Sarthak Anand
SAP Consulting Manager
Pune
Summary
Growth-oriented SAP Consulting Manager with 13 years of experience integrating SAP FSCM/FI systems into business practices. Skilled at building relationships with various business units and driving growth through IT-based solutions. Proficient in external reporting and financial statement preparation. Demonstrated success working independently and in team environments, showcasing well-developed organizational and communication skills. Expertise in Implementation, Maintenance, Migration, and Support in SAP S4 HANA versions (2023, 1909). Extensive experience in SAP domains including SAP FI, IHC, CLM, BAM, TRM, BCM, Credit Management, Collection Management, Dispute Management, Bank Accounting and Project System (PS). Worked on integration with SAP and Non-SAP systems. Familiarity with FIORI Apps, VIM, Concur, Reconnect, SAP Security, and proficient in tracking tools Jira and ServiceNow.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
SAP Consulting Manager
KPMG Global Services
09.2022 - Current
- Working as a S4 HANA Consulting Manager in the internal team for implementation, Advisory, FIT-Gap Analysis etc
- The diversified roles consist of BCM, FSCM and Fiori Apps
- Involved in client demos on SAP FSCM functionality
- Creating central repository for SAP FSCM best practices and creating demo system for client presentation
- Doing Capability analysis for different clients from EMEA and US on SAP Credit, Dispute, Collection and CLM
- Involved in solution for SAP to Kyriba interface connectivity for actual data capture for one of the client
- Invloved in pre-sale activities such as RFP responses, demo creation for potential clients
- Implemented TRM, CLM, BAM, Bank Connectivity, BCM for a Canadian client
- Led the team for cutover and hyper care tasks
- Acted as POC of the project from the offshore this included project management, defect triage, milestone enablement etc
- Actively working as an interview panelist as a hiring manager
Lead SAP Consultant
Systems Plus Technologies
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Working as a S4 HANA Lead consultant in the internal team for implementation, migration, maintenance and day to day support for the business.
- The diversified roles consist of BCM, FSCM, AP, AR, AA, GL, Security, VIM and Fiori Apps
- Involved in all phases of S4 migration from S4 HANA 1503 to 1909
- Determining the gaps between business and SAP ways of working
- Single handedly completed testing, user training and hypercare support for the migration
- Involved in setup of master data migration from Customer/Vendors to BP
- Changed the files formats used in DMEE to DMEEX
- Implementation of Credit Management, Dispute management and collection management
- The task involved creation of Credit segments, Dispute case types, Collection strategy etc
- Implemented Dunning which involved creation of new smartforms for the dunning letters, new Dunning procedure
- Automated new functionality of SCF payment concept provided by HSBC bank
- The concept of Vendor payment which is done before actual payment sent by Carters without extra charges levied on the company
- SCF involved creation of new XML file format, new program for creation of the file, Background setup for sending the file automatically
- Created several report programs for Credit Worthiness calculations, Aggregate report etc as per the business requirement
- Creation of 1099 tax report program for auditors
- Creating and changing simple and composite roles for extra authorization of Tcode and tasks
- Automated the Lockbox functionality through iRPA
- This involved automatic payment advice creation and automatic postings in all posting areas
- Involved in Solutioning of Cash and Liquidity Management via Fiori Apps
- Involved in day to day support and changes incidents
- Structured the team onboarding, KT session documents and repository for easy handovers
- Currently handling a team of 7 members working on FICO, FSCM, Security, VIM and Reconnect
Lead Functional Analyst
Tieto India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2018 - 09.2020
- Working as a Lead consultant with a role on support and monthly enhancements globally
- The role being diversified multiple functionality of SAP ie FI, CO, Credit management, Dispute management, Collection management etc
- Analyzing the issues related to cross module as well as non-SAP system integration
- Determining the postings through different documents posted through Intercompany recharges, CS and Project based costings
- Analyzing issues related to SAP Documented Credit Decisions assigned to Credit Analysts
- Setting up of payment factory and supplier finance in IHC
- Creating DME engine for special payment methods through XML file, flat file and Idocs
- Creating Idocs structure for various methods such as Direct Debits, Bank Statements, Payment Order creation etc
- Setting up of EBS settings in SAP HANA
- Working across various interfaces such as Opentext, EAI, SFTP, RFC and EDI
- GST implementation with reports creation for validation to government
- Estimation of work force and time needed for the enhancements
- Worked on SAP Cash and Liquidity setup
- Creating Test Scripts for the testing team after development
- Worked on integration with SAP PS, SD, PP, MM, PI
Senior Functional Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
09.2016 - 02.2018
- Working as an expert in changes and implementation of IHC and Dispute Management in ECC 6.0 system
- Involved in Green Field implementation on SAP HANA Financial Supply Chain Management (IHC and dispute management)
- Determining the architecture, design and Build occurring in the changes and enhancements
- Creating Bank areas, Products, Business Partners, IHB Accounts and Payment method/supplements
- Determining the limit, conditions for particular IHB Accounts for the Taxation purposes
- Creating Periodic task of GL clearance, Bank Statement updates, Account Balancing, Cash Concentration
- This also involved background jobs setup by Basis team for particular reports
- Setting up of payment factory and supplier finance in IHC
- Creating DME engine for special payment methods through XML file, flat file and Idocs
- Creating Idocs structure for various methods such as Direct Debits, Bank Statements, Payment Order creation etc
- Setting up of EBS settings in SAP HANA
- Created product types for mid-term agreements
- Configured parts of Treasury derivatives, Forex etc
- GST implementation with reports creation for validation to government
- Estimation of work force and time needed for the enhancements
- Regular updates with the requestor and Development team
- Creating Test Scripts for the testing team after development
Senior SAP-FSCM Functional Consultant
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
08.2012 - 09.2016
- Independently supporting BMW as SAP-Treasury consultant on major enhancements and daily production support issues
- Worked on Global Payment Platform (GPP), Wholesale Integration System (Parts) and NMS (Payment) platform for the client
- Also have exposure to Concur (Cloud for travel and expense)
- Configuration issues such as Creation of Posting Rules, Payment Methods as requested
- Creation of Master data such as GL Accounts, Vendor master, Customer Master & Bank Master
- Configuration of Bank Determination and IHB account creation and mapping
- Validation of Table Data as and when Business required
- Year End activities of change in posting periods and balance clearance in IHB
- Month-End Activities such as Depreciation Run, Posting Periods etc
- Handled Year-End Activities
- Manual upload of EBS and import program through SAP Reports
- Provided user KT as per requirement & created variants or Maintained variants for various programs
- Maintained Functional Specification Versions & Proper documentation of all the changes
- Verified the New releases on the production systems and handled the communication
- Created handbook for recurring issues and communicated to the team
- Always supported other team members in case of critical issues and helped with analysis in case of requirement
- Day End processes such as GL clearance, Bank Statement updates, Account Balancing, Cash Concentration
- Scheduled meetings as required to review the tickets and communicate the Change Requests identified by self while working on various incidents
- Visited onsite to Munich, Germany for maintenance transition
Associate Consultant SAP FI
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
09.2011 - 07.2012
- Worked on implementation part of GL configuration and AP
- This required a skill set to check user requirement and creation of GL according to GCA
- Activities performed: Configuration issues such as Creation of Posting Rules, Payment Methods as requested
- Creation of Master data such as GL Accounts and Automatic Payment program
Education
B.E - Information Technology
Nagpur University
Nagpur 01.2007 - 01.2011
Skills
SAP FSCM
SAP CLM
SAP FI-Banking
SAP FI
SAP TRM
SAP Activate
SAP PS
SAP ABAP
SAP BCM
Certification
C_TS4FI_1809 – SAP Certified Application Associate
Industry
- Automobile
- Transportation
- Services
- Retail
- Banking
- Food
- Healthcare
Accomplishments
- Received Star of the month award twice
- Conducted Training sessions on SAP FSCM and Treasury at KGS level
- Employee of the Quarter Q2/2023 and Q4/2024
Timeline
SAP Consulting Manager
KPMG Global Services
09.2022 - Current
Lead SAP Consultant
Systems Plus Technologies
10.2020 - 09.2022
C_TS4FI_1809 – SAP Certified Application Associate
08-2020
C_S4FTR_1809 SAP Certified Application Associate Treasury with SAP S/4HANA
07-2020
Lead Functional Analyst
Tieto India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2018 - 09.2020
Senior Functional Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
09.2016 - 02.2018
Senior SAP-FSCM Functional Consultant
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
08.2012 - 09.2016
Associate Consultant SAP FI
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
09.2011 - 07.2012
B.E - Information Technology
Nagpur University
01.2007 - 01.2011
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