Name : BALARAM K

Phone Number: +91 7299784993

Mail ID : karanambalaram3@gmail.com FI/COConsultant

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

 Total 4 years out of which 4 years of SAP FI/CO experience with good exposure into functional
modules - Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) with Implementation and support.
 Good understanding of business processes and workflow in the areas of Costing, Finance and
Accounts.
 Studying the current processes through detailed discussions with the client’s core team
 Mapping the processes on to SAP and documenting the to-be processes.
 Good work experience in FI submodules like : FI(GL), FI(AP), FI(AR), (FI-BL) and FI(AA).
 Good knowledge in CO submodules like : CO(CE), CO(CCA), CO(IO), and CO(PCA).
 Designing the organization structure and setting it up in SAP in association with other members
from different streams of the implementation team.
 Participated in conceptual design phase in Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables
 Decent exposure to all popular implementation methodologies like ASAP.
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with
both non-technical business users and technical IT developers.
 Detail oriented, quick learner, good listener with strong problem solving skills.
 Proven ability to work under pressure, prioritize and meet deadlines.
 Open to dynamic work environment and ability to work collaboratively with business analysts,
testers, developers and other team members.
 Recently update with GST training.

EXPERIENCE

 Worked in TCS from August 2013 to 2016 september

 Working in Newt global October 2016 to April21 2017.
 Working in Capgemini may 2017 to still

FI/CO SKILLS

 Proficient in SAP’s ASAP Methodology and well versed with business process, mapping &
configuration in SAP.

 Proficient in design and configuration of FI sub-modules General Ledger (FI-GL),Accounts

Payable (FI-AP), Accounts Receivables (FI-AR), Bank accounting (FI-BL) its configuration and
Asset Accounting (FI –AA).
 Creating Customization, Configuration and Integration steps as part of implementation
  knowledge in CO sub-modules cost element accounting (CO-CEA), Cost Center Accounting (CO-
CCA), Internal Orders (IO) and Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA).
 Very good working knowledge of FI-MM and FI-SD Integration mechanism.
 Knowledge of Withholding Taxes and Taxes on sales/Purchases.
 Ability to migrate legacy system data into SAP system
 Good knowledge of New GL Functionality
 Good knowledge in GST concepts and configaratiom.

TESTING SKILLS

 in analyzing business specification documents, developing Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test
Scope and defining Test Cases.
 Extensively Testing knowledge in SAP R/3 SD, FI/CO.
 Hands on experience in Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Interface Testing, Stress and User
Acceptance Testing (UAT), Integration Testing.
 Worked on Test Director and QC for Defect Tracking, organizing, managing, planning and
executing the Tests

ACADEMIC PROFILE

Graduation in B.com (GENERAL) from Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems MS-DOS, WINDOWS 95/98/XP,07

Packages MS-OFFICE, TALLY ERP 9.0

ERP Tool Ecc 6.O

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Company : Capgeemini

Designation : SAP fi/co Consultant

Period : may 2017 - Still

Client : Covestro

Overview:
Covestro is a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials: innovative, sustainable and diverse.
We help make cars lighter so they save fuel. Our insulation systems protect buildings against the heat
and cold to reduce energy consumption. In entertainment electronics, our products support functionality,
safety and sleek design. Even the best product portfolio and global capabilities will only lead to success
if they are accompanied by a strong sense of purpose that runs through the entire organization
Roles and responsiblities:
 Solving of maintenance Issues and tickets in the area of G/L, A/P, A/R and Asset Managent.
  Keep all documentation up to date by team on share point of time
 Providing day to day operational and process support to users.
 Preparation of User manual Documentation.

 Had discussions with process owner system developers and end users..
 Resolved User issues on timely basis.
 Attended KT sessions & updated knowledge with new issues.
 Responsible for Month end closing activities.

Company : Newt Global India Pvt Ltd.

Designation : SAP Consultant

Period : October – 2016 to 21 April

Nature of Project: Testing

Client : AVAYA

Overview :
Avaya Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California
that specializes in Internet telephony, wireless data communications, and Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) software. The company also provides business communication solutions for
customer.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Prepared Functional manual test cases & performed manual execution of scenarios in HP ALM,
raised defects & co-ordinate till defect closure.
 Extensively worked on testing of SAP fico sd modules Perform testing, troubleshooting the
issues, and interaction with business.
 Involved in Integration testing (end-to-end Cross-Functional process chain).
 Prepared training documents for end users of application.

CLIENT NAME : NEULANDS LABORATORIES

Duration : OCT 2015 – SEPT 2016

Designation : SAP FI/CO consultant

Project – 1:- Support

Client Overview

 Neuland Laboratories Limited is a thirty year old publicity listed company headquartered in
Hyderabad, India.
 It is a leading manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients and to end to end solution
provider for the pharmaceutical industry for chemistry related services.
 Company main business is manufacturing of APIs and advanced intermediates from companies
solution providerfor the pharmaceutical industry for chemistry related services from synthesis of
library comounds to supply NCEs and intermediates at various clinical phases upto commercial
scale.
 Company core competence lies in the application of strong process chemistry to manufacturing in
regulatory, which is supported by a strong fame of more than 1000 employees.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Solving of maintenance Issues and tickets in the area of G/L, A/P, A/R and Asset Managent.

 Keep all documentation up to date by team on share point of time.

 Providing day to day operational and process support to users.

 Preparation of User manual Documentation.

 Had discussions with process owner system developers and end users..
 Resolved User issues on timely basis.
 Attended KT sessions & updated knowledge with new issues.
 Responsible for Month end closing activities.

CLIENT NAME: PRIME GROUP

Duration: AUGUST 2014 to SEPT 2015

Designation: SAP FI/CO Consultant

Project 2 – Implementation & Support

Client Overview

 Prime group is the modest enterprise established in the year 1986 in Gurgon.
 It is now a prime mover. A leader in the latest technologies in India and an international
forerunner.
 Over the years the Prime Group has surged through continuous expansion, diversification and
transformation of its initial venture into a varied field.
 Now the Prime Group’s acivitvities includes imports, manufacturing assembling and marketing of
a wide range of high-tech equipment, instruments, and systems relating to power and other core
sectors.
 The Gruoup’s intensely motivated, highly qualified and trained manpower of more than over 1500
professionals in tis completely automated offices and marketing network spread all over the
country.
 The group having its offices in 36 locations spread a cross 17 major cities in the country

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Analyzed the business processes, collected the business users’ requirements and documented it
as part of Business Blueprint.
 Preparation of Business Blueprints and client sign-off

 Finalization of organizational entities based on requirement analysis.

 Presentation of the proposed Organization Structure to the client and getting it approved

 Configured the IMG settings as demanded by the business process requirements

 ‘Gaps’ were found and analysed to arrive at suitable remedies
  Determined the cost centre and profit centre hierarchies.
 Integration with Sales and Distribution and Material Management Modules.

 Prepared Process Manuals to help users in appreciating the business process

 Prepared Training Materials for users

 Imparted FICO training for users

 Involved in preparation of cut-over strategy.

 LSMW prepared for all CO Master Data uploads.

 Involved in Go-Live phase of the project

 Part of post go-live support team

CLIENT NAME: Natco Pharma Limited

Duration: AUGUST 2013 to JULY 2014

Designation: SAP FI/CO Jr.Consultant

Project 3 – Support

Client Overview

 Natco Pharma Limited was incorporate in Hyderabad in the 1981 with a single unit with 20
employees.
 Now the company consist of 5 manufacturing facilities spread across India with dedicated to
modern research laboratories capabilities in drug development etc.
 Now it consist of more than 2500 employees.
 If it is ranked fastest growing pharmaceutical in India

Roles and Responsibilities

 Provided support to run and maintance project for FICO Modules.

 Monitoring ticket queue and resolving timely as per SLA agreement.
 Interacted with Business users wherever required for getting resolved the tickets.
 Reviewing the tickets status weekly and updating the status to Project manager.
 Responsible for designing period end closing activities.