SAP CONSULTANT

Accomplishments

Configured VAT (Value Added Tax) for Europe (France, Germany, Spain, Italy).
Financials: (GL, AR): Configured General Ledger, Accounts Receivable for US.
Germany, Spain, France, Mexico and Canada.
Global Localization Template implementation.
Fixed Assets: Configured Fixed Assets System for Germany, Spain, France and US Sites for Celanese Ltd.Also, converted approximately 500,000 Assets for all the legal entities in US, Germany, France and Spain.
Projects System: Project, WBS and Networks configuration and implementation.
Preplanning, R&D and Implementation projects Production: Repetitive Manufacturing: Sales Forecasting, Planning Run Schedule Headers Cost Collectors Settlement of Cost Collectors.
Materials Management: Movement Types, Account configuration and implementation for two Chemical Plant Sites in US.
Plant Maintenance: Plant Maintenance configuration and implementation for two Chemical Plant Sites in US.
Investment Management: Capital Program Positions, Planning and Budgeting, Projects Definition, Work Breakdown structures, Networks, Activity Settlement to Assets, Cost Centers.
Project Definitions, Work Breakdown Structures and Networks for the following project types:Expense Project, Investment Project, R & D Projects, Preplanning projects and Safety Projects Special Purpose Ledger and Consolidation: Configured the Special Purpose Ledger with automatic upload to Consolidation System (FI-LC) using Cost of Sales Accounting and with multiple currencies.
Configured the Consolidation system on Regional basis (Americas, Europe and Asia) using EC-CS and worked on the following: IAS (International Accounting Standards).

Professional Summary

I have over 20 years' experience managing IT teams in Fortune 500 companies, with responsibility across custom development, data centers, infrastructure, IT support, cloud solutions, with deep experience in SAP across industries e.g. Aerospace and Defense, Consumer product goods, Telecommunication, Chemicals, Health care, Auto, Hi-tech, Electronics, Beverages and Oil and gas. Well versed in designing solutions that optimize efficiency within core finance, logistics, supply chain and manufacturing business process areas. I.T. Leadership, Strategy, Solutions, Execution, Software Development, Project Management, Change Agent. The transition to the cloud and big data are two topics that are changing the business landscape. How will your organization leverage this change to your advantage? How does this impact innovation and your corporate pace-layered application strategy? My role is to drive and challenge IT & business leaders in the strategic planning process across a variety of industries, including hi-tech manufacturing, oil and gas, consumer goods, and engineering and construction. I am responsible for providing innovation and thought leadership for developing and implementing information technology initiatives that supports the business, improves cost effectiveness, creates competitive advantage, and continuously improves operational efficiency, across all areas of the business. My current focus areas are mobility, how can HANA fit into the solution, Cloud + on premise integration, and the impact on data centers, integrated business planning with a new approach to match actuals to financial plans. SAP Business Warehouse with a Custom Government Billing Solution (SD), Finance (GL, AR,) , Controlling (Cost Element A/c), Contracts and Logistics (PS). Grouping, Pegging and Distribution with Projects using Tail Numbers for Military Contracts. Steering the QlikView application Proof of Concept for Finance and Materials Management by providing design and technical specifications. Implemented KPIs/Dashboard in QlikView and developed apps in the following areas: Military Contract Reporting (35+ Million Records) Financial Consolidation - 6 + Million Overhead Budgeting and Actual (3.5+ Million) Financial Planning and Analysis (AOP and Budgets) Headcount - Direct and Indirect Capital Management Pool and Base Rate Analysis. Materials Management and Sales & Distribution (360 Degree view) Strong SQL knowledge and script writing skills. Extraction from Business Warehouse (Cubes and DSO and Metadata, ECC SAP R/3 Tables. Access and Excel Data etc. Documented and implemented Best Business Practices for Developing dashboards, script writing etc. Governance guidelines for Folder Structure, Migrations from Dev. to Quality to Production. Used Publisher to schedule updates every hour during close and publishing dashboards on Access Point. Successfully completed the SAP ECC 6.0 Finance and controlling module implementation for Singapore. Analyze, Design and Configuration and Ongoing Post Production Support: Configuration and Post Production Support for US, Canada, Amsterdam and Singapore for the following applications in SAP ECC 6.0 Finance , Controlling and Projects Systems: General Ledger,Accounts Receivable and Payable Fixed Assets and Investment Management Project Systems - Projdef, WBS, Planning/Budgeting, Results Analysis, Status Profile, Networks, Milestone Billing, Plan vs Actuals, Profit Rate, Revenue and Cost Based Methods, Revenue Recognition, Contracts (Fixed, T&M, Cost Plus etc).Percentage Completion, Settlements, Month end close processing.

Skills

SAP Software SAP ECC, S4 HANA v 1503, BPC 10.1 Embedded, SEM- BCS, BPS, and CRM.
SAP Modules : FI (GL, AR. AP), PP, CO (CCA, IO, PCA, PC) , MM, IM, PS, AA and PM
Software languages : COBOL, Basic, "C", Oracle.
Operating systems : Proprietary Systems (VAX, IBM, ICL), UNIX, Windows, MS Office Excel, PPT, Project.
Others : Solution Manager, HPQC, Remedy, JIRA, Charms &,Share point.

Work History

04/2009 to 12/2009

Cost Center/Internal Order and Profit center accounting Legacy Mainframe/Others applications: ARIBA PO for Non Material Purchases.
Legacy Labor applications (Star).
Legacy Mainframe Interface applications for Commercial Billing Production, Sales & Distribution, Materials and Quality Management Production Planning, Sales and Operation Planning with Forecasting Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) Bills of Materials Shop Floor Control.
Production Orders (Assembly Orders.
Made to Order, Make to Stock) - Discrete Manufacturing Planned Orders - Purchase Orders, Purchase Requisitions, Approvals Levels.
Inventory Management - Engineering stores & Raw Materials.
Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Stock Movements (Good Receipts/Issues, Stock Transport Orders), Reorder Levels, Movement types.
Quality Management - Samples, Inspection Plans and Slips.
Approval / Rejections of Materials in RM and FG.
Vendor Rating and Inspection Reports.
Sales Contracts, Sales Orders, Pricing, Billing and Settlement of Production Orders to Sales Orders.
QlikView Support: Support Data extractions from BW/ECC Maintain and implement new dashboards and apps for Laptops and IPAD's.
Other Responsibilities: Liaison between Business Users (Finance, Contracts and Logistics) and IT for ticket resolution in regards to new requirements, enhancements and implementation of new functionality.
Monitoring interfaces and scheduling batch jobs.
Have used multiple applications such as Maestro, Tivoli, Schedule Manager, Closing Cockpit etc.
to schedule jobs in FI, CO, MM and PS for SAP.
Error analysis and resolution pertaining to errors while executing batch jobs.
Update design documents, functional specifications and configuration document for ongoing maintenance and new functionality releases.
Support month end closing activities in SAP ECC 6.0 and Business Warehouse (SEM BW, BCS) Optimize end to end processes and implement changes to improve system performance, reduce complexity and cost.
Integration testing for a new Production, MRP and Materials implementation for Feb 2013 Go-live.
Support Business readiness and assess impacts to the current solution.
Industry: Software Company, TX Role: SAP FICO & CRM Consultant - (ECC 6.0) Responsibilities: Responsible for the FI-CO Configuration and CRM integration Requirements Gathering and analysis Process Flows/Data flows (End to End) Integration with CRM 2006 for replication of data from/into ECC 6.0 Functional Specifications for Reports and Interfaces.
Detailed design and configuration New General Ledger Document splitting Creation of Parallel ledgers Business transactions Fixed Assets Asset Classes Chart of Depreciation Depreciation Areas Depreciation and calculation keys Asset take over Country specific depreciation - US (Book, Tax) Parallel Currency.
CCA, Internal Order and Product Costing Unit testing, integration testing, cutover and system readiness for go-live.
Training documentation.

01/1996 to 01/1996

GAAP and Regulatory requirements for each country Inter-company eliminations and reclassifications.
Consolidation of Investments.
FASB 52 requirements.
Used Special Purpose Ledger for data collection.
Balance Sheet and Income Statement Reporting.
Oil and Gas Role: SAP PS-FICO Consultant (7 Months) Responsibilities: Implemented the Business Area Consolidation implementation and integrated with PS, SD, MM and FICO.

SAP Consultant, 06/2016 to Current

Years and Continents/Countries/Global): Chemicals & Gas - 5 Years (Europe, Asia, North America [USA, Mexico and Canada]) - Global Aerospace - 7 Years (Europe, Asia, N America [USA, Mexico and Canada], S America)- Global Automotive - 1 Year (North America [USA, Mexico and Canada])- Global Food company - 1 Year (North America [USA]) - Local Information technology company - 1 Year (North America [USA], Asia (Japan)) - Global Auto Parts Store - 1 Year (North America [USA, Mexico]) - Global Pharma - 15 Months (North America [USA, Mexico]) - Global Oil & Gas - 7 Months (North America [USA]) - Local Others - 3 Years (North America [USA] - Local Travel - 15 Months.(Global) Industries: Technology (Digital Equipment Corporation, Autodesk), Telecommunications (GTE/Verizon), Oil & Gas (BP Amoco, Celanese), Chemicals (Celanese), Pharmaceuticals & Health Care (Boehringer Mannheim, E Merck), Engineering and Construction (Caterpillar Inc.), Aerospace and Defense (United Technologies, Bell Helicopter), Electronics (NEC - Nippon Electric Company) Beverages, Soft Drinks - Pepsi Consumer Products (Kimberly Clark, Pelican Products), and Automotive (Nissan).
Travel - Sabre Holdings.

SAP ECC (PS-AA-FICO) Consultant, 03/2015 to 06/2016
VA

Travel technology, Dallas, TX - Sabre Holdings Role: SAP FICO / S4 HANA Simple Finance/ HANA Solution Architect Responsibilities: Solution Architect for S4 HANA Simple Finance(Coding Block) - Localization Visioning of new solution for Sabre Divisions (Airline Solutions, Travel Network and Sabre Hospitality Services) Implementation of Asia Pacific solution (Singapore, Aus, NZ, China, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and Srilanka.
Operational/Management Reporting using SAP Fiori, SAP HANA live and Qlikview.
SAP S/4 HANA product implementation (On premise V/s Cloud) and of S/4 Finance functionalities using Greenfield implementation and Activate methodology approach.
Identify differences between Classic GL, New GL and S4 Finance Central Journal Universal Journal - ACDOCA with Coding Block).
Managing a sizable team with HP and HCL onsite and offshore resources such as business analysts and ABAP developers for Regional implementation (APAC, NA, EMEA and Latin America).
Proficiency in understanding different service pricing models and Technology trends such as SaaS, Paas, Iaas, etc.
Migrate from BPC NW 7.x Version to BPC 10.1 HANA Version for Planning and Consolidation.
HANA Live Studio implementation Virtual Providers in Cloud using Smart Data Access.
EVDRE Reporting templates.
Integrated Planning and Consolidations using Local InfoProviders.
Extraction from SAP S4 HANA, ECC and Non-SAP applications using Business Rules, BRF's and Transformations.
Project Charter, Monitoring/Scheduling, Budgeting and Stakeholder commitment, Metrics and Steering Committee presentations.
Project Templates and Global Operating model across all Regions around the world.
Interact with CEO, CFO, Vice Presidents and Sponsors on overall project progress and delivery.
Collaborate and Interact with different teams, create test plans and monitor progress.
Document issues, Mitigate Risks and Health Check, Regulatory, Compliance and Governance.
Responsible for analyzing requirements, Document RICEF's, Configuration Changes, Testing, SAP FI, CO, IM, PS, HR CATS, SD RRB, SEM-BCS, Contract Billing and integration with BW.
Support Unit, Integration and UAT Testing, Resolve Defects.
Write Functional Specifications and Review Technical Specification for RICEF's.
Process, End to End Scenarios (Investment to Retire, Procure to Pay and Order to Cash) and Configuration Documentation.
Cutover Activities and Go live.
Adhoc SAP Query development using ABAP and SQL development.
Month End Close Support.
Involved in the new revenue recognition tool to support IFRS requirements.
Integrate SD, IM, PS, FI, CO to eliminate an existing Custom Build Solution running since 2000.
Duration: 22nd Apr 2013 - 8th Mar 2015 ECC 6.0 Version.
Responsible for analyzing requirements, create and document RICEF's, Configuration Changes, Testing, Resolve go-live issues in SAP FI, CO, PS and AA.
Configuring PS and AA module in the following areas: Project, WBS and Networks Project, Budget and Plan Profile.
Investment Management Capital Program and Expense Programs - Integration with PS module and IM Reporting.
Project Plan, Budget and Actuals Reporting Scheduling, Settlements, Confirmation on Networks, Overhead Settlements.
Integration with FI, CO MM, AA (Asset under Construction, Fixed Assets and Cost Center).
Support Unit, Integration and UAT Testing, Resolve Defects.
Implemented Closing Cockpit for Financial Close Activities across the world.
Write Functional Specifications and Review Technical Specification for RICEF's.
Process, End to End Scenarios (Investment to Retire, Procure to Pay and Order to Cash)and Configuration Documentation.
Cutover Activities and Go live.
Adhoc SAP Query development using ABAP and SQL development.
Month End Close Support.
SEM BCS ver 7.3 - Configured solution in BCS and integration with ECC and BW.
SAP BI (Activate data sources, Transform and load data) from ECC, Legacy Systems.
Developed Queries for Projects PS, Fixed Assets and FI & CO Modules.
Created Cubes, extracted data from ECC and Legacy applications.
Overall Support (Go Live and Post Production).
Defect and Issue Resolution.
Duration: 11th Feb 2013 -19th Apr 2013 Industry: Professional services.

SAP Consultant,

Working to enhance and deploy the Talent Dashboard in BW Netweaver 7.3 Version.
Responsibilities include Building new Cubes, transformations, Data Transfer Package, Process chain and APD Reporting.
Responsible for Web Application Design and publishing reports on the SAP Portal.
Responsible for creating Start, End and Expert Routines.

SAP FICO Consultant & Solution Architect, 12/2009 to 02/2013
Midlothian , MI

Designed and implemented Capital Investment Management application for US and Canada.
Designed and implemented an integrated solution in.

SAP FICO & SEM Consultant, 04/2009 to 12/2009
Scadea Solutions Inc – MA

SEM BCS Implementation & BW Production Support SEM BCS-BW configuration and implementation for US and European Companies through acquisition.
SEM BCS /BW NW 7.0 Version Inclusions of Consolidation Units Intercompany Eliminations Reclassifications Staging Data from General and Profit Center Accounting.
Maintenance and Execution of Process Chains for extraction Reporting - Bex Analyzer.
Process documentation.
Configuration document User Training Procedures.
Coordinate with Business Users for requirements.
Security and Authorization Profile End User training.
Trouble Shooting and Post Production Support.

Senior FICO & BPC Application Consultant/Solutions Architect, 09/2008 to 04/2009
MA

Responsible for Analysis, Conceptual Design and End to End Process design for Business Planning (AOP), Budgeting, Forecasting and Consolidations for 50+ Legal entities in 40+ countries for over 200+ Planners and 100+ consolidation users.
Headcount Planning: Annual Budget and Monthly Forecast Process Annual Salary, Merit, Bonus, Commission and Fringe benefits,Track Active employees, Interns, Temps and To-Be-Hires.
Integration with ECC 5.0 HR system for extraction to BI and BPC Planning and Forecast: COGS, Operating Expenses and OI&E.
Track costs by Cost Center and Profit Center Track Costs by Division/Geo Integration with ECC 5.0/BI 7.0 for Actuals.
Revenue Planning: Revenue Planning by Geo/Country/Product Integration with ECC 5.0/BI 7.0 for Actuals using Profit Center Accounting.
Revenue Amount and Quantity by Geo/Country/Division/Product.
Consolidations: Geo level Consolidations,Management Consolidations, Eliminations, Currency translations SEC and SOX Compliance Reporting.

Solutions Architect, 10/2007 to 09/2008

Consolidation SEM BCS Annual Operating Planning and Forecasting using Integrated Planning- SEM BPS.
Business Intelligence (BI 7.0) Configuration and final design.
Solution Manager used for IMG activities.
Rollout Strategy, Cutover Activities and project management reporting.
Regression testing.
Implement best business practices for Pepsi International.

SAP FI Consolidations Consultant, 07/2004 to 10/2007

Understand the existing consolidation process for Bell Helicopter (US, South America, Asia and Europe).
Implement a solution to satisfy consolidations for Legal Entity and Performance reporting.
Implement solutions to satisfy localization regulatory as well as US GAAP Reporting.
Responsible for COA mapping with legacy systems and sunset legacy applications.
Configured solution in SEM BCS based BW V 3.2 to satisfy the following: Consolidation Group reporting - Entity and Regional Inter Company Elimination AR/AP Reclassification and Allocations Consolidation of Investments Sales/ COS Eliminations with Profit Centers Integrate solution with R/3 and Non R/3 applications.
Integrate Forecast with BPS to compare plan, actual and forecast.
Historical data conversion.
FASB52 requirements Queries to satisfy reporting requirements for Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Management Reports for Performance.
Drilldown reporting to R/3 and Non R/3 applications for FI-GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets and PS Activated Datasources, created InfoCubes, DSO's, DTP's and transformations in FI, CO.
Interfaced divisional reporting at a corporate level into HFM to further consolidate at Textron level.
Configured the PS module for Commercial and Government Contracts, Milestone Billing, cost capture, Results analysis and settlement process.
Integration with FI/CO and MM.
Interface with ESSBASE for planning.
Reduced monthly closing cycle (from 5 days to 4 days).
Post production support for Overhead Budgeting, AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and BW related activities using BPS (Business Process and Simulation).
Completed the BI Upgrade to BI 7.0 NW 2004s successfully with BCS, BPS and BW.

02/2004 to 07/2004
TX

SAP FI/CO/PS/AA Configurator - SAP America Showcase Project Responsibilities: ECC 6.0 Version - SAP America Show Case Project for Retail industry.
Responsible for analyzing requirements, create and document RICEF's, Configuration Changes, Testing, Resolve go-live issues in SAP FI, CO, PS and AA.
Configuring PS and AA module in the following areas: Project, WBS and Networks Project, Budget and Plan Profile.
Project Plan, Budget and Actuals Reporting Scheduling, Settlements, Confirmation on Networks, Overhead Settlements.
Integration with FI, CO MM, AA (Asset under Construction, Fixed Assets and Cost Center).
Support Unit, Integration and UAT Testing, Resolve Defects.
Write Functional Specifications and Review Technical Specification for RICEF's.
Cutover and Go-live activities.

06/2003 to 02/2004
Bickford Senior Living

01/2003 to 06/2003
Bickford Senior Living

Worked on a prototype development project using SAP CRM 4.0 and R/3 SAP 4.7c.
Involved in identifying Gap/Fit based on requirements for the following areas: Service Order Billing Service Order Confirmation Business Object template Internal Order Processing VAT Tax Calculation for European Legal Entities.
Order costing and settlement Amount allocation, WIP and BW Reporting using standard cubes (3.2 BI Content) Materials Management (Purchasing, Goods Movement) Involved in Configuration, testing on the CRM/R3 side based on scenarios.
Chemicals and advanced materials Role: SAP Conversion Team Lead - FI on Version 4.7 SAP R/3 Enterprise version Responsibilities: Conversions Data Stage application for Extraction, Transfer and Load Managed a team of 10 consultants.

11/2001 to 01/2003

Automotive Role: SAP FI Configurator - Reporting Responsibilities: Analyzed existing legacy reports.
Created Functional/Technical specifications to build custom reports.
Responsible for Unit/Integration testing.
Provided User training and Post-production support.
Configured Custom special purpose ledger tables to generate all reports.

10/2000 to 10/2001

Chemicals and advanced materials Role: Lead SAP FICO Integrator, SAP Implementation Responsibilities: Served as a Lead Integrator for two sites, which had a project team size of 70 members and 200 users.
Responsible for Financials, including Analysis, Design, Configuration, Testing, Conversion, Training and Post Production Support of General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cost of Sales Accounting, Legal Consolidation, Assets Management and Investment Management.
Worked on Accounts Receivable module to implement the payment proposal using HOUSE Banks for Accounts Payable, Localization, and Lockbox processing for Accounts Receivable and Cash Concentration for House Banks with US.
Responsible for Cash Management and Commitment accounting for Projects System.
Responsible for Training and rollout of SAP R/3 modules at these sites.
As a lead integrator, was also responsible for managing Lead consultants and Super users for implementing PM, PS/IM, MM and AP modules with emphasis on integration with FI/CO, PP and other modules.

SAP FI Consultant, 08/2000 to 10/2000
Saginaw , VA

Served as FI Configurator in the areas of FI-GL, Accounts Receivable This implementation was for Caterpillar's four dealer sites in US, Argentina, Indonesia and Paris.
Responsible for Analysis, design and configuration of General Ledger, Accounts Receivable.

SAP FI Consultant, 07/2000 to 08/2000

Served as FI Consultant for holding companies of UTC in UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Ireland.
Involved in analysis and design to meet reporting requirements as well as local regulatory and US GAAP requirements.

SAP FI, CO, AM Consultant, 06/2000 to 07/2000

Personal care Performed a Gap analysis for Investment Management, Project Systems and Asset Accounting for SAP implementation.
Compared Kimberly-Clark's current business processes with the functionality available in Project Systems & Asset Accounting modules of SAP.
The study included integration with other modules, such as FI-GL, AP, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Internal Orders, HR, MM and PM.

09/1996 to 05/2000

Chemicals, Gas Role: SAP Lead FICO Configurator Responsibilities: Responsible for Analysis, Design & Configuration of FI (GL, AR, AP, XGL, LC), AM, IM, CO (PCA), SD (Credit Management) and integration within modules (MM, PP, CO, PS & SAP IT Package).
Handled requirements analysis, as well as design and configuration related to FI, AM and IM.
Was responsible for Interfaces, Conversion and Training and Production Systems Support.
The Global implementation was based on Country requirements for Asset Management for US, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Mexico.
Used third party software Vertex to do Tax Calculation for Output Tax/Sales and Use Tax.
Tax reporting at State, City, County, and District level for Sales and Purchase.

SAP FICO Project Manager, 01/1994 to 01/1995

Responsible for implementing SAP Solution for FI,CO, MM, SD, Production and Quality Management Planning for two manufacturing plants in Mexico with 22 full time resources.
Managed a Budget of 30 Milionover a 15 month Project.
Project Planning, Execution and Project Status Reporting to SteeringCommitee.
Engaged 60 Plus Business Users as a part of theimplementation.
Analysis, Design, Configuration and implementation.
Testing, Cutover and Post Production Support.

Education

Master's Degree: Electronics, University of Bombay -
Electronics

Master's Degree: Financial Management, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai -
Financial Management

Post Graduate Diploma: Computer Management, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies -
Computer Management

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School Attended

University of Bombay
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

Job Titles Held:

SAP Consultant
SAP ECC (PS-AA-FICO) Consultant
SAP FICO Consultant & Solution Architect
SAP FICO & SEM Consultant
Senior FICO & BPC Application Consultant/Solutions Architect
Solutions Architect
SAP FI Consolidations Consultant
SAP FI Consultant
SAP FI, CO, AM Consultant
SAP FICO Project Manager

Degrees

Master's Degree : Electronics ,
Master's Degree : Financial Management ,
Post Graduate Diploma : Computer Management ,

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