Amit Sawant - Senior Professional Application Delivery/SAP Finance Lead Consultant

France

Experience

Jan 2020 - Present

4 years 7 months

Makati City, Philippines

Senior Professional Application Delivery/SAP Finance Lead Consultant

Imerys and Jollibee Food Corporation

Real estate process design and implementation for SAP RE-FX and Plant Maintenance.
Participated in business requirements analysis sessions and documented requirements.
Created functional specification documents for development work at table/field level.
Configured SAP RE-FX and PM modules.
Conducted unit and integration testing.
Provided support during user acceptance testing and for end-users.
Managed rental/lease end-to-end processes including new, renewal/extension, termination.
Maintained master data including business entities, rental spaces, and meters.
Monitored and analyzed accounts receivables in SAP RE-FX.
Generated real estate property occupancy reports and operational reporting.
Performed planned and unplanned maintenance for real estate properties.

Dec 2017 - Jan 2021

3 years 2 months

SAP FICO, Simple Finance Lead Consultant

Sundram Fasteners

Integrated financial accounting for Treasury and Risk Management including fixed deposits, commercial paper, derivatives, and interest rate instruments.
Managed SAP Cash Management features like in-house cash and cash pooling.
Configured SAP RE-FX module for property management and rental processes.
Conducted user acceptance testing and training.
Verified and reconciled system-generated invoices for rent and maintenance against audited financials.
Assisted in WRICEF object specifications, gap identification, and provision of solutions.
Integrated RE-FX with other modules such as FI-AA, PM, and CO.

Apr 2017 - Nov 2017

8 months

SAP FICO Lead Consultant

Piramal Fund Management

Conducted workshops for FI-RAR requirement gathering related to SAP Treasury/FSCM.
Worked on SAP Solution Manager tools.
Configured SAP Bank Communication Manager (BCM) for payment grouping and monitoring.
Designed and deployed SAP Treasury solution integrating modules such as FI and CO.
Implemented exposure reporting and testing.
Managed cash pooling, netting solution, and central payment factory.
Provided integration solutions between SAP Treasury and external market data sources.

Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

9 months

SAP FICO Lead Consultant

Denora India Pvt. Ltd.

Configured portfolio traders, accounting codes, and valuation areas.
Managed instruments such as foreign exchange (FX), derivatives, and money market products.
Integrated SAP RE-FX with Salesforce for automatic processes.
Implemented requirements of IFRS 16 (FAS 13) for long-term lease management and revenue recognition.
Conducted reconciliation of system-generated invoices with audited financials quarterly and annually.

Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

6 months

SAP S4 HANA Simple Finance Consultant

Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF)

Gathered and defined SAP S/4 HANA CFIN requirements.
Configured source system settings, mapping actions, and key mappings for central finance.
Monitored and tested initial load for FICO postings.
Implemented new asset accounting methods in S4 HANA.
Conducted pre-and post-migration steps and reconciled reports.

Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

1 year

SAP S4 HANA Simple Finance Consultant

Parle Biscuits Private Limited

Implemented areas of New GL, document splitting, Asset Accounting, and Accounts Payable.
Created WBS elements for projects related to Capex/non-Capex.
Settled WBS elements to assets and tested roles.
Prepared integration processes for S/4 HANA and Ariba.
Configured financial processes for asset management and depreciation using Fiori apps.

May 2011 - Feb 2015

3 years 10 months

Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Bhushan Steel Limited

Configured account payable settings with vendor master data.
Prepared functional specifications for various payment processes in SAP R/3 and Fiori.
Conducted testing processes and resolved tickets in accounts payable and related areas.

Jun 2009 - May 2011

2 years

Junior SAP FICO Consultant

Support – SAP

Translated business requirements into SAP configurations.
Prepared blueprints for business processes.
Configured account payable settings and asset accounting with GL accounts.
Migrated financial data using BDC.
Configured tax processes including VAT, CST, and excise procedures.
Resolved tickets logged into the helpdesk.

Summary

Certified in SAP Finance and Accounting Professional. Proficient in implementing, customizing, configuring, integrating, testing, document preparation, user training, and support in SAP R/3,S4 FI/CO.

Functional business/configuration SAP FI-CO expertise and cross-industry knowledge.
Full life-cycle SAP Implementation experience, working as Finance expert in various phases of project environments.
Worked in implementation including configuration, integrations of FI/CO with Go Live and readiness and post go-live support.
Proficient in SAP ASAP Methodology and well-versed with business process and mapping configuration in SAP.
Team-oriented and self-motivated professional.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills combined with innovative thinking.
Successful implementation of SAP S/4 HANA Premise – Simple Finance.