Certified in SAP S/* Hana Finance & FICO

Certified in SAP Activate Project Manager

MBA(Finance)

Pradeep Bussannagari

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Summary of Qualifications

Extensive experience in S/4 Hana Central Finance & S/4 Hana Finance, worked in 5 end to end implementations

SAP Certified Consultant ( ID:S0004456253) in S/4 Hana Simple Finance & FICO with MBA Finance

SAP Certified in SAP Activate Project Manager

Official trainer for SAP America for FICO related courses in Investment Management, Project systems & fixed assets.

Platinum level consultant in Central finance, S4 Hana finance, Fixed Asset Module. Worked as a full time SAP FICO Sr. consultant at Deloitte, Sr. Manager at Accenture and Director S/4 Hana Finance in KPMG. Teaching experience in Accenture centre for excellence (staff training college).

Worked as a solution architect in fortune 500 companies(GM, Chrysler, Pepsi, Amtrak, Cargill, Miller Coors, Levi’s, CSC, Verizon, Google etc)

Extensive experience of more than 15 years on full life cycle implementations, global roll-outs, upgrade & support for NA & EAME, APAC, LATAM countries and 10 years in banking sector.

Experience with 6 full lifecycle implementation of SAP FICO from requirement gathering to post-production support

Extensive functional and configuration experience in Financial Accounting (SAP-FI) including FI-General Ledger, FI-Account Payable, FI-Account Receivable, and FI-Asset Management

Expertise in Controlling (SAP-CO) that included CO – Cost Center Accounting, CO – Profit Center Accounting, CO – Profitability Analysis, CO – Product Costing and Internal Orders

Experience in integrating FICO with other SAP modules including SD, PP, MM and Real Estate flexible module (REFX) with Contract and Lease management

Experience working on all RICEFW for SAP FICO objects & coordinated with development team to complete as per the functional designs.

Experience working with concur for travel related expenses

Experience working closely with source to pay using Ariba for indirect procurement.

Experience & Knowledge with SAP BW and ABAP debugging.

Extensively worked on DATA migration & validation of SAP FICO objects.

Expertise in Report painter, Report writers and CO-PA drilldown reports

Expertise in functional & configuration experience in SAP Real estate flexible module and experience in integrating with FICO. Also, worked in JVA & PRA module for Oil & Gas industry

Experience in System, Assembly, Acceptance, Unit testing, Integration, Regression and UAT testing.

Trained business users using Info Pak material and prepared job aids and manuals.

Extensive experience on Cut-over activities

Professional Experience:

Client: Google LLC Jan 2020 – till date

S/4 Hana 1809 Fixed Assets - Business Process Re-engineering Architect

Currently handling entire global design for fixed assets across 76 countries

Working on various key design decisions for make, build and buy scenarios related to future state design and presenting the KDD to various key stake holders

Designed chart of depreciations for 76 countries using ledger approach with different currencies. Also, designed various interfaces for asset capitalization, retirement from boundary systems to S/4 for building data centers(Inventory to Asset)

Worked closely with business in coming up with revaluations, impairments across APAC, EMEA and LATAM countries

Worked on Business process hierarchies for each scenario and walked with Google Fixed assets teams.

Working closely with business, International and tax team to gather requirements across the global and performed fit/gap analysis

Extensive working experience on India tax depreciation as per income tax using asset block keys and WDV method.

Working on end to end each process flows for acquisitions, retirements, transfers, impairments, revaluations, capitalized interest, period end closing activities

Extensive working experience on asset creation using PO from ARIBA.

Started reviewing all the functional specs for RICEF objects.

Prototyped some of the complex scenarios for PO trace back of assets which are coming from inventory.

Creating complete Business process design document and presenting to business for sign off

Designed complete conversion strategy for legacy assets conversion which are almost 30 million sitting in Oracle and other systems.

Professional Experience:

Client: Verizon Feb 2019 – Jan 2020

S/4 Hana 1709 Fixed Assets and Central Finance Architect

Currently working on the explore phase of Release 15 for implementing End to end solution for Verizon Fixed assets, Leased assets, supply chain and finance

Handled workshops and gathered pain points, key design decisions and Business requirements for Capital Planning, Acquire to retire process

Currently working on solution designing of Asset capitalizations, Asset Movements, Master data

Handled complex scenarios for leasing, capital interest calculations, VPP/Burden process for all assets procured.

Independently handled all design workshops of ATR(Asset to retire)

Prototyped the scenarios for Network asset tracking using Procurement, Plant Maintenance, Project systems and Assets

Handled complex design and protottypes for captive leases using RE-FX contract and lease management module

BC Set activation, activation of REFX business functions and sub functions for contract and lease Managament

Configured various contract types for lease in and lease out

Configured valuation rules to address ASC 842, IFRS 16 and local GAAP

Configured Condition types, flow types, account symbols for contract and lease management account determination.

Various Fixed account determinations settings, OSS note implementation.

Month end activities to post periodic contract postings and valuation postings.

Helped in detailed design roadmaps for various releases moving forward

Central Finance

Error handling thru using AIF (Application Interface framework) for all replication postings in CFIN

Define Actions for Mapping Entities Enhanced configuration for Mapping Entities, Define Scenarios for Cost Objects Mapping and Define Mapping Rules for Cost Object Mapping Scenarios

All kinds of testing’s for central finance to replicate all types of transactions

Initial Load Settings for extraction, monitor extraction, simulation posting & post Initial Load and monitor Posting) in central finance

IMG Configuration for Central Finance: RFC Destination setup, Logical System Client Setup, error correction and suspense Accounting.

Created and mapped all master data objects from source to target which includes both SAP & non-sap systems using MDG.

Handled finance design workshops for foundational elements (company code, controlling are, trading partner, profit centers, cost centers), chart of accounts, primary organizational elements & secondary organizational elements.

Installed 1709 and worked closely with Basis for SLT & AIF set up.

IMG Configuration for Universal Journal setup & IMG Configuration

Migration of millions of GL records to the new S/4 Hana system.

Configured and customized the logic for New GL –document splitting to accommodate the postings to new system

Client: Briggs & Stratton Feb 2018 – Jan 2019

Accenture Sr. Mgr - S/4 Hana 1610 RTR IT Lead (Greenfield)

RTR lead handling 30 resources including client, offshore and onsite. Leading with passion, communicating, team building, and commitment & with utmost decisiveness.

Used SAP best practice company code & scenarios to leverage the solution and presented to client.

Handled workshops and gathered requirements for S/4 Hana finance for FICO. Created blueprint as per the business requirement and delivered the solution design.

Presented the new changes in S4 1610 for the business & IT and the performed the impact analysis.

Prototyped the solution using the best practice solution in S/4 and communicated the benefits of S/4

Analyze and map the fit gap analysis of client business requirement, process by conducting workshops and work in sessions. Performed process design, prototyping and feasibility studies for TO-BE solution. Acted as principal consultant & led team of people for people development tasks. Configured FICO(GL, AP, AR, EBS, New Asset accounting, Tax, Integration with SD, MM & EWM, product costing, Project systems & CO-PA)F

Coordinated all the testing cycles and participated in defect resolution.

Worked with business users to complete the UAT testing

Involved in production cutover activities

Worked on concur integrators to post the T&E expenses. Created Cost center master to have an outbound interface to feed into concur and allowed concur T&E expenses back into S/4

Completely configured the Fiori application including creation of catalogs, groups of various Fiori apps. Also, prepared the document & trained end user about the Fiori navigation. Worked closely with security to assign the roles to various groups.

Created functional specs for various RICEF objects using new S/4 tables. Worked closely with developer to complete technical design and unit testing of RICEF objects

Handled Data conversion activities using new functionality for loading all master data objects & transactional data. Prepared financial dashboard for comparison of legacy data to S/4 data after conversion.

Prepared end user documents & trained all new S/4 functionalities of FICO including FIORI.

Coordinated all types testing (Unit, System, Integration and User Acceptance). Worked closely with all the teams for all necessary cutover activities.

Client: Cargill Sep 2017 – Jan 2018

Accenture Sr.Mgr - S/4 Hana 1709 Central Finance Architect

Handled workshops to gathered requirements for S/4 Hana central finance. Created blueprint as per the business requirement and delivered the key design document. Designed new architecture for central finance.

Handled finance design workshops for foundational elements (company code, controlling are, trading partner, profit centers, cost centers), chart of accounts, primary organizational elements & secondary organizational elements.

Installed 1709 and worked closely with Basis for SLT & AIF set up.

IMG Configuration for Universal Journal setup & IMG Configuration

Migration of millions of GL records to the new S/4 Hana system.

Configured and customized the logic for New GL –document splitting to accommodate the postings to new system

IMG Configuration for Central Finance: RFC Destination setup, Logical System Client Setup, error correction and suspense Accounting.

Created and mapped all master data objects from source to target which includes both SAP & non-sap systems using MDG.

Initial Load Settings for extraction, monitor extraction, simulation posting & post Initial Load and monitor Posting) in central finance

Client: Jabil April 2017 – Sep 2017

SAP America Implementer

S/4 Hana 1610 FICO lead consultant (Greenfield)

Jabil Acquired Nypro packaging which is running in AS400. Client decided to implement S4 Hana 1610 for newly acquired company and later on to move their present business into S4.

Used SAP best practice company code & scenarios to leverage the solution and presented to client.

Handled workshops and gathered requirements for S/4 Hana finance for FICO. Created blueprint as per the business requirement and delivered the solution design.

Presented the new changes in S4 1610 for the business & IT and the performed the impact analysis.

Prototyped the solution using the best practice solution in S/4 and communicated the benefits of S/4

Analyze and map the fit gap analysis of client business requirement, process by conducting workshops and work in sessions. Performed process design, prototyping and feasibility studies for TO-BE solution. Acted as principal consultant & led team of people for people development tasks. Configured FICO(GL, AP, AR, EBS, New Asset accounting, Tax, Integration with SD, MM & EWM, product costing, Project systems & CO-PA)

Completely configured the Fiori application including creation of catalogs, groups of various Fiori apps. Also, prepared the document & trained end user about the Fiori navigation. Worked closely with security to assign the roles to various groups.

Created functional specs for various RICEF objects using new S/4 tables. Worked closely with developer to complete technical design and unit testing of RICEF objects

Handled Data conversion activities using new functionality LTMC for loading all master data objects & transactional data

Prepared end user documents & trained all new S/4 functionalities of FICO including FIORI.

Coordinated all types testing (Unit, System, Integration and User Acceptance). Worked closely with all the teams for all necessary cutover activities.

Client: IMG-WME April 2016 – Mar 2017

SAP America Implementer

S/4 Hana Central Finance lead consultant

SAP S4HANA SFIN/CFIN Solution Architect/Lead managing a merger of two entertainment companies on disparate ERP systems (300+ company codes). IMG is on SAP since 1996 and runs SAP ERP 6.0 EhP6, whereas WME runs Microsoft Dynamics Navision. Implementing S/4HANA SFIN 1503 SPS4 Central Finance enables the company to benefit from cutting edge technology in a non-disruptive environment utilizing SAP Activate Methodology (ATO – assemble to order). Responsibilities consist of building an Interface from source systems (SAP and non-SAP) using a separate instance for SAP MDG (Master Data Governance) containing all Business Mapping and Controls, and SAP SLT (System Landscape Transformation) containing all replication processes. Responsibilities also include Key Mapping (Master Data), Value Mapping (Configuration), Cost Object Mapping (Orders), AP/AR/OI mapping, Initial Load (IL) preparations for cutover and transformation of Asset Accounting into Central Finance (CFIN). Further responsibilities include configuration of Central Finance components and engaging BC Sets to mirror specific legacy (local) configuration content ensuring non-disruptive processed for the client. Additional responsibilities include Central Finance Unit, Integration and Acceptance testing of end-to-end business processes as well as Central Finance integration with BPC for legal and management consolidation, planning and reporting.

Handled workshops to gathered requirements for S/4 hana finance & central finance. Created blueprint as per the business requirement and delivered the solution design. Designed new architecture for both simple finance & central finance

Installed 1511 and worked closely with SAP Germany to resolve huge number of issues during implementation Also, closely worked with development & Basis team to apply different SAP notes for program corrections.

Worked on activate methodology(Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy & run)

Preparation: Helped in planning the project schedule, structure & preparation of sandbox & development environment. Explore: Performed the fit/gap analysis to validate the solution including project scope & business requirement. Realize: Build, demo and tested the solution in a iterative/agile approach identified in previous approach. Deploy: Conducted final preparation and cutover activity and deploy solution. Run: Applied SAP operations standard to operate, monitor and support solution after Go-Live.

IMG Configuration for Universal Journal setup & IMG Configuration

Migration of millions of GL records to the new S/4 Hana system.

Configured and customized the logic for New GL –document splitting to accommodate the postings to new system

IMG Configuration for Central Finance: RFC Destination setup, Logical System Client Setup, error correction and suspense Accounting.

Created and mapped all master data objects from source to target which includes both SAP & non-sap systems using MDG.

Installed & worked on SLT (SAP landscape transformation) server set up to collect the data written to database in source system in order to feed into corresponding central finance accounting interface.

Defined & configured the clearing and substitution accounts for all open item accounts.

Initial Load Settings for extraction, monitor extraction, simulation posting & post Initial Load and monitor Posting) in central finance

BAdIs implementation of Central Finance to exclude certain fields (Segment, tax codes, material, partner profit centers

Worked with technical team to build technical settings which include RFC’s, Logical Systems, applying various SAP notes

Configuring Cost Object Master Data Mapping( defining scenarios & assigning mapping rules for scenarios)

Determine Mapping Actions (keep data, map if possible, map obligatory & clear data) for all fields

BAdI for Preparation of Management Accounting Secondary Posting

Define MDG key and value mapping for GL accounts, profit centers, IO’s, Cost centers from source to target systems for all missing master data objects

Installed & worked on setting up AIF for FICO replication postings and error handing via AIF

Reset of company codes both in source & target as per SAP note 2182309 during initial load in lower clients and repeat the process to reload the initial data

Preparation & Migration of Customizing for GL, AA & CO. Defined message types for posting migration

Configured new Functionalities of GL Accounting: created multiple ledgers & currencies and assigning them to each accounting principle. Created Extension ledgers for adjustment postings on top of base ledger. Created CO doc types & plan versions and assigned them to company code thru doc type variant

IMG Configuration for Central Finance setup RFC Destination setup, Logical System & Logical System Client Setup error correction and suspense Accounting,

Initial Load Setting (created clearing & substitution accounts, monitor extraction, simulation &post Initial Load and monitor Posting) for central finance

BAdIs implementation of Central Finance to exclude certain fields (Segment, tax codes, material, partner profit centers. Also, worked on behavior of open item accounts in CFIN

BAdi implementation for initial load to accommodate the document splitting activities to balance by profit center.

Configuring Cost Object Master Data Mapping( defining scenarios & assigning mapping rules for scenarios)

Determine Mapping Actions (keep data, map if possible, map obligatory & clear data) for all fields

BAdI for Preparation of Management Accounting Secondary Posting

Define & Load MDG key and value mapping for GL accounts, profit centers, IO’s, Cost centers from source to target systems

Define Actions for Mapping Entities Enhanced configuration for Mapping Entities, Define Scenarios for Cost Objects Mapping and Define Mapping Rules for Cost Object Mapping Scenarios

Error handling thru using AIF (Application Interface framework) for all replication postings

All kinds of testings for central finance to replicate all types of transactions.

SAP America Mar 2016

Role: Trainer for IM, Project systems & fixed assets

I was successfully completed teaching AC350 & AC020 for SAP students with outstanding rating from SAP America.

I was able to teach business processes along with configuration & executing end user transactions using best practices in IM, PS & Fixed assets

Client: Ingredion Incorporated Aug 2015 to Mar 2016

Role : SAP Record to Report Architect & SME Fixed assets

Ingredion is a global ingredient solutions provider with a rich legacy of exceptional performance and market-leading innovation. Ingredion mill and modify crops such as corn, tapioca, rice and potato into starches, sweeteners, nutritional ingredients and industrial additives that add value and functionality to customers’ products

S/4 Hana Simple finance:

S/4 Hana Simple finance: Worked to create a prototype & POC of the solution & migration using s/4 Hana simple finance

Worked on upgradation of classic GL to S/4 Hana finance by migrating to Hana database & EHP7 in separate server.

Completed Preparation phase performed all reconciliations & period end activities and captured all report snapshots

Completed installations for 1503 version with help of basis (all the index tables & total tables are backed automatically and Hana compatibility view for RICEF objects.

Worked on customizing on GL from account approach to ledger approach and assigning them to each accounting principle. Created appendix ledgers for adjustment postings on top of base ledger. Created CO doc types & plan versions and assigned them to company code thru doc type variant.

Configured the ledger approach by assigning the accounting principles to respective new ledgers & posted real times in all valuations

Completely configured asset accounting by creating new depreciation areas for real time postings and parallel currencies reporting & removed delta areas

Configured technical clearing account for postings from various modules & activated new asset accounting. Also configured delta changes for account determinations using A090

Performed all types postings (acquisitions, retirements, transfers & new depreciation logic)

Worked on CO-PA account based using COGS & Variance split

Created GL accounts for COGS and detailed COGS(Material COGS & Labor COGS). Set up account determination for material movements by specifying the transaction keys BSX (inventory accounts) & GBB(change in inventory/COGS)

Set up customizing & refinement of COGS. Assignment of refinement GL account to cost component structure and assign splitting schema to company code. Executed costing run to update the prices are up to date.

Set up derivation rules in CO-PA

Performed all kinds of testing after post migration.

SAP RTR lead & SME Fixed assets

Worked on Accounting policies, procedures and standardized chart of accounts for newly acquired company

Handled workshops for General ledger functions, journal entry processing, inter company accounting, foreingn exchange revaluations and translations

Leading a team of consultants, client people for extraction, transformation and loading the data from Legacy to SAP systems.

Working closely with Data Conversion leadership for updating the day to day activities about the progress and make any necessary changes for the delta loads

Worked on US tax depreciation keys for USGAAP, Federal tax, Alt minimum tax, ACE, E&P, Fed Tax- No bonus, St.tax depreciation books. & successfully migrated to new system with Internal order functionalities

Worked on month/year end activities and financial statements versions

Worked closely with change management for compliance & controls

Presented the solution of simple finance functions & benefits

Data conversion integration lead in the Record to Report (FICO) area. Led team on all data integration points (business, process, and conversion)

Working closely with business to gather all information pertaining to the legacy GL balances, Fixed Assets registers, AUC/CIP balances, AP, AR & GRIR open item conversions. Responsible for participating and reviewing all functional design documents of FICO data conversion objects.

Working closely with business to clean up their Business/SAP readiness reports to make error free data while transforming

Worked on cut over activities during go-live

Working on the remedy incidents based on the complexity for all FICO objects.

Performed in depth validations for both pre and post loads and reconciled with Legacy to SAP GL and Legacy Sub ledgers to SAP sub ledgers.

Client: SM Energy (Oil & Gas Upstream) May 2015 to Aug 2015

Role: SAP R2R Lead, New GL, Fixed assets, PS, JVA Support

SM Energy an independent exploration and production company with operations across North America, it's our above-ground assets - our people - who set SM Energy apart from other oil and gas companies

Works closely with business subject matter experts and leaders to define and improve business processes.

Maintains awareness of SAP process strengths, supported best practices and development release schedule to assist in defining future direction.

Work closely with the technical development team to ensure accurate and timely code that matches the designs

Created new reports for all ARO initial liability, ARO activity

Created Impairments and DD&A calculations. Revisited all UOP dep keys and recommended best practices solutions

Setting up the salvage values by assigning a scrap value key to the dep key used in dep are for grouped assets to calculate depreciation on the remainder of the value.

Setting of all config related to intercompany asset transfers(creating new transaction types, transfer variant, account determination, intercompany billing)

Trouble shooting of all issues related to General Ledger, Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable & Fixed assets

Configured interest calculations, SAP volumes, changes to financial statements, new asset history sheet reports

Worked on 1099 reports for vendor payments

Created new report painter reports for the Trail balance which includes the amounts & quantity for Total Oil, Gas & NGL revenues.

Configured JVA company configuration, Ledgers(4A & 4B), number range maintenance (JV cutback, JV Doc, JV –JOA, JV-Master & JV-plan), JOA class, venture class, equity types, CI penalty categories & recovery indicators.

Trouble shootings on all JVA related incidents (Cash calls, Partner billing, convenience netting & JIB)

Configured sales & use tax settings(FTXP) & created reporting for 1099.

Created new allocation cycles for JVA’s to post the costs & overheads

Assisted in PRA configuration.

Client: Computer Science Corporation Jun 2014 to May 2015

Role: Solution Architect – Fixed Assets, PS, IM, New GL

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Actively involved in the preparation, design, realization and Go live of clients implementation projects

Defined detailed business plan & blueprint for process implementation & development requirements.

Analyze and map the fit gap analysis of client business requirement, process by conducting workshops and work in sessions.

Assisted in the development of overall scope as well as individual work plans.

Worked closely with client business partners in each phase and adhered the industry best practices using standard SAP process.

Handled the workshops with business users about the AS-IS process about Asset acquisitions, Asset depreciation along with different calculation methods, Asset transfer between different locations and plants, Assets scrapping or disposals, conversions and various asset reports according to each country legal requirements

Performed process design, prototyping and feasibility studies for TO-BE solution

Acted as principal consultant & led team of people for people development tasks

Created a end – end customizing process for all the asset movements with one single tcode where it performs all types asset accounting process with integration of plant maintenance.

Automated end to end intercompany asset process for complete/partial transfers – system performs an intercompany asset transfer, reclass entries to Intercompany clearing account and thereby creating a Sales order, once billing is done intercompany accounts will be offset and this completely automated.

Designed various asset equipment joint reports both ECC & BW

Prepare business blueprint document for all types of functional & configuration designs

Created complex functional design for asset movements along with equipment data which process all the asset related activities with approvals by creating a notification.

Configured the end to end solution for Fixed assets India which includes depreciation methods, keys for book & tax.

Working closely with development team by transitioning the functional designs and providing the test data for all kinds of custom reports(equipment joint report, transaction report), BNA tax interfaces, asset movement process

Working closely with change management team and SOX team for better controls and audit checks for all designs

Successfully configured all New GL functionalities(Parallel reporting, segment reporting, document splitting)

Working closely with leadership team to arrive at fit-gap analysis

Configured Tax books along with depreciation keys based on tax requirements.

Presenting the TO-BE solutions to business with prototyping the solution with different scenarios

Completing writing the test script for system and user acceptance

Completing all types of testing including unit, integration and UAT.

Assisting in legacy data conversions for asset master and transactional data for mid-year & year end conversion by creating functional designs for conversions and assisting data team to load the Sub ledger

Loading all GL balances by profit center for asset sub ledger and reconciling with legacy data

Worked extensively on month end close scripts to close the UAT activities.

Assisting in preparing the cut over activities for Go-Live

Prepared training manual & training the end users.

Client: Caterpillar Inc. May 12 to May 2014

Role: RTR Solution Architect – Fixed Assets (EMEA)

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company also is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services. For more than 85 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.

Responsibilities: Everything has been done independently for European countries (France, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Hungary & UK)

Actively involved in the preparation, design, realization and Go live of clients implementation projects

Defined detailed business plan & blueprint for process

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