Mahesh Reddy D

+1-913-***-****

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www.linkedin.com/in/mahesh-r-0287b6292 SAP FICO & OpenText VIM Consultant

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over 9+ years of strong functional experience in SAP FICO modules which include two full life cycle implementations, multiple rollouts, upgrades, and production support roles.

Extensive expertise in Design, Development, Configuration, Testing, Troubleshooting, Documentation, and Reporting in FI/CO.

Extensive experience in the configuration of Financial Accounting (SAP-FI) including FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, and Credit Management.

Responsible for putting together and documenting the plan for data conversion of the AR and AP (account payable) open items along with the General Ledger data conversion.

Strong working knowledge in Order Types, Settlement Rules, IO Planning, Distribution Cycles, Cost Collector Configuration and Cost Element Planning.

Experience in Integration testing of Legacy System Interfaces with SAP functionality.

Unit Testing for CO, MM, FI, and PP; Integration Testing for All Modules; User Acceptance Testing for All Modules.

Experienced on S4HANA 2109. Worked on processes such as Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (OTC), and Record to Report.

Excellent Controlling expertise including CO-PA, Product Costing (CO-PC), Project Systems, and PCA.

Experience supporting Open Text VIM, and 'Accounts Payable for SAP' by Open Text solution. Exposure to multiple OpenText products like Archive server. Complete understanding of the end-to-end configuration of Invoice Capture Center (ICC)/(BCC).

Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, and Reporting tools (Report painter and Report writer).

Functional expertise includes PS (Project Systems) and their integration with MM (Material Management), SD (Sales and Distribution), and PP (Production Planning).

I have successfully automated tests to validate data migration processes within SAP FICO, ensuring the accuracy and secure transfer of financial data. My meticulous approach to testing safeguards against discrepancies and guarantees the integrity of financial information across the SAP environment.

I have effectively integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. This strategic implementation enables early detection of issues, providing faster feedback loops to development teams and ensuring the delivery of high-quality SAP FICO solutions.

Capturing business requirements and formulating them into design and solution documents, working with the project team in implementing the Sabrix (OneSource indirect tax) products.

Special emphasis on Data Migration specifications with BDC, BAPI, BADI, and Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects.

Defined, documented, and supported functional specifications for Interfaces (ALE & EDI), Reports, conversation enhancements (User-exits), Forms, and Workflow.

Worked on creating Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, Cost Centre Categories, Cost Centre Planning, and Actual Postings.

Controlling experience includes Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Cost Element Accounting (CEL), Profitability Analysis (COPA), and Product Costing (PC).

Expertise in the SAP Project Systems module, Apart from SAP PS, I have a fair knowledge of the following SAP Areas / Modules: DMS (Document Management System), and IM (Investment Management), and worked for PPM along with a fair working knowledge of the Financials and Controlling, Material Management, Sales and Distribution, and Revenue Recognition.

Skilled in Project Evaluation, Information Gathering, Business blueprint, Documentation, Customization, and Configuration with an in-depth understanding of Business Processes relating to SAP Finance, Controlling, and Integration with SD and MM Modules.

Excellent Technical, Accounting, and Finance knowledge with demonstrated competencies in Financial and Business Analysis and Established, managed key processes within the Financial Shared Services Center (FSSC), ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of financial transactions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger activities.

Worked in 2 full life cycle implementations and migration to S4HANA from ECC.

Experience with ASAP methodology and Experience in migration to S4HANA 2109 from ECC 6.0 using Activate methodology.

Working Experience on S/4 HANA as applied to Finance (FI) and controlling (CO), S/4 HANA Finance, and Process integration areas of SAP.

SECTIONS OF SAP EXPERTISE:

Finance:

General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Lock Box Configuration, Credit Management, Asset Accounting, Investment Management, and Banking.

Controlling:

Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.

Reporting:

Record to report, Report Painter, Report Writer, and ABAP Query.

Other:

MS VISIO, SAP Solution Manager, CATTS, LSMW, ABAP Query, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, ECC 6.0, Microsoft Office applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, Plano, Texas (Manufacturing industry) June 2022- Present

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Data Analysis, Data Migration, Business Analysis, and Project Management of a firm-wide cross-continental Data Migration project for a client who is a leading manufacturer of beverages.

Developed and executed data migration strategies to transfer financial data from legacy systems to SAP FICO, adhering to project timelines and budget constraints.

Played a key role in the migration from SAP ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA 2109 for a prominent player in the beverage industry. Spearheaded the transition, ensuring data integrity, and leveraging the latest functionalities of S/4HANA to enhance financial and controlling processes specific to the beverage sector.

Working on Migration to carry over all open contracts from legacy system to RAR.

Conducted analysis and cleanup of historical financial data in the manufacturing sector, ensuring data integrity by identifying and rectifying discrepancies and inconsistencies.

Executed SAP FI configurations to enhance supply chain and logistics processes in a manufacturing environment. Customized settings for Material Ledger, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) splitting, and intercompany transactions, leading to improved financial visibility, accurate inventory valuation, and enhanced reporting for supply chain-related transactions. Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including IT, finance, and business units, to gather and validate data, ensuring compliance with SAP FICO standards.

Involved in the configuration and data migration of more than one million corporate hardware and software items servicing users and Vendors.

Successfully configured cash application for FI-AR, automating the clearing of open items through the lockbox interface utilizing both BAI2 and IDOC formats.

Streamlined processes by configuring functionalities including partial payments, exchange rate differences, payment advice, payment proposals, and payment media.

Spearheaded the configuration of the automatic payment program, setting up house banks, company code payment methods, employee tolerances, terms of payment, and reason codes.

Pioneered the extension of the global Chart of Depreciation to new units, ensuring consistent accounting standards across entities.

Worked on several POCs for S4HANA 2109 like reducing project risk, facilitating productive decision making and improving overall project productivity.

Created SAP HANA Information Models using Attribute, Analytic, and Calculated Views.

Gather requirements for Simple Finance implementation Develop and Build S/4HANA / Simple Finance Architecture, Build S/4HANA Design Configure, S4/HANA / Simple Finance system. Define HANA sizing, Define Interfaces to the system, define solutions for Proposals and Customer problems, arrange trials for customers to give a feel of service and conduct financial analysis for proposed solutions.

Customizing SAP S/4HANA FICO modules General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Bank Accounting, Fixed Assets Management (AM), Document Splitting, Internal orders.

Customizing New General Ledger (G/L in SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA).

Assisted business stakeholders in Asset conversion data cleansing, ensuring a smooth transition from legacy systems to SAP.

Played a pivotal role in the design and configuration of the Project, aiming to improve credit and A/R operations.

Enhanced RAR for Contract Combinations & Price Allocation as per SSP. Developed upload template for loading operational documents into RAR and Run Z- Program to transfer RAR data to Custom tables.

Developed comprehensive business process flows and functional specification documents for SAP RAR application enhancements.

Ensured compliance by working on tax integration with Sabrix, mapping tax conditions, and tax procedures, and setting up account determination for FI documents.

Successfully managed tax integration for US company codes, ensuring accuracy in both sales and use tax setups.

Collaboratively worked in project planning, estimation, delivery, and tracking, ensuring projects met performance, cost, and schedule requirements. Regularly presented SAP solution designs and proposals to senior management, ensuring alignment with business strategy.

Orchestrated UAT testing, and cutover activities, and provided critical post-go-live support to users.

Designed functional specifications for integration with ReQlogic, enhancing eProcurement and invoicing capabilities.

Established structured financial hierarchies by creating Cost Centers, Primary Cost Elements, and linking them to relevant Profit Centers.

Defined additional account determination to default cost centers, profit centers, and profitability analysis for postings to cost elements in OKB9.

Product Costing (C0PC): Maintaining costing variants, cost component split, WIP, variance, settlements, and month end activities across different production order statuses. Maintaining BOM, routing, individual & collective standard cost estimate, goods issue, confirmation of activities and costing run.

Profitability Analysis (COPA): Planning methods, Layouts, Reports, Planning levels, Planning versions, derivatives rules, Integrated Planning, data uploads from Excel.

Created Planning Layouts, hierarchy and configuration for Cost Center, PCA, and COPA.

Enhanced financial reporting by configuring G/L Master records, document number ranges, posting period variants, and other key functionalities.

Supported global operations by designing a versatile Chart of Accounts and configuring multinational company codes in multiple currencies.

Expertly utilized LSMW with the RAALTD01 program for seamless Fixed Asset conversion.

Paradies Lagardère, Atlanta, Georgia (Retail Industry) Jan 2022-April 2022

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Worked on implementation and migration project.

Led and managed Concurs incidents and Change requests in Concur.

Maintained Concur interfaces with SAP.

Customized pricing conditions specific to this retail industry, such as markdowns, promotions, or discounts and linked those conditions to the FI module for seamless accounting of sales revenue and deductions.

Implemented FSCM functionalities including Cash and Liquidity Management, Credit Management, Collections Management, and Dispute Management within SAP FI & CO modules to optimize financial supply chain processes in the retail industry, resulting in improved cash flow, enhanced credit risk assessment, streamlined collections strategies, and efficient resolution of disputes.

Good Knowledge of integration between SD, MM, and PP with FI/CO with an in-depth understanding of Order to Cash and Procure-to-pay cycles.

Monitored Background jobs and period-end closing procedures.

Worked extensively on generating standard Sales reports in Accounts receivable-MB55 GR/IR balances. Consistently worked on the IDOC interfaces along with ALE.

Configuration of Bank accounting. Responsible for the creation of house banks and configuring the Payment Program with the related Bank Accounting Sub Module Transactions to outsource payment execution to Bank of America.

Acted as a liaison with BOA to clarify the requirements from both the client and banking sides.

Regularly Interacted with Business Users to ensure proper understanding and gathering of the Business Requirements and Functional specifications. Defined the Use cases, and process flows for the business requirements.

Responsible for the Post Go-Live Support. 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.

Led the implementation of SAP FICO solutions for a prominent retail client, overseeing the ECC 6.0 to S/4 HANA 2109 migration and adeptly configuring modules to address industry-specific financial and accounting needs, resulting in enhanced reporting accuracy and compliance. Applying knowledge of SAP FI & CO modules and functional knowledge in finance to document/enhance current business functions and processes.

Led the successful integration of FSCM solutions with SAP FI & CO modules to drive financial supply chain efficiency in the retail sector, resulting in increased transparency, reduced payment-related risks, and strengthened customer relations through effective credit management practices.

Supporting SAP FI & CO modules for all operations and departments by providing business solutions to problems.

Helped in the month-end closing process in the areas where the user community needed help in reporting and the reconciliation of COPA to FI.

Configured Standard Cost estimates in Product Cost Planning for the production orders with quantity structure and configured WIP Calculations and Variance Calculations.

In COPA configured both costing-based COPA and account-based COPA.

Created Characteristics and value fields in COPA.

Maintained assessment cycles and the relationship of cost elements to profitability segments for transferring overhead costs to COPA.

Configured cost-based COPA and configuration of PA structure, derivation rules, and settlement to COPA.

Created a report in COPA to report profitability by customer, market, and product.

Defined CSKA and operating concerns for profitability analysis reports.

Configured basic settings and master data of Profit Center Accounting.

Configuration Vendor Account Groups, Vendor Master Groups. House Banks, Bank accounts, Check lots, Reason codes, Automatic Payments Programs (APP), recurring entries, invoices, credit memos, etc.

Configured the posting keys, and defined templates for recurring entries/ posting in GL accounts. AR - customer transactions, Master data, Payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, Mapping bank's Lockbox format with SAP lockbox format, customizing payment advice notes.

Provided support and guidance to the Business Re-engineering team by identifying potential data risks or issues that existed within the enterprise.

Managed on-time delivery, and project plan, coordinated with the offshore team, and facilitated escalations with the team when warranted.

Developed and modified corporate policies related to the record-to-report function.

Successfully remediated past due to internal audit findings for record to report.

Managed SAP post-go-live activities of issue resolution for affiliate RTR division teams.

Share best practices with customers and identify areas of improvement within Record to Report processes.

Provided guidance and suggestions on potential actions to take.

People’s Natural Gas, Pittsburgh, PA (ISU- Oil and gas) June 2021- Dec 2021

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Implementation projects with a full life cycle, including design, customizing, testing, and training.

Develop and maintain knowledge within the functional area of focus to support the business to design and improve business/system processes.

Mapped and Defined the Chart of Accounts and Customized to the Client's requirements.

Prepared functional specifications for conversions and interfaces, performed post-go-live troubleshooting in FI and CO documented various business process flows, and produced end-user procedures.

Worked on the preparation of Requirements Document, Functional Specifications, Development Specifications, Technical Specifications, and Testing Documentation.

Customization and configuration of General ledger (GL), Accounts receivable (AR), Accounts payable (AP), and Cost center Accounting (CCA).

Hands-on experience in Test Management, site - offshore Coordination, cross-functional testing meetings, discussions and responsibility for deliveries, Reporting, Documentation, and Release Management, which includes Analysing Business Specifications, developing and managing the project test efforts (test plan, test execution strategy, status reports).

Worked with integration with Concur with SAP.

Extensively worked on multiple HR integration projects related to payroll.

Worked with middleware using IDOC while integrating with payroll.

Created partner profile, port definition, message types, and logical message types.

Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, and tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts, and users.

Analysed the business requirements and mapped them to SAP processes, solutions, and products that were being implemented testing, and support of IDOC creation/troubleshooting.

Mentored and trained resources in the area of SAP Tax and Customs using SABRIX.

Led end-to-end design, implementation, and testing of SAP ECC - SABRIX interface.

Provided support in the area of testing and preparing training documents for end-users.

Created testing strategy for unit testing and integration testing.

Analysed and reviewed all business processes, user procedures, and system requirements.

Tested the FI transactions for field errors and missing data in SAP standard programs. And tested all the custom programs, modified the field changes, and enhanced the customized programs.

Actively participated in go-live activities like master data preparation, data migration, cutover, and postproduction support.

Written functional specifications for the new custom developments which included forms, reports, and enhancements.

Proficient in all aspects of Project Systems including Planning, Budgeting, and Costing.

Expertise in the SAP Project Systems module along with a working knowledge of Material Management, Sales, and Distribution.

Project management experience with the SAP Project System includes managing timelines, prioritizing activities, monitoring milestones, and Gantt chart analysis. Conducting Blueprint Workshops.

Provided support in the area of testing and preparing training documents for end-users after going live.

Hosted workshops with all business parties involved to gather business requirements.

Rationalization of Approvals work list of Promotional Schemes from the Branches and cross-module process Inventory tracking.

Expertise in the configuration of Special Business processes like cross-company selling, plants abroad, third-party shipping, Order to cash (OTC), Credit memo and Debit memo, Organizational Units, Master data, and Partner functions.

Nalco Champion (Ecolab), Houston, TX (Chemicals and services industry) Aug 2020-Mar 2021

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Involved in blueprinting and workshops, and requirement analysis for streamlining the various processes in corporate and management projects in AES.

Conducted requirements gathering workshops and documented the business processes.

Implementation projects with a full life cycle, including design, customizing, testing, and training Configured global settings and enterprise structure.

Knowledge and experience in all aspects of RTR (Record to Report), PTP (Procure to Pay), and OTC (Order to Cash).

Configured Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments for Company Codes in Accounts Payable.

Customized Electronic Bank Statement Reconciliation Accounts. Also completed several Reports, Interfaces, and functional specifications and worked closely with the technical team in developing the functional objects.

Asset Accounting - Defined chart of depreciation, various depreciation areas and depreciation keys required asset classes, number ranges, revaluation settings etc.

Profitability Analysis (COPA): Planning methods, Layouts, Reports, Planning levels, Planning versions, derivatives rules, Integrated Planning, data uploads from Excel.

Created Planning Layouts, hierarchy and configuration for Cost Center, PCA, and COPA.

Identify RAR relevant data from source for Order/Contract items, fulfilment items and Invoice (planned and actual) items.

In Asset Accounting, involved in Configuring and creating Asset Master Records, Chart of Depreciation and Customizing Screens for Asset Creation. Involved in defining Depreciation Keys, Calculation Methods, and Depreciation Areas for the Assets Masters.

Worked on customizing the CVI integration to Business Partner.

Cost Center Accounting: Created cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, cost center categories, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments.

Cost Element Accounting: Created Primary and Secondary Cost Elements and created Cost Element Groups.

Responsible for daily Treasury cash management duties, reviewing bank accounts, positive pay, investment logs, and resolving transfer issues.

Testing, and support of In-House Cash, A/P and Treasury Automatic Payment Programs, IDOC creation/troubleshooting, and Configuration of electronic bank statements.

Validated postings from Sales Order document flow to FI including tax postings in Vertex and performed invoice verification.

Performed tax interface configuration for Vertex US sales and use tax. Worked on integration issues with Vertex.

Experienced in working with Banking Interfaces, various modes of payments, Forex Instruments, and related enhancements.

Closely collaborated with the procurement department and maintained Capital Equipment Requisitions to ensure accurate and timely reporting of fixed assets.

Reconciled fixed asset additions of others, pulled data for auditing requests, and properly filed backups.

In Internal Orders maintained order types, screen layouts, maintained order groups, status management, maintained settlement rules, settlement profile, planning profile, budget profile, availability control, etc.

Designed and blueprinted cash management for Cash position Reporting, Cash Forecast Reporting, Liquidity Planner, and Transaction Manager for different borrowing and Investment processes.

In Product Costing, configured standard Cost estimates in Cost object controlling for production orders, Configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures, and handled month-end closing procedures for production orders.

Configured Material Ledger settings for valuation area, currency types, and Number Ranges. Defined Material Movement Type, Material Update Structure. Configured Actual Costing and Actual Cost Component Split.

Profit Center Accounting: Created Profit centers, Standard Hierarchy, Configured Profit center Master Data, maintained Default Account Assignments and Automatic Account Assignments, Validations and Substitutions, Distribution and Assessments.

Configured PCA by creating profit centers, standard hierarchies, assigned elements, to profit centers, planning profiles, and planning layouts.

Good understanding of enhancements in New GL in SAP ECC 6.0

Configured material cost estimate with Quantity structure, costing variant, and cost.

Component structure and BOM and Routing settings required for costing the product.

Good Knowledge of integration between SD, MM, and PP with FI/CO with an in-depth understanding of Order-to-cash and Procure to Pay cycles.

Created a new planning layout using Report Painter and generated reports using Report Writer.

Configured valuation areas, multiple currency types, movement type groups, and material update structure in product costing.

Responsible for carrying out valuation in COPA to access pricing and product cost information thereby allowing projected revenue and cost of sales figures to be calculated.

Implemented transfer of overhead costs and transfer of activities from cost center accounting over to COPA segments.

Fixed issues with valuation areas for material ledger, maintained number ranges, and assigned currency types to material ledger.

Experience supporting Open Text VIM, and 'Accounts Payable for SAP' by Open Text solution.

Used LSMW & CATTs to upload Master data.

Prepared scenarios for unit, functional, and integration testing.

Worked extensively on Microsoft Excel for data analysis and valuation.

AkzoNobel, Nashville, Tennessee (Manufacturing industry) Jan 2018- June 2020

SAP VIM Consultant

Responsibilities:

Worked as an OpenText VIM for processing an incoming vendor invoice which involves (PO&N-PO based), checks/validations, and posting the invoices either with approval process or directly for a client who is a leading manufacturer of paints and performance coatings.

Experience in Invoice (PO/N-PO) Approval Processes, Blocked Invoice Resolution, Parked invoice Resolution, and

provided effective solutions in a highly customized client environment.

Extensively worked on configuring VIM DP document types, Process types, Process options, and Document

Processing.

Experience in using the Service-Now tool that processes and catalogs customer service requests.

Worked closely with the development team for ABAP code development.

Enhanced the system to reach business requirements.

Involved in Shape upgrade.

Involved in SESA vim rollout Project.

Company code rollouts and integration with SAP VIM and BCC.

Conducted training sessions for business users and prepared SADs, technical and functional design documents.

Worked as an OpenText VIM consultant for a client which is a manufacturer of optics and reprography initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers.

Worked on apps based on the Fiori Task app.

Attending tickets as per SLA. Handling Tickets and responsible for closing the same within defined SLA.

Maintaining a Chart of authority and roles in document processing (Role maintenance).

Mindtree, Mumbai, India (ISU-oil and gas) Jun 2013-Dec 2016

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Responsible for an assisting in troubleshooting that the live production sites encountered.

Worked for the client TotalEnergies(Compagnie Française des Pétroles) is one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in the world. Tracked and analysed costs associated with different aspects of their operations and optimized expenses and improved overall cost efficiency.

Worked directly with the end users, conducted various presentations, and worked around solutions to meet client specifications.

Configured the process of foreign currency valuation to evaluate the AR and AP (account payable) open line items and balances of GL accounts in foreign currency to calculate the foreign exchange gain/ loss.

Share best practices with customers and identify areas of improvement within RTR processes.

Advanced skills in GL, AP (account payable), AR, FA, Special Purpose Ledger, Taxation, Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Activity Costing, Profitability Analysis, Profit Center Accounting, and Production planning.

Experience in Treasury management of an enterprise's holdings, with the ultimate goal of managing the firm's liquidity and mitigating its operational, financial, and reputational risk and expertise in multiple modules within SAP Treasury.

Enhanced the intercompany clearing process by using the functional module to update the assignment field for matching records of AR and AP (account payable) documents.

Defined the process of credit management to set the credit limit for just one parent customer in a group which becomes the credit account for the entire group.

Worked with developers to design and test various interfaces between SAP and outside systems including Vertex tax bolt-on software vendor and bank-related interfaces.

Extensive experience with SAP interfaces in the FI and CO areas that include bolt-on products such as Vertex tax for credit card management.

Generation of Vertex Register Reports for detail and totals for taxes, taxable sales, and exempt sales sequenced by state, county, city, and district taxes for the required billing period.

Created Data extracts for reconciliation of SAP General Ledger and Vertex Tax Journal.

Responsible for all aspects of cash management, AR, and AP (account payable) including payment card processing, requirement analysis, requirements gatherings, system customizing and testing, legacy data conversion, user training, and report development.

Automated GR/IR process of clearing the accounts which has the assignment of goods receipts to the corresponding invoice receipts used in the purchase order number.

Knowledge of hardware asset management processes including knowledge of hardware maintenance, from acquisition through disposal.

Configured the system to show vendor name and number in the FBL3N GL line-item display.

Led discussions for a global Treasury operation in eliminating foreign currency risks, optimizing the lending/borrowing process, streamlining inter-company loans, sales/purchase transaction settlements, and liquidity forecast in cash planning.

Configured new payment terms for the down payments as per the client’s requirements.

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