SAP FICO Consultant - Functional and Technical Background - FICO Certified

Bacardi
SAP FICO Consultant
02.2010 - 06.2016
Wine and Spirits
5001-10,000 employees

Bacardi-Martini
SAP FI-CO Expert – Freelance Position – Roll-out Project
02.2011 - 02.2012
SAP FI-CO Expert – Freelance Position – Roll-out Project
- SAP Roll-out Project for 10+ Companies in USA, Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico
- In charge of the following FICO Subtopics:
+Taxes in USA, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico (VAT, Withholding and ExciseTaxes)
+ Fixed Assets Migration and Configuration for all above countries
+ CO-PA and Consolidation Reporting
+ AP, AR and GL (Including Migration of Mexico, really complex)
+ CO-PC tasks
+ Project Systems for Assets under Construction
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Bacardi
SAP FI/CO Consultant
02.2010 - 02.2012
Bacardi-Martini Switzerland and USA
Bacardi-Martini Miami

SAP FI-CO Expert – Freelance Position – Maintenance and Remote Support
- FI-CO Reengineering and Center of Excellence role.
- Historical issues were solved, both functional and technical in an existing SAP ERP 6 system.
- Improvement of current processes by means of new SAP functionality enabled.
- CoE RTR Team started to be appreciated because of the tangible increase of productivity, effectiveness
and quality metrics.
- Since August 23rd, I’ve been providing this service remotely from my offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- As part of the handover, I’ve provided a KT to the new vendor in Manila, Philippines
Wine and Spirits
5001-10,000 employees

SC Johnson
SAP FICO Consultant
1.2012 - 6.2012
Consumer Goods
10,001+ employees

HP Enterprise Services
SAP Project Manager
06.2009 - 02.2010
EDS is now HP Enterprise Services at Hewlett-Packard
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10,001+ employees

EDS, an HP company
SAP Project Manager
06.2009 - 11.2009
- HP-EDS SAP Practice: Enhancement of current capabilities
- Estimation / Solutionings / Proposals for new opportunities
- SAP Training Plan and Execution for internal SAP resources
- New SAP assets and deliverables definitions
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10,001+ employees

DCL Consultores
SAP Technology Manager
03.2006 - 05.2009
MAY 2006 / JUNE 2006
DCL Consultores at Transener

Transener (Electric Power Distributor) Argentina

FICO Consultant at Transener – Set up of a new SAP Company Code at an existing SAP implementation
- Customizing of a new Company Code, at an existent R/3 4.6c system.
- Independent Company Code, so full customizing was performed, including Chart of Accounts definition
and loading.
- I also completed de Master Data and past postings using Batch Inputs.
- Unit and Integration Tests, KT to key and end users, writing of Reference material.

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JULY 2006 / NOV 2006

DCL Consulting at Buenos Aires,
OCA Argentina (Courier) Argentina

SAP Project Leader and FICO Consultant – Upgrade SAP from R/3 4.5b to ECC 5.0
- Project Leader: SAP Upgrade from R/3 4.5b to mySAP ERP ECC 5.0 (FI, CO, MM, SD, PM)
- Team Leader of Functional and Tech ABAP Team. First point of contact to for the customer and Basis
Team (Project Charter, Times, and resources)
- Leadership of a multi-skill FICO, MM, SD, PM and ABAP Team of 8. In charge of 8 People Team
(SAP Functional and ABAP Technical).
- Responsible for the Financial and Controlling modules FI (GL, AM, AP, AR, TR, TAX) and CO
- Solution Manager 4.0 Administrator used as tool for the whole project.
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51-200 employees

Domaine Chandon
FICO Consultant
0.2008 - 0.2009
See below
Wine and Spirits
51-200 employees

Domaine Chandon & Newton Vineyard (LVMH)
SAP FICO Implementer
0.2008 - 0.2009
SAP FICO Team Leader – Rollout of a Global Template in a North American Winery of the Moët Hennessy Group

- 2-week training received in Paris, France on the SAP Template
- In charge of the FICO Team for an implementation of a Global SAP Template, including the Localization
and New Developments.
- The solution included FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-BL,FI-TR,FI-AA,FI-TAX,CO-OM, CO-PC from PP, CO-PA,
Budget and PS (Asset Under Construction)
- Fit Gap Analysis with Key Users and CFO.
- Solution Design, Developments Design
- Customizing (including USA and Californian TAX constraints, Withholding Tax, etc)
- Data Migration (complete process, upload in SAP, LSMWs, etc)
- Unitary and Integration Tests preparation and execution
- Key User Training preparation and execution / End User Training supervising.
- Go-Live Preparation and Execution successfully achieved.
- Post Go-Live Support on-site.
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Correos OCA
SAP Upgrade - Project Leader and FI-CO Consultant
0.2006 - 0.2007
SAP Project Leader and FICO Consultant – Upgrade SAP from R/3 4.5b to ECC 5.0

- Project Leader: SAP Upgrade from R/3 4.5b to mySAP ERP ECC 5.0 (FI, CO, MM, SD, PM)
- Team Leader of Functional and Tech ABAP Team. First point of contact to for the customer and Basis
Team (Project Charter, Times, and resources)
- Leadership of a multi-skill FICO, MM, SD, PM and ABAP Team of 8. In charge of 8 People Team
(SAP Functional and ABAP Technical).
- Responsible for the Financial and Controlling modules FI (GL, AM, AP, AR, TR, TAX) and CO
- Solution Manager 4.0 Administrator used as tool for the whole project.
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Accenture
Consultant
0.2002 - 0.2006
OCT 2002 / DEC 2003
Accenture at Caterpillar Chicago, USA / Buenos Aires
Technical Consultant at Caterpillar Inc. (United States and Argentina)
- Trained at CATERPILLAR – USA Headquarters on their “DBSi” System: SAP, Siebel, Exact, AS/400, IBM Crossworlds, on Technical aspects and Environment creation and maintenance.
- Off-shore support from Buenos Aires to dealerships around the world Americas, Europe and Asia.
- Left the project after forming a team of 4, who’s received a Knowledge Transfer from me.

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JAN 2004 / SEP 2005

Accenture at Caterpillar (Brazil / Colombia / Argentina)

Functional Consultant at Caterpillar Inc. Resellers (Brazil, Columbia, Argentina)

- ERP Systems Implementation “DBSi”: SAP, Siebel, Exact, AS/400, IBM Crossworlds at the 3 countries.
- Assessment, Design, Develop, Integration Test, Conversion and Go-Live of the Final Production Systems at Río de Janeiro, Bogotá and Buenos Aires
- Deep interaction with consultants of SAP modules BW, FI, PS, Siebel and SAP interfaces.
- Close work with customer and key users. Training course given to final users.
- Supervision of other team members SAP-PS, Siebel and SAP-BW.

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SEP 2005 / MARCH 2006
Accenture at Techint Venezuela / México /Argentina

SAP FICO Consultant at Techint in Venezuela, México and Argentina

- SAP Implementation: Merge of 3 SAP Systems at 3 countries (FI, CO, AR, AP, TR, MM, HR, SD)
- In charge of SAP modules: FI, CO, AR, AP, TR. Reporting directly to the Project manager:

Tasks accomplished as of today:
- Assessment of AS-IS Systems and Processes used in each of the 3 companies at each country. - Design of the TO-BE Merge Model (One SAP for all 3 companies)
- Leader of a 6 People Team FICO and MM.
- Leadership of a multi-skill FICO and MM Team of 7.
Management Consulting
10,001+ employees

Sistemas Estrategicos
Trainee
03.2001 - 02.2002
Customer: Bank of Galicia in Buenos Aires
- Trainee - Job experience required to obtain my University Degree.
- ERP Telesoft CRM System – Testing and fixing of Visual Basic Code.
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