Management Sap
Resume:
Miraj Patel
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SUMMARY
Nearly 6+ years of professional experience with in configuring and implementing SAP R/3 Financial
Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules across various industries
Involved in All phases of life cycle which include system design, analysis, configuration
Excellent understanding of business processes, technology and implementation methodologies (ASAP) with
project experience in all phases
Analyzed the AS-IS system, did a profound GAP analysis and successfully designed and mapped the TO-BE
system on SAP at client’s site
Sound Knowledge of GAAP Accounting requirements of FAS 52 Foreign Currency Translation and Currency
Revaluation
Requirement gathering, Scope management, process analysis, Gap Analysis, Business blue print, Realization,
Testing, Go-live preparation, Go-live, Post live support and training
Experienced in SAP Solution Manager, Peregrine, Mercury Quality Center, StarTeam, Fire Fighting Tool, and
Infopack.
Extensive experience in Implementing, Configuring FI/CO (GL, AP, AR, AA, PS) / (CCA, PCA) and
integrating with SD and MM
Possess Strong analytical, project planning and problem solving skills combined with the functional expertise
Demonstrated ability to work both in independent and team-oriented environments with well-developed
organizational skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills with problem solving ability
Self-motivated, goal-oriented, fast learner with attention to detail and an excellent track record of meeting the
deadlines under pressure
Proven track record in Gathering business requirements and mapping them into SAP
Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to complex problems that
may not have one clear answer; the ability to identify alternatives, workarounds or temporary solutions
Demonstrated exceptional learning ability to master new tools and processes
Trained IT personnel and end users in configuration and post implementation production support and
documentation
EXPERIENCE
PepsiCo North America Chicago, IL/Plano, TX
SAP CO Consultant Aug 08 Feb 09
Responsibilities CO:
Analysis of business requirements, determining organizational structures and classifying business units
locations as company codes, and profitability centers.
Configuration maintained for Cost Element / Cost Center Accounting, maintained cost element attributes, cost
centers, standard hierarchy, Cost Center Categories, Assessment and Distribution Settings.
Configured CCA by creating cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center standard hierarchy,
cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic account
assignments, validations and substitutions, overhead structure for accrual costs, allocations using cycle-
segment method for periodic reposting, distribution and assessment, indirect activity allocations.
Configured the master data, standard hierarchy, Dummy profit Center, Distribution and Assessments in Profit
Centre accounting. Also made necessary settings for Transferring Prices and worked extensively on Profit
Center Planning.
Involved in Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) and created the characteristics and value fields, defined derivation
structures and rules, maintained derivation table, and profitability segments used in profitability analysis.
Defined various reports.
Involved in Product Costing configured material costing with quantity structure, product cost collectors etc.
Worked on Periodic Reposting and Cost Allocation, Distribution and Assessment.
Configured CO-PA module to determine the profitability for based on products and customer groups.
Conducted User testing after the implementation and involved in post-production issues.
In Cost Element Accounting created primary and secondary cost elements, created cost element groups,
maintained cost element attributes, costing sheet, assigned the cost elements to various cost centers, activating
the reconciliation ledger and maintaining accounts for automatic reconciliation posting
In Cost Center Accounting created cost centers, cost center standard hierarchy, statistical key figures, master
data groups, validations and substitutions, reconciliation ledgers, assessments, distributions, allocations using
cycle-segment method for periodic reposting, activity types and planning them on different cost centers,
planned and actual activity price calculations
Create CO BPPs using InfoPack software and upload to eRoom for users
Owner of Internal Order BW Report; executed assembly test, test script, and execute tests.
Use Quality-Center to keep track of the test execution.
Owned three different Hewitt Interface and created RICEF object in Caliber, Lowe-landscape as well as
Upper-landscape
Created Test scripts of COPA test and executed, created CO cut over task plan and schedule
Conduct meeting with business to gather CCA and PCA master data
Configured Derivation rule for Product Hierarchy in nine different tables and Financial Statement Version for
BI in four tables
Worked closely with OTC team and BW FP&A team to identify CCA, PCA, IO, COPA, and Product Costing
issues.
Created alternate solution for missing volume on one of the Sales order type
Worked with a Developer to develop a SAP mass upload tool to change Cost Center Master data in Production
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Corona, California
SAP FICO Functional Consultant Jan 07 Jun 08
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a leading specialty Pharmaceuticals Company producing both generic and
prescription drugs.
Responsibilities in FI/CO
Utilized ASAP methodology of project preparation to identify business objectives to integrate companies,
blueprint of the company requirements, realization of the configuration, final preparation of testing, cutover,
reporting, training and, go live and support, analyzing the gap, writing functional specifications, configuration
and testing.
Prepared and evaluated the business blueprint in the form of flow diagrams; configured company codes,
business areas FI Validations, functional areas - substitution, updating chart of accounts, fiscal year variant,
posting period variant in the FI-Enterprise Structure
Gathered high-level financial information requirements and translated these requirements into an appropriate
SAP financial hierarchy (enterprise model). Supported all phases of a project life cycle including analysis,
design, development, testing, and deployment of solutions, as well as documentation, and end-user training
Analyzed the AS-IS system, did a profound GAP analysis and successfully designed and mapped the TO-BE
system on SAP at client’s site
Using GAP Analysis simulation, created a long-term forecast of the company’s financial development based
on individual forecasts
Prepared the Business Process Procedures for various transactions in GL, AR, AP sub modules
Wrote the functional specification of the RICEF objects in Calibar and StarTeam
Worked on the enhancements (AP) positive pay, legal entity payment and GR/IR mismatch issues
Worked on 1099 vendors reporting, Down payment, check form and EDI outbound and inbound
Maintained tolerances for customers, performed mass changes of correspondent codes and dunning clerks,
configured the credit management, deduction management, running/editing dunning proposal and printing
dunning notices in AR, worked on integration of FI with SD
Worked on customer master records, tolerance limits per business requirement for over payments and under
payments, reason codes and in open item management in customer accounts, configured and customized credit
control area, interest calculation and payment terms tailored to specific customers needs, payment advices,
check number ranges, check void reasons, check printing, carrying forward balances
Configuration of master data groups, terms of payment, incoming payments, dunning, interest calculation,
open item clearing and credit/deduction management in Accounts Receivable
Involved in the configuration of houses banks, lockbox, electronic bank statement, manual bank statement,
Cash Management and cash journal in bank accounting
Documented the configurations and prepared functional/technical specifications according to client
requirements
Worked on New GL in order to split the document according to the profit center group
Configuring the Asset Management Module: Creating Chart of Depreciation, Asset Classes, Assigning G/L
account to asset classes, Screen layout for master data, depreciation Areas, Group
Fixed Assets Configuration, Accounts for Posting Depreciation, Depreciation Key configuration, Acquisitions,
Retirements, Transfers, Revaluation of Assets, Capitalization of Assets, assets data transfer
In Cost Element Accounting created Primary and Secondary Cost elements, created Cost Element Groups,
maintained Cost Element Attributes, Costing Sheet etc
Configuration and Designing of Project Systems with Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Element,
Networks, Activities setup
Performed end user training in both FI and CO, and documented training materials
Post Go-Live Support: Provided Post Go-Live Production support for Watson’s AR system. This included
working directly with Production Planning team for job scheduling changes, restarting failed/cancelled jobs,
analyzing various posting issues, working on Production Breaks by starting from scratch in test environment,
providing on-site support to business users including Cash Appliers and Deduction analysts etc
Advance Transformer Co Rosemont, Illinois
SAP FICO Functional Consultant Nov 05--Jan 07
The #1 manufacturer of ballasts and drivers for fluorescent, HID, and LED lamps in North America, Advance has
been at the forefront of the lighting industry for over 60 years. Since the first Advance ballast was manufactured in
1945
Responsibilities in FI/CO:
Studying business process and mapping into SAP functionality
Design of Chart of Accounts, setting up of Company Codes, Fiscal Year Variant
Configuration of FI Global settings for GL, AR, AP
AP - configuration of House Banks, Payment Methods, check lots, Manual Banking Statements and Cash
Journal in Bank Accounting, Configuration of automatic payment program, special G/L transactions, recurring
transactions and dunning
AR - Creation of Reason codes for Residual payments and its mapping to external vendors, terms of payment,
account assignments for overpayments/underpayments, customer credit management
Customization of foreign currencies and translation rates
Configured Controlling Area, assigned number ranges to controlling area, and maintained versions
Configured New GL and the current ledgers being set as leading ledgers and update rules for the other ledgers
based on the report requirements
Created primary and secondary Cost Elements, created cost element groups and assigned number ranges to
groups, Configured automatic and manual cost element creation
Created order types and Order Master Records and assigned the order master records to the respective order
types, Created order groups to process the orders collectively
Created Overhead Structures and assigned it to orders to calculate the overhead rates for the fiscal year and
periods
In Profit Center Accounting, maintained the basic settings, created master data for profit centers, profit center
groups, Dummy Profit Center, profit center hierarchy, activity types etc.
Configured profit center structure, standard hierarchy, master data, and assigned different Controlling Objects
to Profit Center Accounting
Internal Orders maintained order types, screen layouts, maintained order groups, status management, overhead
costing sheets, maintained settlement rules, settlement profile, planning profile
Configuration & design of CO-PA module- Costing Based & Accounts based
Reporting capabilities of Test Director are very limited and were not exactly fulfilling the client needs. The
underlying database is an Oracle based database. Thus, my task was to provide efficient and up-to date status
reporting to the senior management team. Connected Microsoft Access with Oracle database of Test Director
using Windows Oracle client and then create the required queries in Access. This required understanding the
working of Test Director, various underlying data and system tables and the primary and foreign key
relationships between them
Created various reporting templates in Excel for management reporting. Some of the Access Queries were
accessed directly from Microsoft Excel using MS Query so as to download data directly into an Excel
worksheet with proper reporting template. The Test Director User Interface was also modified with the
addition of some new fields which were linked appropriately to underlying database table fields
Kemper Insurance Company. Long Grove, Illinois
SAP R/3 FI Functional Consultant Feb 04--Nov 05
Responsibilities in FI:
Worked through complex SAP process problems, Documented the Business Process as Configured in SAP &
Ensured proper Integration with other Modules
Defined the Tax Jurisdiction Codes and Configured the Sales and Use Tax
Interacted with Client to Update and Group Customer and Vendor Master Data to Defined and Configured
Payment Methods, Payments Terms, House Bank, Bank Accounts for AP, AR - Dunning process, Interest
calculation, and Credit Management
Clearing Inter-Company Vendor/Customer open Items, Manually Processing Incoming Payments,
Reconciliation Accounts in the GL, Create functional specifications for Custom Interfaces
Configured New GL, performing Document splitting, zero balancing of the documents, and parallelism in the
New GL
Defined the group chart of account for legal consolidation. Created various financial statement versions to
support the diverse reporting requirements
Configured Outgoing Payments, Open Item Clearing in Accounts Payable, and Cost Center Accounting
Master data, Planning and Cost allocations in Cost Center Accounting
Configured the Automatic Payment Program for A/P including Partial Payment Configuration, Check
Management and Check Printing
Customized Lockbox, Payment Requests and Interest Calculation on Account Balances and Line Items
Defined the G/L accounts for MM and Set up the Integration between Financial Accounting and Materials
Management through Automatic Account Assignment
Configuring CO-PA and Customizing the operating concern, characteristics, value fields, maintaining the
derivation rules and structures, maintaining derivation tables, planning versions, planning layouts, planning
profiles, creating Drilldown Reports
Worked with the SD Team for Design and Configuration of the Sales Process and Integration with FI
Set up the Parameters for Cross-Company Code Postings
Provided support in Hyper Care as well as created Report using Report Painter and Report Writer
Nalco Chemicals Company Naperville, Illinois
SAP R/3 FICO Functional Consultant Oct 03--Feb 04
Nalco Chemical Company is the leading provider of integrated water treatment and process improvement services,
chemicals and equipment programs for industrial applications. I was part of the SAP FI/CO team responsible for
participating in system design and configuring the existing system
Responsibilities in FICO:
As a core member for full cycle implementation of SAP FI/CO module, gathered business process information
and compiled the AS-IS, TO-BE and GAP analysis document
Performed assessment of business requirements, mapping with SAP R/3 functionality and assisted in planning
of costs, budgeting
Configured FI GL, AP/AR, Lock Box, Document types & posting keys.
AP configuration - Vendor Master, Vendor invoices, Payment methods, Payment program for Check printing,
ACH and Wire Transfer payments
AR configuration - customer master data, terms of payment, incoming payments, dunning, interest calculation,
open item clearing and credit management
FI-AA Configuration - Customization of chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, account determination for
integration with the general ledger, Asset Classes, number range intervals, Master records
Configured cost and profit centers, primary and secondary cost elements, allocations, automatic account
assignments
Configuration of FI integration with MM and SD Modules by automatic account determination
Designed and tested FI-SL for special reporting needs at cost center and business area level
Accelerated data migration using LSMW with the help of Basis Team
Provided Post-Go-Live Support to users, prepared a support document and helped users in solving their
problems in live environment
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