Sap Accounting

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Columbus, GA

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June 10, 2020

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Name: Harinadh Babu Pothula SAP FICO Consultant

SAP Certified in Finance & S4 HANA 1503 & 1511

Email:**************@*****.***

Contact: +1-260-***-****

Education: Master of Business Admiration (MBA)

VISA Status: H1B

Summary

Having 11+ Years of IT Experience and Strong in SAP FICO, Travel Management and Vertex, Fund Management

Having Good Experience in SAP H4 HANA FICO Migration

Pre-migration Data consistency checks for S/4 HANA Finance along with Data management & Correction, Configuration changes at FYV & Currency Level

Post Data Migration Activities & Migration of House Banks

Hands on Experience in SAP MM(Material management)

Good Experience in Fund management

Good Experience in Order to cash Process

Good Experience in Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)

Experienced in 4 Full End to End implementation Projects and 2 Rollout projects

1 End to End Travel Management Implementation and Support

Expertise in Asset accounting and Asset Procurement process

Good Experience in Redwood and win shuttle Applications

Hands on Experience SAP upgrade from EHP to new version EHP

Hand on Experience to handle the schedule jobs in Redwood Tool

Good experience Simple finance and migration from SAP to SAP S4 HANA 1610

Expertise in implementation of SAP R/3 Financial ECC 5.0 & ECC 6.0 which includes General Ledger GL, Accounts Payable AP, Accounts Receivable AR, Asset Accounting AA, Travel Management, Vertex Support,

Expertise in US taxation and tax procedure TAXUSJ and TAXUSX

Good Expertise in US Extend withholding tax

Good Experience in Lock Box Implementation

Expertise in Cost & profit canter Distribution/Allocation Configuration

Good Experience in ABAP code understanding and Debugging

Good Experience in EBS configuration and Bank Interface

Experience in Management Consolidation Reports for profit canter and Business area wise

Discussion with Business regarding new Z programs and New Enhancements

Expertise in Preparing Functional Specification for new customized reports

Extensive experience in Preparing Functional Specification for new Enhancements

Preparing Functional Specification for new Interfaces

Worked through the phases of requirement gathering, scope management, process analysis, GAP analysis, Business Blueprint, Realization, Testing, Go-live, post live support and training.

Worked on Procure to pay and Order to cash.

Contra Revenue and Contra Expenses reporting

Configured Vendor Down payment, Instalment payment, Automatic payment program, Check management, and recurring entries.

Settings for calculation of terms of payments and interest calculations.

Expertise and experienced in controlling area settings, Cost Element accounting, Cost centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting

Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI/CO modules-GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Cost Centre Accounting and Travel Management

Created customer/vendor account groups to assign external number ranges to the master records as per the client requirements.

Experience in Costing run error Analysis and re-processing

Configured Fixed Asset: Defined the chart of depreciation which includes the list of depreciation areas. Created Different Asset classes and defined the screen layout rules for the corresponding asset classes.

Responsible for Integration of FI- MM module, FI-HCM and FI-SD module, SAP FI-PM and Coordinating with other module team members for resolving integration issues.

Demonstrated ability to work both in independent and team-oriented environments with well-developed organizational skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills with problem solving ability.

knowledge to meet the business requirements and have the functional experience to understand and propose changes

Creating and Modifying Report painter Reports for FI and CO

Experience in Sales tax, Input Tax and use tax process

Resolved functional incident/problem tickets, used Sales force ticketing tool

Win shuttle script recording and creation for data uploading to SAP

Win shuttle script recording and creation for mass master data change of assets, vendor and customers.

Acquisition of two giant retail Organizations (Billion 230$ Company)

Taken a challenge to work on merger of the 2 giant retail organization having 2000+ stores and a turnover of 230Billion$.

Had a regular meeting with the peers of the two organizations and provided an output as expected

Worked under the limits of the acquisition agreement and USA Finance Laws.

Good Experience in Intercompany configuration and Process

Successfully completed the entire merging process with in short span of 3 months.

Got the appreciation for my involvement in this activity.

Good experience in EDI(Electronic data interchange) using IDOCS

Functional specification preparation for EDI enhancements

Technical Skills:

ERP: SAP ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000, XP,

General Tools: LSMW

Other: MS Office suite

Financial Accounting:

General Ledger, New G/L, A/P, A/R, Asset Management, Bank Accounting, Taxation, Dunning, Automatic Payment Program.

Controlling:

CO module includes Cost Element Accounting CO, Internal Orders, and Profit Center Accounting EC-PCA.

Integration:

FI/CO integration with SD, MM-FI module includes General Ledger GL, Accounts Payable

Work Experience:

Currently working for Hyundai Auto Ever America as Sr SAP FICO Consultant from March 2019 to till date

Worked for Collabera as a SAP FICO Consultant from December 18th 2017 to March 2019 at Client U-Haul International Location Phoenix Arizona.

Worked for HCL America as a SAP FICO Consultant from February 17th 2014 to September 1st 2017 at Client Location Sunnyvale California.

Worked for Orion Systems Integrators Inc. as a SAP FICO Consultant from October 7th 2013 to 14th February 2014 at Cochin Kerala India

Worked for Pricol Ltd as a SAP FICO & CIN Consultant from August, 2011 to October 4th 2013 at Coimbatore India.

Worked for Silver line lighting & Exim India Ltd as an Accounting Executive from September 1st 2010 to July 2011 at Hyderabad India

Worked for Sri Vinayaka Paper board Ltd as an Accounting Executive from October 7th 2008 to August 2010 at Hyderabad India

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Client: Hyundai Motor Manufacturing

Employer: Hyundai

Location: Montgomery Alabama USA

Duration: March 2019 to till date

SAP ECC 6.0 GL, AP, AR AA, CCA, PCA, FMT, Banking, Interfaces, Enhancement, Customized programs

Hyundai Motor America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company. Along with Hyundai's USA manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama called Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Hyundai has total of 19 manufacturing plants globally. Hyundai incorporated a new manufacturing facility, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, in April 2002. The new plant in Montgomery, Alabama was completed during 2004, at a cost of $1.7 billion. Production started in May 2005. It employed more than 3000 workers in 2012.[2] Currently, the plant assembles the Hyundai Elantra, the Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Santa Fe and the Hyundai Theta engine.

Responsibilities

Interacting with business users for requirement gathering and analysis of existing business processes and prepared customization document.

Supporting teams, Business Process Managers and end users in all SAP related matters.

Responsible for Integration of FI- MM module, FI-SD module, FI-PP Module, FI-HCM Module and Coordinating with other module team members for resolving integration issues.

Supporting Business users for day to day smooth operation in Accounts payables, Accounts Receivables, General ledger, Asset Accounting, Bank Interfaces, KOFAX integration issues, Cost centre Accounting, Profit centre Accounting Profitability analysis product costing, Fund management, FIORI Apps and BPMS internal java application.

Supporting issues in Financial Supply Chain Management area.

Interacting with business users for requirement gathering of new enhancements, customized report modification, new Inbound & out Bound interfaces

Estimation of New projects and Designing of new enhancement and interfaces

Implemented Electronic EBS & BOA Pay mode x Interface for Vendor payments clearing

Implemented Lock Box for Customer payments

Preparing in developing detailed functional specifications documents.

Analysing Asset depreciation error log and providing immediate solution

Working on Fiori Tiles creation and required settings as a functional consultant

Creating and modifying new report painter reports

Working in EDI inbound and out bound interface and Idoc issues

I Doc analysis and reprocessing

Discussion with Business regarding new Z programs, new Enhancements and modification

Support for month end and year closing activities

Testing of Enhancements, customized report and modifying existing reports based business requirements

Creating new validations and substitutions

End User trying and user manual preparation

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Client: U-Haul International.

Employer: Collabera

Location: Phoenix Arizona USA

Duration December 2017 to March 2019

SAP ECC 6.0 GL, AP, AR AA, Banking, Interfaces, Enhancement, Customized programs

U-Haul is an American moving equipment and storage rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. U-Haul's rental fleet is composed of trucks, trailers, auto-transports, and various other equipment. Heavy duty pickup truck and van cabs manufactured by GMC, Dodge and Ford are mated with U-Haul manufactured truck boxes in fabrication plants located at various places in North America and Canada.

Phase 1: Project Preparation

Phase 2: Business Blueprint

Phase 3: Realization

Phase 4: Final Preparation

Phase 5: Go Live Support.

We are implementing SAP-AP, SAP-AR, SAP-GL, SAP-AA, SAP-Banking, Interfaces.

Responsibilities

Configured Account Payables Starting with Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification, Vendors credit memo and Check clearing sub-processes, Advance paid or down payment made to vendors

Configuration for the creation of Account Receivables invoices and posting of manual incoming payments with differences, clearing and reversals, interest calculation.

Configured special purpose ledger and maintained Z tables as receivers from few SAP standard tables.

Involved in developing detailed functional specifications documents.

Analysing Asset depreciation error log and providing immediate solution

Responsible for SAP FICO upgrade from SAP R/3 4.6c to ECC 6.0 by performing unit, integration and volume testing to ensure the software in the functional area performs as expected. Maintained Field Status group for vendor for General Data, Company Code Data Purchasing Data which reflected on the Vendor Master Records.

Maintained Field Status group for customers for General Data, Company Code Data Sales area which reflected on the Customer Master Records.

Configured fiscal year variants with year dependent periods for yearend closing and posting period variants.

Created customer/vendor account groups to assign external number ranges to the master records as per the client requirements.

Analysing complex SAP business problems and then developing solutions within SAP using available tools and technologies.

House Banking: Configuring & determining the house banks.

Implemented Electronic BRS for Vendor/ payments clearing

Implemented Lock Box for customer payments clearing

Implemented lock Box for Incoming payments to Customer clear invoice

Created Distribution cycles for cost centre Allocation

Created Distribution cycles for Profit centre Allocation Centre Allocation

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Client: Apple Inc.

Employer: HCL America

Location: Sunnyvale California USA

Duration May 2017 to December 2017

SAP ECC 6.0 GL, AP, AA, Banking, Interfaces, Enhancement, Customized programs

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the Home Pod smart speaker. Apple's consumer software includes the mac OS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.

Responsibilities

Reviewing BRD’s and raising GAP’s for Geo expatiation

Attending meets with client and preparing GAP analysis

Co-ordination with other teams and off shore team

Good experience in Geo expiations to new country for retails setup

Modified all existing customized reports to new country

Configured tax procedure to new country as part of Geo expatiations

Modified existing Idoc interface for POS to SAP

Testing all reports and interface for new country

GL Master data setup for new country

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Client: Consumers Energy Inc.

Employer: HCL America

Location: Jackson Michigan USA

Duration April 2016 to April 2017

SAP ECC 6.0 GL, AP, AR, AA, Banking, Interfaces, Enhancement, Customized programs

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Consumers Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity to 6.6 million of Michigan's 10 million residents. It serves customers in all 68 of the state’s Lower Peninsula counties. It is the primary subsidiary of CMS Energy. The company was founded in 1886 and is currently headquartered in Jackson, Michigan.

Responsibilities

S/4 HANA Finance 1610 migration from ECC6.0 EHP4

Preparation of Roadmap for S/4 HANA Migration Project

Pre-migration Data consistency checks for S/4 HANA Finance along with Data management & Correction, Configuration changes at FYV & Currency Level.

Making Business understanding on new Features & options of S/4 HANA and also Fiori

Conducting Workshops to Business on S/4 HANA for GL, AA, CO, ML, and AR/AR, Banks.

Data Migration through Migration Framework Cockpit tool

Reset Dataset packages on Data Migration Errors & Correction on Data migration

Migration of Universal Journal & Aggregate deltas

Enrichment of Transaction & Balance Carry forward

Reconciliation of datasets with Pre and post-migration figures

Post Data Migration Activities & Migration of House Banks

Report to Record of S/4 Finance regularly to Business IT and Management.

-- Central Finance Setup & Configuration –

General Settings: Activation of Business Function & required S notes implementation.

Assign AIF Runtime Configuration Group to Replication Object for FI/CO Posting, CO Internal Posting, and CO Objects

Set up RFC Destination for Source System (user requires authorization for authorization object S_RFC)

Assign RFC Destination to Logical System for Source System through SLT Configuration.

Mapping: Define Technical Settings for Business Systems &

Define Mapping Actions for Mapping Entities

Cost Object Mapping

Document relationship browser, Error Handling with ECS accounting

Initial Load: Initial Load Settings & Initial Load Preparation for Management Accounting

-- Setup Fiori 2.0 Application –

Activating ICF services & Assigning relevant Roles and Parameters

Defining & assigning System Alias

Activate, Assign & consistency check for App Catalogs

Fiori App troubleshooting with Caches

Transaction/Factsheet/Analytical App Content activation

Web Dynpro Service related App activation

Interaction with client, vendor on regular basis

Presenting Tower lead meetings on weekly basis with Business

Configured Account Receivables which included Dunning, Incoming payments settings, Down payments procedure

Configured Electronic Bank statement (EBS) and Automatic payment program for the vendor payments

Configured Fixed Asset Master Data - acquisitions, retirements, revaluation of fixed assets, customized

Involved in data migration from legacy systems to SAP system using LSMW

Worked on day to day support issues and implementation related issues which comprise Accounts Payable, Account Receivable, Cost center accounting, internal orders and Profitability analysis.

Supported day to day issues like creating new payment terms, creating new banks, investigating payment program issues on weekly basis. Also worked on interfaces for printing checks from third party application and developed functional specs to create interface to provide check status to external legacy system.

depreciation keys for depreciation run - planned, special, unplanned depreciation

Support for day to day business operation in sap fico and Travel management

Well versed with Incident, Problem and Change management

Handling tickets related to Travel Management

Creating and modifying new report painter reports

Discussion with Business regarding new Z programs, new Enhancements and modification

Preparing function specification for new Z program, new Enhancements and modification

Preparing Test Document and user manual documents

Handling integration related tickets with other module SAP MM, SD and SAP HCM

Handling vertex related issues and critical issues with Redwood Tool

Creating win shuttle scripts for data uploading to SAP

Preparing daily and weekly status sharing to business

LSMW and Win shuttle script creating for Asset master data change and upload

Worked on various types of special GL Accounts such as down payments for vendors as well as customers.

Create end user procedures to document the business transactions like acquisition, retirement, sale and transfer of assets, depreciation run, period closing, post capitalization and reporting

Continuously engage with the business team in the migration and enhancement of retail applications

Participating actively in analysing error, researching the cause of the error and solving the issues relating to financial accounting module FI module and controlling modules CO

Handling issues regarding GL master, vendor master and customer master records, Automatic payment program, dunning process.

Interacting with users for gathering more information on issues/ new developments. Maintained the Operating Chart of Accounts by creating GL master data as per the client's requirements.

Maintained Field Status group for vendor for General Data, Company Code Data Purchasing Data which reflected on the Vendor Master Records.

Maintained Field Status group for customers for General Data, Company Code Data Sales area which reflected on the Customer Master Records.

Configured fiscal year variants with year dependent periods for yearend closing and posting period variants.

Created customer/vendor account groups to assign external number ranges to the master records as per the client requirements.

Participating actively in analysing error, researching the cause of the error and solving the issues relating to financial accounting module FI module and controlling modules CO

Configured the automatic interest calculations on the account balances/line items, payment terms,

Responsible for Integration of FI- MM module and FI-SD module and Coordinating with other module team members for resolving integration issues.

Worked with testing transactions in the FI module including GL postings, customer invoices and payments.

Created Cost centers, Profit centers for existing as well as for new plants and completed the account assignment for the cost objects.

Experienced in using HP ALM for creating Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test execution.

Performed Unit Testing and worked closely with Quality Team in Integration Testing and User Acceptance

Client: Ann Taylor Inc. New York USA

Employer: HCL America

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Duration: Feb 2014 to March 2016

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 GL, AP, AR, AA, Banking, Interfaces, Enhancement, Customized programs

Ann Taylor Inc. is an American group of specialty women retail chain stores for women. The company headquartered in New York City and operates as a subsidiary of Ascena Retail Group. The stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories

Responsibilities

Worked on foreign currency exchange rate and valuation, GR/IR clearing account and automatic clearing.

Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, and Payment Methods.

Configured terms of payment, incoming and outgoing invoice, incoming and outgoing payment.

Implemented Lock box for customer Incoming payments posting & Invoice Clearing

Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors and Maintained

Initial settings for Recurring Entries.

Identified one-time vendors and customers and defined a separate screen layout for them.

Created account assignment models for recurring entries.

Extensively worked for Configuring and Customizing the Credit Management.

Used Dunning to send letters, ranging from gentle remainders to legal notices, to customers from whom the receivables are due in Accounts Receivables FI-AR .

Set up the Integration of FI with MM and SD through Automatic Account Assignment.

Interacted with client business users for requirement gathering and analysis of existing business processes and prepared customization document.

Handheld Configuration tasks of the Organizational structure of GL, AP, AR, AA.

Coordinated the integration efforts of FI/CO with SD, MM, based on functional requirements.

Basic settings: Copied Chart of Depreciation with separate depreciation areas for companies Act, Taxation, and Controlling etc. Configured the basic settings in Period Controls, Depreciation keys, and Calculation Keys etc.

Configured all required settings to enable acquisition and Posting Depreciation etc

Configured settings for assets under construction (AUC) and settling the same to fixed assets

Tax Depreciation Keys creating year specific

Configured necessary settings for various transactions like transfer, retirement of assets and acquisition for various assets

Involved in configuring the required settings for Extended Withholding Tax

Creation of House Banks, Assigning Bank Accounts to House Banks, creation of check lots.

Coordinating for EHP5 support pack implementation and testing.

Creating test Plan and Test cases creation in ALM Tool

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

Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and testing existing system and providing post implementation support

Maintained required settings in Accounts Payable viz. Configuration for payment program, Payment terms.

Responsible for smooth functioning & enhance utilization

Addressing the problems of the end users & providing solution.

Developing functional specifications for new reports and programs as per Clients requirement.

Provide support in day-to-day transactions in Travel Management

Configuration of Trip activity type in Travel and Expenses

Configuration of new expenses type as per the client requirement

Configuration of wages type and linking them with symbolic account

Uses training and Use manual preparing

Configuration of Accommodation and meals per Diem.

Solving Posting problems in production system.

Solving day to-day issues in Travel Management

Client: Orion Systems Integrators Inc. New Jersey USA

Employer: Orion Systems Integrators Inc.

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Duration: October 2013 to 14th February 2014

Environment: ECC 6.0 Orion is a globally recognized award-winning organization that for over two decades has developed, integrated, deployed and managed IT services and solutions for leading organizations across the world. In addition to working with current technology, they continuously research new products. Orion is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Responsibilities

Preparing functional specification for the Audit reports in the area of P2P and O2C

Conducting Training on P2P and O2C business process to SQL developers

Worked in different areas of FI, and integration with MM and SD in preparing spec

Validating test results which was developed by SQL developers

Preparing test document and involved in UAT sing off

User Manual Preparing and User training Conducting

Automatic account determination, GR/IR clearing, down payments

Defining settlement rules and creating selection variants

Number ranges copy to new fiscal year and maintained versions

Created primary and secondary cost elements, cost center hierarchies, cost element groups, cost centers

Resolved auto tickets generated through payment disputes.

Resolved issues relating to payment program, invoice verification (MIRO)

Substitutions for profit centre derivations

Handled Intercompany postings and reconciliation related issues

Handled Month end closing activities related issue

Failed idocs analysing and processing

End user training and process documentation

Client: Pricol Ltd, Coimbatore India.

Employer: Pricol Ltd,

Duration: August, 2010 to October 2013

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 GL, AP, AR, AA, Banking, Interfaces, Enhancement

Pricol Limited is a world leader in providing advanced products and services for Automotive Market. Supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems and components, Involved in the manufacturing of automobile components and spares for both four wheelers and two wheelers

Responsibilities:

Configuration for the creation of Account Receivables invoices and posting of manual incoming payments with differences, clearing and reversals, interest calculation.

Involved in developing detailed functional specifications documents.

Analysing Asset depreciation error log and providing immediate solution

Maintained Field Status group for customers for General Data, Company Code Data Sales area which reflected on the Customer Master Records.

Configured fiscal year variants with year dependent periods for yearend closing and posting period variants.

Created customer/vendor account groups to assign external number ranges to the master records as per the client requirements.

Analysing complex SAP business problems and then developing solutions within SAP using available tools and technologies.

Guiding businesses in utilizing SAP functionality to the best extent possible.

Testing, debugging, implementing, and documenting programs.

Providing leadership to junior systems analysts and Developing test scenarios

Extended Withholding Taxes: Creation of Tax Codes; and Number Ranges'. Assign of EWT Keys to Vendor Master

House Banking: Configuring & determining the house banks.

Implemented Electronic BRS for Vendor/ payments clearing

Testing Customized vendor and customer programs and Enhancement

Assisting with SAP data conversions and migrations.

Working as part of a SAP/FICO Maintenance team.

Supporting teams, Business Process Managers and end users in all SAP related matters.

Conducting quality assurance activities and organizing key user training sessions.

Interacted with client business users for requirement gathering and analysis of existing business processes and prepared customization document.

Resolved functional incident/problem tickets, used REMEDY ticketing tool

Credit management implementation and support

FI accounts and their settings in Revenue Recognition

SD item categories and their settings in Recognition

Revenue recognition category on item category level in Recognition

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