Sap Assistant

Executive Summary

Over ** years’ experience in SAP FI/CO with 7 Full Life Cycle Implementations. Expertise in configuring end-to-end processes of FI &CO & PS Modules: General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, House bank, Fixed Assets,Special purpose Ledger Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Project system Internal Orders & COPA

Implementation experience in Banking, Pharmaceutical, Staffing, Munitions, EPC Industry, Insurance, Retail, Auto & Utility.

Have lead SAP implementations as RTR lead in Fortune 500 companies like UGI Utilities, Liberty Mutual & Home Depot.

SAP Deployment lead with team of 50 members onsite & offshore.

Implemented S/4 HANA 1610 & 1709

Good Knowledge on FI/CO Integration with MM and SD Modules.

New G/L implementation

SAP HANA upgrade.

Completed training in SAP Simple finance.

Proficient in project evaluation, Business Blue Print documentation, configuring and in-depth understanding of business processes relating to SAP Finance, Controlling and integration with other modules.

Comfortable with various project procedures around project preparation, AS-IS study, TO-BE study, GAP analysis, Generation of Business Process Master List, Client Report Requirements Mapping, Baseline and Final Configurations, Testing (Process / Integration / Day in the Life) and Training, Documentation, Cut Over & Conversion Strategies, Go-Live & Support

Extensively worked on various ABAP developments including various Forms, Reports, Interfaces, I Docs, Conversions and Enhancement objects

Experienced in Working with Onsite – Offshore Model of SAP Implementations, Support and Maintenance Activities. My project with GE-NBC universal was cross geography project with teams in UK, USA, INDIA & Australia.

Chartered Accountant (equivalent to CPA)

Certified Management Accountant ( US)

Cost Accountant

Good exposure to all areas of financial management

Pursuing CPA.

Education / Membership of Professional institutes

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Equivalent to CPA)

CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT ( IMA USA)

COST ACCOUNTANT, Institute of Cost and Works Accountant of India (Equivalent to CIMA)

B.COM, Mumbai University

Professional Experience

Organization

Location

From

To

Designation

Role

Deloitte LLP

Philadelphia,USA

June 2017

date

SAP Specialist

Solution Architect & RTR Lead

Day & Zimmerman

Philadelphia,USA

March 2009

June 2017

SAP FICO Manager

Lead SAP FICO

Cognizant Technology Solutions

New Jersey, USA

Feb 2007

Feb 2009

Senior Consultant

Lead SAP FICO Consultant

TATA Consulting Services Ltd (TCS)

Mumbai, India & London UK

July 2004

December 2006

System Analyst

SAP FICO Consultant

ICICI BANK LTD

Mumbai, India

FEB 2003

JULY 2004

Assistant Manager MIS

Project team SAP

FABRIGEM CREATIONS LTD

Mumbai, India

AUG 2000

JAN 2003

MANAGER FINANCE

Finance and Accounts

ATUL LTD

Valsad, India

JAN 2000

JULY 2000

ASSISTANT MANGER

COSTING AND MIS

K.C THAKKAR & Co

Mumbai, India

AUG 1995

AUG 1998

AUDIT ASSISTANT

AUDIT & TAXATION

SAP Project Experience

Deloitte Consulting LLP Philadelphia, PA

SAP Specialist

Client: Toyota, USA

PROJECT: SAP Implementation

Role: Management Reporting Lead {September 2019 to date}

Industry: Automobiles

Implementing S/4 1610 in Toyota North America manufacturing plants for Management reporting & Controlling

Implementing Cost Center Accounting & Overhead Management, Profit Center

Accounting,Production Orders, Product Costing & COPA for Manufacturing plants.

Client: Home Depot, USA

PROJECT: CFIN 1809 Implementation

Role: CFIN Lead {March 2019 to August 2019}

Industry: Retail

Designed blue print for S/4 HANA CFIN 1809

Prepared S/4 deployement plan for multi year S/4 implementation

Configured sand box system for pre-implementation

Lead phase zero planning & mapping of business processes in S/4.

Client: UGI Utilities, USA

PROJECT: S/4 1709 Implementation

Role: RTR Lead {March 2018 to February 2019}

Industry: Utilities

Designed blue print for S/4 HANA 1709

Implemented G/L, AP, AR, Cost Center Accounting, Internal orders & Overhead Management solutions.

Integration of Success Factors payroll modules & Concur with S/4

Financial statement & Managemnt reporting

Intercompany configurations & reporting

FERC Accounting

Client: Liberty Insurance, USA

PROJECT: S/4 1609 Implementation

Role: RTR Lead {July 2017 to February 2018}

Industry: Insurance

Lead FIT GAP Analysis process to ensure migration from legacy system to S/4 HANA.

Configuration Lead for Enterprise structure, Controlling & G/L sub Modules for S/4 HANA.

Implemented Analysis for Office reporting tool for S/4 HANA.

Designed & Implemented Global Financial Reporting for major Insurance Company.

Provided innovative solutions to the client so that coding block requirements of legacy systems are implemented in S/4 HANA.

Implemented VAT & Statutory reporting for European entitities in UK, Ireland, France & Luxembourg.

Recommend & Implement SAP best practices to client.

Providing custom solutions in SAP S/4 HANA to meet specialized client requirement

Deloitte lead for SAP S/4 HANA implementation for FICO module

Lead team to implement SAP S/4 HANA .

Worked with teams across North America & Europe to design & implement SAP S/4 HANA

Lead FIT GAP Analysis process to ensure migration from legacy system to S/4 HANA.

Configuration Lead for Enterprise structure, Controlling & G/L sub Modules for S/4 HANA.

Implemented Analysis for Office reporting tool for S/4 HANA.

Designed & Implemented Global Financial Reporting for major Insurance Company.

Provided innovative solutions to the client so that coding block requirements of legacy systems are implemented in S/4 HANA.

Design & implement Accounts payable, Bank Management, Accounts Receivable & Fixed asset sub module in SAP S/4 HANA.

Designed Parallel ledgers with multiple currencies to meet US GAAP & IFRS reporting requirements.

Day & Zimmerman Inc

Role: Lead SAP FI/CO & Deployment Lead {March 2009 to July 2017}

Industry: Diversified

Day & Zimmerman is US 3 Billion dollar privately held diversified group engaged in Engineering Procurement & Construction, Staffing, Munitions manufacturing & federal services.

Responsibilities:

Deployment lead & managing SAP team

. Implementing SAP in new business units. Analyzing existing business processes and identifying gaps Managing Migration from legacy systems to SAP. Solution design in SAP to close gaps. Enhancements to existing configurations of SAP to meet changing business needs & scenarios UAT testing in QA environment and change management implementation .Developing SAP blue print for implementation. Coordinate with SAP for issue resolution via OSS messages. Finance Period end activities. SAP upgrades & support packs.

Implemented SAP Simple Finance 1503- Business Suite on HANA.

Handling & Supervising day to day support issues and Enhancement in

AP-Automatic payment, ACH, Vendor Master, FI-MM integration issues, customized developments, Recurring entries, AP interfaces, month end and year end closing.AR- Lock box, Customer master, AR interfaces, AR customized developments, month end and year end closing. Lock box collections G/L: Master records, G/L interfaces, G/L customized developments, month end and year end closing. House Banks, Check Management, Electronic bank statement and Bank reconciliation. Fixed Asset: Master records, depreciation run, month end and year end closing. Cost center accounting: Master records, assessment cycles, reporting and planning. Internal orders: Master records, settlement and reporting. Profit Center Accounting- Master data, hierarchy & reporting. COPA configuration & reporting. Month end closing for G/l CO PCA & ECCS. Result analysis reports &configuration annual planning in CO. Report painter reports for monthly & yearly financial statements. Product costing. Payroll processing. Projects System: Master records and reporting. ECCS: Consolidation of financial statements. Configuration & reporting with special ledgers. New G/L implementation. Taxation in Vertex. Multiple currency configurations. 1099 returns. Fiscal year change variant. UK VAT tax implementation & reporting

Client: Sony BMG, USA

PROJECT: SAP SUPPORT

Role: Team Lead {November 2007 to Feb 2009}

Industry: Media

Sony BMG is US 4 Billion dollar media giant in production sales and distribution of music labels

Responsibilities:

Manage FICO onsite & offshore team for SAP support & enhancements in US and Europe

Analyzing existing business processes and identifying gaps. Migration from People soft to SAP. Solution design in SAP to close gaps .Enhancements to existing configurations of SAP to meet changing business needs & scenarios .UAT testing in QA environment and change management Implementing Fiscal year change variant.

Overlooking day to day support issues and Enhancement in

AP-Automatic payment, ACH, Vendor Master, FI-MM integration issues, customized developments, Recurring entries, AP interfaces, month end and year end closing.AR- Lock box, Customer master, AR interfaces, customized developments, month end and year end closing. G/L: Master records, G/L interfaces, customized developments, month end and year end closing. Bank: House Banks, Check Management, Electronic bank statement and Bank reconciliation. Fixed Asset: Master records, depreciation run, month end and year end closing. Cost center accounting: Master records, assessment cycles, reporting and planning. COPA reporting. Internal orders: Master records, settlement and reporting. Projects System: Master records and reporting

Client: HESS, USA

PROJECT: SAP SUPPORT

Role: Team Lead {May 2007 to November 2007}

HESS is 30 billion dollars US company in Oil and Gas business

Responsibilities:

Overlooking day to day support issues and Enhancement in

Analyzing existing business processes and identifying gaps. Solution design in SAP to close gaps. Enhancements to existing configurations of SAP to meet changing business needs & scenarios .UAT testing in QA environment, Change management and Compliance with SOX requirements. Handling day to day support issues in AP, AR, GL and Fixed assets module

Client: J P MORGAN CHASE, USA

PROJECT: SAP SUPPORT

Role: FI/CO Consultant {Feb 2007 to May 2007}

Industry: Banking

JP MORGAN CHASE is leading bank in USA. I was part of SAP Project team responsible for Special ledger implementation and enhancements to integration of SAP with HYPERION.

Responsibilities:

Member of Projects team Responsible for implementation, support and enhancements of Special Purpose Ledger Responsible for customization of SAP integration with Hyperion Systems.

Client GE NBC UNIVERSAL, INDIA & UK

Project: SAP SUPPORT

Role: Team Lead {August 2005 to Dec 2006}

Industry: MEDIA

GE NBC Universal is media giant into entertainment and broadcasting. I was part of SAP support for HOME Video Entertainment division. The project was for production support, enhancements, implementation & testing.

We provided SAP Support and Enhancement services to GE NBC Universal users in G/L, AP, AR, Banking, Special purpose ledger, CCA, Internal order & PS sub modules. The client uses KINTANA tool for raising support tickets. Creation of Master data for AP.AR,G/L, Bank, CCA &PCA .AA - Created Fixed Asset, Group Assets, assets class, post periodic assets, Asset Acquisitions and Depreciations, Chart of depreciation,, depreciation area, fiscal year variant, number range, substitution rule in the fixed asset master records and Review of fixed assets accounts. PCA implementation. PERIOD END CLOSING: Activities by cost centre, Actual period costing, Cost accrual distribution & actual cost assessment. Solving SAP issues in G/L, AP, AR, Banking, Special purpose ledger, CCA, Internal order & PS sub modules. Reports using Report painter. Enhancements to existing configurations of SAP to meet changing business needs & scenarios. Conducted training programs for team members and end users .Also developed training concept decks, end user documentation and process narratives .Regression testing for new developments and client integration .Maintenance of validations & substitutions. Maintenance of Media product master.

Client: BRITISH PETROLEUM, INDIA

Role: SAP FICO Consultant {June 2005 to July 2005}

Industry: Oil & Gas

British Petroleum is major Oil & Gas producer into upstream & down stream activities with major share in global market. The mission of project was production support and testing.

Responsibilities:

Testing of business scenarios in SAP using MERCURY & Quick Test Professional Tool. The business scenarios included FICO transactions for AR, AP, G/L, Month End, CCA, Planning, Assessment, Distribution, Activity types & internal orders. SAP support for AP, AR, G/L, BANK, Special purpose ledger, CCA, PCA, Internal orders sub module. Creation of AP, AR, G/L, CCA masters. Conducted training programs for team members and end users, also developed training concept decks, end user documentation. Maintain fiscal year and period open/close configuration. Enhancements to existing configurations of SAP to meet changing business needs & scenarios. Setting chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, asset class, and depreciation keys.

Client: NICHOLAS PIRAMAL

Role: SAP FICO Consultant {December 2004 – May 2005}

Industry: Pharmaceutical

Nicholas Pharmaceutical Ltd is major pharmaceutical company in India. It is into manufacture of OTC & prescription drugs. It is also into contract manufacturing, bulk drugs, formulations and intermediate drugs. The mission of project was implementation of SAP using ASAP methodology.

Configuration of FICO module in SAP for Pharmaceutical Company adopting SAP Best practices.

Formulating business blueprint

FI CONFIGURATION DETAILS: Global Setting-company code, fiscal year variant, opening & closing posting periods, document number, tolerance group for employees. General ledger- Chart of Accounts, Account Groups, Creation/Copying of G/L accounts, Retained Earning Account, Tolerance group for G/L account. House Banks- Defining House Banks, Check lots, Check register. Account Receivable- Defining Account groups, Customer Master, Dunning. Accounts Payable- Defining Account groups, Vendor Master, Automatic payment. Special purpose Ledger- Creation of Special purpose Ledger

.CO CONFIGURATION DETAILS: Global Setting - Maintaining Controlling area, Version, Number Ranges for controlling and settlement documents. Master Data- Primary & Secondary cost elements, Cost Centre Hierarchy, Cost Centers, Cost Centre Categories, Activity types, Order types & Statistical key figures. PLANNING- Planning for Activity type, Statistical key figure, Primary cost & Assessment. Actual Posting-Direct activity cost allocation, transfer of cost to order. PERIOD END CLOSING: Activities by cost centre, Actual period costing, Cost accrual distribution & actual cost assessment. Testing of business scenarios for account payables, account receivables, g/l accounts, closing, planning, cost centre, overhead control, activity cost, cost orders, statistical key figures & reports

Client: Indian Oil Corporation

Role: Team Lead SAP FICO {Aug 2004–Nov 2004}

Industry: Oil & Gas

Indian Oil Corporation is fortune 500 company into petroleum refining and distribution. It is major share in Oil and Gas refining and retail in India.

I was involved in SAP roll out in Oil depots and LPG plants

Responsibilities:

System analysis at client’s place & defining business processes in SAP. Implementation of SAP PRE CO LIVE ACTIVITIES-Customer, Vendor, G/l accounts master records creation & updating, defining house banks, updating of budget records, creation of cost centers. User training in SAP and Documentation of SAP processes. Client support and trouble shooting in SAP. I have exposure to SAP scenarios at plant location & state offices. I was assigned responsibility of SAP FICO team lead for this project.

Client: ICICI BANK LTD, India

Role: Project team SAP {Feb 2003 – July 2004}

Industry: Banking

ICICI Bank ltd is leading bank in India. It provides retail and corporate banking services and has braches across the globe. The mission of project was implementation of SAP in bank.

Responsibilities:

GLOBAL SETTINGS-company code, fiscal year variant, opening & closing posting periods, document number, tolerance group for employees. General ledger- Chart of accounts assignments, account groups, creation/copying general ledger accounts, retained earning account, tolerance group for G/L accounts. HOUSE BANKS- Defining house banks check lots & check register. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES- Defining account groups, Customer Master & Dunning. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE- Defining Account groups, Vendor master & automatic payments. SPECIAL PURPOSE LEDGER- Creation of Special purpose ledger. GLOBAL SETTINGS- Maintaining controlling area version, number rangers for controlling documents & settlement documents. MASTERDATA- Primary & Secondary cost element, cost element hierarchy, cost centre, cost centre categories, activity types, order types and statistical key figures. PLANNING- Planning for activity type, statistical key figure, primary cost & assessment. ACTUAL POSTING- Direct activity cost allocation, transfer of cost to cost order. PERIOD END CLOSING: Activities by cost centre, actual period posting, cost accrual distribution & actual cost assessments. Formulating business blueprint. TESTING of business scenarios for account payables, account receivables, G/L accounts, closing, planning, cost centre, overhead control, activity cost, cost orders, statistical figures & reports. Post goes live support to SAP users. Creation of masters. Solving SAP issues in G/L, AP, AR, and CCA sub modules. SAP support to users in AP, AR, G/L, and Bank, Special purpose ledger, CCA, Internal order & PCA. Training users in SAP FICO & documentation of SAP business processes.

Client: FABRIGEM CREATIONS LTD, India

Role: Manager Finance {Aug 2000–Jan 2003 }

Industry: Manufacturing

FABRIGEM CREATIONS LTD is joint venture between FABRIKANT & SONS USA and GEMBEL NV. It is major manufacturer of diamond studded gold jeweler. The company was major site holders for global diamond giant De Beers.

Responsibilities:

Managing packing credit & reporting bank status. Preparation of CMA & QIS statements. Preparation of project report. Monthly cash flow debtor control & collection. Supervision of accounts. Finalization of quarterly P&L & balance sheet. Preparation for statutory audit & finalization. Tax audit, Scrutiny proceedings, and Tax returns & TDS returns. Sales tax returns. Bank stock audit & bank correspondence. Monthly costing & MIS reports & stock statements. Drafting resolution Attending RBI & Custom requirements. SAP power user for AR, AP, GL, CCA and Internal orders area. PERIOD END CLOSING: Activities by cost centre, Actual period costing, Cost accrual distribution & actual cost assessment.

Solving SAP issues in G/L, AP, AR, Banking, Special purpose ledger, CCA, Internal order & PS sub modules.

Client: ATUL Ltd

Role: Assistant Manager Costing & MIS {Jan 2000- July 2000}

Industry: Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

ATUL Ltd is major chemical company in India into production of aromatics, dye stuffs, pharmacy intermediates and industrial polymers.

Responsibilities:

Preparation of Budget & Monthly divisional profitability.

Divisional working capital, flash profitability & MIS reports.

Client: K.C THAKKAR & Company

Role: Audit Assistant {Aug 1995 – Aug 1998}

Industry: AUDIT & Financial advisories

K.C THAKKAR & CO is leading Audit Company in India. It provides audit, taxation and corporate advisory services to its clients.

Responsibilities:

Statutory Audit of companies.

Internal audit of companies covering aspects of internal control & application of management policies.

Audit of co-operative societies.

Management and system audit of various entities

Basic knowledge of company law matter

Maintenance of accounts & finalization

Taxation & allied matters:

The area of exposure includes tax planning and calculation of tax for various entities as per Income tax act.

Tax audit of assesses

Basic knowledge of preparation of project reports including preparation of cash flow, fund flow & projected financial statement & adjudging feasibility thereof.

Ratio analysis and application thereof.

Complete Skills Summary

SAP S/4 Hana 1610,1709 & 1809

SAP new G/L & SAP Simple Finance

SAP-versions 4.7, 4.6 C,5.00, IS MEDIA & IS OIL

SAP Implementation, Roll out, Upgrade and Support experience.

Experience in User Training

LSMW

Working knowledge of SAP modules SD, MM & PS

SAP-FICO-AP, AR, GL, House bank, Special Ledger, CCA, Internal orders, PCA & COPA

SAP IMPLEMENTATION using ASAP methodology

Testing Tool: Mercury & QTP

Office Tools: MS Office

Mailing S/W: MS Outlook, Lotus Notes

Operating Systems: Windows

Languages:

Database: ORACLE DBASE SYBASE & HANA

Hardware: Intel Pentium based PCs

SAP-FICO versions 7.4 7.3 6 4.6C, 4.7 Enterprise, IS Media & IS OIL

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