SAP FI Expert

• Dec 2014 - Present

SAP Consultant

• Apr 2013 - Dec 2014

Analysis and prioritizing the current business needsin Reporting, Tax accounting, Management Reporting, Warehouse management, Credit Control, Logistic, Pricing, Integration with other SAP and non-SAP systems. Gathering and formalization of requirements. Taking architectural decisions for new functionality implementation. Preparation of blueprints for the new solutions, system customizing, functional specifications preparation, developments monitoring, testing, documenting, training of users. Problem solving for JCB offices in other countries, like USA (tax reporting, CO-PA performance, bank remittances upload), participation in an UK project. Delegating some tasks to third parties, leading and monitoring their work, monitoring expenditures on SAP development tasks. Day-to-day support of Finance department (FICO) and Warehouse and Logistic department (MM, SD) users. Show less

SAP FICO Consultant

• Dec 2009 - Mar 2013

SAP implementation projects: Identifying business requirements, legal requirements and potential gaps in following areas: AR, VAT, Income Tax, Fixed Assets, Trade Terms Management, Commercial Controlling, Logistic Controlling, Reporting. Analysis of AS IS processes and working on TO BE processes. Configuration of FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA, FI-SL, CO-CEA, CO-CCA, CO-IO, CO-PCA, Credit management, Investment Management, Cash Journal, Russian Add-On features. Integration between FICO and MM, LE, SD modules. Functional designs preparation, close interaction with ABAP developers. Creation of a new Overheads cost accounting structure for integrated controlling of 2 merged companies, alignment of management accounting principles users trainings, monitoring and support Creation of solutions for tax accounting: income tax, VAT. Configuration of Report Painter and Drilldown reports for managerial reporting. Adaptation of global template to Russian specific requirements. Mapping of charts of accounts. Data conversion Users training preparation and leading. Testing: Scenarios preparation for unit tests, integration tests, simulation tests; coordination of integration and simulation tests inside FICO team and integration with other teams; issues tracking and solving. Post Go-Live support. New team members coaching. Show less

Senior Business Analyst/Business Analyst

• 2008 - 2009

SAP implementation projects: Gathering and analysis of methodological requirements, defining TO BE processes in tax accounting after significant legal changes. Analysis of AS IS technical solution and aligning it with TO BE processes. Customizing of FI-SL, FI-AA. Preparation of more than 50 reports in SAP with Excel layouts for income tax accounting with Report Painter, Report Writer, SAP Query, and ABAP developments. Functional designs preparation, collaboration with developers, unit test, simple ABAP user-exits writing. Implementation of the income tax solution in more than 15 branches. Users support in production system. Project's documentation handling, users' training. IT Strategy project: Analysis of clients' interview (19 companies), finding out goals and requirements of the client. Design of high-level business processes automation map in the financial sphere (Cash management, Financial accounting and Tax accounting). Blueprint of a transition path from a current automation level to the target level using pilot and roll-outs approach. Preparing the final presentation of TO BE solution in Financial and Tax accounting to the client. Show less