$70

Hourly Consulting Rate

Sandeep Suresh

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Mining/Metals

Oil/Energy/Solar/Greentech

Retail Industry

Location Supported

Malaysia

Singapore

United States

Languages Supported

English

Hindi

Skills

  • Functional consultant
  • ERP

Product Specialization

  • SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP ECC

About

SAP FI / FSCM consultant with overall more than 14 years work experience and more than 10 years SAP relevant experience.

Top Project Highlights

Ruokakesko

This was SAP ECC implementation for Finland based retail chain - Kesko Foods. It involved implementation fo all the Finance sub modules except Asset Accounting.

My role was to set up Accounts Receivables (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) modules for this entity along with basic banking integration.

Onninen

This was SAP ECC implementation for Finland based retail chain - Onninen. It involved implementation fo all the Finance sub modules.

My role was to set up Accounts Receivables (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) modules for this entity along with basic banking integration as well as a bit of Asset Accounting.

BHP Billiton

This was SAP ECC implementation for one of the largest mining organisations in the world.

My role in this project was to implement 3 sub modules of SAP FSCM - BCM, Cash Management and Payment Factory in TRM as well as Accounts Payable and Closing Cockpit as part of SAP FI.

I set up bankiing interfaces for communicationg with banks from across regions like Australia, SIngapore, US, South America and Africa.

This setup was for all types of payments like payroll, treasury and vendor.

I was also involved in setting up of payment factory for complete BHP Treasury arm.

I was part of the team that implemented Cash Management functionality for BHP.

Schlumberger

Schlumberger is one of the leading Oil and Gas services company in the world.

This implementation is S/4 HANA 1610 version.

I am working on areas like Vendor Invoice Management (VIM), BCM, Closing Cockpit, Credit / Collection and Dispute Management

Employment

Associate Consultant

2006 - 2008
  • As an Associate Consultant, Responsibilities included being involved in various activities for clients which included:

    • Preparation of business plan for setting up a BPO
    • Preparation of Presentations, Collaterals for different service offerings
    • Assisted in Preparation of Business Plan for setting up Call Taxi service in Mumbai
    • Assisted in preparing a Pre-sales presentation followed by a Diagnostic Study in a large sugar co-operative
    • Received training in Ramco ERP
    • Ramco ERP Implementation is large sugar co-operative

Associate Consultant

2008 - 2009
  • As a SAP Associate Consultant, Responsibilities included configuration of certain functionalities and have worked on:

    • Prepared Configuration Document for Extended Withholding Tax – S194C- Payment to Contractors
    • Prepared SAP Tutor as Proof of Concept for client regarding Sales Entry, Bad Debts, Customer Master, Financial Statements under Parallel             Accounting

Consultant

2009 - 2011
  • Client: Kesko Foods

    Project: Support  / Development

    Responsibilities:

    • As SAP FI Consultant, responsibilities included configuration, testing and re-engineering of various functionalities
    • Since client was in retail domain, worked significantly on FI – SD integration issues
    • Involved in Change Requests based on alteration of existing design to accommodate business requirements
    • Working on different priority level Incidents based on SLA’s
    •  Key Assignments included:
    • Undertook CO Document archiving activity
    • Assisted in execution of Tax Audit Reports specific to Kesko Food for the year 2009
    • Involved in year end activity in order to ensure smooth functioning of processes in the new year

    Client: Onninen Oy

    Project: Support  / Development

    Responsibilities:

    • As SAP FI Consultant, responsibilities included configuration, testing and re-engineering of various functionalities
    • Since client was in retail and trading domain, worked significantly on FI – SD / FI – MM integration issues
    • Involved in Change Requests based on alteration of existing design to accommodate business requirements
    • Working on different priority level Incidents based on SLA’s

     Key Assignments included:

    • Part of a small team handpicked for integration testing as a Pre Go – Live activity
    •  Involved extensively in providing post Go – Live support to client

Team Lead

2011 - 2015
  • Client: Leading Mining and Resource Company

    Project: Implementation / Support

    Responsibilities:

    • As a  FI / BCM Module Team Lead, I manage a team of 4 people and my Responsibilities include interacting with business to understand requirements and develop and implement solutions in the system. My key work areas include:

    BCM

    • Assisted in development and implementation of end to end BCM solution
    • Assisted in setting up interface for banks like ANZ / Bank of America / Banco Santander / Banco de Bogota / HSBC / Standard Chartered for payments as well as bank statements
    • Development of logic of BCM and Non – BCM related payment runs
    • Logic of grouping based on which Payment Batches get created in the system
    • Creating / Modifying DME Structure for SEPA / ACH / WIRE payments
    • Deploying complex BCM – Payroll solution for South American countries like Chile / Columbia
    • Developing complex DME solutions for garnishment related requirements for NAM region    
    • Email notification and status updates for Domestic and Cross border payments
    • Mapping of internal status to external status in the system
    • Maintenance of OBPM4 variants for generation of bank file
    • Maintenance of users for approval of payment batches
    • Integration of BCM with Vendor / Payroll / Treasury

    Financial Accounting

    • Have worked on issues related to Asset Accounting
    • Configuring Automatic Payment Program and Dunning for Vendors/Customers
    • Complete Electronic Bank Configuration settings along with Bank Statement Monitor
    • Worked on various Bank Statement formats – Multi Cash, BAI, MT940, MT942, Camt.53
    • Analysis of FBZP settings and forms attached to the FBZP configuration settings
    • Worked extensively on FI – HR and FI - MM integration areas

    Treasury and Risk Management

    • Defining Business Partners
    • Concept of Payment Requests and generation of the same
    • Configuring Automatic Payment Program specific to Treasury – F111
    • Hands on experience in Money Market for Transaction Manager

    Cash and Liquidity Management

    • Defining Default Value Date and Source Symbols
    • Defining Planning Levels and Groups
    • Maintaining Grouping and Structure
    • Was involved in requirement gathering and development of solutions for complex DME structure requirements for payroll and finance related data to be sent to bank
    •  Was an integral part in 2 global releases – Release 3 and 4 as part of the project
    • Was part of on-site team involved in BCM / FI UAT activities for a major release
    • Was part of on-site team for BCM Post Go Live support activities
    • Have also prepared learning series and conducted internal training sessions for Basic configuration in BCM and GTS
    • Have worked on GTS functionality used under payment processing which includes identifying the blocks and releasing the same as per compliance procedure

Senior Consultant

2015 - 2016
  • Project: Industrialised Solutions Delivery – S/4 HANA

    Responsibilities:

    • As SAP FI SME, assist in development of industrialised solutions
    • Working with project teams in order to deliver industrialised solutions to clients

Senior Consultant

2016 - Present
  • Project: SAP FI / FSCM Implementation and Development – S/4 HANA SFIN Version 1610

    Responsibilities:

    • º  As a  FI / FSCM SME, my current Responsibilities include interacting with business to understand requirements and develop and implement solutions in the system. My key work areas include:
    • Financial Accounting
    • Assisting in implementation of Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) module
    • Working on deploying Bank Statement interfaces for MT940, BAI2 and Camt 53 formats
    • Assisting in deploying Autobank solution to work along with EBS
    • Deploying Lockbox solution for North America region
    • Deploying solutions for Accounts Payable and integration with VIM / BCM and Bank Statement
    • Deploying and developing Closing Cockpit as a functionality for FI Month End and Year End closing
    • Development of Cash Journal and Petty Cash functionality
    • Development of Withholding Tax solution and assisting in OneSource integration

    BCM

    • Assisted in development of end to end BCM solution
    • Assisted in setting up interface for banks like CITI / JP Morgan / HSBC / Banco Internacional / Banco Pichincha for payments as well as bank statements
    • Creation / Modification of DME Structures for ACH / Wire payments and Garnishment solution
    • Developing complex DME solution for Tax addendum requirement for Tax reporting in NAM
    • Mapping of internal status to external status in the system
    • Maintenance of OBPM4 variants for generation of bank file

    Treasury and Risk Management

    • Exposure in Money Market products for Transaction Manager (Loans and Deposits)
    • Defining Account Assignment Reference, Creating account symbols, defining Posting Specification which
    • helps in accounting flow for final payment to GL accounts
    • Building reports for reporting of Treasury related balances
    • Development of Free Form payment related workflows as well as OT81 settings
    • Integration of custom approval workflow with FRFT and RVND transactions used for free form payments

    FSCM

    • Deploying Credit Management functionality for NAM and Ecuador
    • Integration of workflow for creation of DCD Cases
    • Assisted in developing interface between SAP Credit Management and existing tool
    • Involved in workshops for Collection and Dispute management
    • Defining Collection Rules and Strategy

Education

Post Graduation - MBA Finance
2004-2006

MBA in Finance from Mumbai University 

Graduation - B.Com
1999-2002

B.Com from Mumbai University

XIIth - Mumbai University
1997-1999

10+2 - as per Indian Education system

Xth - Delhi Board (ICSE)
1996-1997

ICSE Board - completion of School

Certification

SAP FI ECC 5.0
2009-Present

SAP FI Associate certification

ITIL
2012-Present

ITIL certification

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