Hiranmayee Kayathi

Summary

• Over  14 years of ERP experience with close to 12 years of SAP R/3 FICO (from 3.1h to 4.6c, ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0) implementation and configuration experience covered multiple sectors such as Federal Government, Health and Public sector, Oil, Chemicals, Energy and Resources, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Medical device manufacturing, Services, Engineering and Manufacturing Industry, Automobile, Food manufacturing.
• Involved in Five Full life cycle implementations and Created Project Systems Blueprint using ASAP methodology.
• Experience working as Project Manager with the Big 4 companies like IBM, Accenture
• Experience working with Methodologies, Model, SDLC, Project and Program Management, Staffing plans and project plans.
• Extensive experience in Configurations, Upgrades, Roll-Outs, Supports and Training phases
• Extensive hands on experience in FI-General Ledger, FI-New GL FI-Accounts Payable, FI-Accounts Receivable, Special Ledger and FI-Asset Management.
• Experienced leading teams for Testing, Deployment, Data conversion, cut over.
• Core Expertise in Controlling (CO) includes-Cost element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Project systems, Profitability Analysis (COPA), Internal Orders, Cost Allocation, Product Costing.
• Worked extensively in Product Cost Planning, Cost object controlling and Actual costs/Material ledger and Period end closings.
• In depth experience with make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order (MTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO) production planning strategies, involving standard and configurable materials, production and process orders.
• Experience in multiple currency valuation in controlling, to support Material Ledger in view of Group and company specific currency reporting
• Working knowledge of BI, BW & ABAP, ECC5.0, 6.0 versions.
• Working knowledge of BPC (Business process consolidations)
• Extensive experience in all integration points between FI and MM, SD, PS.
• Experience working on the design and development of RICEFW objects
• Extensive experience in documenting as well as ensuring that FI/CO processes and procedures were GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley compliant and that company policies were adhered to and configured taxes for tax procedures TAXUSJ and TAXUSX.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills helped to provide new ideas to simplify the business and technical process.
• Thorough knowledge of Federal Financials IBM trained.
• Certified SAP Financials
• Certified ITIL V.3
• Efficiently used train the trainer principles, created training, testing plans, documentations required.
• Knowledge of FSCM to effectively manage working capital levels.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, good team player, detail oriented and able to communicate to all organizational levels.
• High learning curve with the ability to embrace new tools and technology with ease.

 Leadership and Management Highlights:

• Demonstrated leadership ability in managing teams, to resolve issues, drive projects, and meet deadlines.
• Motivated to develop successful solutions.
• Known for excellent attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Collaborated work independently or in a team and works effectively across technical teams to ensure communication and co-ordination of the solution and its delivery.
• Highly energetic personality with structured work habits and good personal time management.

SAP R/3 Expertise:

• General Ledger: Configuring and customizing G/L account master records, chart of accounts, field status groups, automatic account determination, financial statement versions, G/L configuration, validations and substitutions. New GL configuration.
• Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables: Configuring and customizing vendor/ customer master data, account groups, terms of payment, tolerances groups, invoicing, payment configuration, check management, Wire payments and integration of MM and SD modules.
• Asset Management: Configuring chart of depreciation, asset classes, depreciation areas, asset class account determination and depreciation keys.
• Treasury and Risk Management: Configuring Business partner, Market data management, calculation manager, Transaction manager, authorization management, Integration with accounting – Reasons for reversals, valuation areas, consumption, security valuation procedures, price procedures, Money market, product type, Foreign exchange, Calculating interest, processing value dates, posting interest.
• Cost Center/Cost Element Accounting (CO-CCA): Configuring and customizing cost elements, cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures and assessment cycles.
• Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA): Configuring and customizing the basic settings; i.e. profit center hierarchy, assignments, profit center groups, distribution and assessment of costs.
• Product Costing (CO-PC): Configuring and customizing the material cost estimate with quantity structure, cost object controlling, variance calculations, settlement structures, costing and valuation variants, and making assignments.
• Profitability Analysis (COPA): Configuring and customizing the operating concern, characteristics, value fields, maintaining derivation rules and structures, maintaining derivation tables, planning versions and creating Drilldown Reports. Allocations to generate full P&L.
• Internal Orders: Configuring allocation structures, settlement profiles and settlement rules for various order types.
• Profitability Analysis and Profit center Accounting: Maintenance of master data and operating concern, periodic overhead allocation, setting up planning, transferring external data.
• Product Costing: Configuring material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, maintaining settlement structures, configuring variance calculations and WIP calculation, integrating COPC with SD, MM and worked in cost variants and valuation variants.
• Reports: Building custom reports using Report Painter

SAP FI/CO Skills:

Financial Accounting:        General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Accounting, Asset Accounting, and Special Purpose Ledger, Biller direct

Controlling:                    Cost Center Accounting, Cost & Revenue Element Accounting, Internal Order  Accounting, Profit Center Accounting & Profitability Analysis

Reporting Skills:              Report Writer & Report Painter

Integration:                      FI/CO integration with SD & MM

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP Package:                      SAP FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, CRM

Databases:                            Oracle, Excel, Access

Operating Systems:             Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Millenium/XP

Office Tools:                        MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access

Adobe:                                   Page Maker, PhotoShop

Statistical tools:                  Minitab, Mega Stat, Quick Books

Education:

Master of Engineering (Computers and communications) from University of Louisiana at Lafayette - 2005

Bachelor of Engineering (Computers and electronics engineering) from Osmania University - 2001

MBA Finance from IGNOU

Professional Experience:

CSC Internal Project                                                                                                                         Jan 2013 –  Present

Project: C5

O2C Finance and FSCM                                                                                   

• Conduct working sessions to gather requirements for Accounts receivable, collections and disputes management modules.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, identify integration points with other teams and work through global financial transformation activities 
• Responsible for establishing the Shared service center and implement and deploy AR, and FSCM
• Responsible to deliver support strategy for establishing client COE and support team

Amtrak, DE                                                                                                                       Sep 2011 –  Jan 2013

Project: SAM

FICO, PBF COE Support lead                                                                                         

• Mapped existing legacy Chart of Accounts to the new SAP Chart of Accounts.
• Involved in System design in the areas of FI-GL transactions, Balance Sheet (BS), P&L statements, AP, AR and Fixed assets.
• Led workshops for creation of P&L, Balance sheet statements for each division, and consolidated statements at Business level.
• Responsible for Incident management, Issue management design and deployment
• Utilized ITIL tools and methodologies, Solution Manager for incident management.
• Involved in configuring customer account groups, field status, tolerances, cash discounts, reason codes, incoming payment – full payment/ partial payment/ residual payment, automatic clearing for GL, AP, AR, Dunning, Payment terms in accounts receivables module.
• Involved in configuring Vendor account groups, field status, vendor masters, tolerances, automatic payment program and down payments in accounts payables module.
• Involved in configuring Group Assets, assets class, post periodic assets, Asset Acquisitions and Depreciations, Chart of depreciation, depreciation area, fiscal year variant and number range.
• Reviewed trial balance and compared to legacy system. Validated Income Statement and Balance Sheet to legacy system statements.
• Worked on interfaces like Power plan for asset module
• Redesigned and delivered AR aging report to support Audit
• Worked with eCATT to develop test scripts, test cases, BAPI’s and functional module call, buildable executional test scripts.
• Responsible for business processes related to integration on AR, SD, PS, FI
• Redesign Billing substantiation report and addressed issues to support Audit
• Support the customer with credit management sub processes and assisting in reporting open items, update of commitment, payment behavior summary, and creation of sales order, credit check, delivery and billing.
• Designed and developed integrated planning and UAT between ECC and PBF
• Designed and developed scoping, testing and test deliverables for PBF using Mercury Quality controller
• Designed and configured business process transactions associated with budget entry, special ledger, budget versions, performing year end close, and automatic budget availability control, reconciling with the budgetary ledger in PBF.
• Subject matter expert in FI, CO, PS, Billing, Budgeting and forecast, Assets
• Responsible for deployment, testing, training of Business objects report

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Altegrity, VA                                                                                                                     Sep 2010 – September 2011

Project: Fusion

FICO, OTC, ALC COE Lead                                                                           

• Designed and configured SAP cash forecast for sales and purchase orders
• Designed and configured creation and transfer of invoices to financial accounting process
• Designed and deployed SAP prompt pay for accounts payable module
• Implemented process automation of the Accounts payable process, PO, PR process
• Composed effective accounting and ad hoc reports for summarizing AP data for supply cahin
• Created control parameters, importing and posting lock box file during bank migration project
• Demonstrated relevant experience and subject knowledge of SAP FI, CO, FM, PS Modules.
• Design and configuration of the business process in SAP HR, personnel time management, and integrated with Actual labor costing.
• Designed and deployed Actual labor costing a bolt on product which is highly customized for Federal reporting purpose.
• Worked with cross functional teams and lead through blue printing, configuration, testing and deployment of AP, bank migration.
• Completed the Bank migration project for ACH, Check, Wire transfers set up end to end.
• Reengineered the Month end close cycle.
• Reported to the key stake holders every month on the close process to efficiently report financials.
• Worked as a cross integration lead and supported the design of the billing module.
• Provided compliance and Audit teams with necessary data to ensure timely submissions to the government.
• Developed SSR, PSR reports for government reporting based on actual costs, actual revenues, personnel time
• Designed and supported Solution manager SAP

Accenture                                                                                                                   August 2008 to September 2010

Client: Kellogg, Battlecreek MI

Project: Symphony

SAP Version: ECC6.0

Controlling Lead                                                                                                             Jan 2010 to September 2010

• Designed the cost center Hierarchy and structure during the design phase.
• Designed the cost component structure during the design phase
• Designed automation of AP/AR intercompany posting
• Designed and mapped the to be allocation structures for generating a full blow P&L, Brand P&L, Channel P&L as per the client based on best practices. Designed the structure to support one place allocations i.e. in BPC.
• Designed internal orders for capital projects
• Planned, build and demonstrated prototype for the models from design phase.
• Completed Design, Blueprint and build phases.
• At present working on deliverables for testing and future phases.

Client: Caterpillar, Peoria IL                                                                               September 2009 – December 2009

Project: Caterpillar Asset Project

SAP Version: ECC6.0

Asset accounting and Project systems                                                                                            

• Demonstrated workshops and performed requirements gathering.
• Performed Fit Gap analysis.

Client: United States Department of Agriculture, DC                                             August 2008 – September2009

Project: FMMI

SAP Version: ECC6.0

Test lead                                                                                                

• Demonstrated relevance knowledge with in FI, CO, PS, FM areas to ensure system test processes.

• Created and Maintained the Test Work plan for Release 2.0. This included Acceptance Test, System Test, Assembly Test, and Integration Test
• Designed and developed business processes in SAP FM and process transactions with budget entry, supplements, transfers, returns, funds reservation, funds commitments, budgetary ledger, special purpose ledger, and budget versions.
• Designed planning, budget availability control
• Reconciled budgets in FM ledgers and availability control
• Experience in designing business process and development in Asset management, asset accounting throughout the life of the asset, acquisition, transfer, retirement, yearend closing of assets, carry over to new fiscal year, perform and record the physical inventory
• Integrated FM with PS, WBS, CO – cost center etc
• Implemented over head, fringe calculation, view actual cost by cost object.
• Integrated with MM module for order fulfillment
• Used eCATT for calling BAPI’s and functional modules. Testing remote systems, test updates, system messages.

IBM                                                                                                                                     April 2007 to August 2008

Client: Bridgestone and Firestone Tires, Nashville, TN                                                                Apr 08 to Aug 08

SAP Version: ECC6.0

COPA Lead Finance Functional Lead                                                                                          

• Designed the blueprint document for Bridgestone and firestone with the requirement and scope for the COPA implementation.

Client: Kraft Foods, Bannockburn, IL                                                                               September 07 to Mar 08

SAP Version: ECC6.0

Product Costing and Finance Lead                                                                                                

• Designed the costing process as per the client requirement and optimum profitability design.
• Designed, developed, and implemented an activity-based costing project system for the Engineering Department using a combination of SAP Project System, CO internal orders, and reporting tools.
• Material Ledger Configuration, Setup of material master and costing view in Material Ledger
• Configured the material ledger to collect the values connected with material movements together with the preliminary valuation and any variance derived from invoice or order settlement while in Product Costing.
• Designed and developed various specs for the reporting requirements for the client finance leads.

Client: Johns Manville, Denver, CO                                                                                    Apr’07 to September 07

SAP Version: ECC6.0

AP and Assets Accounting Subject Matter Expert                                                                                                      

• Configured and customized the settings for the AP module.
• Trained the client side automation expert for the system settings.
• Configured the system and documented it using solution manager.
• Further scope is to test the processes using Mercury quality control
• Developed Functional specs for the EDI 820, 821, 824 and currently working with the EDI team in the development work.
• Developed the functional specs for the OSI interfaces, and working in sync with the development team on the advance payment notices, 1099
• Worked with the workflow developer for Invoice exception handling workflow in AP.
• Worked with the JPMC Pay source to set up the required logic by the provider and help the web methods to get the information from the residing tables in SAP for the vendor bank details.
• Gather Business requirements for the Chart of Depreciation, Asset Classes, Depreciation Areas, Investment expenditures, Acquisitions, retirements.
• Was responsible to make recommendations for the Transfers, Retirements and month end closing activities of assets.

Answerthink, INC                                                                                                               March 2006 to April 2007

Client: Abiomed Inc, Danvers, MA                                                                                   Dec’06 to Apr’07

SAP Version: ECC6.0

COPA Team Lead                                                                                                              

• Implemented COPA end to end as a second phase of company’s IT implementation.
• Conducted work shops to understand the clients requirements and needs.
• Developed the blueprint for the methodology to be implemented.
• In the realization phase configured the COPA system with using the ECC6.0 version of ERP.
• Performed end to end rigorous tests and integration tests.
• Developed few custom reports for the client requirements.
• Coordinated with the BW team to develop detail performance reports.
• Worked on interfaces for web based invoicing and payments

Client: MTucker,Paterson, NJ                                                                                                        Nov’06 to Dec’06

SAP Version: ECC6.0

Sr. FI/CO consultant                                                                                                        

• Configured company code, chart of accounts, defined posting keys, maintained field status variants and assigned 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, CO (CCA, PCA,PC,PA), SD and MM, FI. Configured document postings, GL recurring entries, accrual deferral documents, month end closings.
• Created new G/L accounts for accounting to permit timely reporting using document splitting.
• Configured the account determination and interface points between FI, MM, and SD. Knowledge of various SD activities such as order management, pricing, delivery and transportation and billing
• In Accounts Payable/ Accounts receivable created vendor/customer master records, account groups, defined client specific payment terms, vendor invoices, manual incoming/outgoing payments, automatic payment program configuration, partial payments, exchange rate differences, payment advices, payment proposal/payment schedule, payment run, payment media, interest calculation, credit management, running/editing dunning proposal and printing dunning notices, carrying forward balances
• Define Screen Layout for Customer/Vendor Master Records.
• Define Customer/Vendor Account Groups.
• Maintain Customer/Vendor Master Data.
• Configured processes for sales and distribution, customer support and supplier relation management that are intelligently tied to FSCM.
• Extensive support for CCA, EC- PCA, CO-PA and all areas in CONTROLLING, dealt extensively with reporting on the Production client.
• Lead the NAFTA team through the design of a direct business unit contribution reporting system. Designed interface for monthly Hyperion upload for global reporting.
• Built the architecture for a market segment oriented profitability analysis [costing based] for the NAFTA region. Suggested the conversion from a responsibility profitability model [using EC-PCA] to market oriented profitability [using CO-PA].
• Responsible for comprehensive uploads of historic data [planned and actual] in to respective cost centers and profit centers. Transfer of data to profitability analysis for execution of reports.
• In profitability analysis created many user exits in order to program the respective mappings
• Responsible for EBIT reporting for plan and actual uploaded through CO-PA and also for  monthly plan and actual for cost centers
• Responsible for uploads in to profitability analysis  for three year plans and transfer of plans in SOP for sales planning
• Responsible for configuration of various value fields and mapping it to the respective characteristic values on sandbox and transporting them in to the production client after thorough testing.
• Helped the ABAP programmers various reports like price purchasing variance reports and executing the same through CO-PA
• Provided an interface between FI and CO by creating various SUBSTITUTION programs/rules and applying necessary breakpoints where ever necessary.
• Dealt with intercompany transactions and billing  and flow of these documents [SD,FI,MM]  in to CO-PA and responsible for various reporting procedures.

Client: Kariout,Totowa , NJ                                                                                                             Oct’06 to Nov’06

SAP version ECC5.0

Sr. FI/CO consultant                                                                                                        

• Worked with Cross-functional teams like FS-CD (Financial System collections and disbursements) specific consultants in functional design.
• Analyzed and reviewed all processes, user procedures and system requirements.
• Configured company code, posting period variants, opening of posting periods, fiscal year variants, field status groups, document ranges, tolerance groups, and assigning the variants to company code.
• Defined and configured chart of accounts and corresponding assignments, account groups, field status variants.
• Created templates for recurring entries in GL postings.
• Customized document postings, document reversals, invoices and payment.
• Defined reference accounts, sample accounts and account assignment models.
• Changed configuration setting for allowing posting to GL from one of the Depreciation Area in Asset Management, which was not being posted as well as at the same time deactivated posting from another Depreciation area to G/L and successfully taking over of opening balances for these changes, including proper reconciliation.
• Posting of Depreciation in Asset accounting in multiple Depreciation areas, including derived depreciation areas for multiple currencies global companies.
• Handled Posting of revaluation in Asset Accounting on revaluation of company’s asset in Financial Books.
• Worked with the process owners to translate business requirements into technical and software solutions, recommend solutions and improvements.
• Conducted unit testing and validation of process; participated in preparing documentation and supported end-users specifically in reporting.
• Developed Balance sheet, P&L statements and other custom reports in controlling module to meet the client requirements.

Client: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA                                                                          Aug’06 to Sep’06

SAP version ECC5.0

FI/CO consultant                                                                                                                               

• Designed and developed detailed SAP FICO implementation design document as per the FDA rules and recommendation to complete the requirement.

Client: Precimed, Exton, PA                                                                                                           Mar’06 to Aug’06

SAP version: ECC5.0

SAP FI/ CO Product costing and COPA Team Lead                                               

• Configured and implemented ECC 5.0 product costing for this Medical device company.
• Responsible for SAP controlling (CO) sub-modules: product cost planning, cost object controlling, cost center accounting, profitability analysis and project systems.
• Configured cost estimates with/with out quantity, Quantity structure was imported from PP, provided training to end users for the various functions on Product Cost Planning and Cost Object Controlling.
• Defined Costing Variants and Valuation Variants and Costing sheets for capturing the overhead costs.
• Configuration included make-to-sales order related production, make-to-stock (MTS), multi level make-to-order (MTO) and variant configuration (VC).
• Worked in interfaces like Power plan, Sunguard and resolved issues with interfaces
• Twelve monthly activities included mark and release of standard cost estimates.
• Implemented solutions to reduce number of costing run messages, and time taken to execute month end programs. Period end activities included analysis of WIP and Production Variances.
• Replaced manual WIP calculation with SAP Results Analysis automated WIP calculation for Service-based orders. Configured the material ledger. Settled Production Variances to CO-PA and generated a report for Customer Profitability and Gross Margin.
• Designed, developed, and implemented an activity-based costing project system for the Engineering Department using a combination of SAP Project System, CO internal orders, and reporting tools.
• Material Ledger Configuration, Setup of material master and costing view in Material Ledger
• Configured the material ledger to collect the values connected with material movements together with the preliminary valuation and any variance derived from invoice or order settlement while in Product Costing.
• Defined and assigned Moment type Groups to Material ledger to update the Materials.
• Worked on material ledger to revaluate inventories of Semi-finished products and Finished products with calculated actual cost or accrue variances and finally did analysis of actual product cost.
• Material Costs were analyzed during material movement and using material ledger and further moved in material master at the end of each closing period.
• Activated the actual cost component split and Customized the setting for OBYC
• Replaced manual cost reporting using spreadsheets with a fully automated SAP product costing system used to provide product line managers with up-to-date cost information.
• Conduct detailed business blueprinting workshops using ASAP and Q&A database

American Unit Consulting Services                                                                               August 2004 to March 2006

Client: Andrew Corporation, Orland Park, IL                                                            Oct’05 to Mar’06

Senior SAP FI/ CO Product costing and COPA Consultant                                     

SAP version: 4.7

• In PC-product costing revaluated inventories of semi finished products, and finished products with calculated actual costs or accrue variances. Provide feedback to management on the actual performance of the production process in relation to those targets. Identified variances indicated inefficiencies that were investigated.
• PC - Involved in creating Material Ledger for actual costing and integration with PP module.
• PC - Involved in Product cost estimate and planning with and without quantity structures
• PC-Utilization of BOM for variable and fixed costing as well as specialized Save/Mark/Release procedures with costing variants defined for various product types.
• Involved in CO-PA period ending closing operations such as transfer cost center costs to co-pa by assessments, distributions, reports and so Involved in Customization and configuration of the Standard Hierarchy for Cost Centers, maintained the activities, Statistical key figures, developed the cost sheets, Cycles, segments for Cost center distributions and assessment of overhead costs. Customized and configured the settlement structures and so on.
• In Profitability analysis (CO-PA) involved in customization and configuration of the operating Concern, Configured the Costing based profitability analysis. Defined and configured the reporting characteristics, value field, Profitability segments used in profitability analysis. Configured the derivative structures and rule for characteristics.
• Defined both basic reports and form repots for the business units by Profit centers to analyze the profit at Customer and Product levels. Contingent to the customers application and business processes, made changes to the configuration for the smooth functioning of the business and tested the changes carried out for the business requirements.
• Balance sheet Reporting using PCA
• Worked on cases involving multiple currency translation issues. Application of the OSS Notes and other fixes and changes as and when needed.
• Lead in business process design and incorporate requirements of business/geographies into a *common global design* and contribute to the successful completion of all deliverables associated with their process team, e.g., Business Process Procedures, Configuration Scripts and Functional Specifications.
• Determine how business reporting requirements will be delivered by SAP functionality.
• Validate the SAP fit to the business requirements. Identify workarounds and business process changes if necessary.
• Ensure consistency and integrity of the SAP configuration across business/geographies.
• Document design solutions and procedures (ARIS process flow-charts, BPPs, Configuration Guides).
• Identify master data requirements and design master data files.
• Design and develop functional specifications for various development objects.
• Clean data and set up master data files, load data.
• Validate data conversions

Client: Siemens US filter, Iselin, NJ                                                                                       Aug’ 04 to Sep’ 05

Senior SAP COPA Consultant   

• Review of SAP R/3 Configuration and Customization in CCA/IO In CO reviewed Master data relating to Cost elements, cost Centers, Statistical key figures, Activity types and profit Centers.
• Reviewed Assessments, Distributions, reposting, data transfer settings and Internal Orders settlement profile. Configuration of master data controlling area, cost elements, cost centers, valuation profiles, field status groups, internal orders, WBS elements.
• PCA configuration, setup, Profit center hierarchies, Profitability analysis, and Profit center based Balance sheets & P&L statements. Analyzed and updated profit center accounting settings.
• Configuration of Operating Concern and PA settlement rules, regeneration and defining characteristics derivation rules, CO-PA Actual and Plan Assessments, Product cost controlling, production variances, WIP, Results analysis.
• Responsible for identifying and documenting all CCA and PCA test cases. Tracked and resolved business process and configuration issues resulting from unit and integration testing.
• Configured CO-PA-and PCA to provide Product Line P&L and Balance Sheet reporting. Implemented CO / Overhead model, using Overhead key, Activity types, and Cost Centers.
• Reviewed the Material management configuration Purchase orders, Conventional Invoice verification, Logistic Invoice verification, Inventory management, Goods movements, Stock transfer between Company codes and Plants, Purchase Order swap between company codes, GR/IR clearing.
• Facilitated integration design and configuration with SD and MM account determination, condition type mapping to CO-PA, and production variance settlement to FI and CO. Prepared the required documentation.
• Coordinated overall testing and QA activities required to meet system validation requirements.
• Write test plans, test scenarios, and test cases
• Configure, unit test, string test, integration and regression test end to end solution for business events
• Participate in the issue resolution process, and lead efforts to close issues
• Review training content to ensure accuracy of SAP information
• Train super users
• Solve technical issues raised by the design team
• Coach and provide knowledge transfer to the course members

University Of Louisiana, Lafayette LA                                                                                                  Sep’03-Jul’04

SAP FI/CO COPA Trainer and Project staff

• Configured and Customized FICO modules including GL, AP, AR, CEA, CCA, PCA and CO-PA
• Mapped and Defined the Chart of Accounts and Customized to the Client requirements
• Defined Account Groups, Number Ranges, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Period, Fiscal Year Variants, and Field Status Groups
• Data Conversion, Data Validation and Data Migration from Legacy Systems.
• Interacted with Client to Configure Vendor/Customer Groups, Set up Vendor/Customer Master Records and Assign Reconciliation Accounts in G/L
• Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods
• Worked on Customer Analysis including Days in Arrears, Payment History, Cash Discount Overview and Credit Limit Display
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors and Maintained Initial settings for Recurring Entries
• Extensively worked for Configuring and Customizing the Credit Management
• Configured Credit Control Area and Defined Risk Categories, Credit Representatives & Intervals for Days in Arrears
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL structure, Posting Rules for Automatic Assignment
• Configured and Tested the Lock Box program for Accounts Receivables payments in BAI2 Format
• Set up the Integration of FI with MM and SD through Automatic Account Assignment
• Extensively worked on Controlling Area and Operating Concern Configuration as per Business Scenario and Processes
• Configured Controlling modules including Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting and Profit Center Accounting
• In Cost Element Accounting - Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements and Reconciliation Ledger
• Configured Controlling Area settings to address the Management Accounting requirements of the Organization
• Defined Profit Center Hierarchy and Cost Center Hierarchy
• In Cost Center Accounting - Created Cost Centers, Defined Cost Center Categories, Time based fields and configured Allocation Methods
• In Profit Center Accounting Configured the Basic Settings, Assignments and Actual Posting Maintenance
• In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) Created Operating Concern Attributes, Characteristics and Value Fields, Maintained Derivation Tables, Structure and Rules. Defined PA Settlement Structure and CO-PA Cost Center Assessment
• Designed and Developed Customized Reports for Management Reporting Purposes using tools like Report Painter and Report Writer
• Extensively involve in Testing and Validation of processes through out the project
• Created and Maintained the necessary Documentation in form of Scenario Scripts and Business Process Procedures (BPP) throughout the project
• Played a vital role in End User Training and Post Production Support

Invista, Wilmington, DE                                                                                                                   Nov’02 – Aug’ 03

SAP R/3 FI/CO Functional Consultant

SAP version: 4.7

• Analyzed Workflow to design solutions and designed the To-Be Solution
• Developed SAP System Design and Configure solutions to enable Corporate Strategic Objective and drive Business Value
• Analyzed and Reviewed all Processes, User procedures, and System requirements
• Suggested Development of new Standard Policies and Procedures, and Developed System Administration and Operational Procedures
• Defined and Configured Chart of Accounts, Account Groups, Tolerance Groups, Number Ranges, Posting Keys, Document Types, Fiscal Year Variants, and Field Status Groups
• Customized screens for Document entry, Document reversals, Invoices, and Payments
• Created Account Assignment Models for Recurring Entries
• Configured Accounts Receivable (AR), House Banks, Bank Accounts, Reason Codes, Check Lots
• Defined Customer/Vendor Account Groups and Created Customer/Vendor Master Data
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments for Company Codes in Accounts Payable
• Payment Program Configuration: Company Code Data, Paying Company Code, Country Payment Methods, Creating proposal to Check Printing, Wire Transfer settings, ACH payments etc
• Configured Incoming Payments, Billing, Credit Management and Dunning Programs
• Integrated AP and AR modules with MM and SD respectively with respect to Account determination for various Clearing and Adjustment Accounts and Automatic Postings
• Configured Lockbox Processing, Customized Processing of Incoming Checks.
• Configured and Customized the Credit Control Area
• Configured and Customized the Fixed Assets Accounting.
• In Organizational Structure checked Country Specific Settings, Defined Assets Classes, Account Determination, Screen Layout Key and Allocated Number Ranges to Assets Classes, Defined and Determined Depreciation Area for Fixed Assets.
• In Master Data maintained Screen Layout for Fixed Asset Master Data Defined Valuation Groups, Valuation Keys, Period Control as well as Defined calculations key
• Settling of AUC to different assets by percentages, by ratios, by fixed amounts was planned depending on the requirements
• Extensively worked in Controlling modules including, Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting and Profit Center Accounting
• In Cost Element Accounting - Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements
• In Cost Center Accounting - Created Cost Centers, Assigned Cost Centers to Cost Elements etc
• Configured Controlling Area settings to address the Management Accounting requirements of the Organization
• Defined Profit Center Hierarchy and Cost Center Hierarchy
• Configured the Profit Centers, Controlling Area and Operating Concern as per Business Scenario and Processes
• Documented End User Manuals and Training Material.

McCormick & Company Inc., Chicago, IL                                                                                      Mar’01 - Oct’02

SAP FI/CO Consultant

SAP version 4.7

• Created and maintained Chart of Accounts, Customized Account Groups, Field Status Groups, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Periods and Created G/L Account master records
• Interacted with client to update and group Customer and Vendor Master Data to define Credit Control Areas
• Designed and Configured the Vendor Master Data, Vendor Group, Vendor Field Status, Vendor and Customer Master Data and Risk Categories
• Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customer and vendors
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, GL Structure, and Posting Rules for automatic assignments
• Configured Payment Program such as Company Code Data, Paying Company Code, Country Payment methods, Wire Transfer Settings and ACH payments
• Configured and Customized the Credit Control Area
• Treasury: Lockbox Spec Configuration, Setup for Liquidity Forecast, Cash Position and Cash Concentration
• Prototype of Cash management Module Incorporating Customers , Vendors and Bank Transactions
• Worked with team members for Automatic Account Determination of Sales / Use Tax, Inter-Company, MM and SD Account Assignments
• Performed unit testing and integration testing of MM with Account Payable and SD with Account Receivable
• Documentation: Responsible for maintaining Project Documentation including Writing Position Papers, Scenarios, Testing Scripts and Configuration details
• Asset Accounting - Defined chart of depreciation, various depreciation areas and depreciation keys required asset classes, number ranges, revaluation settings etc. Responsibilities also involved identifying and customizing daily reports per user requirement.
• Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements and maintained Cost Elements Attributes
• Set up Cost Center Hierarchy, Profit Center Hierarchy, Created Cost Center Categories, Cost Center, Profit Center, Activity Types, and Statistical Key Figures
• Documented the Processes, Changes and Trained The End Users.

Powell Electronics, PA                                                                                                                  Aug’00– Feb’01

SAP FI/CO Asset Accounting Consultant

SAP version:  4.6C

• Configured Asset Module, including Asset Classes, Integration with Purchasing, and Assets under Construction.
• Integrated Asset Accounting, Structured and Valuated Fixed Assets, created Asset Values, Acquisitions Entry and Alterations during Use, and Asset Retirement.
• Worked on Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas, Asset Classes, Inter Company Assets Transfers and Balance Carry Forward and reorganized accounts for various Cost and Profit centers and programmed schedules and Jobs.
• Configured Account Determinations, Depreciation Keys and Number Ranges for asset classes.
• Configured Account Assignments for Asset Acquisitions, Retirements and Inter-company transfers.
• Created bank master data, house banks and G/L accounts in different currencies for each bank account and creating reconciliation accounts for vendors and customers and assets.
• Made settings for automatic procedures in payment programs and for interest calculation on account balances and line items.
• Created account assignment models for recurring entries.
• Worked on substitution rules and validations.
• Created vendor master, customer master and specified number range and screens layout.
• Identified one-time vendors and customers and defined a separate screen layout for them.
• Worked on taxes on assets.
• Configured relevant settings for treasury- cash management position, liquidity forecast and cash concentration.
• Configured Electronic bank statements, importing of electronic bank statement, displaying bank statements, conversion programs, post processing of bank statements.
• Importing of data from cashed checks using RFEBCK00 program
• Configured Electronic check deposit.
• Payment advice comparisons with account and bank statements, interest calculation.
• Worked on lockbox configuration and lock box processing.
• Configured for vendor/customer who is also customer/vendor who is trading partner.
• Configured invoice verification.
• Created credit control areas and pre-defined credit limits for customers. 
• Determined how company code must be assigned to credit control areas.
• Configured the settings for outgoing payments including Automatic Payment Program.
• In Cost Element Accounting created primary and secondary cost elements, created cost element Groups, maintained cost element attributes, costing sheet etc.

TELCO, India                                                                                                                                    Jan’99 to Sep’00

Maintenance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tested GL scenarios: - GL master data maintenance, all GL transactions, Month end closing and year-end closing activities and GL reporting
• Tested AP scenarios: - Vendor master maintenance, vendor invoice and credit memo postings, park and posting parked invoices, down payment clearing, automatic payment program for check payments, ACH payments, wire payments, manual outgoing payments, defining check lots, release blocked invoices, printing the check with the existing check number, manual check printing, cancel payment, reinstate the check information in the check register and AP reporting
• Tested AR scenarios: - Customer master data maintenance, full, partial, residual incoming payments, invoice posting and AR reporting
• In cost center accounting, created cost elements (primary and secondary), cost center standard hierarchy, cost center categories, cost center groups, activity types, statistical key figures, document number ranges, and maintained automatic account assignments
• In profit center accounting, configured profit center standard hierarchy, configured profit center master data, and assigned different controlling objects to profit center accounting
• Worked with cost elements, activity types and SKFs to allocate costs between cost centers by using direct activity allocation, periodic reposting and assessment cycles.
   

Previous Experience Available Upon Request

Other expertise:

• Authored sections in the RFP for International development bank
• Authored sections in BD for USDA ALERT project
• Authored sections in the Proposal for Amtrack