SAP Analyst resume in Atlanta, GA, 30331

Debbie James
Atlanta, GA *****
678-***-****
E-mail: dk6n72@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SAP FICO BUSINESS CONSULTANT

PROFILE: Business and Information Technology Professional with 13 years of SAP project implementation experience: both international and domestic which includes eight full life cycle implementations and three successful upgrades. A Senior SAP FICO Consultant whose main focus has been successfully implementing Integrated SAP Financial Platforms from the planning phase through post go-live business supports. Senior level consultant with finance and controlling experience and worked in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and telecommunication industries. Excellent business communication skills, detail oriented, and analytical skills.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Business Blueprint Reengineering Strategy Data Migration
Business Processes SAP SAP Templates
Team Leader FICO Strategic Planning
Gap Analysis Data Medium Exchange (DME) Needs Analysis
EFT EDI IDOC Translators

SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL SUCCESSES
Business Process Improvement: Client was utilizing a customized process to apply cash application which was costing them excessive time and expense. Created process where the client had authorization to withdraw funds automatically from the customer’s bank account to apply to open AR invoices by using standard SAP functionality. RESULT: Time to process open invoices was shorten by 10 hours each week and the client was able to utilize standardized processes saving time and costs.

Streamlined Operations: Created a central online SAP document retention board which could be used by all consultants on any project. This portal was created for all FICO BPP's which included all business process procedures for all modules of finance and controlling. RESULT: Streamlined process improved productivity and eliminated hours previously required for documenting.

System Upgrade: Implemented ECC 6.0 upgrade for FICO from 4.6c legacy systems. Resolved FICO issues that occurred during the technical upgrade. Wrote business procedures to train new processes to the end users. Collaborated with technical team to apply OSS patches where required. RESULT: Clients experienced new functionality and reduced month-end closing time. Procedural outline documented with new transaction codes and changes in functionality for trained team members.

SAP Conversion: Global client maintained hundreds of legacy systems for their operations throughout the world. Charged with converting all of theses systems to SAP taking into account the many country regulations involved in the transition. Created a global fixed asset template utilized by the client. RESULT: Converting the fixed data into SAP eliminated the use of hundreds of legacy system which significantly cut cost for the client. This conversion made the complete fixed asset process run more cohesively utilizing the same requirements throughout the company.

EDUCATION
Bachelors Degree – Business Administration, Albany State University

TECHNOLOGIES /METHODOLOGIES
Aris ECC 6.0 Gold Client Mercury Tool MySAP ASAP SAP Solution Manager LSMW

Debbie James
Atlanta, GA 30331
678-***-****
E-mail: dk6n72@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SENIOR SAP FICO CONTRACTOR – Atlanta, GA 10/2011 – 12/2011
Short Term Projects and Training

• Assist project managers from previous projects with short term tasks: data mapping, created
master data and transactional data for test purposes
• Analyzed FICO legacy reports (GL/AR/AP/CO) and compared to ECC 6.0 standard
reports
• Wrote business process procedures, process definition documents, and
test integration and unit test scripts for clients
• Additional training on new general ledger

VORTEX SOFTWARE CONSULTING – Canandaigua, NY 06/2011 – 09/2011
Senior SAP FICO Contractor

Burger King Corporation, Miami, FL
Senior Consultant

Senior consultant engaged on an asset management revaluation project. Due to company acquisitions, asset records were revaluated for the US and international stores. The assets to be revalued were from legacy systems and migrated to a global common template which included 16 countries. The project was initiated due to the acquisitions, technical landscape, and geography. (ECC 6.0)
• Configured company codes, general ledger, fixed assets, and controlling functions
• Created three spreadsheets (AS02, AR29N and ABAA) to upload assets using LSMW functionality
• Customized programs to reverse depreciation runs, program to reverse posted periods, and utility program to advance to the next fiscal year
• Converted all legacy asset data into SAP asset master records
• Configured SAP for revaluation enhancements and executed revaluation tasks
• Verified the configuration, program(s), and data support loaded successfully
• Revalued SAP assets in accordance with KPMG determinations

RAEDER LANDREE, INC. – Pittsburgh, PA 02/2011 – 05/2011
Senior SAP FICO Contractor

Sun Products, Salt Lake City, Utah
Senior Consultant

Senior FICO consultant working on the One Sun Project Implementation team. Worked
on the Record to Report team writing BPP’s, Day In The Life scripts, security testing, and
product cost analysis. Company is implementing ECC 6.0 version moving from SAP 4.5.

• Design and configure SAP accounts payable, accounts receivable, and controlling
implementation, and gathered user requirements
• Compared business operating procedures to the training documentation for
inconsistencies for FICO and analyzed products for comparison for product costing
• Prepare detailed methods and procedures related to AP, AR, and product costing
• Analyzed products for comparison for product costing
• Prepared analysis for mismatched standard cost difference from the legacy system to
SAP and researched/resolved issue between the two systems
• Identified and prepared analysis for the Material Master that determined errors for profit centers, valuation class, base unit of measure, and sales unit of measures creation for
each plant
• Executed security testing for finance, controlling, and product costing and created Day In
The Life scripts for finance, controlling, and product costing
• Executed Business Process Procedures (BPP) for the FICO team
• Created master data and transactional data for integration testing and training

SENIOR SAP FICO CONTRACTOR – Atlanta, GA 09/2010 – 02/2011
Short Term Projects and Training

• New General Ledger delta training
• Analyzed FI legacy reports (GL/AR/AP/AM) and compared to ECC 6.0 standard reports
• Wrote (BPP’s) Business Process Procedures and (PDD) Process Definition Documents, and
wrote functional specifications for AR

OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS INTEGRATION - Irving, TX 12/2009– 07/2010
Senior SAP FICO Contractor

Florida, Power, and Light - Juno Beach, FL
Senior Consultant

Senior FI consultant working on phase 2 of the SAP One Project team. Worked on the
Accounts Payable team writing RICEF functional specifications for processes and reports. Company is implementing ECC 6.0 version moving from SAP 4.5.

• Configured areas of accounts payable that was not configured in phase 1 project
• Conducted requirement workshops to gather business requirements to aid in writing function specifications
• Wrote functional specifications for AP open item conversions, AP master conversion, enhancements, interfaces, forms, and workflows
• Performed data mapping process and data cleansing for AP open items and AP master data conversion
• Worked on a Web DynPro application for an AP business process
• Participated in technical reviews with the technical team to explain the functional specification for coding purposes
• Wrote functional unit test scenarios of the business requirement objects that was coded and tested by the development team before turning the completed object to the business team for testing

IDS-SCHEER CORPORATION - Philadelphia, PA 03/2008 – 08/2009
Senior SAP Consultant

SAP America - Downers Grove, IL 01/2009 – 06/2009
Senior Consultant

Senior FICO consultant on SAP project preparation required for the future launch of Reseller Technology Solution (RTS), a pre-configured SAP template. The dealers implemented financial and controlling functionality to handle all transactional activity related to general ledger, fixed assets, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and controlling processes. (RTS 5.0 installations and RTS ECC 6.0 development)

• Configured FICO organizational structure and functions not included in the pre-configured
RTS template (local tax, new g/l accounts, credit card setup, automatic payment process,
controlling hierarchy) using SAP best practice requirements
• Configured CO hierarchy, cost element groups, cost elements, cost center groups, cost
centers, and profit center accounting
• Trained client on cost element planning and cost center budgeting
• Created fixed assets master records and trained client on how to execute the monthly
depreciation posting run and month-end close processes
• Defined/executed standard AP, cost center analysis , and financial statement reports
• Wrote functional specifications for FI and CO reporting
• Created a dealer tax load template with new rate changes for 22 states that were impacted in
the RTS implementation. The tax information was automatically exported into SAP and the
updated tax rates were automatically imported into SAP
• Created a manual credit card process for RTS implementation and wrote functional
specifications for the manual process and the credit card settlement report

Encompass Corporation - Atlanta, GA 10/2008 – 12/2008
Senior Consultant

Senior FICO consultant engaged on a textile project for an AFS Best Practice Solution based on a Germany solution reengineering strategy to a US solution. Team lead over four client SME’s. FI implementation included AP, AR, GL, and organizational structure. Curtailed challenges by executing very thorough testing and retesting of the customized objects. (R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0)

• Configured FI functions including AP, AR, GL and organizational structure based on the business process reengineering strategy
• Configured cost center elements, cost centers, profit centers, and planning tasks for cost center and profit center accounting, and Maintained plan distribution keys
• Identified/executed standard SAP CCA, PCA, and profitability analysis reports
• Created reports using queries to gather information for Taxware reporting requirements and controlling requirements
• Responsible for FI/CO integration and customized object testing
• Assisted with development of ARIS process flows and trained super users
• Developed custom Data Medium Exchange (DME) structures for bank wire transfers

Nikon International - Melville, NY 04/2008 – 09/2008
Senior Consultant
Senior FICO consultant lead engaged on the technical upgrade and new functionality deployment for an international telecommunication company. Team lead with two clients SME’s with hands-on assistance. Responsible for FICO design, gap analysis, testing, deliverables, and deployment of SAP ECC 6.0 functionality. Project was implemented on a very aggressive time schedule. Documented new business opportunities and implemented best practice solutions which enhanced the installation. (R/3 4.7 to ECC6.0)
• Updated and executed FI/CO test scripts with ECC 6.00 upgrade functions
• Assisted in trouble shooting problems that occurred relating to the upgrade
• Identified functionality that could be implemented post go live to streamline processes
• Tested GL, AR, AP, FA, CO, and Vertex tax business transactions in 6.0
• Updated BPP’s for new ECC 6.0 functionality, created FICO reports using queries
• Loaded FI/CO master and transactional data using the Gold Client tool

COMPUTER SCIENCE, CORPORATION - Atlanta, GA 10/2005 - 02/2008
Senior SAP Consultant

Monsanto Corporation - St. Louis, MO 11/2007 – 02/2008
Senior Consultant

Senior consultant engaged on a global manufacturing project. The objective of the project was to fully integrate global SAP to all commercial, manufacturing, and financial operations on the information technology platform. This challenge was accomplished by conducting several accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger workshop sessions with each country. (SAP ECC 6.0)
• Delivered Finance Planning, Business Process Development System Design, through Single and Multi-phase implementations in North American, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
• Conducted FI and CO business process workshops to gather the financial, statutory, and controlling requirements which determined the detailed design
• Analyzed client’s current reporting requirements and compared to SAP standard reports for fit analysis. Assisted client in executing and reformatting reports to clients specifications

Delphi Corporation-Troy, MI 07/2007 – 10/2007
Senior Asset Management Consultant

Senior consultant lead engaged on an asset management data migration project plan. Company asset records were migrated from non-SAP legacy systems to a global common template which included 34 countries. The project was initiated due to the complexity of asset management processes, technical landscape, geography, and asset base. (SAP R/3 4.7)
• Configured general ledger, fixed assets, and controlling functions including hierarchy functionality. Configured tasks for creating plants, defined additional local currencies
• Developed programs to convert legacy data provided by business units into SAP asset master records and associated data according to the project schedule
• Converted all legacy asset data into SAP asset master records
• Developed programs that provided flat files containing required legacy system’s general ledger information for asset fiscal reporting purposes
• Configured SAP for revaluation enhancements
• Verified the configuration, program(s), and data support loaded successfully
• Revalued SAP assets in accordance with KPMG determinations

Verizon - Dallas, TX 05/2006 – 06/2007
Senior Consultant

Senior Lead Functional Consultant responsible for design, data conversion, custom development, deliverables, and testing for regulated telecommunications for accounts payable of 15 million. FI team lead with eight clients SME’s with hand-on assistance to the team members. The objective of the SAP financial initiative was to consolidate and standardize the financial business processes and data across several organizations using New GL functions. Responsible for reengineering all AP processes and worked with Travel Management team. (R/3 4.6 to SAP ECC 6.0)
• Facilitated business process reengineering SDL sessions (Solution Demonstration Labs) for Accounts Payable and Travel Expense Management
• Configured/prototyped AP tasks which included the automatic payment process and process/export data (i.e. EFT payments) via EDI translator and exchange servers, extended withholding taxes, Vertex, and new GL functionality
• Configured travel management tasks: defined trip variant, assigned organizational areas, made global settings, defined travel expense types
• Prototyped steps for entering a TE report, settle the report, create posting run to FI
• Configured AP workflow process for approval of invoices and expense reports with level of approval linked to an approval amount
• Analyzed client’s reporting requirements and compared to SAP standard reports and wrote functional specifications for reports that required customization for AP and Travel Management

Forest Laboratory - St. Louis, MO 12/2005 – 04/2006
Senior Consultant

Senior FICO SME engaged on a pharmaceutical upgrade project. The SAP upgrade project was a technical upgrade from 4.6C system to ECC 6.0 minimizing functional and technical changes.
• Updated test scripts with ECC 6.00 business processes and developed training deliverables using Mercury tool, and assisted with unit and integration testing
• Configured/prototyped Evaluated Receipt Settlement process
• Executed new 6.0 transaction code for the monthly depreciation run process
• Added new function module for customer EFT process requiring branch number in text field and customer document number in assignment field that was not working properly
• Updated new fixed assets requirements for ECC 6.0: Auxiliary Account Assignment to Asset, Change Message Control, Depreciation Posting AJAB

IBM CORPORATION - Atlanta, GA 10/2002 - 10/2005
SAP Consultant

Team lead engaged on several projects. The implementation initiatives required standardization of data, processes, systems, and responsible for delivering a common repository of incentive payment data and collaborative tools for audit analysis of incentive policy compliance. The implementations included: financial accounting/reporting, sales order processing, and procurement.

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