Management Sap
Resume:
Hiren Patel
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Phone: 602-***-**** Email: abnapr@r.postjobfree.com
Summary:
. A Solution Consultant with over 5 years of experience implementing and
supporting SAP, specializing in FSCM & FI/CO.
. SAP Certified Solution Consultant Financials - Financial Accounting
with SAP ERP 2005
. Expertise in SAP FICO (R/3 4.7/4.6C/ ECC 5.0/ECC 6.0) Implementation
experience in FSCM (Dispute Management, Collections Management,
Credit Management), FI (G/L, A/R, A/P, A/M,), and CO (CCA, PCA, PA)
Modules.
. Experience in reporting tools such as: ABAP query, Report Painter,
Report Writer, and BW
. Thorough understanding of integration between FI-SD, FI-MM.
. Interacted with ABAP consultants to develop custom functionality.
. Experience in handling the Functional aspects like Financial
Accounting, Financial Analysis and Financial Management
. Proven ability to understand and assess current processes and develop
a solution which achieved company's goals and objectives.
. Experience in Gathering/analyzing the business requirements, which
included analyzing the legacy systems and converting them into
functional specifications with data element details in a view to fill
the gaps between the exact and the Legacy Systems and also tol fill
the user requirements.
. Excellent working knowledge of Unit Testing ( Complete Unit testing of
FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-CCA)
. Experienced in Business and process analysis with demonstrated ability
to understand client expectations, strategic objectives and project
deliverables.
. Skilled in learning and assimilating new information quickly while
demonstrating excellent work ethic and quality work.
SAP FI/CO & FSCM Skills:
. Dispute Management: Creation Case Record Model, Create Element types,
Manage Status's, Create Case Search's, Create Attribute Values,
Activate Standard workflow, Integration with A/R, Collections and CRM
Trade Claim's Management.
. Collections Management: Collection Basic Rules, Collection Strategies,
Collection Priorities, Collection Org Structure: Segments, Profiles,
and Groups, Activated Business Partners using CVI process, Promise to
Pay, Integration with A/R and Dispute Management
. Credit Management: Creation of Credit Segments, Credit Checking Rules,
Credit Relationships, Created Credit Case Functionality, Activated
Business Partners using CVI process, Integration with A/R, SD, and
Collections Management.
. FI Enterprise Structure: Company code, Business Areas, Functional
Areas, Fiscal year Variant.
. Accounts Receivable: Creation of Terms of Payment and Interest
Calculation, Reason Codes, Default Account Assignment, Credit
management and Creation of Customer Master Records.
. General Ledger: Chart of Accounts, Field Status Groups, Posting Key
Configuration, Automatic Account Determination, G/L Display
configurations, Tolerance Groups, Number Ranges and Document Types.
. Accounts Payable: Creation of House Banks and Bank Accounts, Payment
Program Configuration and Creation of Vendor Master Data and Vendor
Groups.
. Asset Management: Creation of Assets Master records, Handling
Depreciation for these Assets, Calculation of Scrap value for these
Assets at the time of Sale of Fixed Assets and posting the profit/loss
in the respective G/L accounts.
. Integration of FI/CO, SD and MM functional Modules of a Business
Module.
. Cost Element Accounting: Cost Element Types, Automatic Cost Element
Creation, Reconciliation Ledger, and Explanation of CO Updates.
. Cost Center Accounting: Cost Center Accounting Configuration,
Controlling Area/Profit Center Accounting Maintenance, Activity Types
and Statistical Key Figures, Assessments, Distributions, Reposting,
Cost Center Accounting, and Automatic Account Assignment in CO.
. Profitability Analysis: Operating Concern Development, Characteristic
Derivation, Assigning Values to Value Fields, CO-PA planning,
Activation of CO-PA, and CO-PA Reporting.
. Profit Center Accounting: Introduction to PCA Configuration Basic
Settings and Master Data Review, Assignments in Profit Center
Accounting, Actual Posting Maintenance and Profit Center Accounting
Planning.
Experience/Project Work:
Ingram Micro- Santa Ana, CA
Role: Business Process Expert - Finance
Project Description/Scope: Part of Finance Team working on Global
Implementation of SAP
Role: A/R, FSCM -Dispute, Credit, Collections Lead Duration: December
2008 - Current
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
. Led Fit/GAP sessions for three separate rollouts
. Created Business Process Designs in A/R, Credit, Dispute, and
Collections Management.
. Created and led training using RWD in two different countries for A/R,
Credit, Dispute, and Collections Management.
. Created custom functionality in Credit and Dispute Management.
. Developed Test Cases for Unit and Integration Testing.
. Designing and configuring Dispute Management which includes Creating
and Configuring the Case Record Model, Element Types, Attribute
Profile, Attribute values, Text Profiles, Status Profiles,
Integration.
. Responsible for defining scope, and gathering business requirements
. Defined Global Design for A/R, Credit, Dispute and Collections
Management
. Prepared cut-over strategy and responsible for data conversion from
the legacy system to SAP R/3.
. Provided end user support for those countries which rollouts were
completed.
. Defined Automated and Manual Cash Application Process
. Defined Collection Strategies
. Customized CVI Process for Business Partner creation for Credit and
Collections role
. Defined Credit Checking Rules
SanDisk - Consultant for SAP America Inc., Milpitas, CA
Project Description/Scope: Dispute and Collections Management
Implementation
Role: FSCM Consultant Duration: August 2008 -
December 2008
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
. Designed and configured Dispute Management which includes Creating and
Configuring the Case Record Model, Element Types, Attribute Profile,
Attribute values, Text Profiles, Status Profiles, Integration.
. Configuring the Automatic Creation of Dispute Cases
. Activated Standard Workflow in Dispute Management
. Configured the integration with A/R, Collections and CRM Trade Claims
Management
. Defined Automatic Document Status changes in Dispute Cases
. Creating Functional Specs for request of custom programs
. Designed and configured Collections Management which includes Creating
and Configuring basic rules, strategies, Organizational Structure,
Priorities, and Integration with Dispute Management
. Replicated Customers to Business Partners using CVI processes
. Defining methods of distribution of A/R open items to Collections
Worklist
. Defining Cash Application A/R processing.
. Documenting the critical changes, trained the team members in the
client team about the new system functionality, and tested the
integration of FI/CO with various modules.
. Prepared cut-over strategy and responsible for data conversion from
the legacy system to SAP R/3.
Intel - Consultant for SAP America Inc., Folsom, CA
Project Description/Scope: Dispute and Collections Management
Implementation
Role: FSCM Consultant Duration: July 2008 - August
2008
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
. Responsible for defining scope, and gathering business requirements
. Assisted in Designing and configuring Dispute Management which
includes Creating and Configuring the Case Record Model, Element
Types, Attribute Profile, Attribute values, Text Profiles, Status
Profiles, Integration.
. Assisted in Designing and configuring Collections Management which
includes Creating and Configuring basic rules, strategies,
Organizational Structure, Priorities, and Integration with Dispute
Management
. Performed End User Training
. Presented functionality of Dispute and Collections Management to
Senior Management
Fender - Consultant for SAP America Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
Project Description/Scope: FI/CO
Role: FI/CO Consultant Duration: May 2008 - July 2008
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
. Developed BPP's (Business Process Procedures) in the following FI/CO
areas: G/L, A/R, A/P, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center
Accounting, Internal Orders, Fixed Assets and Product Costing.
. Assisted in the resolution of support issues in Lockbox.
. Assisted in the resolution of support issues in Interest Calculation
. Assisted in the resolution of support issues in Fixed Assets in
conjunction with current SAP Production issues.
. Documented proposed solutions to Post production issues.
Hawker Beechcraft- Consultant for SAP America Inc., Wichita, KS
Project Description/Scope: Dispute and Collections Management
Implementation
Role: FSCM Consultant Duration: Jan 2008 - April
2008
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
. Designing and configuring Collections Management which includes
Creating and Configuring basic rules, strategies, Organizational
Structure, Priorities, and Integration with Dispute Management
. Replicated Customers to Business Partners using CVI processes
. Defining methods of distribution of A/R open items to Collections
Worklist
. Designing and configuring Dispute Management which includes Creating
and Configuring the Case Record Model, Element Types, Attribute
Profile, Attribute values, Text Profiles, Status Profiles,
Integration.
. Configuring the Automatic Creation of Dispute Cases
. Activated Standard Workflow in Dispute Management
. Configured the integration with A/R, Collections and CRM Trade Claims
Management
. Defined Automatic Document Status changes in Dispute Cases
. Creating Functional Specs for request of custom programs
. Documenting the critical changes, trained the team members in the
client team about the new system functionality, and tested the
integration of FI/CO with various modules.
. Prepared cut-over strategy and responsible for data conversion from
the legacy system to SAP R/3.
Starwood Hotels, Phoenix, AZ/Orlando, FL
Project Description/Scope:
Role: Post Production Support Duration: Nov. 2004 - Oct.
2007
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
. Configured Company Codes, Account groups, posting periods, fiscal year
variant, document number ranges, field status groups.
. Defined Customer/Vendor Account groups, created vendor/ customer
master data.
. Defined Payment Methods and payment methods for vendor/customer.
. Configured Automatic Account Payment Program for outgoing payment for
company codes.
. Created Configuration for AP automatic payment program
. Maintained number ranges for settlement document, defined number
ranges for variance document, defined posting rules for settlement to
financial accounting
. Maintained Chart of Account, COPA Derivation Rules, Org Structures
such as Company Code, and Standard Hierarchy for PCA and CCA
. Supported and trained all end users in the following SAP Modules:
GL,AP, PS,FI-AA, PCA, COPA, CCA, MM-Purchasing, and SAP BW
. Responsible for defining scope, gathering business requirements,
testing, and go live support on development projects.
. Gathered business process information and compiling the AS IS, SHOULD
BE and fit the GAP analysis of the SAP R/3 system to the said
processes. Perform assessment of business requirements, mapping with
SAP R/3 functionality and project plan
. Developed End User Training Program for SAP FI/CO modules and use of
the Business Explorer in SAP BW
EDUCATION:
Bachelors in Computer Information Systems, DeVry University, Phoenix.
SAP Classes:
AC010 Financial Accounting and Reporting
AC040 Cost Management and Controlling
AC200 Accounting Customizing I: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts
Receivable
AC201 Payment Program
AC202 Account Customizing II: Special G/L,Transactions, Document Parking
AC205 Financial Closing
AC210 The New General Ledger
AC405 Cost Centers and Internal Orders
FSC020 Business Processes in SAP Credit Management, Biller Direct, Dispute
and Collections Management
FSC200 Customizing SAP Dispute & Collections Management
BW305 BW Reporting & Analysis 3.5
BW310 Data Warehousing 3.5
BW315 BW Reporting Management 3.5
BW330 BW Modeling 3.5
BW350 BW Extraction 3.5
BW370 BW Business Planning & Simulation
Citizenship: US Citizen
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