Sethunath Chandran
Portland,OR
Summary
Total 20+ years of Experience, 17+ years of experience in SAP R/3 as FI-CO. Worked on a variety of projects, like Implementation, Roll out, and SAP Support. Expertise with definition of functional requirements, process improvement, Configuration, testing, production support, User Authorization Matrix, SAP Security Auditing, and enhancements. Skilled in S/4HANA, SAP ECC, Integration with SD/MM and Business process reengineering Prepared Business Process Procedures (BPP), User Training Manuals and Provided User Training on FI-CO module Experience in managing projects and modules planning, executing, monitoring and effectively tracking project progress, deliverables and issues; and providing adequate updates to project stakeholders including senior management.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior SAP Software Engineer
Nike Inc
11.2022 - Current
Cognizant Technologies
Infosys Technologies
Ryan Consulting Group
Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd
WIPRO Technologies
Net Business Solutions Ltd
SAP Senior Software Engineer
Nike Inc
11.2022 - Current
- Conducting Business Workshop session with Business Process Owners (BPO),Subject Matter Experts(SME) for collecting Business requirement
- Coordinated with Business team members for Country China, US and Europe
- Designing Functional Specification (FS) on the basis of Business requirements and getting approved from Process owners.
- Coordinating with Technical team for preparing technical specification (TS)
- Coordinating with Other Technical Platform team SCPI, AWS, Master data team (MDG)
- Finance: Accounts Payable, Account Receivables, S/4 Hana Implementation, Migration from ECC
- FSCM Modules: Credit Management, Collection Dispute Management, Integration with Cloud Platform
- Coordinated Technical Development: RICEF Objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms) and Extensive use of Customized and Standard SAP IDOCs for communicating with other external systems.
- Testing and Go-live/Support Phase Participated in various Testing phases: Unit Testing (UT), Technical Unit Testing (TUT) and Functional Unit Testing (FUT)
SAP FI-CO Principal Consultant
Cognizant Technologies
01.2013 - 10.2022
- Conducting Business Workshop session with Business Process Owners (BPO), Subject Matter Experts (SME) for collecting Business requirement
- Coordinated with Business team members for Country US, Canada, Europe and Asia
- Designing Functional Specification (FS) on the basis of Business requirements and getting approved from Process owners.
- Coordinating with technical team for preparing technical specification (TS)
- Finance: New General ledger Accounting, Banking, Accounts Payable, Account Receivables, Cost Center, Profit center, WBS Element, SAP Lockbox Configuration, Lockbox Processing
- FSCM Modules: Credit Management, Collection Dispute Management, Integration with Cloud Platform
- Coordinated Technical Development: RICEF Objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms) and Extensive use of Customized and Standard SAP IDOCs for communicating with other external systems.
- Testing and Go-live/Support Phase Participated in various Testing phases: Unit Testing (UT), Technical Unit Testing (TUT) and Functional Unit Testing (FUT)
- Environment: My SAP ECC 6.0 version, Solution Manager
SAP FI-CO Lead Consultant
Infosys Technologies
10.2011 - 12.2012
- Conducting Business Workshop session with Business Process Owners (BPO),Subject Matter Experts(SME) for collecting Business requirements
- Designing Functional Specification (FS) on the basis of Business requirements and getting approved from Process owners.
- Coordinating with Technical team for preparing technical specification(TS)
- Handled complete FI/CO configuration
- User training and UAT
- Provided L2/L3 support
- AP Optimization and Commercial Card Project
SAP FI-CO Lead Consultant
Infosys Technologies
02.2011 - 09.2011
- Daily Production Support Activities include Solving Production Tickets
- Communicating with Business User and SME
- Managing Offshore an Onsite Team members and help them find for faster resolution
- Managing Daily Production Ticket Status, Productivity and SLA
- Handled complete FI/CO configuration
- Supported month-end closing and reconciliations
- User training and UAT
- Provided L2/L3 support
- One-Up Production Support and Rollout
SAP FI-CO Senior Functional Consultant
Ryan Consulting Inc
05.2008 - 01.2011
- Conducting Business Workshop session with Business Process Owners (BPO),Subject Matter Experts(SME) for collecting Business requirement
- Coordinated with Business team members for the global rollout in UK, US(North America,Canada,Puerto Rico)Mexico,Argentina,India,Japan.
- Designing Functional Specification (FS) on the basis of Business requirements and getting approved from Process owners.
- Coordinating with Technical team for preparing technical specification(TS)
- Handled complete FI/CO configuration
- User training and UAT
- Wal-Mart PROFIT Implementation Project
Senior Principal Consultant (SAP-FICO)
Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 03.2008
- Conducting Business Workshop session with Business Process Owners (BPO),Subject Matter Experts(SME) for collecting Business requirement
- Designing Functional Specification (FS) on the basis of Business requirements and getting approved from Process owners.
- Coordinating with Technical team for preparing technical specification(TS)
- User training and UAT
- Provided L2/L3 support
- Implementation Project
SAP Specialist Consultant
Wipro Technologies
08.2006 - 06.2007
- Conducting Business Workshop session with Business Process Owners (BPO), Subject Matter Experts(SME) for collecting Business requirement
- Designing Functional Specification (FS) on the basis of Business requirements and getting approved from Process owners.
- Coordinating with Technical team for preparing technical specification (TS)
- Provided L2/L3 support
- Handled complete FI/CO configuration
- Implementation and Roll out Project
SAPFI-CO Functional Consultant
Net Business Solutions (India) Ltd
11.2001 - 03.2006
- Daily Production Support Activities include Solving Production Tickets
- Communicating with Business User and SME
- Manage team members and assist them in finding faster resolutions.
- Managing Daily Production Ticket Status, Productivity and SLA
- Handled complete FI/CO configuration
- User training and UAT
- Go-live and Support Project
Education
Master’s Degree - Financial management studies
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Research And Studies, University of Mumbai
06.2003
Master’s Degree of Commerce (M. Com) - Accountancy
K.J. Somaiya College of Arts And Commerce, University of Mumbai
07.1997
Skills
- SAP Finance (GL, AP, AR, AA, Bank Accounting, Taxation) & Controlling (Cost Center, Profit Center, Internal Orders, PCA, Product Costing, COPA)
- S/4 Hana- Hands-on with Universal Journal, BP Concept, CDS Views
- New GL, Document Splitting, Parallel Ledger
- FSCM – Credit Management, Collection and Dispute Management
- Data Migration (LSMW, BAPIs, BDC, Ariba, Concur)
- FICO Integration with SD, MM and Project System
- Business Blueprinting, Fit-Gap Analysis, Testing (UAT, SIT)
- SAP Upgrades & Rollouts
- Interfaces – IDOCs, EDI, BAPIs
- Integration with third party tools
- Onsite-Offshore Coordination
- Familiar with tools like Service Now, Autosys, Charm, Jira
- Experience in Working Agile Methodology
PERSONAL INFORMATION
English
Hindi
Marathi
Malayalam
Tamil
Timeline
Senior SAP Software Engineer
Nike Inc
11.2022 - Current
SAP Senior Software Engineer
Nike Inc
11.2022 - Current
SAP FI-CO Principal Consultant
Cognizant Technologies
01.2013 - 10.2022
SAP FI-CO Lead Consultant
Infosys Technologies
10.2011 - 12.2012
SAP FI-CO Lead Consultant
Infosys Technologies
02.2011 - 09.2011
SAP FI-CO Senior Functional Consultant
Ryan Consulting Inc
05.2008 - 01.2011
Senior Principal Consultant (SAP-FICO)
Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 03.2008
SAP Specialist Consultant
Wipro Technologies
08.2006 - 06.2007
SAPFI-CO Functional Consultant
Net Business Solutions (India) Ltd
11.2001 - 03.2006
Cognizant Technologies
Infosys Technologies
Ryan Consulting Group
Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd
WIPRO Technologies
Net Business Solutions Ltd
Master’s Degree - Financial management studies
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Research And Studies, University of Mumbai
Master’s Degree of Commerce (M. Com) - Accountancy
K.J. Somaiya College of Arts And Commerce, University of Mumbai
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