NAJAF
Dallas,TX
Summary
Results-driven SAP Data Functional Analyst with extensive experience in Data Migration and a deep specialization in SAP S/4HANA, particularly within the Record-to-Report (R2R) domain. Proficient in managing the full project lifecycle from design to implementation, with a strong financial background and advanced expertise in Excel for data analysis and reporting. Proven track record in Data Quality and ETL processes, ensuring seamless data migration and transformation. A skilled leader in the testing phase, with a sharp focus on delivering high-quality solutions within the SAP FICO module. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve data-related issues and enhance financial reporting and data integrity.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP Data Functional Analyst
Archer Daniels Midland Company
12.2024 - Current
- Develop and implement comprehensive data migration strategies and plans for moving financial data from JD Edwards (JDE) to SAP S/4HANA, specifically focusing on the Record to Report (R2R) process.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless transition of financial data, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), and Cost Center/Profit Center data.
- Led the creation of the Field Mapping Document to map JD Edwards (JDE) financial data structures to corresponding data models in SAP S/4HANA.
- Spearheaded the development of the Data Definition, Functional Design Document, and Technical Design Document, ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical specifications for seamless data migration.
- Collaborate with technical teams to define data transformation rules and ensure data consistency during migration, while preserving historical data integrity and ensure alignment of transactional and master data between JDE and SAP S/4HANA.
- Oversee data cleansing activities to ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial data before migration, addressing any discrepancies or gaps in the JDE system, also Work with business stakeholders to define data validation rules and resolve data quality issues prior to migration, ensuring smooth R2R processes in SAP S/4HANA.
- Collaborate with the SAP FICO configuration team to ensure that all relevant financial modules (FI, CO, AP, AR, AA) are configured in SAP S/4HANA according to business requirements for the R2R process and Customize SAP S/4HANA to handle specific financial reporting needs, ensuring that it supports month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes effectively.
- Ensure the migrated financial data meets the regulatory requirements and internal controls for audit compliance, including supporting SOX audits and other governance processes
SR Data Readiness Analyst
Archer Daniels Midland Company
01.2024 - 12.2024
- Conducted data quality assessments, identifying and resolving data discrepancies between JDE and SAP S/4HANA. Implemented data cleansing strategies to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of financial data prior to migration..
- Developed detailed Data Definition, Functional Design, and Technical Design Documentsto support the migration process, ensuring clear documentation for mapping, transformation, and validation procedures.
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate migrated data, ensuring all financial data is accurately reflected in SAP S/4HANA and that Record to Report processes operate smoothly post-migration..
- Regularly communicated with business stakeholders, IT teams, and consultants to provide updates on data readiness, migration status, and potential risks. Created comprehensive reports to track data issues, resolutions, and migration progress..
- Offered post-go-live support to resolve any data-related issues and ensure R2R processes are running effectively. Identified opportunities for continuous process improvement in SAP S/4HANA to enhance financial reporting and data management.
- Coordinated with technical teams to develop data transformation rules and processes for the seamless migration of financial data from JDE to SAP S/4HANA. Led the data validation efforts to ensure data integrity and alignment with business requirements.
- Ensured that all migrated data adhered to internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards (e.g., SOX compliance). Supported the finance team in preparing for audits by ensuring data integrity and accuracy in SAP S/4HANA.
SR Data Deployment Analyst
Archer Daniel Midland
05.2023 - 01.2024
- Oversee the management of financial data within SAP FICO modules, ensuring that data is accurate, complete, and consistent across all financial transactions and master data (e.g., GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, asset accounting) and Implement data governance best practices to ensure compliance with organizational policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX compliance).
- Collaborate with functional and technical teams to map financial data from legacy systems to SAP FICO, ensuring correct transformation, alignment, and reconciliation of data during system migration or upgrades and develop and maintain Field Mapping Documents to map financial data structures (e.g., GL accounts, cost centers) between systems (e.g., ECC to S/4HANA)..
- Responsible for maintaining and updating financial master data, including General Ledger (GL) accounts, cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, and asset master data, ensuring they align with business needs and reporting requirements and work with finance and accounting teams to resolve master data issues, ensuring data consistency across SAP FICO modules.
- Lead efforts for data cleansing and enrichment, ensuring the migration and transformation of data is accurate and of high quality and monitor data accuracy across SAP modules, implementing corrective actions when necessary.
- Support the creation and execution of financial reports, ensuring data is accurately captured and reported from SAP FICO modules such as Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Accounts Payable (AP), and Accounts Receivable (AR).
- Assist with testing activities (e.g., system integration testing, user acceptance testing) to ensure that SAP FICO modules are functioning properly and data flows accurately between systems.
- Ensure that financial data is correctly validated and that test scenarios reflect real-world financial transactions.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders and IT teams to automate processes, improve data entry standards, and enhance financial reporting capabilities.
Data Deployment Analyst
Archer Daniels Midland Company
10.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsible for supporting finance migration with respect to business requirements gathering, data mapping, GL balance migration & GL open items migration
- Construct master data for loading into GL accounts, cost centers, cost elements, profit centers, cost center hierarchy and profit center hierarchy
- Support ETL process, validating extract, Preval, invalid, pre-load, load, post load and post load error reports
- Involved in testing IDOC and BAPI tools for load purpose
- Testing ETL standards, correcting errors and taking them through to FD/FMD, testing integrations in Legacy to SAP systems
- Tracking all bugs and fixed them using Azure DevOps tracking system and generated reports and test metrics.
- Working closely with FSG team and creating special request for open FI/MM periods and controlling selection criteria in S4 for loading transactional objects.
- Converting GL Balance, GL Open items and loading them using different integration/migration accounts and reconciling them for validation and business sign off.
- Document validation process for Risk and control teams.
SAP Data Analyst
VRIT Tech Inc
05.2021 - 10.2022
- Analyzed requirement coverage, business risk analysis, managing tests, tracking defects and logged issues identified into issue tracking system, Quality Centre.
- Analyzed Business requirements, performed ambiguity reviews and communicated inconsistencies to development team.
- Analyzed and identify root cause of anomalies encountered by reviewing LTMC simulation error log files.
- Tracked all bugs and fixed them using Azure DevOps tracking system and generated reports and test metrics.
- Converted GL Balance, GL Open items, Fixed Assets (Main Assets, Sub Assets) and loading them using different integration/migration accounts and reconciling them for validation and business sign off.
- Creating Data quality Action Plans (DQAP) to identify data readiness activities (Cleanse, Construct and / or Enrich data) that must be performed to ensure high quality data is ready for migration.
- Run and Execute DQAPs to their completion to include Data Cleansing, Construction and Enrichment
- Monitoring Data Quality reports to track the progress of cleansing activities
- Involved in testing various Inbound and Outbound IDOC and BAPI.
- Set up parallel currencies, valuation area for forex revaluation. upload forex rate via spreadsheet to TCURR table
- Coordinating pre and post load Data validation activities for data migration and ensure the proper approvals are received and recorded .
- Properly document all requirements data for HFM reporting.
Business System Analyst - Intern
VRIT Tech Inc
02.2020 - 05.2021
- Working with SAP functional consultants to configure the system to meet the business needs, optimizing procurement workflows, and ensuring efficient source to pay processes.
- Generating HR- related reports, ensuring compliance with HR regulations and policies, and assisting in activities such as payroll processing, employee performance evaluation, and workforce planning.
- Analyzing documenting business requirement related to the acquisition, tracking, and retirement of asset within SAP, ensuring accurate asset records and lifecycle management.
- Cleanse, Construct and/or Enrich data;
- ERP systems such as SAP ECC/ S4 HANA or Success Factors;
- SAP solutions covering: Hire to Retire, Master Data Management, Plan to Deliver, Prospect to Cash, Insight to Launch, Record to Report, Acquire to Retire, Source to Pay, Product Safety and Security, Compliance-Legal-Regulatory or Transportation Management
SAP FICO Consultant
HCL Technologies
12.2014 - 08.2017
- Understanding business processes related to ERP system implementation.
- Working closely with End-to-End business process areas and the Data Quality/Migration project teams
- Carried out all the baseline configurations in CO area after obtaining a sign off from the business.
- Configured operating concern and maintained CO versions.
- Maintained Master Data and structures for Cost Center Accounting.
- Creating Data Migration Templates, Structuring and cleansing and Migration of Master Data and Transaction Data.
- Analyzed and identify root cause of anomalies encountered by reviewing LSMW simulation error log files
- Worked on design and development of custom objects for GL Balance Migration and Open Item Conversion.
- Involved in the customization of dunning program including creation of the dunning proposals and editing the dunning proposals.
- Handled several master data and transaction data conversions from SAP
Education
MBA - Business Statistics And Data Analytics
Westcliff University
Irvine, CA04-2020
MBA - Finance And International Business
Kannur University
Kannur, Kerala, India07-2014
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
ITM Arts And Technology - Kannur University
Kannur, Kerala, India04-2012
Skills
- Data analysis, Analytical skills, Communication Skills
- Data Governance, Data Quality Tools, Compliance Knowledge
- Advanced proficiency in Excel
- SAP R2R, MDM, S2P, A2R, P2C
- ETL, LSMW, LTMC, BAPI, IDOC
- Progress SQL, My SQL, Oracle, Hana Data Base
- Python, C
- Azure Devops
Certification
- SAP Certified Application Professional - SAP S/4 HANA 2020
Languages
English
Full Professional
Italian
Limited Working
Timeline
SAP Data Functional Analyst
Archer Daniels Midland Company
12.2024 - Current
SR Data Readiness Analyst
Archer Daniels Midland Company
01.2024 - 12.2024
SR Data Deployment Analyst
Archer Daniel Midland
05.2023 - 01.2024
Data Deployment Analyst
Archer Daniels Midland Company
10.2022 - 05.2023
SAP Data Analyst
VRIT Tech Inc
05.2021 - 10.2022
Business System Analyst - Intern
VRIT Tech Inc
02.2020 - 05.2021
SAP FICO Consultant
HCL Technologies
12.2014 - 08.2017
- SAP Certified Application Professional - SAP S/4 HANA 2020
MBA - Business Statistics And Data Analytics
Westcliff University
MBA - Finance And International Business
Kannur University
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
ITM Arts And Technology - Kannur University
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