Production Support 4 Hana

SHIVA KUMAR

SAP FICO S/* HANA CONSULANT

515-***-**** MAIL ID: ad5esx@r.postjobfree.com

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SUMMARY

Around 9 years of SAP Professional Experience Functional Configuration with Expertise in FI module and Controlling with Implementation and Support.

Worked in 3 full life cycle ends to end implementation projects, 3 support products.

I have been part of Implementations, Development & Production support projects and exposure include preparation of projects Blueprint, Configuration, Unit & Integration Testing, Training Documentation, and production support.

Delivered expertise in varied industries like Automobile, Utility’s, and Consumer products with extreme supremacy.

Highly skilled Enterprise Resource and Planning able to assist business clients with implementation and upgrade of ERP systems.

Excellent configuration and training skills in FI (GL, AP, AR, AA) Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), LOCK BOX, DME, IDOCS, Dunning, APP, New GL, LSMW, LTMC Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, and Internal Orders.

Experience in WRICEF, USER EXIT, FSD (FUNCTIONAL SPECIF DOCUMENT)

Extensive experience in Procure to Pay (P2P), Record to Report (R2R) and Order to Cash (O2C) processes.

Excellent understanding of Business processes relating to SAP Finance (FI), Controlling (CO) and integration with SD, MM, & PP.

Demonstrated work experience developing functional and technical specifications, Test scripts and User training,

Finance process acumen and experience in architecting and developing SAP solutions enabling all aspects of process, Organization and Technology Financial Management process.

Configured and maintained database for ERP systems to ensure data accuracy and integrity.

Worked on ticketing tools like JIRA, SERIVICE NOW, REMIDI.

Worked on ABAP debugging techniques to work with user-exits and cross applications.

Worked with interfaces like Newgen-VIM, Cadence- GL posting, Ariba-MM, HP ALM and Open Text

Configured Project System (PS) WBS Elements and Internal Orders.

EDUCATION:

PGDM in Banking and wealth management, Martius India - 2017

Bachelor of Commerce in Computers, Andhra University - 2015

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

ERP System Application

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP S/4 HANA (1809.1909)

Applications

MS Office, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Operating System

Windows 2003/07/08/11, Windows XP

Programming Languages

C, C++, HTML

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra.

Areas of Exposure in SAP

BASIC SETTINGS of FI:

Enterprise Structure, Fiscal Year, Doc number ranges, Posting Period Variant and Assignments, Field Status Variant and Field Status Groups, Tolerance Groups, Account Groups, Chart of Accounts, Retained Earnings Account, Global Parameters.

GL ACCOUNTS:

Creation of Sample, Hold and Park Documents, Foreign Currencies Translations, Month end Provisions, Interest Calculations, Multiple Ledgers, Parallel Currencies, Foreign Currencies Balances Revaluation.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES:

Customizing Account Groups and Assigning Number Ranges, Configuration of Customer Master Data, Dunning Level Maintenance, Document Types and Number Ranges, Maintain Payment Terms.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLES:

Customizing Vendor Account Groups and Assigning Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups, Configurations of Vendor Master Data, Document Types and Number Ranges, Creation of House Bank and Executing Automatic Payment Program for Accounts Payables.

Configured Down Payments and Other Special GL Transactions, Define Accounts for Cash Discount Granted and Taken Interest Calculations.

FIXED ASSET ACCOUNTING:

Copy Reference Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas, Account Determination, Creation of Screen Layout Rules and Define Number Ranges, Define Asset Classes and Creation of GL Accounts for Asset

Accounts and Assignments of G/L Accounts. Depreciation Key, Delta Depreciation, Sale of Assets, Transfer of Assets, Calculation of Depreciation.

INDIVIDUAL TOPICS:

Cash journals, Reports, Closing Procedure, Creation of Financial Statement Versions, Bank Reconciliation Statement, Electronic Statements,

Data Medium Exchange, APP through IDOC or EDI, Withholding Tax.

CONTROLLING:

Basic Settings for Controlling

Cost Centre Accounting

Cost Element Accounting

Internal Orders

Classic Profit Centre Accounting (PCA)

Profitability Analysis (COPA)

Product Costing.

INTEGRATION:

Material Management module to FI and CO module

Sales and Distribution module to FI and CO module

Production Planning module to FI and CO module

TAXES:

Goods and Service Tax

Worked with SABRIX Tax calculation.

Withholding Tax.

Vertex

S/4 HANA:

New Features of S/4 HANA Finance

New asset accounting Implementation

Universal Journal

Business partner

New GL

SAP Fiori app

Implementation using Greenfield.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client: AIS Advanced Integration System, FL April-2023– till date

Role: SAP FICO S/4 HANA CONSULANT

PROJECT: IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT

Client Profile: AIS Advanced Integration System, INC Electrical Contractor specializing in commercial and residential Alarm & Security, Access Control and CCTV. Free Estimates! Enterprise CCTV and ACS Free Site Evaluations. We are now a local Generac dealer! We are also specialized in gate controllers and intercom systems for Apartment and Businesses. Vehicle charging systems and installs, outlets, Electrical power upgrades, Outdoor lighting, conduit, anything electrical and everything electrical. Your 1 stop High and Low voltage contractor. We are also specialized in Commercial Fire Alarm installation and Maintenance. Serving.

Responsibilities:

As an SAP FICO S/4 HANA I have handled implementation with following tasks:

●Conducted workshops to demonstrate out of box SAP S/4 functionalities in the areas of GL, AR, AP, Banking, Asset accounting, overhead controlling.

●Worked on Agile methodology.

●Organized workshops to collect business requirements for Asset accounting, Custom bank reconciliations, Purchase order workflows, Credit management, Idocs integrations with billing systems, Chart of account unification, US tax setup, Automatic Payment program and DMEE extracts, Dunning, Invoice & Check print.

●Lockbox payments and electronic bank statement configuration.

●Conducted Gap analysis, document finding, evaluated scope of studies suggested solutions through sap for implementation and customization.

●Worked with Banking process like Lockboxes, Checks, Wires.

●Configured New Asset Accounting, Chart of Depreciation, Asset Capitalization, Post Capitalization.

●Managed multiple ledgers within the general ledger according to the client requirements, worked on a parallel accounting model following the rules of NEW GL.

●Worked on Inter Company and Intra Company accounting.

●Worked on BAPI and BADI.

●Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) enable access to SAP functions across formal, stable and dialog-free interfaces. These interfaces can be used by external applications developed by customers and complementary software partners as well as by other SAP applications.

●performed development testing on related tasks associated with data migration.

●Provide functional expertise during Business blueprint and should be able to provide guidance/recommendation on the SAP MM/P2P solutions.

●Expertise in cross module integration scenarios with MM.

●Responsible for material valuation, inventory, and account determination.

●Designing and testing of customer specific pp order confirmation using barcode scanning.

●Implemented MM P2P configuration, configured purchase requisitions and automated PO process to a great extent by assigning processing requisitions based on info records, and extensive use of contract.

●Configured in-bond out-bond process in IDOCS.

●Worked on requirements gathering for Record to Report from end users and BI team.

●These are like user exits but are implemented using ABAP Objects. BADI's can be implemented in every stage of the systems landscape. That means there are more than SAP and Customer specific views, but also country or language specific views.

●Rule based workflow BRF+ rules in MDG for parallel and Dynamic approvers.

●Configured all out of box Finance and controlling functionality including credit Management, Product costing, Bank Interfaces (ISO20022) and custom bank reconciliation statements.

●Implemented Product costing, Result Analysis, Overhead calculation & Material Ledger.

●Unit testing of FI (GL, AR, AP) and CO settings on the development server and ultimate transportation on to the testing and production server.

●Functional design of interface into SAP RAR from third party system and assistance team with technical design.

●Configuration of PS structures: WBS, NETWORK, MILESTONE, Cost plannings, Budgeting, material requirement planning, project quotation, goods issues and other projects activities in sap ps.

●Modified BRF+ rules for collection strategy for dunning.

●Experienced with RTR creating functional specification for BI to extract data from FI and CO for reporting and financial accounting.

●Unit testing of full order to cash and procure to pay process.

●Configured the RAR system with all required BRF+ application configurations, RAR baseline configuration, including decision table maintenance.

●Documented all end-to-end processes for training and conducted users training for SAP S/4 Finance and controlling topics (GL, AR, AP, Banking, AA, OH Costing, CO-PC)

●Data uploads using LTMC templates & custom development, testing and performing data upload. GL balances both cumulative and line-item balances including vendor, customer, and asset master data.

●Distribution for Cost Centre and Profit centres- Cycle creation, set and execute.

●Controlling General Settings: Customizing and Configuration of Operating Concern, Controlling Area, Number ranges and Versions.

●Cost Element Accounting: Cost Elements, Cost Element Groups, Primary, Secondary and Cost Element Categories.

●Proficient in design configuration of CO Sub-modules includes.

●Internal Order: Creation of Internal Order Types, Internal Order Budget settings and Settlements of Internal Orders.

●Margin Analysis: Operating Concern, Characteristics, Segment Level Characteristics, Value fields, Derivation and Valuation Strategy, Actual values Flow to COPA, COPA Planning (KEPM), PA Transfer Structure and CO-PA Reports (Report Painter), Copa Summarization, COPA Assessment.

●Configured Settlement profile, Allocation structure, Source structure, WIP and Result Analysis for production order period end process.

●Calculation bases, percentage overhead rates, quantity based overhead rates for costing sheet in product cost.

Client: TXU ENERGY Pune, India Jan 2020 – Feb 2023

Role: SAP FICO S/4 HANA CONSULANT

PROJECT: IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT (1909)

Client Profile: TXU Energy is an American retail electricity provider headquartered in Irving, Texas, serving residential and business customers in deregulated regions of Texas since the deregulation of the Texas electricity market in 2002. A subsidiary of Vistara Corp, it is one of the largest retail electricity providers in Texas.

Responsibilities:

●Conducted value discovery & design Workshops for out of box and customer specific scenarios in SAP Finance and controlling functionalities.

● Handled Super user meetings, prepared meeting materials and delivered presentations as required.

●Interacted with client’s business users for requirements gathering and analysis.

●Implements new and routine standard and customized sap configurations based on the business requirements requested.

●Created new tax configuration as for client requirements.

●Uploaded the data to SAP by LTMC.

●Worked on P2P and warehouse management by integration of MM, PP and SD.

●Involved in process design, gap analysis, mapping of business processes and configuration of SAP MM and WM modules.

●Experience in the entire cycle of P2P process right from the stage of RFQs unit the vendor invoice.

●Validated WM integration with SD, P2P and QM modules.

●Cutover planning in MM, P2P WM modules.

●Worked with various business stakeholders on SAP master and transactional data, chart of accounts, Business Partners (Vendors and Customers), Open AP, Open AR and Open G/L Balances.

●Identified various Gaps with SAP Fiori Apps that needed modifications to be able to post to Universal GL and worked closely with technical consultants.

●Provided guidance on how to follow SAP Best Practices for all different business scenarios for Finance like AP, AR, GL, and Banking.

●Designed and executed SAP S/4 data migration plan for multiple phases 0,1 and 2.

●Implemented Assembly processing with Project system.

●Managed weekly working committee presentations for migration status, risk items and open items.

●Created and executed migration cockpit run cycles for Master data - AP, AR, Assets, Material, GL, Cost centre, Profit center and Transaction Data – GL balances, AP & AR Open items, Inventory Balance, Open PO’s.

●Created 12+ data migration scripts using LTMC and LSMW.

●Conducted 20+ user workshops for training and guiding usage of unified data collection templates.

●Responsible for Preload and Post Load data validation and for creation and distribution of preload and post load reports related to legacy and SAP data.

●Configured the areas of AP, House Banks, and Automatic Payment programs. Involved in optimizing bank details for wire payments, checks, Void reason codes and clearing.

●Worked on Product Costing configuration.

●Implemented Material Ledger variance account simplification, to consolidate the accounting transaction from 20 accounts to just over 3 accounts, saving several man days during each accounting close.

Client: Valvoline Cummins, Pune, India Oct 2016 - Dec 2019

Role: SAP FICO Consultant

PROJECT: IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT (ECC 6.0)

Client Profile: Valvoline Cummins Private Limited is a 50:50 joint venture between Valvoline Global operations and Cummins India Ltd; India’s leading manufacture of diesel engines and the largest exporter of engineering products – has resulted in Valvoline Cummins Private Limited, that is engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of lubricants, grease and other allied products.

Responsibilities:

●Involved in SAP R/3 Configuration in Configuration Server.

●Conducting and Coordinating Business Blueprint workshops for understanding client requirements. Preparation of business blueprint deliveries. The task involved identification of data conversions required, interfaces needed.

●Understanding the business scenario in the Q/A database and generating issue logs to track issues in the following areas.

●General Ledger/Chart of Accounts.

●Collaborative work with the key users in the documentation of “As-is process”.

●Performed data validation and account determination for mapping of the processes on to the SAP R/3 System.

●Gap analysis with realization of open issues and design of best fit functionalities.

●Educating the client of FI and CO Master and transaction data information with intercompany processing details.

●Testing of full order to cash and procure to pay process. Have good experience in writing functional specifications for generating new reports to ABAP programmers.

●Successful Implementation of FI (GL, AR, AP) and CO settings on the development server and ultimate transportation on to the testing and production servers.

●Involved in Customization, Configured Global & Organizational Structure.

●Configuration of Vendors and Customers Account Groups, Number Ranges Respective Screen Layouts.

●Providing support on the general FICO part related to Automatic Payment Program, Down Payment Procedure.

●Configured ERP structure and Financial Accounting global settings, key settings being company code, Business area, Fiscal year variants, Field status variant, Open and Close Posting Periods, Document Types and Document Number Ranges and Validations.

● Credit management settings: key being credit control area and risk categories.

●Implementation and maintenance of FI-AR, FI-AP master data of customers and vendors with open item processing.

●Configuration of interest calculation. 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, Asset accounting, Cost and Profit centre accounting.

●Conversion of year dependent periods to normal calendar month periods. I was involved in period end and year end closing activities. Assist in the month-end closing process.

●Work with various departments to identify assets to be capitalized, retired or have their lives accelerated or decelerated.

●Perform depreciation function on monthly basis. Responsible for maintaining the SAP project system for Capital Projects. Prepares the roll forward for asset retirement obligations.

●Coordinate with various departments to determine monthly Capital and Depreciation accruals. Perform General Ledger expense analysis. Provide support for various departments as necessary (i.e., Running queries, reports, research etc.).

●Prepare monthly & quarterly general ledger account reconciliations. Prepare schedules and provide support to our external auditors.

Client: FORCE MOTORS BANGALORE, INDIA Jun 2015 – Sep 2016

Role: Junior SAP Consultant

PROJECT: SUPPORT

Client Profile: Force Motors Ltd is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company, based in Pune. From 1958 until 2005, the company was known as Bajaj Tempo Motors because it originated as a joint venture between Bach raj Trading Ltd and Germany's Tempo. The company is known for brands like Tempo, Matador, Mindoro and Traveler. Over the last five decades, it has partnered with global manufacturers such as Daimler, ZF, Bosch, VW, Troton and MAN.

Responsibilities:

●Maintain Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period Variant & Field Status Variant.

●Define open and close posting periods.

●Define document types & No ranges for GL & Sub ledgers.

●Defining chart of accounts, account groups and general ledger accounts for company code.

●Configured FI-AR and FI-AP modules including creation of Vendor master records, Customer master records, Account groups, Number Ranges, Tolerance Groups, Account Determination and Default Account Assignments.

●Configured Automatic Payment Program for outgoing payments which included payment methods, House Bank accounts, Ranking orders of Bank Accounts

●Well exposure towards ASAP Methodologies.

●Involved in Unit testing and Integration testing.

●Maintained documents Test suite, test cases and test scripts.

●Providing Functional Specifications in developing the Customization reports.

●Involved in cut-over activities.

●Tax: Vendor invoice creation, checking correctness of tax percentages, GL Account assignments, executing tax reports.

●AR/AP: Creating customer/vendor invoices and debit/credit memos, payments.

●FI SD: O2C cycle creation of sales order, posting delivery, good issue and billing, creation debit/credit memo request, payment realization.

●FI MM: Creation of Purchase Order, MIGO & MIRO (Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt).

●CO Analysis: Creation/Marking and Releasing and reorganization of cost estimates, internal order creation, mapping, analysis (tooling) and settlement.

● Banking: Automatic Payment Program using IDOC

●Ticket handling related to FI-CO ensures the quality of solutions.

●Interacting with cross-functional and technical consultants to get input on issues.

●Assisted end users in maintaining and updating master data.

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