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SREEDHAR RAO PHUTANE Project Manager, Hewlett-Packard
 
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SREEDHAR RAO PHUTANE
Project Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
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Bangalore, India
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SREEDHAR RAO PHUTANE's Experience
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Project Manager, Hewlett-Packard

IT Services
Current :

Project Manager, Hewlett-Packard

IT Services
India, Bangalore
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Project Manager, Zylog System P Ltd.

Singapore

Worked from 2011 to 2012

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Zylog System P Ltd., Singapore Since Oct11 Project Manager

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Project Manager, Zylog System P Ltd.

Singapore

Worked from 2011 to 2012

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Zylog System P Ltd., Singapore Since Oct11 Project Manager

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Tree Limited Project Manager, Organization Duration MindTree Limited

Worked from 2010 to 2012

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in Financials 5. Worked in Implementation, Rollout, Support and Migration projects. Organization Designation Duration MindTree Limited Project Manager 04/2010 - Till Date Hewlett Packard Project Manager

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Project Manager, Mind Tree Limited

Worked from 2010 to 2011

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Mind Tree Limited, Dubai Apr10 - Sep11 Project Manager - SEM/BI

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Project Manager, Mind Tree Limited

Worked from 2010 to 2011

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Mind Tree Limited, Dubai Apr10 - Sep11 Project Manager - SEM/BI

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SEM BCS CONSULTANT, Financial Services

New Delhi

Worked from 2007 to 2011

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dia Bulls Location: New Delhi ( April 2007 to Till Date) DOMAIN: Real Estate and Financial Services ROLE: SEM BCS CONSULTANT(in Version 6.0) DURATION: April07 to till date Roles and Responsibilities 1.Discussions with Clients regarding the consolidation process 2. Requirement Gathering 3. Prepared Business Blue Print 4. Configurations of the following: a. Activation of BW business content for business consolidation b. Designing and generation of Data Basis c. Generation of Consolidation Area d. Data collections via Load from Data Stream, flexible Uploads E. Master Data uploads and creations for FS items, breakdown categories, hierarchies, Movement types.., created document types, number ranges. f. Consolidation Functions (Eliminations of receivables and payables, inventories, Consolidation of investments and other functions like validations, reclassifications Organization changes ) g. Reporting via queries. 5. Settings done regarding the R/3 part activating trading partner to capture the Data for eliminations to be done for interknits. Company: IBM India P Ltd CLIENT: Shell Petroleum Ltd

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Project Manager, Hewlett Packard ,

Mumbai

Worked from 2008 to 2010

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Hewlett Packard, Mumbai Feb08 - Apr10 Project Manager - SEM/BI

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SEM Team Lead, Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Worked from 2008 to 2010

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02/2008 - 04/2010 Satyam Computer Services Ltd., SEM Team Lead

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Project Manager, Hewlett Packard ,

Mumbai

Worked from 2008 to 2010

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Hewlett Packard, Mumbai Feb08 - Apr10 Project Manager - SEM/BI

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Team Lead, Satyam Computer Services

New Delhi

Worked from 2007 to 2008

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Satyam Computer Services, New Delhi / Melbourne Apr07 - Feb08 Team Lead - SEM/BI

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P Ltd SAP Consultant, IBM P Ltd

India

Worked from 2007 to 2008

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04/2007 - 02/2008 IBM India P Ltd SAP Consultant

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Team Lead, Satyam Computer Services

New Delhi

Worked from 2007 to 2008

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Satyam Computer Services, New Delhi / Melbourne Apr07 - Feb08 Team Lead - SEM/BI

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SAP Consultant, IBM India P Ltd.

London

Worked from 2005 to 2007

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IBM India P Ltd., Bangalore / London Jul05 - Apr07 SAP Consultant - SEM/FICO

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Solutions SAP Consultant, Global

Worked from 2005 to 2007

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07/2005 - 04/2007 Global soft Solutions SAP Consultant

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SAP Consultant, IBM India P Ltd.

London

Worked from 2005 to 2007

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IBM India P Ltd., Bangalore / London Jul05 - Apr07 SAP Consultant - SEM/FICO

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SEM BPS CONSULTANT, Location: London

London

Worked from 2005 to 2006

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Location: London ( Oct 2005 to March 2006) Present Location: Bangalore (April 2006 to till date) DOMAIN: OIL INDUSTRY ROLE: SAP FI and SEM BPS CONSULTANT DURATION: JULY05 to April 07 Role and Responsibilities: 1. Discussions with client representatives (Business process owners). 2. Creating of Process Design Documents. 3. Analysis of various business scenarios and mapping of business processes to business planning in SAP SEM BPS. 4. Configuration of Different planning application like cost center, sales, local investment, profit, and balance sheet planning. 5. Configuration of Business Planning Architecture (Planning Area, Levels, Packages, manual layouts, and various planning functions) 6. Creating End user training materials and training them regarding planning folders functionality. 7. using of Fox formulas in planning functions and visual basic in planning executions. 8. Created local and global planning sequence for complex planning functionality. 9. Effectively used BPS functionality like characteristic relationships and variable derivations. 10. Involved in Testing in Mercury Testing tools for various testing. 11. Involved in Retraction and Extraction of data from R/3 to BW and BW to R/3. COMPANY : GLOBAL SOFT SOLUTIONS, BANGALORE CLIENT : McCormick Global Imports, USA ROLE :

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SAP Consultant, Global Soft Solutions ,

Bangalore

Worked from 2002 to 2005

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Global Soft Solutions, Bangalore Nov02 - Jun05 SAP Consultant - FICO

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Company Jr Officer, 06/2005 McDowell and Company

Worked from 2002 to 2005

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11/2002- 06/2005 McDowell and Company Jr Officer Finance

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SAP Consultant, Global Soft Solutions ,

Bangalore

Worked from 2002 to 2005

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Global Soft Solutions, Bangalore Nov02 - Jun05 SAP Consultant - FICO

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FI/CO CONSULTANT, JOB DESCRIPTION: Studying Of Clients

Worked from 2002 to 2005

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SAP-FI/CO CONSULTANT PERIOD : Nov02 - June05 JOB DESCRIPTION: Studying of Clients business process requirements and mapping them with reference to SAP R/3 - FI/CO Module features. TASKS: Team Member for the Project study for the first phase of the implementation. Team member involved in the customizing and testing of the FI/CO relevant data for the successful implementation. Worked in coordination with ABAP team in designing of Screens, Menus, Forms, reports on the Finance module side relating to GL, AR, AP, and also creation of sets, Ledger-Global and Local Ledgers, Reports relating to Special Purpose Ledger. CUSTOMIZATION OF FI/CO The feature includes - Analysis and design phase (FI business Blueprint) Determination of organization structure of existing business. All the organizational entities were defined and customized. Configuration of Country specific and Currency related settings Definition and assignment of various organizational units in FI representing the organizational structure Configuration of GL, AR, AP and Asset Accounting sub-modules like creation of Chart of Accounts, Master Records-Customers, Vendors, GL and transporting to different Environment using ALE. Financial Statement Versions, Automatic Procedures viz., dunning, payment program. Worked with Interfaces, Programs, Reports, Forms, and good knowledge of IDOCs. Controlling: Configuration aspects relating to Cost and Revenue Elements Accounting and Cost Center Accounting. Configuration of FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA SCOPE COVERED UNDER FI IMPLEMENTATION: Defining and assigning FI/CO Enterprise Structure. Settings for field selection of Master Data. Defining and assigning Number Ranges for GL, AR, AP, and AA. Defining Customer Groups and Vendor Groups in Master Data. Configuring House Banks and Payment Programs in Accounts Payable. Configuring and Defining Asset Categories in Master Data. Co-ordination with ABAP team for designing Layout Sets. Co-ordination with Basis Consultant for Authorization Profiles. SCOPE COVERED UNDER CO IMPLEMENTATION: Defining and Configuring Controlling area. Creating Cost Element Accounts. Creating and Configuring Various Cost Centers. Creating and Configuring Various Profit Centers. Consolidating Various Cost Elements across Cross Company Codes under the controlling area. Training: Preparing training material and training end user and trouble shooting their issues relating to the applications in co ordination with SAP OSS Testing: Creation of test scripts, test cases, testing them, resolving the defects. Functional Work Experience: COMPANY: McDowell and Company Limited LOCATION: BANGALORE POSITION:

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Junior Officer, McDowell and Company

Bangalore

Worked from 2000 to 2002

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McDowell and Company, Bangalore Nov00 - Nov02 Junior Officer - Finance

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Admin Executive, Alcatel Telecom Ltd

Worked from 2000 to 2002

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11/2000 - 11/2002 Alcatel Telecom Ltd Accounts and Admin Executive

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Junior Officer, McDowell and Company

Bangalore

Worked from 2000 to 2002

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McDowell and Company, Bangalore Nov00 - Nov02 Junior Officer - Finance

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Scope Of

Worked from 2000 to 2002

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Officer-Finance PERIOD : November00 to Nov02 Scope of work: Worked extensively in the field of Analysis of financial report of the company. Preparation of Management information reports relating to 1. Liquidity: Cash flow and fund flow management and also fund management of the branch. 2. Assets - Monitoring of Fixed Assets and booking in Register, Current assets, and handling of depreciation, percentage for various assets, written down method Involved in purchase procedure of assets right from quotations to issue of purchase Orders and finalizing and capitalizing the cost. 3. Customers and Vendors: Handled various customers and vendors in the branch Like maintaining list of vendors and customers, making payments/ receiving payments Following the terms and conditions like terms of payments, discounts, follow-ups, etc Involved Accounts receivable and payable function like quotation, comparison, approvals, Purchase orders, finalizing and making payments as per the agreed terms with vendors And involved in arrangement of supply of goods to customers to follow-ups. Handled Various vendors like material vendors who supplied items for schemes, Service vendors Like Electrical, Civil contractors, Labour contractors, and also the tax vendors like sales Tax, professional tax, income tax, etc. 4.Management information Systems: Preparing various reports for interoffice head office And management reporting like fund position reports, stock position reports, creditors and Debtor outstanding statements - expected due dates and possible creation of bad debts. Sales/revenue reports, budgets-monthly, annual. 5. Financial functions: Preparing right from vouchers to financial statements, and Preparing for audits -internal, statutory and Tax audits. Involved in various financial Reports at branch and head office levels. COMPANY: Alcatel Telecom Limited LOCATION: Bangalore POSITION:

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Accounts Executive, Alcatel Telecom Ltd.

Bangalore

Worked from 1997 to 2000

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Alcatel Telecom Ltd., Bangalore Jan97 - Oct00 Accounts Executive

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Press Ltd Accounts Executive, Tata Press Ltd

Worked from 1997 to 2000

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01/1997 - 10/2000 Tata Press Ltd Accounts Executive

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Accounts Executive, Alcatel Telecom Ltd.

Bangalore

Worked from 1997 to 2000

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Alcatel Telecom Ltd., Bangalore Jan97 - Oct00 Accounts Executive

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Administrative Executive, DOMAIN

Worked from 1997 to 2000

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Account-Cum-Administrative Executive PERIOD : January97 to October00 DOMAIN : TELECOM Scope of work: Worked in the field of accounts and administration. Involved in the writing book of accounts right from voucher entry, creation of necessary accounts, trial balance, monitoring the accounts like security deposits, advances, and down payments to vendors/Customer balances. Finalization of accounts-Preparing Schedule of Accounts\Debtors\Creditors, Profit and Loss Accounts, Balance sheet. Administration functions like procuring offices for company at various cities and arranging Basic infrastructure to functioning, and correspondence with various departments. COMPANY: Tata Donnelly and Sons LOCATION: Bangalore POSITION:

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Accounts Executive, Tata Press Ltd.

Bangalore

Worked from 1993 to 1996

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Tata Press Ltd., Bangalore Jul93 - Nov96 Accounts Executive Highlights Other awards / recognitions: IBM India Pvt. Ltd.: Worked and Managed SAP Support Operations in IBM for which got outstanding award and also retainer ship. Managed the Shared Model of support project keeping the SLAs as prominent. Hewlett Packard - Implemented and Managed Two Consolidation project and One CPM project Independently, Monitored the resource, time, budget and also the quality to ensure both client and Top management happy. The two clients Gujarat Glass Ltd and Piramal Healthcare Ltd. I got outstanding Awards for all three implementations with monetary benefit. Mind Tree Ltd.: Developed the competencies in Business Consolidation and Business Intelligence-Trained different modules resources in Business Intelligence and Consolidation, Guided resources in projects during implementation with proper documentations, and project guidelines. Trainings undertaken / imparted: Trained different modules resources in Business Intelligence and Consolidation, Guided resources in projects during implementation with proper documentations, and project guidelines. Major clients handled / other major projects handled: Petroleum - Shell Petroleum. Pharmaceuticals -Piramal Healthcare Ltd. Real Estate - Dubai Real Estate Corporation. Manufacturing -Gujarat Glass Ltd. Major consulting assignments: Undertaken independent Consulting assignment in Business Intelligence on Reporting. Process enhancement measures: Worked on process enhancements in IBM during Support Project. Major technological up gradations: Worked on Data Migration Projects for BCS-version upgrades, and BI version upgrades. PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS Trainings SEM Bangalore; SAP India P Ltd., Bangalore; 5 weeks. SEM BCS, New Delhi; Siemens; 1 week.

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Projects Profile 1 Project

Worked from 1993 to 1996

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07/1993- 11/1996 Projects Profile 1. Project in Mind tree Limited, Dubai WASL: Module: SEM Business Consolidation-Implementation/FICO/Business Intelligence. May 10 to till date Role: Managing and Implementing SEM BCS with Legal Consolidation and Business Intelligence Project Description for SEM BCS and BI. 7.0 1. SEM BCS Version 6.4 2. Requirement gathering, client discussions, preparing of business process documents Business blueprint. 3. Configurations of Eliminations functions in areas like Receivables and Payables, Income with Expenses, Inter unit Profit and Loss, Elimination of transfer of Assets. 4. Consolidation of investments configuration and business functionality like handling of Subsidiaries, Joint Venture Companies, Associates with different business scenarios and Mapping the scenarios in BCS, and applying different methods of consolidation like purchase Method and equity method. 5. The entire consolidation was configured considering the Local GAAP, US GAAP for Legal Reporting purpose. 6. Other consolidations functions configured like data collection flexible uploads using various Templates, Load from Data Stream. Configured the reclassification and allocation Functionality 7. The Data collection was extracted from multiple ERP systems using BI Functionalities 8. Workflow configurations for Manual Data Entry, and other functionalities 9. Reporting at Various sub group levels. 10. Entire Business Intelligence Implementations right from Installation to ELT, Reporting, Authorizations. Worked in ELT, Creation of Source Systems, Data Sources, Data Targets, and various report designing tools. Project Description for SAP FICO 1.Worked and implemented on modules -FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AA end to end. 2.Integration with modules FI-MM, FI-PS, FI-FM, FI-PM. 3.BI Modelling, Administration ,Authorizations, Reportings. 2. Project in Hewlett Packard Piramal Healthcare Limited Project Leader -SEM BCS Dec 08 to Till Date Role: Managed and Implementing SEM BCS with Legal Consolidation. Project Description: 1. SEM BCS Version 6.2 2. Requirement gathering, client discussions, preparing of business process documents Business blueprint. 3. Configurations of Eliminations functions in areas like Receivables and Payables, Income with Expenses, Inter unit Profit and Loss, Elimination of transfer of Assets. 4. Consolidation of investments configuration and business functionality like handling of Subsidiaries, Joint Venture Companies, Associates with different business scenarios and Mapping the scenarios in BCS, and applying different methods of consolidation like purchase Method and equity method. 5. The entire consolidation was configured considering the Local GAAP, US GAAP for Legal Reporting purpose. 6. Other consolidations functions configured like data collection flexible uploads using various Templates, Load from Data Stream. Configured the reclassification and allocation Functionality 7. The Data collection was extracted from multiple ERP systems using BI Functionalities 8. Multiple Fiscal year Variant mapping to BCS for Consolidation. 9. Multi group currency Reporting at Various sub group levels. 2. Projects in Hewlett Packard Piramal Glass Limited Project Leader -SEM BCS and CPM Feb 08 to Oct 08 Role: Leading the team into the implementation of SEM BCS -legal and Management Consolidation and CPM-implemented Management Cockpit. On the SEM BCS Version 6.0 involved in requirement gathering, client discussions, preparing of business process documents- business blueprint, and involved in Configurations of Eliminations functions in areas like Receivables and Payables, Income with Expenses, Inter unit Profit and Loss, Elimination of transfer of Assets. Consolidation of investments configuration and business functionality like handling of Subsidiaries, Joint Venture Companies, Associates with different business scenarios and mapping the scenarios in BCS, and applying different methods of consolidation like purchase method and equity method. The entire consolidation was configured considering the Local GAAP, US GAAP for Legal reporting purpose. Other consolidations functions configured like data collection flexible uploads using various templates, Load from Data Stream and also configured the reclassification and allocation functionality. On the SEM CPM 6.0 implemented Management cockpits, right from requirement gathering, understanding their business processes and existing management information system. 1.Created the required queries with OLAP enabled 2.Key Performance Indicators are created in queries as per the requirement of client. 3.Configured the measures as required for Cockpit . 4.Configured the Two types of Variables-Presentation and Runtime variables, and also Time Variables. 5.Configured the Management Cockpit with required - Wall, Logical View, Frames as per the business requirement. 6.Implemented the Buffer system to tackle the performance issues. 3. Project in Satyam Computer Services INDIA BULLS Project Leader-SEM BCS Apr 07 to Feb 08 Project Description On the SEM BCS Version 6.0 involved in requirement gathering, client discussions, preparing of business process documents- business blueprint, and involved in Configurations of Eliminations functions in areas like Receivables and Payables, Income with Expenses, Inter unit Profit and Loss, Elimination of transfer of Assets. Consolidation of investments configuration and business functionality like handling of Subsidiaries, Joint Venture Companies, Associates with different business scenarios and mapping the scenarios in BCS, and applying different methods of consolidation like purchase method and equity method. The entire consolidation was configured considering the Local GAAP for Legal reporting purpose. Other consolidations functions configured like data collection - flexible uploads using various templates, Load from Data Stream. And also configured the reclassification and allocation functionality. Worked on Business Intelligence 7.0 version, Involved with activation of business contents, and worked all BW Objects. Involved in performance tuning, - indexing and statistics, partitioning of info cubes, repartitioning, remodeling, and comfortable with entire BI environment modeling, transports, administration of BW objects, transports of BI Objects (CTO). Worked with latest reporting tools in BI. 4. Project in IBM Global Services SHELL PETROLEUM(London) SEM BPS Consultant July 05 to Apr 07 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 1. Discussions with client representatives (Business process owners). 2. Creating of Process Design Documents. 3. Analysis of various business scenarios and mapping of business processes to business planning in SAP SEM BPS. 4. Configuration of Different planning application like cost center, sales, local investment, profit, and balance sheet planning. 5. Configuration of Business Planning Architecture (Planning Area, Levels, Packages, manual layouts, and various planning functions) 6. Creating End user training materials and training them regarding planning folders functionality. 7. using of Fox formulas in planning functions and visual basic in planning executions. 8. Created local and global planning sequence for complex planning functionality. 9. Effectively used BPS functionality like characteristic relationships and variable derivations. 10. Involved in Testing in Mercury Testing tools for various testing. 11. Involved in Retraction and Extraction of data from R/3 to BW and BW to R/3. 5. Project in Global Soft McCormick Global Imports FICO Consultant Nov 02 to June 05 Studying of Clients business process requirements and mapping them with reference to SAP R/3 - FI/CO Module features. TASKS: Team Member for the Project study for the first phase of the implementation. Team member involved in the customizing and testing of the FI/CO relevant data for the successful implementation. Worked in coordin

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Accounts Executive, Tata Press Ltd.

Bangalore

Worked from 1993 to 1996

Brief summary :

Tata Press Ltd., Bangalore Jul93 - Nov96 Accounts Executive Highlights IBM India Pvt Ltd - Worked and Managed SAP Support Operations in IBM for which got outstanding award and also retainer ship. Managed the Shared Model of support project keeping the SLAs as prominent. Hewlett Packard - Implemented and Managed Two Consolidation project and One CPM project Independently, Monitored the resource, time, budget and also the quality to ensure both client and Top management happy. The two clients Gujarat Glass Ltd and Piramal Healthcare Ltd. I got outstanding Awards for all three implementations with monetary benefit. Mind Tree Ltd - Developed the competencies in Business Consolidation and Business Intelligence-Trained different modules resources in Business Intelligence and Consolidation, Guided resources in projects during implementation with proper documentations, and project guidelines. Training Imparted Trained different modules resources in Business Intelligence and Consolidation, Guided resources in projects during implementation with proper documentations, and project guidelines. Major Clients-Projects handled Petroleum - Shell Petroleum Pharmaceuticals -Piramal Healthcare Ltd Real Estate - Dubai Real Estate Corporation Manufacturing -Gujarat Glass Ltd Major consulting assignments Undertaken independent Consulting assignment in Business Intelligence on Reporting Any process enhancement measures Worked on process enhancements in IBM during Support Project Major technological up gradations Worked on Data migration projects for BCS-version upgrades, and BI version upgrades PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS Trainings SEM Bangalore; SAP India P Ltd., Bangalore,; 5 weeks. SEM BCS, New Delhi; Siemens; 1 week.

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Account-Assistant, DOMAIN

Worked from 1993 to 1996

Brief summary :

Account-Assistant PERIOD : July93 to November96 DOMAIN : PUBLICATION Scope of work: 1. Assets - Monitoring of Fixed Assets and booking in Register, Current assets, And handling of depreciation, percentage for various assets, written down method involved in purchase procedure of assets right from quotations to issue of purchase orders and finalizing and capitalizing the cost. 2. Customers and Vendors: Handled various customers and vendors in the branch like maintaining list of vendors and customers, making payments/ receiving payments following the terms and conditions like terms of payments, discounts, follow-ups, etc involved Accounts receivable and payable function like quotation, comparison, approvals, purchase orders, finalizing and making payments as per the agreed terms with vendors and involved in arrangement of supply of goods to customers to follow-ups. Handled various vendors like material vendors who supplied items for schemes, Service vendors like Electrical, Civil contractors, Labour contractors, and also the tax vendors like sales tax, professional tax, income tax, etc. 3. Management information Systems: Preparing various reports for interoffice head office and management reporting like fund position reports, stock position reports, creditors and debtor outstanding statements - expected due dates and possible creation of bad debts. Sales/revenue reports, budgets-monthly, annual. 4. Financial functions: Preparing right from vouchers to financial statements, and Preparing for audits -internal, statutory and Tax audits. Involved in various financial reports at branch and head office levels. 6. Stores and Stocks: Maintaining of stock positions, issues/receipt of the goods from head office and booking the same as the requirements of statutory laws. Maintaining various records of stores like goods issue register, goods receipt register. Computerizing the various documents.

 
 
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