Sridhar Shettipelly
Dublin,USA
Summary
Experienced SAP finance professional with over 15 years in implementations, rollouts, and support. Proven track record in leading three full lifecycle implementations and ten rollouts, focusing on blueprinting, configuration, and training. Expertise in GL, AR, AP, FA, costing, and integrated tools such as Coupa and Blackline. Strong leadership in managing global SAP rollouts and optimizing finance processes for operational efficiency.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Sap Finance Business Systems Analyst
Topcon Corporation
12.2025 - Current
- Leading Finance workstream as a Team Lead for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, applying SAP Activate methodology, fit-to-standard workshops, and Central Business Configuration (CBC) to harmonize global Finance processes while addressing diverse country-specific statutory and localization needs.
- Performed in-depth business process discovery and fit-gap analysis for Finance modules (General Ledger, AP/AR, Asset Accounting, Closing), prioritizing standard scope items and defining extensibility for multi-country tax rules, reporting, and compliance requirements.
- Managed multi-country localization and tax compliance, activating SAP local versions, configuring country-specific settings (tax codes, charts of accounts, statutory reports, payment formats), and integrating Vertex Cloud for real-time, jurisdiction-aware sales/use/VAT calculation, determination, and posting to ensure accurate indirect tax handling across regions.
- Designed and oversaw Finance master data and organizational structure setup in CBC (cost centers, profit centers, financial statement versions), incorporating country variations and enabling real-time financial insights while integrating Vertex extensions via SAP Integration Suite for seamless tax automation in transactions.
SAP Finance Solution Architect
Vaisesika Consulting
05.2025 - 12.2025
- Led a cross-functional team of 20+ members (functional consultants, ABAP developers, business analysts) in the successful global rollout of Esker SaaS across multiple business units and geographies.
- Established structured project governance framework, delivering weekly executive-level status reports, risk registers, and mitigation plans to Board of Directors and senior leadership.
- Managed end-to-end project portfolio including timeline, resource allocation, budget control, and dependency tracking to consistently achieve on-time, on-budget delivery.
- Developed a comprehensive project portfolio outlining all phases of the implementation process.
- Designed and architected a cohesive, enterprise-grade integration architecture connecting Esker SaaS with a heterogeneous landscape including S/4HANA, SAP ECC, legacy SAP 4.7, and multiple non-SAP systems.
- Engineered end-to-end data synchronization and process flows between SAP and Esker, ensuring real-time master data and transactional document consistency across Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle.
- Configured and optimized critical SAP integration components (IDocs, RFCs, API endpoints) to automate sales order creation, invoice processing, and payment status updates with zero-touch efficiency.
- Streamlined Order-to-Cash (O2C) process by integrating Esker’s AI-powered document automation, reducing manual intervention and enhancing processing speed and accuracy.
- Prepared End user training materials and provided training.
Staff Business Systems Analyst
Illumina Inc.
05.2024 - 04.2025
- Lead, mentor, and develop the IT finance systems team, fostering collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Implemented Blackline, created new GL templates, developed programs to interface daily GL extracts, foreign currency rates and master data.
- Optimized finance workflows, reducing month-end close by 2 days and enhancing overall process efficiency.
- Integrated AI/Automation, reducing manual financial reconciliation efforts by 95% increasing accuracy.
- Implemented Vertex tax engine, developed new certifications and custom rules aligned with business needs to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
- Worked on fixed asset accounting tagging and scanning project, developed new Fiori applications to be able to scan the asset barcode in different formats and do the asset count per audit purposes.
- Developed Fiori dashboard to provide the required feed from the asset modules for audit reporting.
- Led fixed asset project implementation for Europe, created a new chart of depreciation and GL accounts, and assigned ledgers for group and local reporting.
Sr. SAP CO and FI BSA/Architect
Thermo Fisher Scientific
11.2023 - 05.2024
- SAP Finance team lead for $200 Million project to integrate RAPID DNA systems into SAP.
- Strategic architect providing expertise and guidance in establishing functions and processes for deployment of global financial shared services and customer center of excellence.
- I have been part of the implementation of S4 Hana – Greenfield for one of the divisions (SDG) in Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- Implemented dual ERP systems, SAP and E1, for dual brand functionality, enabling order placement in Oracle E1 and interfacing with SAP for drop shipping material; created new Idoc segments for end-to-end data flow.
- Worked as SAP Finance Lead in upgrading SAP ECC 6.0 to S4 HANA in LSG division, identified and analyzed all the FICO relevant Z objects and standard business process.
- Configured new GL accounting and asset accounting; assisted technical team in Fiori app configuration to enhance user experience.
- Configured and Implemented Material Ledger functionality- Actual costing of materials, parallel valuation, Currency valuation and material price determination.
- Defined Accounting principles and assigned accounting principles to Ledgers, defined multiple currencies.
- Configured parallel ledger in new GL accounting to help support multiple accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP).
- Led the end-to-end integration of Coupa with SAP ERP, ensuring seamless data flow for procure-to-pay (P2P) processes, reducing manual interventions by 30% and improving process efficiency.
- Designed and configured Coupa-SAP integration workflows, leveraging APIs, RFCs, and BAPIs to synchronize master data (vendors, materials) and transactional data (POs, invoices, receipts), enhancing real-time visibility.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including procurement, finance, and IT to gather business requirements and align Coupa-SAP implementation with organizational goals, delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Designed document splitting rules based on the business requirement for granule reporting, implemented special purpose ledger and developed custom reports to meet business requirement.
- Designed functionality for Cforia integration with SAP for credit, collections, and deductions management software.
- Implemented SAP to Autorek inbound, and outbound interface for AR clearing process, configured account symbols, created keys for posting rules, created transaction type MT940, and assigned accounts to Transaction types.
- Implemented SAP to HFM financial reporting, created account groups, GL to CC mapping, GL to spending CC mapping as per GAAP.
- Created 20+ company codes as part of new acquisitions and completed end-to-end configuration for company code setup.
- Developed new enhancements on automated payment advice, and positive pay file generation for North America Region.
- Collaborated with business super users to reconcile FI to PCA balances during month-end, quarter-end, and year-end, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial reporting.
- Working on multiple developments with EDW team for regional reporting, and geographical reporting for revenue/COS/OPEX.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific inc. is a global leader in serving science, providing innovative solutions across life sciences, healthcare, and applied markets. Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, The company report annual revenue of approximately $42.88 Billion in 2024. With a workforce around 122000 employees.
Sr. SAP Business Systems Analyst (LEAD)
ERP and ERP CORP
10.2012 - 11.2014
- Worked as Sr. SAP Systems Analyst to configure, and integrate FI with CO, MM, SD, and PP modules.
- Executed multiple projects, including project buy-sell, consumable inventory move, and lifetech-thermo fisher migration, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Led the Integration project for Finance to implement 5-4-4 model from Julian calendar, configured and tested end to end scenarios.
- Implemented INTRASTAT reporting for the European region for 20 company codes.
- Oversaw SAP Finance ticketing queue, resolving user tickets daily to enhance user experience and system functionality.
- Enhanced new reporting way for product hierarchy, and profit center mapping based on a product line with 7 different segments.
- Performed GAP analysis, documented findings, evaluated study scopes, and recommended SAP solutions for implementation and customization.
- Carried out data migration through interactions with the technical team, and mapped necessary tables, and fields.
- Given solutions to adjust inventory movement from SAP to E1, Working closely with Oracle Enterprise One Team.
- Involved in Procure to Pay (P2P) end users to assist on Master Data maintenance, Invoice Blocking, check management, automatic payment run, deduction management, Clearing Inter-company Vendor/Customer Open Items and Logistics invoice verification.
- Define requirements to different application teams (Web methods, and EDI) for the interfaces (Banks, govt websites, EDICOM, JD EDWARDS, Treasury management system etc).
- Configured, and maintained House banks with multiple bank accounts, Alternate bank selections for payments, assigned check lots, and defined void reason codes.
- Configured Product Costing by Sales Order - collecting costs, and revenues on the sales order for make-to-order to make settlement through the Sales Order.
SAP FICO Project Lead
Infokall Private Limited
08.2009 - 09.2012
- Led the successful upgrade of SAP R/3 to ECC 6.0 for a global manufacturing company, ensuring a smooth transition and enhanced financial processes.
- Analyzed existing SAP FICO landscape, identifying optimization opportunities to enhance upgrade process.
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans, including integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing, to ensure system functionality and data accuracy post-upgrade.
- Coordinated with technical teams for system configurations, data migration, and performance tuning during the upgrade process.
- Delivered end-user training and support, facilitating smooth transition to upgraded SAP ECC 6.0 environment.
- Implemented Material Ledger and New GL Accounting functionalities for a multinational manufacturing company, ensuring accurate and transparent financial reporting.
- Configured New GL Accounting features, such as document splitting, parallel ledgers, and profit center accounting, to improve financial reporting and analysis capabilities.
- Conducted end-to-end testing to ensure the integration and functionality of Material Ledger and New GL Accounting with other SAP modules, such as MM and SD.
Education
MS. - International Business Management (Management)
Sheffield Hallam University
UKMaster's in Business Administration (MBA) - Finance
Osmania University
INDIASkills
- SAP FI & CO
- SD & MM
- SAP S4 HANA Public cloud
- SAP S4 HANA Private cloud
- ECC 60 EHP7
- R/3 47
- Blackline
- Vertex
- Taxware
- ESEKR
- COUPA
- WSS
- CONCUR
- Team leadership
Certification
- SAP ECC6.0
- S/4 Hana CO
- FI certifications
Timeline
Sr. Sap Finance Business Systems Analyst
Topcon Corporation
12.2025 - Current
SAP Finance Solution Architect
Vaisesika Consulting
05.2025 - 12.2025
Staff Business Systems Analyst
Illumina Inc.
05.2024 - 04.2025
Sr. SAP CO and FI BSA/Architect
Thermo Fisher Scientific
11.2023 - 05.2024
Sr. SAP Business Systems Analyst (LEAD)
ERP and ERP CORP
10.2012 - 11.2014
SAP FICO Project Lead
Infokall Private Limited
08.2009 - 09.2012
MS. - International Business Management (Management)
Sheffield Hallam University
Master's in Business Administration (MBA) - Finance
Osmania University