Tosh Dewangan
SAP Central Finance
Mumbai
Summary
Having a rich experience of 15 years in Finance and Accounting with 13+ years of experience in SAP FI, SAP CO, SAP Central Finance. I have experience in 5+ Implementations, 3+ Support and Roll Out Projects.
Currently leading and managing successfully a team of more than 20+ resources with end to end responsibility to deliver the project on time.
I have worked in US and UK projects with client facing roles on SAP Central Finance, SAP FI - RTR, PTP, OTC and SAP CO
I have a strong experience in sprint planning with user stories, Mock Cutovers, Integration Test Cycles, Production Cutovers, Project Go-live and Hypercare activities.
Apart from the above, I am involve in providing Functional and Technical expertise in SAP Central Finance and SAP FICO areas.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
CFIN Manager
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (offices of US)
04.2019 - 03.2024
- Managed more than 5 end to end CFIN implementation projects which includes Initial Load and Real Time Replication of Cost Objects, CO Secondary Postings and FI postings
- Lead a huge team in SAP S4/CFIN projects, responsible for - preparing User Stories, Mock Cutovers, Integration Test Cycles, Error Analysis and Defect Resolution, Test Script preparations, User Training, UAT, Go-live and hyper-care activities in CFIN
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) in SAP Central Finance (CFIN Versions – 2022, 2021, 2020, 1909 & 1809) - Migration from SAP to CFIN as well as NONSAP to CFIN
- Strong and proactive involvement in all client facing engagements as a lead for implementation of SAP Central Finance latest versions and SAP S4 HANA Finance which includes AS-IS workshops, Gap Analysis
- Good experience in SAP SLT transformation to activate/deactivate Initial Load and Real Time Online Replication of AUFK, COBK, CFIN_ACCHD and AIF Error Handling
- Worked in SAP Central Payment, handled complex scenarios in SAP COPA while migrating from Costing based COPA to Account Based COPA
- Expertise in multiple SAP S4 HANA implementation projects in SAP FI and SAP CO modules (CO-OM, CO-PC and COPA) along with SAP Finance in General Ledger mostly and hands on with Accounts Payables, Account Receivables
- Trained & groomed 300+ resources in CFIN through boot camp trainings across Deloitte US and Deloitte USI.
SAP CFIN Lead (Offshore)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
07.2022 - 12.2022
- Lead the CFIN team during Mock Cutover cycle and helped the team resolve FI and CO related migration complexities through enhancements
- Supported the team to resolve high priority errors post Initial Load of FI and CO postings
- Lead the end-to-end system integration testing cycle and worked closely with the business ensuring smooth real time replication from SAP source system to CFIN
- Lead the business integration status call representing FI and CO on Initial Load error resolution, defects, daily progress, road blocks, next steps and action required by the respective cross teams involved in the project
- Prepared and presented a high level CFIN plans post build phase before starting the mock cutover and integration testing.
SAP CFIN Lead (Offshore)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
09.2021 - 07.2022
- Lead the CFIN team in the explore phase of the project to understand the AS IS and prepare the GAP analysis involving the TO BE process
- Implemented SAP Central Finance (CFIN –2020) which includes ASIS workshop, gap analysis, blue print, realization, user stories preparation, build, configuration, enhancement, mock cutovers, cutover, Iterative Test Cycles, go-live and post go-live hyper-care support preparations including the user training
- Logical System Creation, co-ordinate with BASIS to create RFC connections, RFC User security roles, CFIN System configuration and set up, helped in note implementation of source, target and SLT system, substitution and clearing account set up for initial load of FI data
- Worked in complex enhancements to replace source Internal Order with target WBS element using BADIs, replace obsolete values like plants, currencies, trading partner, cross company reference fields with appropriate values using BRF+ table
- Worked in AIF enhancement to categorize errors into different error buckets for each interfaces
- Master data Mapping, Initial Load, Real Time Online Replication, Reconciliation of Initial Load and Online Replicated data, Period end closing activities in CFIN, EC-PCA load and replication, AIF Error handling
- Deletion of FI replicated documents, Deletion of CO replicated documents, Deletion of Cost Object data in CFIN
- Reverse and Re-post of FI Documents, CO Documents and COPA documents after Online Replication
- Migration from Costing based COPA to Account Based COPA, Cost Object Mapping, COPA Mapping, COGS Split, Price Difference Variance split, Material Cost Estimate Replication, Key mapping, value mapping, Central master data mapping (MDG in CFIN)
- Mass upload of mapping (FINS_CFIN_MAP_MANAGE), Generate template, upload mapping, display mapping, download mapping and delete mapping
- Cost Object Mapping with N:1/1:1 cardinality (CORF) – mapping of Production Orders, Process Orders, QM and PM Orders to different Orders with complex enhancements
- Worked in SAP SLT transformation to activate/deactivate Initial Load and Real Time Online Replication, put filters to bring the relevant source documents
- Initial Load of Cost Object (AUFK) - smoke test, simulation and final load of cost object, cost object error handling
- Initial Load of FI posting – Extract FI data, simulate FI posting and final FI posting, Initial Load for CO Internal Posting (COBK) – Smoke test for CO posting, Simulation and final posting of CO documents
- Initial Load Preparation and execution of Management Accounting, Cost Object and Material Cost Estimate Online Replication
- Central Finance Replication settings, Legacy Data Extraction, Data Simulation, Data Posting and simulation, Initial Load Error monitoring and error resolution
- Application Interface Framework (AIF) – Monitoring and Error Handling (AIF/Error), Master data Error, Mapping error, Functional Error and Technical error resolution, emergency correction, deletion of AIF messages
- New GL Implementation with Document Splitting functionality, Parallel ledger and Segment Reporting.
Senior Consultant (Offshore CO Lead)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
12.2020 - 09.2021
- Involved in client facing engagements for implementation of SAP Central Finance (CFIN –1909) and SAP S4 HANA Finance which includes ASIS workshop, gap analysis, blue print, realization, cutover, go-live and post go-live hyper-care support
- Extensively worked in Central Finance Profitability Analysis (Margin Analysis), Migration from Costing based COPA to Account Based COPA, Cost Object Mapping, COPA Mapping, COGS Split, Price Difference Variance split, Key mapping, value mapping, Central master data mapping (MDG in CFIN)
- Mass upload of mapping (FINS_CFIN_MAP_MANAGE), Generate template, upload mapping, display mapping, download mapping and delete mapping
- Initial Load of Cost Object (AUFK) - smoke test, simulation and final load of cost object, cost object error handling, Initial Load of FI posting – Extract FI data, simulate FI posting and final FI posting, Initial Load for CO Internal Posting (COBK) – Smoke test for CO posting, Simulation and final posting of CO documents
- Cost Object Mapping (CORF) – mapping of Production Orders, Process Orders, QM and PM Orders to Internal Orders with complex enhancements
- Initial Load Preparation and execution of Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, AIF Error handling
- Central Finance Replication settings, Legacy Data Extraction, Data Simulation, Data Posting and simulation, Initial Load Error monitoring and error resolution
- Application Interface Framework (AIF) – Monitoring and Error Handling (AIF/Error), Master data Error, Mapping error, Functional Error and Technical error.
Senior Consultant (Offshore CO Lead)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
07.2020 - 12.2020
- Involved in client facing engagements for implementation of SAP Central Finance (CFIN –1709, 1809 and 1909) and SAP S4 HANA Finance which includes ASIS workshop, gap analysis, blue print, realization, cutover, go-live and post go-live hyper-care support
- Extensively worked in Central Finance Profitability Analysis (Margin Analysis), Migration from Costing based COPA to Account Based COPA, Product Costing, Cost Object Mapping, COPA Mapping, COGS Split, Price Difference Variance split, Key mapping, value mapping, Central master data mapping (MDG in CFIN)
- Mass upload of mapping (FINS_CFIN_MAP_MANAGE), Generate template, upload mapping, display mapping, download mapping and delete mapping
- Define mapping entities, maintain scenarios for Cost Object mapping, Online Real time Replication of FI Documents, CO Documents, Cost Objects replications, Profit Center Document replication
- Initial Load of Cost Object (AUFK) - smoke test, simulation and final load of cost object, cost object error handling, Initial Load of FI posting – Extract FI data, simulate FI posting and final FI posting, Initial Load for CO Internal Posting (COBK) – Smoke test for CO posting, Simulation and final posting of CO documents
- Cost Object Mapping (N:1) – mapping of Production Orders, Process Orders, QM and PM Orders to Internal Order
- Initial Load Preparation and execution of Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, AIF Error handling
- Central Finance Replication settings, Legacy Data Extraction, Data Simulation, Data Posting and simulation, Initial Load Error monitoring and error resolution
- Application Interface Framework (AIF) – Monitoring and Error Handling (AIF/Error), Master data Error, Mapping error, Functional Error and Technical error.
SAP CO - Sr. Consultant
Deloitte USI
04.2019 - 06.2020
- Involved in client facing engagements for implementation of SAP Central Finance (CFIN – 1709, 1809 and 1909) and SAP S4 HANA Finance which includes ASIS workshop, gap analysis, blue print, realization, cutover, go-live and post go-live hyper-care support
- Extensively worked in Central Finance Profitability Analysis (Margin Analysis), Migration from Costing based COPA to Account Based COPA, Product Costing, Cost Object Mapping, COPA Mapping, COGS Split, Price Difference Variance split, Key mapping, value mapping, Central master data mapping (MDG in CFIN)
- Mass upload of mapping (FINS_CFIN_MAP_MANAGE), Generate template, upload mapping, display mapping, download mapping and delete mapping
- Initial Load of Cost Object (AUFK) - smoke test, simulation and final load of cost object, cost object error handling, Initial Load of FI posting – Extract FI data, simulate FI posting and final FI posting, Initial Load for CO Internal Posting (COBK) – Smoke test for CO posting, Simulation and final posting of CO documents
- Cost Object Mapping (N:1) – mapping of Production Orders, Process Orders, QM and PM Orders to Internal Order
- Initial Load Preparation and execution of Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, AIF Error handling
- Central Finance Replication settings, Legacy Data Extraction, Data Simulation, Data Posting and simulation, Initial Load Error monitoring and error resolution
- Application Interface Framework (AIF) – Monitoring and Error Handling (AIF/Error), Master data Error, Mapping error, Functional Error and Technical error.
SAP Controlling Consultant (Team Lead)
Accenture Solutions Private Limited
03.2017 - 04.2019
- Tracking and monitoring status of issues to meet all service level agreements coming on daily basis, handling proactive Business and client calls for performance improvement and customer satisfaction
- Direct interaction with client from Asia, EU, North America etc for daily reporting, status update to understand the enhancement requirements, feasibility and gap analysis
- Handling all the complex tickets coming from integration of FI, SD, MM and PP, guiding and monitoring the team on various SAP FICO related topics
- Helping team to close all tickets especially complex issues within SLA
- Keep them motivated to stretch a mile extra whenever needed
- Handling all enhancement change requests including new customized report creation or changing the existing reports for CO-PC, COPA and PCA
- Proactive involvement with Business and client to provide month-end closing supports and job monitoring
- Single Point of Contact for running Monthly COPA Realignment Runs to re-derive new COPA characteristics and Hard Realignment Runs with proper testing and analysis as required by business and client
- Worked on GR55 (PCA) and KE30 (COPA) report painter to create and change reports as requested by business and client
- Working and Implementation expertise in the below SAP Controlling topics with extensive professional approach - COPA, Product Costing, Profit Centre Accounting, Cost Centre, Internal Order, Cost Element Accounting, Controlling General Setting, Integration aspects of PP-CO, SD-CO, MM-CO, FI-CO modules.
SAP FICO Functional Consultant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 02.2017
- Involved in resolving day to day incidents from critical to low priority as per IT process compliance relating to various areas like APP, standard SAP, Asset accounting, FI-MM-SD-CS integration, SAP Controlling & Involved in implementing the solutions via Change request(Corrective changes specifically)
- Worked on Pre-MEC Activities and the MEC Activities month on month and have supported for Year End Closings
- Configured Financial Accounting Global settings: Key settings being Company Code, Business Areas, Fiscal Year Variant, Document Types, and Document No
- Ranges
- G/L: Masters, and in business transactions-open item clearing, integration
- Defining Fiscal year variant, Posting periods, Tolerance groups, Document types and number ranges
- Creation of Customer/Vendor Accounts Groups, Number Ranges, and Customer/ Vendor Masters Creation
- Configuring Automatic Payment Program and Dunning for Vendors/Customers
- Configuring Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas and Depreciation Keys
- Creation of Asset Classes, Asset Number Ranges, Account Determination, and related settings
- Configuring and Customizing Primary and Secondary Cost Element in Cost Element Accounting, Creation Cost Centers in Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders
- In Internal Orders - internal order types, setup status profile for order type, internal order planning, and budget profile
- In Profit Center Accounting maintained the basic setting, created hierarchy, dummy profit centers, Profit center master data, profit center groups
- In Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA) created the cost centers and maintained the Standard hierarchy, assigned cost centers to cost elements
- Configured Activities, Statistical Key Figures
- CO issues like Adding cost elements in Cost allocation structure, Creation of assessment & distribution cycles, Execution of Assessment, CO posting periods issue, cost centre master data
- FI-BW Integration related issue where the correct profit center data was not being flown to BW System from FI System
- Complete understanding of Purchase to Pay Process and Order to Cash Process
- In House Cash, Automatic Payment Program, Accounts Receivables, IDOC Processing
- House Bank and the Bank Key settings after the Support Pack ECC 6 Upgrade where system was not allowing to trigger IDOC in Invoice Output
- Vendor payment issues like IFSC code not getting populated in PAYEXT files, Payment rejected due to invalid character in bank master, Duplicate postings sent to SAP, Alphanumeric vendors length issues
- Batch Job monitoring issues like Job variant changes, job failures due to connectivity issues, payment proposal/run deletions, period change issues, breakdown job errors, invoice scanning job errors
- IDOC – Inbound and Outbound interface issues like incorrect middleware mappings, invoice not posted through IDOC in SAP System
- Report creation & modification to existing reports in GR52 report painter as part of YEC activities
- Report Painter GR55 issues resolution – Cost Element, Sales Order and WBS Elements values not reflecting in GR55 Transaction for Company Codes in Management Reporting Units and Business Units
- Business Consolidation Process Compliance monitoring issues like FS Item summarisation issues, Incorrect G/L section.
Executive SAP FICO
Suzlon Energy Ltd
07.2011 - 08.2013
- Creation/Change/Deletion/Blocking of Cost Elements in controlling
- Creation/Change/Deletion/Blocking of Cost Centres, Profit Centres and mapping them to the hierarchy
- Creation, change and deletion/blocking of G/L Masters, Vendor Masters, Customer Masters
- Creation of Customer Accounts Groups, Vendor Accounts Groups and G/L Accounts Group
- Automatic Payment Program for Vendor Payment, Customer Dunning Process
- Trading Partner Creation, Exchange Rate Maintenance
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Asset Accounting (Master Data).
Executive
Vconnect Consultants Pune & its sister concern
07.2010 - 06.2011
- G/L Accounting – Creation and Maintenance of the General Ledger Accounts
- Accounts Receivables – Responsible for all the accounts receivables from the customers
- Accounts Payable - Responsible for all the accounts payables to the vendors across the organization
- Maintenance of Cash Book on daily basis to keep an account of daily expenses and receivables if any
- Bank Reconciliation – Reconciliation Bank accounts and the Cash Book on daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Vendor and Customer Reconciliation – Reconciliation on daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Journalization to Finalization of accounts – Preparation of Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Statement
- Supported during the Annual Audit Period and helped filing Tax and Tax Returns
- Preparation and maintenance of Sales Invoice.
Assistant Executive
S Patel & Co.
12.2008 - 05.2010
- Assist in the development and implementation of the accounting system to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and auditing procedures
- Transactions including transfers, deposits, and journals; determines and posts closing entries at fiscal yearend; prepares financial records for annual auditing and reporting purposes
- Maintenance of all vouchers in Tally and Maintenance of Cash Book
- Bank Reconciliation and Vendor Reconciliation for smooth business running
- Preparation of Payroll on a monthly basis to permanent and temporary staff and employees benefits
- Preparing Daily, Weekly and Monthly Cash / Credit Purchase Report
- Manage yearly closing timely in coordination with all concerned parties.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Finance and System) -
M S Ramaiah Institute of Management
Bangalore, KarnatakaBachelor of Technology (Electronics and Communication) - undefined
Higher Secondary Examination (Class XII) - undefined
High School Examination (Class X) - undefined
Skills
ERP Applications: SAP Central Finance (CFIN) & SAP S4 HANA Finance (2022/2021/2020/1909/1809), SAP R/3 FICO ECC 60
SAP supporting Tools: SM7, Remedy Tool, SNOW, HP ALM (Proton), SAP Focus Build
Cross Applications: SAP FI, CO, SD, MM, PP and PS
Documentation tools: MS Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPointundefined
Personal Dossier
11/25/1981, English, Hindi, Bangalore
Certification Id
0011717007
Experience And Qualifications
15+ years, 13 years, 2.5 years, MBA Finance and IT (Regular), B. Tech in ECE
Timeline
SAP CFIN Lead (Offshore)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
07.2022 - 12.2022
SAP CFIN Lead (Offshore)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
09.2021 - 07.2022
Senior Consultant (Offshore CO Lead)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
12.2020 - 09.2021
Senior Consultant (Offshore CO Lead)
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (USI)
07.2020 - 12.2020
CFIN Manager
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd (offices of US)
04.2019 - 03.2024
SAP CO - Sr. Consultant
Deloitte USI
04.2019 - 06.2020
SAP Controlling Consultant (Team Lead)
Accenture Solutions Private Limited
03.2017 - 04.2019
SAP FICO Functional Consultant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 02.2017
Executive SAP FICO
Suzlon Energy Ltd
07.2011 - 08.2013
Executive
Vconnect Consultants Pune & its sister concern
07.2010 - 06.2011
Assistant Executive
S Patel & Co.
12.2008 - 05.2010
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Finance and System) -
M S Ramaiah Institute of Management
Bachelor of Technology (Electronics and Communication) - undefined
Higher Secondary Examination (Class XII) - undefined
High School Examination (Class X) - undefined
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