1. Vaidyanath Kizhekemadhom
E-Mail: vaidyafico@gmail.com Mobile No.: +919769958874 (Mumbai)
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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
A seasoned professional with close to 16 years of total experience that includes around 11
years of success in handling multiple areas of process mapping and design, configuration,
documentation, training, testing, data migration, functional co-ordination for the project and
post-implementation support for SAP Implementations
SAP Certified Associate–Solution Consultant in Controlling Module in ECC 6.0
(EhP4)
• Around 4 years of Project Delivery experience
• Experienced in 3 End to End Implementation projects in ECC 6.0, 5 Support
Projects & Multiple Roll-out projects in SAP FICO module
• Experience of leading the Functional Upgrade Project for FICO and T&E modules
(upgrade from EhP4 to EhP6)
• One Implementation experience in SAP FSCM (Credit, Collections and Dispute
Management)
• One Implementation experience in Flexible Real Estate module in ECC 6.0
version
• SAP implementation experience covering various facets of ERP implementation like
Process Mapping, Design, Configuration, Documentation, Training, Test scripts, data
migration, functional co-ordination for the project and post-implementation support.
• Proficient in General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset
Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting and
COPA
• Proficient in integration aspects of other modules such as Materials Management,
Sales and Distribution, Human Capital Management and Project System(PS)
• Good working knowledge in New GL Accounting & Bank DME setup
• Exposure to SAP Tools like – Report Painter, LSMW, Validation & Substitutions
• Good Interpersonal & Presentation skills and a very good team player
Working with Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd., since October 2013
Details of SAP Experience
Oct 2013 – Till Date Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd
Heading the Global Support for SAP FICO and T&E modules and also responsible in leading
various roll-out Projects internally within Nielsen.
Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd.
SAP ECC 6.0 (EhP6)
SAP FICO and T&E Global Support Head

2. • Managing the SAP Global Production Support from offshore
• Leading a team of 15 members spread across various locations globally
• Day-to-day management of team including providing technical guidance to the team
• Ensure timely completion of project deliverables, meeting the specified quality
norms.
• Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting
and implementing system test plans, which ensure acceptable quality and integrity of
the system
• Responsible to lead various projects in the organization
• Acting as a central reference and information source, providing guidance and
assistance in the system project decision making process
Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd.
Lead for Functional Upgrade from EhP4 to EhP6
• Identified Business functions that would suit the business process in Nielsen
• Closely coordinated with the Technical team to implement the business functions
• Coordinated the Integration and Support Regression Testing
• Responsible for successful go-live of the business functions
Dec 2012 – Sep 2013 Deloitte & Touche Consulting India Pvt. Ltd
ZS Associates Ltd.
SAP ECC 6.0 (EhP5)
Production Support & Delivery
SAP FICO & PS - Lead
• Lead and Manage delivery of SAP Production Support for the client across 9 countries
• Monitoring Incidents on a daily basis and ensure that resolution is within the agreed
SLA, across 9 countries
• Analyzing the cause of errors, providing corrective solutions, and suggest for
preventive actions to avoid recurrence
• Preparing functional specifications for the ABAP team for any change in the existing
reports or for customizing new reports
• Configuring the system for any new business requirements or change in the existing
processes
• Assist in smooth closing of month end activities for Management Reporting
Other Roles and Responsibilities handled
Role: Pre-Sales
• Study and understand the requirements stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and
prepare a proposal document based on the RFP
• Mining for SAP Implementation opportunities, generating leads, submitting proposals
and conversion of prospects to clients

3. • Providing advice, guidance and expertise in developing proposals and strategies for
software design activities such as financial evaluation and costing for recommending
software purchases and upgrades
• Provide timelines and effort estimates for proposals
• Identification of required solution keeping in mind clients requirements by
 providing a high level design of the proposed solution
 participating in discussions and presentations to prospective clients
 preparing proof of concepts for proposed solutions to prospective clients
Feb 2012 – Nov 2012 IBM India Pvt. Ltd
Abbott Laboratories, US
SAP ECC 6.0 (EhP4)
Production Support
AR & FSCM - Team Member
• Monitoring Incidents on a daily basis and ensure that resolution is within the agreed
SLA
• Analyzing the cause of errors, providing corrective solutions, and suggest for
preventive actions to avoid recurrence
• Preparing functional specifications for the ABAP team for any change in the existing
reports or for customizing new reports
• Configuring the system for any new business requirements or change in the existing
processes
• Maintaining all documentation related to support activities in Solution Manager
Nov 2010 – Jan 2012 IBM India Pvt. Ltd
Abbott Laboratories, US
SAP ECC 6.0 (EhP4)
End-to-End Implementation
AR & FSCM - Team Member
As an AR & FSCM team member, I was responsible for Analysis, design, development,
testing and implementation of customized SAP solutions for our IBM US customer, Abbott
Laboratories
• Responsible for studying and analyzing the AR & FSCM related process of the client
• Configure the solutions to client’s varying business requirements
• Identify the gaps and provide solution for the gaps
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents,
establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and
testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results
• Provide day-to-day direction to the WRICEF object testing team and regular project
status to the customer

4. • Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional SAP FICO experience in conjunction with
industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.
Aug 2009 – Oct 2010 L&T Infotech Ltd
L&T Power Ltd, Hazira
SAP ECC 6.0 (EhP4)
End-to-End Implementation
Lead FICO Consultant
L&T Power Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited. L&T Power
Limited is a venture of L&T Limited in the Power sector, which provides complete solution for
the Power Industry. It also has Joint Ventures with Mitsubishi, Japan for manufacturing
equipments like Boiler, Turbine and Generators
The Implementation was carried out for OTC, P2P, MTD, PMC, PTF, PTC, ALM, QAC & EHS
process areas
Key Challenges:
• Understanding complex business procedures in a short span of time
• Designing Business Processes to meet the requirements of the Client
Responsibilities:
• Contribute in establishing Business Processes for the client (being a green-field
project)
• Document the Business Processes as per client’s requirement
• Design Process Flow diagrams for all the Business Processes
• Configure the system based on the blueprint document emphasizing on OTC and
P2P process areas
• Contribute in configuring integration settings related to OTC and P2P processes
• Use enhancements and report development where standard SAP solution does not
meet client’s requirements
• Prepare functional specifications, test data and carry out Functional Acceptance
Test for new ABAP developments
• Develop test scenarios, carried out Unit and Integration testing covering all Process
areas and documented the test results.
• Prepare user manuals and conduct training sessions to core users
• Use Solution Manager for capturing all documentation related to the project
• Provide hyper-care support to the client post go-live
June 2008 – July 2009 L&T Infotech Ltd
Thales Rail Signaling Solutions, Canada

5. SAP R/3 4.6C version
Production Support
Lead FICO Consultant and Onsite Coordinator
Thales is a global supplier to urban rail transit operations offering SelTrac(R) CBTC, NetTrac
MT system management control, and LockTrac solid-state interlocking solutions.
Key Challenges:
• Preparing functional specifications, test data and completion of Functional
Acceptance Test (FAT)
• Resolving Incidents under different priorities without breaching the Service Level
Agreements (SLA)
Responsibilities:
• Involved in production support activities related to FI & CO modules for Thales
Canada and UK offices.
• Preparing functional specifications for the ABAP team for any change in the
existing reports or for customizing new reports
• Configuring the system for any new business requirements or change in the
existing processes
• Analyzing the cause of errors, providing corrective solutions, and suggest for
preventive actions to avoid recurrence of the errors.
• Maintaining all documentation related to support activities in the client’s
document repository (CDMS)
• Coordinating with the offshore team to ensure timely resolution of issues
Aug2007 – May2008 L&T Infotech Ltd
Thales Rail Signaling Solutions, Canada
SAP R/3 4.6C version
Roll-out
FICO Consultant
Thales is a global supplier to urban rail transit operations offering SelTrac(R) CBTC, NetTrac
MT system management control, and LockTrac solid-state interlocking solutions
This project was a roll-out of the currently existing system from Canada to UK. It is a copy of
the existing system except for the statutory requirements of UK
Responsibilities:
• Understanding the business processes of Thales Canada with the help of the Subject
Matter Experts
• Reviewing the Canadian processes with Thales UK Subject Matter Experts for any
change in the business processes
• Identifying the statutory requirements of UK and implementing them
• Preparation of Blueprint document and identifying gaps, if any
• Conducted Business Process workshops & Training sessions
• Configured and Customized SAP functionalities and prepared documentation for the
processes involved

6. • Developed test scenarios, carried out Unit and Integration testing and documented
the test results. Also carried out tests for ABAP developments
• Provided extensive support to the users during hyper-care period
Dec 2006 – Jul 2007 L&T Infotech Ltd
Collage Infrastructure, New Delhi
SAP ECC 6.0 version
End-to-End Implementation
Role: FICO & Real Estate Consultant
SAP implementation project with special emphasis on EC&O scenarios focusing on Real
Estate
The Collage Group was founded in 1990 and over the years, the Group has grown across
verticals with diversified business interests. The Group companies include Collage Estates
Private Limited, Collage International Trading Services and Collage Sports Management
Collage Estates Private Limited is developing retail and housing projects in various parts of
India
Key Challenges:
• Understanding Real Estate business process and mapping it to SAP
Responsibilities:
• Understanding the business processes of FICO and Real Estate of the Client
• Mapping the business processes into SAP
• Preparation of Blueprint document
• Interacting with SAP India Audit team on the business processes mapped
• Base line configuration of FICO & Real Estate Processes
• Preparation of user manuals, conducted training sessions to the core users and end
users
• Preparing Unit and Integration test cases and testing all the Business Processes
• Provided support to the users during the hyper-care period
• Monitoring the resolution process and logs
L&T Infotech Ltd
Other Roles and Responsibilities handled:

7. • Conducted In house training on various topics in Financial Accounting module
• Prepared and demonstrated White paper on Project Cash flows and Travel
Management
• Contributed in finalising RFP’s for various clients
Sep 2005 – Aug 2006 Mphasis Software Services India Pvt. Ltd
PSI Data Systems (Aditya Birla Group)
SAP 4.7 Version
Production Support
Role: FI Consultant
PSI Data Systems, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group, has a team of SAP consultants to help
Aditya Birla Group companies in implementation, enhancement and support activities
I was outsourced to PSI Data Systems from Mphasis Software Services
As a part of the team, was involved in the support and development activities of Jayashree
Textiles & Ultratech Cements (Aditya Birla Group Companies)
Responsibilities:
• Involved in production support activities related to FI module
• Preparing functional specifications for the ABAP team for any change in the existing
reports or for customizing new reports
• Configuration of the system for new business requirements
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants of other modules to resolve
Cross–functional issues
• Coordinated with client management and key users for resolution of problems
• Error Analysis for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested
preventive actions to avoid recurrence
Sept 2004 – Aug 2005
• Attended training in FICO module from an Institute in Mumbai for 4 months
• Worked as a trainer in FICO module for 8 months from Jan 2005 to Aug 2005
Details of Functional Experience
Around 4.5 years of functional experience in below stated areas
Oct 2003 – Aug 2004 BAX Global India Limited – Samsung Project
Responsibilities:
• Liaising with transporters and other vendors, verifying their invoices along with
other necessary documents like POD, LR etc to ensure that the documents are in
order.

8. • Compilation of data for both Primary and Secondary Transportation with respect
to quantity transported, destination etc, on a monthly basis to ensure accurate
billing to vendors.
• Sending weekly fund request statements to corporate, for making payments to
transporters and other vendors
• Preparing monthly reconciliation of both AP (Vendors’ accounts) and AR
(receivables from Samsung) and resolving issues of any mismatches.
• Preparing monthly Profitability statement for each branch in the western region,
and suggesting measures, if any, for cost reduction, by periodic review of
transporters rates, traveling expenses
• Preparation of MIS as per Management Requirements for regular review
BAX Global India Limited Mar 2000 – Sep 2003
Responsibilities:
• Ensuring smooth flow of outstanding recoveries from customers and adhering to
the credit policies of the company.
• Scrutinizing the General Ledger, passing of Journal Vouchers and verification of
cash and bank vouchers
• Preparing an ageing analysis of receivables for close monitoring of debtors
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly MIS reports as per Management
Requirement for regular review
• Assisting in Preparation & finalization of Annual Accounts, adherence with the
accounting standards
Educational Qualifications
• ICWAI from Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, 2004
• Bachelors in Commerce from Andhra University, 1997
SAP Trainings
• Acquired training in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, Version
for SAP NetWeaver 7.5 from SAP India, for 2 weeks in Aug 2011
• Acquired training in SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management,
Version for SAP NetWeaver 7.5 from SAP India, for 1 week in Mar 2012
Allied Tools

9. • Solution Manager (SOLMAN)
• SAP Tutor
• HPQC

10. • Solution Manager (SOLMAN)
• SAP Tutor
• HPQC