Vincent De Paul - Phone: 240-***-**** - Email: ac05q3@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

• 5 plus years of SAP FICO configuration and implementation experience

• Worked on 2 full life cycle implementation projects in SAP FICO.

• Worked on various automated systems, reconciling data, maintaining general ledgers (GL).

• Knowledge and experience with RICEF / EDI / IDOC’S.

• Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI/CO modules-GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets.

• Extensive experience on Analysis, Design, Upgrade, Support, Configuration, Documentation, and Testing Financial accounting.

• Good understanding of accounting concepts.

• Provided functional support by being the liaison between users and technical support teams, also provided production support and training and system enhancements to SAP FI/CO users.

• Excellent Accounting and Finance background with Financial Analysis and Business Analysis.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and team-oriented environment. Capability to learn fast.

• Excellent communication skills with fluency in: English; French; German.

SAP R/3, ECC Skill Set

FI Configuration skills:

FI Enterprise Structure:- Chart of accounts, fiscal year, posting period, company code, business areas, functional areas, and sales and use tax.

General Ledger:- Chart of Accounts, Account groups, GL master records, sample accounts, field status groups, posting keys, automatic account determination, inter-company automatic account posting, sales/use tax assignment, account display, number ranges, document types, tolerance groups and Financial Statement Versions.

Accounts Payable:- Vendor groups, vendor master data, house banks, bank accounts, check lots, automatic payments, recurring entries, invoices, credit memos, closing procedures, AP information system, integration with MM.

Accounts Receivable:- Customer groups, customer master data, billing, payment terms and interest calculation, incoming payments, dunning, AR information system, account systems, credit management, cash discounts, closing operations, sales order and integration with SD.

Asset Accounting: - Asset class, asset master records, chart of depreciation, acquisition, scrapping, inventory lists, history sheets.

Bank Accounting: - Bank directory, bank master records, bank accounts, cash journals, mapping bank accounts to GL accounts, processing incoming checks.

Financial Statements: - Financial closing of GL, accruals and deferrals for revenues and expenses, GR/IR accounts, cost of sales accounting, cost of goods sold accounting, financial statement creation.

Technical Skills:

ERP Applications: SAP R/3, ECC 5.0C, ECC 6.0

Operating System: Windows 2000/ Windows 7/ Windows 8.

Database: Ms-Access 2000/ FoxPro

Web Technologies: HTML, Java Script.

Tools: Ms- Excel, Word, Power Point, Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP ECC 6.0 FI/CO Consultant May 2016- Present

Company: Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc, Baltimore, MD

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Company description:

Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. is one of the leading independent foodservice distributors in the country, with annual revenues exceeding $2.8 billion. Since 1919 Maines has been committed to providing the highest level of quality, reliability and customer service to all our customers. This mission is being pursued by drawing on the synergies between the skilled and dedicated Maines workforce and the utilization of leading edge technologies and equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Working with outside partners for support-related issues and the implementation of new projects.

• Analyzing existing business and, processes, applications, and systems and develop and/or implement new • Developing implementation plans that include, but are not limited to, training, data conversion and set up.

• Review Programmer/Analyst business solutions and assist in the development and execution of test plans.

• Preparing estimates for assigned projects and/or tasks.

• Ensuring the success of assigned projects by managing expectations and controlling perceptions.

• Providing written documentation and status reports.

SAP FI/CO Consultant Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

Company: Swisscom, Dulles, VA

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Company description:

Swisscom is a major telecommunications operator with proven corporate business experience spanning a variety of service-related industries, from Finance to Healthcare and Hospitality. Their dedicated Hospitality Services division is ideally positioned to deliver the many benefits of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), its hotel and guest-specific applications and value creation opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Client business users for requirements gathering and analysis.

• Interacted with the business Analysts and end users to get the user requirements and Business process using ASAP methodology.

• Preparing required documents user training providing the design alternatives, created prototypes of the business individuals of the business process in SAP.

• Involved in AP analysis, business process, configuration, user training and user documentation.

• Carried out GAP analysis and produced Business Blueprint documents that fulfilled the following requirements: Reporting, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement and authorization, as per ASAP methodology.

• Solved many configuration issues in General ledger, Accounts receivables and Accounts payables.

SAP FI/CO Consultant Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

Company: AES, Arlington, VA

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Company description:

As one of the world’s largest power companies, AES owns and operates a diverse and growing portfolio of generation and distribution businesses with the capacity to serve 100 million people worldwide. Their power plants encompass a broad range of technologies and fuel types, from coal to gas to renewable such as wind, hydro and biomass. Their utilities power major cities, from São Paulo to Indianapolis to Douala. Beyond power, they also mine coal, turn seawater into drinking water, and are committing significant resources to alternative sources of energy to ensure a sustainable future.

Responsibilities:

Basic Settings and Organizational Structure:

• Configured financial accounting global settings set up company codes, chart of accounts, positing variants and fiscal year variants.

• Assigned document ranges, defined tolerance groups for employees and assigning the variants to company code

• Configured and Customized General Ledger Accounting (FI-G/L), created G/L accounts, automatic account assignments, financial statement version.

• Configured and Customized Account Receivable (FI-AR) and Accounts Payable (FI-AP) modules including creation of Vendor Master Records, Customer Master Records, account groups, tolerance groups, account determination.

• Defined new Account Groups, Number Ranges (External), Posting Keys, document Types (for External No. Range Specific), and Field Status groups (for External No. Range Specific).

• Defined reason codes for payment differences and worked on writing off these differences to G/L accounts.

• Configured special G/L accounts for down payment with down payment indicator, configured down payment requests.

• Configured necessary settings for Foreign Currency valuation, Payment Differences and Exchange Rate Differences with reason codes.

• Configured Check management with pre-numbered checks and printing thereof.

Accountant Feb 2002- Oct 2012

Company: Capital Financial Group, Inc. Bethesda, MD

Environment: Brokerage

Company description:

A subsidiary of Securian Financial Group Inc, Capital Financial Group, Inc., doing business as H. Beck, Inc., operates as an independent broker-dealer and registered investment adviser. It also acts as a full service life, health, disability income, long-term care, and annuity general agency.

Responsibilities:

• Performed monthly bank reconciliations for Inter Companies.

• Reviewed weekly accounts payable batches for proper coding and accuracy.

• Performed bi-weekly Commissions Expenses reports for Representatives.

• Reviewed daily cash receipt entries and reconcile all payment related issues.

• Prepared monthly reconciliations for both accounts payable and receivable.

• Prepared various ad hoc reports for Senior Accountant and assisted with the annual audits

• Performed Commissions for fixed business (EIA). Input wire/ACH transactions.

• Created new Accounts for new Representatives and new Vendors.

• Audited vendors’ statements and payments requests. Assisted with annual 1099 for vendors.

Education:

• Master’s Degree (MS) in Economics, Finance / Accounting Emphasis, University of Kassel, Germany

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in Accounting / Finance University of Kassel, Germany

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