Sap Project Manager

BHUMIKA SACHDEV

Hanover Park, IL ***** ~ PH: 630-***-**** ~ E-mail:*********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Project Manager/Analyst with excellent interpersonal skills and possess strong SAP knowledge. Over 8 years of experience in

SAP FI/CO functional experience in configuration and system development. Expert in process improvement, systems

development enhancements, project management, business analysis, reconciliations and inventory management.

Accomplishments include developing end-to-end process automation solutions for various month end financial reports,

standardization of SAP security functions throughout the organization and documenting the process by creating standard operating

procedures. Experience with scheduling tools and in Data Transfers using Batch input methods, Gold Client, Winshuttles and

LSMW SAP Tool. Detail-oriented, analytical, efficient, and organized professional with strong communication skills. Outstanding

diplomacy that consistently produces win-win results for the company as well as stakeholders.

SKILLS

Project manage major refreshes and full lifecycle implementations for SAP FI/CO & HR Modules; Integration points between

FI/CO/SD/MM, SharePoint, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Business Intelligence, HTML, Creative Solutions, MS Office and

Internet Research

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

01/2013 – Present Lawson Products, Inc. Chicago, IL

A multi-million dollar global industrial distributor of maintenance and repair supplies.

SAPFI/CO Configuration/Business Analyst

Leading all FI/CO projects from Plan, Build and along with ongoing support on all finance integration points of

systems such as credit cards, Vertex, Vistex, EDI, PI, Bank, BPC and Payroll software. Collaborate with process leads

to gather requirements and end user testing’s. Work independently on performing unit testing.

Engage with business users and business process owners to analyze and identify business process requirements.

Manage assigned projects, with responsibility for the quality and timeliness of project deliverables.

• Maintained and improved the systems development life cycle (SDLC) including development of new systems and

maintenance to existing systems. Assured compliance and preparation for implementation, change and release practices.

• Created project charters by outlining business scope, objectives, benefits, budget, team test plans, functional narrative,

manual processes, deliverables as well as high-level technical and training requirements.

• Prepared system analysis, program specifications, program estimates, testing requirements, and implementation plans.

• Conducted code and test walkthroughs with development teams.

• Provided quality improvements and root cause analysis for application enhancements.

Worked on day to day support issues and implementation related issues which comprise Accounts Payable, Account

Receivable, Cost center accounting, internal orders and Profitability analysis.

Involved in providing functional specifications for modifying the lockbox program to handle negative values and credit

memos and also Created Credit Control Areas and pre-defined Credit Limits for Customers

Configured Account Receivables which included Dunning, Incoming payments settings, Down payments procedure

and Credit management.

Involved in as-IS processes for finance and suggested/implemented best practices and function of SAP which resulted

in time saving and more controlled processes.

Projects:

For all the below listed projects created project plans and worked directly with PMO on the SAP

Landscape delivery. Actively participated in all phases of ASAP methodology from Project Prep thru Go-Live,

including Hypercare, Operational Readiness, non-Functional testing and turnover to Operations.

Partnered with other IT Technical Resources, Enterprise Architects, Business and Managers to create

both project and solution implementation plans. Also worked with vendors to review/implement their offerings.

Implementation of A/P Control Cards – Created new payment method to distinguish control card payments according

to bank requirements and also integrated the IDOC file to be submitted directly to the bank without manual

intervention. Company will receive almost half a million in refund by paying vendors through control cards.

Inbound EDI – Teamed up with MM and PI team and implemented the whole vendor EDI. Worked closely with the

outside vendors for 810 – Inbound Invoices automation. Total of 10 full cycle implementation in the system with EDI in

three months.

SAP to Vertex Reconciliations – There were no tools available to reconcile SAP to Vertex or Vice versa. Designed the

whole reconciliation process. Worked with BI developer and provided detailed report from SAP by state which ties to

the amount reported in Vertex.

In housing Customer Statements – Designed a custom program to send customer statements from SAP, saving

company almost $5000.00 per month for outsourcing.

Product Costing – Configured changes to create accounting documents when a material is not costed.

Agents Chargebacks and paybacks – Automated the whole manual process of charging the commissions back from

the agents where customer receivables are open more than 120 days. Gained efficiency and saved 40 hours of manual

work.

12/2009 – 01/2013 Fenwal, Inc. Lake Zurich, IL

A Multi-Million Dollar Health care Manufacturing Global Company

Reason for leaving: Separated voluntarily for family reasons as the foreign firm acquired the business; plans were announced

for a major 4-5 year global implementation with significant international travel.

Sr. Financial Systems Analyst SAP FI/CO (01/2012 – 01/2013)

Worked in Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Profitability analysis, Period end closing activities,

Allocations (Distribution and assessment cycles), Depreciation, Assets, Internal Orders, Statistical key figures and

Accounts Payable Payments to Bank interfaces.

• Activation of New GL Accounting and Profit Center Accounting for segment reporting to maintain accounting

records according to different accounting principles.

• Creating custom Reports on AR, AP and G/L by providing functional specifications to the ABAP team for development in

ECC/BI. Monitor IDOCS and EDI interfaces on regular basis and work closely with EDI team on discrepancies.

• Created allocation using cycle segment method for periodic reposting, distribution and assessments for costs to product

line cost centers.

• Analysis of all open items, foreign currency revaluation, reclassification of payable and receivable, clearing of goods

receipt/invoice receipt GI/IR accounts, performing reconciliation s, profitability allocations by business area.

• Enhance product costing interface with manufacturing and product tracking system and lead configuration for internal

orders, projects and cost centers.

• Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA) - Profit centers, profit center groups, hierarchy, account determination,

planning layout, planning profile, assessment and distribution.

Projects:

• Open-Text (invoice Scanning/archiving/approval) – Functioned as multitasked project coordinator during implementation.

Acted as a key performer since requirement gathering to testing, training and go-live. Redesigned the whole AP

process along with the full life cycle implantation of Open Text. Trained all the trainers globally prior to go-live.

• Vertex – Assisted in upgrade of Vertex tax software used for sales tax purpose. Worked on resolving various integration

issues between Vertex and SAP.

Financial Systems Analyst SAP FI/CO (12/4/2009 – 12/31/2011)

• Support finance team with month-end close, daily activities and reporting. Maintain policies and procedures for

proper internal control; maintain authorizations and ensure proper segregation of duties within the system.

• Configured settings for a new Company code for France, posting period variant, assigned document number

ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users. Managed all facets of VAT configuration, FX

revaluation and transfer of assets.

• Worked on Bank statements, liquidity and cash management in SAP Treasury.

• Created plan internal orders, posting of cost and settlement to internal orders. Maintain Valuation Strategies for both

Actual and Plan Data for Operating Concern.

• Interact regularly with finance team to understand their business needs. Mentored in the development and implementation

of project life cycle and standards’ best practices, methodologies, techniques, and tools of financial systems to support

operations.

• Own and maintain all finance master data, which includes, but not limited to, cost centers, profit centers, accounts, setting

up intercompany and intra-company relationships, material master and FX rates.

Projects:

• SSC In sourcing - [01/2011 - 11/2011]

Strategic planning and delivery of business process change management and weekly meeting with Corporate

executives and Business leads of Front, Middle and Back Office.

Replaced legacy Shared service center with new in-house Business units & articulated SLA with the business

leads.

My task was to manage and get feedback from multiple offshore managers & oversee all technology aspects.

This includes Data Architecture of the new business unit, maintaining all the technical aspects, train the trainers and

maintaining all the deadlines.

Served as a single point contact for Application Managers and Senior Business Executives.

Analyzed the AS-IS processes, TO-BE analysis, GAP analysis, business process re-engineering, developed

blueprints and conducted workshop for collection of functional requirement specification, and modifications to

suit the requirements for new team in various regions like Asia, Latin America and Europe. Re-engineered

current and future processes to improve control and cost. Developed all the training materials and trained the whole

new Shared Service G/L and AP team.

• Vistex (Rebates/Accruals/settlement calculator) – [01/2010 – 12/2010]

Engaged business users to document business process for two operations and system functionalities and served as the

“point of contact” with the IT staff for multiple assignments. Developed and tested detailed functional designs and

configuration for multiple customers within SAP CRM. Monitored system testing created test data using various scenarios

for settlement/accruals resulting in complex accounting entries. Support/maintain after go-live.

Documented and validated process workflows in Visio for the operation and system functionality.

Evaluated and documented business requirements for system processing errors identified by the

business.

Created a user guide for the Product Hierarchy Analysis Tool system for the Account Team members.

Created a functional user guide for the Product Image Repository system.

6/4/2007- 12/4/2009 U.S. Cellular Corporation Chicago, IL

A Multi-Billion Dollars Telecommunication Industry

Sr. Financial Systems Analyst

Responsible for leading a systems training team for the controller’s organization. Planned and organized SAP training

sessions for SAP users including senior associates.

• Created Database for assessment analysis report which was done manually in Excel. Finally, worked with SAP program

analyst to input the data in SAP and report is directly from SAP which reduced 8-10 labor hours per month to produce this

report manually and reduced the risk of human error.

Worked independently with different accounting groups and found a solution to automate reports.

Collected and analyzed users business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared

specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.

FI lead of the 4.6C to ECC 6.0 upgrade project team; conducted gap analysis and functional testing’s.

Participated in UAT for SAP upgrade for both SAP Security and Financial. Identified several errors and functionality

loss in new Access Enforcer (Software for SAP security) and worked closely with SAP Security team and resolved all

the issues. Communicated all the changes and enhancements to financial reports via several training sessions.

Worked in multiple SAP Security Tools including SAP GRC, Approva and Security Weaver.

Analyze the IT environment to evaluate application and infrastructure risks and controls.

Projects:

Prodiance Implementation: Designed SharePoint site including SharePoint Security, custom site templates, Web Parts and

Custom SharePoint list used for storing all In-Scope spreadsheets under General Computing Controls.

• Developed a custom workflow using Microsoft SharePoint Designer which prevents users from approving their own

documents and provides additional audit trail documentation for spreadsheet control.

Responsible for quarterly SOX testing and monitoring of all spreadsheets and databases under General Computing

Controls. Worked with the Internal Control team to design test plans and methods to hold associates and leaders

accountable for maintaining the controls over spreadsheets and databases

Provided training and support to all client base on utilizing new Prodiance software used to monitor end user

computing activities in spreadsheets and databases.

1/15/2007-05/30/2007 Kay & Associate Naperville, IL

Client: Tellabs, Inc.

A/P Analyst

Executed complex A/P reconciliation’s, general ledger account review, and month end journal entry activity using SAP

AP processor, vendor master maintenance process and transaction investigation methods.

Reconciled accounts for executive’s expenses identified erroneous entries and recommended corrections.

Managed complex projects/cross functional teams concerning initiative with corporate-wide impact.

Developed key enhancements to areas of AP and LIV for the process involving Invoicing and payments, bank file

transmission for ACH and Check Management, down payments and special GL indications

Worked directly with Vendors and purchasing team and resolved GR/IR discrepancies. Independently negotiated a

settlement concerning invoicing and payment term discrepancies.

Investigated all out of balance purchase orders resulted from system conversion and saved company over million

dollars by reporting duplicate PO’s and Vendor errors.

Identified opportunities to reduce cost and maximize corporate cash flow.

12/2002-11/2006 Shell Retail, DBA Vandu, Inc Romeoville, IL

Accounting Manager

• Prepared daily cash receipts and disbursement journal. Prepared financial statements, income & expense forecast

monthly reconciliation and annual budget.

Reconciled sales data with actual cash flows on a daily basis. Recruit, train, and retain employees.

Responsible for all accounts payable, accounts receivable, hiring, training coordination, employee payroll and benefit

files, invoice assessment, order tracking, house accounts billing, marketing strategies and implementation,

advertisement development for 7 different corporations.

• Prepared analysis and interpretation of financial statements and related reports. Designed complex worksheets and/or

databases for tracking and reporting. Carried out general ledger functions, including account analysis and reconciliation,

journal entries, and AR/AP.

Managed inventory levels using quantitative and qualitative methods to ensure adequate sales level and increase

customer satisfaction.

04/2002-12/2002 Adani Wilmar

Ahmedabad, India

SAP FI/CO Consultant

• Conducted and executed overall training to meet department needs.

• Identified training requirements based upon each job category. Training included Financial Systems Overview, Specific

Module training in GL, AP and AR.

• Developed Functional Requirements by analyzing Business cases and Technical specifications.

• Supported end-user requests and diagnosis / root cause analysis of production issues.

• Edited certain specified park document and posted them into G/L accounts.

• Configured dunning program, dunning levels, dunning areas and dunning forms for each company at company code

level. Configured payment terms for dunning, for over-due interest calculations, for down payments and automatic

clearing of line items.

• Utilized special purpose ledger to post customer down payments, and transferred those payments into A/R upon the

delivery of goods.

EDUCATION

ELMHURST COLLEGE Elmhurst, IL

May 2001 Bachelor of Science Major: Computer Science

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