GHULAM ABBAS

Managing Consultant FICO / IM / REFX / CM

Date of Birth: 28rdJanuary, 1975

House #B-280, Block-13,

Federal B. Area,

KARACHI

PAKISTAN,

Current Address: Karachi, Pakistan

Mob: +92-335-*******

Email: adalz9@r.postjobfree.com

Working as a Deputy Project Manager in Volka Food International.

Implementing S/4 Hana Cloud Base 1809 on Activate Methodology at Volka Food International (FMCG)

Working on Cash Position and Liquidity Forecast in Cash Management

Worked on a Fiori base project name IESCO (Islamabad Electric Supply Corporation Company) as a Managing Consultant FICO/FM.

Worked for Abacus for VAT Project in Ras Al Khaimah Implementing REFX (Real Estate Management) VAT in Ras Al Khaiman UAE.

Perform Data Migration activity for more than 93000 REFX contracts to apply VAT, adjusted retro postings as well.

Worked as Finance Project Manager

Working on CHARM to create TRs and approvals.

Worked on SAP Query Reports.

Worked for SAP Switzerland project as Senior SAP FI Consultant in Pakistan and Srilanka

Worked in Arete Global Consulting as a Senior FICO Consultant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

SAP Academy in 2006, more than 10 projects implementation experience in Feed, Gas and Pharmaceutical Industry as Lead resource.

Implemented Investment Management (SAP IM) for budgeting.

Implemented ZAKAT as per KSA Law

Worked for Withholding Tax in Pakistan and KSA as per client requirements.

Attended online training session for S4 HANA Simple Finance.

Conducted 7 SAP Academy of FI (ECC 6.0) as an Instructor.

Completed SAP roll out project for Government of Pakistan.

Worked on SAP New GL functionality with ECC 6.0 and knowledge of upgrade project with New GL including its functionalities for Document splitting and Foreign Currencies.

Exposure to SAP Solution Manager.

In depth knowledge of FI/CO areas of Cost Center Accounting, Fund Management, Investment Management, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, General Ledger Accounting and main configuration related to FI/CO..

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, involved in interacting with core team and dealing with end-users in documenting specifications & training

Worked as a Regional Manager in PIFRA FABS South Region, (Sindh and Balouchistan).

Requirements gathering, As-Is and To-Be processes study, preparation of Business Blueprint.

Having vast experience of FICO in different industries.

Strong Management and Leadership Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Strong customer relations

Handling multi task effectively and able to work under stress

Strong teaching skills

December 2017 to Todate

Technical Advisor SAP-LAS (Senior SAP FICO)

ABACUS

Karachi, Pakistan

February 2016 to October 2017

Senior FI Consultant,

SAP Switzerland.

April 2013 to February 2016

Senior FI Consultant,

Arete Global Consulting.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Jan 2003 to April, 2013

Senior FI Consultant

Siemens (Pakistan) Engineering Ltd

April 2019 to To date

Responsibilities

Working as a Deputy Project Manager.

Implementing S/4 Hana Cloud Base 1809 on Activate Methodology

Working on Cash Management Module as well

Cash Flow Analysis and Memo Record

Working on Cash Management module for Liquidity Forecast and Cash Position Report.

Fit Gap analysis workshops.

Project Explorer phase: PDD’s completed.

Identify the Delta requirements and Gaps, Fit Gap Document/Design for the Gaps and Deltas.

Identification of configuration objects,

Role and authorization workshop, deliverable: Business user role document

Master Data workshop/Delta load preparation, deliverable: Master Data templates / role and authorization matrix.

Test Planning (No of iterations), deliverable: testing strategy and plan / release & sprint plan

Implementing of business process requirements based on the business solution Validation, deliverable: System configuration and solution walk through.

Configuration and development (WRIEF) plan, deliverable: Ready and done concept & guidelines, business WRICEF Template.

Conduct overall end to end testing of the solution i.e. (Unit, Integration and string testing), deliverable: Integration testing.

Set up enterprise wide end-user roles and authorizations and EU plan, development of customized programs (FSF and TST) and EU training plan and material.

UAT test preparation and Master data migration, deliverable: correct and re-run test plan.

Conduct UAT, deliverable: Test Execution Analysis and Reporting.

Nov 2018 to March 2019

Responsibilities

Working in totally Fiori base project IESCO as a FICO / FM Consultant.

Fund Management customization for across company.

Business partner customization in finance and HCM posting, create different groups for segregation.

Creation of House bank and bank accounts through Fiori.

User end training in multiple area of Punjab

Budget availability control settings

Create multiple Derivation role as per project requirements.

December, 2017 to October 2018

Responsibilities

REFX (Real Estate Management) Implementing (VAT Incorporate ) for Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone.

Worked on CHARM to create TRs and approvals.

Created new usage groups, Usage View: Commercial and Accounting view with fixed master data objects

The assignment of objects related to real estate master data (Building, Property, Object group, Rental object), usage types and contract types mapped in the system.

Process configured for new types for Lease-in and Lease-Out.

For newly opened contract types calculation specified monthly straight line condition based on contract start date and contract end date.

Newly contract types opened in the two number range segregation i.e. Free Zone and Non Free Zone.

Configure Input and Output tax code for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable and Real Estate Management.

New condition types, Flow types, Reference Flow types, Account Symbols, Accrual types, Deferral Types are defined in the system.

Existing standard and customized reports are extended for newly created company codes.

Incorporate VAT for more than 93000 contract of REFX (Real Estate Management) in SAP

Entries need to be “Manually, Marked as Posted” through BEPI for Retro generated entries after Input VAT

Posting Crossover period’s Entries 2017 – 2018.

Accrual posting after closing previous year.

Incorporate VAT for Interface “Salesforce” to SAP for 2017 and 2018

Involve in data migration activities and Interface integration with Salesforce.

Prorated frequency adjustment.

Rental unit mapping with the customize table

Object cash flow and partner cash flows auto marked manually for retro generated items

Split the posting and frequency as per the VAT applicable date.

Usage type for flexi to incorporate the VAT rate as per usage type.

Switzerland

February 2016 to June 2017

Responsibilities

Worked for Electronic Bank Statement for various banks.

Payment of Checks and Purchase Orders with CGI formats with different banks.

Worked for Configuration of SAP FI sub modules include AP (Disbursement), AR( Collection), GL, Bank, CCA, PCA, IO.

Integration process with IBOX software.

Provided Key User Training to the Project Team.

Scenario testing completed in SOLMAN.

Cross Company codes transactions

April 2013 – January 2016

Responsibilities

Worked as a Finance Project Manager

Worked on SWIFT Net Solution with Bank and SWIFT

Successfully Go Live on 1st January 2015 and these days support period.

Successfully completed Wave1 and Wave 2 UAT which is Unit testing and Integration testing

Tasted automatically creation of AUC via investment order creation and settled to AUC automatically.

Successfully Investment Management for Planning and Budgeting (CAPEX).

Configure SADAD Payment Process

CAPEX Budget control through availability control from Investment Management

Different Product Type for Investment, Short Term and Long Terms Long, L/Cs, Facilities etc. has been created in FSCM

Implemented ZAKAT as per KSA law

Accrual for Interest in FSCM

Cross Company codes transaction has been tasted.

Different Interim / Clearing Account used for the Cross Company Code Transactions.

Using Investment Management for Internal Order Budgeting (CAPEX).

Restrict transaction while creating PR. In Investment Management (CAPEX)

Customized different product types for borrowing and investment for FSCM.

Created separate Product Type for Short Term Loan, Long Term Loan, Guarantee, LC Type and Facility Line.

Asset Insurance has been covered through Asset Master

Unit testing has been completed for Finance, Investment Management and FSCM.

Currently working for Treasury and Risk Management in Financial Supply Chain

Management.

AS-IS process has been completed from whole department of ARASCO (Saudi Arabia)

Cash Journal creation for different areas.

Information has been gathered from all the departments.

Mapped all their scenarios.

Getting information from their old system (Baan)

Preparing for TO-BE and Business Blue Print

QA has been done of BBP by PA Consulting (Germany), ERNST & YOUNG (Chartered Accountant Firm) and SAP AG itself.

Realization phase will be started soon.

Got training SAP SOLMAN from SAP AG for realization.

TFC (Technical Feasibility Check) by SAP AG is under process.

Involve in System Interfacing with PI Consultant with the third party system.

EXIDE Batteries Pakistan Ltd. (Dec 2011- March 2013)

Responsibilities

Lead SAP FI Consultant

Business blue printings - Requirement definitions, system/process mapping & solution design

Organized and facilitated Business Process workshop to define as-is and to-be processes for Procure-To-Pay processes

Input and Output tax of different rate as per Govt. of Pakistan

Project implementation using ASAP methodology on SAP ECC 6.0

As a Solution Architect successfully mapped various Financial Management processes along with business process reengineering and executed them with approved changes

Chart of Account creation along with the business process.

G/L Planning

Collections and Disbursement business process configured.

Implementation of Fix Assets Accounting scenarios

Cut-over activities including knowledge transfer & Train-The-Trainer Planning

Data management -- strategy, discovery, gathering, conversion and validation

Develop ABAP Queries for consolidation reporting

Engro Fertilizer Pakistan Ltd. (October 2011-February 2012)

Responsibilities

Lead SAP FICO Consultant

Mapping of their procurement processes integration with Plant Maintenance module

Cost Center, Internal Order, G/L, Cost Elements Master data maintenance

Redefine organizational hierarchy

Settlement of PM Order on Cost Center and Asset as well as per defined organizational structure

Definition of document types for procurement processes generated through PM orders

Impart training to business process owners

(July 2010 – June 2011)

Responsibilities

Enterprise level full implementation.

Asset Accounting process.

Created required organization structure by defining company codes and credit control areas

Creation of Company codes, chart of accounts, G/L master data

Defining and assigning number ranges, field status variants, fiscal year variants, document number ranges, posting periods and tolerance groups

AP (Disbursement), AR (Collections) AA(Asset Accounting) GL, Bank process implemented.

Input and Output tax of different rate as per Govt. of Pakistan

Fast entry screens, and financial statement version, Cost Center Planning, Internal Order Budgeting.

Customized screen layouts for document entry at Account/Document levels

Created Bank Master data, House banks, G/L accounts for each bank account and creating reconciliation accounts for vendors, customers and assets

Extensive training of users in FI / CO and preparation of user manuals.

Hilton Pharma (April 2010 – June 2010)

Responsibilities

Configured the entire FI module including FI-General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Asset Accounting, and Treasury and Fund Management

Configured the Automatic Payment Program and Dunning program.

Extensive training of users in FI / CO and preparation of user manuals to give the guide lines to the user.

Supervision of data entry on SAP after Go Live. Overcome the back log of legacy data

Maintenance of Master Data for the Funds management Area..

Colgate Palmolive Company (June 2009 – Feb 2010)

Responsibilities

Business blue printings - Requirement definitions, system/process mapping & solution design

Facilitates client sessions to identify future state business processes and performs gap/fit analysis with SAP

Identifies system integration requirements

Input / Output Tax of different rates.

Responsible for enhancements related to FI-AA-GL,AR(Collections),AP( Disbursement), CO-CCA,PCA

Creation of company codes and providing balance sheet reports.

Generating reports related to Cost Centers and Profit Centers.

Created Substitution Rules for cost center at the time of creation of Sales order.

Configuration of Financial Statement Versions for reporting and tax purposes.

Additions and changes to Cost center and profit center standard hierarchy.

Vendor Master configuration including creation of Account Groups and their assignment to document types and account groups

Automatic determination of GL accounts

Development of ABAP query report

Worked with power users and ABAP Team to map and deliver a wide range of reporting and automated upload tools

Provided support activities

Ability to troubleshoot and recommend suggestions to resolve conflicts between business requirements and standard SAP functionality

Responsible for scoping studies, documentation, quality assurance, training, and macro analysis for different clients

Dewan Mushtaq Group (January 2007- November 2007)

Vendor Master configuration including creation of Account Groups and their assignment to document types and account groups

Automatic determination of GL accounts

Customized settings for clearing, posting in foreign currencies, exchange rate differences and gains and losses on valuation, realization and translation.

Configured automatic account determination with regard to inter company posting, MM, and, SD.

Made settings for Special G/L transactions, Down Payments, Bad Debts Reserves

Participated in creating documentation and training key users.

Grouped Customers to defined Credit Control Area and Dunning Areas.

Configured recurring entries for automatic G/L postings

Configured Tolerance limits and managed A/R reconciliation account for sub-ledgers for customers

Configured Down payment settlement and customized payment terms for customers

Configured Tax Procedure Settings, Tax codes, terms of payment and interest calculation.

(Public Sector Project)

January 2003- July 2008

Previous assignment was the World Bank Funded PIFRA project as Regional Manager South which was concerned with the Complete Financial re-modeling of Government of Pakistan, Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and NWFP along with 127 District Governments across Pakistan

Verified and authorized transactions posted on a daily basis and followed up to tally balances

Trained and spearheaded various projects and articles involving Statistical estimates based on variances, cross tabulation and regression

Input and Output tax of different rate as per Govt. of Pakistan

Implemented Fund Management Area throughout Pakistan.

Created detailed reports for decision making, based on the reports and also for presentations

Provided insight and worked with other research assistants on a few projects

Implemented Fund Management in Finance Division Sindh Pakistan

Assisted in auditing of the clients books on a quarterly basis.

Obtained Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Punjab University.

Professional Trainings

Six months training of JAVA from Aligarh Institute.

Comprehensive knowledge of MS Windows and MS Office.

SAP ECC 6.0 (FI) Academy from Siemens.

May 2001 to September 2002

Assistant Manager HR

United Bank Limited

Responsibilities

Recruiting and staffing logistics;

Performance management and improvement tracking systems;

Employee orientation, development, and training logistics and recordkeeping;

Assisting with employee relations; Verifying invoices against delivery of goods

Keeping track of quality working by defining parameters and deadlines

Work breakdown structure

Setting milestones

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