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Shravan Kumar Puppala

Shravan Kumar Puppala

St Louis,MO

Summary

  • 8 years of hands-on experience in SAP Financial and Managerial Accounting (FICO).
  • Implemented SAP FI General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cost center accounting, cost element accounting, product costing and COPA.
  • Proficient in SAP’s ASAP Methodology and well versed with business process, mapping & configuration in SAP.
  • Integration of FICO with PS, SD, MM modules as a functional consultant.
  • In-depth knowledge of various business processes.
  • Proficient in customizing the application as per the requirement of the organization.
  • Proven success in leadership roles as an active team member.
  • Persuasive communicator with good analytical, troubleshooting skills, relationship management skills and abilities in liaising with different agencies & people.
  • Trained end users for usage of SAP ERP application and prepared detailed process manual documents for their reference.
  • Expert to translate functional requirements into technical terms.
  • Successfully delivered one full life cycle implementations with quality deliverables.
  • Involved in Customization, Configuration, and Integration steps as part of implementation.
  • Have worked on projects providing end-to-end solution, which includes blueprinting, implementation / Realization, post Go Live support.
  • Created multiple Knowledge based articles in the modules of SAP FI and SAP CO.
  • Ability to data conversion through LSMW (Legacy System Migrate Workbench) data into SAP system.
  • Good cross module integration knowledge and end-to-end process knowledge in the areas of Order-To-Cash (OTC), Procure-To-Pay (PTP), Plan-To Produce, and Record-To-Report (RTR).
  • Good knowledge of FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, Bank and Cash Management, CO-CCA, CO-IO, CO-CO-PA.
  • Knowledge in SAP Order to Cash and Material Management.
  • Hands on experience (RICEF) in Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms.
  • Manipulated data in IDocs, Analyzed and Solved IDoc errors.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

SAP FI/CO S/4 Hana Finance Consultant

United Health Group
Minnesota City, MN
07.2021 - Current
  • Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes and mapped them with SAP.
  • Regularly interacted with users to ensure proper understanding of Business Requirements and Functional specifications.
  • Conducted GAP analysis, document findings, evaluated scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customization.
  • Configured chart of accounts, account groups, field status groups, and posting keys, assigned these variants to company codes, created GL Master records, reconciliation accounts for sub-ledgers, 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 Asset Accounting, Chart of Depreciation, Asset Capitalization, Post Capitalization.
  • Created integrated asset acquisition and defined account assignment type for Asset Account, Account Assignment Objects for Depreciation Areas.
  • Created Asset Master Data, Accounting Principles, Depreciation Run , Asset Scrapping , Asset Retirement , Lease Asset with Down Payment and without down Payment
  • SAP FIORI App configuration for IOS and Android devices.
  • Configured areas of AP, House Banks and 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.
  • Managed multiple ledgers within general ledger according to client requirements, worked on parallel accounting model following rules of New GL.
  • Configured system to deduct cash discount for payment of fixed asset invoice automatically and in real time, to corresponding asset.
  • Configured setting for revaluation of fixed assets, normal depreciation run and posting of asset acquisition.
  • Configuration of SAP CRM with SAP S/4 Hana Finance.
  • Handed SAP finance related tickets to find possible solution of problems.
  • Prepared Month End activities for managerial reporting purposes.
  • Interaction with client business users for gathering and analysis of requirements, written functional specifications.
  • Involved in complete SDLC project management activities
  • Responsibilities included design, configuration, and implementation of Controlling module.
  • Performed requirement collection and analysis for PS module
  • Configured WBS elements, networks and various business scenarios in PS
  • Developed test scenarios and Performed unit and integration testing
  • Assisted in developing job aids, transaction aids and quick reference guides
  • Developed configuration scripts.
  • Involved in Period-end-closing activities.
  • Assisted in preparation of Integration test scripts for testing data for outbound and inbound data.

SAP FICO Consultant

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Thousand Oaks, CA
04.2020 - 06.2021
  • Working as Finance Consultant, handling following responsibilities
  • Complete FICO related objects, FIGL, FIAR, FIAP, FIAA and other related objects.
  • Global settings- configuration of organization structure, chart of accounts along with accounts groups, fiscal year variant, posting period variant, field status variant and document number ranges.
  • Customized Automatic Payment Program and created Bank Payment Extractor program to release payments to Vendors.
  • Prepared Functional Specification for FICO module based on new requirements of user like: Project Gross Margin Report, Ageing Report for Vendor & Customers, Tax Reports, Resource wise Profitability report, etc.
  • Creation of various LSMW & BDC recordings for various uploading data.
  • Prepared Validation and substitution based on various business requirements.
  • Preparation of user manuals for business processes & End User Training.
  • Prepared and presented and implemented many new objects to enhance various business processes like Customer-Vendor Approval process.
  • Configuration of Simple Finance System, SFIN-1610.
  • Installed and configured various FIORI Transactional and Analytical Applications.
  • HANA Live based Reporting and analytical applications.
  • Migration of New GL

Sr. SAP FI/CO Consultant

Baker Hughes
Houston, TX
10.2018 - 03.2020
  • Worked on migration of Asset Master data, Vendor master data form legacy system using LSMW and standard programs.
  • Worked on vendor master to clean up redundant vendor list, grouped them and configured Automatic Payment Program for outgoing payments in Accounts Payable.
  • Conducted Business process for implementation of AA (Asset Accounting) including asset acquisition, depreciation, transfers, scrapping, retirements, and revaluation.
  • Configured settings for controlling area and worked on cost element accounting creating primary & secondary cost elements. Worked on maintaining the assessment cycles and the relationship of cost elements to the profitability segments for transferring the overhead costs to COPA.
  • In Cost Center Accounting created cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures (SKF), Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, Cost center categories, Document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations & substitutions.
  • Created BPP’s (business process procedures) documentation in assessments and distribution processes.
  • Discussion with Client regarding Scope.
  • AS-IS study and TO BE preparation.
  • Involved in Configuration changes of Sap FICO.
  • Handling new requirements in CO right from configuring system in Development client, testing in Quality Assurance, and transporting it to Production.
  • Handling tickets based on priority.
  • Attended knowledge transfer sessions & updated knowledge with new issues.
  • Providing day to day operational and process support to users

Sr. SAP FI/CO Consultant

Jenrac Technologies
Houston, TX
08.2017 - 09.2018
  • Gathered and documented business requirements by conducting meetings with key users and drafted business blueprint documentation. Performed gap analysis, documented and prototyped between current business practices and standard SAP functionality
  • Designed and configured Enterprise structure with multiple company codes (3 company codes), chart of accounts, reconciliation. Accounts, fiscal year variant, created terms of payment and interest calculation configuration, and reason code creation. Trained users in creating and printing sales orders and bills.
  • Integrated A/P and A/R modules in FI with MM and SD respectively , provided configuration support in MM, SD integration for account determination of MM (Procure-to-Pay), and SD (Order-to-Cash).
  • Responsible for year-end close and reconciliation of sub-ledger like A/R, A/P and Fixed Asset.
  • Developed entire Reporting for FI/CO environment (Multi-company/Multi currency/Consolidation Reports).
  • Configured automatic payment program for vendors and trained accounts payable users in automatic payment program, vendor check printing and creating master data. Configured FI-AP parameters for paying and sending company, house banks and payment methods. Configured vendor down payment process and trained users in creating, posting down payment and posting vendor invoice with down payment request.
  • Configured setting for revaluation of fixed assets, normal depreciation run and posting of asset acquisition.
  • Developed documentation for end users, end user training.
  • Creating Milestones and assigning them to WBS Elements and Activities
  • Proficient in using Project Builder, Project Planning Board and Special Maintenance Functions.

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Soft Win Technologies Private Limited
Houston, TX
08.2016 - 02.2017
  • Customizing and Configuring Chart of Accounts, Account Groups, Assigning Chart of Accounts to Company Codes, Templates for Configuring Recurring Entries in GL Postings, Document Types, Number Ranges, Tolerance Groups, Field Status Groups, Posting Keys, Document Reversals, Invoices and Payments,
  • Processing incoming payments & applying it to account, with Types (full, partial or residual).
  • Maintained accounting clerks and generate account statements and other periodic correspondence. Defined payment terms and interest calculation.
  • Defined employee and customer tolerance groups Configuration of Bills of Exchange and down payment process. Created primary and secondary cost elements and cost element groups.
  • Configured Tolerance limits for customers and managed A/R reconciliation account for sub-ledgers for customers.
  • Imparted User-training on FI-GL, AR and AP processes Accountable to organization for development and organization of all matters related to FI (G/L, A/P, A/R, AM) and CO end users, including creation, editing and maintenance of documentation.
  • Development of Document Management Plan; including tracking database, policies, Procedures and ISO 9000 requirements for maintenance of training documentation.
  • Assisting Project Leader in management of internal and external matters related to global
  • SAP implementation.
  • Accountable for all tasks related to creation and maintenance of training materials.
  • Also accountable for delegation and completion of all tasks relating to training materials.
  • Prepared and coached functional team members in instruction of SAP material.
  • Retrieved SAP authorization objects to assist in development of security profiles.
  • Revised methodology pertaining to final phase of end user training program.

SAP FI/Consultant

Serco Global Services
, Hyderabad
06.2015 - 07.2016
  • Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.
  • Re-engineered existing computer systems to promote ease-of-use and improve system security.
  • Collaborated with upper management to drive strategy and implement new processes.
  • Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
  • Configuration Finance - GL and AP, Controlling - CC Accounting, PC Accounting and cost element accounting
  • Creation of Company code, credit control area, FM area, Business area, Taxes procedure assignment and integrating with FI and SD Module
  • Customized Currency details maintained exchange rate spreads and defined conversion factors
  • Customizing Enterprise Structure and General Ledger settings extending to the new co. code, extending customization of House banks, setting up Automatic payment program, Dunning and Credit management for the new company codes
  • Configuration of Route and maintaining the Route determination. Configured the delivery processing, picking, packing and Goods issue functions
  • Worked on custom BADI and user exit enhancement processes Client to new business requirements.
  • Performed user training sessions and provided post go-live support for multiple projects
  • Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions

Education

Master of Science - Management Science

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA

Bachelor of Science - Computers

Osmania University
Hyderabad

Skills

  • Configuration of Simple Finance System, Fiori Transactional & Analytical applications
  • SAP S/4 Hana 1610
  • SAP FIGL, SAP FIAA, SAP FIAP, SAP FIAR, Financial Closing, LSMW, and FIORI applications, Simple Finance, Business Process, Integration, Financial Accounting and MS Excel
  • Deployment of end-to-end process delivery, including defining processes with business, completes planning and design/ model, working with other delivery streams to produce standardized process across business
  • Configuration of Sales Tax, Purchase tax settings according to legal requirements
  • Various financial statements configuration as per client requirements, Setup clearing procedures to for Open items and Bill of Exchanges
  • Configuration of vendor master, customer, payment terms credit control, foreign currency Exchange rate and Valuation, Filed status, special GL, bill of exchange, auto clearing, validation, substitution, posting period, calendar setting, recurring document etc
  • Configuring Parallel Accounting, document splitting, New GL, automatic payment program, bank reconciliation, special G/L transactions, and period end closing activities
  • Fixed Asset configuration, asset classes, account determination, Depreciation key maintenance
  • Various Integration customization requirements of SAP FI with SAP CO, SD, MM, PS

Work Availability

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Timeline

SAP FI/CO S/4 Hana Finance Consultant

United Health Group
07.2021 - Current

SAP FICO Consultant

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
04.2020 - 06.2021

Sr. SAP FI/CO Consultant

Baker Hughes
10.2018 - 03.2020

Sr. SAP FI/CO Consultant

Jenrac Technologies
08.2017 - 09.2018

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Soft Win Technologies Private Limited
08.2016 - 02.2017

SAP FI/Consultant

Serco Global Services
06.2015 - 07.2016

Master of Science - Management Science

California Lutheran University

Bachelor of Science - Computers

Osmania University

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