Abrar Jameel

Dedicated and results-driven Senior SAP FICO Consultant with a proven track record of leading successful full life cycle implementations (Incl. ECC & S4 Hana) and providing expert guidance in Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules. Over 15 years of experience gathering and analyzing business process requirements, developing comprehensive business blueprints, and configuring SAP modules to align with organizational objectives. Adept at optimizing Procure to Pay and Order to Cash cycles, implementing strategic credit management solutions, and enhancing financial reporting capabilities. Skilled in team leadership, end-user training, and effective problem resolution. Known for driving process efficiencies, reducing errors, and delivering impactful solutions that contribute to the overall success of SAP projects. 

• Strong knowledge of Business Processes and ASAP methodology, with solid foundation in Financial Accounting and Controlling.
• Gathered and documented business requirements by conducting meetings with key Stakeholders & business users.
• Drafted business blueprint documentation. Performed gap analysis, documented and prototyped between current business practices and standard SAP functionality. 
• Extensive experience of Financial Accounting (FI) Customization, Configuration, and Testing in General Ledger Accounting FI-GL. Accounts Payable FI-A/P, Accounts Receivable FI-A/R, Bank Accounting FI-BA, Treasury & Asset Accounting FI-AA in the highly complex business environment. Experience in working with cross module consultants for Integrating FI/CO with Material Management, Sales & Distribution and Production Planning.
• Configured the House Bank Accounts, Defined number ranges for Bank Account Technical IDs, and Change Requests, Defined Settings for Bank Account Master Data, Bank Account Types, Defined Import Methods for Bank Statements, Defined Signatory Groups for Payment Approvals, Defined Payment Approval process, and Assigned Approval Patterns.
• CO expertise includes Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Internal Order Accounting, Profit Center Accounting EC-PCA and Product Costing (CO-PC). 
• Monitored the configuration of Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, and Master Data Groups.
• Worked on creating assessment and distribution cycles and supported them as part of month end /year end closings. 
• Worked on Vendor payment methods like Credit transfers, Check payments, Bank Auto Transfers etc.
• Extensive experience in Procure to Pay (P2P), Record to Report (RTR) and Order to Cash (OTC) processes.
• Worked on configuration of Invoice processing - Open Text VIM, Check Handling, Manual Non-PO Invoice processing using VIM & payment processing in Account Payables (FI-AP).
• Hands-on experience in using Reporting tools like SAP Query, Report Painter/ Report Writer and Drill Down Reports which used for analysis, performance, accounts history, and day to day business processes.
• Generated internal and external FI/CO reports using Report Painter and Writer
• Proficient in External Reporting and preparation of Financial Statements with good understanding of US GAAP and IFRS.
• SAP S4 Hana Finance Migration (Ver: 1610 & Oct 2021) & S4 Support Project (1709 Ver): Worked on the Implementation and Migration activities relating to Accounts Payable and Receivables, New GL accounting, New Asset Accounting and Controlling.
• Extensively worked on SAP testing process like Unit testing, System integration testing and User acceptance testing, as part of full life cycle implementations and support. 
• Prepared Month End & Year end activities for Internal & External reporting purposes.
• Configured COPA characteristics & value fields. Created reports out of profitability segments.
• Prepared User Training Manuals and provided User Training on the processes.
• Experience in performing cutover activities using LSMW and Win Shuttle tools and validating master data
• Worked on configuring data for Revenue management and Contract accounting module.
• Experience in performing and scheduling jobs on weekly and periodic basis.
• Experience in generating, mapping or linking data from various line item tables in FI/CO through ABAP query and thereby facilitating BI team in building reports on the tableau. 

Bachelors Degree Awarded in Computer Science - Based on BBM Degree and 12 Yrs of Exp in Computer Science, Auburn University, US, 2020 

Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management in Financial Management, Annamalai University, IN, 2010 

Bachelor's in business management in International Business (Finance, HR, Mktg Mgmt. and EXIM Trade), Al-Ameen Institute of Management Studies, IN, 2008