Accounting Accounts Payable
Resume:
Kishore Datla SAPFI/CO CONSULTANT ********@*****.***
SUMMARY:
Overall 15 years of Finance experience in which10 years in SAP FICO Functional consulting
Experience with 2 full life cycle implementations; roll out, up gradation, support and maintenance projects.
A team player, strong interpersonal and communication skills, Professional demeanor and analytical skills with a high learning acumen to adopt new tools and technologies with ease and seamlessly integrate skill sets into the project implementation lifecycle.
Strengths include strong understanding of the business processes and conversion of business requirements into SAP solutions in the most cost effective manner, with sound Financial Analysis.
Strong understanding of accrual accounting and GAAP
Extensive experience on various forms of SAP manual testing viz. Functional, System Integration, Regression, UAT & Hyper care support
Hands-on configuration experience in SAP R/3 and ECC in Financial Accounting & Controlling (FI-CO) includes General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Controlling, Cost Center Accounting, and Profit Center Accounting.
Post go-Live Support for ensuring smooth operational activities (stabilization support), resolve any issues identified by super user such as master data, compliance of various forms and reports
Proficiency on different aspects of a business relating to FI-G/L Transactions, Inter Company Transactions, House Banks, Automatic Payment Program (APP), Document Splitting, Dunning, CO-CCA Assessment & Distribution Cycles and CO-PA.
Worked on AP invoice processing with Open text (VIM).
Experience with end user training, preparing user manuals, production support, troubleshoot tickets and develop various reports for users.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelors of Commerce
ISEB Certified
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems: SAP (ERP), Windows 2000/NT/XP
Accounts packages: Invoice Management, Microsoft Dynamics, and Sage Line50
Tools: GMS, DQMS, CARMS, Voyager, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Client: Publicis Group (Media)-New York
Duration: December 2014 – Tll Date
Role: SAP FICO Consultant
This Project is a Support and roll out for Finance, Working within the team responsible for Global support and enhancement and rollout of SAP FICO modules.
Develop and execute pre-deployment training schedules in cooperation with the client site to cover all affected roles in FI/CO area.
Responsible for effectively delivering the onsite pre-deployment SAP training to end users to ensure successful SAP implementations within North America.
Ongoing post-deployment training and end user support initiatives (onsite and remote) to maintain and further enhance the SAP skills/proficiency within the end user community.
Collect and evaluate training feedback and develop recommendations to continuously improve training content and delivery
Post go-Live Support for ensuring smooth operational activities (stabilization support), resolve any issues identified by super user such as master data, compliance of various forms and reports.
Exposure in various test phases such as UT, and Performance testing that all are intended for smoothing the go-live.
Client: U TC Aero Space Systems, USA / UK (Manufacturing)
Duration: September 2013 – October 2014
Role: SAP FICO Consultant –Implementation
Prepared and participated in business scenarios, configuration documents and functional specifications for implementation of Finance module, general controlling, cost center accounting.
Configured G/L Master records, documents number ranges, posting period variants, reversal of documents, opening an closing of periods, field status variants, document types, posting keys.
Worked on Open Text Invoice Management System (VIM)
New GL Segment and Document Splitting. Reporting in New Ledger, Reconciliation between financial accounting and controlling. Hands on experience with the migration.
Configured and tested accounts receivable and accounts payable – customer master data, account groups, number ranges and screen layout rules.
Configured the system to handle partial payments, exchange rate differences, payment advices, payment proposal/payment schedule, payment run, payment media, and interest calculation.
Configured automatic payment program for outgoing payments for company codes in AP.
Configured and implemented asset master records, chart of depreciation and asset sub ledger.
In Asset Accounting, defined chart of depreciation, various depreciation areas and depreciation keys, Asset Classes, number ranges, revaluation settings etc. Also, defined transaction types for various business transaction likes acquisition, retirement, transfers and account determination.
Configured Cost Element Accounting by creating primary and secondary cost elements, cost elements groups, maintained cost element attributes and Costing Sheets.
Configured Profit center accounting (PCA) by creating Standard Hierarchy, Profit centers, Dummy Profit center.
Maintained a settlement profile and settled the AUC asset to a fixed asset for capitalization.
Responsible for making changes, migrating them, completing the ticket and communicating the change to the level 2 support person, who can then resolve and close the call.
Order types, Settlement profile, Settlement structure and Settlement Cost element for Internal order settlements.
Implemented various SAP functionalities and enhancements that were not included in initial implementation e.g. Park and Post Process, Availability Control on Internal Order Budget, Financial Statement Version etc.
Integrated SAP FICO with MM, SD, PS.
Collecting business requirement from the client and map to SAP system.
Created Operating Concern with definition of characteristics and value fields; Configured Costing Based CO-PA.
Participated in full project life cycle implementation including business process blueprint, configuration, conversion, testing, and support.
Client: - Good Rich Engine Control Systems, USA/ UK (Manufacturing)
Duration: January 2012- August 2013
Title: SAP FICO Consultant
As a part of GL transaction processing set the types of journal entries, recurring entries and accrual posting. GL Fiscal month end closing defined financial statement preparation, reconciliations and adjustments, integrated closing schedules and the closing process.
Configured G/L Master records, documents number ranges, posting period variants, reversal of documents, opening and closing of periods, field status variants, document types, posting keys.
Configured Vendor and Customer Master Record, tolerance limits for over Payments and under payments, payment terms, and payment methods.
Worked on Open Text Invoice Management System (VIM)
Involved in the design of Asset class and Chart of Depreciation in Fixed Assets.
Grouped assets into manageable Asset Classes and customized screen layout for each asset class with unique number ranges.
Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements, created Cost Element Groups and Assign Number ranges to groups, configured Automatic and Manual cost element creation.
Worked on PO based invoices - the function modules to process incoming invoices customized for error resolution workflows (price, quantity, amount and Tax errors)
Create a custom AP report that includes VIM, Workflow and AP details
Mass Reversal of Goods Receipts
Maintained Subsystems such as Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Responsible for Processing Payments.
Interacted with client business users for requirement gathering and analysis.
Study and documentation of existing processes for Shipping and Distribution
Client: - N Power, Business (I &C), Birmingham, UK (Utilities)
Duration: September 2011 to December 2011
Role: SAP FI Consultant
This Project was a Support for Finance for SAP 4.6c. Worked as a FI consultant in the team responsible for Global support and enhancement and rollout of SAP FI modules.
Identified to use Profit center accounting to create P&L and Balance sheet statements on key business metrics for predefined areas of responsibility.
Identified Internal Orders that has to be settled to Cost Centers at the end of the period.
Balance Sheet reports, CCA reports etc along with check forms and dunning forms.
Testing: Planned and executed the realization phase and unit testing. Guide the team to integration testing.
Prepared the system for day in life activities and user acceptance testing (UAT).
Prepared documentation and end-user training manuals for business users.
Auto Good Receipt for High Volume Items.
Test build of custom objects in development, testing before moving to Production using test scripts covering test scenarios.
Coordinated with users for User Acceptance Testing and completion
Client: JURY’S INN, Birmingham, UK (Service sector)
Duration: November 2010 to September 2011
Role: SAP FI Consultant
Involved in providing solutions against tickets in areas of General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Asset Accounting.
Configured Down Payment Received and Down Payment Made for Vendor and Customers this includes accounting configuration and Special GL accounts with reconciliation accounts.
Configured Chart of Depreciation, depreciation areas, keys, and created asset classes.
Worked on complex asset master, assign asset classes to account determination, and assign chart of depreciation to asset classes.
Define depreciation areas to post GL accounts, specify FSV for asset reporting, specify document types for posting depreciation and maintain period control.
Monitoring Month End settlement jobs and Period End activities.
Discussing with End Users and providing solutions at a given time period.
Resolved the issues related to GL, AP, AR, Taxation, and Foreign Currency Calculations.
Enhancement to the customized reports after discussing with the User.
Providing day-to-day operational and process support to users.
Making configuration changes whenever required.
Creation New Tax codes and assigns the related GL Accounts
Client: - Birmingham City Council, Birmingham, UK (Public Sector Organization)
Duration: September’08 to October 2010
Role: SAP FICO Consultant - Implementation
Creation of G/L Masters and Maintaining Field Status Variant and Posting Keys
Defining Fiscal year variant, Posting periods, Tolerance groups, Document types, number ranges and opening and closing of FI periods
Define Account Group and Retained Earnings Account.
Created and maintained Master Records like Materials, Customers, Vendors and G/L Accounts according to client's requirements.
Configuration for General Controlling, Cost Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting
In Controlling defined the Master Records like Cost Elements (primary and secondary), Cost Element Groups, Cost Centers, Cost Center Groups and Standard Hierarchy, Cost Element Attributes
Configured and tested accounts payable and accounts receivable – creation of vendor master, account groups with number ranges and assigned them to account groups with screen layouts.
Implementation of authorization group concept with regards to finance.
Configured asset master records, chart of depreciation and asset sub ledger.
In Asset Accounting, defined chart of depreciation, various depreciation areas and depreciation keys, Asset Classes, number ranges, revaluation settings etc. Also, defined transaction types for various business transaction likes acquisition, retirement, transfers and account determination.
Prepared business scenarios, configuration documents and functional specifications for implementation of general controlling, cost center accounting.
Responsible for the configuration and implementation of the SAP CO-PC module.
Configuration responsibilities included product costing, cost center accounting and profit center accounting.
Analyzed and reviewed business processes, user procedures, and system requirements
Responsible for role out implementations and enhancements as per the plan phases.
Assisted end users in month end closing activities.
Work experience on IDOC environment and Configuration settings.
Developing various Functional specs with Technical consultants on Interfaces such as Cash journal advance payment postings, limiting the amount based on business transactions in cash journal, APP, Dunning.
Worked on various controls reports such as duplicate Invoice check Report, parked & blocked documents.
Post go-Live Support for ensuring smooth operational activities (stabilization support), resolve any issues identified by super user such as master data, compliance of various forms and reports.
Exposure in various test phases such as UT, and Performance testing that all are intended for smoothing the go-live.
Client: N.C.P.Services Ltd., London, UK
Duration: June’08-August 08
Role: SAP FI Support Consultant
Journal Entry Posting, Parking of documents, Release / Post / Delete the parked documents, New GL functionalities e.g. Document splitting, parallel accounting, Ledgers etc., Open Item Clearing
FI Validations and Substitutions
Creation of Customer/Vendor Accounts Groups, Number Ranges, and Customer/ Vendor Masters Creation in FI and Centrally, Payment Methods, Normal Payment Terms and Installment Payment Terms, Down payment request, down payments and clearing
Invoice posting, credit memo and reversal of invoice and credit memo
Customer/Vendor Payment and Clearing
Configuring Automatic Payment Program and Dunning for Vendors/Customers
Clearing Outstanding between customer and vendor
Client: IKEA UK Ltd., London, UK (Retail)
Duration: April 08 –May’08
Role: SAP FI Support Consultant
Involved in providing solutions against tickets in areas of General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Asset Accounting.
Monitoring Month End settlement jobs and Period End activities.
Discussing with End Users and providing solutions at a given time period.
Proactively discuss critical issues with other consultants for timely resolution.
Resolved the issues related to GL, AP, AR, Taxation, and Foreign Currency Calculations.
Enhancement to the customized reports after discussing with the User.
Providing day-to-day operational and process support to users.
Making configuration changes whenever required.
Helping for the reporting of the Documents.
Creation New Tax codes and assigns the related GL Accounts
Client: London Borough of Ealing, London, UK (Public Sector Organization)
Duration: December 07-March 08
Role: SAP FI Support Consultant
Month end and Year end closing activities
GR/IR clearing, Automatic clearing Issues
Issues related Invoice verification (MIRO)
Created validations and substitutions to meet the user requirements.
Served as FI team focal point during production support phase and reduced backlog tickets.
Configured and customized chart of accounts, company code global parameters, fiscal year variants, posting period variants, account groups, field status groups, and tolerance groups.
Ensured that bank and correspondence data is created for each vendor and customer.
Dunning, Interest Calculation and Credit Management.
Configured controlling area, operating concern and maintained versions.
Created overhead structures and assigned it to orders to calculate the overhead rates for the fiscal year and periods. Configured internal order settlement, order planning and budgeting profiles.
Handled terms of payments, instalment payments, cash discounts, rounding offs and valuation differences.
Outgoing payment settings for cash, cheques, direct debit, automatic payments.
Automatic account determination, GR/IR, down payments.
Extensively exposed to integration issues of FI with MM and SD.
Configured controlling area settings, number ranges, and maintained versions.
Providing a demo/feasibility study on new functionalities such as automation (scheduling) of payment run in the background.
Created primary and secondary cost elements, cost centre hierarchies, cost element groups, cost centres.
Automatic update of trading partner in settlement of WBS element.
Generated reports in report painter and provided summarized data.
Client: Marvell Business Technologies, London, UK
Duration: Employed: Aug06-Nov 07
Role: SAP FI End User
Posting of entries relating to GL, AP and, AR.
General ledger postings and display balances of G/L accounts and display line items.
Mass reversal and reversal of posted document in GL, AP and AR.
Parking a document for general ledger, accounts payables and accounts receivables.
Post a parked document for GL, AP and AR.
Open and close posting periods in FI.
Handling invoice processing.
Validating line item in GL, AP and AR.
Passing recurring and reversal entries each month
Employer: Gland Pharma Ltd, Hyderabad, India
Duration: Aug’1997 – Feb 2004
Role: Accounts Executive
Managed back office operations, providing adequate channel support to the core accounts team.
Registering and maintaining the records of the customer transactions
Managing assets and liabilities, general ledger accounting and maintenance of fixed
Assets register and capitalization.
Assisting auditors in preparing the audit reports.
Bills receivable, bills payable, credit controlling.
Coordinating with managers of other departments.
Maintaining reconciliations on all bank accounts.
Ensuring all cash is properly processed and banked on a daily basis.
Maintaining reconciliations on all balance sheet accounts.
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