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Tapan Lenka

Suwanee,GA

Summary

Dynamic Finance Lead with extensive experience at Google, specializing in SAP S/4HANA financial reporting and CAPEX/OPEX management. Proven track record in project management and budget planning, driving successful financial transformations. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve timely financial closes while enhancing operational efficiency.

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Work History

Finance Lead

Electric car battery manufacturing company
  • As an SAP Finance lead engaged for an Electric car battery manufacturing company for a Finance transformation project in SAP S/4 Hana (private cloud) including financial reporting, production costing reporting, CAPEX/OPEX process stabilization, planning and budget reporting etc.

Finance Lead

  • Implemented SAP Public cloud solution replacing Client’s Legacy ERP system. Implemented Order to cash, procure to Pay, Banking, Fixed Asset, revenue recognition using EBRR (Event based revenue recognition) while Integrating with Time (CAT), Billing and Project system modules. Also, implemented multiple Inbound and outbound interfaces to integrate SAP with other External systems, helped to Built APIs for client’s external reporting system, multiple custom report within SAP, data migration etc.

NAT/EAM Team Lead

Verizon
  • As a NAT Team lead managing the Verizon EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) module for Incident/defect resolution in a highly customized and tightly integrated modules of SAP FA, SAP- SRM, PS, PM and IM modules.

Finance Lead

Google
  • As a Finance KLO Lead managing the enterprise Finance operation (Core G/L and FICA) of google in an onsite/offshore model by supporting for day-to-day Incident resolution and Fixing Bugs/Defects and Feature request. Also, leading the monthly/ quarterly financial close while coordinating with other workstreams (BI/BW, BPC, Consolidation, Allocation, PAPM, Source to Pay, Order to cash) and google operation and leadership team for timely financial close.

Fixed Asset Team Lead

Verizon
  • As a Fixed Asset Team lead managing the Verizon Fixed asset AMS for Incident/defect resolution in a highly customized and tightly integrated modules of SAP- SRM, PS, PM and IM modules.

Functional Consultant Revenue recognition

  • Part of DAS revenue recognition team providing support, enhancement to All Member firms across the Globe for client-based revenue recognition for different Contract models (RBR, SBR, Fixed Fee) using CATS, DIP Profile, Result analysis, Project settlement, WBS/Projects, Pricing condition using SD module while complying with US GAP and ASC 606. Also, part of implementation EBRR (Event based revenue recognition). Intercompany posting among member firm companies along with Input and output tax while liaising with One Source Tax system team.

Functional Consultant Lead (FM/GM)

  • Supported the client in the implementation of SAP across multiple agencies in SAP Funds Management (FM) and Grants Management (GM). Provided analysis and resolution for help desk tickets created by post go-live agencies. Worked with client to create and implement Change Requests resulting in changes to system configuration or new reporting functionality. Coordinated with resources in U.S. and India to resolve tickets.

Senior FICO Consultant

Deloitte
  • As a financial consultant working with PWC team in a spin off project to separate business entities, financial transactions for a global medical device company using SAP GL, Cost center, profit center, Profitability segments, Product costing in SAP using agile methodology.

Lead Finance Consultant

  • Lead the finance team for the system upgrade to EHP 8.0, by designing the test scripts, unit and integration testing, issue fixing, cutover activities, go live and post go live support as a specialist in Funds and Grants Management of SAP module and overlooking the finance team for providing production support/enhancements in the areas of FM, GM, GL, AP, AR, PS, Cash Management Etc. and working Worked closely with MM/SRM, HR, technical team for integration issue to provide the resolution within the SLA time frame.

Senior Consultant

  • Studied the business requirement and As-Is processes, prepared the Blueprint document, designed Org. Units, COA, COD, Project hierarchy for the implementation of Procure- to-pay, Budget-to report business processes. Engaged in integration of FI with procurement, Project system, Fixed asset, Budget modules. Configurated AVC control, designed dual ledgers for both accrual and cash basis of accounting, document splitting.

Senior Grants Management Consultant

United Nation
  • As a Grants Management consultant, engaged in business requirement study, prepared blueprint document with Gap Analysis, configured the system, tested and deployed solution. Designed report by modeling and mapping ECC structure with BI/BW.

Senior FICO Consultant

Enersys
  • Company Overview: Manufacturer of Industrial Battery
  • Responsible for Business requirement study, prepared blueprint document with Gap Analysis of FI processes. Configurated automatic payment, ACH, positive pay, foreign exchange valuation and FSCM credit control management, tested and deployed solution. Prepared RICEF, tested and deployed customized reports, trained users and performed cutover and data migration activities.
  • Manufacturer of Industrial Battery

Solution Architect Finance and Budgeting

WCS
  • Company Overview: A global organization for protection and conservation of Wildlife
  • In a solution architect role, did the business requirement and As-is Study, prepared Blueprint in SAP footprint to fit the entire business financial requirements integrating with Inventory, procurement and budgeting modules. Designed chart of accounts, cost center hierarchy, Fund center hierarchy, Project hierarchy with integration with planning/budgeting module of SAP FM and Grants Management modules and Integration with BPC. Monitored cut over planning and activities, data Migration, Go live, and post Go-Live support.
  • A global organization for protection and conservation of Wildlife

Fiancé Lead

Gwinnett County, GA
  • Company Overview: State County
  • Engaged in project planning, defining project scope, project stake-holders management, managing resources, led weekly update meetings, communication with business counterpart and timely escalating issues to client’s top management. Prepared as-is document, Gap analysis and proposed functional changes, unit and Integration test script, managed test scripts and Post Go-Live support.
  • State County

Lead Project system and FICO Consultant

NBC Universal
  • Company Overview: A leading company into Television and Entertainment business
  • Engaged in Business requirement gathering, Blueprinting and GAP analysis, migrated data from existing PAM system to SAP for liquidation of talent cost using SAP WBSE, Cost center and activity types. Designed and built WRICEF for different upstream and downstream system. Developed, designed and Implemented capital management solution using SAP PS module, IM and third-party system CAPT.
  • A leading company into Television and Entertainment business

Senior FICO Consultant

Epson America
  • Company Overview: Manufacturer of Printing machines
  • Engaged in Business Requirement study, blue printing and solution map preparation for finance functions, Configurated New G/L, Splitting rule, GL Account mapping, scenarios, document types, posting key, filed status group, Assigning of document splitting rule to business transactions, Configuration of Parallel accounting and configuration setting of valuation and Translation, configured AP module including the Vendor Groups / Number Ranges, Automatic Payment Program, Electronics Bank statement, LIV (Logistics Invoice verification), Positive pay, and ACH configuration. Configurated Fixed Asset Module Worked with the BPC team for implementation of the Legal and managerial consolidation.
  • Manufacturer of Printing machines

Lead FICO Consultant

Advance Micro Device
  • Led the merger of 30 global companies which were managed in legacy systems into the merged company managed in SAP instance. Gathered Local GAAP requirement and setting of additional charts of depreciation, depreciation key, asset classes and effectively merging with US GAAP requirements. Led the team for gathering Local Sales Tax (Czech Republic and Canada) requirement for Merging company codes, Configuration of New Tax Jurisdiction code, Tax condition, user exit, Planned and designed data migration strategy from a legacy system, Unit testing, Integration testing, cutover, Go live and post go live support, Managing Transport Requests in dual landscape system, Building Test strategy in different clients, Preparation and Finalizing TCP (Test case procedures), monitored testing activities through the HP quality center, managed cut over activities and Go-Life support.

Advance FICO Consultant

Voltas
  • Company Overview: Manufacture of Industrial and domestic refrigeration system
  • Engaged in business requirement study, GAP analysis, configured automatic Payment Program, Special Ledger, Withholding Taxes, AP integrations to MM for various material movements (Automatic Account Assignments), Worked on LIV (Logistics Invoice verification), linking of Vendor documents with EDI, Configured Fixed asset system by designing the chart of Depreciation, Account determination, Asset classes, screen layout rules, defining number ranges, valuation of assets in different depreciation areas, external asset acquisition, in-house asset acquisition, cross company code transfers, settings for depreciation runs, Asset Explorer, Settings for automatic account assignment (FI-AA Integration) and data migration. Configured the controlling area, cost elements, Cost centers (CO-CCA), Number ranges, Cost center hierarchy, Cost Center Accounting Configured hierarchy nodes of cost center categories, time-based fields and analysis period, statistical key figures and activity types, allocation types, assessments, planning setups, auto account assignments, Internal Order, assisted in configuration of Internal Order settlement configuration, planning/budgeting profiles, order type definition.
  • Manufacture of Industrial and domestic refrigeration system

FICO Consultant

  • Prepared Project plan for Implementation of Fixed Asset and Budgeting functionalities. As is study, Blueprint (BDD) preparation for all fixed asset processes, Configurated the system (Created Chart of depreciation, Screen layout, Asset class, Account determination, Depreciation keys, Transaction keys, Cut off key), Prepared LSMW for data upload, Post load validation and reconciliation with legacy data. Configured delta for activation of CO module, Provided training to key users.

FICO Consultant

A leading Indian Oil and Gas Distribution Company
  • Gathered local tax requirements, configured system, creation of Tax master data, Co-ordinated with business users for preparation of master data (Vendor, customer, and material), Supported Key Users on the preparation of Master Data input files, Prepared and uploaded data by using the LSMW tool and Trained Key users.

Education

MBA -

IT Management

CMA -

Certified Management Accountant

BS -

Chemistry

Skills

  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Financial reporting
  • CAPEX/OPEX management
  • Revenue recognition
  • Budget planning
  • Project management

Affiliations

Associate Member of CMA (Cost and Management Accountants) of India

Certification

  • ECC 5.0, my Sap Financial certification
  • Certificate of achievement from SAP on SAP S/4 HANA implementation.
  • Trained in S/4 Hana Finance
  • Certification in Central Finance
  • Trained in SAP BPC
  • Record on achievement from SAP on 'Delivering value with Intelligent Innovations in SAP S/4 Hana'
  • Record on achievement from SAP on 'Getting Started with SAP Modeling Company'
  • Record on achievement from SAP on 'How to Build Chatbots with SAP Conversational AI'
  • Record on achievement from SAP on 'Use SAP AI Business Services to Kick-Start Your Intelligent Processes'
  • Record on achievement from SAP on 'System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA'
  • Participate on 'Getting Started with Data Science (Edition 2021)' from SAP

System Experience

SAP- AA (Asset Accounting), SAP- Controlling (CCA, PCA, COPA, IO, Product costing), SAP FI-AP (Accounts Payable), SAP FI-AR (Accounts Receivable), SAP-GL(General Ledger), SAP-SPL( Special Purpose Ledger), SAP Funds Management (FM), SAP-GM ( Grants Management), SAP-PS ( Project System), SAP-MM ( Material Management), SAP SD ( Sales and Distribution), HPQC, Uperform, SAP Solution Manager, Microsoft office

Timeline

Finance Lead

Electric car battery manufacturing company

Finance Lead

NAT/EAM Team Lead

Verizon

Finance Lead

Google

Fixed Asset Team Lead

Verizon

Functional Consultant Revenue recognition

Functional Consultant Lead (FM/GM)

Senior FICO Consultant

Deloitte

Lead Finance Consultant

Senior Consultant

Senior Grants Management Consultant

United Nation

Senior FICO Consultant

Enersys

Solution Architect Finance and Budgeting

WCS

Fiancé Lead

Gwinnett County, GA

Lead Project system and FICO Consultant

NBC Universal

Senior FICO Consultant

Epson America

Lead FICO Consultant

Advance Micro Device

Advance FICO Consultant

Voltas

FICO Consultant

FICO Consultant

A leading Indian Oil and Gas Distribution Company

MBA -

IT Management

CMA -

Certified Management Accountant

BS -

Chemistry