Sap Fico Solutions Architect
Resume:
Jitendra D Dubey
Solutions Architect - SAP FICO and Vertex
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SUMMARY:
Over 20 years of experience in leading and implementing SAP FICO projects.
Ensuring swift and on time delivery of all major projects within Finance portfolio.
Expertise in SAP Finance and Controlling with 9 full life-cycle Implementations
Business Consulting & Functional Analysis of different areas within SAP.
Implemented multiple projects in SAP FI/CO along with other projects MM, SD and CS Modules in SAP as per ASAP methodology.
S4 HANA implementation 1909 and 2101 along with Group reporting, Account based COPA, Product costing, RAR and CLM.
Implemented RE-FX – IFRS16 leasing accounting, Revenue Recognition and other legal reporting requirements for multiple countries.
SAP implementation in Brazil, Argentina, China, Mexico and other CEE and Asian countries.
Lead for SLO project in harmonizing Chart of accounts, Controlling area, Cost center and Profit centers.
Interface development with Invoiceware for digital invoicing and other legal reporting requirements
Interfacing SAP with TMS system BlueYonder using API.
Vertex O series implementation and upgrade experience along with Accelerator.
SAP migration to AWS EC2 and S3 for storing files.
Completed AWS Cloud practitioner certification and S4 HANA associate certification course
Salesforce Intergration with SAP
Migrate to Simple Finance as Add-on with New Asset Accounting implementation.
Also worked in other applications like Basware (Invoice management system), TRAX, Vertex, MasterSaf, Invoiceware and Winshuttle.
Managing budgets for different applications and projects
Possess excellent internal communication and organizational skills with proven abilities to handle multiple tasks, Team Management, Customer relationship Management and planning with strict adherence to time schedules.
Implementation experience in General Ledger (GL), New GL, Account Receivable (AR), Account Payable (AP), Asset Accounting (AA), Special purpose Ledger, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Project Systems, Profit Center Accounting (PCA) and COPA.
Implemented FSCM for one division of CHEP.
Experience covers all stages of SAP FI/CO activities from Fit Gap analysis, Develop, Creation of business blueprints, Configuration, training, Realization, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Go Live support and Production support.
Integration of FI with MM, SD and HR with Procure to Pay, Order to cash and Payroll Cycles.
Design and implement complete process of P2P, I2C and R2R.
Special emphasis on Data Migration and ETL specifications with BDC, Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) for data uploads for various SAP Projects
Extensive exposure in writing functional specifications including interfaces and working with programmers.
Strong knowledge of business processes in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Cost Accounting concepts.
Extensive experience in developing specifications for Interfaces and Custom Reports
Good knowledge in ABAP debugging techniques to work with user-exits and cross applications. Excellent in working with posting validations, substitution rules, forms, interfaces (ALE & EDI), user-exits, and reporting tools
Experienced in User Acceptance Testing and Integration testing of Legacy System Interfaces with SAP functionality.
Coordinated with Global Team in Project Estimates for RICEF development and tested the RICEF’s developed by offshore team.
Excellent project execution track record with good leadership, strong communication and analytical skills.
Knowledge in identifying, testing and documenting of SAP application controls in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX).
Expertise in preparing User Manuals with perfect documentation and conducting training sessions for end users.
Provided end user support for all issues pertaining to Finance and Controlling modules &Worked closely with Business Leaders to consult and influence direction of business process.
Documenting Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Design Document (FDD), Functional Specifications (FS) and other documents.
Technical Skills
SAP ERP Application: Simple Finance on HANA, ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, SAP R/3 4.6/4.0b
Version : 4.6C, 4.6B, 4.7, ECC 6.0, SCM/APO
Functional Area : SAP ERP – Finance and Controlling, SD & MM, CS
Data Migration Tools: LSMW, eCATT, Report Painter, Report Writer
Other Tools : Basware, TRAX, VERTEX, MasterSaf, Invoiceware, Business By-design and HPQC 11.0, Remedy, SOLMAN, M-Office Suite
Testing Strategies : Integration System, Performance, UA & Black Box Testing
EDUCATION:
High Performance leadership – Chicago Booth, Chicago. USA
Masters in Finance, Money and Banking, University of Sheffield, UK.
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.), University of Mumbai, India
CA from Indian Institution of Chartered Accountants
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING:
S4HANA Principal associate certification
SAP-FI/CO Enterprise Version 4.7 Certification from SAP Alliance partner Academy
SAP NEW GL Certification
Managers training
Vertex Q and O Certification
Certificate in MS Office.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Client – Westlake July 2023 –to date
Role – Consultant SAP FI/CO S4HANA
Preparation for S4HANA implementation
Cleanup work to prep the system for migration and S4HANA implementation.
Finalizing Business requirement document for transitioning to S4HANA system
Functional design changes based on changes to business process in S4HANA.
Client – EY January 2022 – June 2023
Role – Manager SAP FI/CO
R2R lead for large pharma company in west coast and chain of hospitals in Mid east
Implemented S4 HANA version 1909 and 2101 along with Group reporting on 1909
CLM and RAR lead
Account based COPA
Product Costing
Projects
All other FICO modules
Client - Brambles (Parent Company) July 2007 – December 2021
Role – Solutions Architect - SAP FI/CO
CHEP is leading provider of pallets in the world.
Lead for implementing RE-FX implementation for IFRS16 requirements.
Lead for SLO project in harmonizing Chart of accounts, Controlling area, Cost center and Profit centers.
SAP migration to AWS EC2 and S3 for file storage.
SAP Simple Finance implementation for Brambles.
Interfacing Simple Finance with 9 ERP instances using SLT and other flat files - for SAP 6 EHP 6 (CHEP instance), SAP BYD, Microsoft Dynamics, Solomon, Pronto and few smaller ERP’s.
Prepared business proposal for consolidation of ERP’s and also implementation of new SAP Simple Finance system for consolidation using BPC. Played key role in RFQ and RFP process.
SAF-T reporting in Norway and other European countries.
Salesforce Interface with SAP for customer and order creation.
Key role in selecting vendor for implementation of SAP Simple Finance and BPC.
Managing global governance for Finance and Procurement for CHEP and also managing FICO global team for upgrade testing and defects resolution and triage.
Managed and implemented multiple projects including Business By-design, MasterSaf (Brazil), Invoiceware and Vertex.
Unicode upgrade project testing for FI/CO along with activation of simplified Chinese characters.
Implementing SAP FICO and purchasing in China and SEA (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan).
Implemented Vertex O series for IFCO RPC business. Division of Brambles.
Integrated other Non-SAP ERP’s with Vertex using BCI for tax reporting.
Successfully managed SAP FICO implementation in CEE countries (Bulgaria, Poland, Hungry, Slovakia and other Baltic countries).
Managed other multiple SAP FICO project across CHEP global business.
Managed transition of business to global centralization of financials. Demerger of business from CHEP business and merger of acquired business in CHEP from IS side.
Latin America Implementation:
Technical/Functional lead for SAP FI/CO and purchasing module for CHEP Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Blueprint, configuration, Testing, training and post go-live support for all 3 countries
Configuration of Brazil tax localization of TAXBRA. J1BTAX setup for tax procedure. Payment program setup. Boleto design as per FEBRABAN format. Putting barcode logic in Boleto as SAP doesn’t support FEBRABAN format.
Taxation - Setting up of Argentina tax requirements, meeting reporting requirements.
Asset Accounting -Inflation index setup for asset accounting for Chile
Interface between legacy system and SAP for billing, shipment invoicing and payroll
Implementation of OSS notes required for CHEP Brazil setup.
Completed the project within the timeline set for the project
SAP FICO Business Analyst for CHEP APAC:
SAP implementation in CHEP Australia and CHEP New Zealand. FICO configuration and interfaces with payroll using IDOC’s and other interfaces
Implemented FSCM. Integration dispute management with Siebel CRM system.
Setting up collection using credit card payment process.
Other Projects
Managed and successfully completed the other project within the timeline of the project
Banking - Lockbox configuration, EDI 820, 823 and 824 setup for US
Delivering Customized customer statement and dunning as per CHEP EU requirements in 9 different languages.
Revenue Recognition project for EU countries and US – designing as per CHEP requirement and automatic posting accrual entries for revenue accrual. Cutting down closing time by one day.
Banking - CHEP US Credit card project with JP Morgan – Issuing credit cards to pay each vendor invoice. CHEP gets 2% credit from JP Morgan. 2 Million dollar annual savings.
Project to speedup period end closing process.
Banking - Setting up TRAX MEA setup for banking interface
Configuration for Basware setup
Resolving issues in Vertex Translink setup. Vertex STQ upgrade to version 3.4 from 3.2 and resolving issues in Vertex setup in system.
Doing TDM changes as per CHEP requirement and moving data from pre returns to post returns table
Successfully implemented Project to change Vertex Q series to Vertex O series to meet purchasing tax calculations
Archiving project – Archiving COPA, CO tables. Saved almost 1.6 TeraByte of table space. Resolving issues in PO archiving process and doing configuration changes.
Global Production support for FICO and purchasing for CHEP.
SAI INNOVATIONS
March 2007 – June 2007
From May 2007 to July 2007:
Lockbox setup using EDI 820, Configuration and testing
Vertex interface setup for tax calculation
Investment management configuration for CAPEX
Configuring ABC and Project system for costing requirements
Documentation of existing custom programs and loading in Solution manager
Net Business Solutions (I) Limited
January 2007 – Feb 2007
March 2007 – April 2007: Josts Limited:
Studying and analyzing the existing business processes of Josts Limited (Italian MNC - manufacturing Tractors and tow machines)
Designing interface between legacy system and SAP for shipment invoices
Taxation- Extended Withholding and tax procedure configuration
Solving automatic assignment mistakes between FI and MM
January 2007 – February 2007: Production Support in Finolex Cables:
Banking - Electronic banking setup and testing
AP -Created functional specs for Inter-company AP invoice posting.
Solving other issues in FI and CO.
HCL Tech., India
February 2002 – August 2005
Phase: Full life cycle
Role: SAP FICO Analyst
SAP FICO Consultant and worked as analyst in multiple implementations for different clients.
JITENDRA DUBEY
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