YELENA SKAKUNETSKAYA

**** ******* ******* *******, ** 60169

ac1rpi@r.postjobfree.com cell 847-***-****

Client partner/Account director

Core competencies include:

Accounting Management

Financial Analysis

Forecasting

Cash Management

Budgeting

Cost Reductions

Technology Integration

Microsoft Excel

SAP SD/FI CO

Experience

UST Global

Client partner SAP Business Solutions Practice

2014-present

Serve as an Executive contact for clients and maintain strong relationships with Client's (existing and potential) Senior Leadership. Responsible for maintaining highest level of Financial SAP client engagement .Add value to customer business by providing advice recommendations to improve their financial SAP processes, systems and technology .Capture long term business needs and drive the creation of domain specific and integrated solutions for the client Navistar, General Motors, Blue Cross Blue Shield,Abbot,Capital One, HSBS Best Buy, Wrigley, Coca Cola, Target, Allstate (fortune 500 companies). Previous SAP Experience: Managed over 8 SAP implementation, migration and upgrade projects in a wide range of industries including Financial Services, Media/Advertising, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing,Retail Health Care Information Systems, and Consumer/Medical Products. SAP R/3 project aspects included FI/CO, BPC, HCM, BI, MM, PS, CS, PP, SD, Technical Development, Basis/Security. Managed 5 Full Life Cycle S/4HANA implementations, recent experience with SAP S/4 Hana 1610, 1503 with SAP Fiori. Use SAP BPS Business Planning & Consolidation accelerates planning and consolidated financial reporting processes, supports planning, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities with management and legal consolidation functionality in a single application, quickly adjust plans and forecasts, shorten budget cycle time and ensure compliance with regulatory and financial standards, and get the information you need to make more confident decisions.

Analyze and assess competitive landscape and provide inputs to Delivery Head, Business Head and Executive Management . Provide solution and services (SAP,)for fortune 500 companies

Determine staffing strategy and ensure optimal and effective utilization of people

Provide performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk

management.

Responsible for managing all project resources, including subcontractors, and for establishing an effective communication plan with the project team and the client.

Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the client.

Responsible for Talent Management entire team in the hierarchy - org structure, workforce strategy, succession plans, individual development plans, Top talent identification and plan.

Manage 40 direct reports

Responsible for delivery of implementation of SAP BPS solution for planning and consolidation

Identify a client’s high-level business needs and leading the creation of detailed functional specs and other documentation, such as requirement traceability matrices, work-flow diagrams and use-cases

Multiple full life cycle consolidations

and planning implementations Lead for large global companies using SAP BPC, HANA, BW and IP.

Lead multiple full life cycle consolidations and planning implementations for large global companies using SAP BPC, BCS, HANA and IP including project preparation, requirements gathering, workshops, solution design, FDS/TDS development, configurations/development, cutover,

Production support, enhancements, testing etc.

Lead multiple BPC/BW/IP/HANA implementations in Planning and Consolidation modules

including, Sales planning, SCM planning, P&L/Balance sheet planning, labor(headcount/HCM)

planning, revenue planning, cost center planning, asset planning, budgeting, forecasting,

Legal/managerial consolidations (GAAP, IFRS and local GAAPs) and reporting

Ensure client engagements are delivered in a manner which meets/exceeds customer expectations.

Ensures the most optimal utilization rate, manages the operational budget and maintains low level of debt sales within the accounts

Design and deployment SAP solution

Manage a delivery team of over 85 people project team of company resources and an SAP Functional Consultant.

Provide front end development implantation

Managed a delivery team for upgrade and delivery project to Business Suite on HANA and activation of S/4 HANA Finance 1605 for Financial fortune 500 company.

(Upgraded to SAP HANA EHP 8,Migrated to SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA,

Enabled the new G/L, the new Fixed Assets functionality and new SAP Cash Management and

Enabled SAP S/4HANA Finance .

Manage SAP S/4 HANA delivery team for Finance Business Case and POC project (over 70 people project team)

With SAP S/4 HANA Finance 1503, SAP Business Suite on HANA technology . ( Manage to develop a business case and perform a Proof-of-Concept for migrating the current ECC 6.0 & Classic GL landscape to SAP S/4 HANA Finance.

Managed a delivery project team consisting of company resources and an SAP Functional Consultant.(a sandbox upgrade to Business Suite on HANA and activation of S/4 HANA Finance 1503. The goal was to understand the impacts of the upgrade to the landscape and understand the upgrade time requirements and approach. Developed an approved formal business case and supporting financials for performing the S/4 HANA Finance migration.)

Manage over 45 million P&L

Manage Order to Cash integration project with Fiori Apps

Manage revenue growth, EBIDTA growth and margin for the account(s)

Manage SAP BPS projects for Reduced planning and consolidation cycle times for more more accurate plans, budgets, and forecasts due to collaboration and accountability, Increased stakeholder confidence with a fast and accurate financial close,Minimized compliance risk with accurate reporting that meets statutory requirements, Improved data quality through a central data repository

Provided leadership, management, and mentorship to project team members including Functional Leads, Project Managers and other project team members

Provided leadership for the entire delivery team across onsite, offshore and nearshore working closely with local teams and offshore/nearshore delivery managers.

Provided Monthly forecast

Provide Design and deployment SAP solution for SAP general ledger with the scoop of the project to provides the functionality required to maintain one or more sets of books, generate financial

statements and informational reports, manage a business's cash flow and fixed asset accounts, as well as perform accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions.

Developed work plans and presentations

Implemented SAP New GL (financials statements and informational reports)

Run presentations and work shops in front of C level executives

Advising, coaching and partnering with cross-functional teams on project delivery, solution development and deployment, and revenue generation techniques as needed

TCS

Client partner–SAP practice 2012-2013

Work towards strengthening relationships and increasing TCS footprint. Resolve clients’ issues and communicate information accurately to the teams. Engage with clients, position and aggressively pursue TCS services. Leaded engagement planning and budgeting; mobilize and manage engagement teams; define deliverable structure and content; facilitate buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client; direct on-time, quality delivery of work products.

Builder client relationships with C Level executives and stakeholders.

Provided leadership, management, and mentorship to project team members including Functional Leads, Project Managers and other project team members

Effectively managed and resolved personnel and project-related issues

Managed team of 95 people for S4H Simple Finance- Upgrade and migration and Post go live support project

Managed design denveloping and test team for HANA models (Analytical Views, Calculation Views), Universes, reports and involved in creating the transports project

Sold and managed a project that exceeded $ 25 million in revenue for manufacturing company(Best Buy)

Implemented SAP Asset Accounting projects

Delivery manager for global SAP template rollout. Project scope was to migrate Finance Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, and Quote-to-Order functions to SAP FICO, and Agency Production Processes to SAP PM, MM and SD. Responsible for integration of SAP with existing Agency BI (Hyperion) and eDAM (OpenText, Media Collective) platforms. This implementation is organized in a rolling wave approach with all ad agencies and operating companies in-scope.

Negotiated contracts and manage vendor relationships

Mange Sap BPS delivery team for project that include,business process flows – Enable consistency and visibility, Top-down and bottom-up budgeting – Align budgets with targets, Automated consolidation capabilities – Speed the financial close. Management and statutory consolidations – View financial data based on reporting requirements, Compliance and auditing – Comply with regulations and standards such as GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards, What-if analysis and scenario planning – Model different scenarios to assess potential outcomes. Variance reporting – Compare plans versus actual results and determine causes of variances.

Managed team of 35 people HANA Audit report project based on different systems like GRC, HCM, SCM, EWM and ECC

Worked with senior executives to align overall application strategy with business objectives and ensure operational improvements result in targeted cost reductions.

Managed of SAP Payables, Receivables implementation projects

Managed all aspects of delivery for client relationships

Sold and managed SAP project that exceeded $ 25 million in revenue for manufacturing pharmaceutical company

Manage over 20 million P&L

Manage SAP Financial Master Data implementation project (team of 30)

Developed and implement cost improvement strategies using agile metthology

Provided timely visibility to revenue forecast for assigned accounts

Advanced Computer System, Northbrook IL 2008-2011

Account director –SAP practice

Manage client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of manufacturing clients to deliver professional services, and manage business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts. Project involved Transformation practice focuses on enterprise IT application assessment, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) technology assessment, IT Application and Tool Implementation

Implemented prototype configurations and presented to client in a series of workshops. Participated in change specifications discussion and implemented the changes, citrix integration into SAP with web-based Ecommerce technology.

Provided constructive on-the-job feedback/coaching to team members

Exceeded all practice and project performance metrics including budget and margin goals.

Drove high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget

Managed a project that exceeded $ 15 million in revenue for a manufacturing company(General Electric)

Sold and managed the full life-cycle implementations of large-scale ($50M+) enterprise projects and programs (PeopleSoft, JDE) with large (40+ staff) teams

Drove organization towards standard SAP solutions

Manage team of 20 people for implemented and configured complete Order to cash set up project

Assisted client executives such as Boeing in developing IT strategy and long-range planning.

Wrote and delivered engagement reviews for appropriate project team members including Project Managers and other senior project team members

Manage team of 25 people for SAP controlling and financial reporting project

Worked in a process of implemented technology-enabled business solutions for clients as part of a high-talent team using agile mythology

Responsible for the technical design and system deployment of the SAP implementation at Apple Computers; oversaw the SAP-Legacy interface landscape development.

Responsible for $15M budget and leading a team of 70 on and off shore consultants.

Sears, Hoffman Estates IL 2008-2008

SD Functional Analyst team lead (contract)

Integration with: FI-CO, MM, PP, LI, BI,ABAB and CRM modules.

Assignment involved Project preparation, Realization and development.

Assisted with creating and updating the long term expense projection

Configured and tested Beverage goods cycle –Product, customer order and pricing

Involved actively in design, construction and Testing of Customer Order Management cycle from Creation of Customer Master data and Pricing (Agreements –Sales deals and Rebates)

Implemented and Configured complete Order to cash set up.

Involved in analyzing and testing the business processes with the end-users.

Assisted in the training of Sales personnel in the area of financial management

Professional Service projects

Sap idols

Wrigley, Chicago IL 2008-2008

SD Functional Consultant team lead (contract)

Responsible for configuring entire Customer Master and Billing, writing functional configuration specifications that became standard for all subsequent configuration specs written on the project.

Integration with: FI-CO, MM, PP, LI, ABAB and CRM modules.

Assisted in managing the capital and operating budget processes for IT.

Supported Program management group to implement and adhere to global IT financial and budget management tools and systems.

Maintained Customer and Condition Master Data based on the different Sales areas and other criteria defined by the client.

Configured different account groups and partner functions and relevant number ranges defined and assigned.

Created various condition tables, access sequences, condition types and pricing procedures.

Maintained copying rules for condition records.

Configured the automatic pricing procedure determination based on Customer Pricing procedure, Document Pricing procedure and sales area.

Designed new Pricing Strategies based on the client’s requirements.

Maintained pricing procedures for Tax determination.

Performed special projects at the request of the Director - IT Finance & GPO, the CIO and other members of senior management.

HSBC, Mettawa IL 2007-2007

Sap Fico/SD configuration Consultant –team lead (contract)

Involved actively in design and construction of Customer Order Management cycle from Creation of Customer Master data, Sales Inquiry, Quotation, ATP, Pricing (Sales deals and rebate agreements) and Contracts with Revenue recognition and configurable products and associating the same to Technical objects

Gathered information regarding the existing business processes and product information from the Sales Team.

Assisted in the preparation of the Blueprint documents, as-is and to-be, for the implementation of the SD module.

Implemented SAP New GL (financials statements and informational reports)

Created new Pricing strategies based on the client’s requirements using the condition technique.

Prepared end user training documentation and conducted the training.

Provided post Go-Live support.

New Way Signs, Skokie, IL 2003-2007

SAP Implementation consultant

Trained in the SAP R/3 ver 3.0b. Involved in the development of an in-house prototype project for an offshore distribution operation. Worked on the Sales and Distribution module and was involved in the definition of the organization structure, mapping the defined entities and activating the organization in the SD module.

Worked in the full cycle implementation of SAP R/3

Analyzing functional specifications and designing technical specifications

Attending requirements for Scenarios of Sales Orders, Delivery Schedule and Billing.

Responsible for gathering user requirements, customizations, testing

Suggesting the best practices in the industry in conjunction with local requirement and within the preview of Global Template considering the System constraint.

Deliverables included need analysis, functional mapping, gap analysis, business testing and process re-engineering

Tribune Direct Marketing, Northlake, IL 2001-2003

Accounting Manager

Closed and prepared monthly financial statements and audit reports. Performed monthly account reconciliations and monitored general ledger transactions. Worked in collaboration with controller to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial information in support of overall business objectives.

Saved more than $40,000 in annual expenses through identification of inaccurate and unnecessary vendor payments.

Increased productivity levels by providing key contributions toward automation of account reconciliation processes.

Serve as financial representative on key cross-functional teams from sales and marketing departments

Assisted with monthly close, inter-company consolidation/elimination and quarterly forecasting

Summarized company business in Monthly Premium Reports

Performed General Ledger account reconciliation’s

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computers and management 2001

national-louis University – CHICAGO, IL

SAP SD, SAP FI/CO completion certificate

Advanced Computer Training 2011

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