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Professional Summary

MBA and SAP Certified having more than 13 years’ experience in SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling module and 12 years of Business Experience as Financial Controller.

Involved in Four Full Life Cycle SAP FICO implementations, 4 Upgrade, Production Support, Maintenance & Data Migration projects.

Well versed with ASAP Methodology and all the phases involved in Project implementation.

Extensively worked on gathering Functional Business Requirements, analyzing business requirements, Mapping Business Process Requirements in SAP System, Implementation/ Customization/ Configuration, Integrating with other sub modules within SAP, Testing, Documentation and End User Training.

Worked as Team Lead, responsible for designing the process, conducting blueprint secessions.

Created Functional Specification Templates for implementing new processes/enhancement of existing functionality/modification of existing processes.

Strong Knowledge on AR Accounts Receivable Process with SD Sales Distribution Module.

Tracking existing fixed assets, recording depreciation, and accounting for the disposition of fixed assets in the SAP Fixed Asset Accounting module.

Worked with Vertex O-Series - for Sales and Used Tax Calculation

Knowledge of Material Ledger, Material Price Determination, Material price analysis, and multi-level settlement.

Strong knowledge on FI-MM configuration viz., GR/IR account determination setup, Small Differences posting configuration, Logistic Invoice Verification Quantity, Defining of Vender per Purchase Organization etc.

Coordinate with the technical team for mapping business transactions.

Strong Knowledge of Product Costing (Cost object controlling, WIP calculations, Activity Based Costing, costing sheet for overhead calculation, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures)

SAP CONFIGURATION SKILLS:

General Ledger (Leading ledgers, Parallel Ledgers), Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Management. Controlling Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis.

Experience in configuring General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets & Controlling modules.

Enterprise structure design and configuration: Setting up enterprise structure and assigning relationships between the organizational units of FI, CO, SD, and MM

Banking system design, setting up electronic bank statements, implementation of AP -vendor check printing, AR-Lock box configuration.

Configuration of CO modules: Cost element accounting, Cost center accounting, COPA, PCA and Product cost controlling

FI- AR & AP: Configuration of Automatic payment program for out going payments and Lockbox configuration for AR receipts using BAI and BAI2 forms for open items processing.

Fixed Assets module: Setting up depreciation charts and Areas, Asset classification, defining GL accounts for FA integration with FI, performing depreciation run and Migration of Fixed Assets across Company Codes.

Setting up integration of SAP SD, MM, CO, with FI by defining the automatic account determination tables

Product Cost Controlling: Standard Cost estimate with and without quantity structure

Key user training and providing end user documentation.

Able to adapt quickly to modern technologies and work environments.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, managerial skills, and positive work attitude and initiative-taking to work independently and as well as in a team.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Education:

MBA (Finance) The International University Independence Missouri, USA

Certifications:

SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting with SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Management Accounting Associates (SAP S/4HANA 2021)

SAP Certified Application Professional - Financials in SAP S/4HANA for SAP ERP Finance Experts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PWC International Limited ` April 2023 Oct 2024

PWC is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms. PwC firms are in 157 countries, across 742 locations, with 328,000 people.

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SAP FICO Sr. Associates

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Analyze organizational needs, pinpoint primary objectives, or challenges, and recommend SAP-based solutions. Recommendations for redesigning new report for Production Variance, Purchase Price Variance, Production Order Variances,

Overlook Standard Costing, Additive Cost, and other controlling month end closing process. Activity Based Costing for overheads.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between SAP FICO and other SAP modules.

Oversee processes improvement - document existing processes, identify and analyze gaps between current processes and the desired state, design new processes, develop process performance measures and plan the transition to new processes related to Product Costing, and Material Ledger

Oversee system configuration, testing, and documentation to support new functionality or process changes.

Trained and mentored junior team members in SAP FICO best practices.

KPMG LLP Molex LLC July 2022 to Mar 2023

KPMG International Limited is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.

SAP FICO Sr. Associates

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Analysis and redesign of Client’s existing Product Costing Systems, identifying potential risks and threats to the processes before they arise, Improving the overall quality of the system.

Recommendations for Redesign new report for Production Variance, Purchase Price Variance, Production Order Variances

Interacting with business to understand the current management system, Pain points.

Evaluate process improvements by monitoring and analyzing the Configuration, proposing process and system changes (if required), providing details on scope, estimate the timelines, improve quality and the business outcomes.

Part of SAP Finance Solution Design sessions with the business and technical teams leveraging SAP best practices and industry templates.

User Training: Conduct training sessions for End-users to help them understand and utilize SAP-Function efficiently.

Compliance: Ensure that the SAP-System complies with industry regulations and standards.

ESAB Welding & Cutting (Full Life Cycle-S4 Hana)-Danton Feb 2020 – July 2022

ESAB is a world leader in the production of welding and cutting equipment and consumables. The ESAB brand is synonymous with world leading expertise in the key areas of manual welding and cutting equipment, welding consumables, and welding automation mechanized cutting systems.

SAP FI/CO Sr. Functional Analyst /Solution Architect

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Configuration, and validation of the SAP solution supporting Finance including Financial and Managerial Accounting for new Projects, (Configuration, Testing of S4 Hana in FI, and CO Area .GL, AP.AR Product Costing)

Problem determination includes re-creating the issues, determining the point of failure by stepping through the ABAP Code (with the help of ABAP Programmer) and identifying the problem resolution. If the resolution is a major development or configuration fix, provide the necessary change detail to concern group.

Involved in analyzing the existing system for AS -IS study and provided estimates & solutions for TO-BE system, gather functional requirements through user workshops, and analyzing Gaps.

Responsible for making changes, migrating, completing the ticket, and communicating the change to the concerned support person, who can then resolve and close the issue.

Ticket resolution and answering how-to questions.

Responsible for Sales and Used Tax Calculation- with Vertex (O Series)

Responsible for Integration of FI to SD. MM and PP models

Responsible for issues in Material Cost Estimate, cost object controlling, WIP Calculations, Variance Calculations, costing variants, valuation variants, costing sheets, settlement structures, Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), and Routing, and then normal FI issues.

Infosys Limited Komatsu Mining -S4 Hana Milwaukee Jan 19 – to Feb 20

Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, industrial and forestry industries that maximize value for customers through innovative solutions.

SAP FI/CO Sr. Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

As Solution Architect Support Business Process Reengineering for analysis and redesign of existing Systems

Responsible for making changes, migrating, completing the ticket, and communicating the change to the concerned support person, who can then resolve and close the issue.

Support team with issue resolution - interacting with business to get requirements.

Product costing Development/ Configuration/solutions evaluation/ Validation and deployment.

Member of the configuration team responsible for the functional design, configuration, and validation of the SAP solution.

Responsible for issues in material cost estimate, cost object controlling, WIP calculations, variance calculations, costing variants, valuation variants, costing sheets, settlement structures, Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), and routing.

Team lead for a group of 10 members.

Center Point Energy S4 Hana Houston, TX Sep18 – Dec 18

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquarters in Houston, Texas. Companies’ electric transmission and delivery business delivers electricity in a 5,000 square-mile area that includes Houston, the nation's fourth largest city. CenterPoint natural gas distribution business operates in six states.

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Gathered business requirements for SAP reporting and functionality enhancements.

Configured CCA by creating cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center standard hierarchy, cost center categories, document numbers, distribution, and assessment.

Involved into restructure of Cost Center Accounting.

oCreated Cost Sheet for overhead Appling. (Base, Overhead Rate, Credit Key)

oCreated Secondary Cost Element.

oCreated Activity type for overhead.

oPlanning activity rate though KP26.

Prepared test case to test the use of Costing sheet for overheads.

Wrote functional specifications for SAP enhancements.

Created training documentation and provided training on standard and custom SAP transactions.

Create internal orders, Check Settlement Rules, Execute Settlement of costs for order, Confirm Correct Settlement.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - Duracell- Chicago March 18-Aug 18

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, Consulting, and business solutions organization, which celebrate excellence in services.

TCS recognized for its expansive operations in Latin America, which consist of 6,000 professionals providing a comprehensive range of services to clients in global markets, including the United States and Europe.

Responsibilities:

Problem determination includes re-creating the issues, determining the point of failure by stepping through the ABAP Code (with the help of ABAP Programmer) and identifying the problem resolution.

Ticket resolution and answering how-to questions.

Coordinates/ consults with the Third-Party SAP system support personnel to ensure that the SAP system issues are appropriately and timely resolved.

Involved tracking existing fixed assets issues, recording depreciation, and accounting for the disposition of fixed assets.

Involved in preparing Functional design specification documents for Change Requests.

Mohawk Industries (Full Life Cycle) Calhoun, Atlanta GA July 17- Feb 18

Mohawk Industries is an American flooring manufacturer based in Calhoun, Georgia. Mohawk produces floor covering products for residential and commercial applications in North America and residential applications in Europe.

SAP FI/CO Sr. FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Involved in analyzing the existing system for AS -IS study and provided estimates & solutions for TO-BE system, gather functional requirements through user workshops, and analyzing Gaps.

Understood business process and tested all the customizations before and after the upgrade.

Involved in Preparing Business Blueprint.

Facilitated planning for Product Costing and Cost Object controlling by creating product cost by order.

Creation of costing variants, valuation variants, and costing sheet.

Created settings for Material Costing, by defining calculation bases, defining percentage overhead and cost component structure.

Configured the material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, configured cost object controlling, configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures,

Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), routings.

Involved in preparing Functional design specification documents for WRICEF objects, and for BW Reports

Cargill Inc Minneapolis, MN Feb 17 – June 2017

Cargill, Inc. is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minneapolis.

SAP FI/CO Sr. FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Integrates SAP functional development and support capabilities within the North American support framework.

Creation of costing variants, valuation variants, and costing sheet.

Created settings for Material Costing, by defining calculation bases, defining percentage overhead and cost component structure.

Configured the material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, configured cost object controlling, configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures,

Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), routings.

Creates, reviews, and delivers end-user documentation (user guide, process flow charts, and training materials).

Opal Wire Inc (Mobilelink USA) Houston, TX Feb 2016 – Feb 2017

Mobilelink is a rapidly expanding telecommunications company, with a workforce of over 1200 corporate employees that currently operates wireless retail stores across the United States. Mobilelink is one of the largest partners to major US Wireless Carriers in the United States.

Financial Controller – SAP Project

Responsibilities:

Lead SAP and non-SAP financial system team for new ERP (SAP) system, migration, and upgrade projects for external customers (working with internal and external teams to ensure SAP implementation contract fulfilled on time)

In charge all phases of the project (kickoff to go-live)

Lead project role for internal teams and customers throughout the lifecycle of project

Host regular project meetings and distribute meeting minutes.

Manage multiple concurrent projects of various project phases.

Manage all accounting operations including, A/R, A/P, GL, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition

Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.

GE Oil & Gas (CAP Gemini) OKC, OK June 15 – Feb 2016

General Electric (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in New York, the company operates through the following segments: Appliances, Power and Water, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Software Development and Engineering industries. In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 26th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue and the 14th most profitable Company.

SAP FI/CO Sr. FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Involved in analyzing the existing system for AS -IS study and provided estimates & solutions for TO-BE system, gather functional requirements through user workshops, and analyzing Gaps. Understood business process and tested all the customizations before and after the upgrade. Checked Z-program developed for client for enhancements and reports.

Involved in Preparing Business Blueprint.

Involved in preparing Functional design specification documents for WRICEF objects, and for BW Reports

Involved in interfaces for data movement between SAP and non-SAP applications.

Configured and customized Chart of Accounts, GL accounts, Account Groups creation with different field status, defined posting keys for GL account posting, open item clearing, and adjustment accounts for GR/IR clearing. created a financial statement version and drill down reports for GL accounts.

Configured vendor groups in account payable (FI-AP), vendor field status and assigned number ranges for vendor accounts groups. Configured automatic payment for outgoing payments to vendors.

Configured and tracked existing fixed assets issues and depreciation.

Configured Material Ledger, Material Price Determination, Material price analysis, and multi-level settlement.

Sercel Inc (Full Life Cycle) Houston, TX April 14 to April 15

SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

Ticket resolution and answering how-to questions.

Configured Material Ledger, Material Price Determination, Material price analysis, and multi-level settlement.

Involved in Full Life Cycle from Project Preparation to Go live and support other than help desk and new enhancement,

Facilitated planning for Product Costing and Cost Object controlling by creating product cost by order.

Creation of costing variants, valuation variants, and costing sheet.

Created settings for Material Costing, by defining calculation bases, defining percentage overhead and cost component structure.

Configured the material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, configured cost object controlling, configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures,

Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), routings.

Miller Coors Milwaukee, WI Oct 13-April 14

Miller Coors is a leading beer company, have three hundred years of combined brewing history, and are committed to building on their founders' legacies. Miller Coors is committed to producing quality beers

FI/CO Functional Consultant (CO-Team Lead) Environment: ECC 6.0

Involved in product costing configuration. Analyzing the existing system for AS-IS study and provided estimates & solutions for TO-BE system, gather functional requirements through user workshops, and analyzing Gaps. Understood business process and tested all the customizations before and after the upgrade. Checked Z-program developed for client for enhancements and reports.

Facilitated planning for Product Costing and Cost Object controlling by creating product cost by order, and product cost by period.

Creation of costing variants, valuation variants, costing sheets.

Configured the material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, configured cost object controlling, configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures,

Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), routings.

Costco Seattle, WA May 13 – Sep 13

Costco Wholesale Corporation is a membership-only warehouse club that provides a wide selection of merchandise. It is the second largest retailer in the United States, the seventh largest retailer in the world and the largest membership warehouse chain in the United States

SAP FI/CO Sr. Consultant

Prepared Functional Documents for FI-MM Integration

Configured and customized vendor (FI-AP) & customer (FI-AR) master data

Customized account payable (FI-AP) and configured house banks. Configured automatic payment method.

Created a profit center (CO-PCA) standard hierarchy, configured profit center master data, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations and substitutions, distribution, and assessment.

Created cost center accounting (CO-CCA) standard hierarchies, cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic assignments, validations and substitutions, distribution, and assessment.

Eclipse Aerospace Albuquerque, NM August 12 – April 13

Eclipse Aerospace is an aircraft maintenance and upgrade company.

SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant Environment: ECC 6.0

Designed and configured cost center group hierarchy and cost centers in Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA).

Configured basic settings in profit center accounting (CO-PCA), configured profit center planning.

Configured activity types and created assessment, distribution, and settlement cycles for actual cost distribution.

Facilitated planning for Product Costing and Cost Object controlling by creating product cost by order, and product cost by period.

Creation of costing variants, valuation variants, costing sheets and costing types.

Created settings for Material Costing, by defining calculation bases, defining percentage overhead and cost component structure.

Configured the material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, configured cost object controlling, configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures,

Integration with Production orders, Bill of Materials (BOM), routings.

Defined House banks, bank accounts, reason codes, check lots.

Configured Automatic payment program for outgoing payments for company codes in Accounts Payable (A/P).

FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

RH Terrell Management Nov 07- July 12

Controller

Formulated financial budgets and Latest Estimate for nine business units.

Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget.

Experience with preparing monthly audit packages (month end reconciliations, variance analysis, etc.)

Maintained full responsibility for preparing financial statements, reconciliations, and budgeting activities.

Prepared revenue report, variance analysis, processed accounts payables/receivables, and internal management reporting.

GTT International Inc July 05-Nov 07

Controller

Responsible for asset management and strategic planning of $16 Million portfolio for two plants.

Designed and implemented a simulation tool to optimize excess stock of $1 Million annually.

Formulated financial budgets and Latest Estimate for $10 Million business segment.

Devised a materials Management road map involving geographically scattered suppliers, submitted proposals to senior management which favorably received and successfully implemented leading to cost saving of $1Mil.

Led SOX compliance initiatives, facilitating internal/external audits across diverse locations.

Managed business entities by utilizing forensic analysis, contingency, planning and open dialogue with various business leaders.

Supported Business Unit Managers by conducting monthly calls to review business key metrics.

Recipient of multiple awards for risk management and process improvements.

Pear Connection Inc. May 03 – July 05 Asst Controller

Maintained full responsibility for preparing financial statements, reconciliations, and budgeting activities.

Prepared revenue report, processed accounts payables/receivables, conducted margin analysis and internal management reporting.

Efficient financial reporting resulting in shortened project timelines and compliances

East Hartford Medical Center April 00 - May 03

Accounting Manager

Oversee daily operations of the accounting department.

Responsible for preparing financial statements, reconciliations, and budgeting activities.

Prepared revenue report processed accounts payables/receivables per payment cost and internal management reporting.

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