About Suresh
Kannada
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English
Fluent
French
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Experience
- DELOITTE FRANCESAP FINANCE SPECIALIST LEADRAW MATERIALS INDUSTRYMay 2025 - November 2025 (6 months)Paris, FranceClient : LesaffreRole : SAP Finance Specialist Lead• Finance Stream Lead — Lesaffre Global S/4HANA Rollout (US & Argentina): Led the FI/CO workstream across regions, owning scope, timeline, and stakeholder alignment.• End-to-End Finance Deliverables: Delivered GL, AP, AR, and Fixed Assets for US/AR company codes, from config to cutover and hypercare.• Testing Leadership (ITC & UAT): Orchestrated cross-region ITC/UAT; built test cases, drove defect triage in ALM, and coordinated fixes with business and Deloitte offshore teams.• Intercompany & Re-Invoicing: Designed/reviewed cross-company intercompany and service re-invoicing flows; validated postings, tax, and mirror entries for accuracy.• Asset Accounting Migration: Supported AA migration and depreciation setup (US Book, Local, Tax areas); confirmed account determinations and period-end behavior.• Month-End Close Support: Assisted with closing activities and reconciliations, ensuring alignment to corporate reporting and CORE template.• Cutover & Data Readiness: Prepared cutover plans, balance migration templates, and master data load files; executed mock runs and validated results.• Mentoring & Governance: Mentored junior consultants; enforced standards for functional design, ALM documentation, and UAT progress reporting.
- ACCENTURE FRANCESAP FICO CONSULTANT - ASSOCIATE MANAGERJuly 2019 - March 2025 (5 years and 8 months)Paris, FranceClient : LÓrealRole : S4 FICO Consultant - Scrum Master• Custom Bulk-Posting API (3rd-party → S/4HANA): Designed and built an API for high-volume postings (JE, AP, AR, AA, reversals) directly into SAP S/4HANA, eliminating the need for AFI bulk-posting licenses and delivering significant cost savings.• Mass JE Posting (S/4HANA): Developed a Mass Journal Entry program with validations, error handling, and audit logs, boosting throughput and reducing manual effort.• Requirements & Template Alignment: Led legacy-ERP requirements and aligned design to the Global Template Company Code; ran decision workshops and contributed to solution architecture (interfaces, security, posting controls).• Core FI Configuration: Set up financial org structure, FI global settings, New GL, and FI (GL, Asset Accounting): document types, number ranges, posting keys, tolerances, field-status variants.• Asset Accounting: Defined asset classes, screen layouts, depreciation areas/keys, and account determinations; validated period-end behavior and AA↔GL/CO integration.• Integrations & Specs: Authored 20 interface Functional Specifications (S/4HANA ↔ BlackLine & others); partnered with ABAP/Fiori to deliver apps and reporting artifacts.• Testing & Training: Built E2E scenarios, drove ITC/UAT to closure, and delivered training/handover to support teams.• BlackLine – JE Posting: Designed E2E JE templates and secure connectivity/controls to post journals from BlackLine into S/4HANA.• BlackLine – Account Recs: Configured Account Reconciliations; automated balance extraction from S/4HANA → BlackLine with workflows and auto-certification for AR/GL.• Master Data to BlackLine: Implemented GL, Cost Center, Profit Center interfaces (TIBCO → BlackLine via API)
- NTT DATASAP FICO CONSULTANT - SUPPORTJanuary 2019 - July 2019 (6 months)Bengaluru, Karnataka, India• Collaborated with users and clients to gather requirements, address system concerns, and identify improvement opportunities. Led a team of 10, managing issues across the US and EMEA regions, prioritizing tasks based on SLAs.• Provided expert L2/L3 support for SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO), resolving critical incidents (P0/P1). Demonstrated proficiency in Bank Accounting, managing both inbound and outbound processes (electronic bank statements, Payment Run DMEE files).• Leveraged expertise in ABAP by coordinating with development, regression testing, and performance testing teams to implement changes and ensure system stability. Maintained composure and effectively addressed issues during critical situations.
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Education
- FICOFICO
- MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONPeriyar University2010MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATION