Zafar Ahsan

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SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant

In-depth Knowledge of FI/CO Configuration Finance Business Knowledge Expert SAP Best Practice Expert

Have 13 years of rich experience of SAP Implementation, sustainment, reimplementation and rollouts.

Participated in projects as configurator, team lead, trainer, tester and quality assurance.

Excellent overall business knowledge and in-depth knowledge of finance and accounting.

Configured all the Finance and Accounting processes in SAP FICO modules successfully for multiple clients. Hands-on configuration experience of finance (GL, AP, AR, FA) & Controlling (CCA, CCE, IO, PCA, COPA) modules.

Worked for several clients in oil & gas, manufacturing, banking, mining, insurance, education industry and worked for non-profit organizations as inhouse and 3rd party consultant.

Areas of Expertise:

-SAP Implementation methodology - Quality assurance using HP-QC

-Finance Business process Knowledge - System testing and scenario development

-Develop SAP training programs - Possess knowledge on SAP BPC from IBM

Professional Experience

Working as Contractor

MONDIAL Technology Strategy Partners Oct 2020 – To Date

Senior Associate Finance

Associated with the Mondial Technology as Senior Associate. Mondial give me assignments of research, training and configuration. So far I have developed a training course of Report Painter for their employees and I have done configuration of Positive Pay for the client.

DVAS Consulting (https://dvasconsulting.com/expertise-2) Dec 2017 – To Date

SAP FICO Team Lead

Configured all the modules of SAP FI and CO S4 Hana and ECC including GL, AR, AP, Fixed asset, CO-CEA, CO-CCA, CO-IO, COPA, CO-PCA. Documented all the configuration and developed training manual and training slides.

Plan Canada International, Toronto Jun 2017-Dec 2017

SAP Business Analyst

Currently working with Plan Canada International and have completed the following tasks:

i)Documented business processes followed by Finance, Travel and HR departments in Travel and Expense Management system

ii)Developed Functional Requirements for the Travel Expense Management System

iii)Documented the business processes followed by the Finance department

iv)Assignments to follow:

Developed business case for SAP FI

Selected Travel and Expense software

Cognizant Technology Solutions Canada Inc, Mississauga Dec 2016-Jun 2017

SAP FICO Functional Consultant Worked with Cognizant as a contractor. Worked in an automobile company’s SAP project as FICO Functional consultant. Developed scenarios, developed functional specs for enhancements, configured validations and substitutions in Finance modules. Follow up with the ABAPers in getting the reports developed.

Working as an Employee

Accenture Canada, Montreal, Canada Jun 2015 – Jun 2016

SAP FI/CO Team Lead (Associate Manager)

Member of the solution designing team, providing SAP FI/CO enhancements to the client in the mining industry:

Completed mandatory training of the employer and client.

Completed training in Change Management Process for SAP Enhancements.

Developed “System Understanding Documents” for finance processes of the client. Developed the following documents for the client:

-Financial Modelling - Month End Closing - Consolidation of Accounts

-Tax processing

Gained knowledge of the client’s business processes with respect to SAP Finance during the documentation process. Documents are written with the aim of aiding any new onboarding Finance Consultants regarding Knowledge Transfer.

Responsible for the resolution of conundrums raised by the client’s business analyst, regarding System Change Request. Worked on several SCR and resolved them.

Participated in logistic SCRs as the finance representative for the configuration of FI/CO. For example, Creation of VAT Plan for French Vat Tax.

In the SCR resolution activity, the following processes was followed:

oDevelopment of Business Process Document on the basis of user requirement

oDevelopment of Functional Specification for the development team

oPresentation of Solution Design to the users

oPresentation of Technical design to the Business Analyst

oConfiguration of SAP Finance Functionality

oTesting system in development environment and document testing results in Word document or HPQC

oTransporting the changes to QA Environment. Test and document test results

oDevelopment of Solution Project Document for transportation to the Pre-prod

oFinal verifications of changes in Production system

ALTAGAS Ltd, Calgary, Canada Feb 2015-Apr 2015

Business Analyst, ERP Finance

Provided support to the finance department for the sustainment of JDE implementation:

A quick learner. Learned ERP application, operation, and configuration in short time.

Resolved 600 tickets in Master data management, Expense management and Accounts payable in short time.

Recommended the management regarding implication of false configuration of Intercompany Settlement and recommended JDE best practices regarding chart of account.

IBM Canada, Calgary, Canada Nov 2013- Jun 2014

SAP Finance Team Lead

Provided support to the finance department of the client:

Led 12 to 15 staff members to provide support for break fix for SAP issues and SAP enhancements. (4 on shore and 8 off shore)

Developed resource triage for support during Year-end Closing and planned & executed the successful year end closing.

Submitted cost estimates for several small projects in terms of number of hours and resources required to client.

Presented the Finance department weekly status of issues to the Finance Management Committee.

Sidat-Hyder Morshed Associates PVT Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan Nov 2009- June 2013

SAP FICO Team Lead / Project Manager

Participated in 5 different projects as SAP FICO functional consultant or Team Lead:

Led a team of 6 consultants and provided SAP post implementation support to the client.

Successfully led the team in reimplementation of SAP Production Planning, Product costing to help client in product costing and identification of production variances and the reason for variance. Team up with functional consultant and developed BBP for CO-PC, CO-PA.

Successfully implemented SAP Finance and Human Resource Capital modules for an Insurance company. The real challenge was mapping of organization structure in SAP and allocation of expenses to various insurance practices and interfacing of SAP with PentaSoft insurance software.

Configured SAP Finance module for a bank.

Mediated between the Finance and IT department of a client concerning the re-implementation of a new chart of account in SAP. Studied the new and existing chart of accounts, quantify the cost and benefits of both alternates. Finally resolved the issue giving recommendations for changes in existing COA rather then re-implementation saving the cost of re-implementation to the company.

Pak Arab Refinery Limited, Karachi, Pakistan Aug 2007-Oct 2009

Head of IT and SAP Project Manager

Led the team as Head of IT and also successfully implemented SAP as Project Manager:

Led a team of 24 staff members to provide all IT services to the company.

Successfully implemented SAP system. The history of the IT projects was not good in the company as Maximo was implemented took 5 years and Oracle Apps took 3 years in implementation. In addition to that Pipeline and Oil Refinery were having separate instances and different versions of Maximo. SAP was implemented in 1 year. Pipeline and refinery business processes were synchronized, and all the modules were integrated to facilitate information flow within SAP and non-SAP systems.

Saved almost 20% of the cost by rationalizing the number of SAP users and hardware requirements.

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates PVT Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan May 2002-Jul 2007

SAP FICO Functional Consultant

Participated in 7 different ERP related projects as team lead/ team member:

Participated as a quality assurance resource in the SAP implementation project in Oil and Gas drilling company. Completed the Q/A of Business Blue Prints, configuration testing, interface testing, user accepted testing, data migration, and also veted the documentation provided by the Implementation consultant.

Participated in the SAP rollout project in a manufacturing company. Mapped the existing chart of account to Standard group chart of account. Rationalize reports to be generated by SAP system from 6000 to 200. Conducted system testing, master data management, user training and also developed user training manuals.

Conducted Business Process Re-engineering projects for 4 clients as Finance Team lead. Mapped “As Is” documents, conducted workshops, developed “To Be” documents, and presented processes to the users to get sign-off. The purpose of the projects was to realign the business processes to the SAP business processes to facilitate the implementation of SAP in the project’s subsequent phase.

Participated in Oracle Apps implementation project as Finance team. Developed chart of account and presented “To Be” processes to the Management and steering committee of the project.

Education

-Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis from IBA, Karachi Pakistan - MBA from IBA, University of Karachi, Karachi Pakistan

-BSc from University of Karachi, Karachi Pakistan

Professional Development

-Business Analyst Babok 2 -SAP FICO training from Siemens Pakistan

-Leadership skills -ITIL Foundation

-People in Business -JDE Finance training from JDE Singapore

Technical Skills

Technical Skills: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point, Project management

Certification & Membership

SAP FICO Certified in year 2003 (SAP AG) (S0003083134)

Member IIBA

Projects

Employer

Client

Role

Description

Dates

Cognizant Technology Inc, Ontario, Markham

CAASCO

SAP FICO

SAP Implementation

2016-2017

Accenture Canada, Montreal

Rio Tinto Alcan

SAP FICO Projects

Configuration of New FICO process

2015-2016

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Dadex Eternit Ltd

Project Manager

SAP sustainment

2012-2013

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Dadex Eternit Ltd

SAP FICO Team Lead

SAP reimplementation

2012-2013

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Pak-Qatar Takaful (Insurance) company

Project Manager

SAP implementation

2010-2012

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

MCB Bank

Project Manager

SAP implementation

2009-2010

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

Finance Consultant

Business Analysis

2010

Pak Arab Refinery

Pak Arab Refinery

Project Manager

SAP Implementation

2007-2009

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Pakistan Petroleum Ltd

SAP FICO

SAP Q/A

2006-2007

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Pakistan Tobacco Co.

SAP FICO

SAP Rollout

2005-2006

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Pakistan International Airlines

Finance Team Lead

Business Process Re-engineering

2004-2005

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

National Telecom Corp.

Finance Resource

Chart of Account Development

2004

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Sui Southern Gas Comp.

Finance Team Lead

Oracle Apps Implementation

2004

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

National Refinery Ltd

Finance Team Lead

Business Process Re-engineering

2003-2004

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates

Pakistan State Oil Ltd

Finance Team Lead

ERP Selection

2002-2003

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