Accounts Payable Receivable

Haritha Tadepalli

SAP CONSULTANT/FI Certified

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Mobile 248-***-****

Summary

A well - qualified and highly successful professional seeking a challenging leadership position where I can apply my expertise through the best practices to deliver world-class projects in SAP ERP.

Certified FICO Consultant, with 11 + years of total work experience with rich experience in S4 HANA FICO along with technical skills in ABAP.

Expertise in working with project teams in design and deploy the financial solutions.

Areas of expertise include SAP S4 Hana/SAP ECC FI Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable/Banking/VIM/Reporting/GL/CO/Payments and blackline.

I had been a part of end-to-end implementations in S/4 HANA as techno functional lead and well versed in gathering business requirements, performing gap analysis, developing functional specifications, configuration, testing, and post go - live support.

Expertise in handling incidents, change managements, solving problem tickets. Good experience in third party interfaces like VEGA, Concur, Vertex, blackline process etc.

Involved in configurations, developments and maintained SAP FICO and FPSL modules, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.

Controlling experience include cost center accounting, profitability analysis (COPA).

Worked on US taxation and 1099 forms for vendors. Good exposure in solution manager ticketing tools.

Strong work experience on reports, interfaces, enhancements, workflows, and forms.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and implement process improvements, leading to increased efficiency and reduced costs.

Worked intensively in SAP S/4 HANA configuration and implemented customization in FPSL, FI/AR, FI/AP, FI/AA, FI/CO modules. Provided process improvement ideas as required in the projects.

Worked as a single point of contact in implementations and project go live in S/4 HANA FICO.

Current Experience:

Next Steps IT Services (Jan-2025 to Present)

Industry: Software

Service Area: Consulting

Role: SAP Business Analyst FICO

Client: Power Up Green

Roles and Responsibilities:

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business objectives, processes and requirements

Analyze business process, systems and data to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.

Gather, document and prioritize the business requirements through interviews, workshops and analysis of documentation.

Perform data analysis to support decision making and identify the trends, patterns and insights.

Experience with Process and tools used to capture requirements and test plans and able to drive the business requirements independently.

Worked independently on SAP Asset Accounting, driving areas like Asset transfers, retirements, depreciations, capitalization.

Handled enhancements and developments, upgrade activities, month end activities.

Hands on experience on migration of projects in Asset Accounting.

Able to work on Jira defects, testing environment, and good in managing supply chain systems like WMS and TMS.

Translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories for development teams.

Worked on cost centers, profitability analysis, COPA modules in CO.

Working on Accounts Payables process improvements and identifying GAPS.

Conducting UAT to ensure that delivered solutions are meeting the business requirements.

Working closely with technical teams in developments and enhancements.

Supporting daily incidents that are raised on bank statements, DME structures, SEPA.

Working closely with integration systems to ensure the smooth flow of transactions in SAP.

Worked with cross function modules like FICO and intercompany reconciliations during financial close by Blackline..

Ability to lead the business team, thorough understanding of business process.

Hands on experience in CO profit center accounting, COPA.

Handled full cycle implementations and able to analyses issues, provide effective recommendations.

Professional Expérience :

Deloitte (Déc. 2021 – Nov. 2024)

SAP FICO S/4 HANA Implementation

Client: Waymo (Jan 2024 – Nov 2024)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Following are the activities that are handled as part of Brown Field implementation: Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes and mapped them with SAP.

Implemented 1099 SAP notes, printed supplier 1099 forms and created 1099 Tax return files for IRS upload.

Provided production support on FI-MM and FI-SD. Production issues related to stock variance, pricing procedure, billing and COPA.

Creation/Change of master data.

Good experience in detailing of customer requirements in AP, AR, GL and FPSL modules.

Worked on FPSL integration with SAP General Ledger by ensuring seamless financial reporting.

Good knowledge in defining the configuration steps in SAP FPSL structure and establish the whole setup. This is critical for producing detailed management reports and regulatory disclosures.

Designed issues in SAP FPSL implementation, while meeting the several challenges like data volume and multi-GAAP adjustments.

Worked on integration with external systems like core banking and insurance. Regularly involved in testing the data that flows with accuracy.

Setting up loan contract in FPSL system, from the TP system data.

Worked on FPSL integration with CO-PA to track profitability by product line, customer segment and region.

Regularly interacted with users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and Functional speciation’s.

Experienced in testing scenarios such as integration, functional regression, UAT, performance and end to end testing.

Created functional specs for RICEFW objects.

Configured and optimized SAP Treasury solutions (Treasury Management, Cash and Liquidity Management, and bank communication management).

Worked on Vertex objects like calculation of indirect taxes, handling incoming invoices and billing transactions that are originated from ERP systems requires computation of indirect taxes.

Understanding the complexity of tax laws, and task to keep the tax system updated.

Facilitating communications between SAP and Vertex O series.

Conducted workshops to gather business requirements and defined the project scope.

Did gap analysis to identify system customization needs. Developed business blueprints for SAP S4 AR - Lockbox, Electronic Bank Statement, Payment Methods, Payment Terms and SEPA mandates for EMEA.

Developed design documents for SAP S4 Customer Master (Business Partners), FSCM Credit Management, Collection Management and Disputes Management.

Configured and maintained settings to activate standard SAP S4 functionality for Business Partners, Accounts Receivable and FPSL.

Worked with ABAP to deliver custom functionality for Lockbox (BAI2 mapping) and FSCM. Coordinated unit and user acceptance testing and resolved defects identified during testing.

Responsible for daily Treasury cash management duties, review bank accounts, positive pay and resolve transfer issues.

Testing and support of In-House cash, A/P and Treasury automatic payment programs, idoc creation, trouble shooting.

Configuration of electronic bank statements, and testing along with documentation work.

Calculated daily liquidity forecast, monitored payment transactions for vendors, intercompany netting reconciliations, reconciliations of bank and clearing accounts.

Good knowledge in using Vertex tax tool along with intercompany process through Idoc’s/EDI.

Good experience in financial close and reporting.

Worked closely with end users and testers during UAT and helped resolve issues by giving detailed explanations of the problems and methods of remediation.

SAP S/4 HANA FICO – AP/AR/GL/FPSL/Banking/Interfaces

Client : Mars Incorporâte (Aug2023 – Dec2023)

Rôles and Responsabilités :

Conducted workshops to gather business requirements and defined the project scope.

Did gap analysis to identify system customization needs.

Developed business blueprints for Accounts Receivable - Billing, Lockbox, Electronic Bank Statement. Developed design documents for S4 Hana Customer Master (Business Partners), FSCM Collection Management and Disputes Management.

Good knowledge on Vertex and SAP integrate that provides automated and accurate taxes.

Worked on preparation of functional specification document for several RICEFW objects and supported the ABAP development.

Worked on vertex middleware system that is integrated with systems like Ariba, S/4 HANA.

Configured and maintained settings to activate standard SAP S4 Hana functionality for Business Partners, Accounts Receivable and FSCM (Dispute Management and Collection Management).

Worked with ABAP to deliver custom functionality for Electronic Bank Statement, ACH direct debits, Lockbox, Billing and FPSL.

Worked on rules-based calculation engine that is used to determine, calculate and record transaction taxes.

Handled challenges that are faced indirect tax calculations from Vertex to SAP.

Coordinated unit and user acceptance testing and resolved defects identified during testing. Identified and completed cut-over tasks for go-live preparation. Provided one month of hype care to ensure system stability.

Hands on experience on Credit management and Dispute management.

Worked extensively in BCM set up that includes issues handling with this middleware system.

Worked on e invoicing process that includes automation, invoice validation and verification.

Understanding on simplifying invoice management by matching invoice data to contracts and purchase orders.

FI invoice postings, data transformation in the electronic file.

Tax code setup configuration.

Proficiency in SAP consolidation and group reporting processes.

SAPS/4 HANA FICO Consultant Upgrade Project

Client: Charter Communications (Jan 2023 – July 2023)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Worked in SAP S/4 upgrade new version activities that are to be performed during upgrade phase.

Completely responsible for the unit and integration testing of FICO sub modules.

Worked on Co. Code for USA with US GAAP including tax procedure with tax tool Vertex.

Provided functional assistance in the development of RICEF (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms)

Handled various issues of tax and VAT coming from Vertex to SAP. Realized the configuration misses and notified the clients during upgrade.

Reviewed business requirements covering FSCM applications covering Dispute Management, Dunning and Collection Management.

Did gap analysis to identify system customization needs. Maintained House Bank settings in FBZP. Configured standard settings for Electronic Bank Statement and Lockbox. Worked with ABAP resources to develop custom solutions for system gaps such as BAI2 le format mapping into SAP, Open item search criteria.

Coordinated with the Bank, IT and internal business team to test EBS and lock box bank les. Configured and maintained settings for Dispute Management to activate standard functionality - creation of disputes, dispute attributes, reason code mapping, attach documents, Customer disputed objects, dispute forms, dispute status and automatic update of dispute cases.

Handled credit card process like credit check, credit risk, integration with FI and SD.

Worked with ABAP to customize Dispute Management - Activated BADIs for default values during creation of dispute cases and custom forms, reports and an interface to Salesforce.

Configured and maintained settings for Collections Management - Creation Business Partners, Dene Collection Rules, Dene Collection Strategies, Dene Collection Groups, promise to pay, resubmission and logging of contacts.

Worked with ABAP to customize Collections Management - Activated BADIs for custom collection rules, distribution of work list, collection proles and promise to pay.

Coordinated unit and user acceptance testing and resolved defects identified during testing.

Identified and completed cut-over tasks for go-live preparation. Provided post go live support for Cash application (EBS, Lockbox and ACH), Dunning and FSCM (Dispute and Collection Management)

SAP S/4 HANA FICO (VIM Expert)

Client: Albemarle (Dec 2021 to Dec 2022)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Having hands on experience in functional upgrade of VIM from version 16.3 to 20.3

Handled tickets on accounts payable and VIM.

Integration of MM and SD modules with FICO module.

Provide application and integration support for assigned systems

Resolve user issues and requests.

Developed business blueprints for FSCM Disputes Management, Payer Direct and Accounts Payable.

Configured and maintained settings for Payer Direct to activate standard SAP functionality - Open Bills display, Dispute creation via Biller Direct, Dispute supporting documents, Paid Bills and Payments data.

Worked with ABAP and Java resources to customize Payer Direct - Added new columns to capture vendor information, remove ability to edit customer master data through Payer Direct.

Development of new functionality and enhancement for existing functionality for the project. To have thorough understanding of the business process involved and to design solutions and improvements in the process that will make the process more streamlined and convenient for the users.

Created functional specs for RICEF objects.

Completed settings in Biller Direct XCM to activate standard functions.

Coordinated unit and user acceptance testing and resolved defects identified during testing. Identified and completed cut-over tasks for go-live preparation.

Hands-on experience in configuring SAP Group Reporting, including end-to-end process setup.

Strong knowledge of SAP consolidation concepts and processes.

Experience in performance optimization for group reporting.

Having ability to manage complex SAP data models and master data.

INFOSYS (Aug 2021 – Nov 2021)

SAP FICO S/4 Hana Consultant

Client: Coca Cola (Aug2021 – Nov2021)

Rôles and Responsabilités :

Project preparation, Blueprint preparation, Collection of Business requirement and mapping of Business requirements in SAP.

FI Enterprise Structure: Creation of Company Code, Chart of accounts, Fiscal year, posting period, new business areas. Accounts Payable: Vendor groups, vendor master data, invoices, Dened House Banks according to client requirement.

Automatic Payment Program Settings and integration with MM. Accounts Receivable: Customer groups, customer master data, payment terms and Interest calculation.

Configuration of extended Withholding settings Post Implementation support. SAP IS retail package solution implemented.

Worked on issues in CFIN that receives financial transactions for SAP or non-SAP systems.

Monitoring the IDOC data replication.

Monitoring the AIF messages and document flow verification.

Used various reports to view if all journal entries from source system have been posted in Central Finance system.

Worked on Intercompany reconciliations that can be accessible directly in CFIN.

Monitored the document flows of an FI document and can access all the link documents in source system.

NTT DATA SERVICES (Aug 2017 – July-2021)

Client: Daimler (Mercedes Benz Aug 2017 – Jul 2019)

SAP FICO FI- AR Consultant (Rollout/Implementation/Support)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Worked on all SDLC processes in IT department.

Reviewed design documents for FI- AR and SAP FSCM (Biller Direct, Collections Management and Dispute Management) to align business requirements to system capabilities.

Did gap analysis to identify system customization needs.

Developed functional specifications to address system gaps.

Good experience in writing RICEF objects and working with ABAP development team.

Configured and maintained settings for Biller Direct to activate standard functionality - View/download Open Invoices/Credit Memos, SAP/Paymetric Credit Card payments, create and update disputes, create, view address and bank data.

Worked with ABAP and Java resources to customize Biller Direct - Disallow partial payments, add new columns, disallow discounts for payments made via credit card, disallow utilization of credits on Biller Direct and remove ability to edit customer master data through Biller Direct.

Configured and maintained settings for Dispute Management to activate standard functionality - creation of disputes, dispute attributes, reason code mapping, attach documents, dispute status and automatic update of dispute cases.

Worked with ABAP to customize Dispute Management – Activated BADIs for creation of dispute cases and added custom dispute attributes.

Creation of Company code, and mapping the company code settings to company Mapping foreign exchange rates between source, and SAP system.

New Program to get the cheque details of the vendor.

New Program to get the details of vendor payment advice.

Good understanding in multiple cross functional groups.

Good in testing, solving defects in Jira, Q-test and test management process.

Food knowledge on business process, utilization of available products and suggest for any improvements.

Good expertise in supply chain systems like WMS.

End to End implementation of concur interface and Electronic Bank Statement

Worked on EBS process and intercompany IDOC process.

Worked on Back-to-Back invoice process.

Involved in SEPA payment related process and purchase order logistic invoice verification process, non-po process.

Involved in concur interface process issues occurred between inter companies.

Involved in third party order process which is also called “Drop Shipment”.

Handled issues on Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables and General Ledger.

Handled issues independently and monitored SOM ticketing tool by performing all the activities correctly in the tool.

Client: Owens and Minor (Aug 2019 – July 2019)

SAP FICO FSCM Consultant (Rollout/Implementation/Support)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Worked on Pay metric interface used for payments that are received through cards.

Worked on blackline process which helps in reconciliation of balance sheet that does through batch jobs each month.

Worked on transfer of receivables and payables to profit centers through batch jobs.

Worked on cash discounts and intercompany purchase and sales order.

Involved in third party order process which is also called as drop shipment.

Working knowledge in change and configuration.

Worked on WSR report by analyzing the data on the number of tickets we receive and worked on the issues.

Downloading cogon’s reports like open tickets, closed tickets, and backlog tickets.

SAP User Role: (Accounts Receivables and payables)

Hibu and Schneider Electric (2012 – July 2014)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Entering customer invoice details in SAP, including itemized goods and services, pricing, and payment terms.

Expertise in AR – Credit processing with dispute management. Well versed in dispute management process like issuing collections letters to customers and referring to third party collections department in outstanding debts.

Reviewing and approving customer invoices for accuracy before sending them to customers.

Recording customer payments received, applying them to outstanding invoices, and reconciling bank statements.

Sending reminder notices to customers with overdue payments.

Updating customer master data with relevant information like contact details and credit limits.

Vendor Invoice Processing: Entering vendor invoice details into SAP, including verifying quantities, prices, and purchase order information.

Invoice Approval Workflow: Submitting invoices for approval based on company policies.

Payment Run Processing: Initiating vendor payments based on due dates and approval status.

Vendor Master Data Maintenance: Updating vendor information such as bank details and contact information.

Invoice Discrepancy Management: Identifying and resolving discrepancies between vendor invoices and purchase orders.

Education:

•MBA in Finance from Noble college of engineering and technology for women (affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad INDIA. (2011)

•B. Com degree from Siddartha college Vijayawada INDIA (2009) Affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University

Training and certifications:

•Completed SAP FICO certification on SAP FICO from ATOS – SAP in 2017

•Attended internal trainings on FICO module and completed SAP FICO certification of NTT DATA

•Attended many behavioral skills trainings, trainings related to S4 HANA, completed internal certification in Simple Finance from NTT DATA.

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