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Francis  M D

Francis M D

Thrissur

Summary

SAP FICO - S/4 HANA & ECC Functional Consultant (Finance) with 3+ years of experience, completed one implementation project, three support projects and BAU support meeting SLA metrics. Skilled in FI-AA, FI-AP, FI-GL, FI-AR, CO-IO, CO-PCA, CO-CCA, CO-CEA, FI-MM, FI-SD configurations and F110 with DMEE XML setup. Expert in process mapping, documentation, issue resolution and year-end FICO activities.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant - SAP FICO

AstraZeneca
Chennai
10.2024 - Current

Project: Neogene Therapeutics BV Legal Entity.

  • Collaborated with legal data team to establish Neogene Therapeutics' new legal entity in the Netherlands.
  • Configured company code, fiscal year, segments, document types, and number ranges.
  • Set up vendor records, payment programs, and asset management with depreciation and GL accounts.
  • Conducted testing (unit, SIT, UAT) and cutover.
  • Configured house banks, payment methods, MT940 uploads, and interfaces (Concur, COUPA, Workday).
  • Successfully rolled out entity within timelines.

Project: Gracell Legal Entity.

  • Partnered with legal data team to collect data and set up six new legal entities for China in ECC and MDG systems.
  • Configured company codes, segments, fiscal year variants, posting periods, document types, and number ranges.
  • Performed unit testing, SIT, UAT, and managed cutover activities.
  • Enabled Concur, COUPA, and Workday interfaces.

Associate Consultant - SAP FICO

AstraZeneca
Chennai
05.2022 - 10.2024

Project: Saudi Arabia and Algeria Legal Entity Project.

  • Collaborated with legal data team to gather data and establish three company codes for Saudi Arabia and Algeria regions
  • Configured company codes, segments, fiscal year variants, posting periods, document types, number ranges, posting keys, field status variants.
  • Set up vendor/customer master records, payment advice, and default account assignments.
  • · Asset Accounting: Configuration of Chart of depreciation and Depreciation Areas, Assign Chart of depreciation to Company code, Specify Account Determination, Define Number Range Interval, Define Asset Class, Creation of GL Accounts, Assign GL Accounts & Determine Depreciation Areas in Asset class.
  • Integrated FI-MM and FI-SD modules.
  • Created cost center hierarchy, cost elements, and groups.
  • Conducted unit testing, SIT, UAT, and cutover activities.
  • Configured house banks, payment methods, automatic payment program, MT940 upload, DMEE tree, FBZP, EBS, and Feb file handling.

BAU Support.

· Ensured timely resolution of numerous incidents and service requests related to AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Banking, Interface connectivity, data flow issues, Cost centre, Profit centre, Internal order, IDOC errors, FI-MM and FI-SD integration within service now SLA metrics.

· Worked along ABAP to provide process enhancement through multiple business requirements.

· Experience on SAP workflow issues for interfaces such as VEEVA, COUPA, Workday, Concur

· Expertise is IDOC, XML monitoring and error resolution.

· Executed over 50 FICO configuration change requests, optimizing the system, and improving alignment with business needs, which resulted in increase in financial reporting accuracy and quicker month-end close processes.

· Successfully completed various automation initiatives for business for effective and streamlined process.

. Facilitated seamless data flow and system interoperability across various platforms.

· Provided trainings to end-user on various FI processes and enhancements.

· Creation of Variants for end users for various reports and business functionalities.

· Provide On-Call support outside normal business hours in meeting deadlines.

· Run CBTA test Scripts for Regression Testing part of every change release cycle from FICO end.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Finance

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
Chennai
03-2022

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance

Rajagiri College of Management And Applied Science
Kochi
03-2019

Skills

  • SAP FICO configuration
  • ServiceNow Platform
  • SAP Solution Manager
  • CBTA Test scripts
  • SAP Banking
  • Microsoft Excel

Timeline

Consultant - SAP FICO

AstraZeneca
10.2024 - Current

Associate Consultant - SAP FICO

AstraZeneca
05.2022 - 10.2024

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Finance

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance

Rajagiri College of Management And Applied Science
Francis M D