*

Noor Lakha

SAP FI-CO Consultant

adiiln@r.postjobfree.com 331-***-****)

SUMMARY

** ***** ** ******* ********** including 13 Years of supporting SAP FICO which includes five full life implementation cycles.

Oversaw and managed business system through supporting solutions designs, documenting processes and methodologies

Supported the Configuration of SAP S4/HANA Finance and Controlling functional modules integration processes, conducting workshops, and assessed user training

Experience of (transactional) SAP FIORI App for IOS and Android devices

Solicited requirements through stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiries, diary studies, personas, card sorting, and usability testing.

Reduced costs of final product deployment through utilizing efficient UX techniques, and streamlining business processes

Served in the capacity of analyst and consulting roles through coordinating application designs, development and implementation, production, data mapping, integration, training, upgrade, and support.

Supported management through providing in-dept data analysis of strengths and weaknesses in execution of business strategies.

Controlling proficiency includes Cost Center Accounting (FI-CCA) Project System, Internal Orders (CO-IO), Profit Center Accounting (COPA.)

Business partners – Accounts Receivables /Accounts Payables, New Assets (Account-based and ledger-based), Cost center, Profit center, product costing, COPA, Material Ledger

(including parallel Valuation), Internal-order, Closing cockpit, IS-Banking – AFI, Loans management & IBPF - Business planning, forecasting & Budget.

Business and Integration experience in the area of FI-MM, FI-SD/Retail, FI-HR, PS, PM, IM, FM, Joint Venture, SAP Enhanced Pack, Bank interfaces, ABAP Interfaces and testing, has been an asset throughout the project transformation.

New General Ledger, document splitting, finance consolidation including grouping.

SAP Treasury In-Cash Management, Money Market transaction, Foreign currency transactions and Hedging about unexpected change in exchange rates.

Supported Data Conversions from legacy systems to Sap upgrades, System Integrations, and imports of data to SAP from external system using SAP S/4 Hana migration cockpit and LSMW.

Maintained direct and indirect tax codes and Tax Jurisdiction Codes for Company Codes and integration of SAP to Vertex System.

Experience in establishing and analyzing processes set project standards, test cases templates and procedures in design architecture and conducted test cases.

Involved in preparation of functional specs and interacted with ABAP developers for interfaces and object-oriented programs.

2

EDUCATION

MBA, Specialized in Finance/General Management 1986 Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois

BS Finance and Economics 1984

University of Bombay India

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP Financial Accounting FI SAP Controlling (CO)

Accounts Receivables Profit Center Accounting

Accounts Payables Profitability Analysis

Asset Accounting SAP Treasury

Taxes SAP Cash Management

User Interviews Mixed Method Research

Accessibility Qualitative Method

User testing Quantitative Method

Prototyping Persona Development

PROFESSIONALE EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Nestle SA, St. Louis MO. Mar 2019–April 2020

Role: SAP FICO Consultant (External Business Solution Expert.) Project Type: S/4 Hana. Implementation Trade Assets & Taxation. Nestle S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and beverage company. The company operates through Zone Europe, Middle East, and North Africa; Zone Americas; Zone Asia, Oceania, and sub-Saharan Africa

Responsibilities:

Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes on acquisition of Starbucks Distribution Division concentration on Trade Assets.

Solicited functional requirement through user workshops and GAP identification analysis.

Collaborated with stakeholders to meet their business and technical challenges and held discussion on assets acquisitions and tax impacts.

Configured Assets management by asset class and interfaced with FI. Developed processes for acquisition, Transfer, sales of assets/settlement of assets, retirement, depreciation run.

Supported Data Standardization efforts though cleansing, mapping, and legacy migration.

Led and facilitated meetings with business and IT group (US & Canada) on the cutover plans.

3

Responsibilities included: project management and liaison between clients, Technical Managers, Business Analysts, and Infrastructure group.

Configured and tested Sales Revenue Recognition – Sales order creation, Outbound delivery, creating billing document, contract management (search and fulfillment), Pending Review work list (Monitoring, errors, conflicts), Revenue posting run, Reconciliation & Reporting.

Administered testing, cutover activities, and managed post go-live support for SAP system.

Constructed and presented Accounting Job Aid (financial transactions) relating to system configuration on acquisition and on operating of sales, loan, and services of Trade Assets.

Implemented and streamlined Project System relating to Trade Assets, building projects, and created user manual and trained users for WBS use and its limitations.

Authored and presented Project System (WBS) operational process document.

Reviewed current custom program to further automate and enhanced the actual period end settlement programs.

Boeing Company, Renton, WA Feb 2018–Feb 2019

Role: SAP FICO Consultant (Tax & Reporting Lead)

Project Type: Implementation SAP S/4 Hana, Go-Live Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support. Responsibilities:

Indirect Tax Analysis on use of SAP vs. Vertex 0 Series implementation for US entities.

Gathered requirements and discussed with business on commercial and government compliances on direct and indirect taxations.

Configured functional SAP indirect taxes for Vertex integration for domestic entities.

Supported developers in writing the functional specification, interact with business and stakeholders for information gathering, interact with change management and integration team.

Conducted meetings with Business, Functional consultants, and Legacy experts on data mapping sessions.

Supported General Ledger mapping of legacy Chart of Account to smooth current corporate chart of accounts for the purpose of consolidation and group reporting.

Prepared and presented to business Key Decision Document (KDD) for General Ledger including extension and simulation ledger, cost centers, posting period variants and company code(s.)

Led and facilitated workshops on the year end and month end close.

Participated in discussions financial consolidations including group reporting.

Collaborated in works for Revenue Accounting (RAR) recognition and Reporting including IFRS 15 compliances.

4

Worked with developers for SAP interface for taxes and foreign exchanges. Mat Holdings Inc. Long Grove, IL. Jul 2015 – Jan 2018 Role: SAP FICO Lead Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0/S/4 Hana 1503

Project Type: S/4 Hana Implementation, Go-Live

Company privately held with annual Revenue of $2.0 billion, globally diverse in manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of automobile parts for car manufacturer and retails auto parts for consumers.

Responsibilities:

Active participation through Blueprint, Design, Realization, Testing, Go Live and Stabilization activities.

Configured one domestic and four international companies in SAP.

Developed cut over plan of all steams like Consulting team, conversion team, testing team.

Conducted meetings with Business, Functional consultants, and Legacy experts for data mapping sessions.

Aided in trouble shooting in resolving the defects and loading and validating the data in Development, Quality, and Production environments.

Configured multiple currency types, forex rates implementation and foreign currency revaluation.

Involved in Implementation/Migration from Classic or New GL to S/4 Hana-Simple finance with Central Finance functionality.

Accomplished Implementing ACH and wire Bank payment for nine US subsidiary companies.

Coordinated with Bank officials and developers to automate ACH and foreign wire payments process for International vendors.

Assisted Financial Controller on centralized bank cash account management including business partners with all authorization payment signatories and connectivity paths for domestic and international entities.

Implemented cash collection arrangement in coordination with Banks, AR team automated collection confirmation system coordinating with Bank’s cash management team and inhouse-IT.

Configure and TRM, Valuation, Test Treasury Management (Cash management & Money market) and its integration with SD, MM, PS & FICO.

Defined result analysis keys, cost elements, result analysis versions and valuation methods to calculate Work in Process (WIP) and its settlements.

Coached non-SAP user on using applicable FICO functions. 5

Avnet-Phoenix, Az Jan 2015 –Feb 2015

Role: SAP FICO Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0

Project Type: Post Go-Live Health Check.

Role: Audit & Support

Avnet is a world leading distributor of electronic components, enterprise IT and embedded technology. They bring a depth of service capabilities such as supply chain and design change services, logistic solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system configuration and integration, and technical seminars. Responsibilities:

Conducted a review and health check for the recent SAP implementation Conducted by Avnet and its implementation partner.

Primary areas of focus in new GL structure including document splitting, AR, AP, and COPA.

Mitigated risk reviewed execution of implementation. COLGATE- Palmolive, Morristown, NJ Jan 2014 – Nov 2014 Role: SAP FICO Lead

Environment: ECC 6.0

Project Type: Implementation.

Role: Support

Colgate –Palmolive Company is a multinational consumer products company focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as oral hygiene, soap, detergent products.

Responsibilities:

Participated in business blue printings - requirement gathering, system/process mapping & solution design.

Gathered functional requirement through user workshops and GAP identification analysis that were to be implemented in the new plants.

Proactively advise on improving /re-engineering business processes in close cooperation with the Business and/or the Businesses Process Owner involved in a project.

Reviewed month end closing activities related to finance and controlling.

Reviewed and configured COPA planning including sales and cost planning integration of FI/CO, SD, and MM.

Configuring and customizing profit center accounting basic settings, maintaining profit center hierarchy, assignment, co objects to profit centers, distribution, and cost assessment.

Configured, Activated and trouble shoot Material Ledger. 6

Prepared Functional Specs (FS) for Plants that were activated but not productive in Material Ledger.

Configured project budgets via Capital Investment measures through Internal Orders

Involved in configuring Business Partners and Inter-Company transactions that are required to report to European Repository of original, change and closing of transactions.

Involved in Depreciation Posting, Acquisition and Retirement of Assets, Assets under Construction and Capitalization of Assets.

Cash Management: - Daily monitoring of cash balances via cash reporting and the electronic banking interface.

Defined internal order, order types, planning and settlement profiles.

Worked with on the FI-SD-MM integration.

Worked with Vertex developer in Data Mapping document preparation based on the Functional Specs and identified data needed to be captured on the interface files.

Maintained domestic tax and jurisdiction codes.

Created Data extracts for reconciliation of SAP General Ledger and Vertex Tax Journal Other SAP FCO CONSULTING PROJECTS

Projects Industry Location Responsibilities Year

Safechem Chemical Midland MI Enhancement-Support Mar 2011 - Dec 2013 Kraft Food Northfield, IL Full Implementation Sep 2009 – Dec 2010 CMS Energy Jackson, MI Enhancement- Support Aug 2008 – Jul 2009 All State Insurance Northbrook, IL Full Life Cycle & Support July-2007 – Jun 2008 Eli Lilly Co Medicine IndianaPolis, IN Enhancement-Support May- 2006 – Jun 2007 Burger King Food Miami, FL Enhancement- Support Feb 2005 – Mar 2006 Lucent Technologies, Naperville, Illinois Feb 1997-March 2004 Lucent was a global communication provider of voice products and innovations in IP and networking, of ultra-broadband fixed telephone and wireless access to service providers and their customers, enterprises, and institutions throughout the world. Business & Marketing Analyst

Planned, designed, and presented business models for marketing department user friendly technique that illustrates improvement on customer earnings vs. cost of convergence on existing communication devices.

Analyzed competitors’ modernization from traditional voice telecommunication solutions to voice over IP and data calls on existing public network. 7

Supplying alternate resolutions based on market changing condition when the network could not support customers changing demand.

Interact with management and Bell Labs engineers on necessary competitors’ project plans and documentation required to facilitate existing network adaptation to data over voice.

CTC, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Nov 1985- Dec 1996 Management Company

Controller

Functioned as liaison for accounting activities with external auditors.

Established procedures for sales department cost review as part of proposal process.

Directed needs assessment, selection and implementation of two information system technology systems resulting in over $6 million in savings.

Prepare audit schedules and quarterly reporting packages for external auditors.

Analytical review and variance analysis of actual and budgeted financial statements. Prepared reports for upper management.

Contact this candidate