C Venkatesh Prasad
Coventry
Summary
- Having around 8 years of experience as SAP FICO consultant (ECC and S/4 HANA) with good exposure in functional modules - Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) with Multiple Implementation & supporting Projects.
- Very good Functional & technical understanding of SAP FICO modules, with integration to FI-MM/FI-SD.
- Expertise in Documentation Of business Blueprint Preparation, Realization, Final Preparation, Pre-Go Live, Go Live and Support Phases, process mapping and gap analysis.
- Designing the organization structure and setting it up in SAP in association with other members from different streams of the implementation team.
- Participated in conceptual design phase in GL accounting, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables and Asset accounting.
- Experienced configuration of GL accounting, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables and Asset accounting.
- Involved in CO module configuration related to Profit/Cost center accounting and worked on Internal orders etc..
- Configured settings for FI-MM integration for the workflow of Procure to Pay Cycle and worked closely with SD Consultants for integration of FI-SD with SD for the Order to Cash cycle.
- New GL Functionality including Document Splitting (New GL accounting)
- Decent exposure to all popular implementation methodologies like ASAP and Activate.
- Creating Customization, Configuration and Integration steps as part of implementation.
- Defining Service Level Agreement (SLA’s), periodic review of SLA and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
- Problem-solving skills with an emphasis on resolution of complex functional problems.
- Studying the current processes through detailed discussions with the client’s core team
- Good communication, management and presentation skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead SAP FI/CO Consultant
Intel corporation ltd
06.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware
- Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer components and related products for business and consumer markets
- Handling and guiding the team to work on Service requests for new enhancements and Incident & Problem tickets related to FI module (GL, AP, AR etc..,)
- Configuring new web-based and file-based integrations for payroll and financial transactional interfaces within SAP
- Responsible for Month End Closing and year end activities
- Maintaining the master records in both SAP ECC and BW systems for monthly roll-up to get the updated financial reports on time
- Having regular meetups with business to know the latest and major updates on support provided
- Creating the BPMs for all the new issue and latest updates captured for future references
- Helping user to generate the BOBJ reports by setting up the in their system environment and handling the BOBJ tickets
- Any newly arrived projects for payroll interfaces, handling from the scratch to till production support
- Performing ART SOX validation for auditing purpose on quarterly and yearly basis
- Training the team on new updates and latest issues faced in production
- Working with business on contract agreements and SLA agreements to meet the requirements
- Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware
- Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer components and related products for business and consumer markets
SAP FI/CO Consultant
EXIDE INDUSTRIES Ltd
04.2020 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: Exide Industries Limited manufactures and sells lead acid storage batteries for automotive, industrial, and submarine applications primarily in India and internationally
- Responsible for solving tickets in GL, AP, AR and AA in FI area, Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting in CO area
- Discussing the issues in team huddles
- Training for Business user regarding business process
- Coordinating with team members
- Sorting out day to day queries of end users
- Document functional configuration, test cases and results
- Proficient in Unit Testing, System Integrating Testing, Regression Testing for various complex Functionalities & providing supporting during UAT for client
- Working closely with functional teams in resolving integration issues
- Responsible for Month End Closing activities
- Exide Industries Limited manufactures and sells lead acid storage batteries for automotive, industrial, and submarine applications primarily in India and internationally
FI Consultant
First Solar
01.2019 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: First Solar, Inc
- Is an American photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer of rigid thin film modules, or solar panels, and a provider of utility-scale PV power plants and supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling
- Participated in full life cycle implementation of ECC 6.0 using ASAP Methodology
- Customization of FI organization structure like company code, chart of accounts, account groups, retained earnings account, fiscal year variant, posting period variant, document types and number ranges, field status variant and tolerance groups
- Basic Configuration of FI-General ledger accounting like reference methods, interest calculation and foreign currency valuation
- Verified and Tested GL transactions for business process (fast-entry screens, posting, parking, reversals etc.)
- Defined and configured tested Account Keys, Account assignment groups, Vendor master group, Customer master groups, and Tolerance group for vendors and worked on revenue account determination
- Configured Vendor masters, House Banks, Advance payment to vendors, Payment terms, Cash discount, Payment Programs, successfully configured Clearing for open items in GL/AR/AP Modules
- Configured Customer masters, House Banks, Advance receipts from customers and Dunning procedures
- Configured the system to handle various receivables scenarios (over, shorts, down payments, reversals and resets, credit memos and adjustments etc.)
- Defined Automatic Payment Program (APP) configuration
- Defined and Configured Chart of depreciation, Account determination, Screen layout rules, Asset Class, Asset master records, Depreciation area (inter-company asset transfers), Acquisition, retirements and maintained integration with GL (Account determination) and Depreciation keys
- Involved in Integration with FICO – MM and SD
- Determined the cost center and profit center hierarchies
- Defined and Configured New GL accounts
- Prepared Process Manuals to help users in appreciating the business process
- Prepared Training Materials for users
- Involved FICO training for users
- Involved in preparation of cut-over strategy
- First Solar, Inc
- Is an American photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer of rigid thin film modules, or solar panels, and a provider of utility-scale PV power plants and supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling
FI/CO Consultant
Linfox
05.2017 - 12.2018
- Company Overview: Linfox is Australia’s largest privately owned logistics company that is rapidly expanding throughout Asia and New Zealand
- Linfox Property manages 8,000,000 square feet of warehouse space and owns the Phillip Island Grand Prix Racetrack and the Australian Automotive Research Centre (AARC) - Australia’s largest independently owned and operated automotive testing facility
- Received & analyzed user tickets for configuration changes, new enhancements and so on; determined the level at which the tickets could be resolved; provided solutions on the issues raised by the client one timely basis
- Resolved issues in Finance and Controlling & provided production support to the users
- Created the new Functional Specifications for the Z Reports, Forms & coordinated with the technical team to develop the Programs
- Provided day-to-day operational and process support to users
- Discussed problems as well as enhancements with process owner system developers and end users
- Solving of maintenance Issues and tickets related to G/L, A/P, A/R and AA
- Solving the trouble tickets on a regular basis which originating in my module
- Analyze issues and provide resolution
- Making configuration changes as required by the business
- Provide highly effective, efficient and professional support by troubleshooting customers/ users’ issues and researching solutions
- Provided guidance to the user to solve user generated errors as well as against incidents
- Coordination with technical consultants for new developments, enhancements
- Contribution for the Clients month end and year end activities
- Linfox is Australia’s largest privately owned logistics company that is rapidly expanding throughout Asia and New Zealand
- Linfox Property manages 8,000,000 square feet of warehouse space and owns the Phillip Island Grand Prix Racetrack and the Australian Automotive Research Centre (AARC) - Australia’s largest independently owned and operated automotive testing facility
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Computers
SV University
01.2017
Skills
- Integration with other modules
- Business process analysis
- End-user training
- SAP implementation techniques
- Customizing and configuration
- SAP migrations and conversions
Timeline
Lead SAP FI/CO Consultant
Intel corporation ltd
06.2021 - Current
SAP FI/CO Consultant
EXIDE INDUSTRIES Ltd
04.2020 - 04.2021
FI Consultant
First Solar
01.2019 - 03.2020
FI/CO Consultant
Linfox
05.2017 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Computers
SV University