Objective

SAP FICO expert seeking a Managerial/Leadership position in SAP FICO Module.

Experience Summary

Over 12 years of experience on SAP R/3 platform working as SAP Consultant on various technologies and 15 years of functional domain experience in various industries:

Employment History: SAP

Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) Jul 2010 - Present

SAP Financial Controller

Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd. Sep 2004 –Jul 2010

Offshore / Onsite Support, Implementation, Rollout and Training.

System Financial Analyst PRA Module, FI Module and CO Module.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.EBG -Mumbai, India Apr 2010 –Jul 2010

Production Support in FICO Module at Powai, Mumbai.

Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. -Mumbai, India Nov 2009 –Mar 2010

SAP Rollout Project at Clients Site

Overseas Infrastructure Alliance-Mumbai, India May 2009 – Nov 2009

SAP AIO Production Support Project at Clients Site

Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd. Offshore Feb 2009 – Apr 2009

AIO SAP Solution Project

UPL Environment Engineers Ltd.-Baroda, India Aug 2008 – Jan 2009

SAP AIO end to end Implementation Project at Clients Site

L&T InfoTech (Offshore) Jan 2008 – Jul 2008

Gillette Project – Production Support

Chevron Inc, Houston & California, US (Onsite) Jun 2007 – Dec 2007

Service Desk Analyst - Implementation: Houston, Texas, USA & Concord, CA, USA.

L&T InfoTech (Offshore)–Chevron Inc Client Mar 2005 - Dec 2005 & Oct 2006 – Jun 2007

Chevron Inc. Houston, USA (Onsite) Dec 2005 – Sep 2006

Offshore & Onsite support in SAP R/3 (Version 4.6 C) PRA Module

L&T InfoTech (offshore) Nov 2004 – Mar 2005

Gillette Project - SAP Support Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech (offshore) Sep 2004 – Nov 2004

Certification in SAP FICO Module (Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd)

Training was provided by Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. in SAP R/3 Version 4.6 C.

Responsibilities in SAP

Providing Master Data and other data required for GST.

Participate in Unit, Integration & User Acceptance Testing for GST.

Learning the configurations done under GST for future production support activities.

Giving training to all users for new things introduced in GST.

Performing monthly and yearly closing activities.

Application of SAP Notes, Patches, Testing the system after its application and on getting satisfactory results transporting to production.

Ensure that SAP Systems are running smoothly across 26 Company codes and resolving day to day issues in FICO, FM and MM with the help of ABAP and Basis team members.

Escalate issues to SAP and follow up with SAP.

Develop functional specs for creating new reports, functionalities.

Maintain FICO, FM and MM Master Data.

Assisting the users by resolving their day to day issues in FICO, FM & MM.

Achievements in SAP

Core Team Member for GST Implementation for MM Module.

Production Support Activity in FICO, FM & MM Modules for 26 Company Codes.

Active participation through Blueprint, Design, Realization, Testing, Go Live and Stabilization activities. Part of the implementation team for FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AA Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Cost center Accounting and Profit Center accounting modules at UPL & SVKM.

Involved in Planning and executing unit, functional, system, integration, user acceptance, and performance testing during various phases of testing cycles. Coordinated testing, cutover activities, and managed post go-live support for SAP system. Utilized LSMW to transfer Master Data.

Provided production support for 23 Company Codes without any SAP Partner for 9 months after go live. Manage Production support of SAP FI, CO and BCS (Budget Control System) Modules for 26 Company Codes across India.

Configured automatic payment program, which included creation of house banks, company code payment methods, employee tolerances, terms of payment, and reason codes. Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users. Configured partial payments, exchange rate differences, payment advices, payment proposal/payment schedule, payment run, and payment media.

Configured AR/AP for customers based upon interest calculation on items, account balance configuration / validation of substitution rules for documents, recurring entries, taxes, currencies and correspondence.

Created reports via Report Painter and Report Writer. Maintained and monitored Budgets, Resolving budget issues, Upload of Budgets, Yearend activities of Budget C/F etc. for all 23 Company Codes for 5 years with 99% accuracy. Resolved FI/CO issues and removed bugs by applying OSS Notes and its follow up with SAP. Application of SAP patches, SAP notes. Regression testing of various scenarios after application of SAP patches & notes in FICO and BCS Modules. Escalation of SAP notes.

Month end and Year end activities of FI/CO/BCS modules of 23 Company Codes completed in time for 5 years. End to end implementation as core team of SAP FI, CO and BCS Modules for 23 Company Codes. Successfully migrated Master Data and Transaction Data after gathering, Validating from Tally 9 and Upload in FICO and BCS Modules. Ensured that all users (200) were adequately trained in SAP across 23 Company codes in FICO and FM Modules. Given Training to all levels of staff.

Enhancements to Purchase Register, Development of Provisional Dealer Commission Report, Enhancement of ZPSBDN Report (Report of Delivery against invoices for each WBS), Development of CAPEX Report for Fixed Assets. Production support related issues related to Taxes, removal of errors from reports, payment processing & other day to day issues.

Implemented One Single Client (OSC) model and mould it to suit India's requirements. Provided expertise on local requirements during gap analysis and design phases, business practices and best ways to handle them in SAP. Assisted and provided SAP/OSC and local country expertise on all project stages. Performed customising assigned by Back Office.

Configured incorrectly withholding tax (TDS) calculations, incomplete tax types were set up and had a number of issues. All the issues were resolved relating to TDS by creating new Tax Types, modifying existing configurations made in SAP to the complete satisfaction of the customer who was happy and delighted.

Developed custom reports for customer such as Payment Advice, Modifying existing reports such as BG & LC details Report etc. Resolved Level 1 & Level 2 issues in time without violating SLA. Worked on AIO SAP Solution to make it stronger by incorporating the developments made at UEEL.

Offshore Support to Mushrif Trading Company - Kuwait (Ongoing Implementation Project).

Integrated FICO with other modules like MM, PS, SD, PP & PM. Production support activities of Germany for FI Module in the areas of AP, GL & AA. Prepared Functional Specifications and documents necessary for Change Management. Resolved tickets raised by customers for PS module. Used Clarify Tool for solving and recording of tickets raised by customer and Same-time for communicating with customers.

Service Desk Project using ITSM System – The first company to use Remedy 7.0 on a global scale. Chevron Inc is one of the leaders in implementing Remedy 7.0 – One of the original team members for implementation of Remedy 7.00 on a global scale.

Set up Knowledge Base of documents, Set up procedures for Root Cause Analysis, Created Templates for email responses to customers, Created Call scripts.

Developed functional specification document with flowcharts for new functionalities and getting it approved from Chevron Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) for development of new programs.

Production support by resolving tickets assigned to me using the Remedy System. OPIS Price uploads specific for Oil & Gas Industry. Accounting Period Close and related close activities. Payment processing On Demand Owner level, Property Level & Company Level.

Regression Testing AOP & CRT Testing. CDEX Inbound and Outbound Processing of Checks. Voided checks (Stale dated checks) & Clear Check processing. Escheat processing. Helped Technical Consultants in Development of program changes. Complied with SOX requirements of Chevron Inc. Processed TAX Return data reports e.g. US 1099 and US 1042 Reports. Scheduled and Monitored SAP jobs e.g. OPSL/LSSL/TPSL Purge jobs.

Generated Oil Statements. Raised OSS notes on SAP and tested whether the Notes applied by SAP are working fine. Follow up with SAP on OSS Notes raised. Used Remedy Tool for recording of tickets raised by customers, Netgil for working on SAP Servers.

Prepared mail merge documents to be sent to Owners e.g. on merger of Unocal with Chevron, providing the details of old properties in Unocal and the corresponding details of new properties in Chevron Inc.

Cleared GR/IR entries. Removed errors of payment processing. Authorized different Approval levels. Configured changes to remove errors. Used Clarify Tool for solving and recording of tickets raised by customer and Same-time for communicating with customers.

L&T InfoTech (offshore) Sep 2004 – Nov 2004

Certification in SAP – FICO Module (Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd)

Training was provided by Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. in SAP R/3 Version 4.6 C.

Professional Training Attended

Certification in SAP – FICO Module (Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd.)

Certification in Information Technology Service Management (ITSM)–Foundation Course

OPEN SAP Courses done > 35 : https://open.sap.com/dashboard/documents : Like, Introduction to SAP Fiori UX; OGSD 7.0 – An Introduction to Oil & Gas Downstream Logistics; SAP's UX Strategy in a Nutshell by Sam Yen; SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA; Get to Know SAP’s Innovative Enterprise Solutions; BI Clients and Applications on SAP HANA; Build your own IOT Device etc.

Got TRAINING: SAP Business Objects–Designer, Universe & Xcelcius Applications, SAP JVA, SAP BI & SAP PS.

Employment History: Non SAP

Ameet V. Desai & Associates (C.A.) Proprietory Firm Jan 1999 – Sep 2004

Proprietor.

R.R. International Ltd. Import & Export of Perfumes, Wines & Liquors Feb 2001 - Apr 2002

Accounts Manager

Kinhill (Halliburton) India Pvt. Ltd. Project of Foreign Company Jan 1999 - Aug 2000

Senior Accounts Executive

United Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturer of Rubber Spare parts for Cars

Deputy Accounts Manager Jan 1997 - Nov 1998

Hemant Vora & Co.(C.A.) Properietory Firm Jan 1995 - Oct 1996

Senior Accounts Executive

Shakti Arora Plastics Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturer Plastic & Rubber Footwear Jul 1993 - Dec 1994

Accountant-Junior Executive Position

Suresh C. Maniar & Co.(C.A.) Partnership Firm May 1989 - Jul 1993

Articleship Trainee-Fresh/Entry Level Position

Education

C.A. Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Mumbai)

I.C.W.A. Cost Accountant – Inter (Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, Mumbai)

B.Com Bachelor of Commerce (L. S. Raheja college, Mumbai)

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