Thepul Kudapanage

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SAP FICO

Implementation, Development, Configuration, Production Support and Training Expert

Energetic and motivated professional with over ten years of hands-on experience as a Business Analyst in SAP FI/CO Implementation, Development, Configuration, Production Support in Functional consulting position and Senior Business Analyst position in a dynamic organization.

Key Skills:

ERP: CC 5.0, ECC 6.0, S/4 HANA 2021

SAP Primary Module: FI/CO, FSCM, Treasury and Open text

Integration Modules :MM, SD

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBooks,

Operating System: MS Windows_XP/2000/98/95/NT

Education & Certifications:

Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, PA 2004

Professional Experience:

Company : Brightspeed Sep 2022 to present

Job Title : SAP Solution Architecture

Environment : SAP S/4 HANA 2021

Key Functions:

UAT and production support Bank integration, GL support

Integration support and production troubleshoot SuccessFactors application.

3rd party application support for Ariba, Concur and Vertex

Production support AP and AR modules

Production support for EDI interface and re process fail IDOC documents.

Support consolidation report such as Group reporting

Support S/4 HANA implementation with SAP Greenfield methodology

Company : H.B Fuller July 2014 to Sep 2022

Job Title : SAP Senior Analyst

Environment : SAP ECC, BCC 16.7, ES 10.5

Key Functions:

Design, develop and tested for North America, Latin America (MX, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Argentina)

Australia, EDI (India, Dubai and Egypt) plants rollouts in module AP, AR, Tax, Open text and FSCM (Collection)

Develop and support system Gov. interface belong for Latin America (AFIP, E-invoice, Edo Cockpit…etc.) and India

Design, develop and production support for Interface (ARIBA, Blackline, Concur…etc.)

Design, develop and support bank interfaces (JPM, CITI, BOA…etc.)

Production support on SAP CO module

Experience in LSMW and support Fixed Asset data migrate into SAP system.

Upgrade and production support for FI and open Text NA and LA countries (MX, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Argentina)

Experience in Europe SAF T VAT report and E document cockpit

Experience in Waterfall, Agile and Activate implementation methodology.

Multiple company acquisition experience support in AP, AR and GL

Support collection, Dispute and Credit management process in global implementation

Accenture Consulting Services - April 2010 to July/2014

Client : H.B Fuller, St Paul, MN Aug 2013 to July 2014

Role : SAP Tax and Test lead

Modules : FI – A/R, A/P, SD, MM, CO

Environment : SAP ECC

Key Functions:

Conducted business requirement gathering workshops for Vertex –SAP implementation.

Project Planning, Design, develop and tested SAP/Vertex tax requirements (USA and Canada)

Developed and tested SAP bank related interfaces (Lockbox, EBS and outbound payments)

Lead the RTR team (Record to Report team) for unit, integration, and UAT tests.

Conducted and supported CO and other FI integration related testes (cost run, Inter/Intra company STO, process order, rebate, consignment orders...etc)

End user training and go live support.

Support COPA configuration and test (Integration and Go Live product support)

Client : 3M St Paul, MN Feb. 2013 to July 2013

Role : SAP FI Functional (Business) Consultant

Modules : FI – BCM consultant

Environment : SAP ECC

Key Functions:

Drive implementation of inbound bank statement and support outbound payment interfaces using SWIFT Net service bureau.

Bank Interface Design, Build/Mapping, Testing and Deployment

Identify and Solved EBS (Electronic Bank Statement) related issues.

Releases R1C post go live support.

Client : CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Deerfield, IL July 2012 to Feb 2013

Role : SAP functional consultant

Module : FI, BI

Environment: : SAP ECC 6.0

Key Functions:

Review existing people soft report and did the fit/gap analysis.

Conduct multiple workshop/demos for review the RICEF’s and finalize the FD objectives.

Work with BI developer for develop WEBI/Crystal reports.

Learned and used Rational Quality Manager (RQM) for produced test suites, cases, and script.

Developed FD and support Unit test, Assembly test, product test and product support.

Led all the test workshops/meeting and also help RTR team members (Analyst and consultant) and other team members to deliver

BI reports within given critical time limit.

Go live and production support.

Client : BHP Billiton Dec 2011 to July 2012

Role : SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant

Modules : FI – AP, AR, GL

Environment : SAP ECC 6.0

Designed, developed, tested and post go live support for Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) implementation (Bank of American and Amegy Bank).

Designed, configured, and tested new BCM (Bank Communication Management) functionality in SAP.

Lead all A/P payment interfaces (inbound and outbound) via BCM.

Developed new positive pay interface and provide the support for implement via new PI/XI integration platform.

Support new PRA (Production Revenue Account) testing.

Design developed tested and go live support for new PRA check clearing and Positive pay bank status massage functional specs.

Lead project cutover activities

Supported for deferred CR’s project plan (resources allocation, time, budget…etc.).

Conducted KT sessions and sported HPQC (testing and defect management tracker).

Client : Unilever, Trumbell, CT Nov 2010 to Nov 2011

Role : AR Lead in Revenue management team (OTC)

Modules : FI – AP, AR, GL

Environment : SAP ECC 6.0

Involved in the North America (USA and Canada) roll out of SAP and Responsible for leading the design, Implementation, and production support for SAP-AR module.

Design, developed and tested 15 RICEFW objectives (FI-AR and SD objectives)

Lead the RM defects and work with end users during Assembly Testing, Product Test-1, and Product Test-2 and User Acceptance Test cycles.

Interacted with Billing Team, Finance and CO team to identify critical integration issues and work with on shore and offshore team for get them fix.

Client : EMC, Hopkinton, Massachusetts May 2010 to Oct 2010

Role : SAP FI consultant

Modules : FI – A/P, Fixed Asset, Bank & cash Management

Environment : SAP ECC 6.0

Key Functions:

Developed presentation and system demonstration for conduct workshops in A/P, A/R, fixed Asset and bank and cash management modules in analyze phrase of the project.

Documented gaps requirements and demonstrate possible solution presentations.

Conducted Tax (indirect) tax workshops to identify tax requirements and possible 3rd party software.

Consulting cross functional team workshops for support each team’s cross functional requirements.

Developed BPV (business process validation) template and conducting business process validation meeting for Fixed Asset and bank and cash management modules.

IBM Consulting Services - May 2007 to April 2009

Client : New Page, Wisconsin Rapids, WI Feb 2008 to April 2009

Role : SAP Treasury Consultant

Modules : FI – A/R, Treasury, FSCM

Environment : SAP ECC 6.0

Key Functions:

Conducted business meeting for requirements gather and business process validation.

Developed a customized report to identify customer’s unearned discounts (developed FDD and work with technical team for testing)

Configured and test Lockbox auto cash functionality- Electronic Bank Statement in BAI (Including User Exit enhancement)

Designed and configured for LIMS to SAP (A/R) migration.

Developed finance batch jobs (Automatic invoice clear, payment run…etc), financial test scripts (Assembly test. Integration test and UAT) including FSCM test scripts (dispute and Collection management)

Identified critical issues in FSCM module and fixed them in dispute management module.

Developed few batch jobs by integrating dispute module and A/R module.

Configured US and Canada Tax according to end user requirement

Worked with master data team to set up Tax data in Vertex system (Canada and USA)

Supported the CO - teams including Sales and Distribution, CO (Cost Centers and Cost Elements creation, Cost Center Run and Assessment Cycle Run) and data (developed data migration specs)

Client : Thomson West, Eagan, MN Sep 2007 to Jan 2008

Role : SAP FI/CO – Treasury Consultant

Module : FI – AP

Environment: : SAP ECC 6.0

Key Functions:

Consulted data team who directly involved in data conversion plan.

Converted the data into specific format and transferred to the technical team for upload.

Evaluated the upload results and gave some necessary instructions as necessary.

Involved in New G/L (General Ledger) Functionality testing.

Design and Configured SAP Sales Tax for USA, Canada Customers and transported to other environments.

Developed and Test Tax configuration documents (Assembly test, Integration test and UAT test)

Identified critical issues in New G/L and fixed them (Legal, Segment and Management reporting errors)

Tested some procurement related functions (Purchase Order, Good Receipt …etc)

Tested the payment running program for various company codes.

Maintained the central ticket management system.

Identified and resolved some issue related to Account Payable module.

End user training – Document process flow diagram

Hand on experience in document splitting and Parallel Accounting

Client : Walt Disney, Burbank, CA May 2007 to Sep 2007

Role : SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant

Modules : FI – AP, AR, GL

Environment : SAP ECC 6.0

Key Functions:

Captured all requirements in a Blueprint Doc, including RICEF, of the business process from an As-Is Review document.

System configuration in the areas of FI-GL-transactions, AP-vendor transactions, Clearing intercompany transaction and Vendor/Customer Open Items management.

Configured Payment Run program – company code data, paying company code data, country payment methods, company code payment methods and bank selection.

Configured Credit and Risk Management for customers.

Implemented Internal Order functionality.

Configured and customized Financial Statement Versions to meet the client requirements.

Configured Automatic Account determination using valuation grouping together with valuation class to determine G/L Accounts

Actively involved in system support in the areas of FI-GL-transactions, AP/AR transactions

Supported to configuration FI integration with MM, SD modules.

Supported to Mater Data upload team for customer master upload.

Developed test script for Assembly Test, Integration Test and UAT (User Acceptance Test)

Identified some critical issues in A/P and fixed them in Assembly and Integration testing phrases

Developed training material for all relevant SAP FI and CO transactions.

Provided Post Go Live Support to users, helped users in solving their problems in live environment.

Created an assessment for the current practices at DCP (Disney Consumer Product) in order to determine where SAP is being underutilized and provide the industry specific best practice documents.

Developed and evaluated optimization capacity both within DCP and other business units that could be applied t to achieve a more leveraged SAP solution.

Road-mapped and time lined to achieve the optimization practices.

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