Chintan Joshi
SAP FI/CO Architect
Folsom,CA
Summary
Certified SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI) and Management Accounting (CO) consultant with 16 years of experience delivering end-to-end implementations across diverse industries. Proven expertise in designing, deploying, and integrating SAP FICO solutions with a strong foundation in financial accounting, management accounting, and corporate finance. Skilled in Big Data, Machine Learning, RPA, and Generative AI, with hands-on experience in ETL/ELT processes and building interfaces such as customer account portals, banking communication, and EDI. Recognized for driving solutions from design to steering committee approval, optimizing resources, and implementing continuous improvements. A results-driven leader and communicator, adept at engaging with C-suite executives to align technology initiatives with strategic business goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
SAP FICO Architect – Support & Innovation
Pacific Coast Building Product
09.2015 - Current
- Lead in end-to-end SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO) solutions across subsidiaries in diverse industries, including manufacturing, retail, wholesale trading, transport, and building services.
- Led the successful migration from ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA as Lead Consultant, overseeing critical activities, including stakeholder workshops and Business Partner (BP) conversion.
- Act as a key liaison for top management by delivering critical business intelligence and insights through tools like SAP BW, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and Power BI, enabling informed, strategic decision-making.
- Leverage the Universal Journal (ACDOCA) to drive advanced financial insights by exploring and implementing capabilities in Universal Allocations and Margin Analysis.
- Successfully implemented Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) to enable three-way match automation and efficiency.
- Served as the key architect in successfully implementing a rebate program in S/4HANA, using the Settlement Management functionality.
- Revamped Credit Management in S/4HANA, designing and implementing a more robust and reliable framework to strengthen risk control and customer credit processes.
- Lead Assistant in exploring AI-driven opportunities within analytics, identifying use cases to enhance data insights, and decision-making capabilities.
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive bad debt management process, covering write-offs, recoveries, strong controls, monitoring mechanisms, and accurate reporting.
- Manage compliant 1099 reporting to the IRS, ensuring accuracy, and adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Implemented predictive accounting techniques to enhance margin analysis accuracy and forecasting.
- Maximized utilization of the Internal Order tool to enhance transparency and improve managerial reporting accuracy.
- Serve as an SAP expert for bank communication, managing vendor payment integrations, and electronic bank statement processing using protocols such as EDI and MFT.
- Migrate data for new acquisitions using Migration Cockpit in S/4HANA to ensure seamless system integration.
- Continuously drive improvements by deploying SAP tools and functionalities to enhance productivity, and streamline business processes.
- Developed functionality for automated product costing of new materials, until the point of marking the cost estimates.
- Lead role from SAP Finance in implementing the SAP Transport Management module in a standalone TM system scenario.
- Expertise in working with Vertex for indirect taxes in SAP.
Sr SAP CO Consultant - End to End Implementation
Nordyne LLC
03.2015 - 08.2015
- Configured costing variants, including costing type, valuation variant, and date control.
- Maintained valuation strategies for raw materials, internal activities, and external processing.
- Configured cost component structure for detailed cost breakdown (e.g., material, labor, overhead).
- Defined and maintained overhead keys, overhead groups, and costing sheets for applying overheads.
- Set up costing versions for simulations and planning purposes.
- Configured Activity Types, Cost Centers, and Activity Price Planning for internal cost allocations.
- Created and tested standard cost estimates (CK11N/CK40N), and released standard costs to the material master.
- Maintained settlement profiles and allocation structures for the settlement of production/process orders.
- Supported month-end closing activities: work in progress (WIP) calculation, variance calculation, and settlement.
- Developed and maintained custom reports using Report Painter/Writer and SAP Query.
- Configured CO-PA data structures: characteristics, value fields.
- Maintained derivation rules for automatic population of characteristics.
- Set up valuation strategies for data valuation in CO-PA.
- I activated and configured both Costing-Based Profitability Analysis.
- Integrated CO-PA with SD, MM, and FI modules for real-time data flow.
- Define the PA Transfer Structure into FI for the primary cost transition into CO-PA.
- Mapped condition types from SD (e.g., PR00, K007) to CO-PA value fields.
- Supported CO-PA planning configuration, including planning layouts, planning packages, and planning levels.
- Ensured proper integration with COPC (Product Costing).
- Led the configuration and deployment of Engineer-to-Order (ETO) and Make-to-Order (MTO) costing, collaborating closely with variant configuration experts to ensure accurate cost integration.
SAP FICO Lead Consultant-End to End Implementation
ABD India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2013 - 01.2015
- Conducted a thorough analysis of existing business processes, led requirement gathering, performed GAP analysis, and facilitated solution mapping and finalization, culminating in comprehensive business process documentation.
- Designed and configured the enterprise structure, including the operating concern, controlling area, company code, chart of accounts, chart of depreciation, profit center, and cost center hierarchy, as well as taxation.
- Set up the new GL with document splitting for smooth and consistent profit center reporting, real-time integration of CO-FI, segment reporting, and closing cockpit.
- Designed and configured a process for cross-company code accounting for accurate and timely reconciliation.
- Finalization of master data, including GL, Customer, Vendor, Bank, Fixed Asset, Cost Centers, Cost Elements, Internal Order, and profit centers.
- Configured the Automatic Payment Program (APP) with multiple payment methods—including check printing, wire transfers, and bill discounting—and collaborated with banks to design customized payment media formats and remittance advices for seamless communication.
- Configured dunning, interest calculation, classification of receivables, special G/L, and tolerances for overpayment/underpayment.
- Designed and mapped Fixed Assets accounting with different depreciation areas, asset classes, GL Account determination, and depreciation keys with different valuation methods, history sheets, sort versions, and simulation versions.
- Configured electronic bank statement processing.
- Created different periodic closing methods for cost allocations in cost accounting, such as Cost Center Distribution, CO-PA Assessment, and Cost Center planning setup.
- Created costing variant, cost component structure, and origin groups for the product costing module. Designed and configured profitability analysis for management reporting for decision-making.
- Integration of FI with SD (Quotation to Cash), MM (Purchase Requisition to Payment), PP, and HR Modules.
- Developed functional specifications for customized reports.
- Conducted and successfully completed UAT in a timely manner. Conducted different sessions of end-user training.
- Working with BPC and BI for efficient management reporting, and Business Objects for preparing dashboards.
- Data migration, including master data and business transaction data, as a part of cut-over activities. Led the cutover phase and ensured a timely and successful Go-Live.
- Provided production support (hyper care) for smooth continuation. Developed reports by myself for fixed asset valuation, customer and vendor trial balances, and the expense register.
- Environment: SAP ECC 6.0. FI, CO, MM, PP, PI, QM, SD, HR, BI, BO, BPC.
SAP FICO Lead - Global Rollout
Henkel Adhesives Technologies
11.2012 - 08.2013
- Created the templates for the standardized implementation of business processes, such as the payment process, electronic bank reconciliation, credit management, and logistic invoice verifications.
- Worked extensively in CO/PA to support E6 management reporting, delivering detailed profitability insights for informed decision-making.
- Set up an automatic intercompany reconciliation process.
- Customer Master Data, Credit Management, Payment Terms, Cash Application, Lockbox Processing, Cash Receipts, Interest Calculation, and Dunning.
- Configured Bank Accounting: House Banks, Bank Accounts, Manual Bank Statement, Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), Lockbox Processing, Payment Media, and Automatic Payment Program (APP).
- Configured the logistic invoice verification process and evaluated receipt settlement for vendors allowed with self-invoicing.
- Designed and set up a process for Supplier Financing.
- Configured withholding tax accounting.
- Training and documentation of all relevant processes, UAT (User Acceptance Testing), integration testing, test scripts, arranging, and coordinating the testing activities, and troubleshooting.
- Worked with different interfaces (third-party software) for invoice scanning, travel expense management, and to map data flow into the SAP system.
- Complete testing of the results for the sales cycle, containing the quotation-to-cash end-to-end process, and the procurement cycle, containing purchase requisition to vendor payment.
- Tested the system rigorously, covering all the business cases to ensure the integrity of the system for the procure-to-pay cycle.
- As a member of the testing team, I monitored integration-testing efforts and drafted the testing scripts.
- Responsible for production support (hyper care) to ensure continuous business transactions into the system.
- Environment: SAP ECC 6.0. FI, CO, SD, MM, WM, PP, BI.
SAP FICO Lead Consultant–End to End Implementation
Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd
07.2012 - 11.2012
- Participated in steering committee meetings to shape implementation planning and gain strategic insight into key business pain points.
- Designed and configured the enterprise structure, including the Controlling Area, Company Code, Chart of Accounts, Chart of Depreciation, Profit Center and Cost Center hierarchies, and Taxation settings.
- Set up the New G/L with document splitting for accurate Profit Center reporting for SBUs' strength analysis.
- Finalized and migrated master data, including GL, Customer, Vendor, Bank, Fixed Asset, Cost Centers, Cost Elements, Internal Order, and profit centers.
- Set up invoice blocking and release, and payment to vendors through the upload of an Excel file received from different legacy systems, as well as the design of invoice and credit memo registers.
- Configured dunning, interest calculation, classification of receivables, special G/L, and tolerances for overpayment/underpayment.
- Configured fixed assets accounting that includes different depreciation areas, asset class, GL account determination, and depreciation keys with different valuation methods, history sheet, sort version, and simulation versions.
- Configured both electronic bank statement processing and manual BRS.
- Created different periodic closing methods in cost accounting, such as Cost Center Distribution and Cost Center planning setup.
- Established integration of FI with SD (quotation to cash, MM (PO to payment), PP, and HR modules.
- Developed detailed functional specifications for custom reports, ensuring alignment with business requirements, and seamless integration with SAP FICO modules.
- Conducted end-user training across multiple business sites, ensuring effective adoption of SAP FICO processes and system functionalities.
- Successfully migrated business data from the legacy system to SAP through an enhanced BDC program.
- Provided production support (hyper care) to handle day-to-day business process performance.
- Environment: SAP ECC 6.0. FI, CO, MM, SD, PP.
SAP FICO CONSULTANT – Support
CHANEL
05.2011 - 07.2012
- Ensure continuity of business in the system, and constant improvement of functions in the system.
- Designed and implemented an Automatic Payment Program with customized payment media, and embedded workflow for enhanced control and approval processes.
- Developed a report for depreciation simulation and determination of the net book value of an asset for any given point in the future.
- Designed and set up a process to create an automatic provisional document in FI based on the Goods Receipt.
- Mapped process for the reversal of depreciation that is not available in the standard system.
- Responsible for troubleshooting the transfer of business data into SAP from the entities running on a non-SAP system.
- Developed validation and substitution for the flow of accurate and desired business data.
- Responsible for studying and supporting existing business processes and reports to suggest mapping of the same into the standard system.
- Responsible for solving tickets related to product costing.
- Used ABAP debugging to gain insight into the problem for accurate and quick troubleshooting.
- Continuously migrated and corrected master data with the help of LSMW.
- Environment: SAP ECC 5.0. FI, CO, SD, PP, WM, BI.
SAP FICO Lead Consultant-End to End Implementation
Essel Group
09.2010 - 04.2011
- Responsible for the implementation of one of the subsidiary companies and supporting companies on the SAP platform.
- Configured controlling area, company code, charts of accounts, account groups, field status groups, posting keys, document types, number ranges, invoices and payments, tolerance groups, automatic account assignments, GL display (line-item layouts, special fields, sort variants, totals variants), and financial statement version.
- Configured new G/L accounting with document splitting and non-leading ledgers to facilitate parallel accounting.
- Design and configure Funds Management using Budget Control System functionality.
- Configured areas of AP, House Banks, and the Automatic Payment Program (APP). Involved in optimizing bank details for wire payments, check lots, void reason codes, and clearing inter-company vendor/customer open items.
- Configure customer account groups, tolerance groups, and perform credit management, account assignments, and define various payment terms as per the client's specific requirements for Accounts Receivable.
- Identified one-time vendors and customers, and defined a separate screen layout for them according to the requirements of the client.
- Made necessary settings for the account assignment model for recurring and periodic entries, bank master data, and house banks for the payment program.
- Created an integrated asset acquisition and defined the account assignment type for the Asset Account, as well as the Account Assignment Objects for the Depreciation Areas.
- Made settings for the dunning procedure, and configured the dunning procedure. Configured the system to automatically deduct a cash discount for the payment of fixed asset invoices in real time, to the corresponding asset.
- Configured settings for the revaluation of fixed assets, normal depreciation runs, and posting of asset acquisitions.
- Configured Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders (IO).
- Design and finalize the Cost Center and Profit Center hierarchy.
- Production support to assist users in understanding the new system.
- Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, FI-GL (New), AP, AR, & CO, SD, MM.
SAP FICO Consultant – Global Rollout ECC 6.0
Thermo Fisher Scientific Corp
12.2009 - 09.2010
- Designed and mapped local tax structures within SAP to ensure accurate tax recording and statutory reporting compliance.
- Documented every change made to the business process defined in the global template.
- Created a special-purpose ledger for country reporting, as the New G/L was not activated in the system.
- Configured the Chart of Depreciation, assigned the Chart of Depreciation, and specified number ranges assignment across company codes and account determination.
- Configured depreciation keys, defined the screen layout for fixed asset master data and fixed asset depreciation areas, classified fixed assets using the character evaluation group, and defined the transfer type for acquisition, retirement, and transfers for inter-company asset transfers.
- Configured revenue recognition for the services provided for the maintenance contracts.
- Used internal order functionality to monitor and control employee costs.
- Set up the Automatic Payment Program with different payment media.
- Integrated AP and AR modules with MM and SD, respectively, with respect to account determination for various clearing and adjustment accounts, and automatic postings.
- Maintained accounts and defined procedures for GR/IR clearing, overpayments, and underpayments settlement. Set up the GR/IR adjustment account for closing activities.
- Responsible for tracking the progress of the UAT phase and its successful, timely closure.
- Trained users and prepared end-user training material for users' assistance.
- Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, FI, CO, MM, SD, PP, BI.
FI Consultant – Support
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
09.2009 - 12.2009
- Inventory valuation and reporting. Use of physical stock verification postings.
- Analyzed and resolved day-to-day business tickets across various SAP FI modules, working under the guidance of senior consultants.
- Resolved support tickets related to funds management, ensuring timely and accurate issue resolution.
- Utilized SAP validation and substitution tools to enforce data integrity and automate accounting processes.
- Reduced custom development by identifying and recommending standard SAP solutions to meet business requirements.
- Designed and set up an interest calculation program for loans and advances taken by the company.
- Responsible for GR/IR clearing account maintenance and reporting.
- Responsible for primary requirement gathering for new business processes or reporting.
- Continuous work on supervising and controlling authorization management in the system.
- Responsible for assisting businesses with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closure for financial accounting.
- Created a profit center-wise report to display every profit center in the column using the standard functionality of Report Painter.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bloomington, IN 05.2001 -
MBA - Finance
Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth
Pune, India 05.2001 -
Skills
Classic/New General Ledger
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Accounting
New Asset/Classic Asset Accounting
Cost Center Accounting
Internal Orders Accounting
Profit Center accounting
Product Cost Controlling
Profitability/Margin Analysis
Modules and Systems Integration
Accomplishments
6 end to end Implementation.
SAP FI Topic Leader Award.
Speaker at top industry conference.
Author at SAP Press.
Certification
SAP S/4 HANA Financial Accounting
Timeline
SAP S/4 HANA Financial Accounting
07-2025
SAP S/4 HANA Management Accounting
07-2025
SAP FICO Architect – Support & Innovation
Pacific Coast Building Product
09.2015 - Current
Sr SAP CO Consultant - End to End Implementation
Nordyne LLC
03.2015 - 08.2015
SAP FICO Lead Consultant-End to End Implementation
ABD India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2013 - 01.2015
SAP FICO Lead - Global Rollout
Henkel Adhesives Technologies
11.2012 - 08.2013
SAP FICO Lead Consultant–End to End Implementation
Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd
07.2012 - 11.2012
SAP FICO CONSULTANT – Support
CHANEL
05.2011 - 07.2012
SAP FICO Lead Consultant-End to End Implementation
Essel Group
09.2010 - 04.2011
SAP FICO Consultant – Global Rollout ECC 6.0
Thermo Fisher Scientific Corp
12.2009 - 09.2010
FI Consultant – Support
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
09.2009 - 12.2009
Master of Science - Information Technology
Indiana University, Bloomington
05.2001 -
MBA - Finance
Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth
05.2001 -
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