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Kalpana P - Sr. SAP Fico

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Location: Dallas, Texas, USA

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Visa: H4 EAD

Kalpana P Profile/Summary: Seasoned SAP consultant with 12+ years of expertise in implementing SAP solutions across diverse industries, including manufacturing, retail, and healthcare Proficient in SAP - ASAP & ACTIVATE Methodology and well versed with business process, mapping & configuration in SAP. Led the implementation of SAP MDG to enhance data quality and governance, establishing robust validation and approval workflows. Monitored ALE processes to ensure successful data transfers and promptly addressed any issues that arose. Designed end-to-end RAR architecture to manage revenue recognition processes. Defined integration points between RAR and SAP FI for seamless financial reporting. Established integration with SAP SD for accurate sales and billing data capture. Integrated SAP BRIM for managing subscription and usage-based revenue streams. Ensured proper mapping of SD document types and BRIM billing items to RAR contracts and revenue accounting items. Configured event-based revenue recognition to trigger RAR processes from SD and BRIM events. Configured and customized Vistex modules to meet specific business requirements, ensuring seamless integration with existing SAP systems Proficient in design and configuration of FI sub-modules New General Ledger (FI-New GL), Accounts Payable (FI-AP), Accounts Receivables (FI-AR), Bank accounting (FI-BL) its configuration and Asset Accounting (FI AA). Led the implementation of SAP Retail module for a multinational retail chain, overseeing system configuration, data migration, and user training for 500+ employees across 50+ locations. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to customize SAP SD and MM modules according to retail industry best practices, resulting in a seamless transition to the new system within the projected timeline and budget. Proficient in CO sub-modules cost element accounting (CO-CEA), Cost Centre Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders (IO) and Profit Centre Accounting (CO-PCA). Involved in two full life cycle implementations, upgrades & production support projects, participated in all phases of ASAP Methodology, Blue-Printing. Experience in Analyzing business requirements, Configuration, Process mapping, Testing, Documentation and End User Training. Involved with Business Process re-engineering/process improvement, multitask oriented and the ability to prioritize to meet deadlines. Worked in the areas of FI which includes accounts for General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Asset Accounting (A/A) and Controlling (CO). Worked in 2 full life cycle implementation and migration to S4HANA from ECC. Experience with ASAP methodology and experienced in migration to S4HANA 1709/1809/1909 from ECC 6.0 using Activate methodology. Working Experience on S/4 HANA as applied to Finance (FI) and controlling (CO), Simple Finance Aka S/4 HANA Finance, and Process integration areas of SAP. Strong problem solving and analytical skills and abilities to make balanced & independent decisions. Initiated and led Greenfield projects from concept to completion, ensuring the development of new systems and applications from scratch. Good team player with high motivation, strong inter-personal, organizational, planning and communication skills combined with initiative and Project Management attributes. Responsible for Inbound/Outbound process House Banks, Bills of Exchange, Manual & Electronic Bank Statement. Worked on Lockbox Processing, electronic funds transfer and Bank statement processing, Exchange Rates, and Translation Ratios, Bank reconciliation and Cash journal. Define required customizing in Accounts Payable. Configured for Payment terms, Vendor Groups, Number Ranges, and Automatic Payment Program. Created & Maintained Customer Master Data along with, Customer Groups, Payment Terms, Reporting, Dunning, Down Payment, Discount, Over and Under Payment. Worked for Configurations in Assets like, copying reference Chart of Depreciation, made required configuration for account determination, asset classes, screen layout rules. Defined number ranges, valuation of assets in different depreciation areas, external asset acquisition, in-house asset acquisition, cross company code transfers in Asset Accounting (A/A). direct, Bank Settings, EBS Settings, Basic Treasury management settings- risk and securities management Responsible for the projects for A/R and FSCM and driving the blueprint discussions for both A/R, Cash application Dispute and collection modules. Worked on Dispute Management module which includes the designing and configuration of Check free case record model using FSCM. Analyzed the existing credit control process of the business process and defined the credit control structure in SAP on Credit Management using FSCM. Responsible for configuring the Status Profile for Promise to Pays, Number ranges, Case type for Promise to Pays and Text IDs for notes on Collection Management. Configured New G/L for document splitting and provide Document simulation facility rather than waiting for the period end process. Worked on CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) reporting, forms, planning, derivation rules and structures, product and customer hierarchy, PA settlement, realignments, and integration issues with Sales & Distribution. Conducted detailed analysis of business requirements related to revenue recognition. Mapped requirements to RAR features such as contract management, performance obligations, and revenue events. Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure alignment of RAR configuration with business needs. Configured controlling area - Activate components/control indicators. Assign number ranges to the controlling area. Integrate FI and CO. Configured operating concern and maintained CO versions, defined characteristics, value fields and attributes. Managed the integration of Airba SAP with third-party applications and legacy systems, ensuring data integrity and consistency. Managed complex billing scenarios involving usage-based, subscription-based, and hybrid billing models using SAP BRIM. Developed and configured custom billing solutions to address unique business requirements and improve customer satisfaction. Conducted data migration activities, including data mapping, cleansing, and validation, to ensure accurate data transfer to the new SAP environment. Worked on Controlling part which includes Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA and Profit Center Accounting CO-PCA, Profitable analysis CO-PA, Product costing CO-PC, WIP, WBS element, Multiple Currency, Recurring entries, Testing, Revenue and Tax management, New G/L, Budgeting, Automatic Payment Run, Cash Management and Investment Management. Ensured WIP data integrity and compliance with company policies and industry standards through regular audits and quality checks in SAP. Functional specification for Customized Reports and LSMW for conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP system. extensively worked in the integration aspects of SD and MM modules with FI/CO. Strong technical, analytical skills combined with outstanding leadership ability, creative problem-solving skills in both strategic, tactical areas. Key skills: ERP SAP, ECC 6.0, S4HANA SAP Financial: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting. Controlling: Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profitable Analysis, And Product Costing. Technical ABAP Query, Report Painter, Report Writer, CATTS, LSMW, ASAP Methodology. Databases MS Access Applications MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel. Platforms Windows 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 Professional experience: Client: RADIAL KING OF PERSIA, PENNSYLVANIA July 2023- Present Role: SAP FICO Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, S4 HANA Responsibilities: worked on Design, Development, Configuration, Testing, Trouble shooting, Documentation and Reporting in FI/CO. worked on experience in configuration of Financial Accounting (SAP-FI) including FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, and Credit Management. Issues/problems thatre were resolved as a result of end user testing. worked on Sales order, delivering/goods issue, billing, and process. PO, GRIR. Lead full cycle SAP HANA sizing and pre-procurement planning. Conducted 5 day on site training on SAP S4 HANA for Business user team. Proficient in configuring DMEE for electronic payment formats, including SEPA, ACH, and wire transfers, to ensure compliance with local and international payment standards. Developed and maintained SQL queries and PLSQL code for various applications. Implemented database changes and performed data migrations using SQL and PLSQL. Experienced in generating and processing XML files for data exchange between SAP and third-party systems, ensuring data integrity and compatibility. Skilled in the design, implementation, and monitoring of IDoc interfaces in SAP for seamless data communication across different SAP modules and external applications. Designed end-to-end RAR architecture to manage revenue recognition processes. Defined integration points between RAR and SAP FI for seamless financial reporting. Established integration with SAP SD for accurate sales and billing data capture. Integrated SAP BRIM for managing subscription and usage-based revenue streams. Ensured proper mapping of SD document types and BRIM billing items to RAR contracts and revenue accounting items. Configured event-based revenue recognition to trigger RAR processes from SD and BRIM events. Settled up account determination in RAR and FI to ensure accurate revenue postings. Assisted in the design and implementation of data models and database architectures. Developed and deployed enhancements to the Vistex system to improve functionality and user experience, resulting in increased efficiency and accuracy in pricing and billing processes. Managed the end-to-end process of billbacks, ensuring accurate and timely processing of chargebacks, rebates, and other post-sales adjustments. Performed detailed data reconciliation and validation for billback transactions to ensure consistency and accuracy in financial reporting. Created and maintained ALE distribution models to streamline master data and transactional data distribution. Optimized existing ABAP code for better performance and efficiency, ensuring faster execution of SAP transactions. Managed and maintained pricing data within SAP, ensuring accuracy and consistency across various modules and transactions. Led the implementation and configuration of Airba SAP modules, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and processes. Configured SAP modules including FI/CO, MM, SD, and HR to meet business requirements and improve operational efficiency. Utilized ALE to integrate multiple SAP systems, enabling decentralized processing and data distribution across the enterprise. Configured data validation rules within AIF to ensure the integrity and consistency of incoming data Profit Center Defining Standard Hierarchy, Dummy Profit Center, Versions, Planning Layouts and Profiles, Creating Assessment and Distribution Cycles. Successfully led the implementation and configuration of SAP BRIM, ensuring accurate billing processes and revenue recognition for multiple business units. Configured SAP BRIM components including Convergent Charging, Convergent Invoicing, and Contract Accounting to streamline billing operations and enhance revenue management. Managed complex billing scenarios involving usage-based, subscription-based, and hybrid billing models using SAP BRIM. Led data migration efforts to transition billing and revenue data from legacy systems to SAP BRIM, ensuring data integrity and consistency. Integrated SAP BRIM with third-party applications and existing SAP modules to provide a seamless billing and revenue management experience. Developed and configured custom billing solutions to address unique business requirements and improve customer satisfaction. Creating Validation and Substitution rules for PS master data based on Project Profile. Assign Substitute Cost Centers and perform various integration steps. Configured Controlling Area settings, activating Profitability Analysis, Cost center accounting and deactivating Profit center accounting for New GL functionality. Handling tickets, monitoring crucial tasks, maintaining scheduled tasks, recovering failed tasks, responding to user inquiries, and improving already- existing tasks. Full cycle Implementation of SAP S/4 HANA General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Controlling Modules. Led the various phases of SAP S4 HANA Enterprise Management Implementation using ASAP methodology. Responsible for SD and Vistex enhancements in S/4Hana environment. Using an understanding of the SAP FI & CO modules and functional knowledge of finance to document and improve current business procedures. Supporting SAP FI & CO modules by offering practical business solutions to all activities and divisions. Assist in the month-end closing process where the user community needs assistance with reporting and COPA to FI reconciliation. Managed change management processes for SAP COPA implementations, facilitating smooth transitions and minimizing resistance to new profitability analysis practices. Created transport requests using JIRA, then released them to the test and production servers. Led the data migration process from ECC to S/4HANA, ensuring seamless transition and maintaining data integrity and consistency. Configured SLT landscapes including source and target systems, replication models, and connection settings. Implemented SLT for real-time data replication between SAP and non-SAP systems, ensuring data consistency and availability. Managed data migration projects using SLT, successfully transitioning legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA with minimal downtime. Streamlined financial processes through the successful implementation of Serrala FS2. Optimized cash and treasury management for enhanced efficiency. BRF rules, Testing Different business Scenario, Integration with Ab Initio/3rd PARTY Configuring vendor master groups and vendor account groups. House Banks, Bank Accounts, Check Lot Codes, Automatic Payments Programs (APP), Recurring Entries, Invoices, Credit Memos, etc. Configured Concur workflows and policies to align with company travel and expense policies, ensuring compliance and control. Developed custom interfaces and reports to enhance the functionality of Concur and meet specific business requirements. Utilized project management methodologies to ensure COPA projects were completed on time, within scope, and within budget. Monitored the performance of SAP COPA processes, identifying and implementing improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Conducted regular audits of COPA data and reports to ensure compliance with financial reporting standards and organizational policies. Assisted in the design and implementation of data models and database architectures. Created and maintained documentation for database and ETL processes and procedures. Utilized Azure and Databricks for big data analytics and storage. Provided support and guidance to the Business Re-engineering team by identifying potential data risks or issues that existed within the enterprise. Managed on-time delivery, project plan, coordinated with the offshore team and facilitated escalations with the team when warranted. Provided guidance and suggestion on potential actions to take. Provided training and support to team members on SAP WIP functionalities, improving overall system usage and efficiency. Successfully managed and tracked WIP items using SAP, ensuring accurate inventory levels and production schedules. Client: TBC CROP, PALM BEACH FLORIDA May 2022- June 2023 Role: SAP FICO Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, S4 HANA Responsibilities: Good Knowledge on configuring financial statement version (FSV) as per the client requirements. hands-on experience in configuring pricing procedures, creating material master records, and managing procurement processes. Developed and tested ETL processes to extract, transform, and load data from various sources into data warehouses. Modeled data warehouse metadata and automated data loading processes to ensure efficient and accurate data integration. Led the implementation and configuration of Blackline, integrating it with SAP to automate and streamline the financial close process. Conducted training sessions for finance teams on the effective use of Blackline, enhancing user proficiency and adoption. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and develop database and ETL solutions. Provided support and troubleshooting for database and ETL-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum availability. Utilized SAP to generate detailed WIP reports, providing insights into production bottlenecks and areas for process improvement. Extensive knowledge of SAP SD functionalities, including order management, delivery processing, and billing, enabling efficient handling of customer orders and inquiries. Managed data migration projects using SLT, successfully transitioning legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA with minimal downtime. Implemented SAP Retail solutions to automate inventory replenishment processes, resulting in a 20% reduction in stockouts and a 15% decrease in excess inventory carrying costs. Utilized SAP CRM to personalize marketing campaigns and promotions based on customer purchasing behavior, leading to a 25% increase in customer engagement and repeat purchases. New GL- Maintaining Parallel Ledgers and Configuring Real Time FI-CO Integration Fixed Assets Management (New Asset Management) Maintaining Chart of Depreciation and Depreciation Areas for various Accounting principles and currencies, Asset Classes, Account Determination and Screen Layouts. Configuring Depreciation Calculation Methods and Depreciation Keys. General Controlling Maintaining and Activating Controlling Area components, Maintaining Versions and Number Ranges. Cost Center Accounting Defining Planning Layouts and Profiles, Creating Assessment and Distribution Cycles. Involved in Implementing General Ledger Accounting, Fixed ASSETS (New Asset Management), Cost Center accounting, and Profit Center Accounting. Implementing SAP S/4 HANA FI sub modules Which includes New GL, AP, and AR. Created FI: General Ledger Master Data and Finance Organization Structure design. Involved in preparation of business blueprint, conference room pilot, and functional designs for WRICEF s and configuration rationale in the areas of General ledger accounting, Asset Management and Cost Center accounting. Successfully led the support of SAP-FI CO module and ECC to S/4HANA migration, credit management implementation. Designed and executed data transformation rules within SLT to meet business requirements during replication. Led the data migration process from ECC to S/4HANA, ensuring seamless transition and maintaining data integrity and consistency. Managed and executed Brownfield projects, involving the enhancement and optimization of existing systems and applications. Conducted thorough assessments of existing systems to identify areas for improvement and modernization. Designed and implemented upgrades and integrations to improve system functionality and performance. Uploading of balances (GL, vendors, customers, assets) Responsible for month end closing activities. Worked on Vistex bucket configuration Preparation of documents and provided the training to the end user. Solving the trouble tickets on a regular basis which originates in my module. Analyze the issues and provide resolution. Extensive work experience in Product costing, Material ledger, Vertex, New GL, Treasury, FICA. Making configuration changes as required by the business. Provided Support during Month end and year closing. Resolved many outstanding defects and enhancements in SD and Vistex area Coordinating for solving the medium, low severity tickets. Production Support for the warranty term following go-live. Collected and analyzed user s business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users. Analysis of all open items, foreign currency revaluation, reclassification of payable and receivable, clearing of goods receipt/invoice receipt GI/IR accounts, performing reconciliation s, profitability allocations by business area. Configured company code which includes creating chart of accounts, defined posting period variant, retained earnings account, document types, and tolerance groups for employees, created financial statement version. Followed ASAP Implementation methodology and designed the business processes, wrote blueprint phase documentation and completed Configuration during realization phase. Designed the process of payment proposal approvals for different payment methods like ACH, Wire, Check and P-cards in A/P. Involved in modeling of invoice processing, Disbursement run, check printing and bank reconciliation processes for A/P. Eliminated Duplicated Inter-Company AR/AP Postings in Cross-Company Sales Orders, Ensured That SD Billing Document Invoices Are Posted in FI. Worked on bill of exchange configuration and processing in FI-AR by configuring the reconciliation accounts in the special GL. Worked on customer transactions, Master data, Payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, Mapping Bank Lockbox format with Sap lockbox format, customizing payment advice notes on Accounts Receivable (A/R). Worked on Correspondence types on A/R which means different outputs which can be printed and sent to your business partners based around customer G/L information. Responsible for A/R customer transactions, credit management, check printing, payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, Cash receipts, clearing and month end and Year-end activities. Used Biller Direct in FSCM for electronic invoicing and payment collection. Defined distribution for cash position and liquidity forecast, cash collection strategy in Biller Direct using FSCM. Managed electronic customer billing disputes, receivables, collections and customer credit risk using FSCM. Identified technical improvements in FSCM and the related interfaces focusing on application sharing and business process optimization. Used FSCM to employ tools to analyze credit worthiness and establish policies. Enabled customer access to invoices, account status and payment information over the internet. Used Collection Management functionality in FSCM for creating a collection work list, preparing and documenting customer contacts. Cleaned Legacy Customer Master Data. Reviewed customer address data, Credit limits, Dunning, Line item displays and carry forward balances. Configured Automatic Payment Program for Check, Wire and ACH payments. Worked on Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV or GR-IR verification) in FI-MM (Procure to Pay) integration and configured account determination for FI-SD (Order to Cash) cycles. Created Bank Master data, House banks, EDI, ERS, G/L accounts for each bank account and Reconciliation accounts for vendors, customers and assets. Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms). Created custom KE31 reports for the management and users in CO-PA. Resolved end-user issues involved in cost roll, WIP calculation, variance calculation and period end settlement in different plants By setting the status to TECO that were not billable, resolved issues in Product cost by Sales order / Production order. Configured Cost component structure and roll ups, BOM. Set up material cost estimate with quantity structure. Worked in PTP (Procure-To-Pay) business process. Client: GREEN LAKES COCA-COLA BOTTLING, ILLINOIS Sept 2021 - April 2022 Role: SAP FICO Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Responsibilities: Meetings arranged with SME s to obtain a snapshot of the company s existing business processes and provide an easy alternative to their legacy system using SAP best practices. Documented all changes, revised the Business Process Procedures to facilitate the changes from the client s legacy system. Utilized SAP to generate detailed WIP reports, providing insights into production bottlenecks and areas for process improvement. Performed an AS-IS study and came up with a TO-BE analysis, to have a complete GAP analysis. Created a Detailed Description of the configuration that needs to be done in the SAP system. Finalization of chart of Accounts and LSMW for upload of Accounts Group, Field status Group that existed previously in the company. Configured various components in the SAP FI/CO like Accounts Receivable (A/R), Accounts Payable (A/P) and General Ledger Accounts. Configured Adjustment Accounts for reconciliation postings and document number range for reconciliation ledger and worked on reconciliation accounts for A/R and A/P. Worked on Credit Limits for customers, configured system for Partial/Residual/Dispute payments for A/R and A/P, defined ERS number ranges & criteria s and performed Dunning. Created Vendor transactions, Master data, Check management, House banks, Payment Terms, Deduction management, Clearing Inter company Vendor/Customer open items, Logistic invoice verification, Evaluated settlement. Significantly worked on AR-customer transactions, Master data, Payment terms, Cash application, Lockbox processing, Mapping Bank Lockbox format with Sap lockbox format, customizing payment advice notes. In Fixed Asset Management, Copied Reference Chart of Depreciation, Assigned Chart of Depreciation, Specify Number Assignment across Company Codes & Account Determination. Four Depreciation Areas are created to take care of Book Depreciation, Tax Depreciation, and Cost Depreciation, Management Depreciation. Created a Chart of Depreciation and carried out settings for asset company code. Made settings for GL accounts for AUC, loss/gain on asset disposal/retirement, for posting depreciation under different Depreciation Areas. Maintained Lockbox Configuration for automatic incoming payments, Cash Management, Planning levels in Treasury and EDI & Month End Closings. Provided support for Configuration, Implementation and Testing of the customer master records and incoming payments, banking & Intercompany transactions. Responsible for Configuring the Dunning Program and defined the layout and the functional specifications for creating dunning letters which will have the ability to be both mailed and emailed. Involved in designing and configuration of HBI case record model, Attribute Profile, Case Types, Workflow, Status Profile, Function Profile, Automatic Write-off settings in Dispute Management. Controlled company s accounts receivable processes and ensure cash flows through online billing, more streamlined handling of billing disputes and collections using FSCM. Used Collection management in FSCM to ensure faster collection of delinquent payments. Resolved accounts receivable disputes faster and more systematically through prioritized collection management. Used FSCM to employ tools to analyze credit worthiness and establish policies. Enabled customer access to invoices, account status and payment information over the internet. Configured Dummy Profit Center for Statistical postings, Maintained Plan/Versions, Maintained the Master data, Defined profit center hierarchy, provided support for Account Determination for internal goods movement and for production variances. Created Internal Orders for different order types, Planning profile, Settlement Profile, Settlement Rules and month end settlements to various cost and profit centers. Maintained number ranges for Settlement and Controlling documents and for variance documents, defined posting rules for settlement to financial accounting with different G/L accounts. Configured Valuation areas for Material Ledger, maintained number ranges for material ledger documents and assigned currency types to material ledger. Ensured that the project and the WBS element followed a naming convention which allows them to be readily identified by the function and the department. Extensively worked on both Order to Cash (OTC) process in association with SD team and Procure to Pay (PTP) process with MM and Manufacturing team. Prepared functional specifications for conversions and interfaces, performed post go live trouble shooting in FI and CO and documented various business process flows and produced end user procedures. Provided End -User training and prepared Documentation for the end-users. Client:EY GDS LLP, INDIA June 2019 July 2020 Role: SAP FICO Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Responsibilities: Worked on New GL in the areas of parallel accounting, document splitting and real-time integration between FI and CO. Design and Configure SAP FI- GL, AP (Procurement-to-pay), AR (Order-to-Cash Process), Banking, Integration for SAP FI/CO with MM/IM, SD, PP as per business process. In product costing, configured value sections, various currency kinds, movement type groupings, and material update structure. Activated segment dimension to produce segment reports as required by IFRS/US GAAP. New GL was configured, and the current ledger being set as leading ledger and updated rules for the multiple ledgers for parallel accounting purposes. Configured Withholding taxes, payment advices, foreign currency valuation, financial statement versions and cross company code transactions. Worked on asset classes, depreciation areas, assigned company codes to depreciation areas, created screen layouts and number ranges, configured depreciation keys, parallel valuation of assets, depreciation run, periodic depreciation posting and error handling, involved in uploading of asset data using LSMW. Maintained asset master data for asset acquisitions, retirements, inter-company transfers, settlement of AUC to assets and configured leased assets. Simulated asset reports, asset history sheets and depreciation to provide desired reports to the local accounting team. Managed financial information dealing with Assets, liabilities, capital. And prepared B/S, P&L statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position for department managers. Configured the process of foreign currency valuation to evaluate the A/R and A/P open line items and balances of GL accounts in foreign currency to calculate the foreign exchange gain/ loss. Designed, configured, and implemented accounts payable (A/P) check printing, periodic Sales and Use tax reporting, and related month end financial reports. A/P Payment Program configuration: Company code data, Paying company code, Country payment methods, wire transfer settings, ACH payments, Dunning Notices. Designed and configured Automatic Write off, Clearing, Late Fee for Accounts Receivable A/R including Manual Clearing and Refund Process. Customized ABAP Z-reports for displaying asset account balances and developed special reporting capability for monthly depreciation forecast for future years. Maintained profit center standard hierarchy, plan versions, planning layout, planning profile, periodic allocation functions involving assessment and distribution and defined account determination for internal goods movements. Maintained segment level characteristics, characteristic groups, characteristic hierarchy, derivation rules, defined and assigned valuation strategy, value field analysis, maintained plan versions, assigned quantity fields and value fields, automatic account assignment, defined and executed assessment cycles. Created product cost collectors at production version level in repetitive manufacturing, defined order types, results analysis keys, configured costing and valuation variant for preliminary and simultaneous costing. Created and analyzed costing runs, customized quota arrangements in determining the vendors, maintained repetitive manufacturing profile and created cost object hierarchies. Configured valuation areas for material ledger, maintained number range for material ledger documents and assigned currency types to material ledger. Client: GENPACT, INDIA Oct 2017 May 2019 Role: SAP FICO Constant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Responsibilities: Generated Operating Concern with relevant characteristics and value fields.. In charge of performing valuation in COPA to gain access to pricing and product cost information, enabling the calculation of expected revenue and cost of sales figures. The material ledger s valuation zones were fixed, number ranges were maintained, and currency types were assigned. Supporting Open Text VIM and the Open Text; Accounts Payable for SAP solution. LSMW & CATTs were used to upload the master data, and scenarios for unit, functional, and integrations testing were prepared. Used Microsoft Excel extensively for data analysis and valuation. Developed profitability segments such as customer groups, product groups, customer zip codes and product hierarchies for analyzing profitability results. Configured material cost estimate with and without quantity structure, maintained settlement structures, configuring variance calculations and WIP calculation, integrating CO-PC (Product Costing) with SD, MM and COPA, cost variants, valuation variants. Worked on PCA Standard Hierarchy, Master Data Settings, Assignment of Material Master, Actual Posting Maintenance, PCA Planning, Periodic processing, PCA Reporting. Configured and customized the Asset accounting. Configured chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, asset classes, asset class account determination, calculation keys, depreciation keys, transaction types, acquisitions, and retirement. Define settings for revaluation of assets, normal depreciation run, and manual upgraded value asset in depreciation areas. Creation of Project Definition and Work Break Down structure. Worked with Project System team in creating appropriate project profile using WBS elements. Carried out critical changes in profit center accounting related controls that affect the SAP order flows and COGS flow into profit center. Mapped SD pricing procedure and direct postings from FI/MM modules to value fields in CO-PA. Cost center planning, manual and automatic planning of SKF, activity types, accrual calculations, setting planner profiles, planning areas, and creation of planning layout using report writer/painter. Created CCA standard hierarchy, cost element groups, cost element categories like primary cost element group and secondary cost element groups, activity type groups and statistical key figures. Maintained settlement structures, configuration of assessment, distribution and reposting and also segments and cycles. Client: The blu canton, INDIA Apr 2015 Sep 2017 Role: SAP FICO Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Responsibilities: Analyzed and verified the whole procurement cycle from determination of requirements to payment procedures and order to cash cycle. Maintained credit control areas for customers, credit risk categories, and interest calculation procedures for overdue customers, cash discounts, customized forms for dunning and confirmation of balances for period end closing, configured credit management, debit and credit memos, down payment, tolerances and reason codes. Configured internal order types and status management, order layouts, plan versions, settlement profile, availability control, budget and commitment management. Configured profit center master data, hierarchy, profit center groups, dummy profit center and assignment of controlling objects and production orders. Design and Configure SAP FI- GL, AP (Procurement-to-pay), AR (Order-to-Cash Process), Banking, Integration for SAP FI/CO with MM/IM, SD, PP as per business process. Configured EBS setup for reconciliation and cash positioning. Creation / modification of EBS posting rules and search strings as per their business requirement. Assisted on Month End Closing procedures (GR/IR clearing, Automatic clearing Issues). Performed Unit testing, Integration testing and assisted business users with User Acceptance Testing. Thorough knowledge of the Order to Cash and Procure to Pay cycles, as well as good integration skills between SD, MM, and PP with FI/CO Configured reason codes with A/R analyze payment differences and avoid G/L coding errors. Efficiently dealt with the unresolved A/R accounts by using Deduction management component. Configured Vendor account groups, terms of payment, payment methods, and automatic payment programs (APP) for Item clearing. Resolved the issues pertaining to vendor payments using payment requests. Working knowledge of effectively control and monitor the purchase price variance. Implemented Asset accounting acquisition, transfer, retirement, and asset class and depreciation areas. Configured House bank, Bank determination and set tolerances limits, scheduled Automatic Payment Program for payments to vendors and others, created check lots and online cashed checks. Configured Lockbox settings for incoming payments as per the BAI2 format and cash management including cash concentration, wire transfer settings and ACH payments. Configured costing variants including costing types and valuation variants, defined result analysis keys and WIP posting rules, variance keys, variance variants, valuation variant for WIP and scrap. Configured material cost estimate with quantity structure, variance calculations, and customized parameters for revaluation of activity prices, created procurement alternatives for mixed product cost planning. Written functional requirement specifications for conversions and scheduled period closing using schedule manager to automate repeated activities and monitored successful execution of transactions. Client:S&P Global (Capital IQ, INC), INDIA Oct 2013- Mar 2015 Role: JR.SAP FICO Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Responsibilities: Involved in the new functionality with Upgrade in ECC 6.0 from testing phase to go-live and provided requirements for the planned enhancements in the system. Studied the changes in the standard SAP system for the new version and prepared change configuration scripts. Worked on configured the ledgers, set up integration with Controlling, and made the general setting for the fiscal year, the posting periods and the currencies. Set up Company codes, Chart of account, Fiscal year variants, Tolerance limits and financial statement variants. Configured and designed the full functionality of FI module relating to FI-AR & FI-AP configuration: Credit management, tolerance limits, open item clearing, account groups, Incoming & Outgoing payments, Automatic Payment Program, field status groups Set up parallel accounting by creating additional accounts in New GL, one joint account area for posting that are the same for both accounting principles and one area with specific accounts for each accounting principle Analyzed the AS-IS, performed gap analysis and designed the TO-BE system. Worked with technical resources to design Interfaces and data Conversion Programs and developed functional specifications for information exchange in-between existing SAP legacy systems and SAP. Performed table comparisons for major General Ledger (G/L), Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), customizing tables to list the differences between 4.7 R/3 and ECC 5.0 systems. Configured Lockbox BAI2 for customer payment processing in A/R. Worked on the configuration changes for the business processes related to Finance and Controlling required as per the upgrade to ECC 5.0. Configured validation and substitution rules according to new ECC 5.0 system. Prepared and changed the documentation as required by the upgrade to ECC 5.0 systems. Worked on all the minor details in Vendor/customer Master data. Also, worked on different LSMW programs to upload vendor/Customer Bank data. Trained the end users and prepared training documents on using new ECC 5.0 system. Used Top-Down Distribution in CO-PA to Report Overhead Costs at Lower-Level Characteristics. Configured and Managed All Period-End Closing Activities with Schedule Manager. Worked and maintained Cost center standard hierarchy with cost center groups representing organizational structure of the company, representative cost centers for summarization. In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), created the characteristics and value fields, defined derivation structures and rules, maintained derivation table and profitability segments. Defined Costing type, valuation variant, date control, quantity structure control, transfer control and reference variant for defining costing variant in product costing CO-PC. Configuring and Customizing the basic settings, maintained profit center hierarchy, assignments, CO-Objects to Profit Centers, distribution and assessment of costs, Planning and development of Reports. Client: Monster, Hyderabad, India Jun 2009 Sep 2013 Role: ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT Environment: accounting softwares Responsibilities: Results-driven accounting professional experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and SAP implementation. Proven track record of streamlining processes, reducing costs, and improving accuracy suit the company s objectives using ASAP methodology. Involved in Business Blueprint Phase and worked on field mapping to study the GAP Analysis. Set up company codes, chart of account, fiscal year variants, tolerance limits, posting periods and financial statement variant. Created Segments and assigned Scenarios and Customer Fields in the Ledgers. Created separate country-specific financial statement versions. Defined reconciliation accounts for A/P and A/R. Configured Accounts payable (A/P) including vendor account groups, number ranges, tolerance groups. Created vendor/customer groups, assigned Number ranges, Tolerance groups and Document types. Involved in creation of work centers and project profile using project builder/project planning board and IMG module. Worked with the management in budget allocation, assisted the client in budget management and releasing the budget. Evaluated cost planning on project forecast and performed Project Summarization. Configured Lockbox with BAI2 format, house banks and bank accounts for Lockbox processing. Extensively worked on LSMW, CATTS and ABAP Queries with the ability to act as a techno functional consultant. Configured and customized Account groups, posting keys, Document number ranges and document types, Open and closed posting periods and maintained Field status groups. Configured Controlling area, Cost elements, Cost centers, Profit centers for CCA and PCA with Integration of FI with SD and MM modules. Configured Cost objects, Account assignments, Allocations and Settlements in CO. Maintained Overhead Cost Elements defined Costing sheets, Credits, Overhead Keys. Configured Standard Cost estimates in Product Cost Planning for the production orders with Quantity structure and configured WIP Calculations and variance calculations. Created Settlement Profile, Allocation structure for period end closing and maintained number ranges for settlement documents. Trained end users about the new system functionality and explained the integration between the various modules SD, MM, FI & CO. Resolved critical business issues related to finance and controlling. EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in finance (India) 2010 MBA in corporate management (India) 2015 master's degree in information technology (USA) 2024 Keywords: materials management sfour sfour rlang information technology golang purchase order microsoft Arkansas Colorado Pennsylvania South Dakota