SAP FICO Sr. Consultant

SAP Project Experiencia – Details

EmployerGBM (Freelance)  2017
ClientMAGNACHEM y LAM (at same time) – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Duration03/2017 – To date
IndustryPharmaceuticals
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as SAP FI Consultant from the BBP phase through Post Go Live Support phase.
• Responsible of the information gathering for the financial processes (GL, AP, AR, TR, BL, AA).
• Responsible of the implementation (customizing) of the FI modules mentioned previously, as per the SAP best practices.
• Responsible of the functional and technical specifications of the FI required developments, either due the company processes needs or by the local legal requierements in Dominican Republic and Tax Legal Entity (DGII), not covered by the standard.
• Implementation of financial validations and substitutions.
• Implementation (functional and technical specifications) of SAP Standard BAPI´s to develop interfaces between legacy systems and SAP. For example an important accounting intarface between the vendor´s handhells in route (Movil Business App) and SAP. Also another interfaces between SAP and e-commerce web apps, etc.
• Creation of different load program via LSMW. For example: FI master data loads, FI initial balances and open items.
• Provide training to the FI Key Users in some topics like Master Data and Business Process under SAP for the all sub-modules of FI.
• Generation of the all documentation (Training, Customizing Manual, BBP´s, Process Flows, Functional & Technical Specifications, Testing Scripts, Master Data Sheets, etc.)

EmployerNW Consulting Services – (FREELANCE).  2017 – 2017
ClientICE – San José, Costa Rica
Duration01/2017 – Actual
IndustryTelecomunications & Energy
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in a S4HANA implementation project.
• Incorporation to the finance team (SAP and PwC) in the REALIZATION stage, to support the elaboration of outstanding WRICEP Functional Specifications.
• Participation in process redefinition survey sessions.
• Provide the necessary adjustments to the BPD´s documents of the BBP phase.
• Testing of the developments specified to the SAP Factory located in India.

EmployerGBM Consulting – (FREELANCE).  2016 – 2017
ClientTELEM GROUP – Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Duration12/2016 - 01/2017
IndustryTelecomunications
RoleSAP FI & CO-FM Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Information gathering about the existing Financial and Fund Management processes in the main company of the group.
• Required adjustments in the FM BCS module to correct availability control in the existing Controlling Area.
• Implementation of Availability Control in the Internal Orders by CO in the existing Controlling Area.
• Copying (Roll Out) from the main FI Company Code to a new Company Code that owes its existence to a Cable TV company acquired by the group.
• Replication of all current processes, towards the new company.
• Unit Testing, Integral Testing and Migration.
• Go Live and Support.

EmployerConsorcio Keops Ltda. – (FREELANCE).  2016 – 2016
ClientAGRIPAC– Guayaquil, Ecuador (Remote)
Duration11/2016 - 11/2016
IndustryAgro-Chemistry
RoleSAP FI S4HANA FIORI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Study of the implementation needs of SAP FIORI applications under FI Simple Finance 1503, based on the current business scenarios implemented in the Back-End.
• Preparation of a complete Business Case to implement 43 SFin FIORI APP’s. 38 of them selected after revision with the Client and 5 APPs more, of which the previous ones are dependent.
• Information gathering of technical requirements of Landscape and Platform of the 43 selected APPs.
• Preparation of work plan for the implementation of the 43 APP’s.
• Resources and times planning for the implementation.

EmployerKCN – Knowledge Consulting Network  S.A. (FREELANCE).  2016 – 2016
ClientAGRICORP / NICASAL– Managua, Nicaragua (Remote)
Duration09/2016 - 11/2016
IndustryAgro-food
RoleSAP FI-AA Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in a reengineering of the Fixed Assets module in SAP ECC 6.0 to cover IFRS.
• Study of adjustment needs in the fixed assets module.
• Design of the BBP to cover the revaluation processes in accordance with IFRS with the standard.
• Customizing of the necessary settings.
• Unit and integral tests.
• Templates and LSMW of migration according to new Chart of Depreciation.
• End-user training on new revaluation processes for assets.
• Training in the preparation of standard reports on Fixed Assets.
• Elaboration and execution of the Cutover Plan.
• Go Live and Post Go Live support.

EmployerPlus IT Projects, (Freelance).  2016 - 2016
ClientPLUS IT PROJECT DEMO (Business Case) – MX LOCALIZATION ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTING FOR GIMBEL MEXICANA – México DF, México (Remote)
Duration09/2016 - 09/2016
IndustryRetail and Distribution
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as SAP FI Consultant preparing a complete Business Case to implement the Electronic Accounting in Mexico for Gimbel Mexicana.
• Responsible of the information gathering of the financial processes (GL, AP, AR, TR, BL, AA) and all the technical information needed to implement the SAP Standard Solution for this local legal requirement (Electronic Accounting)
• Responsible of the entire estimation needed for the project (Resources, Time, Detailed activity plan, Costs, etc.)

EmployerRed Sinergia, Consultoría Gerencial, MX (Freelance).  2015 – 2016
ClientMACROTECH FARMACÉUTICA SRL – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Duration11/2015 – 09/2016
IndustryPharmaceutical
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as SAP FI Consultant from the Pre-Project phase.
• Responsible of the information gathering for the financial processes (GL, AP, AR, TR, BL, AA).
• Responsible of the implementation (customizing) of the FI modules mentioned previously, as per the SAP best practices.
• Responsible of the functional and technical specifications of the FI required developments, either due the company processes needs or by the local legal requierements, not covered by the standard.
• Implementation of financial validations and substitutions.
• Implementation (functional and technical specifications) of SAP Standard BAPI´s to develop interfaces between legacy systems and SAP. For example an important accounting intarface between the vendor´s handhells in route and SAP. Also another interface from the external PayRoll system and SAP, etc.
• Creation of different load program via LSMW. For example: FI master data loads, FI initial balances and open items.
• Provide training to the FI Key Users in some topics like Master Data and Business Process under SAP for the all sub-modules of FI.
• Generation of the all documentation (Training, Customizing manual, BPD´s, Process Flows, Functional & Technical Specifications, Testing Scripts, Master Data Sheets, etc.)

EmployerLat Capital (GBM Consulting). 2014 - 2015
ClientTOLEDANO – Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
Duration07/2015 – 11/2015
IndustryFoods
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• I was assigned to the client to solve stabilization issues in Finance, in the support phase after a disrupted go live.
• Multiple Issues resolution in FIGL, FIAR, FIAP, FIBL, FIAA, and also in CO.
• Resolution of issues with the accounting interfaces between the legacy system (vendors handhelds software: ROAD) and SAP ECC.
• Resolution of issues of integration between HCM (Payroll) and FIGL / FIAP.
• Resolution of issues due a wrong initial load of the inventories, wrong posting in the accounts since the errors in the MM account determination (OBYC). Was needed a deepest analysis and make the effective corrections at the FI level because the logistic periods had been closed.

ClientBSN Medical (Venezuela branch) – Venezuela & EEUU
Duration08/2014 – 06/2015
IndustryPharmaceutical
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as unique FI Consultant for the phases of BBP, Realization, Testing, Final Preparation, Go-Live, Support in a Roll Out of a global model of BSN Medical Germany, based on the first LATAM Implementation, which was Colombia.
• Customization of the modules: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-BL, FI-AA and FI-TV (SAP Travel Management) for three Company Codes (2 of them based on Venezuela and 1 in EEUU).
• Implementation of Travel Management and Travel Expenses Processes. Creation of HR Master Record for employees in Travel Management using the personnel action Travel Mini-master. Integration and transfer to Accounting. Payroll Integration.
• Tax accounting with the implementation of the extended withholding tax.
• FSD (Functional Specification Documents) preparation for the developments needed to cover the local legal requirements in Venezuela.
• Payroll Interface Implementation.
• SAP ECC-CRM Interface Implementation.
• Reuse and adaptation for those developments made for the Colombia Roll Out in the 1st. Phase (those that apply for Venezuela also).
• English documentation in SolMan of all the customizing made. Recurring meeting with the business core from Germany.

Client Servicios Digitales Popular (Filial del Banco Popular Dominicano) – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Duration01/2014 – 07/2014
IndustryBanking
RoleSAP FICO Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as sole FICO consultant in the phases of Realization, Testing, Go-Live and Support.
• Configuration of FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-BL, FI-AA, CO-CCA and CO-PCA Modules, for two financial companies, assigned to a single controlling company.
• Tax Accounting.
• Managing of Tax Invoice Numbers (NCF in Spanish) and legal reports required by the local regulations of Dominican Republic (DGII in Spanish).
• Integration with MM module, Asset purchases process.
• Accounting Interface with the legacy SmartStream, responsible for generate all transactions from the Points of Sale - POS of each affiliated merchant.
• Generate all scripts to be used in testing phase (Unit and Integral test). Support and resolution of issues detected by those tests.
• Creation of conversion programs via LSMW with their master data templates (Chart of Accounts, Vendors, Customers, Fixed Assets, Banks); initial balances / open items load for Mayor Accounts / Account Payable / Account Receivable. Finally budget planning costs load.
• Delivery of documentation on quality and time (configuration manual, certified testing scripts, user manuals, etc.).

EmployerIBM Argentina.  2011 - 2013

ClientAbbvie Pharmaceuticals - Buenos Aires, Argentina, México DF, México
Duration07/2013 – 11/2013
IndustryPharmaceutical
RoleSAP FI-AA Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in the Rollout of a global template of the Company Abbot from the headquarters in United States for the countries of Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico.
• As part of RTR team I was the responsible of the Fixed Assets module and everything concerning to the local and legal requirements in order to implementing SAP to the subsidiaries in these countries.
• Analysis, design and configuration of the Fixed Assets module, following the overall template but always adjusted to the local laws of each country.

ClientPEPSICO S.A. (Foods) - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Duration05/2013 – 06/2013
IndustryFood
RoleSAP FI-AR Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Specific support in the Business Blue Print Phase for the rollout of SAP ECC 6.0 from Global Template of the Company PepsiCo with their headquarters in United States, for all countries in South America. My input specifically for the Accounts Receivable module (Billing and Financial Credit Notes Process).
• Design of functional specifications for forms of Invoices and Receipts Collections for different countries (Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, etc.) considering the local legal requirements of each country.

ClientTERMAP S.A. - Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.
Duration01/2013 – 05/2013
IndustryOil & Gas
RoleSAP FI-TV, FI-AA and FI-AR Cosultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as SAP FI Consultant in the phases of Realization, Testing, Go-Live, Support, in the module of SAP Travel Management (FI-TV), implementing the processes for travel requests and rendering of travel expenses, including internal approval process of the organization for these purposes.
• Participation as SAP FI Consultant in the phases of Realization, Testing, Go-Live, Support, especially in the modules of Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), Fixed Assets (FI-AA).
• Special contribution in the development of the Billing Interface between the Legacy (Trading System) and SAP FI-AR Module.
• Furthermore implementation of SAP Fixed Assets Module (FI-AA) and processes of Inflation Adjustment of Fixed Assets.

ClientPEPSICO S.A (Beverages) - Colonia, Uruguay / DF, México / Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Duration10/2012 – 12/2012
IndustryDrinks
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in the Go-Live phase, supporting operations for Accounts Payable (FI-AP), Accounts Receivable (FI-AR) and Bank Accounting of three PepsiCo plants (Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay).
• Support the financial monthly closing operations for these plants.

ClientYPF S.A. - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Duration08/2011 – 10/2012
IndustryOil & Gas
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in the phases of Analysis, Design and Realization to implement SAP ECC 6.0 to carry out sales operations and supply of fuel and derivatives from the airport to customers of private and commercial aviation; operatory that was being carried by an obsolete system of YPF where lived many Legacys and interfaces between them.
• Moreover and at the same time, I participated in the phases of Analysis, Design, Realization and Go-Live for the construction of a system for the “YPF Directos” operatory, which sell and supply petroleum products for agricultural purposes.
• In both businesses, I had especial performance in everything related with the necessary financial interfaces between SAP and other systems that would still remain with the corporation. This would allow managing all the accounting of the corporation in an integrated way in SAP.

EmployerIBM Venezuela.  2008 - 2011

ClientGeneral Motors de Venezuela - Caracas and Valencia, Venezuela.
Duration05/2011 – 08/2011
IndustryOil & Gas
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as SAP FI Consultant in the phases of Preparation and Design. Analysis of the current financial process (General Accounting and Fixed Assets) implemented in GM Venezuela and the identification of the client’s requirements regarding the need to adapt the existing implementation of SAP in the Company in order to generate the Financial Statements and Management of Fixed Assets in Hard Currency U.S. Dollars, due to the non-existing of an additional currency in the system.

ClientPetróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) – Caraca, Venezuela.
Duration04/2010 – 05/2011
IndustryOil & Gas
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Continuation of Business Blue Print phase started in 2009 (see previous assignment), Realization, Go-Live and Support for the replacement of obsolete systems (STARS and SAND) by the Petroleum Industry Solution SAP IS OIL & GAS for SAP Company OPPG (Petróleos de Venezuela – PDVSA) and three subsidiaries.
• Special participation in the implementation of the Modules FI-GL (New GL), FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-TR of finance.

ClientHolcim de Venezuela - Caracas, Venezuela
Duration08/2009 – 03/2010
IndustryCement
RoleSAP FI-AA Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation as SAP Consultant for implementation of Assets Accounting module for the Company Holcim Venezuela.
• Full Integration with New GL and PS.
• Implementation of the inflation adjustment process for fixed assets for Venezuela.
• Implementation of the technical appraisal processes for fixed assets under the new international law (NIIF) adjusted for Venezuela.

ClientPetróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) – Caracas, Venezuela.
Duration06/2009 – 08/2009
IndustryOil & Gas
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Analysis phase to update the integrated information system for manage the replacement operations of the obsolete systems STARS and SAND by SAP ECC 6.0 with the Petroleum Industry Solution (SAP IS OIL & GAS) for the Company Petróleos de Venezuela – PEDVSA and three subsidiaries.
• Basically identifying information of financial processes (General Ledger – GL, Accounts Payable – AP, Accounts Receivable – AR, Treasury – TR and Bank Accounting) that are originated from the operations of trade and supply of PDVSA in the local and export market.

ClientHarinera del Valle S.A. - Cali, Colombia
Duration03/2009 – 06/2009
IndustryFood
RoleSAP FI Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in the SAP system upgrade (upgrade, evaluation of future functionality and SAP Overview) from version 4.7 to 6.0. In all the processes related with FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA, FI-TR.
• Check the software replicating the business processes with the key user to adapt him to the new version.
• Help make the diagnosis of improvements in SAP ECC 6.0 version, which could be implemented in a future opportunity in Harinera Del Valle. With this diagnosis the implementation roadmap will be structured. Perform a quality assessment and deliver a improvements document
• Visualize the impact of the improvements and propose the instance of time in which they should be performed.
• Participate with the key users in the testing, to ensure the integrity of the system after update it with the implementation of support packages and make the upgrade to the new version of SAP ECC 6.0.
• Coordinate closely the reviewing of the developments.
• Carry out the activities of adequacy, configuration, testing and implementation that were assigned by the Project Manager.

ClientPDVSA - Nuevas Filiales - Caracas, Venezuela
Duration10/2008 – 01/2009
IndustryFood / Engineering / Oil & Gas
RoleSAP FI-AA Consultant
Responsabilities and Deliverables

• Participation in the expansion of the coverage of the system of the business management of the new PDVSA Subsidiaries.
• Assist in the selection, implementation and support of financial aspects (specifically in the area of fixed assets) for the SAP platform to a group of "Subsidiaries" or companies, all led by a corporate unit, responsible for giving the guidelines in the different business processes.
• Implementation for 4 financial Companies: PDVSA Agrícola, PDV Gas Community, PDVSA Engineering & Construction and Petromonagas.

SAP Training:

• S4F01 - Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA
• S4F02 - Management Accounting in SAP S/4HANA
• S4F03 - Finance Migration to SAP S/4HANA
• Project Management Course, LatCapital, 2014
• SAP CO Academy, SAP Andina y Caribe, 2011.
• SAP FI Academy and certificacion SAP MYSAP FINANCIALS – ERP(2005), SAP Andina y Caribe, 2008
• SAP ERP FI-AA Course - OVERVIEW, IBM Venezuela, 2008
• Curso SAP ERP FI Course - OVERVIEW, IBM Venezuela, 2008
• SAP ERP Course - OVERVIEW, IBM Venezuela, 2008