Ekhlaque Ahmad

Lead FSCM Treasury Consultant

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Experience

Apr 2019 - Present
6 years 9 months
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Lead FSCM Treasury Consultant

Future Infotech

  • System conversion from S4 1709 to S4 2022
  • Implementation of Swift for exchange of payment messages via SAP BCM module
  • New company code rollout including all customizing activities for FSCM Treasury and Risk Management and Financial Accounting and Controlling modules on SAP S4 HANA 1709
  • Implementation of automatic deal confirmation via MT300 (Foreign Exchange) and MT320 (Fixed Deposit) Swift formats
  • Handling issues and bugs related to the 1709 product, reporting via OSS messages 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, derivative and money market products including project planning, requirement workshops, functional specification preparation, unit testing, user manual, UAT, user training and authorization matrix
  • Rollout of new company codes for SAP FSCM Treasury module
  • Migration of bank accounts through SAP Fiori in Bank Account Management
  • Rollout of FSCM-TRM including mirror functionality for new subsidiaries
  • Analysis and resolution of end user queries and problems for SAP FICO and Treasury module
  • Coordination with ABAP programmers, creation of functional specifications and explanation of financial business terms for report development or enhancements
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
3 years 3 months
Noida, India

Lead SAP FICO and FSCM Treasury Consultant

HCL Technologies Limited

  • Reviewed and analyzed business requirements and processes and mapped them to SAP
  • Regular interaction with users to ensure proper understanding of business requirements and functional specifications
  • Designed SAP Finance and Controlling solution on SAP S/4HANA platform and implemented S4Hana 1709 on-premises as part of ECC conversion
  • Configured and tested GL, AP, AR, Fixed Asset and Controlling/Planning for S/4HANA Finance 1709 conversion
  • Designed solution for migration of GL master and secondary cost elements into single GL master with balances per S4 HANA finance migration strategy
  • Migrated customer and vendor master data to Business Partner with balances as part of migration strategy
  • Handled SAP finance and controlling tickets to find solutions to problems
  • Managed new entity rollouts for FICO and FSCM Treasury modules
  • Rolled out PINO, POBO and ICO payment functionality for new entities in Vestas SAP setup
  • Rolled out FSCM-TRM including mirror functionality for new Vestas subsidiaries
  • Fixed issues related to FSCM Treasury including Vestas-specific IHB setup
  • Analyzed and resolved end user day-to-day queries and problems for Financial Accounting and Controlling modules including Project System
  • Coordinated with ABAP programmers to create functional specifications and explain financial business terms for development of new reports or enhancements
Jul 2010 - Jan 2016
5 years 7 months
Kolkata, India

Lead SAP FICO and FSCM Treasury Consultant

Accenture Services Private Ltd.

  • Analysis and resolution of end user queries and incidents through HPQC
  • Management of various country roll-out projects
  • Organization of work for team members, meeting deadlines and managing budgets
  • Capture of business process requirements and documentation of as-is and to-be business process flows
  • Analysis of existing system setup, data integrity, configuration and reports
  • Mapping of client requirements into SAP and identification of gaps
  • Development of functional solutions, system prototype demonstrations and post go-live support
  • Design, configuration and testing of SAP systems according to business requirements
  • Assignment and coordination of new requirements, allocation to resources and timely delivery
  • Coordination with ABAP programmers, creation of functional specifications and explanation of financial business terms for report development or enhancements
Dec 2009 - Jun 2010
7 months
Pune, India

Senior FICO Consultant

Cognizant Technology Solutions India

  • Analysis and resolution of end user queries and incidents through JIRA
  • Creation of LSMW for vendor account group changes and creation of GL accounts for new chart of accounts
  • Coordination with ABAP programmers and creation of functional specifications, explaining financial business terms for development of new FI reports
Dec 2006 - Nov 2009
3 years
Pune, India

Senior FICO Consultant

Patni Computer Systems Ltd.

  • Helped SAP end users with master data updates and creation
  • Analysis and resolution of end user queries and incidents through Touchpaper HelpDesk
  • Creation of end user documentation and root cause analysis of recurring user problems
  • Provision of end user training for changes in functionality
  • Unit and integration testing using HP Quality Center 9.2
  • Understanding of AS-IS analysis and preparation of business blueprints
  • Mapping of client FICO requirements to SAP and configuration of FI-CO requirements
  • Creation of LSMW programs for upload of master and legacy system transaction data
  • Creation of financial statement versions, COPA and profit center accounting reports
  • Preparation of end user training documents and functional specifications for interfaces
  • Provision of post implementation and go-live support
  • Support and consultation of end users in business process related issues, month-end and year-end activities

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.

Skills

  • Technology Enabled Treasury Transformation
  • System Conversion From S4 1709 To S4 2022 Version
  • Design Data Model For Group Treasury Reporting Using Power Bi Tools
  • Swift Implementation For Exchange Of Messages (Mt940 Statements And Payments) Between Client Network And Banks
  • Ecc6 To S4 Hana Finance Conversion And Support Project
  • Configuration Of Treasury And Risk Management – S4 Hana 1709 External Fixed Deposits, Internal Deposits, Interest Rate Instruments, Treasury Bills, Foreign Exchange (Forward, Spot, Swaps), Intercompany Mirror Functionality (Intercompany Loans, Intercompany Forex Deals)
  • Implementation Of Cash And Liquidity Management – Bank Account Management And Cash Position Reporting
  • Configuration Of In-house Cash
  • Configuration Of Automatic Bank Reconciliation For Mt940 Format
  • Configuration Of Dme Format To Cater The Mt101 (Treasury Payments) And Xml Payment Formats (Vendor Payments) From Various Banks Mainly Being Nordea, Citi, Hsbc, Unicredit, Fab, Scb, Hsbc And Enbd
  • Implementation Of Automatic Deal Confirmation Via Mt300 (Foreign Exchange) And Mt320 (Fixed Deposit) Swift Formats
  • Configuration Of Bank Communication Management Along With Interface For Swift Fileact And Swift Fin Through Sap Pi, Dell Boomi
  • Customizing And Configuration Of Financial Accounting And Controlling Module
  • Integration With Other Modules Such As Fi-mm, Fi-sd, Fi-hr, Fi-pp And Fi-pm
  • Handling Of Enhancement Changes Through Agile Methodology In Visual Studio
  • Experience In Handling And Managing Team
  • Experience In Handling The Client Independently In Terms Of Requirement Gathering And Proposing Improvised Business Solution
  • Specialised In Fi-gl, Fi-ar, Fi-ap And Fi-aa And Fscm-treasury And Risk Management, Credit Management, Dispute Management And Collection Management
  • Experience In Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing And Profitability Analysis (Co-pa)
  • Data Migration For Fi-gl, Fi-ar, Fi-ap And Fi-aa Using Lsmw
  • Creation Of Functional Specification For The Development Of Customised Reports Or Enhancement
  • Onsite Exposure To Uae, Saudi Arabia, Denmark And Various Clients In India

Languages

Arabic
Advanced
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2006

International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT), Pune

MBA-IT & Finance · IT & Finance · Pune, India

Oct 2002 - Jun 2004

University of Allahabad, Allahabad

Master of Commerce · Commerce · Prayagraj, India

Oct 1999 - Jun 2002

University of Allahabad, Allahabad

Bachelor of Commerce · Commerce · Prayagraj, India

Certifications & licenses

Record Of Achievement For System Conversion To SAP S4 HANA

SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting With SAP ERP 6.0 EhP7

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA For Management Accounting Associates 1610

SAP Certified Application Professional - Financials In SAP S/4HANA For SAP ERP Finance Experts 1610

SAP Certified Application Professional - Financials In SAP S/4HANA For SAP ERP Finance Experts1709

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