Ekhlaque Ahmad
Lead FSCM Treasury Consultant
Experience
Apr 2019 - Present
6 years 4 months Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lead FSCM Treasury Consultant
Future Infotech
- Project: SAP Treasury Transformation (April 2019 - May Present)** Client: Alfuttaim Group Location: Dubai, UAE I am Lead FSCM Treasury consultant with the following responsibilities: - System Conversion from S4 1709 to S4 2022 - Implementation of Swift for exchange of payment messages via SAP BCM Module. - New company code rollout (All the customizing activities with respect to FSCM Treasury and Risk Management and Financial Accounting and Controlling Module on SAP S4 HANA 1709). - Implementation of Automatic Deal Confirmation via MT300 (Foreign Exchange) and MT320 (Fixed Deposit) Swift Formats. - Handling of issues and bugs related to the 1709 product and reporting it to SAP via raising OSS message and liaising until resolution. - Integration of Approval Workflow with mobile Apps - Handling day to day bank statement and payment related issues. - Solution Design of Custom Solutions for Foreign Exchange and Derivative, Money market Product (including responsibilities of Project Plan, Requirement workshop with business users, Preparation of Functional Specification, Unit Testing, User Manual, UAT, User Training, Authorization Matrix. - Rollout of New company codes in terms of SAP FSCM Treasury module. - Migration of Bank Account through SAP FIORI in Bank Account Management - Rollout of FSCM-TRM including Mirror functionality for new subsidiaries. - Analyse and resolve end user day-to-day queries and problems for SAP FICO and Treasury module. - Coordinate with ABAP programmers and create functional specification and explaining the financial business terms to ABAP team for the development of new reports or enhancement in the standard transaction codes.
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
3 years 3 months Noida, India
Lead SAP FICO and FSCM Treasury Consultant
HCL Technologies Limited
- Project: SAP Rollout and Support (March 2016 - April 2019)** Client: Vestas Wind Systems Location: Aarhus, Denmark; Noida, India I am Lead FICO/FSCM Treasury consultant with the following responsibilities: - Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes and mapped them with SAP. - Regularly interacted with users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and Functional specifications - Involved in designing SAP Finance and Controlling solution for client on SAP S/4HANA platform and implementing the S4Hana 1709 on premises edition as part of SAP ECC conversion to S4 HANA 1709. - Successfully configured and tested GL, AP, AR,Fixed Asset, Controlling/Planning as part of - S/4HANA Finance 1709 conversion project. - Designed solution for the migration of GL master and secondary cost elements into single GL master and their balances as per S4 HANA Finance migration strategy - Migration of customer and vendor master to Business Parner and their balances as a part of migration strategy. - Handed SAP finance and controlling related tickets to find the possible solution of problems. - Manage new entity (subsidiaries) rollouts in terms of FICO and FSCM Treasury Modules - Rollout of PINO, POBO, ICO payment functionality for new entitities in Vestas SAP setup. - Rollout of FSCM-TRM including Mirror functionality for new Vestas subsidiaries. - Fixing issues related to FSCM Treasury including Vestas specific IHB setup. - Analyse and resolve end user day-to-day queries and problems for Financial Accounting (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting) Module and Controlling Module including Project System. - Coordinate with ABAP programmers and create functional specification and explaining the financial business terms to ABAP team for the development of new reports or enhancement in the standard transaction codes.
Jul 2010 - Jan 2016
5 years 7 months Kolkata, India
Lead SAP FICO and FSCM Treasury Consultant
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
- Project: Starwood SAP Production Support (October 2015 - January 2016)** Client: Starwood Hotels and Resorts Location: Bangalore, India I am Lead FICO/FSCM Treasury consultant with the following responsibilities: - Analysis and resolution of end user queries/issues in form of Incidents/Problems through HPQC - Managing various country roll-out projects. - Organizing work for the team members, meeting deadlines and managing a budget (and reporting against it) - Project: UIF SAP Implementation (November 2014 - September 2015)** Client: Department of Labour (Government of South Africa) Location: Kolkata, India I am Lead FICO/FSCM Treasury consultant with the following responsibilities: - Capture business process requirements - Document “As-Is” business process flows - Analyze existing system setup & data integrity, configuration and reports - Analyze existing business and system issues - Develop “To-Be” business processes and functional designs that meet the business requirements - Mapping of Client requirement into SAP - Identify gaps and develop functional solutions - Design, configure and test the system according to business requirements - Develop system prototype demonstration for the business users - Post Go Live Support - Project: SAP R/3 Operational Support and Small Enhancements (July 2013 - October 2014)** Client: Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) Location: Aljubail, Saudi Arabia I am Lead FICO/FSCM Treasury consultant with the following responsibilities: - Take new requirement with the business and assign it to the available resource for timely delivery - Analyse and resolve end user day-to-day queries and problems for Financial Accounting (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting) Module and Controlling Module including Project System - Coordinate with ABAP programmers and create functional specification and explaining the financial business terms to ABAP team for the development of new reports or enhancement in the standard transaction codes. - Project: SAP R/3 Implementation & Post Go-live Support (May 2011 - June 2013)** Client: Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) holds the distinction of being India’s largest private sector player in natural gas transmission and distribution business. Location: Surat, India I am Lead FICO consultant with the following responsibilities: - Capture business process requirements - Document “As-Is” business process flows - Analyze existing system setup & data integrity, configuration and reports - Analyze existing business and system issues - Develop “To-Be” business processes and functional designs that meet the business requirements - Mapping of Client requirement into SAP - Identify gaps and develop functional solutions - Design, configure and test the system according to business requirements - Develop system prototype demonstration for the business users - Post Go Live Support - Project: SAP Implementation (R-APDRP) (August 2010 - April 2011)** Client: Punjab State Electricity Board Location: Chandigarh, India In order to upgrade the existing distribution and sub-transmission system of major towns/cities and to improve the commercial viability of SEBs, Ministry of Power/Govt. of India started ACCELERATED POWER DEVELOPMENT REFORM PROGRAMME (APDRP). I am FICO consultant with the following responsibilities. - Capture business process requirements - Document “As-Is” business process flows. - Analyze existing system setup & data integrity, configuration and reports. - Analyze existing business and system issues. - Develop “To-Be” business processes and functional designs that meet the business requirements. - Mapping of Client requirement into SAP - Identify gaps and develop functional solutions - Develop data design as input to conversion team - Identify user groups and user roles as input to Change Management team - Define data volumes as input to Technical team - Design, configure and test the system according to business requirements. - Develop system prototype demonstration for the business users. - Creation of LSMW to Upload GL Master Records and Asset Master Records - Configuration of Controlling Area for Cost Element, Cost Center and Profit Center Accounting - Creation of Substitution Rule in Asset Accounting - Preparation of Functional Specification for Automatic JV Posting - Preparation of Test Scripts and Test Scenarios.
Dec 2009 - Jun 2010
7 months Pune, India
Senior FICO Consultant
Cognizant Technology Solutions India
- Project: SAP Support for UK (December 2009 - July 2010)** Client: Sony Music Location: Pune, India - Analysis and resolution of end user queries/issues in form of Incidents/Problems through JIRA. - Creation of LSMW to change vendor account group and to create GL accounts for new chart of accounts - Coordinate with ABAP programmers and creation of functional specification and explaining the financial business terms to ABAP team for the development of new FI reports.
Dec 2006 - Nov 2009
3 years Pune, India
Senior FICO Consultant
Patni Computer Systems Ltd. (Now Capegemini)
- Project: Edwards Managed Services (SAP Support) (December 2008 - November 2009)** Client: Edwards, UK Location: Pune, India - Help SAP end user in Master Data updates / creation. - Analysis and resolution of end user queries/issues in form of Incidents/Problems through Touchpaper HelpDesk - Creation of end user documentation, conduct root cause analysis of recurring user problems. - Provide end user training for changes in functionality. - Unit and Integration testing using HP Quality Center 9.2 (SAP Upgrade from 4.6C to ECC6) - Project: SAP Implementation in Studer and Soundcraft (June 2008 - September 2008)** Client: Studer, Switzerland & Soundcraft, UK Location: Pune, India - Understanding AS-IS analysis carried out by on-site team member - Preparing Business Blueprint - Mapping of Studer and Soundcraft FICO requirements to SAP - Creation of LSMW program for upload of GL Master, Customer Master, Vendor Master, Asset Master and Legacy system transaction data - Creation of Financial Statement Version - Creation of COPA Report and Profit Center Accounting Report - Preparation of end user training document - Testing of FICO processes - Preparation of Functional Specification for various interface like Soundtrax, and AP to AR Interface and coordinating with ABAP programmers. - Providing Post implementation or Go-Live Support - Analyzing and solving the end-user problems - Project: SAP Implementation for HII Corporate (April 2008 - August 2008)** Client: Harman International, USA Location: Pune, India - Understanding AS-IS analysis carried out by on-site team member - Preparing Business Blueprint - Mapping of HII and HFG's FICO requirements to SAP - Creation of LSMW program for upload of GL Master, Customer Master, Vendor Master and Legacy system transaction data - Preparation of Functional Specification for various interface like Soundtrax, AP to AR Interface and Excel upload of Journal Voucher. - Providing Post implementation or Go-Live Support - Analyzing and solving the end-user problems - Project: SAP R/3 Implementation at Suessen Asia (July 2007 - March 2008)** Client: RIETER Machine Works, Switzerland Location: Pune, India - AS-IS business process study of Suessen Asia Pvt. Ltd. (Located in India) - Preparing Business Blueprint for various processes in FI and CO Module - Configuration of FI-CO requirements into SAP - Special Purpose Ledger for Indian Legal Reporting Requirement - Configuring Financial Statement version for India and Group reporting - Setting up procedures for Month-end closing - Unit Testing - preparation of test cases, testing the Configured Data - Preparation of End user training material – FICO - Providing Post implementation support - Analyzing and solving the end-user problems - Supporting and consulting end users in business process related issues - Analyzing and solving the end-user problems - Assisting end users in Month-end and Year-end activities - Project: Consolidation of JBL, HPNA and AKG (January 2007 - May 2007)** Client: Harman Audio Professional, USA Location: Pune, India - AS-IS business process study. - Preparing Business Blueprint - Unit and Integration Testing - Preparing End User Training Material - Post Go-live support
Summary
I am Senior Treasury professional with over 17 years of experience in leading technology enabled treasury transformations across sectors such Real Estate, Retail, Automotive, Manufacturing and Services. Experience of working directly with Senior leadership of reputed Group in the region such as Alfuttaim Group and managing key stakeholders across businesses and divisions. Subject Matter expert on treasury best practices, risk and controls and SAP enabled products and suites. Have worked on S4 HANA upgrade from 1709 to 2022 Cloud (RISE with Cloud initiative). Have worked on three S4 HANA Finance and Treasury Project, one being upgrade from 1709 to 2022, ECC to S4 1709 conversion and another being support on 1709 platform. Have worked on projects involving end-to-end SAP Implementation, Rollouts, Upgrade, Maintenance and Support. Exposure to S/4 HANA Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)-Cash and Liquidity management, Bank Account Management, Bank Communication Management, Treasury and Risk Management (Money Market, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives and Trade Finance, Letter of Credit and Bank Guarantee). Exposure to Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)-Credit Management, Dispute Management, Collection Management, FIS SWIFT Implementation for Exchange of messages from SAP system to various banks and vice versa. Implementation of Automatic Deal Confirmation via MT300 (Foreign Exchange) and MT320 (Fixed Deposit) Swift Formats. Scrum Master role for delivering the rollouts and enhancements using Agile Methodology. Cross functional knowledge across SAP Sales & Distribution (FI-SD), Material Management (FI-MM), Project System (FI-PS) Human Resource (FI-HRM), Plant & Maintenance (FI-PM) and SAP Production Planning (FI-PP) Modules. Client facing exposure to different industries like Oil and Gas, Electronics, Utilities, Energy, Private Services, Government services, Music, Manufacturing and Production.
Languages
English
Native
Hindi
Native
Education
Oct 2006 - Jun 2006
International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT)
MBA-IT & Finance · Pune, India
Oct 2004 - Jun 2004
University of Allahabad
Master of Commerce · Commerce · Prayagraj, India
Oct 2002 - Jun 2002
University of Allahabad
Bachelor of Commerce · Commerce · Prayagraj, India
Certifications & licenses
Record of Achievement for System Conversion to SAP S4 HANA
SAP
SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting with SAP ERP 6.0 EhP7
SAP
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Management Accounting Associates 1610
SAP
SAP Certified Application Professional - Financials in SAP S/4HANA for SAP ERP Finance Experts 1610
SAP
SAP Certified Application Professional - Financials in SAP S/4HANA for SAP ERP Finance Experts1709
SAP
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