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Hareesh Paluri

Saint Louis,MO

Summary

Good knowledge and experience in SAP FI/CO and S4 Hana Finance implementation encompassing five projects which are full life cycle from blue printing to Realization and Go-Live, Upgrade and Support Projects. Good experience in configuring General Ledger (GL), House Bank, Automatic Payment Program (APP), Configuring payment medium workbench. Expertise in different areas of General Ledger Accounting FI-GL, New GL Concept and Document Splitting and Parallel Currency concept, Accounts Payable FI-AP, Accounts Receivable FI-AR, Inter Company settings and Asset Accounting. Hands on experience configuration Automatic Payment Program for various company codes, designing payment workbench for various banks. Configuring Electronic Bank Statements (EBRS) for various banks in MT940 format. Experience in Controlling areas in Profit Center, Cost Center, Cost Element and Internal Orders. Good Experience in Migrating tools transferring and updating data using LSMW and LTMC. Thorough understanding of SAP FI and CO and related Support and maintenance functions as well as the integration with MM and SD Modules. Ability to communicate and interact with clients, and other team members in a diverse matrix environment. Experience in designing Functional Specifications Documents for development of various requirements such as Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow (RICEFW) with technical Support. Designing SAP training and project documentation including curriculum, training planning, and Summary. Experience in configuring Validation and Substitutions based on client requirements. Extensive experience working on ECC 7.1,6.0 and S4 Hana 1809,1909 and 2020. Worked extensively with Solution Manger (SOLMAN), Jira, Rev-Track and Services Now (SNOW) for the projects. Willing to learn new Technologies and Software.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Mars.Inc
  • Company Overview: Inspire Moments of Everyday Happiness
  • Mars is the world's leading manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints and fruity confections
  • Regularly interacted with user to ensure proper understanding of the business requirements and functional specifications
  • Configured Business Partner BP groups and rules
  • Define the use cases, process flows for the business requirements
  • Configured system settings for the Chart of Accounts, New GL, AP, AR and Asset Accounting and Lock box settings
  • Made necessary setting for the account assignment model for recurring and periodic entries, Bank master data and house bank for the payment program
  • Identified one-time vendors and customer and defined separate screen layout as per business requirements
  • Configured FBKP settings for special GL posting like down payment paid and received
  • Worked on End-to-End test scenarios from AP and AR point of view
  • Define Credit Control Management and create risk types and categories and massage for incoming invoice
  • Configured Dunning program, dunning levels, dunning area and forms for each company at company code level
  • Configured terms of payments for dunning
  • Configured Asset account management process and create test cases on asset accounting
  • Inspire Moments of Everyday Happiness
  • Mars is the world's leading manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints and fruity confections

S4 Hana FI consultant

TCS-India
08.2021 - Current
  • Supporting to the existing SAP area of GL, AP, AR, AA and Integration with MM and SD issues
  • Responsibility includes sporting and maintenance of FI and CO module
  • Prepared documentation on GL, AP, AR and Asset management for month and year end activities
  • Provided user support and training for SAP FICO modules, enhancing user proficiency and system utilization
  • Troubleshot and resolved technical issues, ensuring timely resolution of user queries and incidents
  • Assisted in the configuration and customization of S4 Hana to align with business requirements
  • Ensured data accuracy and integrity, supporting data migration and cleansing activities
  • Maintained comprehensive documentation of processes, configurations, and user manuals for reference
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate SAP FICO with other modules (MM, SD)
  • Developed financial reports and dashboards, analyzing data for discrepancies and insights
  • Supported system upgrades and conducted user acceptance testing (UAT) for new features
  • Ensured compliance with financial regulations and internal controls, assisting in audit processes
  • Identified and implemented process improvements, staying updated with SAP best practices
  • Evaluated the effectiveness of implemented solutions through regular monitoring, adjusting strategies as needed based on feedback from users.
  • Optimized budgeting and forecasting processes with advanced planning tools, enabling more accurate projections for future growth opportunities.
  • Streamlined month-end closing processes, reducing time spent on manual tasks and increasing accuracy.
  • Assessed current workflows and identified areas for improvement to increase productivity across financial functions within client organizations.

OMNI UNITED
01.2019 - 03.2020
  • Company Overview: Omni United Pte
  • Ltd is a tire manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Singapore
  • The company designs and produces tires in partnership with manufacturers, we are a global tire designer, manufacturer and distributor that moves with speed, innovation and sustainability
  • Studied the existing processes and gathered requirements during the workshops conducted by the client
  • Conduct awareness Training to the Core business team members
  • Identify fitment of gaps & Gathering the AS-IS Documentation
  • Configure the settings required for FICO areas as per Baseline configuration document
  • Provided Test data for all the Development objects
  • Prepared Functional specifications for all the Z-Objects (RICEFs)
  • Determination of Organization Structure in SAP based on Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS)
  • Involved in New GL configuration settings like Document Splitting, Real-Time integration CO to FI
  • Involved in phases of a project life cycle include design, development, configuration, unit and integration testing, documentation, end user training and production support
  • Involved in data migration through LSMW & BDC
  • Configured Organizational Structure and its settings
  • Configured and customized the company code, fiscal year variant, posting periods, document types, and document number ranges, posting keys, field status variants
  • Involved in Conduct all kind of testing scenarios like Integration testing, End to end business process testing, Unit testing etc
  • Involved in prepare Cutover simulation plan & simulation of Cutover activities
  • Involved in Post implementation Support activities
  • Omni United Pte
  • Ltd is a tire manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Singapore
  • The company designs and produces tires in partnership with manufacturers, we are a global tire designer, manufacturer and distributor that moves with speed, innovation and sustainability

FI Consultant

Coca-Cola
01.2019 - 10.2019
  • Developed LSMWs for Finance master data and Transactional data objects
  • Created New payment methods and House banks, Configured FBZP Settings for Canada related company codes
  • Performed unit, Integration testing and provided support during UAT
  • Played Key role in preparation of mock cutover plans and actively participated in cutover activities
  • Worked on End-to-End P2P testing Process as a lead role
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather and document business requirements for S/4HANA Finance
  • Developed and executed test cases for various finance modules, including FI and CO, ensuring coverage of all business scenarios
  • Conducted integration and user acceptance testing (UAT) with end-users to validate system functionality
  • Identified, logged, and tracked defects using [specific tools, e.g., JIRA, HP ALM], ensuring timely resolution
  • Assisted in data migration activities, validating data accuracy and integrity post-migration
  • Provided training and support to end-users, facilitating smooth adoption of the new system
  • Participated in change management initiatives to address user concerns and feedback

FI Consultant

Coca-Cola
09.2016 - 12.2018
  • Assisted in creation and maintaining of field status groups document types, open and close posting periods
  • Solving of maintenance Issues and tickets in G/L, A/P and A/R and Asset accounting
  • Keep all documentation up to date by team on share point of time
  • Providing day to day operational and process support to users
  • Responsible for Month end closing activities
  • Supporting users on Automatic payment, running of manual/Automatic of payments as well as clearing Programs, Terms of payments
  • Preparation of User manual Documentation
  • A Configuration of Finance (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets Management) whenever required
  • Worked on work follow issues and workflow forward
  • Creation of cost center and assign responsible person and assign roles
  • Involved in Training to Core users and End Users Discussions with process owner system and end users to resolve the day-to-day issues
  • Manages support functions planning, tracking, reporting and internal communication
  • Performed automatic Payment and dunning program, conducted the periodic closing process
  • Assign Reconciliation accounts for vendors and customers
  • Worked as a team member of the support team involved in preparation of the training manuals & training to the core users and end users

Education

MBA - Finance

Bangalore University
Bangalore, KA
04.2016

Skills

  • Finance
  • SAP processing engineering
  • ASAP methodology
  • Documentation
  • Scoping
  • Costing
  • Gap Analysis
  • Application Development
  • Testing
  • Post Implementation Support
  • End-User Training
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Troubleshooting

Certification

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 (SPS01)

Timeline

S4 Hana FI consultant

TCS-India
08.2021 - Current

OMNI UNITED
01.2019 - 03.2020

FI Consultant

Coca-Cola
01.2019 - 10.2019

FI Consultant

Coca-Cola
09.2016 - 12.2018

Mars.Inc

MBA - Finance

Bangalore University

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