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SAP FI/CO Consultant
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US-New York-Albany/Poughkeepsie
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IBM. Poughkeepsie NY Jul '08- Current
SAP FICO Consultant (AP, AR, New GL)
For more than 70 years, IBM and its predecessor companies produced time-keeping equipment for schools and businesses. Many of these products are considered collectibles today.
Key Responsibilities:
Involved in the analysis of business requirements, determining organizational structures and classifying business units/locations as company codes, business areas and profitability centers.
Gathered and documented business requirements, conducted discussions with consultants and drafted business Blueprint documentation.
Conducted GAP analysis, documented the findings, assessed scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customizations.
Analyzed workflow to design solutions and designed re-engineered solution.
Defined tax procedure and tax code for sales and purchases and assigned tax accounts.
Installed and configured Tax (Vertex software added to SAP configuration).
Configured Tax ware and vertex for calculating tax.
Worked on multiple RICEF objects from a business requirements perspective including work done through enhancements and configuration.
Worked on the different processes of OTC (Order to Cash) and P2P (Procure to pay).
Worked on the whole flow of P2P (Procure to Pay) including the creation of the purchases order, good receipts, invoice receipt and outgoing payments.
Solved different issues of GR/IR Mismatch (3-way match).
New GL: Configured functional and business areas based on organizational structure. Fiscal year variants were configured with year dependent periods for year end closing and posting period variants.
Defined templates and create account assignment models for configuring recurring entries in GL postings, Posting & control over monthly accruals.
Controlling all GL accounts. (Maintaining, reposting, clearing of accruals, provisions, prepayments, suspense account)
Activate document splitting in new GL and calculate the profit at balance sheet level.
Creating and maintained GL transactions for multiple countries with different currencies.
Defining specifications for preparing balance sheets at periodic intervals, for valuation of stocks and account balances, for creation of reserve for bad debts and other provisions, for business area balance sheets and for GR/IR clearing accounts reconciliation.
AP and AR: Created Vendor, Customer master data, specified number ranges and screen layouts. Ensured that Bank and Correspondence data is created for each vendor and Customer. Imported Vendor and Customer master data using LSMW migration tool.
Created Credit Control Areas and pre-defined credit limits for customers. Customized forms for dunning balance list and confirmation of balances for period closing. Grouping the companys vendors and customers to define credit control areas and dunning areas.
Configured the settings for Outgoing and Incoming payments including automatic payment method. Involved in creating Lock box configuration for enabling customer payments. Involved in integration with PS while doing the transfer of IDOCS.
Configured Foreign Currency, Defined Foreign Exchange rates and Foreign Currency Revaluation.
Responsible for settings for posting gains/loss and adjustment of Foreign currency postings, multiple currency postings and maintenance of currency exchange rates and ratios
Worked on adjustment of balance sheet account for Foreign Currency valuation and releasing accounting for billing with foreign trade data number.
Integration: Worked with the SD team in analyzing and implementing the sales process in the SAP system, configured customer records, account groups, tolerance groups, account determination for over/under payments, cash discounts, overall A/R employee tolerances, special G/L transactions and reporting.
Integration of FI-MM involved creating automatic account assignment, logistic invoice verification. Involved in creation of purchase order, Goods Receipt, Invoice Receipt before making the payment in FI.
Integrated FI with Cost Center Controlling module, and MM. Customized the Controlling Area and Operating Concern.
Testing:
Testing and review of the programs for the upload of the master and transaction data from the existing legacy systems using LSMW and BDC programs, for AP, AR and GL balances, Fixed Asset Master records and GL Master Data. Categorized defects according to severity and monitored them accordingly.
Involved in preparing documentation and flow charts, describing interfaces, collecting master data, testing and reviewing training documentation.
Support:
Provided post-go live support. Resolved several issues related to AP and AR and tracking all resolutions in Remedy tool.
Report weekly on support ticket numbers and solution turnover time.
SDSD
Technical:
Experience in installation, configuration, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrades of IBM AIX, Linux (RedHat & SuSE),Windows 2003 server.
Expertise in Administration of AIX 5.3 and 6.1
Configuring and administration of weekly mksysb backup on AIX servers.
Installation of patches, Security fixes, packages on AIX, Linux and Windows NT/2000 Servers.
Installation, Configuration and administration of LPARs.
Installation, administration of VIO Server and VIO client LPARS.
Configuring and administration of NFS server and NFS client.
Configuration and administration of Fiber Adapters and handling AIX part of SAN.
Installed and Configured Web Sphere Application Servers on Linux and AIX.
Installed and configured IBM Web Sphere Application Server 3.5/4.0/5.0 on AIX and Linux.
Performed NT and UNIX Network System Administration, including adding NT and NIS domains, creating new users and groups with multi-levels of security, creating assign file attributes & permissions, defining network protocols, insuring TCP/IP and router connectivity.
Experienced and familiar with tools like SMIT and SMITTY.
Experienced in SAP systems with Oracle database
Experienced in TSM backup software and other devices, including RMAN, BRbackup and TDP products.
Experienced in implementing the workload Management (WLM) using cloning and clustering.
Experienced in writing scripts such as Korn Shell (ksh) and perl.
Wrote shell scripts for automated installations, to extract logs.
ERC Global. Chicago, IL Jun07 Jun08
SAP FI/CO Consultant (AP AR GL)
ERC Global Consulting Services guides its customers to comprehend their IT requirements by aligning it with there business needs.
Key Responsibilities:
Business Blueprint Design (Global template), Conducted interviewer, interacted with Managers of various departments to gather the Business system requirements and prepared a Business Blueprint/Business Process Master List (BPML).
Worked closely with process teams in understanding the As-Is system and finalizing design of the To-Be system (GAP analysis).
Involved in the Configuration and Customization of FICO modules including GL, AR, AP, Banking,
Redefined and Configured Payment Methods, Payments Terms, House Bank, Bank Accounts for AP, AR - Dunning process, Interest calculation, and Credit Management
Extensively worked on Vendor/Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Lockbox, Dunning and Payment Methods.
Clearing Accounts for Cross-Company Code Transactions accounts to display receivables and payables between individual company codes
Worked on closing operations for Account Payable and Account Receivable.
In Account receivables worked on account clearing, customer correspondence, Incoming payment and invoice processing.
Worked on Vendor/Customer Analysis including Days in Arrears, Payment History, and Cash Discount Overview.
Worked on asset inter company transfer, asset creation/settlement, asset retirement, asset depreciation.
Mapped and Defined the Chart of Accounts and Customized to the Client requirements.
Customized the Account Groups, Field Status Groups, Posting Keys, Document Types, Posting Periods and Creation of G/L Account Master Records.
Defined Tolerance Groups, Tolerances for Employees, Customers and Vendors and Maintained Initial settings for Recurring Entries.
Defined Customer/Vendor Account Groups and Created Customer/Vendor Master Data.
Configured Automatic Payment Program for Outgoing Payments for Company Codes in Accounts Payable.
In Banking was mainly involved in creating house bank, bank accounts, Global setting for EBS.
Create account symbols, keys for posting rules, search string for EBS and transaction types.
Involved in cash journal, void checks, reverse check payment, manual check deposit, and outgoing payment check.
Payment Program Configuration: Company Code Data, Paying Company Code, Country Payment Methods, Creating proposal to Check Printing, Wire Transfer settings, ACH payments etc.
In Treasury worked on configuration of Cash management, Cash position, cash concentration.
Define cash management account name, headers, maintain structure, planning types, payment methods for payment requests.
Provided Production Support including Month-end and Year-end closing Activities.
Documented End User Manuals and Training Material.
Guidant Corporation, St Paul, MN Feb05 May07
SAP FI/CO Consultant (AP /AR /AA)
Guidant Corporation, part of Boston Scientific, designs and manufactures artificial pacemakers implantable defibrillators, stents and other cardiovascular medical products.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Team member was mainly involved in the configuration of the FI and CO modules of SAP.
Involved in the preparation of AS-IS business Process and TO-BE process, BPP and finalizing the Business Blueprint.
Configuration of organizational structures, chart of accounts, G/L master data, Field status groups, Fiscal year Variants, posting periods.
Creation of Document number Ranges. Setting up of document types and posting keys for business transactions
Creation of GL Account Groups, Creation of reconciliation accounts for accounts receivables and accounts payables.
Configuration of customer master and vendor master data in FI, Number ranges and Screen layouts.
FI-MM integration which includes configuration of GL accounts to the valuation class and account modifier in various transaction keys.
FI-SD integration which includes configuration of GL accounts in condition tables.
Configured Asset Accounting module including creation of fixed assets, fixed asset classes, depreciation keys and ordinary / special unplanned depreciation workings.
Creation of Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation areas, Doc no ranges.
Defining Assets class, Account determination, creation of asset, Retirement of assets, In-house creation of Assets, Depreciation run.
Coordinated in Setting up of Controlling area, assigning company codes and creating standard hierarchy, creating CO version and defining control indicators.
Coordinated in Creation of cost center groups under the standard hierarchy creation of cost centers and allocation of cost centers, creation of primary and secondary cost elements. Setting control parameters for actual posting, allocation of characteristics for sender/receiver cost, configuration of assessment, distribution and reposting & Profitability analysis.
Configured the G/L Accounts, and Vendor master data.
Configured business transactions for accounts payable and accounts receivables including the payment program configuration and automatic check payment, clearing of vendor open items, bank master data, and house banks for payment program.
In AP created Vendor list, maintained Master data and affected changes to Master data as needed. Worked on Vendor invoices and credit memos, used recurring entries program to generate documents for recurring transactions.
In Accounts Payable defined client specific terms, vendor invoices, manual incoming/outgoing payments, automatic payment program configuration, partial payments and payment advice. Configured the settings for outgoing payments including Automatic Payment Program.
Configured Standard Hierarchy for Cost Center/Cost Element Accounting, created Cost Centers, and defined Primary cost elements and assigned cost elements to their relevant cost centers.
Defined Secondary Cost Elements and made allocations, Distribution and Assessment using cycle-segment method for periodic processing.
Generated reports in Report Painter and provided summarized data in chosen combinations.
Performed unit and integration testing and also provided production support
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SAP FI/CO SKILLS:
Financial Accounting: New General Ledger (New G/L), Special Ledger, Accounts Payable
(AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Lock Box Configuration.
Controlling: Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA),
Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis (PA) & Product Costing (PC)
Reporting Skills: Report Writer & Report Painter (Drill-down reporting)
Interfaces: Consolidation reporting using Hyperion, Acta Rapid Mart for
Inventory management
Other: LSMW, ABAP Query, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing,AIX
TECHNICAL SKILLS/ TOOLS
Operating Systems WINDOWS XP/2000/NT/98/95,AIX
ERP Package SAP R/3 4.6 C ECC 6.0
Office Tools Proficient in Excel and leveraging standard features such as VLOOKUP
Other Tools Certido, Mercury Test Director, e Projects, Sport
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Bachelors in Computer Science
Master in Computer Science (Currently Enrolled)
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