Udaya Bhanu Neelam Email: ***********@*****.***
SAP FICO Consultant Phone: 203-***-****
Summary:
Profile: Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
With over 14 years of experience in SAP systems with special emphasis
on Financial Accounting (FI/CO). As an active member of Toastmasters
for over 5 years, I have also acquired excellent communication and
leadership skills.
Core Competencies:
. Involved in 6 complete life cycle Implementations, 2 upgrade projects,
one divesture project and a hardware upgrade project
. Expertise in General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and
Fixed Assets
. Expertise in Project systems, Grouping, Pegging and Distribution,
Internal Orders, Labor, Time and Attendance, HR, Payroll processing,
Budgeting and Planning, Result Analysis
. Expertise in SAP ABAP with experience in Reporting, Data Conversions,
LSMW, Interfaces, User Exits / Enhancements, Dialog Programming, SAP
Scripts and other ABAP workbench tools
. Results driven professional with an outstanding record of delivering
timely and efficient solutions.
. Proactive, Agile, Strategic, Collaborative, Goal Oriented, Sound
judgment, Initiative, Flexible, Quality and Detail-oriented and
combines strong business acumen with ability to conceive both long-
term and cost-effective solutions.
. Effectively and comfortably communicate with the stakeholders,
business and technical community at all levels of the organization.
Proficient in GAP analysis, project evaluation, and customization and
in depth understanding of business processes.
. Unparallel ability to recognize, capture and convert business
requirements to functional specs, convert functional specs to
technical specs and follow through development, documentation, and
training of key-users and end-users to meet customer requirements,
needs and objectives.
. Served as subject matter expert by defining offshore work-selection
and reviewing all requirements and design artifacts.
Education:
. Masters of Science (Management of Technology), Fairfield University,
Connecticut, USA - 2003
. Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Osmania University,
Hyderabad, India - 1994
Professional Certifications:
. Toastmasters Advanced Communicator (ATM-Silver) and Competent Leader
Bronze
. Pursuing Certified Management Accountant (CMA) certification - Part 1
completed
Professional Experience:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation - Connecticut, USA May 2008 - Present
IT Business Consultant
Sikorsky Aircraft is a government defense contractor manufacturing military
and commercial helicopters. SAP is a strategically important application
that enables their growth aspirations. I hold the responsibility for IT
requirements for Finance and Controlling applications - with special focus
on Treasury Services, Operations accounting, Project systems and Labor Time
and Attendance for Sikorsky and its domestic and international
subsidiaries.
Effectively managing customer requirements and project resources to deliver
timely and efficient solutions that add value to the organization.
Project 1: SAP implementation at Keystone Helicopter, PA
Period: December 2009 till Present
Role: FI/CO Lead
This project is currently in the integration test cycle with a go-live date
of January, 2011. I played a key role in requirements analysis, solution
planning, implementing and integration testing the solution. Key areas of
focus are Project Systems, Operations Accounting, Labor, Time and
Attendance, Payroll, AR, AP, GL and FA.
Project 2: SAP implementation at Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, Texas
Period: March 2010 till Present
Role: FI/CO Project Guide
This project is currently in the integration test cycle with a go-live date
of March, 2011. I played a key role in guiding a team of professional in
requirement analysis, system designing, implementing and testing the MRO
solution. Key areas of focus are Project Systems, Operations Accounting,
Labor, Time and Attendance, Payroll, AR, AP, GL and FA.
Project 3: SAP implementation at PZL Mielec, Poland
Period: August 2008 till April 2009
Role: FI/CO Project Lead
As the FI/CO lead - I played a key role in the design, development and
testing of the Contract management, Project Systems, Cash Management, GL,
FA, Labor Time and Attendance, Payroll and Cost Accounting modules. I was a
key contributor to the successful go-live of the project by overcoming the
language and time difference challenges.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, TIDAL, TTA Tool, Remedy/GSM, .NET
Bayer Corporation - Connecticut, USA Oct 1999 - March 2008
SAP Sr. IS Consultant
Bayer Healthcare SAP system is a FDA and SOX Compliance system controlled
by
specific system management processes and policies. Among other businesses,
Bayer has the Healthcare pillar which comprises of Consumer Care,
Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health and Diabetic Care business. I have been
involved in implementing projects and enhancements of these systems since
October, 1999.
As part of the FI/CO project team, I was involved in various projects as
listed
below:
. Bayer Healthcare SAP System UR Compliance Project
. Bayer Healthcare mySAP ERP 2005 Upgrade Project
. Bayer Healthcare Biological Business Divesture Project
. Bayer Healthcare SAP R/3 4.6C Upgrade Project
. Bayer Healthcare SAP Implementation
. Bayer Consumer Care SAP implementation
Key areas I have contributed on the above projects:
. Cost Center Accounting, Project systems, Internal Orders, Budgeting
and Planning, Profitability Analysis
. General ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and credit card
services.
. Creating business scripts, test plans and test sets in Mercury Test
Director
. Developed various Report Painter reports
. Developed various planning layouts to support PA and CCA planning
activities
. OSS note analysis and implementation
. Converting Business requirements to functional and technical
specifications
. Developed various interfaces, reports and enhancements in FI, CO and
SD
. Period end close activities
Environment: mySAP ERP 2005, SAP R/3 4.6B, SAP R/3 4.0 B, Lotus Notes,
Peregrine system, Mercury Quality Center, Microsoft Project
Rhein Chemie Corporation - New Jersey, USA Feb 1999 - Sep
1999
SAP Consultant
Joined the project team as an ABAP resource during the implementation phase
and worked on the data conversions and reports in SAP R/3. I have worked
on various requirements for data transfer from legacy AS/400 system to SAP.
Being the lone member of the technical team, I was involved in all the data
loads and reports as required by the client. This project comprised of
various functional modules like MM, SD, FI, CO, PP and Inventory.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.0B
Transtech Electronics PTE. LTD - Singapore Oct 1997 - Dec
1998
Trutech Electronics PTE. LTD - Malaysia
SAP Consultant
This project was a dual implementation of SAP at Transtech Electronics in
Singapore and its sister concern company Trutech Electronics in Malaysia.
As an ABAP resource, I worked on various reports and data uploading
programs from Financial Accounting, Material Management and Sales and
Distribution modules.
Environment: SAP R/3 3.0 F
Intelligroup Asia PVT. LTD., India May 96 - Oct
97
Systems Analyst SAP R/3
As part of the SAP development team in India, I have worked on 4 major
projects - primarily as an ABAP resource. The projects implemented are for
APPLE COMPUTERS, JOY MINING, SAP INDIA VERSION CUSTOMIZATION, INTERNET
BASED SAP HR APPLICATION
Environment: SAP R/3 3.0 / 3.1.G
Meher Data Services PVT. LTD - India Nov 94 - May 96
Software Engineer
Projects: Goodwill Financial Accounting System
I was involved in the complete lifecycle of this project that includes the
analysis, designing, development and implementation of a Financial
Accounting and Inventory Management System. This system was developed for
the general market and provides utmost flexibility to the end-user.
Environment: Borland Delphi 3.0/2.0/1.0 (Client Server Application
Development tool)