Senior SAP CO Consultant

• Client: Sarawak Energy Sdn. Bhd – Malaysia** Role: SAP CO Lead Consultant July 2023- Current Project: Selective Data Transformation

• Implemented new Finance Master Data and managed Profit Center reorganizations in collaboration with the SLT team.

• Implemented the Inter-company Cost Allocation process between Generation Support Services and Corporate Support Services company codes using the Universal Allocation Fiori App, including mark-up AP/AR posting.

• Implemented Flexible Hierarchies for Profit Centers to enable multi-dimensional reporting based on Profit Center attributes.

• Implemented the reclassification of salary cost to the specific WBS elements.

• Currently the Project is in UAT phase, would be going live in December 2024.

• Client: Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd – Malaysia** Role: SAP CO Consultant April 2023- June 2023 Project: SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Implementation for Planning and Reporting (CAPEX & OPEX)

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including finance, procurement, and project management, to gather requirement for CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) reporting using SAP Analytics Cloud.

• Design and develop reporting models and data structures in SAC and Power BI to provide accurate and timely CAPEX reports, including budget vs. actual analysis.

• Implement data integration between SAP FICO and SAC with the help of SAC Consultant, ensuring seamless data flow and maintaining data integrity for CAPEX and OPEX reporting purposes.

• Conduct testing and quality assurance activities to validate the accuracy and reliability of CAPEX and OPEX reports generated in SAC.

• Client: Edenor Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd – Malaysia** Role: SAP CO Support Consultant January 2023 – March 2023 Project: Support of SAP FICO Activities

• Primarily responsible for handling Level 1, 2 support tickets and application support to the end users.

• Diagnose, analyse, troubleshooting and resolving issues to optimize SAP system performance.

• Cultivate professional relationships with clients.

• Client: Grünenthal Pharma GmbH & Co. KG – Germany** Role: SAP CO Support Consultant August 2022 – December 2022 Project: Support of SAP FICO Activities

• Primarily responsible for handling Level 1, 2 support tickets and application support to the end users.

• Diagnose, analyse, troubleshooting and resolving issues to optimize SAP system performance.

• Cultivate professional relationships with clients.

• Client: SADAQAT GLOBAL LIMITED – UK** Project: Full life cycle implementation of SAP HANA 1909 using ASAP methodology Sadaqat Group of Companies is a leading exporter in textile manufacturing units in Pakistan having global footprints in different countries like (UK, New York, Australia and Hong Kong) operating with 6 different Company codes. Sadaqat Limited primarily engages in weaving, processing of textile producing homemade ups (bedding, accessories), knitted apparel, fashioned garments for renowned international clients like (Walmart, Target, Kmart, Aldi, Tchibo, Next, Pem America etc) with more than PKR 67 Billion revenues in 2018.

• Project Consulting**

• Instrumental in creating the business blue prints and obtaining sign-off from the business process owners

• Performed the GAP Analysis between the AS-IS system and the proposed TO-BE system

• Worked as a liaison between business and ABAP team to develop several custom reports.

• Business Analysis**

• Responsible for enhancing and supporting the product costing module and setting up costing runs, fixing costing errors

• Adapt budget availability control into cost centre accounting that mirror cost centres with statistical internal orders, that used as an additional account assignment in financial posting via substitution.

• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA): KEPM designs: Planning methods, layouts, planning levels, planning version, derivatives rules, integrated planning, data uploads from excel.

• SAP Configuration**

• Implemented Material Ledger distribution of usage variance, to assign scrap costs back to the production process. The project helped distribute over 0.5 M in scrap costs back to the production process and provided more accurate visibility in the manufacturing process.

• Configured controlling area, assign number ranges to controlling area, assign company code to controlling area, maintained cost centre and profit centre standard hierarchies.

• Configured Activity type planning, planning Statistical Key Figures, Primary cost planning, Planned cost accrual calculation, Period reposting, Plan assessment and distribution cycles, Activity input planning and indirect activity allocation.

• Configured and customized Product cost planning (material costing with quantity structure) and Cost object controlling including product cost by order, by period (manufacturing orders) and by sales order. These configuration and customizations involved costing variants, valuation variants, cost component structures, cost component splits, additive costing, costing sheets, work in process (WIP), variances, results analysis and settlement.

• Defined variance keys, valuation variants for WIP and scrap, target cost versions for variance calculation and result analysis keys.

• Configured cost centre splitting structure, splitting rules to distribute the activity independent cost (fixed cost) to various activities on the basis of splitting structure defined for manufacturing cost centres and calculation of actual labour rate.

• Configured Profitability Analysis – Defined operating concern, defined characteristics and its value fields in an account based and costing based profitability analysis.

• Developed Profitability segments such as customer groups, product groups and product hierarchies for analysing profitability results.

• Transferring sales quantities to Sales and Operations Planning, executing plan assessment cycle for profitability analysis and standard profitability reports.

• Client: Mitchell’s Fruit Farms Limited – Pakistan** Project: Full life cycle implementation of SAP S/4HANA 2020 using Activate methodology

• Project Consulting**

• Worked on S4HANA 2020 E2E implementation of this esteemed FMCG Company in Pakistan & UAE.

• Following AGILE methodology for this implementation project, where SPRINT is conducting to demo the system and then finalize the process and create the Process Design Document.

• Understand the AS-IS process of Business from higher level as well as lower level and transform the process into TO-BE process in BBP document phase, also fine the GAP and provided the solution to mitigate this as well as fulfil client’s requirement.

• Business Analysis**

• Providing expertise in business re-engineering process to help achieve operating turnarounds, drive efficiencies and productivity.

• SAP Configuration**

• Based on Process Design Document, the Base line configuration has been completed for the Enterprise Structure with FI/CO Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing with make-to-stock (MTS) and make-to- order (MTO) scenarios. Actual Costing with Material Ledger, Account Based COPA. Integration of CO with SD, PP and PM followed by UT and sign off the documentation part.

• Cutover activities for Master Data and Planning Data upload completed very smoothly.

• Working on WRICEF object to meet the client’s specific requirement with the help of Technical Team.

• UAT and other testing have been performed in Final Preparation phase along with proper test case documentation for sign off.

Project: Corporate Accounting

Fire Stop Middle East is a single-source contractor specializing in the installation of firestop systems, smoke seal products, acoustic and duct sealing. Fire Stop Middle East is a US subsidiary company operating in Gulf states with offices in Dubai, Oman and Qatar providing expertise on new or retrofit projects, in areas such as High Residential Buildings, Commercial and industrial buildings as well Medical facilities.

• BAU Finance Deliverables**

• Prepare financial statements and reports using QuickBooks and Excel, performing monthly analysis and reporting on P&Ls, balance sheets, and cash flow.

• Develop current and future projected yearly budgets and manage the process of journal entries in conjunction with senior managements.

• Oversee general accounting functions including AR/AP, account reconciliation, and cash management.

• Assist in the preparation of necessary financial information in support of capital transactions and present to senior management.

• Assist auditors with relevant financial information and to their audit requests, ensuring proper execution of statutory audit functions.

• Strategic Accounting Projects & Achievements**

• Strong grasp over regulatory mandates governing Financial Accounting functions to include IFRS and US GAAP, which I utilize effectively in executing Financial Accounting functions.

• Advise senior management on operational issues after conducting thorough analysis of pertinent accounting metrics and forecasting potential outcomes based on probabilistic assumptions.

• Enable strategic decision-making by the top management; provided relevant inputs and appropriate financial information through preparation of ad hoc and special reports.

• Control expenditures and cash flows to align with organizational objectives and streamline operations.