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KAILEY  VELLORE

Call: +1-832-413-9876                                                                              E-mail: kailey@yahoo.com

Status in USA: Permanent Resident (“Green Card”)

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

·         15 Years’ SAP FI/CO consulting experience in Complex, Global, Multicultural SAP Projects including as Finance Architect, Process Subject Matter Expert, Senior SAP Consultant, Team Lead, and Project Manager

·         26 successful Full Life Cycle Implementations, including several Global Roll Out Projects

·         11 Years' as Project / Team Lead leading culturally and geographically diverse teams

·         Scope included Solutions Architecture, Driving a Project and hands-on: Business Process Re-engineering,  Blue Printing Requirement and Gap Analysis, Functional Designing, Prototyping, Configuration, Testing, User Training, Data Migration, Management of Change, Go-Live and Support

·         Multiple industry experience including Automotive, Auto Lubricants & Accessories,  Chemicals, High Tech, Manufacturing, Trading, Services (Consulting), Supply Chain environment, Shipping, Logistics

·         20 Years’ functional / domain experience including at senior management level in all areas of Finance & Accounting, Controlling and Audit functions

·         35+ Countries - Global Implementation including in Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific

·         Local Legal Tax and Reporting - Requirements Definition, GAP analysis and identification of solution

·         Implemented Business Process Outsourcing - Shared Service with Distributed Processing

·         Slashed activity time of critical path items and cost of projects using templates, playbooks, standardized questionnaires and other tools to speed up implementation for multiple countries

·         Appreciated by Clients for ability to embrace new tools, technologies, systems and processes with ease and to seamlessly integrate skill set into the project implementation life-cycle

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·         SAP Versions: ECC 6.0, 5.0, 4.5B, 4.0, 3.1, 3.0

·         SAP FI/CO: GL (including New GL), Local Ledger, AR, AP, Bank Accounting, Inter-Company, Legal Consolidation, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Validations and Substitution, Transaction Tax (Sales & Use Tax), Withholding Tax, Integration of FI with MM, SD, Project Systems

·         SAP Business Objects (BOBJ)

·         Techno-Functional Skills include ABAP Query, EDI, ALE, User Exit, ability to read ABAP code, Batch Input Interfaces

·         Implementation Methodologies: ASAP

·         Tools: Mercury Quality Center, SAP Solution Manager

·         Databases: MS-Access, Fox Pro, Dbase

·         Other MS Office Tools – Excel, Visio, Power Point, MS Projects, Share Point

SUMMARY - PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL

·         B.Com. - Bachelor's Degree in Commerce (Accounting, Business, Business Law) - University of Madras

·         Professional License: C.P.A. – Licensed in Texas

·         Other Professional Certifications:

·         C.I.T.P. - Certified information Technology Professional) – American Institute of CPAs, USA

·         CMA - Certified Management Accountant – Institute of Management Accountants, USA

·         CFM - Certified in Financial Management – Institute of Management Accountants, USA

·         CIA - Certified Internal Auditor – Institute of Internal Auditors, USA

·         Chartered Accountant – Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

·         Cost Accountant – Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India

SOFT SKILLS

·         Team Leader and Team Player with excellent interpersonal skills

·         Strong written and verbal communication, organizational and presentation skills

·         Customer oriented approach with focus on optimal solutions, process automation.

·         Professional due diligence, transparency.

·         Contributions appreciated by clients for on-time delivery, identifying potential risk and improvement areas and providing novel solutions

DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Oct 2010 – Current:     Through SAP Gold Partner

      Client: Confidential (Communications Industry) in TX

      Program: To implement a Unified Financial System for client

• Type: Multi-wave SAP FICO Project
• Geographic Scope: USA
• Role: Senior Techno-Functional Consultant – FICO including GL, AP, AR, Banking, FSCM, Fixed Assets, and Integration with MM, Sales & Distribution, Project Systems for Production Support & Enhancements in the following areas:

◦    General Ledger Accounting & Reporting

◦    Lockbox Accounting of collections from Customers

◦    Finance integration with Revenue Recognition and Reporting

◦    Cost Center Accounting & Reporting including Planning

◦    Internal Order & Settlements

◦    Project Systems  Settlements

◦    Asset Accounting including Depreciation, Retirement, Reporting, Year End Close

◦    Period End Close

    

May 2010 – Sep 2011:   Through IBM Global Business Services

      Client: Confidential (Shipping & Logistics Industry – Global Group) In Phoenix AZ

      Full Life Cycle SAP Finance Project - ECC 6.0

      Program: To implement a Single Financial System for entire Group including development of

Interfaces to continuing Legacy Systems

• Type: Global, Multi-Wave Full Life Cycle SAP FI Project
• Geographic Scope: Americas Region (US, Canada, Mexico and Latin American Countries)
• Role: FICO Functional Lead – GL, BOBJ, AP, AR, Banking, Issue Management & SAP FI Expert (Team Size: 6)

◦    Extensively used SAP Solutions Manager for Project Management and Delivery (Scope, Issue)

◦    Completed all phases including Scope, Design, Development, Testing, Training, Data Migration, Go Live planning, Period End Close and Warranty Support

◦    Implemented New General Ledger functionality

◦    Implemented Inter Company processes for 50+ Companies including process for ICO Settlement

◦    Rolled out Local Ledger to meet requirements of Latin Americas Region

◦    CO-PA Functionality including Custom objects

◦    Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Reporting

◦    Configuration Specifications, Configuration Templates utilized which helped speed up implementation as well as reduce scope of errors

◦    Revaluations, reclassification of balances etc. to meet reporting requirements

◦    Specialized Tools for Data Migration, Legacy Interface, and Transaction Upload

◦    Finalized Test Strategy and Scripts

◦    Extensive use of custom designed sets for Reporting

◦    Implemented Cost Center flat tables to enable reporting by different parameters such as Continent, Geography, Area, Region and District

◦    Implemented Business Objects (BOBJ) for flexible financial reporting including Budget Comparisons and Trend Reporting by various parameters

◦    Custom Workflow for Master Data and Transaction Data

◦    Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank, Electronic Banking Statements

◦    As SAP FI/CO and integration expert, supported different teams in integration

◦    Conducted hands-on Testing as well as coordinated and monitored tests assigned to other team members

◦    Prepared Checklists for use by the other team members to speed up project implementation

◦    Prepared training and FAQ documentation in standardized formats

◦    Support and Help Desk Management

May 2001 - March 2010:   Through Logica CMG

      Client: Hewlett-Packard (High Tech Manufacturing and Consulting Industry) in Houston TX

      20 Full Life Cycle SAP Finance Projects in various Programs

      Program: To bring transactions of legacy processes into Corporate main stream SAP system

      for Imaging and Printing Business

• Type: Global, Multi-Wave: Included three Full Cycle Projects
• Geographic Scope: US, UK & Ireland, Singapore
• Role: Finance Project Manager- Global Business Services & SAP FI Expert (Team Size: 7)

◦    Worked with team on Project Scoping and Architecture decisions

◦    Managed delivery of projects to meet contractual obligations (Service Level Agreements)

◦    Coordinated overall financial implementation including FI-GL, AR, AP. Inter Company

◦    Local Compliant Sales & Use Tax and Withholding Tax processes

◦    Set up Standards and Quality Processes

◦    Oversaw Change Control for Project Scope changes

◦    Conducted Scoping exercise, Determined Finance Architecture

◦    Identify Local Legal / Tax and Reporting requirements across countries, Review with SAP Standard solution, Identify GAPs, analyze and determine solutions.

◦    Formulated Project Plan, monitored adherence to milestones, prioritized tasks

◦    Responsible for team building, mentoring resources, budgeting, forecasting and other team management activities

◦    Designed Configuration Specifications and Completed Configuration

◦    Created Proposal for implementation of AP Down Payments System with ALE (which was not supported by SAP for that version)

◦    Cost Center and Profit Center Accounting

◦    Revaluations, reclassification of balances etc. in line with US GAAP requirements

◦    Supported different teams in configuring the various integration points with FI/CO

◦    As Test Lead – Finalized Test Strategy and Scripts

◦    Conducted hands-on Testing as well as coordinated and monitored tests assigned to the other team members

◦    Prepared Checklists for use by the other team members to speed up project implementation

◦    Coordinated Master Data and Transaction Data Migration

    

 Project: Upgrade Business SAP System to version 4.7

• Type: Full Life Cycle
• Geographic Scope: US, UK & Ireland, Singapore
• Role: Finance Project Manager- Global Business Services & SAP-FI Expert (Team Size: 8)

◦    PM Activities for ensuring on-time delivery

◦    Created Project Plans and monitored milestones

◦    Test Lead – Finalized Test Strategy and Scripts

◦    Responsible for team building, mentoring resources, budgeting, forecasting and other team management activities

◦    Designed and delivered Configuration Changes for SAP - GL, AR, AP

◦    Cross-functional integration of FI with other streams

◦    Worked on Migration of Master Data Transaction Data

Project: Create a Distributed Invoice Verification Model for migrating acquired (merger)

      Company into Corporate main stream SAP system

• Type: Full Life Cycle
• Geographic Scope: Canada
• Role: Functional Lead (Team Size: 6)

◦    Managed team delivery of Accounts Payable function

◦    Designed Configuration Specifications and completed hands-on Configuration

◦    Configured automatic payments as per business requirements

◦    Completed initial Master data load

◦    Testing

◦    Migration and Go-Live

      Program: Financial implementation to support a single global system for engagement and

      Order Management for the services and consulting business

• Type: Global, Multi-Wave: Included twelve Full Life Cycle Projects
• Geographic Scope: Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific & Japan
• Role: Project and Functional Lead (Team Size: 15)

◦    Managed Client Relationship for function, meeting regularly to identify and prioritize work, report on status, and ensuring issues are resolved satisfactorily

◦    Designed Configuration Specifications

◦    Hands-on Configuration for SAP - AP

◦    Implemented ALE with IDOCs for a Distributed Invoice Processing

◦    Implemented Scanning solution for inbound vendor invoices

◦    Helped in Master data load

◦    Set up Classic and Extended Withholding Taxes for various countries

◦    Testing

◦    Migration and Go-Live

     

Program: Financial Implementation to support a new integrated global spare parts

      Supply Chain model and channel partner process for warranty claims

• Type: Global, Multi-Wave: Included two Full Life Cycle Projects
• Geographic Scope: Asia Pacific & Japan
• Role: Regional Lead (Team Size: 12)

◦    Managed Team for AP implementation

◦    Designed Configuration Specifications

◦    Significant contributions in interface designs

◦    Hands-on Configuration for SAP - AP

◦    Implemented ALE with IDOCs for a Distributed Invoice Processing

◦    Implemented Scanning solution for inbound invoices

◦    Helped in Master data load

◦    Set up Classic and Extended Withholding Taxes for various countries

◦    Implemented Evaluated Receipts Settlements

◦    Implemented a process for labor payments using SAP functionality of ERS

◦    Testing, Migration and Go-Live

Project: Financial implementation to support compliance and efficiency initiatives for

      Global Procurement Supply Chain processes

• Type: Global, Full Life Cycle
• Role: Region Lead (Team Size: 8)

◦    Helped design improvements and validations for Extended Withholding Taxes in Distributed environment

◦    Implemented Consignment process  for Supplier Owned Inventory Model

◦    Implemented Tax compliant solutions for a no-touch Supply Chain model

◦    Implemented processes for automation of unblocking Vendor invoices where standard SAP does not unblock because cumulative invoices always exceed cumulative Goods Receipts

Apr 1999 - Mar 2001:   PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Principal Consultant

      Client: COMPAQ Computer Corporation (High Tech Manufacturing Industry) – Houston TX

      Project: Retirement of Legacy Inter-Company Process

• Type: Full Life Cycle
• Geographic Scope: World Wide
• Role: Team Member and Subject Matter Expert

◦    Implemented Inter Company Process on SAP, retiring legacy system

◦    Completed Configurations for ALE set up

◦    Configured scenario where Inter Company transactions are routed through a Clearing Company Code to facilitate reconciliations

◦    Testing Lead

◦    Appreciated by client for building simple yet effective Configuration Template to support multiple-country implementation - Helped significantly to speed up the implementation as well as reduced the possibility of errors.

Client: COMPAQ Computer Corporation (High Tech Manufacturing Industry) – Houston TX

• Type: IT Support for Inter Company Transactions and Settlements
• Geographic Scope: World Wide
• Role: Team Member and Subject Matter Expert

◦    Created process for reconciliation of inter-company payments

◦    Appreciated by client for prioritization and timely resolution of issues both through process solutions as well as technical corrections

      Client: Pennzoil Quaker State (Automotive Lubricants & Accessories Industry) – Houston TX

• Type: Full Life Cycle
• Scope: Global implementation of SAP FI/CO.  Contributions included facilitating Financial Architecture decisions and preparation of project Plans.
• Role: Team Lead (Team Size: 10)

◦    Designed and Completed Configurations

◦    Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern, maintained Versions

◦    Configured Cost Center & Profit Center Accounting

◦    Cost Center Accounting - created cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations and substitutions, overhead structure for accrual costs

◦    Configured Profit Center Accounting in SAP system - master data, standard hierarchy, substitutions, and assignments.

     

Client: RCA Thompson (Consumer Electronics Industry) – Indianapolis IN

• Type: Preparation of Request for Proposal
• Geographic Scope: World Wide
• Role: Subject Matter Expert

◦    Preparation of RFP (Request for Proposal) for the Client for a Global SAP Financial implementation

◦    Scope included General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and interfaces

◦    Helped identify process to improve efficiency using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for customer remittance advices

◦    Used ASAP methodologies

Aug 1997 - Feb 1999:  Systems America Inc. Group, Consultant

      Client: Internal

• Project: Internal in-house training - SAP FICO
• Role: Lead Trainer for SAP FI/CO.  Scope Included:

◦    Financial and Cost Accounting processes

◦    SAP-FI/CO GL, AR, AP

◦    Tables, Data Elements, Interfaces

◦    Technical settings, Interpreting  ABAP codes to fix FI related issues

   

  Client: Hoechst-Celanese Corporation (Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Industry) – Dallas TX

• Type: Global Full Life Cycle  
• Geographic Scope: World Wide
• Role: Subject Matter Expert – SAP FI/CO

◦    Requirement Analysis and Blue Printing of Requirements and

◦    SAP FI Implementation including FI-GL, AR, AP, Inter-Company and Legal Consolidations.

◦    Appreciated by Client for implementing Legal Consolidation even though that was not in the original Role in my scope

Oct 1995 - Aug 1997:   Mercedes-Benz

• As Division Manager (Finance) reporting to Vice President:

◦    Managed team of 30 employees

◦    Overall responsibility for General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable

◦    Managed Treasury function

◦    Monthly Closing and coordinating with Statutory Auditors for Balance Sheet

◦    Provided Interim accounting systems solution until SAP was  implemented

◦    Transaction data migration to SAP

• As Project Lead for SAP FI/CO implementation (Team Size: 12)

◦    Managed Full Life Cycle implementation of SAP for FI/CO.

◦    Configured Company, Company Code, Business Area, Functional Area

◦    Configured Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period Variant, Field Status Variants

◦    Created Profit Centers, Cost Centers

◦    Configured Group Currency, Chart of Accounts and Account Groups

◦    Configured Document Types, Number Ranges

◦    Configured Open Item Clearing including Automatic Clearing and Revaluation

◦    Created Balance Sheet Versions

◦    Created Customer and Vendor Account Groups and Number Ranges

◦    Configured Payment Terms, Payment Methods, Automatic Payments, Account Assignments

• As Chief Internal Auditor

◦    Initiated Internal Audit Department

◦    Defined Mission Statements

◦    Created Audit Plans in consultation with Top management

◦    Organized Internal Audits, Submitted Audit Reports to the Board and follow up

Jan 1980 - Sep 1995:   TATA Motors Ltd, Manager (Finance)

• As Finance Manager for Foundry Unit (Team Size: 15):

◦    Overall responsibility for Finance and Accounts including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Cost Accounting

◦    Working with Statutory External Auditors

◦    Implemented process for Cost and Budgets / Controlling

◦    Planned and Implemented Relational Data Base system for Payroll, Inventories, Production Planning & Control

◦     Responsible for Direct Taxes Reporting, Indirect Taxes Management and Reporting

• As Finance and Accounts Supervisor, responsible for a team and the following functions

◦    General Ledger, Bank Accounting, Accounts Receivable & Payable, Sales Accounting

◦    Travel, Freight and Miscellaneous Payments

◦    Accounting for Software Services business including managing complex exchange rate accounting.

Others:

• Apr 1978 - Dec 1979:   Consultant

◦    Implemented Accounting and Payroll Systems

• May 1977 - Apr 1978:   Parry & Co. Ltd

◦    Maintained Accounts for Fertilizer Division and Sugar Division

◦    Helped in the  implementation of  computerized accounting systems using COBOL

◦    Responsible for Clearing of open items and reconciliation of inter-company balances

• Apr 1975 - Apr 1977: RGN Price & Co. Chartered Accountants (Statutory Auditors)

◦    Created Audit Plans

◦    Performed Statutory Audits and Certification Audits.   

◦    Managed tax computations for clients and represented clients with Tax Authorities

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