Sap FICO, Funds Management, Integration, RICEFW and Upload Tools

Narasimha Rao CVL

**+ YEARS EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

13+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SAP FICO/FM

WORKED 6+ YEARS IN DUBAI (UAE)

· Hyderabad,India · Email: ******@*****.*** · Cell: +91-902*******/986-***-**** · Skype Id: cnr321

•Skillset:

Project Management related:

•Understand and Develop detailed project plans/Business Case

•Motivate internal/external teams to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met within budget

•Communicate and Report status to executives, business partners and all other key stakeholders

•Summarize to senior management to provide recommendations and status updates.

•Summary:

Experienced as SAP Functional consultant and Team Leader Over 13 years and over 18 years’ experience in Finance and Administration areas.

•Expertise in configuration and customization of FI Module (GL, A/P, A/R, AA, FM)

•Expertise in configuration of CO Module (CCA, IO, CO-PCA, CO-PC).

•Knowledge on Material Ledger

•Knowledge on Tables, Fields for providing Functional Specs to ABAP Team.

•Good Understanding in MM, PP, SD, PS and Basis/ABAP Modules

•Proficiency in User Administration, Roles/Authorizations, SOD

•Extensive experience of Full life cycle large implementation in SAP.

•Post Implementation support experience

•Excellent communication and inter-personnel skills. Proven ability to work independently and team environments.

•Worked in Government of AP Project, Pharma, Semiconductor, Hospital industries, Large Trading Houses (Dubai) and Corporate Training Centers

•Experience in Interface, IDoc, Proxy analysis and solutioning.

•SAP Expertise:

•Worked in Full Life Cycle Implementations, Rollouts, Enhancements, Support and Training.

•Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI/CO modules -GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Treasury-BCM, Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting and Product Costing

•Integration of FI with CO, MM, SD, PP, PS and HR

•Thorough Knowledge in MM Module - Back flush, FIFO valuation, Shelf Life, STO etc scenarios

•Good working knowledge in Project System Module - WBS, Network, BOM configurations,

Budget control, Milestone Billing etc

•Funds management (BCS) configuration, Development and Support

•Worked on Reporting tools like Report Painter, Report Writer

•Functional Specs for Custom Reports working with ABAP developers and knowledge in LSMW, BAPI, BADI, IDOCs etc

•Active member in conducting the Team meetings, Workshops

•Knowledge in SOX compliance viz., SODs

•Transport Requests and Support Tickets on SOLMAN platform

SAP Projects summary:

Projects

Client Name

Industry Vertical

SAP Project Type

Role

From Period

To

Period

Payroll/Contracted Company

Project-I

Natco Pharma Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Pharma

Implementation

FICO Associate Consultant

Jan’05

Sep’06

Kopper IT

Project-II

I-8 Consultants and Trainers, Hyderabad

SAP Edn

Corp Traning

FICO Consultant

Oct’06

Feb’07

I-8 Consultants and Trainers, Hyderabad

Project-III

Solar Semiconductor Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Solar Cells/Panel Mfg

Implementation & Support

Senior Manager (SAP Project)

Mar’07

Oct’13

Solar Semiconductor Pvt Ltd

Project-IV

Reliance Corporate IT Limited, Mumbai

IT Services Divn

Implementation & Support

FICO Lead Consultant

Oct’14

Dec’15

Krish IT Solutions, Chennai

Project-V

Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Mumbai

Shipping Services

Support

FICO Team Lead

May’16

Aug’17

Yash Technologies/Teknosoft Solutions Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Project-VI

Digitalonus, Mexico

Multiple projects – Mining, Beverages

Support

FICO Team Lead

Sep’17

Mar’18

Techatalyst, Mumbai

Project-VII

AP Government (Revenue & Expenditure)

AP Government Finance division implementation

Development

FICO / FM (S4 HANA) Team Lead

Apr’18

Jan’19

SAP India thru ILabs, Bangalore and Transaltus, Bangalore

Domain Summary:

Company Name

Industry Vertical

Department

Role

From Period

To

Period

Empire Trading LLC

Mfg & Trading

Finance & Admn

F & A Manager

Dec’ 1998

Sep’ 2004

•Academic Qualification:

•B. Com from Osmania University (1980-83)

•Technical Qualifications:

•Excellent working knowledge in MS Office Suite

•English & Telugu Typing Certifications

•Visual Basic Programming Skills

•SAP - FICO,MM, PS and PP Modules Training

•Training & Certifications:

•Training Certificate in MS Excel by NIIT, Hyderabad

•Participation Certificate from Chamber of Commerce & Trade, Hyderabd

•Leadership Training by Dale Carnigie

•Work Experience:

Project – VII

(Part-II)

Employer

Transaltus, Bangalore

Client

SAP (AMS) India, Bangalore

Project

A.P Finance Project, Vijayawada

Role

Lead Consultant

Duration

June, 2017 - Jan, 2019

Environment

S4 HANA

Project Type

Support & Development – SAP Funds Management

(Part-I)

Employer

ILABS, Bangalore

Client

SAP India, Bangalore

Project

AP Finance Project, Vijayawada

Role

Lead Consultant

Duration

Apr, 2018 - May, 2018

Environment

S4 HANA

Project Type

Implementation & Support -SAP Funds Management

Project: Lead the team of technical and functional during the implementation and reports development phases in one of the prestigious projects of SAP India, i.e, Government of Andhra Pradesh Finance Department.

Responsibilities:

•Process Designing and Data mapping (S4 HANA). AP Govt intended to implement this project for their Finance Department through their Nodal Agent ‘APCFMS’. Accounting entries viz., Government Receipts and Payments with SAP-FM implementation. SAP designed to record these transactions flown from or to the citizens/employees/contractors/others into SAP Life cycle management and after necessary approval processes, then flown to SAP-FI for automated accounting entries.

•RICEF functional specifications to HANA/BO developer team for submission of various mandatory monthly reports to Accountant General and CAG of India.

Project – VI

Employer

Techatalyst, Mumbai

Client

Digitalonus, Mexico

Project

AMS-Remote support to Multiple support projects from Australia, Srilanka

Role

Lead Consultant

Duration

Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2018

Environment

ECC 6.0/S4 HANA

Project Type

Support

Project: As a part of SAP AMS team, extened support to multiple organizations located in Australia (Mining) and Sri Lanka (Lion Beverages).

Project - V

Employer

Teknosoftsol Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Client

Yash Technologies

Project

Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Mumbai

Role

Lead Consultant

Duration

May, 2016 - Aug, 2017

Environment

ECC 6.0

Project Type

Support

Project: As the country's premier shipping line, the Shipping Corp of India, a Govt of India undertaking, owns and operates around one third of the Indian tonnage, and has operating interests in practically all areas of the shipping business, servicing both national and international. SAP was implemented in 2011 and the main area is the interface with their sub systems viz., DANAOS and AFSYS. Since it is a PSU, they have implemented Funds Management (BCS) as well.

Responsibilities:

•Lead a team of 15+ consultants for delivering the products on time within budget lines besides FICO support activities.

•Implementation of Funds Management (BCS). We have defined Derivative rules, customized availability checks/Libraries, earmarked funds etc.

•Analyzing and of sub system interface failures. The middle ware is SAP PI whereas IDocs and ABAP Proxies are used in interfaces.

•Attending various issues in Asset accounting, Automatic Payments

•Support and creation House Banks, configuring new external bank transactions

•Functional specifications to meet new reports requirements.

•Understanding various requirements from top management on various interface/integration related issues.

Project - IV

Employer

Krish IT Solutioins, Chennai

Client

Reliance Corporate IT Limited, Ghansoli, Mumbai

Role

Senior Consultant

Duration

Oct, 2014 - Dec, 2015

Environment

ECC 6.0

Project Type

Implementation & Support

Project : Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital is based at Mumbai, has been providing medical, surgical and other healthcare services to general public for over eighty years and is regarded as one of the oldest and leading healthcare institutions in Mumbai.

Responsibilities : Lead the team of 10+ consultants, Interacting with business groups, Business process architecture, data mapping in the areas such as:

• GL, AP, AR and Asset Configuration

• Providing Functional Specifications to Technical consultants for customizing reports

•BCS-Funds management Configuration – Budget Types, Releas, Transfer, Tolerance,

Commitment Item/Fund Center Derivation rules, Year End activities

•Data Migration – Vendor, Customer, Assets, Material Master Accounting/costing views

using LSMW, IDocs (ALE)

•Customized Trial Balance using Report Painter

•Coordinated with MDG Team

•Auto GL Clearing using BDC recording

• Integration– FI-MM and ISH (Hospital Solutions) Module

• End User Support

Project - III

Employer

Solar Semiconductor Pvt Ltd

Role

Senior Manager - SAP

Duration

Mar’07 Till Oct’13

Environment

ECC 6.0

Project Type

Implementation & Support

Project : Solar Semiconductor is a professionally managed MNC involved in Solar PV Module and PV Cell Manufacturing with an installed annual capacity of 200 MW at Hyderabad, India, having its operations from Middle East and USA. The targeted markets are Europe, USA in addition to Domestic and Captive consumption for their forward integrated Power Projects.

Role During and Post Implementation:

•Responsible for SAP E2E Implementation, Vendor Selection, Hardware sizing etc.

•Designing, Structuring and Mapping Organization Hierarchy Viz., Co Codes, Controlling

Area, Plants, Business Areas, Profit Centers, Plants, Cost Centers, Master Data, Number Ranges, Currencies etc.

•House Banks configuration

•Uploading of Legacy Data before Kick start of the project

•End User Tickets resolution and answering ‘how-to’ questions

•Scenario Testing for new developments and changed processes while focusing on

process improvement (ongoing)

•High level training in MRP (PP), Break down analysis (PM), Release Procedures (Prod

Planning and MM Module), HU Management (MM), STO etc.

•Organizing FI end user training and presentations

•Creating, Customizing and Assigning User Roles – SAP BASIS

•Responsible for detailed problem determination of issues escalated from Level-1.

•Problem determination includes re-creating the issues, determining the point of failure by

stepping through the ABAP Code while coordinating with technical team and identifying the problem

•In case the resolution is a major development or configuration fix, provide the necessary

change details to Level 3.

•Understand both the standard application features as well as the detailed components of the

customized features.

•Escalating issues with external resources (functional as well as technical) to ensure that the

complicated issues are resolved within the stipulated SLAs.

•Ensuring that external team resources are properly loaded, help them in solving tickets

•Rolled out a full supply chain process in SAP for backward integration (Cell mfg.) plant.

Designed and configured multiple scenarios at different clients for inter-company transactions, specifically in the area of transfer pricing, Cost of goods sold, and interactions between manufacturing divisions, sales organizations and distribution centers. Back-flush, MRP customization was the milestone at this stage of implementation.

Project - II

Employer

I-8 Consultants and Trainers, Hyderabad

Role

SAP FICO Trainer

Duration

Oct’06 Till Feb’07

Environment

ECC 6.0

Project type

Training

Worked as SAP Trainer (Functional Modules - FICO, MM, PS).

•Completed training for 16 batches

•Trained in various implementation processes in FI, CO, PS, MM and integration with other SAP Modules

Project - I

Employer

Kopper IT Consultants, Hyderabad

Client

Natco Pharma Ltd, Hyderabad

Role

Associate consultant – SAP FICO

Duration

Jan’05 Till Sep’06

Environment

SAP R/3 4.7

Project type

Implementation

Natco Pharma Ltd is one of the leading Bulk Drug manufacturer having manufacturing facilities all over India with sales network in India and overseas.

Responsibilities:

•Responsible for FI-GL, AA, CO-CCA, IO, and PS.

•Lead the Team in Business Blue Print Phase

•Configured and customized Chart of accounts, Company code Global Parameters, Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Account Groups, Field Status Groups, and Tolerance Groups.

•Extensive exposure to integration issues of FI with MM and SD

•Configuration of Asset Accounting Module Integration

•Configured Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions.

•Configured and Customized CO – General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling, Cost Center Accounting; and Internal Orders

•In Internal Orders setup status profile for order type, maintained settlement rules, internal order planning, and budget profile and also set up tolerances for budget cost. Configured settlements distribution cycles for actual cost distribution

•Created primary and secondary cost elements, Cost Center Hierarchies, cost element groups, cost centers.

•Resolved the Post Production issues related to SD,MM,FI,CO,and PP

Non- SAP Experience:

Employer

Empire Trading LLC, Dubai

Role

Finance & Administration

Duration

Dec’1998 Till Sep’2004

Environment

SAP R/3 4.7

Empire Group is a Multinational Trading House involved in Textiles and Plastic re-exports based at Dubai, having its offices at Moscow, Poland and India. Empire is also having several outlets scattered all over UAE.

Responsibilities:

•Handling of Customs clearance activities and coordinating with C&F agent and Dubai Ports Authorities

•Handling and Supervising Re-exports process to Third Port and coordinating with Logistics Vendors in documentation.

•Liaison with Banks for Loans and routine banking activities, hedging etc.

•Supervising Accounting functions of entire group including overseas branches (Moscow and Poland)

•Coordinating with Internal and Statutory Auditors

•Inventory Management with the help of customized software

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