Accounting Sap
Resume:
DAN SULLIVAN
Sylvania, OH **560
*************@********.***
Over 15 years SAP experience – all releases from 2.2 to current
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Certified in Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM)
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Strengths include: SEM-BCS, EC-CS, FI-GL, Cost Center Accounting,
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Profit Center Accounting
Over 10 full-cycle implementations
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Lead teams, including off-shore, from 5 to 24 persons
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Speaker at SAP Financials 2010 – both USA & Europe, SAP Financials
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2009, SAP Financials 2007, SAP Financials 2006 & Managing SAP Project
2005
SAP Project Management experience
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Configuration of Special Purpose Ledger
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Configuration of Funds Management
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Experienced with SAP Data Archiving
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Working knowledge of Report Writer, Profitability Analysis, Product
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Costing, Sales & Distribution, Materials Management, and Plant Maintenance
Strong Accounting background
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Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
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SYNOPSIS
High-quality leadership experience with global enterprises including manufacturing, beverages, retail, public sector, and utilities for a broad
range of financial processes successfully implementing changes toward more efficient and effective operations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Grande Consulting, Inc. April 2006 – Present
President and Principal SAP Financials Consultant
(01/11 – 03/11) Line 6, Calabasas, CA
Provided expert consulting for implementing financial modules of the SAP All-in-One for world-wide
operations; Financial modules include, “new” General Ledger, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center
Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Profitability Analysis, Fixed Assets
(10/10 – 01/11) Molson Coors Brewing Company, Denver, CO
Lead small team to implement SAP SD, MM, FICO including GL, AR, AP, CCA, PCA and COPA for a growing
European export business; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge
transfer; Full life cycle implementation
(10/10 – 01/11 part-time) Peabody Energy St. Louis, MO
Execute and maintain SAP SEM BCS for month-end closings for someone on extended holiday; provide
assessment of BCS improvement opportunities
(09/10 – present part-time) Performance Fibers, Inc., Huntersville, NC
Providing the finance team members an overview of BCS and acting as solution architect for the SEM BCS
upgrade from SEM 4.0 to 6.03; providing configuration guidance for new features to be implemented with the
upgrade
(03/10 – 07/10) Edison Mission Group, Inc., Irvine, CA
Solution architect for changes to SEM BCS to accommodate new accounting changes and made several
improvements identified through an assessment of the consolidation systems and reporting, including balance
sheet variances and cash flow reporting; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and
knowledge transfer
(01/10 – present part-time) Grande Consulting, Inc., Sylvania, OH
Configuration of BPC for consolidations demo system with currency translation, account transformations,
eliminations, consolidation of investments – equity purchase methods, and proportional methods – and
corresponding analytical reports
(11/09 – 1/10) Bombardier, Inc., Montreal, Quebec
Assessment of opportunities for consolidations systems improvement and/or replacement; including
improvements to the SAP ECC FI-GL and CO-PCA systems to accommodate improved consolidations
systems, including GL validations to ensure trading partner on all intercompany accounts and transaction
types for certain accounts to simplify cash flow and balance sheet variance reporting
(01/09 – 10/09) Molson Coors Brewing Company, Denver, CO
Lead re-implementation of SEM-BCS for with SEM release 6.03 including Consolidations of Investments with
a matrix organization (previous SEM-BCS was release 3.5); Requirements gathering, configuration, testing,
documentation and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle implementation
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(05/08 – 01/09) Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO
Lead FI-CO team through upgrade for several support pack stacks and an enhancement package
Solution architect for design and implementing accounting system changes including FI and CO functional
area substitutions to accommodate consolidation and reporting for a new joint venture with Miller Brewing
Company (now MillerCoors) including leading the FICO team through fiscal year change; Requirements
gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer
(03/08 – 05/08) AES Corporation, Arlington, VA
Blueprint consolidations accounting requirements for implementation of SEM-BCS
(04/06 – 05/08) DTE Energy, Detroit, MI
Lead implementation of SEM-BCS including Consolidation of Investments; Assisted with implementation of
General Ledger (“New GL”) and Profit Center Accounting implementations for both balance sheet and P&L;
Validations and substitutions for trading partner and transaction types; Balance sheet variance and cash flow
reporting; Multi-currency valuation; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and
knowledge transfer; Full life cycle implementation
(07/06 – 08/09) Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI
Support and enhance SEM-BCS with new rollouts to Asia and Latin America (part-time)
(02/05 – present pat-time) FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Lead implementation of SEM-BCS and on-going support and enhancement of SEM-BCS (part-time);
Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle
implementation
(04/06 – 09/07) Performance Fibers, New Hill, NC
Support and enhance SEM-BCS (part-time)
Adjoined Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia September 2005 – April 2006
Senior Principal Consultant
(09/05 – 04/06) Performance Fibers, New Hill, NC
Lead implementation of SEM-BCS; Profit center accounting for balance sheet and P&L as primary data
source for consolidations; Validations and substitutions for trading partner and transaction types;
Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle
implementation
Sapient (formerly Business Information Solutions LLC), Miami, Florida January – August 2005
Senior SAP SEM Consultant
(08/05) Husky Energy, Calgary, AB
Configuration of SEM-BCS for Load from data stream data collection method; Requirements gathering,
configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer
(07/05 – 08/05) Wolverine World Wide, Rockford, MI
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Configuration of SEM-BCS for worldwide implementation; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing,
documentation and knowledge transfer
(03/05 – 08/05) TechData, Clearwater, FL
Assessment for global SEM-BCS and SEM-BPS Implementation Scope
(03/05 – 05/05) Church & Dwight, Princeton, NJ
Enhance and correct configuration of existing SEM-BCS for additional functionality with Validations and
Special Versions; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer; Full
life cycle implementation
(02/05 – 05/05) BP, London, England
Developed EC-CS Migration to BCS and BCS Best Practices documentation
IT Services/Compuware, Dallas, Texas July 1998 –December 2004
Senior SAP Financials Applications Consultant
(12/03 – 12/04) Hayes Lemmerz, Northville, MI
Lead implementation of SEM-BCS with some SEM-BPS functionality, along with SAP ECC General Ledger,
Cost Center Accounting, and Profit Center Accounting; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing,
documentation and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle implementation
(09/02 – 12/03) Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Provided expert project leadership and consulting for implementing SAP R/3, 4.6B, Fiscal Year Change
relating to acquisition by South African Breweries, as well as Data Archiving for Accounting, Delivery, Billing,
Sales Order, and Materials transactions; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and
knowledge transfer
(01/02 – 08/02) Reynolds & Reynolds, Dayton, OH
Provided expert consulting for implementing SAP R/3, 4.6C, EC-CS, Profit Center Accounting and General
Ledger, including Report Writer reports for EC-CS reports; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing,
documentation and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle implementation
(12/01 – 12/01) SAP Education Services, Dallas, TX
Completed SAP SEM certification
(11/01 – 11/01) TELUS, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Instructor for EC-CS classes AC660 and AC665 to TELUS employees engaged in implementing EC-CS
integrated with Profit Center Accounting, including Report Writer reports for EC-CS; Received very high
marks on instructor ratings
(12/00 – 11/01) NACCO Material Handling Group, Inc., Greenville, NC
Lead implementation of EC-CS, FI-GL and coordinated testing for all SAP modules, including Report Writer
reports for EC-CS; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer;
Full life cycle implementation
(11/00 – 12/00) GoodHome.com, Berea, CA
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Lead implementation of SAP Pre-Configured Client for web-based retailer of furniture; Integrated SAP with
CyberCash credit card software and Vertex sales and use tax software; Requirements gathering,
configuration, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle implementation
(10/00 – 10/00) Andersen Consulting, Reston, VA
Prepared demonstration with Andersen Consulting, L.L.C. for the State of Pennsylvania, for SAP R/3, 4.6C,
Public Sector, Funds Accounting
(11/98 – 9/00) OfficeMax, Shaker Heights, OH
Lead implementation of SAP Financials, including FI-GL, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting,
and EC-CS including Report Writer for EC-CS; Requirements gathering, configuration, testing, documentation
and knowledge transfer; Full life cycle implementation
(7/98 – 11/98) Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Provided consulting for implementing SAP financial modules, especially EC-CS, FI-GL, Cost Center
Accounting and Profit Center Accounting
Owens-Corning 1981 – July 1998
(1995 – 1998) Process Expert - SAP Software Implementation - Toledo, OH
Involved in a 2.2 to 3.0 SAP upgrade; Promoted to provide expertise in process innovation in implementing integrated business process
software (SAP); Lead sub-teams involved in allocations, consolidations and reporting; Worked with all business units to install global
processes; SAP full life cycle implementation; Implemented Oracle General Ledger for Canadian subsidiary in 1994-1995
Accounting Manager - Operations Accounting - Toledo, OH
Planned, coordinated and implemented centralization of business unit and plant accounting from over
thirty locations into one, developed self-directed work teams and best practices benchmarking, saving
over $250,000 annually; Lead centralized accounting teams responsible for all US operations, and
worldwide consolidations, financial reporting and analyses
Accounting Supervisor - Manufacturing Plant - Waxahachie, TX
Lead team responsible for monthly closings, payroll, accounts payable, budgeting, variance analyses,
and internal control for facility with 640 employees and annual sales of $160 million; Implemented time
and attendance system along with new payroll and cost ledger systems improving the payroll and labor
analysis processes and resulting in annual savings of over $60,000; Participated on several process
improvement teams
Senior Accountant, External Financial Reporting - Toledo, OH
Determine effects of and prepared responses to FASB and SEC exposure drafts and invitations to
comment; Research GAAP and provided guidance on accounting treatments; Primary liaison between the
company and the external auditors; coordinated preparation of financial and key indicator presentations
for board of directors, management, and shareholders
Control Accountant, Receivables/Payables Accounting - Toledo, OH
Developed control procedures for accounts receivable and accounts payable systems; initiated development of Accounts Payable procedures
manual; Coordinated foreign currency and cash-wire payments for vendors
EDUCATION
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B.B.A., Accounting, University of Toledo
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
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