Project Service

Obi Reddy Gandikota

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Cupertino CA 95014

408-***-****

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Education

Degree / PG Name of University Specialization Place of Year of

University completion

Srikrishnadevaraya Accountancy, Costing Anantapur, May 2001

Bachelor of University and taxation Andhra Pradesh,

Commerce India

CA Chartered Accountancy, Costing, Hyderabad, May 2005

Professional Accountancy of Taxation and Auditing Andhra Pradesh,

Education India India

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

. 12 years of professional experiences which includes 10+ years of SAP

experience in Implementation, Global roll outs and Support experience

in Financial Accounting (FI) & Controlling (CO).

. Completed two full life cycle implementations and three global

rollouts - worked through all phases of initiation, design,

development, integration/regression testing, UAT, Go-live and support

. Expert in configuration of New GL and classic GL, AR, AP, Asset

accounting, Travel management, CCA, Internal order, Profit center

accounting, Product costing and COPA

. Expert in Project system: Configure project system functionality for

various business scenarios (Revenue Projects, Service Projects,

Internal Projects, R&D Projects, Admin projects and Capital Projects).

Configuration of Result analysis methods like POC, completed contract

method, time and material and Resource related billing for PS revenue

recognition and Contracts. Configure settlement profiles, planning

profiles, Investment profiles and budget profiles. Expert in PS

integration with production order process, integration with SD, MM,

CS, CATS, Travel management, HR and CO

. Expert in configuration of SD Revenue recognition process and define

result analysis process and CO integration with CRM Services.

. Expertise in Controlling: Cost element accounting, Cost center

accounting, Internal order, profit center accounting, Product costing

and Account based and Cost based COPA configuration.

. Product costing: Configuration of costing process for various

scenarios STO, MTO, ETO and costing sheet design as per business

requirement. Expertise in Product costing integration with PP, SD, MM

and PS

. Expert in integration process/configuration with Project systems, CRM

service, MM, PP, TR, HR and SD

. Experience with Tax Ware, value added tax (VAT), With holding tax,

foreign currencies, validations/substitutions, and enterprise

consolidation

. A good understanding of IFRS and general accounting principles (US

GAAP)

. Exposure in financial supply chain management (FSCM) implementation,

HFM consolidation.

. Exposure in Treasury module.

. Working experience with BI (business intelligence) and BOBJ (Business

Objects) for reporting requirements.

. Good working experiences on localization for countries US, UK, and

Europe.

. Expert in Data migration process from Various legacy systems to SAP by

using various customized tools like LSMW, Queries and Customized

Reports

. Conceptual study of existing business processes, detailed analysis and

mapping of business processes into SAP

. Expert in Intercompany scenarios process. Configured EDI setup (POSO)

process for Intercompany scenarios and cross company labor/timesheet

postings.

. Expert in working with Interfaces and preparing functional

specifications for various reports in FICO

. Conduct User trainings and prepare user documentations

. Proven track record in providing effective team leadership, handling

small-scale projects and meeting goals within deadlines.

. Strong communication skills for effective client support and

interfacing with end-users, programmers, team leaders, project

managers, business managers and controllers

. Team oriented and self-motivated individual with superior analytical

and problem solving skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS & CERTIFICATES:

Operating Systems: MS Windows 98/2000/XP

ERP Systems & SAP GUI (SAP R/3 4.6C, ECC 5.0 & ECC 6.0)

Tools:

Microsoft Tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), MS Visio,

Testing Mercury testing tool (HPQC) and Solution manager

Certificates Best FICO consultant appreciation certificate from

Honeywell Inc

Third party tools Z-Option, win shuttle, Concur interface and PRM

(planning resource management)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA April

2013 - Present

Sr SAP CO Consultant

Applied Materials is the global leader in providing manufacturing solutions

for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic

industries. Our technologies help make innovations like smart phones, flat

screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and

businesses around the world.

Responsibilities:

BOBJ (Business objects) Project: Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design,

Create Functional specs, Perform Unit and Integration testing, create ad-

hoc reports, support UAT and User training, Knowledge transition to support

team, Documentation and prepare training material for Installation and

Warranty business process using Project systems module and Controlling

Enhancement projects:

. Lead complex enhancement projects, requirement gathering, Analysis,

Design and recommend Process improvements and best practices.

. Design Unit and Integration test scripts for various business process

. Configure RA (result analysis); Settlement profile, Allocation

structure and PA transfer structure changes for enhancement/new

requirements.

. Define COPA derivation rules to meet complex business scenarios and

reporting requirements in COPA.

. Worked on CO&PS substitutions to meet various business scenarios. Ex:

Time capturing on Mfg Production orders (Krono's third party tool)

credit back to R&D home cost center

. Worked on Revenue Recognition process and BBB reporting (billing,

booking and backlog) in COPA for service contracts and sales order

process.

. Create Functional spec for Project system and service finance reports

in ECC/BI/BOBJ.

. Perform unit testing, Integration testing and maintain documentation

in solution manager, Support UAT.

. Prepare user training documents and conduct user training, Go-live

support, Transition to Support team.

. Create/modify CO month end jobs and update variants for new business

process.

. DB2 conversion Project: Define testing scope, prepare/perform

Integration and Regression Testing test scripts for service finance

business process.

. Project systems and CATs: Implemented Project system and CATs

functionality for tracking hours and cost for field service engineers

. Configured project profile, project types, project coding mask,

network profile and network related configuration. Configured

settlement profile, allocation structure.

. Define functional specs for Inbound & out bound Interface from

SAP-PRM (planning resource management)

. Define CATs profile and modify CATs screen specific to

requirement

. Setup batch jobs for Timesheet transfers to project system and

project settlement jobs

. Define process for Loan labor/Cross company code time charging

on service projects

. Technical Upgrade project: Define testing scope and perform FUT and

ITC testing for functions like Billing Through collection (OTC),

Manufacturing costing, Service Finance and Project system and support

UAT and Go-Live.

Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA

Dec 2011 - Mar 2013

SAP Sr FICO Consultant

Apple Inc. (Apple), incorporated on January 3, 1977, along with its

subsidiaries is engaged in

designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices,

personal computers, and portable digital music players, and sells a range

of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-

party digital content and applications. The Company's products and services

include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and

professional software applications, the iOS and Mac OS X operating systems,

iCloud, and a range of accessory, service and support offerings. It also

sells and delivers digital content and applications through

the iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store.

Responsibilities:

. Designed Project system functionality for Real estate and development

(RE&D) projects in AMR, EMEA and ASIAPAC divisions.

. Detailed analysis of BRD requirements and working with Business team to

get finalize BRD requirements and created GAP fit analysis document.

. Project system: Configured Project profiles, Planning Profiles and

Investment Profiles. Configured Settlement profiles. Designed functional

specifications for Project system reports in SAP and BI.

. Profitability Analysis (COPA): Played key role in implementing Account

Based COPA to capture Product and Channel attributes at the transaction

level. Create new Characteristics for AB CO-PA, Define new CO-PA

derivations, CO-PA enhancements for existing revenue recognition process,

substitutions and validation changes, GL account field status change to

enable COPA characteristics for revenue and COGS accounts.

. Designed Functional specifications for COPA requirements in SAP and BI

reporting.

. Accounts Payable: Configured automatic payment Program, House bank

configuration and payment advice form, Configured Extended withholding

tax and worked on 1099 tax reporting requirements.

. Asset Accounting: Activate final asset classes and CIP asset classes for

Project system capitalization, Configure CIP asset number ranges.

. Played Key role in working with Fixed asset team, procurement team and

with eApproval interface team for capital Projects.

. Lead for Master Data management with respect to Finance activities like

Tax and banking information mapping.

. Data Migration: Design cutover templates for Vendor, GL accounts and

Asset accounting transaction data, Upload and validate transaction data.

. Designed and performed integration test scripts and testing, resolving

issues in UAT and preparing user manuals and training documents

. Played key role in interface enhancements for Contracts revenue

recognition and supporting revenue recognition process for subscription

accounting

Honeywell Inc, Golden valley, MN

Oct 2008 - Nov 2011

SAP Sr FICO Consultant

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures

technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macro trends such

as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 122,000 employees

worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an

unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything

we make and do.

Responsibilities:

. Played Key role in deployment phases from project preparation to Go live

support.

. Played Key role in Functional & technical integration design with Procure-

to pay, Order-to cash, manufacturing and service scenarios.

. Played Key role in customer enhancements for all US, UK and Europe

deployment.

. Played key role in Data Migration activities for each site go live in

terms of Data validation, query creation, templates validation and upload

process.

. Worked Finance and controlling Configuration for all new deployments.

. Designed Cost center and profit center structure for each deployment

site.

. Worked on (HP QC) Mercury testing tool for all configuration and

enhancement test cases.

. Worked on third party interfaces developments like GE payable process,

concur interface for expenses posting

. Projects & services: Configuration for various Project types like Revenue

Projects, Service Projects, Internal Projects, R&D Projects, Admin

projects, Capital Projects and WBS element costing configuration and

process design. Configured various versions for WBS element planning and

budget profiles for budget planning. Configure settlement profiles,

allocation structure and PA Transfer structure. Define substitutions and

validations. Designed Costing sheet. Worked on Projects Fixed billing,

Time and Material and milestone billing scenarios.

. Cost center accounting: Designed Cost center hierarchy, Activity type

planning, Budgeting, planning statically key figures, Cost Element

planning, plan distribution, Internal Activity planning and planned

price iteration. Designed Cost center and COPA assessment cycles to

allocate indirect cost to Direct cost centers. Create cost element &

Cost center groups for reporting requirements. Configure Default

account assignment (OKB9).

. Profit center accounting: Design Profit center hierarchy and create

profit centers groups for reporting requirements. Create LSMW queries

to upload Profit centers and validate.

. Result Analysis/Revenue recognition: Configured Result analysis keys,

define Line IDs, WIP Posting rules, Result analysis versions for revenue

recognition methods like percentage of completion (POC), Completed

contract method (CCM), Time and material. Configure and support standard

SD revenue recognition for Service contracts. Configured CO setup and

result analysis process for CRM service revenue recognition.

. Profitability analysis: Define PA transfer structures, Define COPA

assessment cycles, Define derivation strategies for reporting

requirements. Support Month end COPA reconciliation issues.

. I/C setup: Responsible to work with business team to identify Inter-

company relation for scenarios like Goods, services and Finance recharge.

Configure FI inter company setup (OBCA, OBCB, OBCE and OBCD). Develop

Functional specification for I/C report for reconciliation.

. Extensively worked in Accounts payable and accounts receivable process

. Developed functional specification for project auto close and auto

release process to minimize manual errors.

. Worked in Solution manager for all process documentation.

. Defined pre and post month end strategies to resolve COPA reconciliation

issues for all CO settlements.

. Played key role in Unit testing and integration/regression testing and

designed test case templates

. Worked on variant creation for all new deployments to process month end

activities.

. Worked on Z developments for data validation to minimize time and provide

accuracy in data migration activities.

. Co-ordinated with Support team to resolve any RICEF, enhancements or

Project and contract related issues.

. Monitoring the SAP Finance month end close process and improvements to

batch jobs processing

. Worked in Travel management module part of global rollouts

. Prepared functional specifications for BI reports

. Worked for deployments & Go-live activities in UK, Spain Germany and USA

ABB Australia Pty Ltd

November 2007 - August 2008

SAP CO Consultant

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility

and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental

impact. The ABB Group is a global company without boundaries, acting

locally in every one of the more than 100 countries in which we do

business. Each of our customers benefits from the sharing of ABB's

research, supply, manufacturing, distribution, information technology and

benchmarking capabilities.

Responsibilities:

. Played key roll in understanding Business blue print and Global

policies at SAS1 level and also identified the local requirements as

per AU specific.

. As is studay,To Be mapping, Workshops, To be documentation and its

approval

. Configuration documentation, Test Plans, Unit testing, Integration

testing and regression testing.

. CO-PC-Product Costing: Discrete manufacturing process with production

orders with make to stock/make to order, Product costing Planning

including cost component structures, Costing sheet, Costing variant,

valuation variant, costing types, Activity types, Result analysis,

Allocation structures, Settlement profiles, WIP, Variance keys,

posting rules and Result analysis version. Support Standard cost

estimation process, Played key role in working on master data

requirements like Material master, BOM, Routing etc for Product

costing scenarios. Design Overhead Keys, Overhead groups, Cost

component structure and Costing sheets for MTS, MTO and ETO scenarios.

. Cost center accounting: Configured CCA by creating cost centers,

Standard hierarchy, Cost center groups, activity types, statistical

key figures, cost center standard hierarchy, Validations and

substitutions, overhead structure for accrual costs, allocations using

cycle-segment method for periodic reposting, distribution and

assessment, indirect activity allocation. Configure default account

assignment (OKB9)

. Profit center accounting: Design Profit center hierarchy and create

profit centers groups for reporting requirements. Create LSMW queries

to upload Profit centers and validate.

. Internal Order: Create internal orders, Set Planner Profile, Plan

costs for order, Configure settlement Profiles.

. CO Planning: Activity type planning, budgeting, planning statically

key figures, Cost Element planning, Internal Activity planning and

planned price iteration.

. Project System: Configured Project system functionality including

project profile and project type specific settings, version

maintenance for planning and result analysis, Settlement profile, and

allocation structure and PA transfer structure configuration for

various project types to settle values to COPA module. Worked WBS

element costing config and process design for engineering to order

scenarios.

. Result analysis/revenue recognition: Configured Result analysis keys,

define Line IDs, WIP Posting rules, Result analysis versions for

revenue recognition methods like percentage of completion (POC),

Completed contract method (CCM), Time and material. Configure and

support standard SD revenue recognition for Service contracts.

Configured CO setup and result analysis process for CRM service

revenue recognition

. Strong CO integration skills with PP, MM, SD, CRM,PS and HR

. Conducted Power user training and prepared all required documentation.

. Played Key role in CO data migration in to SAP and month end

Activities.

. Resolved all critical issues as per the priority basis

. Done CO assessment & Distribution cycles as well as COPA assessment

cycles as per the client requirement

. Testing standard BI data sources and working with BI team for CO

reporting requirements.

. Conduct User training and develop Quick reference document (QRG) for

BI CO reports.

. Developed COPA reports using report painter tool.

. Developed functional/technical specs for all reporting requirements.

TTK Prestige Ltd September 2006 - November

2007

SAP FICO Consultant

TTK Prestige Limited is part of TTK Group. Over the past five decades TTK

Prestige Limited, has emerged as India's largest kitchen appliances company

catering to the needs of home makers in the country.

Responsibilities:

. Involved in AS-IS process and studied the client business process with

the help of QA&DB

. Designed the business blue print after detail analysis of AS-IS

process.

. Prepared Blue Print Documentation and conducting the minutes of

meeting with the client.

. Designed the Enterprise structure based on the blue print analysis

. Implemented New GL process

. Actively participated in finalization of Chart of Accounts and

Financial Statement version

. Drawn the Business flow charts like Cost centre & Profit centre

hierarchy, internal orders and Budget planning

. Configured all required settings for each sub module as per the client

requirement like Customer and vendor group creation for material and

Finance prospective, Automatic payment program for vendors payments,

dunning procedure, interest calculation setting for different kind of

instruments, Different payment terms creation for vendors and

customers and Electronic & Manual Bank statement settings.

. Configured all the relevant scenarios for Asset accounting like Chart

of depreciation, Asset class designing, and Different types of

Depreciation Ares for SLM and WDV and also Group assets classification

for Income tax depreciation purpose.

. Configured the automatic account assignment and Revenue account

determination including Cash sales after details analysis of Business

scenarios with client as well as SD and MM consultants.

. Configured all the CIN related settings as per the country specific

like excise, VAT configuration and also applied related notes to

implement new features in CIN module.

. Actively interacted with team members for Integration issues

. Prepared separate Blue print and configuration documents for Travel

management after detail analysis of client business process.

. Configured all the relevant settings for travel Management and

assigned relevant GL accounts to symbolic accounts with proper

combination wage types.

. Defined Controlling area structure and activated the relevant

components for TTKP requirement.

. Designed Profit centre and cost centre hierarchy based on the blue

print analysis and legal requirements.

. Created Primary cost elements automatically and secondary cost

elements on manual basis

. Copying the Plan and actual versions for each fiscal year and profit

centre wise

. Created Assessment and distribution cycles

. Created internal order types for Capex, Schemes discounts, Promotion

and Advertisement expenses

. Created internal order master data and order wise budget planning

. Configured settlement rules for WIP settlements.

. Defined Activity type structure based on the production activities and

cost analysis requirements.

. Defined cost sheet structure

. Prepared all function specification for Reports development like MIS

and customer & vendor aging analysis.

. Conducted L2 trainings and Integration testing workshops.

. Prepared all the end user manuals for each sub module wise based on

the users understanding.

. Solving the tickets based on the priority given by the users through

Solution manager tool.

. Conducted the trainings to end-users based on the type of issues like

Master data and transactional issues to minimize errors.

Grupo Antolin Pune Pvt Ltd January

2006 - August 2006

SAFICO Consultant

Pune Products -Manufacturer, Export/Import since 1996

WE ARE MANUFACTURER AND EXPORTERS OF CAR INTERIORS.

Responsibilities:

. Creation of AP, AR, AM and CO master data

. Defined special GL transactions as per client requirement

. Defined terms of payments for vendors and customers

. Configured automatic payment and dunning settings for vendor outgoing

payments and customer incoming payments

. Configured TDS settings for various income-tax sections

. Configured Asset management settings for book depreciation and tax

depreciation purpose.

. Configured Automatic account assignment for MM postings and Revenue

Account Determination for SD postings

. Defined Controlling area master data settings, Standard Hierarchy and

activated various components and plan and actual version settings.

. Defined order master data for settlement of capital expenditure to

objects

Sundaram Fasterners Ltd (autolec division) November 2004 -

Dec 2005

SAP FICO Consultant

The Autolec Division has been in existence from 1965 and is today one of

the leading manufacturers of Pump Assemblies and Engine Components

Responsibilities:

. Global Settings: Configuration of General settings for country,

organizational structures, chart of accounts, G/L master data, Field

status groups, Fiscal year Variants, posting periods, document number

ranges. Setting up document types and posting keys for business

transactions.

. General Ledger: Grouping G/L accounts into various account groups,

Creation of reconciliation accounts for accounts receivables and

accounts payable

. Accounts Receivable and Payables: Defined various account groups for

vendors and customers, Configuration of customer master and vendor

master data in FI

. Configured various Special G/L indicators for Vendors and Customers

. Configuration of Sales/Purchase tax

. Asset Accounting: Creation of Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation

areas, Defining Asset class, Account determination, creation of

various Depreciation Keys as per client requirement like

. Conducted unit testing for functional transactions and reports

Controlling

. Enterprise Structure in Controlling: Setting up of controlling area,

assigning company codes and creating standard hierarchy, creating CO

version and defining control indicators.

. Created cost centers master data as per client requirement.

. Define Controlling area settings for Profit center accounting,

Standard hierarchy of profit center accounting, Created dummy profit

center, Creation of profit center and document number ranges of profit

center accounting and set the actual parameters for Profit centers.

Mohan Breweries and Distilleries Limited August 2004 -

October 2004

SAP FICO Jr. Business Analyst /

Mohan Breweries and Distilleries Ltd focuses on brewery and beet sugar

business.

Responsibilities:

. Month end support, maintenance and troubleshooting

. Handling customization and configuration related issues

. Handling tickets Day to Day basis

. Monitoring FI and CO reports on weekly basis required by clients.

. Supporting involved in GL, AP, AR, AM and Cost centers, cost centers

accounting and internal orders

Functional Experience: September

2001 - November 2003

Previously worked with "SRI BHAVANI DISTILLERIES (INDIA) LIMITED,

Hyderabad" as "Accountant" since September 2001 to Nov 2003. SBDIL is

manufacturing Rectified Spirit and Ethanol, which is used in preparation of

Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), Pharmaceuticals and Petroleum Products.

. Designing and implementation of Reports Such as Inflow and Outflow,

Weekly Debtors and Creditors positions, Forecast Statement projecting

the overheads for the each of the divisions per month and report to

the manager level.

. Developed a system of Imp-rest generation for all the employees in the

NITHI.

. Generation of Weekly Financial Information Status reports.

. Periodic Stock Auditing for effective Accounting Process

Implementation.

. Prepared and implemented Payroll structure.

. Generation of Bank Reconciliation Statements on weekly Basis.

. Expertise in preparation of Company's Final Accounts.

. Reports prepared on weekly/monthly basis

. Responsible for deducting Tax at source, issuing TDS certificate and

filing of TDS returns

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