Solution Architect
HCL Technologies
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :21 years, 11 أشهر
Responsible for Blueprint revision for and upgrade for Thomas cook group for FICO,
POSDM, ICM
•Identifying the Pre-requisites and constraints. Carrying out the feasibility study and Roadmap for S4 Hana. Part of the High-level design architecture team for implementing S4/Hana in conjunction with various architecture teams.
•Responsible for identifying the key objects in FICO for Migration from ECC to S4 Simple
Finance using migration tools. Analysing posting logic's for Asset accounting.
•Managing GL accounts and Cost elements prior to migration from ECC to S4 Hana. Worked on the functional design for Fiori Apps for Procure to pay.
•Identifying the NFR's -Non functional requirements
•Finance lead for implementing TCG new booking system integration with SAP FI
•Solution lead for Robotics Automation process-RPA for SAP FI processes.
•Steered complex SAP Finance integration project for Hotels4U and Thomas Cook
•Responsible to deliver complex VAT Enhancement and Revenue Forecasting report for Thomas cook
•Co-ordinating with client for giving acceptable solutions to problems, queries raised by client within predefined stringent time limit and giving solution to users.
•Conducted unit and Integration tests on POSDM, ICM, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
•Working within the SAP Centre of Excellence of Thomas Cook and had the opportunity to work within a team to coordinate and deliver as SAP FICO Consultant for new and existing projects
•Successfully demonstrated in helping SAP FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA end-users on various areas like payment terms, process payment runs, manually processing incoming payments, running / editing Dunning proposals, reconciliation accounts in the GL.
- ISU FICA Client - British Gas (Residential) (Contractor)
•Design lead for ISU Finance integration project, leading a team of eight
Consultants at onsite and offshore.
•Responsible for Finance integration solution between Microsoft Great plains and SAP ISU FICA
•Integration between Dispute management and FICA, configured dispute management, dispute cases with associated workflows
•Involved in design and building various interfaces for incoming and outgoing payments.
•Functional owner for Credit management, Payment process and financial adjustments.
•Metering: Device installation, Meter reading order creation, Estimation of meter readings, corrections and validations
Clients -Total Oil, Dolphin Drilling, Cable & Wireless and J&H Bunn
Summary of Experience
•Implementation consultant for implementing SAP IS-OIL OGSD/JVA (Oil and Gas secondary distribution) module to improve billing and collections process at major Oil firm
•Designed complete convergent mass billing and invoicing business processes via SAP CRM integrated with SAP RMCA-FICA
•Extensively used program interface for as RFC function modules specific to convergent charging.
•Creating UAT scripts for testing the Instalment /Deferral plans, processing of interest calculations. Configuring dunning procedures and dunning levels
•Part of implementing Readsoft for automating AP invoices for South west One council
•Drove the UAT sessions for the vendor, customer, asset and banking related processes including period-end/year-end processes
•Customizing Incoming and outgoing payments, Payment Lots and check lots, Clarification processing and revenue distribution
•Part of the implementation team for FICO implementation for major Oil and Gas Company. Involved in all phases of the project (blueprints, functional specifications, build and test management)
•Team member for SAP All-in-one Finance implementation for a major manufacturing firm. Involved in Business blueprint, Design, Deployment, UAT and post go live support.
•Providing first and second line support for AP, AR, PS and CO modules across multiple industries.
•In-house expert in Winshuttle products, which are designed to facilitate / accelerate data upload, maintenance and conversion activities and improve the usability of SAP by enabling users to work with SAP directly from Excel, Web forms etc.
•Part of the implementation team for the E-Invoicing project for IBM/Southwest One Council. Responsibilities include Blueprinting, Configuration, Testing and Go-Live.
•Created & Maintained Customer Master data along with, Customer Groups, Payment terms, Reporting, AR Ageing.
•Worked within Absoft's SAP Support Centre and plays an active role in the analysis and resolution of FICO support calls for a wide range of clients across multiple industry sectors, occasionally deputising for the SAP Support Centre Manager
•Gathering user requirements based on customers' business scenarios and producing requirement specifications for further configuration/development based on these
•Configured settings for creation of new Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.
•Maintained required settings in Accounts Payable viz. Configuration for payment program, Payment terms.
•Update of Tax configuration for several clients based on recent change in VAT rates in the UK and Norway as well as enhancement of existing VAT reports
•Configuration of Customer and Vendor item reports using SAP query based on customer requirements
Academic qualification
•GCPM from Robert Gordon University
Expertise in configuration and customization GL, AR, AP, FICA and FSCM (Dispute Mgmt)
•Strong Post GO-Live hyper care support
•Proficient using HPQC for all testing activities
•Extensive knowledge and experience in SAP MM, SD and FICO integration
•Data Cleansing and Data Migration from legacy system to SAP.
•Experienced in SAP Data Upload tools like Winshuttle.
Oct 14- March 16 SME - SAP FICA Client - Royal Mail Group (Contractor)
•Solution Custodian and
for designing and developing solutions for SAP PSCD FICA
HM Revenue & Customs are implementing SAP TRM (Taxes and Revenue Management) solution for various taxes and duties applicable in United Kingdom
•Conducting business process workshops with client to capture business requirements, Baseline Configuration of TRM Form processing & Inbound Correspondence requests.
•Part of the SAP Center of Excellence, Working in New and existing projects related to IS PS-CD/TRM, also providing live service support and enhancements.
•Assisting developers in BRF+ configuration and developments
•Preparing Business Process Descriptions (BPD), designing Solution Papers for the system and configuring the system for FICA.
•Part of implementation team for projects related to Tax and Revenue Management (TRM), Configuring taxpayers or new accounts, setting up filing frequencies, and supporting multichannel filing, such as paper-based forms and electronic filing.
•Working within a team to coordinate and deliver Maintenance releases (defect fixes), Incident resolution (root-cause analysis, problem statements), Enancement releases (change requests)
•End to end solutions for new and existing projects (impacts, blueprints, functional specifications, build and test management)
•Developed test scripts as per the functional specifications, Part of the System and regression testing specification and installation of the purpose-built test environment.
for implementing S4/Hana for a large Tours and Travel organisation.
•Possess excellent analytical, configuration, process improvement skills in SAP FICO, FICA, ISU, RMCA, FSCM and ARIBA
•Solution lead for Robotics Process Automation-RPA for fully automating number of major SAP Finance processes for large tours and travel organisation.
•Solution Custodian for large service transition involving a number of SAP applications mainly SAP Revenue Management used within the business central functions of a large postal provider
•Actively involved in Pre sales, worked on various RFI/RFP's, Assisting the sales team and by presenting the technical solutions to clients.
•Experience in Blueprint, Configuration, Unit, Stress, Volume, Regression, User Acceptance and Integration Testing, Training, Documentation and Production support.
•Possess excellent leadership, solution finding, communication, presentation, documentation, and training skills
•Have led over twenty consultants in offshore and onshore, with experience of staff management and development.
•Expertise in Onsite-Offshore model for development and maintenance activities
•Developed training needs analysis and trained over 200 users in FICO and FICA.
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