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AMIT SAWANT

Candidate ID: 458199

Career Summary

Overall 15+ years’ experience in accounts and finance with IT - SAP FICO with reputed companies: ? Around 08+ years of Techno-functional experience in implementing, customizing, configuring, integrating, testing, document preparation, user training, and support in SAP R/3,S4 FI/CO, Treasury, FSCM.

Skill Set

SAP FICO, FSCM,REFX,PS,SAC AND TREASURY & RISK Management Consultant

Professional Information

Total Experience : 17

Nationality : India

Qualification Level : Post Graduate

Job Function : IT - Software

Work Location Preference : Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE

Detailed Profile


AMIT R. SAWANT
Mobile: 08286158823 ~ E-Mail: sawantamit777@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-sawant-1198a615

Certified in SAP Finance and Accounting ( SAP FI ) Professional from Delphi Computech ( SAP Education partner ) in 2014.

SAP Certificate ID. - 0011127690.


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? PRINCE2® Foundation Certificated in Project Management in Jan 2019.
AXELOS Global Best Practice, License Certificate Number – GR656065165AS.

? PRINCE2® Registered Practitioner in Project Management in Jan 2019.
AXELOS Global Best Practice, License Certificate Number – GR657033137AS.
Expiry Date: 31st Jan 2022.

? EXIN Agile Scrum Master Certifications in April 2019 - EXIN Holding B.V.

Career Summary

Overall 15+ years’ experience in accounts and finance with IT - SAP FICO with reputed companies:
? Around 08+ years of Techno-functional experience in implementing, customizing, configuring, integrating, testing, document preparation, user training, and support in SAP R/3,S4 FI/CO.
? Functional business/configuration SAP FI-CO expertise and cross industry knowledge.
? Full life-cycle SAP Implementation experience, working as Finance expert in various phases of Project Environments.
? Worked in implementation including configuration, integrations of FI/CO with Go Live and readiness and post go live support.
? Proficient in SAP ASAP Methodology and well versed with business process,
? Its mapping configuration in SAP Team oriented and self-motivated professional,
? Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with innovative thinking. A team player who prefers to work closely with a wide variety of people from all areas across an organization.
Skill Sets

? SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 / EHP7 / S4 HANA 1610, 1709 – Simple Finance, Fiori.
? SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) - IBPF
? SAP Process Flow Developments
? SAP Financials (SAP FI) Modules GL, AP, AR, FA.
? Integration with other Module: FI with MM, SD, HR.
? New General Ledger Accounting.
? SAP Controlling (SAP CO) – Product Costing & Profitability Analysis.
? SAP FSCM – Cash/Credit/Collection Mgmt.& Dispute Management
? SAP Treasury and Risk Management
? Cross Module Knowledge – SAP MM, SD, PP & PS.
? SAP ABAP - ABAP/4 Editor, Menu Painter, Screen Painter.









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SCHOLASTICS

? Master of Business Administration (MBA-Finance) from Distance Education, Sikkim Manipal University- completed in 2012.
? Post-Graduation Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM-Finance) from Distance Education, Mumbai University - completed in 2011.

? M.Com. (Accounts) from Distance Education Mumbai University in 2004.

? Diploma in Business Management (DBM-Finance) from Chetna Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai in 2002.
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? B.Com. (Accounts) from Chetna College, Bandra (E) Mumbai University in 2001.


________________________________________ Professional Job Profile Highlights - FI/CO

? Worked on Three Implementation, One Reimplementation and Three Support Projects, Four Rollouts including GST-Rollout. ( One Onsite visit –KSA- Riyadh).

? SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA
Configuration and use of new functionalities in General Ledger Accounting
Configuration and use of new functionalities in Controlling.
Configuration and use of new functionalities in Asset Accounting
Configuration and use of new functionalities in Management Accounting
Overview of SAP Integrated Business Planning for Finance
Overview of SAP Cash Management powered by SAP HANA

? GST Configuration Process-GST Notes Implementation, Tax Procedure, Access Sequence, Conditions.
? Configuration of Enterprise Structure and Assignment of organizational Units Fiscal year, Posting Period , COA , G / L Master Records , G / L Accounts, Open & Close FI periods.
? Decision making regarding configuration related issues.
? Primary contact and responsible for solving all priority tickets like critical, high, medium and low priority within the SLA time limit.
? Possess moderate working knowledge in all areas of Finance and Accounts and preparation of Management Reports
? Interacting with MM and SD Consultants to generate Master records of customers and vendors, House Banks and Sub account. Configuration of Dunning with respect to customer master, Check lots. Foreign exchange valuation.
? Extensive business testing and decisions related to modification adjustments and customer developments impacted by the upgrade EHP7.
? Configuring automatic and manual payment program and testing.
? Involved in Attending blue printing sessions to understand the requirements
? Responsible for raising issues in each module and if required communicating with the functional team and helping them in fixing the issue.
? Preparation of end user Manuals & Z Developments. Fund Managements.
? Vendor payments. Configuration of Dunning with respect to customer master, Check lots.
? Withholding tax configuration and testing from creation of vendor down payment to annual tax return by defining tax types and tax codes as per Act.
? General Ledger (FI-GL) taking care for uploading master data and configuring the pre-requisites which includes Creation of Chart of Accounts, Account groups, and Retained earnings accounts, etc. CIN (Excise, Service Tax & VAT Configuration)



Controlling:

• Configuration of Controlling Area (CO) , Maintaining CO version, Maintaining number ranges for planning and actual transactions in CO and Defining primary and secondary Cost Elements.
• Product costing - Configuration of product costing -
Basic setting, Material Cost estimate with Qty structure, Cost Object Controlling, WIP-Result


Analysis, Variance Calculation, Settlement, Product Cost by Period, MTO, Reports.
• Profit Centre Accounting, Report Painter / Drill Down Report.
• Creation of allocation structures and settlement profiles, Creation of Different Internal Order Types, maintain planning and budgeting of Internal orders(CO-IO).
• Configuration of CO-PA - Controlling and Profitability Analysis.
Costing as well as Accounts based CO-PA.
• Definition of Internal Orders Types, Order Masters and Settlement Profiles.
• Creation of Cost Centre Groups and cost centres (CO-CCA), Defining different Activity types and Statistical key figures, Settings for Allocation of costs among cost objects with different methods like Assessments, distributions and reposting.
Asset Management:

• Configuring Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas and Depreciation Keys
• Creation of Asset Classes, Asset Number Ranges, Account Determination, and related settings.
• Managing acquisition of new asset with Asset Under Construction (AUC) and settlement of the same to final asset
• Acquisition, Retirement, transfers and scrapping of Assets, Depreciation run.
• Transferring APC Values, Maintaining Group and Low Valued Assets, Shift Depreciation.
Treasury & Risk Management:
• General Configuration – Portfolio, Traders, Define and Assign Accounting codes and Valuation areas, Initialization of Parallel Valuation Areas
• Financial accounting integration for Treasury and Risk Management
• Fixed Deposit, Commercial Paper, Interest Rate instrument, Fixed term deposit simulation, Commercial paper NPV calculator, Derivatives (creating forward rate adjustments, Interest rates adjustments), Interest Rate Swap, OTC.
• SAP Cash Management - In house cash management, Cash Pooling.
SAP BPC NW 10.1 Embedded
• Build excel report, expert on using excel formulas, as EPM functions is similar to excel functions.
• load data from BW to BPC.
• Well versed in planning/budgeting/forecasting business processes.
• Well versed with SAP BPC-BW-ECC/S4 HANA architecture.
• Report and Input schedules design and development Knowledge of Script Logic Exposure to other EPM tools.










________________________________________Technical Expertise – SAP ABAP

? SAP R/3 Architecture & ABAP/4 Development Workbench:
? ABAP/4 Editor, Menu Painter, Screen Painter, Data Browser.
? Data Dictionary:
? Creating Tables, Data Elements, Domains Internal Tables: Various Operations using
Internal Tables.
Transactions:
? Menu Painter (Creating User-Defined Menus & Buttons), Screen Painter (Designing
Screens, coding transactions.
? Data Transfer (BDC’s): Call Transaction Method, Batch Input Session Method.
? Reports: Classical Reporting, Interactive Reporting.
? SAP Scripts: Forms, Pages & Windows, Integrating reports with SAP Scripts.
? LSMW: Legacy system migration workbench.
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CAREER CONTOUR – SAP

Organization : NexGen Private Limited.

Duration : Since December 2017 till date.
Designation : SAP FICO, Simple Finance Lead Consultant
System : S4 HANA – 1610- Simple Finance

1) Client : Sundram Fasteners ( India)
Project Title : Rollout Implementation, Support.
Client Industry : Mechanical, Manufacturing
Module Implemented: MM, FI, CO, SD, SAP BPC NW 10.1 Embedded

( Co.Profile : Sundram Fasteners Limited is a holding company. TVS Group Co into Automobile Sector. The Company is engaged in manufacturing high tensile fasteners, and motor vehicle parts and accessories. Its product range includes cold extruded parts, powder metal parts, etc.)

2) Client : Trivitron Healthcare Private Limited
Project Title : Support & Development
Client Industry : Medial equipment manufacturing and Healthcare
Module Implemented: PP, MM, FI, CO, SD, and QM,Sugar CRM and SAP BPC NW 10.1 Embedded.

( Co.Profile : Manufacturing, Innovation, Distribution and Best-in-class After Sales Support. Trivitron, through its innovations and collaborative initiatives, makes healthcare accessible and affordable to the developed and emerging markets).


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Organization : KPIT TECHNOLOGIES.

Duration : Since APRIL 2017 to Nov 2017.
Designation : SAP FICO Lead Consultant
System : S4 HANA – 1610 IMPLEMENTATION

1) Client : Piramal Fund Management.
Project Title : Green Field Implementation
Client Industry : Financial Institution
Module Implemented: FI, CO & TRM- Treasury & Risk Mgmt, SAP BPC NW 10.1 Embedded
(Co.Profile : Piramal Fund Management Pvt. Ltd. has an exceptionally strong team comprising seasoned professionals with significant real estate, transactional, operating and investment experience. Piramal Fund Management Pvt. Ltd. has already demonstrated sourcing and investing capabilities in the Indian Real Estate sector)
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Organization : Capgemini India Private Limited.

Duration : July 2016 to March 2017
Designation : Senior SAP FICO Consultant
System : ECC 6.0 EHP7.0

1) Client : Denora India Pvt. Ltd., GOA
Project Title : Rollout Implementation
Module Implemented: FI, CO , MM, SD & PP.

(Co.Profile : De Nora is recognized worldwide as a leading supplier of technologies for the production of chlorine, caustic soda and derivatives for the chlor-alkali industry as well as the largest worldwide manufacturer and recoater of noble metal-coated electrodes, electrolyzers, coating solutions for the electrochemical industry in general).

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Organization : Tech Point Business Solutions Private Limited

Duration : Feb 2016 – July 2016
Designation : Senior SAP FICO Consultant
System : S4 HANA – 1511- Simple Finance

1) Client : Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF, KSA) Riyadh
Project Title : Greenfield Implementation – SAP
Client Industry : Government Financial Institution
Module Implemented: FI, FM, CO, MM & TRM- Treasury & Risk Mgmt.

Main Responsibilities:

? Involved in Business Blue print phase. Requirement gathering done for the business processes (AS-IS) and TO-BE also done with flow charts with write-up in BBP. Attended Active Embedded quality review workshops for BBP with SAP MENA (Middle East & North Africa).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Organization : IBM India Private Limited
Duration : Feb 2015 – Jan 2016
Designation : Senior SAP FICO Consultant
System : ECC 6.0 EHP7.0

1) Client : National Aviation Company of India Ltd (Air India)
Project Title : Support & Development

Main Responsibilities:

? Working on DOC module (Direct Operating Airport Cost). Additional developments as per the client requirements. Charges include Parking, Landing, Route Navigation Facilities Charges (RNFC), Terminal Navigational Landing Charges (TNLC) and X-Ray Baggage Charges etc. Fund Management.
2) Client : Parle Biscuits Private Limited
Project Title : Greenfield Implementation

( Co.Profile : Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. manufactures biscuits and confectionary. The Company prepares fresh cookies, crackers, pretzels, chocolate, candy, and dry bakery products. Parle markets its products throughout India).

Main Responsibilities:
Configuration of product costing -
Basic setting, Material Cost estimate with Qty structure, Cost Object Controlling, WIP-Result Analysis, Variance Calculation, Settlement, Product Cost by Period, MTO, Reports.



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Organization : Praxis Technologies

Duration : May 2011 – February 15
Designation : Senior SAP FICO Consultant
System : ECC 6.0 EHP7.0

1) Client : Bhushan Steel Limited.
Project Title : Rollout Implementation and Post Implementation Support
Project Duration : Dec 2012 – Feb 2015

2) Client : Soma Textile Industries Pvt. Ltd
Project Title : Rollout Implementation and Post Implementation Support
Project Duration : Jan 2012 – Nov 2012

3) Client : Shree Renuka Sugars
Project Title : Support & Maintenance
Project Duration : May 2011 – Dec 2011
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Organization : Infosol Technologies Ltd

Duration : June 2009 – May 2011
Project Title : Support & Maintenance
Designation : Associate SAP FI Consultant/Trainee

? Dealing with client fresh requirements and Coordinating with technical consultants.
? End user training across FI module as of required.
? Supported in resolving day-to-day end-user issues pertaining to FI (sub-modules include General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Asset Accounting).
? Providing support daily trouble shooting problems
? Ensure that all support issues are resolved within the parameters of the agreed SLA.

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CAREER CONTOUR – Non-SAP (Domain/Business)

K.V. Bhat & Co. (Chartered Accountant), Mumbai: Jun’2001-May’2009
Accounts Executive





Overall Responsibilities: Finance & Accounts

- Managing finance/accounts functions involving determining financial objectives, designing & implementing systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial control.
- Keep adequate and proper ledgers/journal that clearly reflects the expenses of operation in conformance with accounting policies.
- Implementing systems, procedures & manuals for preparation & maintenance of statutory books of accounts & financial statements, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
- Inter-unit and Inter-company reconciliation, Critical Evaluation & Analysis of Debtors & Creditors. Physical verification of Stock & Fixed Assets and reconciliation thereof.
- Validate the cost of goods sold as part of the month-end close
- Report on periodic variances and their causes, focusing in particular on spending variances.
- Managing all Sales/ Revenues/ Expenditures of Branches, Export/Import Documentation.
- Supervising on preparation of payroll activities, Salary & Wages (P.F., PT., ESIC, TDS).





? Auditing & Taxation
- Coordination with Statutory / Tax / Internal / Management Auditor; evaluating the internal control systems with a view to highlight shortcomings & implementing recommendations.
- Computing & arranging for timely deposit of Taxes & Returns like in Direct Tax – Advance Tax, TDS, Withholding Tax, Wealth Tax, Capital Gain Tax and in Indirect Tax - Central Excise- Dealer, Manufacturer, Service Tax, VAT, CST also liaison with respective department for timely completion of assessment.
- Managing central excise registrations, processing of Quarterly ETDS Returns & TDS Certificate (Form 16 & 16A) as well as Audit Forms - 3CD, 3CEB.
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? Costing & Forex
- Ongoing analysis of process constraints, target costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities.
- Construct and monitor those cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management.
- Managing FOREX matter, Various Pre and Post shipment functions and expenses, FIRC Certificates.
- Making various financial planning regarding company’s various financial aspect (Issue of loan packing credit, Working Capital).

Microsoft Excel
- Conversant with formulas viz. V-lookup, H-lookup, Pivot Tables / Charts, Sub-totals, Data Filter, Conditional formulas, Micros etc. In Microsoft Excel.

Tally ERP
- Expertise in Tally ERP 9 Software, TDL (Tally definition Language) Programming/Customisation, Conversion of Data from Excel to Tally ERP & from other software, Synchronisation of Data between Tally ERP & from other software.
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PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth : 7th August 1978
Languages Known : Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi & English
Address : Mumbai. INDIA.
Additional Contacts : 91-07977804338