SAP FICO Architect

Neha Mehta Phone: +1-201-***-****

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

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Status: US Citizen

Professional Summary:

A result driven and dynamic SAP FICO consultant with overall 25 plus years of experience in Finance including 10 plus years of experience providing SAP FICO functional consulting. Seeking a challenging and rewarding position in SAP FICO that will benefit from my experience, professional qualifications and excellent communication skills and where I can enrich my skills and management capabilities further while working to achieve the organizational goals.

Technical Skill Set:

ERP: SAP ECC 6.0, S/4 HANA

SAP Functional: FI – Organization structure Global setting, G/L, A/R, A/P, Bank, Asset accounting, Treasury, T&E management, Taxation, Integration of FI with MM and SD, CO-CCA, CO-PA

Accounting packages: SAGE 500 Business cloud, EPICOR, Oracle NetSuite, Adaptive Insights, Quick books

Applications: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Power point), Winshuttle, Qtest, HPQC, SNOW, SOLMAN

ASAP/Agile Methodologies

Phases: Brownfield & Greenfield Implementations, Roll-out, Testing, End user Training, Go-Live and Support

Professional Experience:

SAP FICO IT Manager July 2022 – To date

Client: Kenvue Inc. (formerly Johnson & Johnson)

Kenvue Inc. is a major, independent public consumer health company, spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023, that manages iconic brands like Tylenol, Neutrogena, Aveeno, Band-Aid, and Listerine, focusing on self-care, skin health, and essential health products for over a billion people globally. The corporation includes some 250 subsidiary companies with operations in 60 countries and products sold in over 175 countries.

● Led AMS support plus FICO Solution architect and Functional support teams as SAP FICO Lead.

● Designed and delivered solutions on modules relating to GL, AR, AP, Treasury & payments (foreign currency revaluation, APP, Bank payment types & reconciliation), Asset Accounting, FSCM, integration with AR & AP modules, Lockbox, DaRT, Sales and Purchase tax setup, Payroll, Expense management, Equity accounting, Revenue recognition and Joint Venture Accounting, Group Consolidation Reporting, Product Costing, COPA modules incl. Internal order budgeting, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Profitability analysis, Assessment/Distribution and PA cycles and related reporting.

● Led projects in both SAP ECC & S4 to build and deliver FI core modules for GL, Asset accounting, AR, FSCM, AP & Treasury management. Designed and delivered interfaces and architecture solutions relating to Equity accounting, ADP Payroll, Concur Expense Management, AR Cash application and Dispute management and credit and collections using FSCM.

● Designed all-encompassing innovative solutions and custom WRICEFS providing e2e interfaces across various middleware platforms like BTPi, Webmethods MBOX, SFTP, PI/PO and SI EDI.

● Directed SAP functional consultants to configure and outline solutions addressing key business requirements, provided framework analysis on key design decisions.

● Acted as the key finance support analyst and advisor to senior finance process owners and cross functional technology domains.

● Worked independently to manage projects including platforms/vendors such as Workday, ADP, Concur, Fidelity, TPM, Treasury, Banks, Ariba, High Radius Cash application and DMS modules, Thomson Reuters Exchange rates, Blackline, Cornerstone, etc.

● Transferred knowledge and best practices on key configuration items in SAP to other team members.

● Owned Incident report management in Service now and Jira, tracked response and resolution SLA’s with RTR support teams, outlined solutions in break fix scenarios, enhancements and provided key error resolutions to the Production support and Build teams.

● Trained business users including Super users and SME’s on new functionality, documented business processes and delivered change management objectives.

SAP FICO Lead Consultant Apr 2020 – June 2022

Client: Church & Dwight, US

Founded in 1846 and headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey, C&D is one of the fastest growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the world. They were added to the S&P 500 in 2016, presently valued at $4.15 billion. A global leader in household consumer products and personal care, well known for household brands like ARM & HAMMER™, Vitafusion™, WaterPik, XTRA™, Trojan™, Batiste, First Response™, Nair™, Spinbrush™, OxiClean™ and Orajel™.

● Led and coordinated all SAP finance support including solution design, configuration, testing and delivering scalable solutions. This includes ongoing enhancements, new projects and major efforts like SAP upgrades.

● Ensured proper integration of FI and CO functionalities with other SAP modules such as Sales & Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), and Treasury, working with other SAP specialists (internal and external) and other stakeholders.

● Set up and processing of Asset accounting master data, chart of depreciation, depreciation areas and processing of depreciation run, account determination, number range monitoring and creation, customized reporting for asset master data and balance reports, depreciation run processing issues, asset creation including legacy asset creation, asset retirement, depreciation keys creation with both ordinary and special depreciation, new transaction type creation and asset under construction maintenance

● IDOCS processing and issues across FI-MM and SD integration, re-processing and testing IDOCS via BD87

● Processing via various interfaces like Thomson Reuters for exchange rates, Concur for Expenses, Thor, TPM and High Radius for deductions and dispute management, banks like BOA/WF/Harris for automated cash application.

● Supplier master data and Supplier invoice management in areas of company code/general data/purchasing org, vendor bank data and payment details update for APP, new payment methods set up and processing, EBS, Foreign currency valuation, Asset Accounting, Concur Travel expenses, 1099 Misc & NEC IRS reporting, month end and year end closing, inter-company transactions, Dispute management, Credit and collections.

● Controlling and Profitability analysis support including areas of Cost Element, Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Statistical key figures, Activity types, Standard hierarchies and Cost assessment, distribution and PA cycle set up, support with reclass of transactions, variance issues between SAP and GDW, customized reporting for corporate and operational finance users

● Product and Job costing set up including product cost planning, costing sheet components for cost estimate run, origin groups, overhead groups, overhead keys, overhead cost elements, costing sheet templates and cost component structures.

● Provided support in Service Now with priority handling of tickets as per SLA in areas.

● Support with High Radius portal and interfacing with ECC for dispute creation and management, cash app handling, deal processing and integration with various interfaces like THOR for deal generation and processing

● Created training documentation and executed trainings for key-users and IT teams

SAP FICO Functional Consultant July 2016- Mar 2020

Client: Sodexo US

Sodexo is a worldwide leader in food and facilities management, partnering with few of the world’s biggest companies for over 50 years across 70 countries.

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Provided support for priority wise ticket handling, enhancements and projects for the below areas:

• FI-GL structure layout including reconciliation accounts assignment to master records, clearing accounts, special GL transactions, field status groups, vendor and customer master set up

• AP master and transactional data set up, Payment terms and Payment methods in various company codes, House banks set up, Automatic payment program run via various payment methods like Wire, EPAY, SEPA, ACH, check, Amex, P-Card, etc.

• Electronic bank reconciliation set up and automation of bank reconciliation clearing, tolerance limits set up for bank clearing account, algorithm assignment of clearing document number range, interfacing with Banks

• Foreign currency revaluation set up and configuration, exchange rates set up and configuration to enable inverse, cross currency exchange rates, Monthly, Daily and Plan exchange rates configuration and maintenance including interfacing with Thomson Reuters for exchange rates

• Set up and maintenance of AR related GL transactions including VKOA configuration, set up of customer payment terms, dunning, interest calculation, Lockbox set up and processing of BAI2 files from banks, customized reporting grouping payments as per due date/profit center/geographies with plant and brand wise profitability

• Provide FICO integration support with other functional areas in end to end business processes like Procure to Pay and Order to Cash, enhancements, Business ad-ons/extensions and cross-functional business processes

• Maintenance of GL Master data and Transactional data integration of FI and CO transactions for business processes such as cost element reporting with mandatory allocation to Cost center, Profit center, OKB9 set up, Profitability segment, Internal Orders, Process orders to enable reporting on Profitability analysis in ECC and downstream flow to GDW/BPC reporting

• Configuration and maintenance of cost assessment, distribution and PA cycles, activity types, SKF’s, standard and customized reporting for cost center plant/brand wise cost allocation

• Maintenance and set up of characteristics and value fields for Profitability analysis reporting, Direct postings from FI/MM, PA transfer structure, Transfer of Incoming sales orders and billing documents, Transfer of overhead, value field set up and assignment to PA cycles, sender receiver rules, transfer structure, receiver tracing and weighting factors

• Set up, maintenance and support for Month end closings including accrual/deferral, recurring entries, developed customized reports for GR/IR account clearing, cartage and freight clearing, and capital related Internal orders and IT expense reporting

PTS Consulting Inc, US Apr 2015-May 2016

Financial Controller, Americas

PTS Consulting was established in 1983 and has over 35 years of experience delivering IT Solutions to leading business providers. It has over 500 employees’ world-wide and an annual turnover of over $200 million

Key Responsibilities:

● Directly reported to Group CFO with a dotted line to Finance Director based at London HO and the Board across Americas and Europe, overseeing a team of 6 people

● As a Super User for SAP Finance functions - Overseeing G/L, AR/AP, Treasury, Credit & Collections, Payments processing, month end reporting and controls, FP&A, Audit and Financial reporting, ADP Payroll and compensation

● Ensured timely preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP and liaise with auditors ensuring smooth audit for regional and Group reporting.

● Structured and implemented the month end close process in SAP, clearing of G/L, customer and vendor accounts, entering accruals and prepayments, processing recurring entries, run asset depreciation and currency revaluations and other reconciliations

● Oversaw FP&A functions with SAP BI team, report generation and analysis on key metrics for internal management review. Advised staff on best practices and financial benchmarks making appropriate recommendations to mitigate risks and reduce negative variances.

● Provided accurate rolling forecasts to ensure the integrity of financial information and partner with FP&A to ensure consistency with budget/forecast treatment

● Assisted the Finance Director, CEO and the Board at London HO with ad hoc projects providing strategic and operational support by furnishing financial information to support strategic initiatives

Core Achievements:

● Designed and established methodologies as per best practice to manage the accounts payable, credit control and travel expense payment processing, leading to cost savings of $1.5 million

● Reviewed and negotiated contracts for financial and accounting implications to the business leading to cost savings of $0.5 million

● Implemented real time management reporting setting up Cost Center accounting, Profitability analysis, assisting data migration from existing legacy ERP project database, hence improving transparency of information for board review

SAP FICO functional consultant __Mar 2014- Mar 2015

Client: Burberry UK

Burberry Group PLC is a British luxury fashion house headquartered in London, England. Its main fashion house focuses on and distributes trench coats (for which it is most famous), ready-to-wear outerwear, fashion accessories, fragrances, sunglasses, and cosmetics. Burberry has stores in 51 countries.

Key Responsibilities:

● Documenting business user requirements for business processes and delivering tools and methodologies for client by developing customized specifications

● Coordinating with the Development Team for development / customization of software

● Configuration of Organization structure, G/L AR,AP, Bank and Asset master records

● Setting up main and sub ledger transaction processing, Vendor and customer invoicing, payments, clearing, month and year-end closing and transactions integrating with MM and SD,

● Setting up Automatic payment processing, Dunning, Cash journals, clearing controls, Payment terms, credit and collections process and instalment plan

● Configuration of GL Accounts along with creation of cost elements, Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, integration of FI and CO elements

● Provide support in running month-end closing and Information system reports for all Master records and business transactions, set up business-area and segment reporting, set up financial statement versions for balance sheet and P&L statements

● Execute test for configurations/customizations and deliver solution support

● Training end-users and super-users with on-going support and resolving queries

Clarendon Group Ltd, UK Sept 2008-Feb2014

Group Financial Controller

Clarendon is a group of companies headquartered in UK carrying out real estate development, property management and media publishing all across UK and Europe since 1985. They are pioneers in cutting edge architecture, fine design, property management and niche media publishing in areas of sustainable buildings and real estate development.

Key Responsibilities:

● Responsible for all financial, operational and strategic aspects the group acting as a Super user with SAP

● Reviewed and approved all monthly and yearly financial statements and reporting requirements

● Managed month end closing cycle, analysis of key KPI’s within the business enabling management to make strategic decisions

● Monitored Credit and Collections, Cash flow analysis and treasury support

● Promoted the ownership of budgets/forecasts and cost control to the relevant business managers by creating detailed P&L’s and KPI reports after a project/event to promote early forecasting for the following year

● Managed Fixed asset register, depreciation schedules and deferred tax calculations for the group

● Established and maintained close relationships with bank managers, auditors and solicitors, ensuring regulatory reporting and compliance with all regulatory bodies

● Managed Payroll/HR functions, overseeing recruitment, training and appraisal of finance staff

Core Achievements:

● Re-designed split of group into 6 subsidiaries and assisted consolidation of group accounts resulting in annual operational and tax savings of £1 million

● Contributed to transition and deployment of SAP ERP system & e-commerce platforms integrating finance side with production, sales and web marketing which resulted in combined efficiency savings & increased revenue generation worth £1.5 million

● Conducted cost-benefit analysis to outsource company printing side of business which lead to potential cost reduction of 30%

● Streamlined SAP finance control function with business procedures and introduced shared service centers for finance and IT services resulting in 40% reduction in month end close time from 5 to 3 days

● Introduced best practices like multiple layer authorizations and automation for all bank and cash payments, configured accounts payable and authorization process for expense reimbursement to cut fraud and errors resulting in saving of 35% in overall overheads

Newzeye Ltd, UK Oct 2006- Aug 2008

Management Accountant

Environment Analyst, established in 1988, has been delivering successful and growing publications and environmental events within a niche and specialist market.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

● Insightful and accurate analysis and preparation of periodic financial statements including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and comment

● Timely and accurate collation of management information in regards to orders, products, prices, costing, variances and gross margins from various sources including legacy ERP systems

● Overseeing all aspects of financial and management, reporting and integrating all projects, departments and revenue streams

● Manage aged debtors, introduced credit checks, sales ordering management systems and other effective credit control measures reducing overdue balances by 90% and bad debts by 95%

● Oversee accounts payable processes ensuring effective payment of supplier invoices by due date, negotiating in time payment and generating on average 10% in revenue from purchase discounts

● Conduct internal audit procedures, draft statutory financial statements and schedules for review by the board and external auditors, furnish relevant information to tax consultants for Corporate tax filing

● Developing and managing 7 members of finance staff and overseeing their work, conducting regular appraisals and inductions

● Track and review gross and net sales including gross margins in producing forecasts and trend analysis on an on-going basis

M. R. Hughes & Co. Chartered Accountants, UK Sept 2003- Sept 2006

Accounts Assistant

Michael R Hughes & Co. are a firm of Chartered Accountants based in London. They carry out accounting, tax and financial advisory functions

Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out day-to-day bookkeeping using SAGE and QuickBooks including AR, AP, bank reconciliation, accruals, prepayments, inter-company adjustment journals

• Preparation of monthly management accounts, VAT returns, PAYE CIS returns and Payroll processes for various clients

• Preparation of monthly and weekly payment runs, liaising with customers and suppliers to resolve queries

• Preparation of tax calculations for various business sizes and financial statements for senior auditors to review

• Presenting cost effective customized packages to suit external client requirements, liaising on behalf of them with third parties including Companies House, HMRC and other regulatory entities

• Training accounts staff, Companies House/HMRC and other regulatory compliance

Personal Details, Education, Training, Certification, Awards:

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

• Mar 2014 - May 2014: SAP FICO Module - Wizcore Consulting, UK

• Sept 2003 - Aug 2006: Fellow ACCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

• Jan 2006 - Dec 2006: Advanced Diploma in Finance and Accounting - CSPS College, UK

• Sept 2001-June 2003: Master of Commerce including Business Administration - M.S. University, India.

• Sept 1997 - June 2000: Bachelor of Business Administration - M.S. University. India

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