Zhe XU (Leon)

Email: acu5ta@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 403-***-****

PROFILE

Certified SAP FICO Solutions Consultant with 13+ years of comprehensive experience in SAP functional & Technical, including 5 full life-cycle implementations and global template roll-out projects. Demonstrated ability to support busy teams with multiple assignments, while effectively managing competing deadlines and priorities. Exceptional ability to quickly master new technology and apply it with full range of capabilities.

Specialties:

SAP certified Financials-Managerial & Financial Accounting Solution Consultant with Master degree of MBA(Financial Management) and Bachelor degree of Computer Science

Strong understanding of business process (P2P,O2C etc)and efficient in configurations, customization and integration of financial modules with other core modules BI/BW, SD, MM, PM and PP & PS etc.

Excellent SAP project management skill by ASAP methodology: Project Preparation, Business Blueprint (scope document, as-is, to-be, GAP analysis), Realization (build, testing), Final Preparation (unit test, integration test, UAT, cut over activity), Go-live, Operate (sustainment and training).

Expert functional and technical knowledge of SAP report writer and report painter

Experienced Interacting with all levels of IT and business unit management over 19+ years experience

Strong organizational skills, customer service skills, good interpersonal communication skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CGI 2015- Present

Client1: Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel)

Role: SAP FICO Senior Consultant Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Conducting PM55 project Integration Test & IFRS15 Project Functional Design Documentation.

Optimize Asset Accounting settlement process and design workflow of AMF-Asset Movement Form.

Enhanced CRB+ (Revenue Management) inbound SAP interface and EBS-Electronic Bank Statement interface with TD bank via WARF-Work Authorization Request Form.

AP Wire transfer Payment Remittance Bug Fix.

Enhance Cash Management Pension Statement Report.

Lead Shorten Fiscal Year Variant (January-March) and Year Dependent Variant (April-March) changes and Regression Testing.

Client2: Advance Engineered Products Ltd

Role: SAP FICO Senior Consultant Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Built Income Statement-Manufacture Branch Version Report & Branch Summary Report.

Created Balance Sheet Report via Report painter.

Canexus Corporation 2011 - 2015

SAP FICO Analyst Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Supported SAP FICO Production activities, including Cost center accounting(CO-CCA)-Cost Element, Statistical key figures, Overhead, Profit center accounting(PCA),Profitability analysis(COPA)-Profitability Segment, Internal Orders, Product Cost(COPC), Budget & Planning, Allocations (Distribution and assessment cycles),WIP analysis, EC-CS, Period end closing, GL, AR, Assets Accounting and Accounts Payable Payments to Bank interfaces.

Configured the controlling area, cost elements, Cost centers, Number ranges, Cost center hierarchy; Configured Material Ledger and Monitored the periodical Costing run, Collaborated with other teams in defining the characteristics, value fields, derivation rules, COPA structures, condition types, currency settings and operating concern creation.

Developed and maintained the configuration and functional design documents and support role based on profile changes for the FICO and Treasury.

Conducted configuration of Asset Accounting - Chart of Depreciation, Asset Classes, and Asset Master Data, Depreciation areas, Depreciation Key, Asset Acquisition, Transfer, AUC, ARO-Asset Retirement Obligation and reporting.

Built substitution and validation rule and monitored the Ttype posted correctly, Use Report painter to generate reports of PCA&GL required by the Business Owner. Coordinated with the ABAP-development team to implement parked MM Non-PO invoice approval workflow based on MM-approval strategy.

Coordinated the OSS notes applying and corresponded best practices.

Involved in SAP ECC6.0 Support Stack 20&24 Upgrade by coordinating the financial & applications team.

Configured SAP FI-GL area such as Chart of Accounts, GL configuration, parallel currency, Recurring entry, Manual Accrual, Clearing Activities, GST & PST configuration, Period end activities and Automatic Clearing functions.

Worked for FI-AP and Supply chain function on MM-LIV logistic invoice verifications (3-way match) and displayed various different functionalities like invoice reductions and early payment discount.

Implemented Project - Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) – blueprint, report design, testing, detailed planning of process, implementation and end-user training, created various reports in EPM for business use.

Optimized the business processes by SAP function, assisted business users to implemented SAP jurisdiction tax solution in most efficient and effective ways.

Performed solution analysis on FI-TR Treasury. Determined the level of work effort required for outbound electronic payments (mapping IDOC to XML ACH and EDI 820 format). Implemented inbound Electronic and Manual Bank Statements (MT940, BAI & BAI2) Data conversion for HSBC.

ATB Financial 2010 - 2011

Business Analyst (CORE-SAP FICO) Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Prepared ATB SAP banking project and program engagements through research and analysis of data & business processes.

Revised and documented the development and execution of Business Readiness strategies as project owner.

Validated and optimized technical architecture to ensure a smooth transition from program deployment to steady state and beyond.

Caterpillar (China) Investment Co., Ltd. 2006 – 2010

SAP FICO CBS Senior Solutions Consultant Tianjin, P.R.China

Implemented two full lifecycle SAP implementations for Caterpillar ASIATRAK (ATL) and Caterpillar Asia Power System (APS) from Blueprint Definition to Post-Go Live support stage, Conducted Unit Integration Test, User Acceptance Test and Regression Testing. Provided project cost control, monitoring and financial/management reporting.

Designed, configured and tested Uploading the master data using LSMW-Legacy System Migration Workbench, Master Data maintained for SAP FICO, MM, SD, PP, PS module based on Master Data Governance Process.

Optimized & Improved business process as Six Sigma Green Belt with DMAIC methodology.

Implemented in SAP configuration and capability analysis in SAP FICO modules (GL, AR, AP, SPL, AA, CCA, PCA, COPA, COPC, Bank Accounting, Manufacturing Planning, Month-end/Year-end etc).

Maintained required settings in Accounts Payable via Configured End to End AP module including the Vendor Groups / Number Ranges, Automatic Payment Program, Configured Special Ledger Withholding Taxes, Check Settings Configured AP integrations to MM for various material movements (Automatic Account Assignments), Worked on LIV (Logistics Invoice verification),Vendor payment thru EDI.

Set-up & Maintained Customer Master data along with, Customer Groups, Payment Terms, Reporting, AR

Aging. Evaluated requirements for processing intercompany AR & AP transactions.

Documented all the changes (including OSS notes applied) in the business and their corresponding changes

in SAP Solution Manager.

Defined Functional Specifications and for the RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversion, Enhancements and Forms) Optimization, and other FIT Gaps in the present business system.

Trained users at various levels for document entry with concepts like reverse, hold documents, parking document, reference documents, editing and document Entry screen.

Hi-P (Tianjin) Electronics Co., Ltd. 2004 – 2006

SAP FICO Supervisor Tianjin, P.R.China

Presented leadership in three successive full lifecycle implementations for Hi-p Tooling (2006), Hi-p Technology (2005), and Hi-p Electronics (2004).

Designed, configured and tested Project Systems module in Hi-p Tooling project with WBS, work centre and project profile maintenance, network confirmation, activity price revaluation, project budget and cost analysis.

Cooperated with Client Business Users for Requirements Gathering and Analysis.

Led the SAP Scoping, Configuration, Upgrade and Implementation support in Finance areas including SAP GL (General Ledger), SAP-AP (Accounts Payable), Vendor master setup, SAP-AR (Accounts Receivable), and SAP-AA (Asset Accounting), Controlling Profitability Analysis, Budgeting, Product Cost, and Month/Year end closing, setting up of the batch/background jobs.

Designed and expanded the GLOBAL template, SAP Business Process mapping, FIT-GAP Analysis documents, business processes, and Process documentation. And led collaborative cross-functional SAP initiatives and played a major leadership role in the development of BPR (Business Process Reengineering) relevant to Financial Business Scenarios associated with North China’s SAP business activities, reduced production costs by implementing a ‘Material Scrap’ report.

Supported the critical integration areas of SAP-FI with other modules like SD, MM and PP.

Performed Functional unit testing for some of the new developments, upgrades, and work requests in various other modules including SAP-PS (project systems).

Participate in Super User meetings, preparation of meeting materials and Co-coordinating with business for

giving acceptable solutions to problems within predefined stringent time limit.

Bridgestone (Tianjin) Tire Co., Ltd. 2003 – 2004

SAP Consultant Tianjin, P.R.China

Provided Technical Support on SAP Basis Module and delivered SAP knowledge training to end users

Conducted SAP Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) security role-mapping and Segregation of Duties (SOD) authorization settings, analysis, governance, and reporting.

Operated in system monitoring, performing health checks, and setting profile parameters and operation modes, monitoring background jobs and optimized the instance. Applied kernel patches, OSS notes and support packages, spool admin & transport management.

EDUCATION

Master Degree of Business Administration Financial Management

Tianjin University of Finance & Economics, P.R. China

Bachelor Degree of Computer Science

Tianjin Normal University, P.R. China

CERTIFICATES

SAP Global FI/CO certificate, #4894789

Solution Consultant mySAP Financials-Managerial & Financial Accounting

ASUG - Americas' SAP Users' Group

CCNA Certificate, #CSCO10564943

MCSE,MCP,MCDBA Certificate, #2834693

Award & Recognition

Outstanding Contribution Award (2009) for successful implementation of Caterpillar SAP project

- 2009 Caterpillar

Canstar Employee Recognition Award (2014) for successful completion of the SAP BPC Consolidation Project

- 2014 Canexus

REFERENCES

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