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SAP business systems analyst, strong configuration and management skil

Location:
Madison, MS
Salary:
90000
Posted:
February 10, 2016

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Gayathri Dharmalingam

Relevant Skills

ERP – Sound knowledge in SAP (MM/WH, SD, FICO, Security, Service Mgt module) and IFS (Financials & Distribution Software). Strong IT and computing skills (Microsoft office, SQL, database)

SAP MM – Organization structure configuration (company, plant, Storage location, warehouse etc), Master data, MRP, material master, planning run, reorder planning, purchasing (master data, source determination, MRP and Non MRP Purchasing, release procedures, tolerance levels, discounts), pricing procedures, Valuation, account assignment, inventory issues/receipts, returns, invoice verification, GR/IR, control and authorization procedures, purchasing document type, warehousing.

SAP SD – Organization structure configuration (company, Sales organization, Distribution Channel, Divisions etc), Master data, Schedule line Categories, copy Control, Sales document types, Sales Document, Contracts, ATP, Logistics Execution (Delivery Process, Delivery Blocks, Packaging, Routes), Billing, Pricing and Taxes, Account Assignment, Pricing Requirements, Sales Incompletion Logs, Partner Determination, product and customer Hierarchies.

SAP FICO – Organization structure configuration (company, Profit center, Cost Center, Business Area, Segments, Functional Area, Fiscal Calendar), Master data, Segmentation, Accounts receivable and payable, Asset Accounting, Document Splitting, Product Cost Controlling, Controlling master data, Costing Sheets, Cost Components, Cost Estimate, Preliminary Costing, overhead, Work in Process, Variance calculation, Profitability Analysis, Cost Classification

SAP Security – Authorization objects, Authorization Profiles, Role administration, single, composite and derived roles, security authorization tables and background jobs, user Ids,

SAP GRC – Rule sets, Risk analysis, Risk Remediation, SODs, remediation, mitigation control, background jobs, user, role level analysis, firefighter roles and user IDs

IFS-General Business Systems – Distribution (inventory, purchasing, sales, invoicing), Finance (A/P, A/R, G/L, FA, invoicing, Payments, Billing, accounts setting, bank reconciliation, reporting, budgeting, automatic payments etc).

Teamwork – Strong team working skills; worked in groups at IFS as well as at Attune

Consulting - Share and delegate work between team members. As such, have learned to plan, coordinate and allocate time and work between teams. Also have learned the importance of maintaining good relationships and understanding through (formal and informal) communications with users and developers.

General - Possess good communication and interpersonal skills; am self-motivated and willing to learn and explore alternative methods and areas; am flexible and hard working; possess good planning and organization skills; manage my time and work load with the team and take responsibility.

Work Experience

Work experience has predominantly been as Business Systems Analyst and as an Integration Analyst in the implementation of ERP’s. Have two years of implementation experience in SAP, specializing in materials management module and 3 years in development and implementation with IFS.

GT Advanced Technologies

SAP Business System Consultant (Dec 2007 – Oct 2012)

Specialized in materials management, Sales and Distribution, SAP Securities and Finance module and Securities module. Worked almost 5 years managing SAP Project and system. Having joined to undertake and manage the implementation of SAP system at GTAT, the key achievements were managing some of the key SAP modules, design and restructure business process to allow project completion within the given timeline, smooth transition of system support from consultants to support systems. Was responsible for SAP system audit. Spearheaded two system upgrades and three module upgrades, GRC implementation and also assisted in one database upgrade. Also have attended 8 SAP courses. Responsibilities were as follows,

Study and document all existing business processes

Work with the SAP consultants do learn and configure the system to suit the business requirements.

Design process to enable smooth hand over of the system to the IT team and also design and structure for support team to takeover trouble shooting.

Hold weekly meetings within module and between modules to ensure everyone was well informed and ensure there is smooth running of the projects

Liaison between consultants and business users, also between users and support system.

Identify customization requirements and document requirement and design.

Responsible SAP FICO, SD, Security, Service and project modules.

Responsible for performing and testing, any configuration changes and customization requirements in these modules.

Trouble shoot any system issues, user errors, process changes or data inconsistencies.

Periodically audit processes to ensure all processes are followed as documented and any new ones are documented.

Identifying new processes and system change requirements and design these processes to suit the changes and requirements.

Responsible for creating and managing training documents and manage user training for all modules.

Organize all testing efforts, user involvement, test team, testing environment,

Spearheaded most of the system transaction code testing, process testing, module testing, integration testing, upgrade testing and customization testing. and also create and maintain test scenario and test documentations. Made sure that most testing is done without delays in business activities.

Manage the online ticketing systems and made sure the tickets gets assigned withing 24 hrs with some response back to the user.

Kept issue resolution time to minimum and making sure there were no system stoppages.

Suggest system and process improvements, educate users on any new features or improvements with upgrades.

Perform any configuration changes, perform testing and user testing and get approvals to move changes to production environment.

Designed new user account request format along with approval cycles in line with audit requirements.

Handle new user accounts requests, provide required access to users, deleting and inactivate an account, manage changes to user access and temporary user access changes.

Played key role in designing and implementing the GRC module (firefighter, SOD, mitigation controls etc.)

Managed the module and all system access, create rule sets, mitigation controls, configure SOD.

Was responsible for creating mitigation control, running periodic risks and access violations reports, checking user access violations prior to giving access and also documenting creation, creating firefighter accounts and access to these accounts.

Maintain all audit related documents for opening of production environment, changes in user numbers (new or inactive users), new user access requests and access changes, new transaction codes and access, changes in user roles and closing and opening periods, password control, approvals etc

Maintain documents for system changes for example, configuration change requests (tickets), document configuration changes in Development environment and testing, testing in the test environment by users, documentation of approvals to move the changes to production environment.

Was responsible for half year and annual SAP system audits.

Providing documentation and access to auditors where necessary. Had clean audits within the given times without any major changes.

Write detailed functional specification with technical information to guide developers.

Managed small projects such as ACH integration, purchase order and requisition approvals, user account and access changes.

Managed projects such as GRC implementation, SOD remediation and Database upgrade, system upgrade projects.

SAP Courses attended

GRC300

Security Admin ADM950

Workflow BIT601

Accounting customizing fundamentals AC200

Accounting Customization I AC201

Accounting Customization II AC202

Product Cost Planning AC505

Profit center planning with GL AC612

Costing/Material Ledger AC530

Product Costing AC505

Cost Center and internal order AC405

Cost Object Controlling AC520

Planning and Consolidation BPC310

Delivery Processes SCM610

Billing SCM615

Pricing SCM620

Cross Function Customizing SCM650

Global Available to promise SCM670

Attune Consulting Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

SAP Assistant Consultant (Oct 2004 – Nov 2006)

[End of employment coincided with emigration to the United States]

Specialized in materials management module and warehousing. With two years of overall project experience, have good knowledge of SAP in apparel and footwear manufacturing industries. Key areas are MRP, inventory, purchasing, master data, etc. Involved in three projects for clients: Unichela, Pentland brands UK and Bodyline. Responsibilities were as follows,

Detailed Business process analysis and documentation using process flow charts and data flow charts.

Planning and Configure organization structure based on company process and requirements.

Documentation of configuration details and project related details.

Gather, analyze and document business requirement document/functional requirements.

Configure and test the system to ensure user’s requirements are fulfilled.

Identify Gaps/developments and write design and system requirement specifications.

Design business process using, relational models, document flow diagrams and business models.

Design case scenarios for all requirement areas

Design new developments and create prototype of the design (MS access & Excel).

Write detailed functional specification with technical information to guide developers.

Document all module plans, weekly project progress & discussions to maintain good understanding and communication within and between the teams.

Blueprint (document) each milestone or process completion and get approved.

Participate users on analyzing system delivery against business requirement specification

Maintain Gap analysis, design workarounds and communicate them effectively to the technical teams.

Assist development teams with developments and provide test data and program testing.

Plan and manage module/integration meeting and time-lines.

Develop test cases and test scenarios specific to user requirements.

Coordinate open, clear communication with users & manage requirements.

Provide training to users and developers when required.

Get involved in project meetings and assist in module specific planning.

Perform module, integration, cycle, stress and user acceptance testing.

Configure actual system once blueprint is finalized.

Gather and organize all data for uploading (material, vendor, PO, PR etc).

Review and test uploaded data.

Manage project deadlines & milestones and foresee any issues in the plan.

Reviewing and QA the developments.

Assist in writing training guides, user procedure documents and review them.

Provide post-go live support.

Handle/sort any issues coming from ongoing projects and handle project modifications.

Document and testing of web-based applications.

IFS Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

Business Consultant (September 2000 – July 2002)

IFS Sri Lanka is an R&D-software development company. Worked as applications consultant for two years into Distribution and Finance areas (inventory, purchasing, sales, invoice, AR, AP, FA, Master Data, GL, invoicing, reporting, Bank reconciliation, budgets etc).

Duties included:

Study application functionality and provide functional support to the product development teams and application users.

Assist offshore officer with their customer issues and system issues

Regularly analyze current application and business requirement and thereby provide ways to enhance functionality and implement better system.

Carry out process re-engineering where necessary and achieve cost reduction and efficiency.

Analysis and document customer requirements and write functional and technical specifications.

Design and prototype customer specific development requirements to cater to the changing and modified business processes.

Document and keep track of all customer specific modification and incorporate these modifications into the standard application release if significant.

Write detailed functional specification and get customer approval for development.

Assist developers with new developments by providing system data, expertise and testing.

Coordinate and manage new industry specific developments, document them and ensure a bug free release.

Lead/manage small QA and development teams.

Participate in Functional and Cycle testing and perform QA on core application releases and recent VAPs (Value Added Packages).

Handle issues and calls coming from existing customers.

Prepare Training schedules, data, test cases and training guides.

Maintain the training database and user access.

Plan and provide routine product training to developers and users.

Plan and deliver product presentation to potential users.

IFS Solutions (Pvt) Ltd

Business Analyst (August 1998 – August 1999)

Worked in this organization for one year as a business analyst. IFS Solutions is the sales and marketing office in Sri Lanka. Duties were mainly to gather and analyze potential customer requirements and provide development designs, testing, guide developers and implement application. Worked on Distribution and Finance areas.

Duties also included,

Analyze potential clients and provide guidance to project teams and the marketing teams promote the product.

Study & document the distribution and accounting processes of the customer.

Implement the application to suit customer requirements, train users on the product, analyse customer’s business best practices, bottlenecks and provide process improvement suggestions.

Document all application related changes and prepare user manuals.

Co-ordinate project plans and activities with the international offices.

Provide financial analysis on customer’s existing accounting systems, improve process and ensure proper accounting practices are followed.

Carry out functional testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing.

Document all project related decisions and changes and get it approved.

Post go live support and handle any process modifications or changes thereafter.

Continuous feedback to management on project progress and issues.

Assist other project teams with any issues.

Study and test system functionality and maintain knowledge database.

Mercantile Engineering –Tools (Pvt) Ltd

Management Trainee (Jan 1996 – March 1997)

Worked part-time during university vacation as a trainee, concentrating on setting up the financial system and managerial aspects.

Duties involved:

Preparing monthly financial reports and analyse sales.

Co-coordinating shipments and payments to different suppliers, respond to new business propositions from new and existing suppliers.

Co-coordinating the accounting information system and data entry of daily activities into the standard system

Analyze and understand the local market and customer requirements for hardware, tools and machinery thereby devise marketing plans and activities.

Financial control

Maintaining daily sales and other transaction entries.

Maintaining and balancing accounts and creating reports.

Preparing business progress reports and profit and loss and balance sheets

Financial control and financial analysis such as gearing, liquidity etc

Academic Qualifications

Masters in International Business (MIB),University of Melbourne, Australia with higher distinction (first class).

BSc. (Honors) in Business (First class), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. (specialized in finance and Management)

Professional Qualification - CIM - Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, Professional qualification in Marketing.

BCS Certification (British Computer Society UK); CPA certification (Accounting & Finance) Completed 9 subjects



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