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Yogesh Joshi

Certified SAP FICO Consultant

PROFILE

Highly experienced SAP Application Architect /SAP Project Manager/ SAP Functional Consultant with extensive experience with leading global pharmaceutical/healthcare company

EDUCATION

MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Chicago 2008
Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (equivalent to CPA).
Associate Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, University of Nagpur, India 1978

SUMMARY

12 years of SAP functional experience in FI(GL/AP/AR), CO, COPA, AM, FM, HR, SD and MM modules
Very Strong in Product costing, COPA, Asset Accounting , Profit Center Accounting , New GL, Custom Interfaces with Banks/Other Legacy Systems /EDI Processes and Material Ledger
Strong knowledge of Order to Cash(OTC) /Procure to pay processes(PTP) and their integration with FI/CO
Worked on multiple projects involving data migration activities in the area of GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data / Customer master data /Recipes/BOM /Asset master data and balances including data conversion from legacy systems .Used multiple tools for data migration including Winrunner, LSMW, ABAP Program, standard SAP tools.
Recent experience in New GL includes working on multiple ledgers for different accounting principles/currencies/fiscal years as well as multiple depreciation areas for different accounting principles in Asset accounting
Worked extensively in multi-national/multi currency environment /global roll out environment
Worked on System Integration Projects for acquisition /merger of businesses/companies
Worked both on new Project Implementation/roll out as well as Support Projects , including working with Off-shore teams
8 years of experience in documenting processes for implementing IT solutions in validated environment for compliance with GxP’s/SOX.
Worked in very senior positions in Finance Area in diversified manufacturing industries and exposed to all facets of Financial Management
Overall 27 years of functional Experience in Systems Development, Project Management, Management Information System processes(MIS), Financial Accounting, Costing, Budgeting, Auditing and Working Capital Management

IT TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

SAP AG, Germany- Certified as Application Consultant “Accounting” for SAP R3

SAP EXPERIENCE

Project	Version	Nature	Role	Focus Modules
Various projects at Abbott Laboratories, Chicago (2002 to date )	ECC 6.0/4.6C/4.5	Frame work and business re-engineering/Business Process Harmonization /New Implementation/Upgrades/Production Support	Application Architect/ Project Manager/FICO Configurator	General Ledger, New General Ledger, New GL Migration, Product Costing. Profitability Analysis, Asset Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Project systems ,Material ledger, Accounts Receivables. Account Payables, Sales & Distribution, Material Management, Solution Manager
MEMC Electronics Inc, St Louis ( 2002 )	4.6C	Production Support	FI/CO Consultant	Profitability Analysis, Product Costing, Material Ledger, Cash Management and Asset Accounting
Vikram Ispat( 2001)	4.6C	New implementation	FICO Consultant/ Project Manager	General ledger, Accounts receivable/Payable, Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profit Center Accounting, Profitability Analysis and Cash / Fund Management. Also included data migration activities involving GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data / Customer master data /Recipes/BOM /Asset master data and balances.
Cadila Pharmaceuticals (2000)	4.0	Value SAP Enhancement	Project Manager	Product Costing, Profit Center Accounting
Jai Corp Ltd.(1999-2000)	4.0	New Full Life Cycle Implementation	Project Manager	General ledger, Accounts receivable/Payable. Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profit Center Accounting Profitability Analysis, Cash and Fund Management, Asset Accounting. Also included data migration activities involving GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data / Customer master data /Recipes/BOM /Asset master data and balances.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd(1998-1999)	3.1H	Roll Over Project to New Sites	FI/CO Consultant	Asset accounting and Project Accounting. Also included data migration activities involving Asset master data and balances.
Cadburys India Ltd(1998)	3.1I	SAP User Training	FI Trainer	General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Payable
Prosoft Data Services (1998)	3.1H	SAP Training	Trainee	General ledger, Accounts receivable/Payable. Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profit Center Accounting Profitability Analysis, Cash and Fund Management, Asset Accounting and ABAP

SAP Projects at Abbott Laboratories

Project	Duration	Nature of Work
Solvay acquisition Integration Project	March 2010 to Till date	Working as Finance Team lead with project team responsible for integrating Abbott Systems with the Solvay (a company which Abbott recently acquired) systems. Work involved understanding the Solvay business processes/ IT systems ( mainly SAP ) , designing custom programs in SAP for reporting to Abbott Head Quarters , designing interfaces with Abbott SAP/HR systems and synchronization of Finance master data between Abbott SAP system and Solvay SAP system
Global Harmonization Project and blue printing for new SAP environment	April,2009 to Till date	Business process modeling and redesign , Stakeholder Management - guide others through process change and obtain buy-in ,Understanding technology and recommending when and how to use it to solve business problems and/or improve business processes, eliciting and developing system requirements , Designing instance strategy for SAP system for global implementation, Blue printing of new SAP environment based on common agreed business processes/requirements in the area of New GL/Profit Center Accounting/Asset Accounting/Product Costing /COPA /AP(PTP) and AR (OTC)
Architectural review of multiple projects involving FICO Modules /Support FICO Projects	Jan 2009 to Jan, 2010	Responsible for functional finance technical oversight of implementation projects to assure alignment with architecture and technology standards, Delivery manager for Support activities in the FICO Module( GL/AA/AR/AP/PCA/PC/COPA including all PTP and OTC activities)
Roll out Implementation for Pharma Manufacturing Units in Puerto Rico	Jan,2009 to July, 2009	As Project Manager and FICO Team Lead responsible for design and implementation of roll out solution for manufacturing Units involving Product Costing/ COPA/GL/AP/Profit Center accounting/MM/PP. Also included data migration activities involving GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data / Customer master data /Recipes/BOM /Asset master data and balances.
New implementation for Nutrition International Division Manufacturing plant in Singapore	Jan, 2008 to Jan, 2009	As Finance Team Lead responsible for design and implementation of FICO solution for GL/AP/AR/AM/Product Costing /COPA/FI Integration with SD/MM, including all PTP and OTC processes for new manufacturing facility. Also worked as Project Manager from Aug, 2008 onwards for timely execution of Project and handled all Project Management activities.
System upgrade from 4.6C to ECC 6.0	July, 2008 to Oct, 2008	Phase O of the project – conducting workshops with stake holders and finalizing design for upgrade to ECC 6.0 with new GL Functionality
New implementation in Nordics and South American countries on ECC 6.0 ( Total 8 countries )	Jan, 2008 to June, 2008	As Finance Team Lead for new implementation in the area of FI/CO involving New GL/Parallel Ledgers( multiple accounting principles/fiscal years) / COPA/ Document slitting / Segment Reporting / Asset accounting( multiple depreciation areas for multiple accounting principles)/VAT Tax settings etc.
Retrofit of Order Management Solution	June 2007 to Dec, 2007	As Project Manger Team responsible for retrofit of SD Order Management solution for proper alignment with Legal entity structure – Involved review /re-engineering of whole SD processes ( OTC Processes)
New Implementation of Project Systems Solution for Global product Research Division	Jan, 2007 TO June 2007	As Team lead responsible for designing and implementation of solutions for Research Projects based on SAP Project systems for Global Product Research Division
New implementation for Abbott Diagnostic Division for US manufacturing sites	April, 2007 to Dec, 2007	As CO lead worked on implementing Product Costing solution for Diagnostic Products .The scope included both Standard costing( Cost Estimates/Activity Costs ) as well as Manufacturing Order costing ( Order Costing/WIP Calculation/Variances calculation ) . Also included data migration activities involving GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data / Customer master data /Recipes/BOM /Asset master data and balances.
Guidant Acquisition Integration Project	April, 2006 to Dec, 2006	Worked as Finance Team lead with project team responsible for integrating Abbott Systems with the Guidant (Abbott acquired Vascular business from Boston Scientific) systems. The work involved working with Basis team to carve out data related to Guidant company codes from the Boston Scientifics’ SAP System database, and bringing Guidant on Abbott’s shared service AP processes/systems( custom development for new interfaces/ programs ) .
Support Project for FI/CO,	Aug, 2005 to March, 2006	FI/CO Support Team lead for providing support for FI/CO user community in the area of Product Costing /COPA/AP/AR/Asset Accounting /Profit Center Accounting/Cost Overhead Accounting
New implementation for replacing General Ledgers at Corporate Headquarters/Legacy system for Accounts Payable and Direct Material Purchases	Jan, 2004 to July, 2005	Design/Configuration/Implementation for Global Chart of Accounts, GL, AP, PCA, MM- Master Data, plants and FI-MM Integration and Legacy data migration and Lockbox implementation for AR(Order to Cash) . Also included data migration activities involving GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data
New implementation for Bio-Research at Worcester, MA and, Puerto Rico	Oct, 2003 to June, 2005	FI/CO team member for GL, PCA, Product Costing, COPA and Fixed Assets Module. Also included data migration activities involving GL Master data /Cost Center Master data/Material Master data/ Vendor Master data / Customer master data /Recipes/BOM /Asset master data and balances.
New implementation for Brazil	June, 2003 to May, 2004	Worked on designing Global Template for Product Costing, COPA , Material Ledger and Asset management
Production Support for FI/CO Modules	Oct, 2002 to May, 2003	Provided Production support to FI/CO users in the area of COPA/Product Costing/Profit Center accounting/Accounts Payable /General ledger etc including month end/year end activities.

IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE IN OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGE – FROM 1999 To 2000

As a team leader at Jai Corp Ltd., fully implemented an in house developed package covering General Ledger, Accounts Payables and Receivables, Material Procurements, Issues and Valuation, Production Records, Sales Order Processing and Invoicing, Payroll Accounting. This package was developed with Power Builder as Front End Tool on Window NT/MS SQL Server Platform

The work included the following;

Business Process Review i.e. evaluation of existing business processes and documentation and discussions with various users for automating processes through Integrated Package.
Coordination with programmers for development of the package.
Running the software package initially on trial basis parallel to legacy system, discussing problems with users and arranging necessary solutions.
Provide support for Post go live phase
The project was competed in about 12 month’s time

PRE- SAP FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE DETAILS- From 1983 to 1998

Overall supervision and compilation of accounts at corporate level in multi divisional company.
Management of Treasury functions- Arranging Working Capital/Long term Loans for Capital Projects from all Leading Banks/Financial Institutions in India, and Foreign exchange risk management
Working with various units within Organization to gain insight into the full spectrum of financial activities ongoing throughout the year- Strategic Plan, Annual Operating Plans, Monthly Forecast, Risk/Opportunities, Competitive Analysis, Capital Investments
Setting standards for various production inputs and outputs and other cost elements and comparison of actual with standards to report variances from time to time for cost control.
Improvement in the information & control systems in the organization from time to time.
Complete and present the Board of Director’s package
Preparation and Finalization of Month End/Year End Financial Statements including Co-ordination with statutory auditors and internal auditors.
Inter-action with various government departments and regulatory bodies’ viz. RBI, Customs Dept., Environmental Control Agencies etc.
Company secretarial and legal matters.
Audit (Including Internal Audits) of many large Companies in India

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