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ROMEO ANDAL ESMENA JR
PROFILE SUMMARY
He is a career-driven management professional with extensive knowledge in SAP project implementation and application maintenance. He has 14+ years hand-on experience in SAP Finance and Controlling modules.
He has experience in delivering SAP FICO system solutions which includes business requirement analysis, writing functional design, system configuration, integration testing, cutover planning & execution, production support and MEC (Month-End Closing) support for one of the largest manufacturing company in the world.
Currently, Romeo is focused in application delivery ensuring that project implementation is delivered with high-quality and aligned with client business model.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
SAP General Ledger Accounting (Classic and New GL)
SAP Accounts Payable with integration to Banks, Payroll, Ariba and DCIW interfaces
SAP Accounts Receivable – Lockbox, Dunning and integration from Sales and Distribution
SAP Asset Accounting
SAP Bank Account Reconciliation
SAP Product Costing – Actual and Standard Costing
SAP Cost Center Accounting
SAP Internal Order Accounting
SAP Profitability Analysis (COPA) with acceleration to HANA
SAP Fiori
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER, ACCENTURE PHILIPPINES
Location: Sao Paolo, Brazil Bangalore, India Manila, Philippines
January 2012 – Present: This engagement is an Application Development project that deals with Consumer Goods and Services processes. The project involves in providing SAP FICO E2E solution for America regions – North America and LATAM countries.
People manager for a pool of 20+ resources that is based in the Philippines (Manila and Cebu) and India
Cutover Lead that performs planning of 2,000+ tasks and executing with various teams composed of client and other vendors
Go-to person for complex issues in SAP FICO that requires quick turnaround / resolution and RCA
Finance Solution manager that reviews every configuration and development changes ensuring core business model is followed
Helped the team in providing solution and inputs during design for project work orders
Delivered urgent and prioritized projects with cross-module integration from design to deploy phase with no major impacts and/or zero defects
Provided knowledge transfer sessions to application team
First-hand support in defect resolution and post go-live issues
Helped project manager to introduce and develop ways of working to the existing process
Delivered the design pilot project which is the bank reconciliation automation involving coordination with many banks and the client counterparts for our USA and Canadian client
Formed a successful working relationship with key client resources that helped smooth transition
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAM LEAD, ACCENTURE PHILIPPINES
Location: New Jersey, USA Manila, Philippines
August 2010 – December 2011: This engagement is an Application Development project that deals with Consumer Goods and Services processes. The project involves building a Proof of Concept and the Release 1 of the Americas Core Business Model for SAP R/3 modules.
Helped in analyzing the existing European and American systems to come up with the best to-be solution for the Americas
Wrote configuration inventory and rationale template
Wrote functional design copied from legacy system and provide enhancement to align with design model
Supported Proof of Concept and Release 1 configuration build
Performed component testing for all configuration items and supported developer with any issue encountered in component testing
Key resource of the team for Finance and Controlling and became the sub-lead of the offshore team which helps in managing the team and help. I became the key support onsite in filtering issues with client/client team from product test to production support and operationally the go-to-person of the Finance capability onshore on configuration and integration with ABAP and process
Main contact in offshore in the configuration for Fixed Accounting, General Ledger Account, Internal Order Accounting and Product Cost Controlling
Led the assembly test and product test by investigation and proving resolution in the United States for 3 months in terms of configuration issues and assisted developers in providing issues in all Finance objects
Led the Post Go Live activities in terms of configuration issues and helped developers for issues in Finance objects
Assisted the application maintenance team in familiarizing with the core business model after the build transition for Finance and Controlling module
Operationally the go-to person of the FI capability onshore on configuration, integration with ABAP and process
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE ANALYST, ACCENTURE PHILIPPINES
Location: Manila, Philippines
September 2006 – July 2010: This engagement is an Application Maintenance project that deals with Consumer Goods and Service processes.
Support end-users by addressing incidents raised tickets that deal with FI-CO configuration, master data changes
Proposing solution to developers to issue regarding custom functionality
Involved in the Minor Enhancements life cycle in Finance that deals with configuration and development
Rendered post Go-Live support by handling ticket rose related to the minor enhancements
Primary contact of the team for problem management which performs root cause analysis and applying permanent fix of a given issue to prevent from recurring
Help the lead in developing new joiner of the team for them to be more prepared in handling complex issues
Led some month-end activities like the maintenance of exchange rates
EDUCATION
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sta. Mesa, Manila
Bachelor in Business Administration Major in Management
June 2002 – May 2006
PERSONAL DETAILS
Age: 36
Birthday: January 24, 1985
Place of Birth: San Juan, Batangas
Nationality: Filipino
CHARACTER REFERENCE
Anselmo Cabigan Jr
Accenture Philippines, Senior Manager
Mobile No.: +63-908-***-****
Chad Tobias
SAP FICO Consultant
Mobile No.: +63-917-***-****