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Consulting Lead and Manager

With a varied experience of over 10 years that spreads across Audit, Corporate Finance, Fourth Shift - ERP Consulting and SAP Consulting, I am someone who believes in living in pursuit of the ultimate challenge. My experience consists of defining & providing alternate business solutions taking into account applicable operational, technical, industry & product requirements. I am a quick learner, mentor and leader with ability to make solutions-oriented, creative & innovative contributions.

Desired Positions

Business Analyst, Senior Consultant / Team Leader, Project Manager, Consulting Manager

Work Preferences

Desired Salary
600 - 1,000 per day  
Availability
4 Weeks  
Desired Job Type
Full Time  
Can Travel for Work
Moderately  
Highest Education Level
Bachelor Degree  
Current Location
Sydney, Australia  
Willing to relocate?
Yes
Residency / Visa
Authorized to work in this location

Skills and Experience

Category Yrs. Exp. Until
SAP R/3 and mySAP CO - Controlling Activity-Based Costing 3 2008  
    Cost Centre Accounting 3 2008  
    Cost Element Accounting 3 2008  
    Product Cost Controlling 3 2008  
    Profitability Analysis 3 2008  
  FI - Financial Accounting Accounts Payable 3 2008  
    Accounts Receivable 3 2008  
    General Ledger Accounting 3 2008  
    Special Purpose Ledger 3 2008  
  IM - Investment Management Spec. Investments 3 2008  
  PS - Project Systems Costs 3 2008  
    Documents 3 2008  
    Information System 3 2008  

Employment History

Job Title
Principal Lead - FICO
Industry
Retail
05/2008 to Current

Employer   : Accenture Australia
Location     : Sydney
Client         : 14 billion dollar FMCG company

Role & Responsibility:
1. Principal Lead for FICO and Integration Management
2. Lead a team of consultants and business users for the FICO implementation for the Bakery, Coffee and Tea, Household & Bodycare and the Foodservice business of the Client in Australia and New Zealand. - Version ECC 6.0
3. Manage and co-ordinate the integration activities, testing, issue resolution during the course of the project.
4. Improvise the Global SAP template for FICO apart from implementing improvements to the SAP in Box methodology being used by the client.

Achievements:
1. Developed the new on-site and off-shore operating model for SAP implementations of the client.
2. Defining a new conversion strategy and lead the improvisation of the conversion tools for data migration. Visible reduction in time & complexity and increase in data quality.
3. Improvements being made to the Global SAP template in the modules of FI-AA and PS
4. Working on implementing other improvements to the Global FICO template with the added options available in ECC 6.0

Job Title
Principal Lead - FICO
Industry
Retail
09/2007 to 04/2008
Employer    : Accenture India
Location      : Indonesia and Hong Kong
Client         : 14 billion dollar FMCG company

Role & Responsibility:

1. Lead a team of 3 Finance Consultants and 8 users in the roll out of SAP R/3 v4.6C for the companies in Indonesia and Hong Kong.
2. Ensuring successful roll out and deployment of the SAP template in the two manufacturing companies and the one marketing and sales company that were in the scope of the roll out.
3. Ensuring compliance of all the project and quality requirements in terms of delivery and user satisfaction.
4. Provide assistance to the Asia BSG team and rendering remote support to the BPO in Asia of the client who are already Live on SAP.
5. Undertake template improvements and enhancements.
6. Conduct training for BPO and KU across all companies on the template when a new template improvement or enhancement is being introduced.

Achievements:
1. Met all milestones set for the project in Indonesia and Hong Kong. Successful Go Live.
2. Extensive implementation of CO-PC and COPA modules. Use of Integrated COPA Planning framework.
3. Changing the product costing structure in Indonesia and thereby adding greater value to the business by being able to calculate more accurate product costs.
4. Successful in training the conversion consultant for finance on all conversion tools and objects so that with minimal supervision the conversion quality target of 99% is achieved.
5. Initiated various template improvements in the Advertisement & Promotion control functionality, Roles and Authorizations and COPA planning.

Job Title
Principal Lead - FICO
Industry
Retail
12/2006 to 08/2007

Employer    : Accenture India
Location      : Malaysia and Singapore
Client         : 14 billion dollar FMCG company

Role & Responsibility:

1. Lead a team of 4 Finance consultants and 7 users for the roll out of SAP R/3 V 4.6C for clients operations in Malaysia and Singapore.
2. Ensuring successful roll out and deployment of the SAP template in the two manufacturing companies and the three marketing and sales company that were in the scope of the roll out.
3. End to end responsibility for the processes related to Planning & Budgeting and Product Costing during the roll out.
4. Analyze template improvements that are possible and work with the European consulting team of the client on implementing the improvements.

Achievements:
1. Met all milestones set for the project in Malaysia and Singapore. Successful Go Live.
2. Created various accelerators like Functional Designs, Test Scripts, Conversion Designs, Project Plan for Finance - that would be used by the client in the future roll outs
3. Extensive implementation of Product Costing and COPA Planning in Malaysia and Singapore to ensure high business value addition.

Job Title
Team Lead - FICO Support
Industry
Retail
07/2005 to 11/2006
Employer    : Accenture India
Location      : Hyderabad India
Client         : 14 billion dollar FMCG company

Role & Responsibility:

a) Member of the  ASP-Finance Team at Accenture Hyderabad. Lead the Application Development work on the FICO module for the client.
b)Involved in the Poland and Philippines roll out of the client on SAP R/3 v 4.6C.
c) Management and delivery of the Requests for Change for Live Opcos - new developments, enhancements with due compliance of the change management process in place.
d) Ensuring that any support incidents reported as part of the application maintenance contract are resolved within the SLA time lines defined in the contract.

Achievements:
a) Worked with the consulting team on devising a simple and effective solution within SAP for the Advertisement and Promotion process of the client
b) Devised the business solution for the VAT-Register for Poland, Special Purpose Ledger reconciliation - Spain
c) Worked in close coordination with the ASP-IT team in streamlining the Authorization & Roles related Requests for change for the FIN Team
d) Worked closely with the Project Management team to implement  various internal process and quality improvements both within the Finance team and the Project as a whole.
e) Represented the Project team during the SAS70 and Client audit that were conducted.
f) Contributed to the training of the new authorization and role template (OH&C Project) to the finance team members
g) Was awarded the "Instant Karma" award for excellence by Accenture for the quarter of Dec-Feb'06.

Job Title
Team Lead - Application Support
Industry
Computing - Consulting / Professional Services
03/2003 to 02/2005
Employer    : Softbrands Research India Pvt Ltd
Location      : Bangalore, India

Role & Responsibility:
a) Transition and initialization of Off-Shore Consulting and Support for customers in USA, for the Finance Module of the ERP Fourth Shift.
b) Product and Process enhancement measures.
c) Conduct Consultant Training classes for the Finance module.
d) Managing the Applications team in Bangalore and assisting in the recruitment and induction activities.

Achievements:
a) Meeting all SLA with regard to application maintenance consistently for 2 years.
b) Assisted in the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning .
c) Developed a new performance matrix tool that could be used by project management specifically for off shore consultants working on support projects.
d) Assisted in pre-sales of various add-on services and products that were being offered to the clients.
Job Title
Finance Executive
Industry
Accounting and Finance
01/2008 to Current
Employer    : Oracle India Private Limited
Location      : Bangalore, India

Role & Responsibility:
a) Assisted in the Roll Out process to Oracle 11i E-Suite.
b) Assisted in activities related to audit, month-end and year-end closing and management reporting.
c) Supervising the accounting of AP and GL module.

Achievements:
a) Implemented a process of ensuring timely and accurate recovery of advances from employees.
b) Was part of the improvisation team that implemented a number of process improvements within the finance operations to cater to specific Indian requirements.
Job Title
Audit Assistant
Industry
Accounting and Finance
07/1998 to 12/2001
Employer    :N.C.S Raghavan & Co. Chartered Accountants
Location      :Bangalore, India

Role and Responsibility:
a) Carrying out Statutory, Tax, Internal, Systems and Investigation audits for Corporate and Non-Corporate Clients.
b) Implementing the accounting system and processes at various clients.

Achievements:
a) Drafting and implementing a new Credit Policy for one of the leading Printing and Publishing houses in Southern India.
b) Conducting MIS audit for one of the leading Textile companies in India which assisted in reducing the manufacturing costs by better control on planning, procurement, production and payment processes.
c) Assisted one of the worlds largest Automobile companies in implementing a process that ensured better recovery of dues from customers and largest savings by avoiding interest on late payments to vendors.

Qualifications

Completed Institution Degree / Qualification
2000 Bangalore University, India Bachelors of Commerce  
2001 ICAI - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India CA - Inter  
2004 ISACA - Information Systems Audit & Conrol Association CISA  

Work Related Training & Certification

Completed Institution Training / Certification
2005 SAP SAP Certified Solution Consultant - Managerial & Finance Acc