POLIN PROSPER - SAP FICO Consultant
Mississauga,ON
Summary
Innovative Accounting professional with 10+ years of experience in accounting and business analysis coupled with 5+ years focused on SAP relevant project implementation experience in Financial accounting with extensive knowledge in the implementation and configuration of SAP FICO modules with emphasis on business process analysis including blueprinting, gap analysis and creating AS-IS and TO-BE documentation.
Functional expertise in SAP FICO ECC & S4 HANA including Organizational Structures, Organizational Units & Enterprise Structures General Ledger Accounting GL, Accounts Payable AP, Accounts Receivable AR, FICO integration with Sales and Distribution (SD) and Materials Management (MM), Controlling (CO) modules, Production Planning (PP), Ariba , Concur, and Vertex.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP FICO Business Analyst/Senior Accountant
Ryerson Canada Inc
04.2018 - Current
- Involved in Full Life Cycle Implementation of project; including blue-print preparation, configuration, end-user training and go-live phases.
- Configured and customized Chart of accounts, Company code Global Parameters, Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Account.
- Good hands interface process integration involving end-to-end project implementations with General Ledger GL / New (GL), Account Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Automatic Payment Program (APP).
- Implemented New GL, activated new Ledger, performed document splitting, Parallel ledger settings and periodic processing.
- Customize Revenue account determination based on Route.
- Configured Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and Maintained Versions.
- Configured and Customized CO – General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling, Cost Center Accounting; and Internal Orders.
- Configured and process all business transactions for Account Payables (AP), Account Receivables (AR) including payment program configuration and integration for Automatic Payment Program (APP) and generated payment advise notes and print checks to make payment for all AP that are due for vendors account and maintained Bank Master Data House Banks for payment program.
- Configured, process and integrate all Materials Management (MM)-Procure to Pay (P2P Cycle Mgt), Sales-Distribution SD- Order to cash (OTC) Cycle.
- Good hands-on Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders (I/O) and Cost and Revenue Element Accounting.
- Responsible for gathering requirements and participate in system design.
- Asset Accounting Module setup and configuration.
- Worked on period-end-closing, fiscal-year end-closing, material ledger, actual costing, profitability analysis, profit center accounting, and reconciliation issues.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements and drive continuous innovation in organization.
- Goods hands on Data Migration and Master Data Management.
- Provide post Go-Live support and End User training.
SAP FICO Associate/General Ledger Accountant
Ryerson Canada Inc.
11.2006 - 04.2018
- Worked on supporting Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable modules, configured and tested APP.
- Supported configuration and implementation of Fixed asset module and tested.
- Supported integration of Vertex and Ariba into SAP.
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
- Provided critical support during system upgrades or conversions by working closely with IT staff to ensure minimal disruption to daily operations.
- Maintain master data -AR/AP/FA.
- Manage and accounting of Fixed assets from procurement to disposal.
- Monitor, analyze and maintain all capital projects and analyze variance between actual and budget and report status of all capital reports.
- Valuate accounts in foreign currency and record unrealized foreign currency gain/loss.
- Assisted in reducing outstanding accounts receivable balances by diligently following up on overdue invoices.
- Play a key role in financial closing and reporting to corporate.
- Maintained compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws by staying informed about changes and filing all required forms accurately and promptly.
- Prepare audit schedules for internal and external audits.
Education
Cost And Works Accountant of India - Advanced Management Accounting
ICWAI
Culcutta, India06.1994
Bachelor of Commerce - Advanced Accounting And Finance
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai04.1991
Skills
- Hands on experience in designing and implementing FI (GL/AP/AR/AA), and validation workflow programs and variants with Automatic Payment Program (APP), CO (CCA/IO/PA) and heavy integration with SD&MM
- Working exposure and experience with SAP SD and MM
- 2 full life cycle implementations using ASAP methodology & Activate Methodology, understanding of “As Is “Business processes, Blue-Print, Realization, Configuration, Final Preparation-Unit Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Preparation of Test Scripts, End Users User Training and Post Go Live Support
- Integration with various modules and systems like ARIBA, Concur
- Experience with other SAP ECC 60 /S-4Hana components
- Knowledgeable in cost estimation and budgeting
- Experience with order to cash and source to pay design and processes
- Good understanding of integration points between SAP and non-SAP Systems
- Strong functional experience in Migration, up-gradation, Implementation, Customization, Configuration, Integration, Testing, User Training and Support
- Willingness to learn new technologies and software
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Malayalam
Native or Bilingual
Tamil
Professional Working
Certification
- SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates (SAP S/4HANA 2021).
- SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates (SAP ERP 6.0 EHP7).
Timeline
SAP FICO Business Analyst/Senior Accountant
Ryerson Canada Inc
04.2018 - Current
SAP FICO Associate/General Ledger Accountant
Ryerson Canada Inc.
11.2006 - 04.2018
Cost And Works Accountant of India - Advanced Management Accounting
ICWAI
Bachelor of Commerce - Advanced Accounting And Finance
Madurai Kamaraj University
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