Accounting Accounts Payable
Resume:
SAP FICO Functional Consultant
Venkata A.Gorty
Email: ****@********.***
Ph.:609-***-****
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
SAP Functional Consultant with 8 years of functional experience in Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules.
SAP experience encompasses expertise in implementing, customizing, configuring, system upgrade, integrating, business process re-designing, testing, user training and support of SAP with different versions including ECC 6.0.
Worked in 2 full cycle implementations using ASAP (Accelerated SAP) methodology with experience in all project phases – project preparation, business blue print, realization, final preparation, go-live and post live production support, with documentation.
Extensive knowledge in Technology Landscape.
Extensive hands on experience in Financial Accounting (FI) including General Ledger (GL), New G/L, Asset Accounting (AA), Bank Accounting (BA), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Special Purpose Ledger and Treasury.
Controlling experience includes Cost Element Accounting (Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis (COPA) and Profit Center Accounting (PCA).
Strong Knowledge in migration of data from legacy system to SAP for upgrade / new implementation / integration using LSMW and ECATT.
Proficient in external reporting and preparation of financial statements with good understanding of GAAP and IFRS financial analysis.
Proficient in integrating the entire Order-2-Cash business process covering: configuration of customer master records, customer transaction processing (including invoices, credits, and payments) and integrating with SD module.
Proficient in integrating the entire Purchase-2-Pay business process: configuration of vendor master records, vendor transaction processing (including invoices and payments), integrating with MM module, invoice verification & outgoing payment process.
Performed Unit Testing and Integrated System Testing while providing support during User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Resolved defects and provided super-user & end-user training & documentation.
Demonstrated ability to work both in independent and team-oriented environments with well-developed organizational skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills with problem solving ability.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client: Kerry Inc, Beloit WI NOV 2013 – Present
Role: SAP FICO Consultant
Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Manufacturing
Responsibilities:
Worked on full spectrum of ASAP methodology from gathering functional requirements, blue printing, configuration, customization, data migration, testing and training.
Defined ledgers for general ledger accounting, edited chart of accounts and created G/L master accounts.
Translated client's business requirements into actual system configuration by developing a configuration specification document (CSD) to map client's business requirements to the relevant functionalities in the new SAP General Ledger including document splitting, segment reporting, CO-FI integration and parallel ledger functionality.
Worked with document types like sample and recurring documents.
Configured different types of open item clearing - standard, partial and residual clearing as well as reversal of transactions.
Defined house banks and configured ranking orders for house banks based on payment methods.
Configured automatic payment program (FBZP) for outgoing payments, which included payment methods, bank accounts and ranking order of bank accounts, and automatic account determination using FBKP.
Configured sub ledgers of accounts receivable and accounts payable by creating customer /vendor groups, reconciliation accounts for customer/vendor groups and creating customer/vendor master records.
Configured special G/L transactions such as downpayment made to a vendor and downpayment received from a customer.
Defined dunning procedures to receive past due payments from customers. Attached dunning procedure to customer master record and ran dunning program (F150).
Configured automatic payment program (F110) to clear vendor invoices using all configured payment methods in the company code.
Configured witholding and extended witholding tax settings by defining rounding rules for witholding tax type for payment postings, defining withholding tax codes and formulas for calculating witholding tax, creating G/L master accounts to hold extended witholding tax deducted.
Configured subledger of asset accounting by creating chart of depreciation, account determination, creating screen layout rules and defining asset classes.
Worked on LSMW for all the data migrations/conversions and master data uploads.
Configured tax codes for input and output taxes.
Configured controlling area settings such as cost element accounting, cost center accounting and profit center accounting.
Configured profitability analysis (COPA) settings by running operating concern, integrating postings in other modules/sub modules to COPA and setting derivation and substitution rules.
Worked on purchase orders (Procure to pay) -Configured FI- MM integration (OBYC).Worked on Sales orders (Order to cash) - configured FI-SD integration (VKOA) and had closely worked with MM and SD consultants.
Client: Cephalon Inc, West Chester PA AUG 2012 – OCT 2013
Role: SAP FICO Accounts Payable Consultant
Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Pharma Manufacturing
Responsibilities:
Responsible for all accounts payable processes.
Created vendor groups and defined tolerances for customers/vendors
Created vendor group reconciliation accounts
Created vendor master records
Created and displayed vendor invoices and vendor line items
Configured special G/L transactions like downpayments made by vendors by defining reconciliation accounts
Cleared vendor downpayment and manually cleared vendor invoices
Worked extensively on setup and maintenance of vendor filing system swell as PO &NON PO invoice processing
Managed the accurate and timely processing of up to 20,000 invoices ($1M) per month for large, multi-site organizations. Assessed and closed A/P sub-ledger on a monthly basis, validated content and resolved various issues
Configured witholding and extended witholding tax settings. In Withholding tax settings, extensively worked on configuring 1099 and 1042S tax rate settings for different countries. Involved in yearend filing and printing to IRS and vendors.
Defined rounding rules for witholding tax type for payment postings
Defined withholding tax codes and formulas for calculating witholding tax
Assigned extended witholding tax type for company codes and activated extended witholding tax
Created G/L master accounts to hold extended witholding tax deducted
Worked on LSMW for all the data migrations/conversions and master data uploads
Configured automatic payment program (F110) to clear vendor invoices using all configured payment methods in the company code
Conducted user meetings, compiled issues list, and worked with end users and managers to resolve issues
Completed Configuration for FI/CO integration with MM for material movements and SD with pricing and billing including automatic account determination and GL account postings.
Worked with customer solutions analysts, functional developers and business personnel to understand Treasury business processes and provide the technology to support these processes.
Client: Discount Tire Company, Scottsdale AZ NOV 2010 - JUL 2012
Role: SAP FICO Functional Consultant
Version: ECC 6.0(Full Cycle Implementation)
Industry: Retail
Responsibilities:
Defined ledgers for general ledger accounting, defined and activated non leading ledgers. Activated cost of sales accounting.
Configured different types of open item clearing - standard, partial and residual clearing as well as reversal of transactions.
Worked with document types like sample and recurring documents.
Extensively worked on sub ledgers - accounts receivable, accounts payable and asset accounting.
Configured accounts receivable by creating customer groups, creating reconciliation accounts for customer account groups, creating customer master records, creating and clearing customer invoices.
Configured accounts payable by creating vendor groups, creating reconciliation accounts for vendor account groups, creating vendor master records, creating and clearing vendor invoices.
Configured asset accounting settings copying chart of depreciation, assigning tax codes for non taxable transactions, account determination, creating screen layout rules, defining asset classes, defining G/L accounts, integration with G/L accounts, defining screen layout for asset master data and asset depreciation areas, defining depreciation methods, creating main and sub assets.
Configured special G/L transactions such as making downpayment to vendors and receiving downpayment from customers.
Configured payment method to vendors by defining house banks, assigning check books, bank determination and assigning payment method to vendor master record.
Configured settings for internal orders by defining order types, creating G/L accounts, creating internal orders, displaying actual cost line items for orders, reposting line items, manual reposting of costs, internal order planning and running variance reports.
Customized settings for cost element accounting by automatic creation of cost elements and ran master data report.
Customized settings for profit center accounting by maintaining plan versions, creating dummy profit centers, defining profit centers and setting control parameters for actual data.
Customized settings for cost center accounting by defining cost center categories, creating cost centers, defining cost center groups, creating activity types, maintaining statistical key figures, posting transactions, reposting costs manually, changing cost element/activity input planning, running variance report.
Worked on LSMW for all the data migrations/conversions and master data uploads.
Configured tax codes for sales and purchases.
Client: Zurich Insurance, Schaumburg IL OCT 2009 - OCT 2010
Role: SAP FICO Support Consultant
Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Banking & Finance
Responsibilities:
Gathered client requirements and prepared blue print by reengineering the system to fill the GAP between AS-IS and TO-BE systems, mapping processes to SAP functionality, and collecting master data.
Assisted in data migration from legacy to SAP ECC using ECATT.
Modified existing functional specifications for any field changes, creating new fields and enhancing the customer objects to make them compatible with new version.
Documented all changes, revised the business process procedures (BPPs) to facilitate the changes during the upgrade and train end users of new functionality being added with version change.
Successful implemented FI and CO settings on the development server and ultimate transportation on to the testing and production servers.
Maintained FI-AR, FI-AP master data of customers and vendors and handled open item processing.
Implemented dunning by dunning procedure for ISU-FICA and Configured clearing control variant for FICA.
Involved in the migration of master data and transaction data into SAP system.
Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms).
Supported post go-live phase of the project. This includes interfacing with the Accounts Payable and Purchasing departments to implement temporary business processes to manage the transfer of unconverted legacy data into SAP.
Monitored background jobs and fixed production issues & problems where applicable.
Client: TXU Energy, Irving TX AUG 2008 - OCT 2009
Role: SAP FICO Testing Consultant
Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Utility
Responsibilities:
Tested FI application in phases. Involved in Planning, for Unit, Integration and UAT, Cycle 2 & Cycle 3 Testing.
Identify & communicate project risks as they are uncovered throughout the test cycle.
Tested the posting for Account Receivables and Account Payables in Finance module.
Tested setting for sales tax, withholding and tax calculation for USA.
Configured and tested for vendors subject to withholding tax, interest calculations on item \ balance interest calculation, number ranges for forms, interest on arrears, account balance calculation on account balances / line items.
Worked with SAP Portal, MDM architects and SAP Basis team to analyze the performance issues.
Expertise in creating Bug Reports using tools like Test Director / Quality Center / ALM, Rally, JiRA and reporting for both Manual and Automated Test environment.
Created Data Flow Diagrams and Entity Relationship Diagrams.
EDUCATION
Master of Science – The Ohio State University, Columbus OH.
Bachelor of Technology – Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana.
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