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Last update: 04.11.2022

SAP S/4HANA CO Consultant

Company: cbs Consulting
Graduation: Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA)
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Full Professional)

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Skills

 I’m an SAP Consulting professional, specialising in delivering SAP S/4HANA and SAP CO Finance solutions
to SAP-enabled business transformation projects.
My experience includes performing full lifecycle implementations, support and optimisation projects of SAP,
SAP S/4HANA and SAP CO; for clients across industries including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, FMCG and
Textiles; while using Activate, Agile and ASAP methodologies. I am SAP Certified in both Financial and
Management Accounting, and actively keep my skills current through industry seminars and ongoing
training.
I bring frontline business process expertise, gained from a hands-on finance and business analysis
background, I am a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and tertiary qualified with an Associated Degree
in Accounting and Finance. I have specialist knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP, as well as operational and
strategic financial business process.

MY FOCUS
-SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling consulting for business transformation projects
-Strategic business analysis to identify AS-IS/TO-BE environments, propose fit-gap solutions, develop
workable functional specifications, work in collaborative teams
-Optimise business process through SAP-enable solutions and integrations
-Configure Best practice and future-state SAP solutions to maximise client SAP investments
-Lead teams, perform testing, provide knowledge transfer, training and change advocacy
-Activate, Agile and ASAP project methodologies
SAP SKILLS
-SAP S4HANA
-SAP CO (Controlling)
-SAP Cost Center Accounting (SAP CO-CCA)
-SAP Product Costing (SAP CO-PC)
-SAP Profit Center Accounting (SAP CO-PCA)
-SAP Profitability Analysis (SAP CO-PA)
-SAP Material Ledger (SAP CO-ML)
-SAP Internal Orders (SAP CO-OPA)
-SAP Project Systems (SAP PS)
-SAP Integration – FI, PP, MM, SD

Project history

07/2022 - Present
SAP CO Lead Consultant
Grunenthal Pharma Gmbh & Co (Pharmaceuticals and medical technology, 500-1000 employees)

  • Primarily responsible for handling Level 1, 2 support tickets and application support to the end users.
  • Diagnose, analyse, troubleshooting and resolving issues to optimize SAP system performance.
  • Cultivate professional relationships with clients.

03/2021 - 02/2022
SAP S/4HANA CO Consultant
Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited (Consumer goods and retail, 500-1000 employees)

SAP S4HANA 2020 implementation for FMCG client Mitchell's Fruit Farms Ltd, using SAP Activate (Agile)
methodology. I am a Lead SAP CO Consultant, and have driven value to this project through:
• Constructive requirements gathering sessions with end-users and business stakeholders to define and
analyse requirements
• Business Analysis of AS-IS/TO-BE processes, including performing Fit/Gap analysis to identify
business process improvement opportunities, risks and solution design requirements
• Lead SAP design, configuration, delivery and testing of SAP S4HANA FI/CO solution
I configured the SAP solution for this project, including;
• Enterprise Structure for SAP FICO
• SAP Profit Center Accounting and Cost Center Accounting.
• SAP Product Costing with Make to stock scenario - costing variant, valuation variant to determine the
product cost on legal, group and profit center valuation.
• SAP Actual Costing with Material Ledger - Parallel valuation with the transfer pricing approach between
the profit centers of Grocery and Confectionery.
• Account Based SAP COPA Report with a combination of different characteristics of distribution
channels, divisions, customer group to show management oriented profitability report that is truly
reconciled with SAP FI General ledgers.
• Energy Cost and Quantity Allocation with Indirect Activity Allocation method, to distribute the energy
cost and quantity to different receiver cost centers.

06/2019 - 03/2021
SAP S/4HANA CO Analyst
Sadaqat Limited (Industry and mechanical engineering, 1000-5000 employees)

Full lifecycle implementation of SAP HANA using ASAP methodology for this textile’s client, I provided
comprehensive S/4HANA consulting, configuration and delivery including:
- Gap analysis between AS-IS/TO-BE systems
- Business analysis to determine and document user and business requirements
- Crafted detailed business blueprints
- Created workable functional and technical specifications
- Implemented SAP Material Ledger
- Configured SAP Controlling, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis
- Managed complex and custom configurations including costing variants, valuation variants, cost
component structures, cost component splits, additive costing, costing sheets, work in process (WIP),
variances, results analysis and settlement.

01/2019 - 06/2019
SAP CO Consultant
KHAS HOLDINGS (Other, 500-1000 employees)

SAP Implementation for this repetitive manufacturing client, I provided SAP Controlling consulting and
configuration to deliver tangible business benefits, including: SAP Implementation - configuration and implementation of the SAP CO module in a repetitive
manufacturing environment

KHAS Holdings is a subsidiary of the Sadaqat Group, manufacturing men's and women's fabrics,
apparel, accessories and home textiles operating with  65 Khas stores in Pakistan.

Business Analysis

* Worked extensively with accounting staff and plant controller on costing runs, cost estimates,
overhead costing sheets, bills of materials and routings.
* Developed documentation and delivered training on end of month process including distribution,
overhead, work in process, variances and settlements.
- Improved business process optimisation by working with end users on costing runs, cost estimates,
overhead costing sheets, bills of materials and routings.
- Optimised SAP system usage through delivering training and documentation to users
- Filled solution gaps by translating user and business requirements to development teams through
functional specifications, to build bespoke costing and inventory reports
- Improved utility of system through configuration of SAP Asset-Under-Construction, set up asset
classes, account determination, order and settlement rules

10/2014 - 12/2018
Senior Accountant
FIRE STOP MIDDLE EAST LLC (Architecture and civil engineering, 250-500 employees)

Project: Corporate Accounting

Fire Stop Middle East is a single-source contractor specializing in the installation of firestop
systems, smoke seal products, acoustic and duct sealing. Fire Stop Middle East is a US subsidiary
company operating in Gulf states with offices in Dubai, Oman and Qatar providing expertise on new or
retrofit projects, in areas such as High Residential Buildings, Commercial and industrial buildings
as well Medical facilities.

BAU Finance Deliverables

* Prepare financial statements and reports using QuickBooks and Excel, performing monthly
analysis and reporting on P&Ls, balance sheets, and cash flow.
* Develop current and future projected yearly budgets and manage the process of journal entries
in conjunction with senior managements.
* Oversee general accounting functions including AR/AP, account reconciliation, and cash
management.
* Assist in the preparation of necessary financial information in support of capital
transactions and present to senior management.
* Assist auditors with relevant financial information and to their audit requests, ensuring
proper execution of statutory audit functions.


Strategic Accounting Projects & Achievements

* Strong grasp over regulatory mandates governing Financial Accounting functions to include IFRS
and US GAAP, which I utilize effectively in executing Financial Accounting functions.
* Advise senior management on operational issues after conducting thorough analysis of pertinent
accounting metrics and forecasting potential outcomes based on probabilistic assumptions.
* Enable strategic decision-making by the top management; provided relevant inputs and
appropriate financial information through preparation of ad hoc and special reports.
* Control expenditures and cash flows to align with organizational objectives and streamline
operations.

Certifications

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Management Accounting Associates (SAP S/4HANA 1809)
2020
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates (SAP S/4HANA 1809)
2020

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Malaysia
Willing to travel

Other

I come from a hands-on accounting background, am SAP Certified, tertiary qualified in finance and have gained significant experience implementing SAP solutions to enable the digital transformation journeys of growing, complex and global businesses.  
The business, project and SAP skills I would bring to your project include:
  • Frontline finance and accounting business process acumen:
    • I understand firsthand what users need to achieve
    • Connecting how this relates to the broader business strategy
  • Business Analysis
    • Leading teams and workshops to identify, define and analyse requirements
  • SAP Consulting expertise
    • Showing how SAP manages business process
    • Identifying where the differences are between AS-IS/TO-BE and current/future state models
    • Designing solutions to bridge these gaps
  • SAP Configuration skills
    • Crafting workable functional specifications
    • Configuring SAP solutions
    • Lead testing, UAT, solution delivery
  • Empower users
    • Providing knowledge transfer, system and process training and collateral
I would be delighted to further explore how I could ensure project success and can be available at your convenience to discuss.

Thank-you again for the opportunity, I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely;
Muhammad Furqan Zafar
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