BEATRICE.N.

MAKESA
4065 Waters End Lane
Snellville, Georgia 30039
404 704 7580 beamakesa2006@yahoo.com

SUMMARY

Experienced results-oriented professional in the fields of SAP FICO modules-GL, AR,

AP & CO; and Accounting domain areas - Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank
Reconciliations and Payroll; Process Modeling using Microsoft Visio;
Drafting SAP FICO Training Design Documents, Extensively worked with client's
functional team to check training materials across course areas and modify according to
the Gap Analysis and Business Requirements; and establishing the Project Management
(PMO) document infrastructure (templates & samples).

• More than 3 years of professional experience in the fields of SAP/FI and Finance
& Accounting domain areas.
• Over 7 years of functional experience in the areas of Finance, Accounting,
Audit, Sales and Management in Financial Services, Retail and
Manufacturing.
• Worked in two Full Life Cycle Implementations, Rollouts, Support and
Upgrade projects.
• Experience in Configuration and Testing of FI modules-GL, AR, AP and CO.
• Experience in Blueprints, Configuration, Unit, Stress, Volume, Regression,
User Acceptance and Integration Testing, Documentation and Product
Support.
• Sound Knowledge in MM and SD Modules.
• Special emphasis on Data Migration Specification with Legacy System
Migration Workbench (LSMW) for Data Uploads.

Skills: SAP FICO modules-GL, AR, AP & CO; Microsoft Visio; Excel and Power point.

Independent Consulting: Dec 2008 to Present

• CLC Corporation: Nov 2009 to present

o FICO Requirement Gathering
o FI AP & AR Master Data Configuration
o Project Plan and Status Tracking – Solution Manager
o Unit Testing FICO

• PCA Org. Atlanta GA. March 2009 to Oct 2009

o Global Template and Gap Analysis
 o Process Design – Blue print for FICO process
o SAP FI System Configuration
o SAP FI integration design to MM, SD and CO modules.

Accenture: SAP Consulting - April 2007 to Dec 2008

• SAP FI Configuration
• SAP FICO Training Design Documents
• SAP FI Process Modeling
• Project Management Analyst

SAP FICO Configuration

Designed, developed, documented and implemented solutions on SAP FI/CO,

which included, the Controlling area, Cost Elements, Cost Centers, Cost Center
Hierarchy, Collections Management, defining Account Groups, copying and
transporting G/L accounts, G/L account Display, Posting Key, number ranges and
document types. A/P & A/R Configuration of the Customer and Vendor Master
Data, Number Ranges, and Vendor/Customer Groups and Defined Screen Layout.
Participated in team meetings to evaluate and analyze requirements and processes
that enhance the use of SAP.

SAP FI Training Documents Designer

Participated in designing SAP FI End User training documents to support client's

operations and external stakeholders.
Training and support document created included: GL Admin, CO Support
Analyst, and Master Data Overview
Designed a training curriculum, created courses, and planned the delivery of
Train-the-Trainer sessions for client teams
Extensively worked with client’s functional team to check training materials
across course areas and modify according to the Gap Analysis and Business
Requirements
Participated in team meetings to provide status updates on issues, risks and
resolutions

SAP FICO Process Modeling

1. Identified business needs and requirements.

2. Worked with the client's representatives on functional specifications.
3. Designed and defined integrated SAP business processes using Microsoft
Visio in the following areas:
 (a) Maintaining Financial Master Data; included Co code
maintenance, GL account maintenance, PC standard hierarchy &
maintenance, CC standard hierarchy & maintenance, Cost element
maintenance, Cost Element maintenance - primary & secondary cost
elements, and statistical key figures.
(b) Managing GL Accounting; included Record a Journal Entry and
Prior Period Adjustments.
(c) Managing Treasury; included Cash Management - Business unit
cash, check at branch, check to shared services, EFT, Credit Card
payments, Accounts payable, and sweeps.
(d) Managing Tax; included tax determination/calculations on
material movement, purchasing & expense, and sales, customer
exemption certificate management, and Tax reporting.
(e) Managing Accounting close which included cost management,
AR period end close, AP period end close, and financial reporting.
4. Mapped Transaction Codes, Sox and Business Controls around the
business process flows to support the SAP roll out
5. Communicated progress on a regular basis.

Project Management Analyst

Provided support for the Program Management Office overseeing the company
Center of Excellence Program. Established document infrastructure for client
PMO (templates and samples). Worked across projects and provided Program
level performance data to senior client business and IT management for their Gate
Review Analysis

Diversified Holdings: SAP FICO Consultant -April 2005- February2007

• Configured Company Code, Global Settings, Posting Period Variants, Fiscal

Period Variants and Financial Statement versions.
• Designed Chart of Accounts and Inter- Company processes.
• FI-GL General Ledger Accounting, FI-AP Accounts Payable,
FI-AR Accounts Receivable, and Integrated FI with MM & SD modules.
• Created Customer Master Data, Customer Groups, Customer Field Status, Terms
of Payment
• Defined Credit Control Areas and set Credit Limits and Risk Categories for
Customers.
• Configured and Implemented best practices in Accounts Receivable, Dispute
Management and Credit Control Area.
• Configured Dunning Procedures for customers with outstanding balances, which
involved Creation of Dunning Proposals to printing the dunning.
• Created Vendor Master Data, Configured Vendor Groups, Vendor Field
Status, and assigned Number Ranges for Vendor Account Groups.
 • Provided functional resource on troubleshooting, month-end and year-end closing.

Education

SAP FICO ECC 4:7 & 6:0

MBA - Accounting & Finance

Andrews University
Berrien Springs
Michigan