SAP Project Manager

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Tapas Bhattacharya

SAP Certified –FICO consultant

, Kolkata-700055

Phone: 091-033-, Mobile: 098********

Email: *******************@*****.**.**

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Seeking assignments in an organization , where I can contribute towards the growth of the Company with my functional & technical ability & can develop my career skills in a challenging ERP –SAP work environment.

Professional Profile

• Qualified Cost Accountant(FICWA) total experience over 23 yrs. , out of which around 17 yrs. in areas of Finance, Accounts, Fund Management ,Costing & MIS in different industries and 5.5 yrs. as a SAP Functional consultant .

• SAP-FICO exp. for about 4.5 yrs.(including 1 implementation & 5 support projects) plus Worked as a Sox Compliance Lead & SEM-BPS Consultant for about one year in a BW support Project.

• Trained in SAP_FICO (VER 4.7) & SEM-BPS with IP (Ver 4.0)from Siemens Information’s Systems Ltd. (Sap Academy).

• Trained in SAP NEW GL Migration (Ver ECC6) from SAP Academy, Bangalore .

Organizational Experience

Jan’11 to Till Date WBSEDCL Addl. General Manager(F&A) - IT

April’05 to Dec’10 IBM Global Services,-kolkata Sr.SAP Consultant-FICO

Dec’04 to March’05 WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES–PUNE SAP-FICO Consultant

Sep’02-june’04 Dugar Groups of Industries. Sr. Executive – Finance & Accounts

Feb’98-Aug’02 TKB Mgmt Services Business Analyst

Jun’94- Jan’98 Modi Entertainment Network ltd. Accounts and Admin Manager

Oct’92-Apr’94 Thermax Ltd. Regional Accountant

Jun’91-Sep’92 Nicco Uco Financial Services Sr.Accounts Executive

Nov’88-Mar’91 Zenith Computers Ltd. Accounts Officer

Current Job Role :

WBSEDCL is dealing with Power Distribution activity for whole of West Bengal State except Kolkata Metro.

Wbsedcl is in the process of implementation of IS UTILITY & CORE SAP.

My current role includes Project monitoring , Business process reengineering , scope determination along with process mapping for SAP implementation .

In addition to my said responsibility I am also looking after the Financial Vetting process of all new Projects undertaken by IT & Communication Cell of WBSEDCL.

Areas of Expertise across assignments;

Technical

SAP Related :

Area worked : FI-GL,AR,AP,ASSET & FSCM(INHOUSE CASH & LIQUIDITY ANALYSIS).

CO- CCA/PCA/INTERNAL ODER/COPA

BW-SEM-BPS

SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS (in reverse chronological order)

Project 7

Client : Dannish Super Market Group, Denmark (Mearsk Group)

Project Name : DSG -Facit

Team size : 13

Role : Sr.FICO consultant

Start Date : 29.08.2008 to 30.11.2010

I was at Denmark for about two years at client site & was working with SAP/Denmark team re Pre & Post Go live activities e.g. Knowledge transfer , System monitoring, System documentation etc for the project. Phase II Go live took place in Jan’09 After that IBM took post Go live support and being core team of IBM , I was at Client place to handle all post go live support activities till May’10.

Project 6

Client : British Petroleum

Project Name : BP Group –BW Support & Enhancement

Team Size : 75+

Role : SEM-BPS Consultant & SOX Lead of the project.

Start Date : 15/09/2007 to 28.08.2008

In the above project my role is to handle support & enhancements issues related to BP Group Business Planning & Simulation issues which deals with 2 applications namely,

a>FIMS- Function Internal management System which deals with BP’s cost information.

c> MIF – Management Information Foundation which is a core information source for Business Consolidation & Planning for whole BP group.

Apart from that I had to look after the SOX compliance for all the 9 systems managed & supported by IBM India namely WR1, WRT, WRP,WFO, Alliance, ITDW,

Project 5

Client : Muller Sports Medicine Systems Ltd, USA

Version : SAP Ecc 5.00

Team Size : 24

Role : Implementation Team member ( Area -Controlling )

Start Date : 25/01/2007 to 30/08/2007

In above project my role was to handle the configuration requirements relating to CO module, specially COPA. Product Costing (Repetitive Manufacturing scenario),FI-ASSETS etc, & involved in other related areas like Integration with other modules, Testing ,Data upload etc.

Project 4

Client : British American Tobacco ltd(BATL)<on behalf of IBM India>

BATL is the world's most reputed international tobacco group, with brands sold in 180 markets around the world. They make high quality tobacco products for the diverse preferences of millions of consumers, span the business ‘from seed to smoke’ and are committed to embedding the principles of corporate social responsibility Group-wide.

Team Size : 65

Role : Offshore support Team Member

Version : SAP R/3, version 4.7

Start date : 01/11/2005 to 24/01/2007

In the said project my role was to resolve the user problems related to FICO issues for 24 countries, which were raised in the form of ticket through ticketing tools (SODA & Remedy ) raised by the users.

Tickets handled – mostly related to Asset accounting/CCA/PCA/internal order.etc.

Project 3

Client : Haldia Petro chemicals Ltd. & Alstom Ltd.(India)<on behalf of IBM India>

Duration : 1st july’05 to Oct’05

Team Size : 11

Role : Team Member

Version : SAP R/3, version 4.7

Description : Haldia Petrochemicals ltd.(HPL) is a modern petrochemical complex located at Haldia 125 km. from Kolkata. It is jointly promoted by West Bengal Govt., Chatterjee Group of Mauritius & the TATA group with an investment of $1.2 billion.

ALSTOM, the global leader in power and rail transport, is in the business of designing, building and servicing technologically advanced products and systems for the world's energy and transport infrastructure. In India, ALSTOM is active in two major areas of businesses i.e. Power and Transport . The scope of the job is providing on line support to clients for running the SAP systems smoothly & also new configuration support of SAP modules as & when Business requirement changes of the client.

In this project, I was involved as a SAP_CO consultant for this project, assisting the client to resolve the day to day operational problem in CO related issues in the area of CCA/PCA & Internal /Production order costing .

Project 2

Client: Medtronics, USA<on behalf of IBM India>

Duration: April 2005 – 30th june’05

Team size: 13

Role: Team Member

Version: SAP R/3, version 4.7

Description: Medtronic is the world's leading medical technology company, providing lifelong solutions for people with chronic disease. Annual turnover of the company is around $6.5 Billion

The scope of the job was functional testing and preparation of Template for Global and local Configurations for SAP roll-out in different group of countries known as generations. US roll-out of Medtronic (known as Gen 1) have taken place after myself has joined the team as the FI/CO team member

Responsibilities:

1. Testing of FI/CO related scripts for Integration and regression cycles and suggesting possible reasons of not getting an expected result. Accordingly configuration change is done and re-test of the particular test case scenario takes place.

2. Offshore support to the onsite implementation team for AR, AP, Asset and CO –CCA , PCA , INTERNAL ORDER modules.

3. Navigation through IMG nodes applicable for FI/CO and understand the impact of configuration of different implementations

4. Documentation and of Global and Local setting based on effect of each configuration

5. Referring SAP Ascendant Toolset of Medtronic for identification of Process Definition Document (PDD) and linking the same to each of the configuration step.

Project 1

Client: BP, Turkey Cassis <on behalf of Wipro Technologies,pune.>

Duration: Dec’ 2004 –March 2005

Team size: 10

Role: Team Member

Environment: SAP R/3, 4.7 Enterprise version

Description: BP is of one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items. Turnover of BP is US$ 285bn and BP employs more than 100,000 people worldwide.

The scope of the job was off-shore configuration of AR and AP & CO-CCA & PCA MASTER DATA.

Responsibilities:

1. Worked Extensively with AR master data, payment cycles, dunning and Correspondence

2. Revenue account determination - his assignments were to assign the sales accounts, deduction accounts etc. to the condition types.

3. To design Customer master in terms of the account groups at the client level, the company code level and at the sales area level. The internal number ranges were configured also.

4. To configure Payment terms as requested by functional persons representing other areas. The baseline dates were defined as the posting dates for determining the due dates of payments.

5. Worked on Residual payment functionality designed through Manual Incoming payments, the Tolerance groups were defined and assigned to the users, the accounts for posting cash discounts, the payment differences etc were also defined.

8. Worked on CO-CCA & PCA master data creation & testing of diff business Scenerios.

9. Worked extensively in the Asset Master Data , Creation of Asset ,Settlement of Asset under Construction through Internal Order , etc.

Functional Exposure Across the Organisations

Financial Planning / Project Appraisal

• Managing overall finance operations involving determining financial goals, designing & implementing financial control systems in consultation with top management.

• Screening new projects and conducting feasibility studies to determine the financial viability of new ventures; projecting cash flow and growth opportunities.

Finance & Accounts

• Preparing and maintaining statutory books of accounts viz, journal, ledger, cash book and subsidiaries in compliance with time & accuracy norms.

• Presenting a true and fair view of the financial position of the company by preparing financial statements viz, P&L Account, Balance Sheet and annual reports.

• Managing corporate and regional accounts.

• Preparing creditors/ debtor’s reconciliation (accounts receivables and accounts payable statements)

Fund Management

• Liaising with banks and financial institutions for raising fund and non-fund based facilities at favourable terms to meet working capital and project requirements.

• Monitoring Cash flow on the operations of the company to review the cash position and forecast funds required for numerous expenses.

• Managing the credit function involving monitoring and controlling debtors; taking adequate measures to ensure timely receipt of payments and recovery of bad debts.

Auditing and Taxation

• Performing analytical review of financial statements and evaluation of internal control systems for carrying out Internal / Statutory Audits.

• Preparing Audit Reports and making recommendations in order to ensure that accounts are prepared and maintained in conformance to statutory obligations.

• Preparing tax plans and ensuring timely assessment and filing of direct and indirect tax returns in compliance with Income Tax and Sales Tax Act.

• Gained exposure to Excise related activities.

MIS

• Supervising the preparation of MIS reports to provide feedback to top management on financial performance, viz, fund management, profitability, etc.

Significant Achievements across assignments;

At Zenith computers ltd.

Successfully introduced the payroll package and Branch MIS System.

At Thermax

Designed computerized system for Project cost monitoring and related MIS for Regional office.

At Modi Entertainment Network

Designed computerized system of Monthly MIS for H.O., ensuring smooth operations.

Training -Others

Attended a workshop organized by SISI Government of India, on:

o ISO 9000 implementation

o Audit Technique

Professional Affiliations

Fellow Member of ICWAI (M/11591)

Associate Member of IIMM

IT Skills

O/S: DOS/Win 2007 , Win-NT, UNIX

ERP: SAP R/3 4.7- FI/CO Module

Education Details

B.Com(Calcutta University ) in the year 1982

ICWA(Final) – in the year 1990

IT Qualification

Diploma in Computer Programming from NICM/STG.

SAP R/3 –FICO (Ver 4.7) training from Sapient College- Siemens Information’s Systems Ltd-Calcutta,Sept- Oct’2004.

Publication in Journal

a>Published an article on “A Study on Knowledge Management “in “The Management Accountant”-July’2001(Journal Published by ICWA-India).

b> Published an article on “Sox Compliance and its Audit On SAP environment” in

The Management Accountant Journal –March 2009 issue (Journal Published by ICWA-India) .

Places Worked

Nairobi/Kenya, Frank fruit/Germany, Copenhagen & Aarhus /Denmark

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