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Sekhar Gupta

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Last update: 06.09.2022

SAP Controlling , CFIN Senior Consultant, FICO lead

Graduation: master of commerce
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Limited professional)

Attachments

Sekhar Gupta _SAP FICO.doc

Skills

Remedy, SM 7, Win shuttle, Camtasia, Panaya, SAP, GL Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts, IBM, HANA, Fiori apps, UAT, AIF, FI, P2P, Pelican, Agile Methodology, Rally tools, ABAP, CMS, bug fixes, Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, requirement gathering, R/3, GSAP, data collection, AUC, periodic processing

Project history

08/2021 - 08/2021
Senior Consultant-Controlling

Project 6 : Merz pharma, DS smith and Ciber International Sep 2013 - Dec 2016
(Rollouts & Support)

Role : Senior Consultant-Controlling.
Version : ECC 6.0


Project Description:

CMS Managed services have more than 70 clients across industries like Manufacturing, Pharma, Paper
and consulting services across globe. Controlling team will support for Incidents, bug fixes,
changes, enhancements and rollout projects globally.

Responsibilities:

* Resolved complex issues relate to COPA, Product costing, and Project systems, Investment
management and Asset Accounting Modules.
* Provided day-to-day production support, working directly with the business users on process
improvements, system enhancements, migrations, reporting and issue resolution with SAP.
* Worked for Philips -Lumileds Project for a period of 4 months.
* Worked for DS Smith Roll out project (Nov 2014 to May 2015) for UK-Kemsley Mill at the client
location, worked for Italy Roll out project from offshore.
* Trained controlling topics to financial consultants of UK, US and Germany teams.

11/2019 - 07/2021
CFIN Senior Consultant

Version : SAP S/4 HANA

Project Description:

Nokia is a global technology leader and they create the technology to connect the world. Nokia
serves communications service providers, governments, large enterprises, and consumers.
Responsibilities:

* Worked on Fit-GAP analysis for multiple country requirements to the scope of central finance
* Maintenance of key mapping and value mapping that includes GL, vendors, Customers and Tax
codes.
* Set up the SLT for CO Master Data and documents replication.
* Dry run of the initial load and ensure only tables from source replicated.
* Data migration of GL using the custom programs to CFIN system including replication,
monitoring
* Worked on initial load, replication of items to CFIN system from sap entities.
* Responsible GL balances reconciliation and post migration issues resolution.
* Streamlined Migration process of legacy Customer projects, OPEX projects into CFIN system.
* Provided solution for management reporting requirements with Fiori apps.
* Run Sap standard and customized reports for first and second level of reconciliation for
future reporting.
* Monitoring UAT progress and support key users' issues specific to CFIN-Central project
solution.
* Trained key users to use the CFIN system with Fiori tiles and Training materials preparation.
* Regular monitoring of All AIF errors in both FI & CO point of view and fixing the errors to
facilitate reporting from universal journal.

11/2018 - 11/2019
FICO Lead Consultant
Merck KGA

Version : SAP ECC 6.0

Project Description:

Merck is a German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical and life sciences company headquartered in
Darmstadt. Quattro project is implementing at two phases Commercial & Manufacturing covers all
existing processes of Merck through various Streams like A2R, P2P, and O2C.

Responsibilities:

* As a A2R lead Prepare resource budget on a regular basis and provide project management team
With upcoming activities and possible threats, Handled a team 6 resources.
* As part of Accounts to report-A2R team senior consultant Regular Interaction with Business
Analysts and Merck key users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements
* Single point of contact for Germany entities Controlling processes.
* Developed Inventory cockpit to devaluate stock process to suit global & local reporting
requirement.
* Designed Complex Freight cost solution FICO Integration with Transport management, sales and
distribution and Materials management modules.
* Designed Sales order costing scenario with variant configuration by using Single material for
across plants.
* Prepared Unit test documents and Key user training documents for GAPS and trained users at
Darmstadt and Supported for IT1, BAT and go-live issues from A2R-Controlling end.

10/2017 - 10/2018
FICO Lead Consultant
Monument Chemicals Inc.

Version : S/4 HANA -1610

Project Description:
Monument Chemicals Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, serves the specialty hydrocarbon
industry. Hana 1610 Implementation project started with Brandenburg facility. Scope of this project
covered FICO, SD, MM, PP, QM & Adopted SAP best practices for chemical Industry.
Responsibilities:

* Participated in Realization to full life cycle Implementation. Regular Interaction with
Business Process Owners to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and
Functional specifications.
* Analyzed the functional requirements for the to-be system and prepared functional spec
documents and support for RICEF completion.
* Participated in discussion to finalize Organizations structure, Currency settings In HANA 1610
With Material ledger Actual costing environment.
* Configured sub modules in line with Best Practice Financials- GL, AR, AP, New Asset Accounting
and Controlling submodules Coast center Accounting, Internal order, Profit center Accounting,
COPA, Product costing and Material Ledger Actual costing.
* Prepared Report Pinter reports to suit customer requirements.
* Provided key user training on Fiori apps &Supported for unit test, Integration test issues.

06/2017 - 10/2018
Controlling Lead Consultant

Version : ECC 6.0

Project Description:

Pelican Packaging is recognized as a leading provider of full-service automated semiconductor
packaging & provide a one stop service for all packaging needs.

Responsibilities:

As part of the FICO Modernization project
* As controlling consultant closely worked with solution architect, Technical Consultant to
complete the developments to meet the business reporting requirements.
* Implemented the Material ledger Transfer pricing, Profit center accounting in live system with
23 plants with Zero business impact & minimum down time.

12/2016 - 05/2017
FICO Lead Consultant

Version : ECC 6.0

Project Description:
Philips is one of the world's leading suppliers of medical equipment and related services, Philips
Acquired new business Volcano commercial.
Responsibilities:

* Handling Team of 12 consultants at client location as a FICO team lead and closely working
with solution architect and Business Analysts of Philips.
* Manage, coordinate and supervise the daily activities of team, Support, Supervise and evaluate
performance of team.
* Streamlining the business process of Volcano to suit Philips environment.
* Followed Agile Methodology and Rally tools to track the Progress.
* Developed FRS (Functional Requirement Specifications) based On URS (User Requirement
specifications) and supported Technical teams (ABAP, Open Text and S&A) to develop
enhancements to fill the GAPS.
* Responsible for FICO solutions and successful project delivery.

07/2010 - 09/2012
Business Analyst
Philips -Consumer lifestyles

Technology/Tools : ECC 6.0, 4.7
Project Description:

Royal Philips is a diversified health and well-being company. Finance Business Analyst Involved
in Consumer lifestyle ACM-Application change management process.




Responsibilities:

* As part of ACM (Application Change Management) team handling various Global changes as change
driver...responsible for requirement gathering to till go live.
* Created detailed functional designs (Around 40) to manage the Philips global business
requirements.
* Responsible for the overall solution build and go-live.
* Provide guidance to Business users to ensure that thorough testing is carried in resolving all
call types escalate and report progress of major incidents/issues to Applications Support team
lead
* As part of support team handled Controlling support issues and single point of contact for
Costing run related issues of product costing with Make to stock and product cost collector.
* Worked for TV carve out project, YEC project handled first time outside Europe and technical
upgrade projects.

09/2009 - 07/2010
Senior Controlling consultant -Central deploy

Technology/Tools : R/3 4.7 C
Responsibilities:

As part of GSAP FSS CD (Controlling Central deploy) team-
* Participated at Pakistan and Turkey Rollouts from offshore.
* Analyzed the existing legacy system, gathered functional requirements through user meetings,
gap analysis, and participated in preparation of Country wise Data object structures (Base
document for scope and configuration).
* Focal for preparing finalizing system minimum Accounts and In Cost Element Accounting created
Primary and secondary Cost elements, created Cost Element Groups.
* Providing KT to Local deploy and business for data collection and end user training.

05/2009 - 09/2009
FICO Senior Consultant
Green ply Industries Limited (Support)

Version : ECC 6.0
Responsibilities:

* As part of shared support team analyzed providing solutions for the of Green ply on various
areas of General ledger, Accounts receivable and Accounts Payable and sub Modules of FI and
implementing the AUC concept through internal order.
* Profit center issues relevant for periodic processing.

10/2007 - 05/2009
FICO Consultant

Version : ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:
* Involved in writing Validations and Substitutions
* Integrated FI with MM & SD modules and maintenance.
* Configured the Chart of Depreciation and settings up the various depreciation areas like Book
Depreciation, Taxation, and Investment Support etc.
* Created Asset classes and configured screen layouts for Asset master records
* Configured AUC concept with Internal order as a cost object.




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