Project Manager

CA. JAYAPRAKASH NEELAKANDAN. B.Com, F.C .A

SAP FICO CONSULTANT

Total Experience: 24 years

SAP FICO Experience: 13 years

Domain Experience: 11 years

Educational Qualification:

Chartered Accountant from ICAI, in the year 1991

Bachelor of Commerce from University of Calicut, in the year 1984

Certification: High Impact Leadership – from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Membership: Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Awards:

1) Service Excellence Award for Technical Leadership –IBM

2) Accenture Celebrates Excellence

Location Preference:

Bangalore, Europe, Middle East, US, Far East & Australia

Business Area:

SAP Implementation, Support, Up gradation and roll out.

Target Position & Industry:

Senior consultant position in a professionally managed multinational organisation

Permanent Address:

#2/5, #304, Chartered Samskruti,

Bilekhalli Road,

Off Bennarghatta Road,

Bangalore – 560 076

Karnataka, India

Mobile:

+91 – 934-***-****

E mail:

**************@*****.***

*************@*****.***

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE:

Offering more than one decade of comprehensive

experience with expertise in SAP FICO Implementation;

Roll Out, Up gradation and Support projects

5 Implementation projects: Aptech, Wipro Spectramind,

Lloyd TSB Bank, AXA Insurance and Reneses.

2 Upgrade projects: British Petroleum from 4.6C to

ECC6 and Messung Systems from 4.0B to 4.6C

Roll out project of GE water resources.

Experience in prototyping, presales and managing the

team in SAP projects

Visited US, Mexico, UK, Netherlands, Dubai, Saudi

Arabia and France

Handled FICO modules in the area of New GL, AR, AP,

FSCM, Funds management, Asset accounting, Contract

Accounting (FI CA) Cost center Accounting, Profit center

accounting, Internal order, Product Costing and

Profitability Analysis

More than ten years of rich functional experience in

Statutory, internal and tax audit of corporate entities,

bank and taxation. Experience in managing all aspects of

Finance including Costing, Budgeting, Profitability

Budgeting, Material Accounting & Reconciliation, Product

Cost Management & Pricing, Accounts Closing, Vendor

Accounting & Payables accounting.

Holds the distinction of setting up and streamlining Delivery

Process for Remote & Offshore Delivery Centers; initiated

and implemented Service Improvement Programs for

minimizing gaps in productivity, availability and effectiveness

in Service Delivery.

Deft in managing SAP implementation involving business

requirement understanding, process mapping, analysing

requirements, conducting Gap Analysis, finalising the

business scenario, implementing ERP systems, and providing

Go Live and post Go Live support to the client.

Expertise in SAP FI/CO Implementation Project; in depth

knowledge in SAP FICO pre implementation,

implementation configuration, and customization functions

viz. Requirement Mapping, Gap Analysis, Documentation and

Post Implementation Support.

Rendered extensive consultancy on SAP R/3 including

Business Blueprint, Process Mapping, Gap Analysis,

Configuration, Integration, Unit Testing, Integration Testing,

User Acceptance Testing and Support; deft in Data Migration

with Legacy System Migration Workbench for Data Uploads

for SAP projects; configuring integration of FI/CO with

MM, SD and PP modules.

An effective leader with proven abilities in working with

teams during the project phase; guiding team members and

enabling knowledge sharing among the team; comfortable in

liaising & coordinating with people across hierarchical levels

for smooth project execution, within deadlines.

Awards:

Service Excellence Award from IBM for individual

contribution.

ACE (Accenture Celebrates Excellence) award for team

performance

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Project/ Program Management

Implementing project plans within preset budgets and deadlines; performing on site and offsite tasks

within a project scoping document.

Monitoring project progress and outstanding issues; ensuring the quality and timeliness of the

deliverables; reporting on the project’s progress and escalating issues.

SAP Implementation

Mapping business requirements through Gap Analysis. Understanding business process, studying &

analysing workflow to design solutions (As Is, To Be and Freezing); preparing Detailed Process Flow

for functional requirements. Creating & validating master documents.

Ensuring smooth coordination with the Development Team for development & customisation of

software.

Integrating with other modules, coordinating integration & user acceptance testing, and extending Post

Go live support. Imparting training support to end users on system functionality.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelancing:

Duration October 2014 to February, 2015

FICO integration with PM CS module for a real estate company in Abu Dhabi, for their business in

service industry:

As is study, preparation of business blue print, solutioning, realization, functional specification for

reports, testing of the solution, uploading of the master data, end user training and go live.

Configuration of settlement profile, allocation structure and result analysis key for calculation of

work in progress. The challenge is to building in the functionality of revenue and expenditure to a

plant maintenance order

Employer: IBM India Ltd., Bangalore Duration: March 2011 –September 2014

Senior SAP FICO Consultant reporting to Senior Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

Manage the FICO team in support project and leading the functional team in up gradation of SAP from

4.6C to ECC6.

SME for SAP up gradation project. Responsible for trouble shooting the UAT defects, configuring the

SAP ECC system for post technical up gradation and specific user training in ECC6

Achievements:

Introduced as new member into the project and accomplished the critical up gradation project

As SME lead FICO team in the up gradation project of British Petroleum

Turn around priority 2 tickets 4 times. Lead the team in adverse situation.

Winner of Service Excellence Award for Technical Leadership

Project: British Petroleum is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It

is the third largest energy company and fourth largest company in the world measured by revenues and one

of the six oil and gas "majors”. It is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas

industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power

generation and trading. It also has major renewable energy activities, including in biofuels, hydrogen, solar

and wind power.

Employer: Accenture, Bangalore Duration: May 2007 – February 2011

Associate Manager reporting to Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed FICO Team, visited new client at onshore, built team at off shore, provided knowledge

transfer and supported projects that lead the transition for FICO modules

Imparted user training and reviewed the user manual and led the team in the phases of common design,

detailed design, configuration, testing and deployment. Reviewed the project documents before delivery.

Achievements:

Played a major role in turn around the project as SME in implementing product costing and profitability

analysis and closing open issues.

Preparation and presentation of prototype in new GL in ECC6 for AXA insurance France.

Worked with major clients like Barclays Bank, Renises, LTSB Bank, ASML and AXA Insurance.

Winner of Accenture Celebrates Excellence (ACE) award.

Projects:

Client: AstraZeneca

Duration: June 2010 to January 2011

Role: Functional Lead

Client Profile:

AstraZeneca plc is a global pharmaceutical and biologics company headquartered in London, United

Kingdom. It is the world's seventh largest pharmaceutical company measured by revenues and has

operations in over 100 countries. It has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer,

cardiovascular, gastrointestinal etc.

Responsibilities: Leading the ESR project pre preparation for the implementation of New General Ledger.

Client: AXA Insurance

Duration: November 2009 to June 2010

Role: Functional Lead

Client Profile:

AXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The group

operates primarily in Western Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East. The

AXA Group encompasses five operating business segments: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty,

International Insurance (including reinsurance), Asset Management and Other Financial Services. It ranks

as the 9th largest company in the world (based on revenue) on the 2010 Fortune Global 500 list.

Responsibilities:

Implementation of ECC6: AXA Copernic is the project for bringing all the legacy system to one

platform SAP Common Platform for European reporting and IFRS Consolidation.

Prototyping new GL and Functional designing from onsite and configuration of New GL and Asset

Accounting.

Client: ASML Netherlands

Duration: January 2009 to October 2009

Role: FICO lead

Client Profile:

ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing

complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or microchips. Headquartered in

Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML designs, develops, integrates, markets and services these advanced

systems, which continue to help our customers the major chipmakers reduce the size and increase the

functionality of microchips, and consumer electronic equipment.

Responsibilities:

Transition of the application details from the old vendor.

Application support for GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting and Product costing.

Configuration, Problem resolution, period end job scheduling.

Imparting training in the above areas to the new joiners to the project.

Handling ticket via SMS.

Support Pack up gradation and resolution of issues raised by users.

Directly dealing with SAP in the product specific enhancement.

Client: Lloyds TSB Bank

Duration: May 2008 to December 2008

Role: FICO Lead

Client Profile:

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of

Lloyds Bank, traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group. Lloyds

TSB has an extensive network of branches and cash machines across England and Wales and offers 24 hour

telephone and online banking services. Today it has 16 million personal customers and small business

accounts. In Scotland, the bank operates as Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc.

Responsibilities:

Implementation of ECC 6. Leading the ECC FICO team from offshore.

Responsible for configuration of following modules like GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting. CCA, PCA.

Preparation of Functional Designs & coordinating UAT with the client.

Client: Renesas

Duration: February 2008 to April 2008

Role: SME for Finance and Controlling Modules

Client Profile:

Renesas is one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor systems for mobile phones and

automotive applications. It is the world's largest manufacturer of microcontrollers and the second largest

manufacturer of application processors. Renesas is also known for LCD drivers, RF ICs, mixed signal

integrated circuits and system on a chip semiconductors.

Responsibilities:

Leading the FICO team. Trouble shooting of issues in the implementation of FICO modules &

Implementation of ECC6, Product costing and Controlling and Profitability Analysis modules.

Client: Barclays

Duration: May 2007 to February 2008

Role: Functional Lead

Client Profile:

Barclays is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. As

of 2010 it was the world's 10th largest banking and financial services group and 21st largest company. It has

operations in over 50 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South

America.

Responsibilities:

Led the team of functional and technical consultants. Liaison with the business. Understood the

requirement. Mapped it to SAP. Preparation of Functional Design. Coordinating with the ABAP team,

review of Technical Design. Coordinating UAT with client team.

Employer: AG Technologies, Mumbai Duration: November 2006 to May 2007

Lead Consultant reporting to Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

Led SAP functional consultants and interacted with clients in the ongoing activities in implementation

and support project and SME activities

Achievements:

Led the team in the company code merger project of Micro Inks.

Employer: Wipro Technologies, Bangalore Duration: April 2005 – November 2006

SAP Consultant reporting to Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Resolved the tickets in production support and preparation of functional specification.

Responsible for support of GL, AR, AP, Asset Management, PCA, CCA, Internal order and Product

costing.

Achievements:

Worked with major clients like Scotts and Kodak.

Visited Dubai for pre sales activities.

Employer: Intelligroup Asia Private Limited, Hyderabad Duration: August 2004 – April 2005

SAP Fico Consultant reporting to Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Configuration of SAP FICO modules as per client requirement. Preparation of LSMW for master data

and recording for transaction data. Uploading the master data and transactional data, imparting training

and resolution of the ticket for production support.

Achievements:

Worked in support project as single number in FICO team in Allergen Pharmaceutical.

Lead FICO team in roll out project of General Electrical Water resource –South Africa from Off shore.

Employer: Cybertech Systems & Software Limited, Mumbai Duration: March 2002 – July 2004

Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant reporting to Project Manager

Responsibilities:

As per ASAP methodology doing the AS IS and TO BE process and preparing the documentation

Configured the prototype and presented to the client and configuration the system as per the client

requirement. Involved in testing the system, preparing the cut over activities, uploading master data and

transactional data. Post go live support and preparation of user manual.

Achievements:

In my first project in SAP independently handled Funds management module and implemented as per

schedule

Independently handled the up gradation of Messung Systems and implementation of Wipro Spectra

Mind

Visited US and Mexico for transition of Prettal INC and supporting from off shore

Worked on multiple support projects of Siemens.

Projects Handled:

Client: Aptech Ltd. Mumbai

Duration: March 2002 – August 2002

Scope:

The Scope involves Generation of Business Blue Print and validation of the same. Detailed data assimilation

and business process strategy discussion with the company and to facilitate the configuration &

customization of SAP FI/CO module to suit the company’s business. Adaptation of the best business

practices for the company to derive maximum benefit of the SAP implementation. Implementation of FI/CO

sub modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, and Funds

Management.

Responsibilities:

Configuring FI/CO Module including GL, AR, AP & Asset Accounting, and Funds Management. Cost

Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting.

Imparted training to Key users of FI/CO module. Creation of specific master records of GL account,

Customer, Vendor, Asset, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, and Funds Centers.

Integrating FI module with other modules. Configuring Country India Version (CIN).

Automatic. Creation of Cost elements, Creation of Cost center and Profit center Hierarchy.

Uploading through BDC GL, Debtors, Creditors and Asset Masters, Opening GL Balances and Open

items in Customers and Vendors and Budget.

Client: Messung Systems Limited, Pune (Up gradation 40B to 4.6C)

Duration: September 2002 October 2002

Scope:

As a Module Team Lead, handled the entire project from Initial kick off to go live.

Unit testing and Integration tests with SD and MM and Sign off, successfully performed Go Live

followed by project completion Signoff.

Imparting Training to the end users, preparation of Configuration Document.

Client: Wipro Spectramind Limited.

Duration: November 2002 to January 2003

Scope:

The Scope involves Generation of Business Blue Print and validation of the same. Configuration of SAP

FI/CO module as per the Wipro Design to suit the company’s business and for the purpose of Wipro group

Consolidation. Implementation of FI/CO sub modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Receivable,

Accounts Payable and Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Internal Orders.

Activities:

Configuring FI/CO Module including GL, AR, AP & Asset Accounting, imparting training to Key users

of FI/CO module.

Configuring Country India Version (CIN). Structuring financial statements of the company for different

authorities through designing Financial Statement Versions.

Uploading through BDC GL, Debtors, Creditors and Asset Masters, Opening GL Balances and Open

items in Customers and Vendors.

Cybertech Systems Internal Project

Duration: February 2003 to July 2003

Responsibilities:

Implementation of SAP R/3 for Cybertech Systems & Software INC. (Internal Project)

Preparation of As is documentation, Business Blue Print, Configuration of SAP FI/CO modules such as

GL, AR,AP Asset Modules, Preparation of Financial Statement Version for the group companies.

Configuring CC, PCA and Internal Orders. Unit Testing and Integration Testing with SD and HR

Modules. GO Live and Post Implementation Support.

Uploading of Masters and Open items in GL, AR and AP and Asset Masters.

Client: Siemens Information’s and Systems Ltd.

Duration: August 2003 to January 2004.

Responsibilities:

Post Implementation support for Matrix Laboratories Limited. Fuchs Lubricants Limited. Tata Info media

Limited. Gujarat Narmada Fertilizers & Alembic Chemicals.

Involved in creation of asset Class and account assignment, Open Item processing and Account

Determination for Foreign Exchange Fluctuations. Creation of GL accounts and assigning to Financial

Statement Version.

Employer: Khurana Rajeev & Associates, Mumbai Duration: February 1996 – February 2002

Audit Manager reporting to Proprietor

Responsibilities:

Responsible for anchoring the financial & commercial process of the organization and fully responsible

for accounting, financial, MIS systems and training functions.

Led the team involved in re engineering the various business processes and implementing an accounting

system in the organisation.

Involved in planning, coordination and finalization of audit and accounts, evaluation of internal control

system, selection of samples & testing and preparation of audit report

Employer: H V Subramanian & Co., Mumbai Duration: August 1991 – February 1996

Audit Assistant reporting to Proprietor

Responsibilities:

Preparation of audit program and handle statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits and finalization of

accounts. Conducted, coordinated & finalised the audit and evaluation of internal control system.

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