$25

Hourly Consulting Rate

HARSHAL THORAT

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Airlines/Aviation

Location Supported

Worldwide

Languages Supported

English

Skills

  • Functional consultant

Product Specialization

  • SAP Business One

About

Certified SAP-FI (ECC) & SAP S/4HANA Consultant seeking assignments as a Functional Consultant in SAP Financial Accounting (FI) Module in an organization providing progressive opportunities where I can effectively contribute my skills to achieve high proficiency in field of SAP ERP.
.Dedicated, hardworking and focused individual, offering 12 Years of total experience including 7 years SAP FICO consultant and 5 years in financial services and Accounts Industry.
.Certification in SAP-FI Module from Authorized SAP Educational Partner “Delphi Computech Ltd, Pune” on 29-August-2012 & secured 69.00%.
.Currently associated with Larsen and Toubro Infotech Limited (LTI) as Consultant in Pune.
.Extensive experience Three Full life cycle large implementations in SAP Configuration. (Completed 3 End to End Implementation project and 2 Support projects.) & working for India, Sri Lanka, UAE (Dubai) clients.
.Strong Post Implementation support 24/7.
.6 years of experience as an SAP FICO Functional Consultant in the implementation and Supporting projects.
.Good exposure in Pharmaceuticals, Leisure & Aviation, Manufacturing and Apparel and Footwear Solution (AFS) and Service industries.

Financial Accounting:

.Extensive experience in configuration and testing of FI modules- Enterprise structure, GL (with New GL Accounting), AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Bank Accounting.
.Good understanding of SAP-ECC 6.0 version New General Ledger Accounting, document splitting.
.FI- AP Configuration of Accounts Payables, Configuration of Automatic payment program, Down payment to vendors.
.FI- AR Configuration of Accounts Receivables, Payment terms, Down payment from customers and Configuration of Dunning procedure.
.Configuration of Purchase & Sales tax (Input tax & Output tax) and Withholding Tax and maintaining the condition records for the same.
.Customizing the Integration of FI with MM, SD & PP with Procure to Pay and Order to cash Cycles (FI-SD, FI-MM, FI-PP).
.Creation of Financial statement version – Trial balance, Profit & Loss, Balance sheet as per company code wise, plant wise as per schedule VI.
.Experience in Blueprint, Configuration, Unit/User Acceptance/Integration Testing (UAT),
.Special focus on Data Migration specifications with Batch data conversion (BDC), Legacy System Migration workbench (LSMW) & Business application programmer interface (BAPI) for data uploads for various SAP Projects.
FSCM:
Have knowledge in Dispute management and collection management. Participated in FSCM training.

Asset Management:

.Creation of Asset Classes, Asset Number Ranges, Account Determination and related settings
.Configuring Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas and Depreciation Keys.
.Managing acquisition of new assets with Asset under Construction (AUC) and settlement to the final assets with investment measure.

Controlling:

.Hands on experience in configuration of Cost Elements (CO-CE), Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Internal Orders, Profit center accounting (CO-PCA)
.Configuration of Controlling Area Settings, Number ranges, and version maintenance.
.Configuration knowledge for Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) & Product costing (CO-PC).
.Creation of standard hierarchy for cost centers and Profit centers.
.CAPEX Process through Internal Orders with ‘Investment Management profile’.

Top Project Highlights

Johnson & Johnson - Enhancement Project (CBT Project) - India

Period

05th July. 2018 to Till Date

Description

Enhancement Project (CBT Project) - India

Role

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

  • Take business requirement document from business analyst as part of Knowledge Transfer engagement.
  • Developed customized reports as per the business requirement.
  • Actual-Commitment Internal Order Report
  • Cost Center_Cost element Actual Balance Report
  • Cost Center Actual Expenses Report
  • Balance Sheet Report
  • Price Change History Report
  • Developed FI, CO related Enhancements of multiple SAP instances.
  • Working and have good business understanding of PANDA, CONSUMER, MARS Platform.
  • Preparing the functional Specs, Config specs, Unit test script and SIT & UAT Test plans/Scripts and coordinating with ABAPERs on the developments/enhancements.
  • Having good knowledge of end to end Change management cycle/process of Johnson & Johnson business. 
  • Working on HPALM tool, Solution Manager IT service management, Live Comparison tool, JIRA etc.
  • Providing the solutions on FICO issues like configuration, master data management issues.
  • IDOC: Working on interfaces from SAP system with other third-party systems.
  • Participating in the daily status calls (Scrum call) to provides the updates of daily work, CAB meeting and updating the change requests in Solution Manager tool.
  • Providing KT to support team for new configuration & new developments reports.

Smith & Nephew

Description

Support Project - India

Role

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

  • Resolving FI, CO, FSCM and LRC (MyMediset for Loan, Rental and Consignment process of medical equipment) related incidents/Change requests/Enhancements of multiple SAP instances.
  • Preparing the functional Specs, Config specs and UAT Test plans and coordinating with ABAPERs on the developments/enhancements. Creating OSS notes/messages in SAP service portal.
  • IDOC: IDOC monitoring. Reprocessing and solution to the failed IDOCS.
  • Vertex: To check the SAP- Vertex connection down/up status. - RFC connection status. Monitoring and provide solution to the errored Vertex queue.
  • Batch Jobs: Rescheduling/Rerun the failed batch jobs.
  • FSCM : Resolving Dispute management and collection management related Incidents.
  • Participating in the status calls, CAB meeting and updating the change requests in Service now tool.
  • Weekend On-Call and month end support, year-end support.

Dr. Batra's Positive Health Clinic Private Limited

Period

05th Mar. 2015 to 10th July. 2015

Description

Implementation - India –  FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, QM, PI ABAP & BASIS

Role

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

  • Involved in End-to-End full life cycle implementation for “Dr. Batra's Group” as a FICO Consultant.
  • Prepared FI Business Blue prints for the company codes of service industry.
  • Done FI configuration for (13 company codes) with New General Ledger, Accounts Receivable/Account Payable, Bank Accounting, Cash Journal (Petty cash book), and Asset Accounting. Configured Asset under Construction process etc.
  • User Training for FI and CO.
  • Done UAT testing with user sign off.
  • Prepared user manuals for FI and CO and submitted to core users.
  • Uploaded Chart of accounts and Customer and Vendor master data through LSMW.
  • Cut over data upload for GL, Customer, Vendor, Bank and Asset Balances through LSMW and BDC.
  • Developed customized reports as per the business requirement.
  • Prepared BRS Requirements & Solution white paper and submitted to CEO & Director of Dr. Batra’s and conference with SAP to discuss the solution.
  • Credit Card/Debit Card Receipt
  • EMI Card Receipt
  • Cash Receipt
  • Cheque/PDC/Online Receipt

We have successfully GO-LIVE date of 5th July 2015 in Mumbai (Head office-Nariman point)

Timex and Fergasam Pvt. Ltd.

Period

17th Dec. 2013 to 1st Mar.2015

Description

Implementation - Sri Lanka (Colombo) - FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, QM, PM, DMS, BI, HANA, ABAP & BASIS

Role

Functional FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

  • Involved in AFS End-to-End full life cycle implementation for “Timex & Fergasam Group” as a FICO Consultant.
  • Given L1 presentation to the Managing Directors, Group general managers, financial controllers as well as finance executives regarding all subjects of financial accounting and Managerial accounting in SAP.
  • Prepared FI Business Blue prints for the company codes of manufacturing industry.
  • Done FI configuration for (7 company codes) with New General Ledger, Accounts Receivable/Account Payable, Bank Accounting, Cash Journal (Petty cash book) Asset Accounting, Intercompany postings. Configured Asset under Construction process, Prepared pre-cost sheet and final cost sheet (with CO & SD) etc.
  • User Training for FI and CO.
  • Done UAT testing (MTO Cycle) with user sign off.
  • Prepared user manuals for FI and CO and submitted to core users.
  • Uploaded Chart of accounts and Customer and Vendor master data through LSMW.
  • Cut over data upload for GL, Customer, Vendor, Bank and Asset Balances through LSMW and BDC.
  • Asset master link to equipment master through Plant Maintenance module. (For transferring asset from one plant to another plant for certain period)
  • Developed customized reports as per the business requirement.
  • We have mapped Sub Contracting process for T&FG group.
  • Company to company sub-contracting
  • Plant to Plant sub-contracting
  • Vendor sub-contracting (Operation Subcontracting (embroidery))
  • Provided Post implementation support to business.

Controlling Module Activity:

  • Implementing SAP controlling module including Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product costing with Make to order and CO-PA (Profitability Analysis).
  • Post GO LIVE support for FI and CO modules. Participated in Month end and Year end activities.

Aamby Valley Ltd, Mumbai, INDIA

Period

30th Nov. 2013 to 12th Dec.2013

Description

Onsite Support - INDIA - FI, CO, ABAP.

Role

Functional FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

Support Activities : 

  • Major focus on Finance module to streamline the Year end activity in SAP.
  • Coordinating with Management and super users to given training on year end activity in quality server.
  • Prepared User training manuals for year-end activity’s and submitted to managers and core users.
  • Developed BDC programme for Salary posting and Telephone expenses posting.
  • Creating new Terms of payment for customers& Vendors in development server and transport to quality to PRD server.
  • New process mapped for booking of assets purchase with Purchase Order. (Till date client purchased asset without purchase order).
  • Prepared functional specs, interacting with the ABAP team for report requirements as per the client specifics like cheque printing. (As per new requirement we mapped “A/C  Payee name on cheque, stopped cheque printing in second time (cheque should print only one time), cheque should be print with Payee name not vendor name.
  • Rectified financial statement version and assigned missing GL accounts in FSV Structure.

BASLE PHARMACEUTICALS LLC - UAE (Dubai)

Period

15th Oct. 2013 to 25th Nov.2013

Description

Implementation – UAE (Dubai) (UAT, Training, Pre-Go Live, Go-Live stage) - FI, CO, SD, MM, ABAP & BASIS.

Role

FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

BASLE PHARMACEUTICALS LLC: Basle Pharma is one of the leading pharmaceuticals distributors in UAE.

Basle Pharma LLC branches located all over UAE.

  • Preparation User acceptance test (UAT) manual as well as Training manuals as per topic wise and identification of Test cases.
  • Giving UAT and all modules training to End users.
  • Taken Client Sign off on - Training, UAT and SIT Cases/documents.
  • Submitted training manuals to core users.
  • Took meeting with core users and managers to understanding the cut over strategy for GO-LIVE.
  • Distribute the cut over templates to core users and upload at pre go live stage with help of LSMW and BDC.

Provided Post implementation support to business.

Successfully implemented and given post implementation support to business.

Hayley’s Leisure & Aviation (L&A) (The World of Hayley’s Group)

Period

1st June 2013 to 8th Oct. 2013

Description

Implementation - Sri Lanka (Colombo) - FI, CO, ABAP & BASIS.

Role

 SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities

  • Involved in End-to-End full life cycle implementation for “Hayley’’ (L&A) as a FICO Consultant
  • Prepared FI Business Blue prints for the company codes of Hayleys Leisure & Aviation (L&A) industry.
  • Done FI configuration for service sector (5 company codes) with New General Ledger, Accounts Receivable/Account Payable, Bank Accounting, Cash Journal (Petty cash book) Asset Accounting, Leased Asset Accounting, Intercompany postings.
  • User Training for FI and CO.
  • Done UAT testing with user sign off.
  • Prepared user manuals for FI and CO and submitted to core users.
  • Uploaded Chart of accounts and Customer and Vendor master data through LSMW.
  • Cut over data upload for GL, Customer, Vendor, Bank and Asset Balances through LSMW and BDC.
  • Developed customized reports as per the business requirement.
  • Provided Post implementation support to business.

Controlling Module Activity:

  • Maintained General Controlling - Controlling area settings and made hierarchy and other assignments.
  • Configuration and Customizing Primary Element in Cost Element Accounting, creation Cost centers in cost center accounting, Internal order and Profit center accounting sub module.
  • In Internal Orders configured various internal order types, setup status profile for order type, maintained settlement rules, internal order planning, and budget profile and set up tolerances for budget cost. Defined the settlement rules and used internal order with AUC /Capital investment projects.

Employment

Financial Analyst

2008 - 2013

SAP FICO Consultant

2013 - 2015

SAP FICO Consultant

2015 - 2018

SAP FICO Consultant

2018 - Present

Education

S.S.C.
2000-2001

H.S.C.
2002-2003

B.Com Finance
2003-2006

MBA Finance
2006-2008

MBA IBM
2010-2011

Certification

SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting (FI) with SAP ERP 6.0
2012-2012
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S_4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates_1809
2019-2019
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S_4HANA in Central Finance
2020-2020
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S_4HANA for Management Accounting Associates_1809
2020-2020
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP_Activate_Project Manager
2020-2020

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