SENIOR SAP FICO CONSULTANT

Customer-focused leader with more than 15+ years of cross-industry experience leading cross-functional teams and identifying key areas of focus to drive improvements in the business.

Articulate communicator skilled in strengthening relationships with business partners, peers, and senior leadership.

Experienced SAP business professional with knowledge and expertise including areas of Global Finance Transformation, Company code Divestitures, Business Process Re-engineering, Systems Evaluation, and Vendor Selection.

Proficient in various process work streams like Record-To-Report, Order-To-Cash, Procure-To-Pay, etc.

Seasoned in complete project management from conceptualization, design and requirements determination to implementation.

Extensive experience in configuration of SAP FI/CO modules; integration with various modules and ASAP methodology.

Exposure to other applications like Oracle, JDE, Microsoft Dynamics GP, SAP-PI, SAP BPC, Analysis for Office Reporting Tool, Blackline, Chrome River, OpenText, Dolphin, Vistex, Vertex.

Multiple Full Life Cycle implementations, Upgrade and Rollout Projects.

SAP S/4 HANA 1511 implementation experience.

Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously and deliver on-time and within budget.

•Architecture Design • Service Management • 3rd Party Integration/Support

•SAP FICO Planning/Implementation • Integration • End-User Coaching

•Program Management • Change Management • Problem Analysis/Resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ESI, Waterbury, CT ● 2019 - 2020

Role: SAP FICO Architect / Senior Consultant

•Led FDMEE Automation project to automate transfer and upload of different files from 7 diverse ERP instances (3 SAP, 3 JDE and 1 MicroSiga) into HFM. Project was delivered successfully and ahead of timing resulting in tangible cost savings by reducing the licenses required for HFM users.

•Integrated Chrome River T&E system with SAP - Built multiple interfaces to send & receive data bi directionally globally.

•Single handedly led and implemented FA and AP integration of OMG entity into the SAP US instance as part of FBIO (Financial Business Intelligence Optimization) project. Helped migrate Product Costing of OMG entity to an existing entity on the SAP US instance.

•Led and implemented rollout of FA and Banking (EBS) to Germany and Italy company codes as part of FBIO Project. Supporting US users on resolving issues and implementing additional functionalities on EBS.

•Designed and led global trading partner project as a pre-requisite to the Blackline project.

•Assisted on Blackline project for inter-company reconciliation, reporting and analysis.

•Design and setup configuration for intra-company, inter-company sales and STO processes.

•Assisted finance users globally on 3 different SAP instances with building custom reports, analyzing complex issues and providing solutions through system configuration changes or enhancements and customizations.

•Supported Product Costing activities including WIP and Variance calculations, settlement of process orders, cost estimate updates, costing run, mark and release for updating the price in material master.

HPG, New York, NY ● 2017 - 2018

Role: Associate Director – SAP Finance (Center of Excellence)/ FICO Architect

•Reported directly to SVP – Finance & Accounting, responsible for championing the business needs and enabling technology to add value and drive efficiencies.

•Wore multiple hats - Led and managed SAP Finance Strategic and Tactical initiatives, supported users globally, external vendor management, help define roadmap etc.

•Worked closely with global stakeholders and decision makers to ascertain, endorse, develop, implement, and support a cost-effective technology solution across the organization.

•Successfully implemented SAP S/4 HANA 1511 for US and UK. Scope included implementation of GL, AP, Banking (EBS) in BAI2 and MT940 formats for multiple bank accounts, FA, Inventory Management, Product Costing and COPA. Functionally led Blueprinting and Realization for Phase II to implement SAP AR and Royalties Integration project globally.

•Participated in Cash and Banking automation vendor selection process and choose HanseOrga as the implementation partner. Project was put on hold due to budget constraints.

•Design and implemented CO-Production Order functionality with MAP price to meet business requirements.

•Implemented Account based COPA including new functionality of Attributed COPA. Supported month and year end activities including settlement, costing, audit request etc.

•Design and implemented New Asset accounting with data migration, posting depreciation to multiple ledgers and COPA, setup of new technical accounts for acquisitions and other postings etc.

•Rolled out global template to Germany and other divisions within the organization.

•Leveraged PANAYA during testing phase for different rounds of testing.

•Architected global SAP COE support model, got buy in from senior management, and rolled out globally – defined templates, processes, governance, SLA’s and other requirements.

•Responsible for resourcing, hiring and managing external consultants.

•Worked with upper management and internal resources to address internal/external audit requirements.

•Trained users globally to make them more SAP savvy.

HIKMA (WW) PHARMACEUTICALS, Eatontown, NJ ● 2015 - 2017

Role: SAP FICO Senior Consultant

•Successfully led, managed and delivered automation of outgoing payments as part of AP Efficiency Project.

•Helped implement Dolphin PTS solution with OCR capability as part of the APE project.

•Supporting Project Janus - integrating Roxane (BI Divestiture) onto West-Ward’s SAP landscape with FICO modules ensuring business requirements are properly captured, documented and aligned with best industry practices.

•Led and implemented EBS automation and automation of AR Lockbox.

•Part of BI/BW (HANA Database) Financial Analytics program leading and supporting business requirements.

•Responsible for leading and supporting Finance users with analyzing complex issues and providing solutions including all modules.

VIEWPOST, Maitland, FL ● 2014 - 2015

Role: ERP Product Manager/Solution Architect

•Viewpost is a B2B network that allows vendors (customers) to send (receive) invoices (payments) among other things. Responsible for strategy, architecture, implementation and delivery of integration of large ERP application like SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft with Viewpost platform.

•Architected and build connectors/interfaces for SAP and Oracle to integrate with Viewpost API.

•Managed team of 5 FTE’s and outside contractors based on project implementations.

•Worked with cross functional team to define roadmaps and requirements for product decisions.

•Manage the product roadmap to dates, deliverables, and inter-dependencies. Work closely with prospects, business development team and product marketing to organize and prioritize technical product requirements.

•Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and report status, issues and risks to leadership team and key stakeholders.

•Utilize internal project management tools to manage and close out minor work initiatives in an Agile environment.

•Develop and conduct internal training on processes and tools delivered by engineering and product.

•Work with product teams and technical writer to assist with training and end-user documentation.

•Collaborate with Sales, Professional services, and internal teams to support new and existing clients with Resales demonstrations, RFP responses, documenting integrations and process flows, technical integration support.

CAPGEMINI, New Jersey, NJ ● 2012 - 2014

Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant/Lead

Assisted clients in key performance areas such as Finance /IT Transformation, Performance improvement, Process redesign and ERP-SAP implementation.

•Coordinated and cooperated with sales, operations, technical, solution and other internal teams to support in pursuits and developing proposals in an effort to build strong project pipelines.

•Key member of the internal Finance Capability team focusing on creating solutions that can be leveraged for client demos, internal training, and project rollouts.

•Mentored and trained junior resources within the finance capability and on the project team and provided performance feedback for resources on the engagement.

Clients

Arthrex Inc., Naples, FL ● 2013 - 2014

•Responsible for successfully leading and delivering SAP New G/L, Cash and Banking, Fixed Assets and assisting on SAP FSCM functionality to meet business objectives.

•Prepared and presented workshops on SAP New G/L, EBS, Lockbox and FA functionality.

•Configured and implemented the modules to meet business requirements.

•Helped team members in presenting workshops, writing functional specifications, configuration and testing on different SAP FI/CO modules.

•Managed 2 offshore resources and 1 onshore resource to ensure all deliverables are completed with quality work and on time. Provided performance management and constructive feedback to the team members.

•Participated in different work stream workshops to understand the integration touch points and facilitate to make key design decisions.

•Assisted team in configuring controlling modules including COPA and Product costing.

Brooks Brothers, Enfield, CT ● 2012 - 2013

•Successfully led, managed and delivered the New GL/FA/Lease work streams through various phases’ right from Project Kickoff to Post Go-live on a Global Greenfield SAP AFS Retail implementation project (migration from JDE).

•Implemented FI Closing Cockpit – reduced close time by 7 days.

•Co-led key design and integration discussions and solutions across various modules including vertex integration.

•Spearheaded the Global Template design – was responsible for designing the COA, account groups and aided in the design of cost/profit center standard hierarchy to meet the management and statutory reporting requirements.

•Involved in requirement gathering and blue printing for Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.

•Support the consultant on EBS and Lockbox implementation issues.

•Helped configure Product Cost by period, Costing and Valuation variant for product Cost Collectors, define cost-accounting relevant default setting for order type and plant. Defined settlement profile, allocation and source structure and settle the Product Cost Collectors. Designed and implemented Month-End closing process; overhead, variance and WIP Calculation as well as the settlement process.

•In Profitability Analysis, defined and maintained Characteristics values and hierarchies; Characteristics Derivation rules. Maintained Characteristic groups and PA transfer structure for direct postings from FI to COPA.

•In COPA Planning, maintained number ranges, Planning levels, Planning methods. Created Planning layouts and activated Integrated Excel for SAP Planning. Maintained PA transfer structure for settlement.

•Demonstrated strong leadership skills by being proactive, taking initiatives like volunteering to help with other process streams, reminding team member of the timelines, helping make critical decisions, providing constructive feedback to team members etc.

Limited Brands, Columbus, OH ● 2012 - 2012

•Participated, contributed and led FICO and integration workshops to get the necessary business requirements related to the Operational finance work stream.

•Led the Fit-Gap sessions with clients internal LTS team and created the Fit-Gap Analysis template deliverable.

•Created different versions of estimation effort required for the finance transformation work stream.

BARCLAY’S CAPITAL, New York, NY ● 2006 - 2012

Role: SAP Finance & HR Application Manager

•Wore multiple hats, leading teams managing HR and Finance initiatives and supporting more than 1200 US users and 6000 users globally in SAP and other financial applications as part of COE.

•Responsible for various strategic and process improvement initiatives right from conception, defining scope till execution.

•Provided recommendations based on crucial KPI’s to help management turn them into actionable insights.

•Project managed Global template rollout of Fixed Assets & Accounts Payables for Mexico and India:

Managed a team of resources to deliver the project on time and budget.

Created project plan, conducted bi-weekly project status meeting.

Ensured that the Global Roll-out Template is spread across and running for Mexico and India.

Coordinated all new requirements with the Global process team in UK.

•Co-Lead, champion and manage integration of Lehman Fixed Assets as part of the Divestiture project: Key tasks involved helping design high-level migration strategy, list of relevant organization structure objects to be migrated, key dates for when project is to be completed and which data is to be kept vs discarded, define the process and requirements for data cleansing.

Communicated with the project team and respective stakeholders on a weekly basis, in order to execute the planned strategy as per the project timeframes.

Managed resources and led requirements workshops, performed gap analysis.

Reviewed all customization and configuration and suggested fixes where needed.

Designed test scripts with acceptance criteria using HP Mercury Quality Centre, tracked progress, assisted users making sure that the overall project stays on its course. Developed training materials and coached end users.

Prepared and executed cut-over plan successfully, provided go-live production support.

•Successfully rollout GL, AP, AA, CCA, and PCA to HomEq company codes as part of the HomeEq integration project.

•Supported and advised Finance users globally regarding accounting line item analysis, static data maintenance, advising/resolving complex finance queries, interface issues, month end FX revaluation process, jobs monitoring, Further counseled users in areas of PS, Security, BPS, BW, AIP, P2P, TEM, OM, PA, Recruitment.

•Supported and managed SOX and IT Audit requirements.

•Developed and conducted training across US Finance on using SAP ECC and SAP BW.

IMAGEMARK, Milwaukee, WI ● 2005 - 2006

Role: SAP FICO Lead

•Managed team of onshore resources.

•Led business requirements workshops, compiled the AS IS, should be and Fit and GAP analysis of the SAP R/3 system to the said processes. Performed assessment, mapping with SAP R/3 functionality and project plan.

•Involved in Configuration of Product costing for MTS scenario and production order related business process.

•Implemented FI-MM integration and documented it. Created LSMW to upload the accounting data and costing data in material master like overhead group, origin group, valuation class etc.

•Defined Costing Sheet, Cost Component Split, Costing Type, Valuation Variant, Quantity structure, Costing Variant, Variance keys, Default variance keys for plants, Target cost Version, Posting Rules for settling Work In process.

•Designed and set up Month-end closing procedure for CO-PC including Overhead cost revaluation, WIP calculation and settlement of order.

•Responsible for implementing CO-PA module and associated reporting requirements such as Segment Sales Report, Gross Margin etc. Developed report painter and dill-down reports to meet various requirements.

•Worked with cross modules lead on integration/configuration issues; helped implement Vertex for taxes.

•Developed test plans, test cases for GL, AR, AP, CO as well as acceptance criteria.

•Imparted extensive training to end users and provided post Go-live support.

ANID INFOSOFT, Atlanta, GA ● 2003 - 2005

Role: SAP FI/CO Consultant

•Worked as an SAP FI/CO consultant implementing FI and CO modules at various clients.

•Assisted in blueprinting workshops; analyzed business requirements, needs and objectives and mapped them to the processes, solutions and products that are being implemented. Prepared Functional design and other project documents.

•Configured FICO modules to meet business requirements, created test cases for UAT, help and train end users.

EDUCATION

MBA (FINANCE) BS (BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION)

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, New Jersey UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, South Carolina

TRAININGS/CERTIFICATION

SAP FICO / SAP FSCM / PMP

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