Vignesh Shyamkumar

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SAP FICO CONSULTANT

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:

SAP Certified Consultant with over 6 years of experience in SAP FICO gained from global consulting firm and IT services company, which includes a mélange of activities including Consulting, Configuration, Testing, Analysis, Production Support and End User

Successfully completed 1 End-to-End Project lifecycle implementations, 2 Roll Out Projects and 1 SAP Upgrade

Specialized in SAP FI – GL, AR, AP, Bank, FA, CO - PC

MBA specialising in Accountancy & Finance (U.K) and Bachelor's degree in Commerce specialising in Accountancy & Finance.

Demonstrated the ability to work with others effectively in teams combined with excellent interpersonal relations and conceptualise new approaches

Demonstrated strong Oral & Written Communication Skills, leadership potentials, presentation and training capacities.

Proven analytical skills and systematic problem solving with strong commitment to professional client service excellence.

SAP TECHNICAL & FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

•Experience in Implementation, upgrade, rollout and support projects for large global corporations in the Middle East, India and US.

•Primary areas of expertise in Finance include New GL, AR, AP, Bank, Fixed Assets and integration with modules such as MM, SD and PP.

•Actively involved in Business Requirements gathering, interaction with Business Stakeholders, technical implementation and Report Developments.

•In-depth Understanding of SAP Controlling concepts and Finance Components such as Product Costing & Profitability Analysis.

•Creation of LSMW objects for FICO data migration and cutover activities.

•Preparation of training documents for end users and Conducted end user training.

CERTIFICATION:

SAP Certified Finance Consultant – ECC 6.0 (Certification Id – 11908206).

PG Diploma in Financial Management

PG Diploma in Book Keeping (UK)

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Worked as FI – Consultant for a Company Code Roll out Project for a Manufacturing Industry. Played multiple roles in various assignments as below:

oWorked as a key FI consultant in one end to end implementation for in house and Roll out Projects in Saudi Arabia.

oUnderstanding Business Processes, Requirement Gathering and preparation of Business Blue Print document.

oPreparing Project documentation on all phases of Project such as Blue Print, Project Preparation, Requirement Gathering, End User Training and Test scripts.

Other experiences include 3rd party interface setup to SAP, Supporting FI and CO projects, data migrations using LSMW & GE Scripts.

Used in class visual presentations to train 5 Engineering college graduates in basic Finance and SAP FI; made sure they were ready to support multiple clients within a 3-month period.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FICO Consultant, Infosys Ltd (India) Aug 2016 – Oct 2017

(Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services.)

Client: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. This was an SAP Upgrade project where in the system was upgraded to EHP 6 on cloud Azure system.

Involved and played a major role and lead the FI team in Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing/ UAT and Mock Cutover (Create Test Plans. build test cases, perform QA tests, and make changes to configuration or processes using Panaya testing tools)

Effectively involved in troubleshooting issues in Mock Cutover and worked closely with business members of Finance team and onsite team to facilitate effective development

Worked closely with the ABAP team in analyzing the custom programs that were created, and made necessary changes as per the User requirements

Designed and approved Functional Spec and Technical Specifications for automated sending of payment file using IDOC and EDI to Bank of America containing the required information for processing Brazilian Payments.

Acted as a liaison between the business functions, technical team and provided ad-hoc training and user support as required

Hands-on experience with other interfaces which were integrated to SAP such as Vendor Invoice Management, Open Text, Redwood and Billers Direct.

Responsible for post-go live support, post-go live system enhancements and providing business user training

Performed Cut over and month end activities

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

FICO Consultant, KAAR Technologies (India & Saudi Arabia) Sept 2014 – July 2016

(KAAR is a global consulting firm focused on designing, and deploying the finest ideas & SAP expertise to clients)

Client: Kaar Technologies In-house implementation - This is a Greenfield implementation project for which we implemented FI, CO, MM, HCM, SD & PS.

Performed detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer requirements.

Actively participated through Blueprint, Design, Realization, User Acceptance Testing, Go Live and Stabilization activities.

Performed System Configuration settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts.

Configured automatic payment program, which included creation of house banks, company code payment methods, employee tolerances, terms of payment, and reason codes.

Configuration of Controlling area(CO) - Maintaining CO version, Maintaining number ranges for planning and actual transactions in CO and defining primary and secondary Cost Elements

Creation of Cost Center Groups and Cost Centers (CO-CCA) - Defining different activity types and Statistical key figures, Settings for Allocation of costs among cost objects with different methods like Assessments, distributions and reposting

•Perform design for approved defect or enhancement changes; document design requirements in a Functional Specification document and getting the best solutions possible by partnering with the ABAP team.

Performed Data Migration Activity using LSMW for both Master data and Transaction Data.

Documented End user manual and trained users – worked closely with them during Post- Go live period

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Client: Abdulrahman Al Turki Company Ltd - The A. A. Turki Corporation (ATCO) is a leading privately owned conglomerate that has successfully operated since the mid 1950 in Saudi Arabia’s governmental, industrial and consumer sectors. Today ATCO is ranked among largest firms in Saudi Arabia.)

This is a Roll Out project for which we implemented modules such as FI, CO, MM, SD, PP & HCM wherein we helped them integrate a 3rd party Job Costing system with SAP using IDOC’s, BAPI’s and RFC’s.

Lead the whole Roll out project team by being the only consultant onsite and leasing between the business as well the consultants working offshore.

General Ledger (FI-GL) taking care for uploading master data and configuring the pre-requisites which includes Creation of Chart of Accounts, Account groups, Retained earnings accounts, etc.

Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), and Accounts Payable (FI-AP) master data uploading and maintaining the prerequisites such as creation of account groups, number ranges and Payment configuration etc.

Configuration of AA (FI-AA). – Creating Legacy Assets and maintaining the prerequisites such as Chart of Depreciation, account determination, screen layouts, asset classes, asset master record and sub assets, Creating Legacy Assets, Period end Closing

Profit Center Accounting: Configuring and Customising the basic settings, maintaining profit center hierarchy, assignments, CO-Objects to Profit Centers, distribution and assessment of costs and development of Reports.

Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting: Planning, cost centers, cost center hierarchy, cost elements, activity type, assessment, distribution, reposting and integration with MM

Costing (CO-PC) – Integration with PP, Costing Variant, Overhead Costing Sheets, Valuation Variant, defining order type for Production and Process orders, creation of KP26 planning

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Accounts Assistant, So Gecko Ltd (United Kingdom) Oct 2012 – Jan 2014

(So Gecko operates within the Carbon Reduction Economy, throughout England and Wales, providing energy services such as install Solar PV; Insulation Inc. EWI, Cavity and Loft; Renewable Heating Systems, LED lighting into domestic and commercial properties)

Managed accounts payable/receivable duties

Handled receiving and processing of all invoices, expense forms and requests for payment

Entered supplier invoices and credit notes into SAP instantly after receiving the same

Cemented strong relationship with suppliers, capable to withstand robust conversations while pursuing delayed invoices or incorrect payment requests

Involved in handling and writing checks

Validated calculations in tandem with accounts system

Managed petty cash transactions& reconciled finance final accounts

Administered UK payroll through Xero & sales order processing through SAP

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Accounts Payable Analyst, Beehive Party Sales Pvt Ltd Apr 2009 – Sep 2010

(Beehive Part Sales is one of the distributors of Tupperware products in Chennai, India. Tupperware is the name of a home products line that includes preparation, storage, containment, and serving products for the kitchen and home. Tupperware develops, manufactures, and internationally distributes its products as a wholly owned subsidiary of its parent company Tupperware Brands.)

Processed daily invoices, check requests and wire transfer of domestic currency

Prepared and reconciled executive member’s quarterly reports and processed employee reimbursement and legal settlements payments

Assisted, researched, and resolved invoice and payment issues for internal employees and external vendors.

Trained internal and external customers on policy and procedures.

Responsible for various departmental administrative duties including answering phone calls, filling, copying and scanning.

Provided strong customer service and support and demonstrated initiative in preventing invoice and expense issues.

Environment: SAP 4.6C

EDUCATION:

MBA (Master in Business Administration) Accountancy & Finance Cardiff University, UK

B. Com (Bachelor of Commerce) Accountancy & Finance Madras University, India

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