Shakir S.

Shakir S.

SAP S/4 HANA Consultant - FICO Solution Architect

Mumbai , India

Experience: 7 Years

Shakir

Mumbai , India

SAP S/4 HANA Consultant - FICO Solution Architect

80073.6 USD / Year

  • Notice Period: Days

7 Years

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About Me

•    Master’s in Finance (MBA) with 11 years of hybrid experience into Finance, Accounts & SAP ERP Consulting.
•    SAP FICO consulting experience of 7 years (10 projects - 5 Implementation, 3 Support & 2 Roll Out) & domain experie...

LIST OF SERVICES OFFERED:-

• Identifying GAP's in present structure, proposing best practices of SAP FICO/S4HANA solution.
• Documenting solutions to be implemented, testing & delivering the same.
• Balance upload assistance, data migration help, documentation assistance etc.
• Hand holding of clients/consultant whenever & wherever required in real time environment, imparting training to users/client.
• Issue solving - Ticket or hourly based, support ticket’s handling & analyzing pain areas.
• Providing all kinds of assistance & services required as an SAP consultant
• Fulfill specific requirements, queries, approvals, reports etc.
• Testing of system scenarios as per the client’s business process.
• Prepare data for importing into the system (items, customers, suppliers, inventories, opening balances, opening stock upload & reconciliation.
• Go-live support, training of users, pre & post-implementation support.


Note:- Detail's of about my previous projects, task accomplished, achievement's, &
references can be shared on request.
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LIST OF SERVICES OFFERED:-

•    Identifying GAP's in present structure, proposing best practices of SAP FICO/S4HANA solution.
•    Documenting solutions to be implemented, testing & delivering the same.
•    Balance upload assistance, data migration help, documentation assistance etc.
•    Hand holding of clients/consultant whenever & wherever required in real time environment, imparting training to users/client.
•    Issue solving - Ticket or hourly based, support ticket’s handling & analyzing pain areas.
•    Providing all kinds of assistance & services required as an SAP consultant
•    Fulfill specific requirements, queries, approvals, reports etc.
•    Testing of system scenarios as per the client’s business process.
•    Prepare data for importing into the system (items, customers, suppliers, inventories, opening balances, opening stock upload & reconciliation.
•    Go-live support, training of users, pre & post-implementation support.


Note:- Detail's of about my previous projects, task accomplished, achievement's, & 
           references can be shared on request.
           For profile validation - You can search me online just by typing " Shakir790 " and 

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Portfolio Projects

Description

KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:-

• Master’s in Finance (MBA) with 10+ years of hybrid experience into Finance, Accounts & SAP ERP Consulting.
• SAP FICO consulting experience of 6 years ,9 projects (4 Implementation, 3 Support & 2 Roll Out) & domain experience of 5 years.
• SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting with ECC EHP6 - Certification ID: 0014282135 – full time classroom training.
• Extensively worked on ECC, S/4 HANA 1610 ,1709 & 1909 Implementation, process improvement & support till stabilization.
• Expertise in configuration, testing & deployments of FICO core area as per client’s business process by following SAP best practices.
• Successfully done GST & E-Invoicing Implementation with the help of all relevant SAP notes & guidance in S4HANA environment.
• Good exposure with an extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Skype & Citrix.
• Excellent communication and inter personnel soft skills. Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Proficient in relationship management with both internal (distributed delivery onsite/offshore) and external (client, vendors).
• Expertise in giving demo/ presentations to business stakeholders such as end users, super users, HOD, CTM, CFO etc.
• Supported clients in choosing the most suitable business process solution’s as per SAP best practices, taking part in advisory projects, participating in pre-sales & post-implementation review of chosen processes and managing the quality of implementation projects.


LIST OF SERVICES OFFERED:-

• Identifying GAP's in present structure, proposing best practices of SAP FICO/S4HANA solution.
• Documenting solutions to be implemented, testing & delivering the same.
• Balance upload assistance, data migration help, documentation assistance etc.
• Hand holding of clients/consultant whenever & wherever required in real time environment, imparting training to users/client.
• Issue solving - Ticket or hourly based, support ticket’s handling & analyzing pain areas.
• Providing all kinds of assistance & services required as an SAP consultant
• Fulfill specific requirements, queries, approvals, reports etc.
• Testing of system scenarios as per the client’s business process.
• Prepare data for importing into the system (items, customers, suppliers, inventories, opening balances, opening stock upload & reconciliation.
• Go-live support, training of users, pre & post-implementation support.


Note:- Detail's of about my previous projects, task accomplished, achievement's, &
references can be shared on request.
For profile validation - You can search me online just by typing " Shakir790 " and

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Description

  • Conducting sessions on understanding the client’s plastic packaging business model, its business processes from financial & reporting standpoint, necessary transactional entries , master data & reporting requirement.
  • Conducted multiple discussion with various business stakeholders to understand & drafted business process document with BPP.
  • Responsible for configuration of SAP FI & CO with all sub-modules such as GL, AP, AR, Bank, Cash, Fixed Assets, TDS, GST taxation, Product Costing ,Overhead Costing, Internal Order, COPA along with FI-MM & FI-SD integration settings in SAP S/4 HANA system.

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  • Responsible for analysing and providing solutions encountered by business users of multiple clients on a day to day basis as per SLA in a ticket-based environment, handling a team a 3 junior consultants & guiding them to solve FI tickets.
  • Providing support in issues pertaining to FI business processes in SAP sub-modules that include General Ledger, Cash Journal, Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, O2C, P2P, Taxation, Bank Reconciliation and Asset Accounting.
  • Getting client’s new requirement / issues as per their business process, developing, testing and taking sign off on them.
  • Initiating raising OSS notes to SAP in case of real system issues in client PRD system, interacting & co-ordinating with SAP team.
  • Responsible for designing solutions in scenarios beyond standard SAP with a blend of basic building block & customized approach.

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  • Accessed the client’s new retail business model, its business processes, system integration part, entries, & reporting requirement.
  • Conducted multiple discussion with various business stakeholders to understand & drafted business process document with BPP.
  • Completed the necessary required configuration to be done in company code Roll-Out with all sub-modules of FI such as GL, AP, AR, Bank, Cash, Fixed Assets, TDS, GST taxation along with FI-MM & FI-SD integration settings in SAP S4HANA system.
  • Assisted in creation of an interface between a third-party system (Point of Sale - POS) that are used in Miraj Retail & Supermarket stores with SAP to capture & book goods movement, invoice booking, GST in SAP system & its respective reporting.
  • Worked closely with key business users in developing detailed user requirements, analysing it and coming up with conceptual design of proposed solutions by following SAP best practices laid down for such business processes.
  • Involved in configuration of product costing, variance & WIP, Overhead cost sheet, splitting structure for actual activity rate.
  • Assisted client with Costing Month end closing, streamlined the same, documented the process, imparted training on it.
  • Assessed credit management business need vertical wise, mapped & done necessary configuration in SAP FSCM-Credit Management system in accordance with business process requirement & discussion, tested & handled query related to the credit management.
  • Handling issues related to post go-live of S/4HANA 1610 implementation related to all major aspects of financial accounting, taxes, cash journal, bank reconciliation, NWBC, asset accounting, accounts receivables & payable, product costing, overhead etc.
  • Defining and Customization of Condition Type’s, Define Procedure, Tax Codes, and Account Key for taxation flow.
  • Extensively supported client in resolving their core business processes issues by performing root cause analysis, propose a workaround wherever required and provide a permanent solution to avoid reoccurrence of the issue, prepared business process document (BPD).
  • Worked extensively on GST rollout effective from July 2017 in S4HANA system with relevant SAP notes, mapped all the required scenarios from P2P to O2C that has direct impact on GST related transactions of client’s business processes.
  • Consulted with client in their need of material valuation on FIFO basis, configured SAP standard solutions for it, tested successfully.
  • Configured Auto clearing F.13 for auto clearing of GR/IR balance, STO clearing GL balance, imparted training & given demo on it.
  • Mapped CAPEX & OPEX budgeting by using Internal order (IO) in SAP, developed Z report for post standard cost run analysis.

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  • Extensively Involved in S/4 HANA 1610 E2E Implementation project for a client having multiple business vertical such as FMCG, Pipes & Fitting, Engineering, Cinema, Books & Printing& Stationary, Hotels, Real Estate etc, implemented SAP in total 13 verticals.
  • Understanding the clients existing business process, drafting AS-IS document and TO-BE document preparation as per discussion.
  • Mapped the business process of various verticals in SAP HANA system as per sign-off Business Blue Print (BPP) document.
  • Extensively used standard SAP BAPI for transaction data, master data upload, used tool such as LSMW, BDC also wherever required.
  • FIORI apps testing from functional aspects, cross-verified the working & values of FIORI reports from standard SAP report.
  • Documentation done for end user training manual, customization document & other such UAT related documents.
  • Consulting with super user’s & assisting them with any kind of issues in the live system post go-live for stabilizing the business process & providing training to user for day to day transactions, assisted them in legacy trial balance (TB) matching with SAP.
  • Imparted training to all vertical’s end users on new developments and ensuring that they are at a comfort level using SAP system.
  • Weekly meeting with super users to understand their issue in SAP related to their day to day working and reporting part.
  • Assisted client with Fixed Asset’s PO capex budgeting, its AUC creation, AUC settlement, asset reporting, shift depreciation in SAP FI.
  • Assessed the client’s GST related reports requirement with our SAP consulting team in preparation of GSTR3B, GSTR1 and GSTR2.
  • Worked on cross module Integration, customization of OBYC and VKOA settings between FI-SD & FI-MM for an appropriate account determination as per client’s need, done Integration testing between FI -SD & FI-MM.
  • Gathering client’s new requirement / issues as per their ongoing business process, developing, testing and taking sign off on them.
  • Given Functional Specs to ABAP team for creating custom reports, custom print program option as per client’s requirement.

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Description

  • Extensively responsible for development of business organisation structure & designing business processes in S/4HANA 1709 to mirror actual client’s business requirement into SAP system through ASAP implementation methodology.
  • Prepared AS-IS, KDS, BPML & Business Blueprints (BPP) documents process wise and explained the same to responsible stakeholders.
  • Completed the Integration configuration & testing in FI-SD & FI-MM process cycle and mapped OBYC settings material group wise.
  • Successfully completed data migration of all transaction & master data into SAP system from legacy with a proper cutover plan.
  • Consulted with users with their pain area’s in business process with respect to SAP, analysed & proposed solution to address every such points, handled a team of users by imparting training & solved queries addressing their area of concern while using in SAP.

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  • Conducted a GAP analysis sessions with client & extensively worked on re-implementation of major SAP functionalities in accordance to client’s business requirement and business process needs, assisted & supported the stakeholder’s till the stabilization phase.
  • Worked on customization of FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, FI-cash journals, banking, fixed asset, check management, bank reconciliation statement – BRS, Automatic payment program – APP, FI-taxation, payment advise printing, check printing etc.
  • Extensively worked on taxation part for FI, withholding tax, TDS, tax codes, special GL settings for customer & vendor, exchange rate management for daily foreign currency transaction and Import PO custom exchange rate maintenance.
  • Drafted functional specification (FS) for ABAP team for development of custom reports, customization of Z transaction codes, BDC data migration, master data upload using BDC & LSMW, transaction entries upload using BDC.

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Description

  • Conducted a GAP analysis sessions with client & extensively worked on re-implementation of major SAP functionalities in accordance to client’s business requirement and business process needs, assisted & supported the stakeholder’s till the stabilization phase.
  • Worked on customization of FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, FI-cash journals, banking, fixed asset, check management, bank reconciliation statement – BRS, Automatic payment program – APP, FI-taxation, payment advise printing, check printing etc.
  • Extensively worked on taxation part for FI, withholding tax, TDS, tax codes, special GL settings for customer & vendor, exchange rate management for daily foreign currency transaction and Import PO custom exchange rate maintenance.
  • Drafted functional specification (FS) for ABAP team for development of custom reports, customization of Z transaction codes, BDC data migration, master data upload using BDC & LSMW, transaction entries upload using BDC.
  • Extensively worked on FI-MM & FI-SD cycle & it’s flow to FI with accounting impact, assisted in preparing purchase & sales register.
  • Gained knowledge of MM & SD pricing procedure, tax determination and its working with GL assignment and accounts posting.
  • Involved in Core User training, preparing user manual and troubleshooting day-to-day issues for business transactions.
  • Assisted in customising cheque & payment advice printing program as per client’s requirement, drafted functional specs for it.

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  • Facilitated the support in solving issues pertaining to FI business processes in SAP ERP system from its sub-modules of General Ledger, Cash Journal, Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation and Asset Accounting.
  • Worked on Integration settings between FI-SD for an appropriate account determination as per client’s need.
  • Responsible for getting client’s new requirement / issues as per their business process, developing, testing & taking sign-off on them.
  • Worked on knowledge transition & conducting KT session with fellow colleagues & client’s stakeholders.

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