SAP FICO Consultant

DIMPESH N RAY

Contact No - +1-732-***-****

Email ID - ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Having total 9 + Years of work Experience and 4 + Years of expertise as an SAP FICO Consultant.

Equally qualified, experienced and broad knowledgeable skills for an SAP-FICO, Business Analyst,

Financial Accountant and Managerial position in the company. Proactive and result oriented in all aspects of

Accounting and Financial Management using the skills of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Possess

strong business analysis and excellent conflict resolution and decision making capabilities . Demonstrated

hands on Management style in the development and implementation of strategic plans to ensure company

growth. Excellent communicator, Strong team builder and Computer proficient in different financial

accounting software.

SKILLS INVENTORY

SAP R/3 ECC 4.7 to ECC 6.0:

• FI : Financial Accounting; CO : Controlling

Accounting Skills:

• SAP-FICO, Financial Accounting, US GAAP, Financial Analysis and reports, Budgeting & Planning

Cash Flow Management, Cost Accounting, Reconciliation and Bookkeeping.

Business Analytical Skill:

• Knowledge of Rational Unified Process (RUP), Project Management, Star UML, System

Development Life Cycle,

Computer Skill:

• Software: Business Analyst Software, Quick book, Peach Tree, Quicken, Microsoft Works, Microsoft

Office, MS Outlook, Quick Books, Peachtree, Quicken, Business works, HTML.

• Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows

Vista.

EDUCATION

• Certified Business System Analyst (SAP R/3 – FICO) 2011

MLC Solutions Pvt Ltd., Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India

• Business Analyst Certified 2009

Requirements INC. USA

• MBA, Business Management (Accounting & Finance Emphasis) 2008

Strayer University, Washington DC, USA

• PGD in Business Administration (Accounting/Finance Emphasis) 2006

ICFAI University, INDIA

• Bachelor of Accounting and Auditing 2005

Gujarat University, INDIA

DIMPESH N RAY

Contact No - +1-732-***-****

Email ID - ***********@*****.***

SAP PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VC ERP Consulting PVT LTD.

February 2014 to November 2014

SAP FICO Consultant

Project:

Client: Tourism Coporation of Gujarat Ltd.

Project: SAP Implementation Project

Duration: April 2014 to November 2014

• Working as SAP FI Lead for the SAP Implementation project for Tourism Corporation of Gujarat

Limited.

• Attending meeting with clients.

• Gathered information of client’s current business process and prepared AS-IS documents.

• Gathered client’s business requirements and prepared To-Be documents which enable to improve

the client’s business operation by reducing cost.

• Mapping the gap between As-Is and To-Be which is nothing but a Gap Analysis

• Prepared Business Blueprint Document on the basis of gathered information during workshop.

• Based on final business blueprint implement the FICO Business Processes and FI integration

processes with other modules like FI-PS, FI-SD, FI-MM, FI-HR.

• Involved in Functional testing and integration testing

• Configuered General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Recievables, Asset Accounting, Bank

Accounting, Funds Management, Cost Center, Profit Center and Internal Order

• Prepared End User Training documents

• Preparing Work flow which is nothing but sequence of business process flow to complete the

project within defined scope, budget and time. This provide settings and guidelines to other

consultants based on that they can do further changes.

• Data Migration activities and UAT testing

• Go Live activities and production support after go live.

Fujitsu Consulting

November 2011 to January 2014

SAP FICO Consultant

Projects:

Client: Fujitsu Japan

Project: SAP Global Rollout Template Building

Duration: August 2012 – January 2014

Description:

• Working on Fujitsu’s Global Implementation project for the 11 + countries.

• Configured Global Settings and Enterprise Structure Settings for all 11 + countries in one client.

• Configured GL, AP, AR and Asset Accounting in SAP FI module.

• Involved in Functional Testing and Integration Testing.

• Integration configuration and testing with SAP FI-SD, FI-PM, FI-PP, FI-MM, FI-HR modules.

• Co-ordination with ABAP team for resolution of technical issues.

• Tested the configuration settings on the development server and transported the settings onto the

testing server for user testing and confirmation, and transported into the production server after

user confirmation.

• Prepared end user training documents.

• Creating and building up ECATT and tested the SAP Standard FI Processes through ECATT tool.

• Build up the test scenarios in system as per the standard business processes in SAP along with

some change request development as requested by client.

• Prepare the Business Process document as required in the configuration.

• Production support after go live.

DIMPESH N RAY

Contact No - +1-732-***-****

Email ID - ***********@*****.***

DIMPESH N RAY

Contact No - +1-732-***-****

Email ID - ***********@*****.***

Client: Idemitsu Lubricants

Project: Idemitsu Lube Rollout, ECC 6.0

Duration: June 2012 – August 2012

Description:

• Idemitsu Lubricant is one of Japan’s leading petroleum companies, Idemitsu has since expanded

and moved into areas such as procurement of crude oil, refining, sales of petroleum products and

the development of oil resources, petrochemicals and alternative energy sources.

Idemitsu Lube is wide with over 50 offices and over 7,000 employees in Japan and overseas and is

listed on the Fortune Global 500 index. The Idemitsu Kosan’s global network has made its presence

in countries such as the USA, Germany, China, India, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea,

Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia.

• Consultant for SAP FI module for post Go Live and Transition Phase.

• Build up the test scenarios in system as per the standard business process in SAP along with some

change request development as requested by client.

• Creating Custom report on AR & AP by giving functional specification to the ABAP team member for

the development.

• Integration with FI-PM, FI-PP, FI-MM, FI-SD

• Prepare the Business Process document as required in the configuration.

• Tested the configuration settings on the development server and transported the settings onto the

testing server for user testing and confirmation, and transported into the production server after

user confirmation.

• End user training and providing support until the transition phase is over.

Client: NalcoPvt Ltd., North America Division

Project: SAP Lite Rollout, ECC 6.0

Duration: November 2011 - June 2012

Description:

• Nalco is an Ecolab company. With 2011 annualized sales of $11 billion and more than 38,000

employees, Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy

technologies and services that provide and protect clean water, safe food, abundant energy and

healthy environments. Ecolab delivers comprehensive programs and services to the food, energy,

healthcare, industrial and hospitality markets in more than 160 countries.

• Consultant for SAP FICO module.

• Study & adapt to AGILE/SCRUM methodology.

• Work upon the stories in the sprints which include system build up & documentation.

• Configure the system for the location considered for roll out from FICO perspective.

• Build up the test scenarios in system as per the standard business process in SAP.

• Prepare business process documentation in SOLMAN (SAP Solution Manager) and assign it to the

correct configuration node in SOLMAN.

• Prepare comparison documents between current SAP set up & the SAP Lite set up for the business

users to work upon & identify missing or required links in SAP Lite set up.

• Present demo to the client for the Sprint & the stories which we have worked upon so that they will

compare the results for each story with the pre-decided acceptance criteria & accept / reject the

story.

• Attend daily stand up meetings, story time meetings & Sprint planning meetings with the client.

DIMPESH N RAY

Contact No - +1-732-***-****

Email ID - ***********@*****.***

MLC Solutions PVT Ltd.,

July 2010 to October 2011

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0, FICO

• Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and

testing existing system and providing post implementation support for enhancements to the current

system.

• System configuration and testing in the areas of FICO transactions, configuring adjustment

accounts for GL, AP, AR.

• Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges,

tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.

• Coordinated the integration efforts of FICO with SD, MM, based on functional requirements,

automatic account assignment, maintaining the revenue account determinations & revenue

recognition which is useful in integrating AR-SD.

• Creation of House Banks, Assigning Bank Accounts to House Banks, Automatic Payment Program.

• Maintained required settings in Accounts Payable.Configuration for payment program, Payment

terms.

• Configured End to End AP & AR module including the Vendor/Customer Groups, Number Ranges,

Automatic Payment Program, Configured Special Ledger Withholding Taxes, Check Settings

Configured AP/AR integrations to MM for various material movements.

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE

Operational Research Analyst, Financial Industry Group (USA)

SNL Financial India Pvt. Ltd. Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India

October 2010 to March 2011

• Accountable for SNL Financial Research and Product Operation Group.

• Client Support, Content Research Operations & Testing within a specific industry sector or a cross

industry group to accelerate the quality and timeliness of SNL’s data.

• Increase support standards, increase operational efficiency to reduce the error rates.

• Improves support survey scores to help maintain retention rates and drive revenue increases.

Staff Financial Analyst / Accountant (Corporate Finance Department)

Kaiser Permanente, Rockville, MD, USA

October 2009 to March 2010

• Managing Financial Accounting functions, Reconciliations and Business Analytical functions.

• I also took part in the meetings with Sr. Business Analyst and managers and understood various

process plans, business process, and functionality in detail. This helped me to prepare Integration

Test Plan which was used by functional team as well as development team for doing a detailed

testing on the business application.

• Build up and maintain strong personal relationships at all levels within the groups including Top

Management ensuring accounts are reference able to clients.

• Diagnose, analyze and solve a variety of quantitative and qualitative problems. Communicate

clearly and professionally. Excellent conflict resolution and decision making capabilities.

• Constantly supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of

Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the

organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to the

pertinent federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements, and

Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures as per the HIPPA and SOX Guidelines provided by

the Federal Government of USA.

Business Analyst/ Accountant

ABY, Inc., Laurel, MD USA

January 2007 to October 2009

• Involved in documenting the business process by identifying the requirements and also involved in

finding the system requirements.

• Adapt at reducing development costs and providing traceability of projects.

• Coordinated work of employees and outside contractors to meet deadlines, budgets, and client

demand. Provided situational leadership to motivate individuals.

DIMPESH N RAY

Contact No - +1-732-***-****

Email ID - ***********@*****.***

• Managed Account Receivables, Account payables, Payrolls and Ordering.

• Reconciled various expenditure reports to source documents.

ResearchAssistantto Carolyn Heitmeyer, PHD Candidate, Anthropology

Carolyn Heitmeyer (London School of Economics)

February 2006 to August 2006

• Assisting in Qualitative Research; research design, participant observation, interview and focus

group guide design, face-to-face and telephone semi-structured interviews, focus group and

friendship group facilitation, virtual ethnography, personals, write-up, deliverables, survey design,

survey administration, segmentation, data maps, conjoint Project Management; vendor

management, client management, team leadership

• Analytical Research and Writing a Thesis Report.

Accountant, Administrator, Computer Operator

Ashok S Shah (CPA FIRM), INDIA

June 2005 to July 2006

• Prepare Financial Statements, General Ledger and other supporting Accounting functions.

• Managed Account Receivables, Account payables, Payrolls and Ordering.

• Ensured compliance with accounting deadlines.

• Prepared company accounts and tax returns for audit.

• Account handling, Budgeting and book keeping.

Finance Manager

Halewood Laboratories PVT LTD., INDIA

April 2005 to June 2006

• Handling financial transactions, Designed, create and maintained financial spreadsheets.

• Drafted quarterly and annual financial statements.

• Reported on variances in quarterly costing reports.

• Preparing Tax Returns. Track and compiles sales record.

• Directed and advised in sales generation. Worked on employee schedules.

AWARDS RECOCGNITION

• Best Employee: Kaiser Permanente (USA), March 2010.

RESEARCH WORK

Research Study in Knowledge Management

• A research study in the latest Knowledge Management techniques adapted by the businesses and

how effective these techniques will be to reduce their cost and maximize the profit.

• Provides the guidance of the knowledge Management to the local businesses for their success.

• Wrote 86 pages of thesis report to conclude the summary based on the subject.

Research Study in Anthropology

• Research in the Social Environment of the designated region with different cast, religion and also

with the different profession.

• Creating a lively environment to make collaboration among them by getting a real idea of the

preventing situation.

• Helps the Government to provide the real facts of the social environment for the country’s future

planning.

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