1. CA. Kaushal K. Doshi (SAP FICO)
Email: kaushalkdoshi@gmail.com Phone: +91-9920032710
Experience Summary
• SAP FI/CO (Finance & Controlling) consultant with 10+ years of experience in
implementation, roll out & support projects;
• Chartered Accountant with 9 years of experience in domain areas of finance,
accounting, costing & auditing which were in diversified industries like manufacturing &
Service sectors;
• SAP Certified in Financial Accounting (FI) & Controlling (CO) modules from SAP AG
Germany.
Qualifications
Degree and Month Institute/University Area of Specialization
Chartered Accountant
(Nov’2005)
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India
Finance, Taxation, Costing, Audit,
Company Law & Accounting.
B. Com (June’ 1996) Mumbai University Accounting, Auditing & Economics
Competency, Skills & Experience Summary
SAP Curriculum
Organization General Mills India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Duration December’2011 till date
Description General Mills is an American MNC & world’s 6th
largest food processing company. It has
more than 150 registered brands & having operations in more than 50 countries. The
Global Business solutions are an IT center located at Mumbai which works as global
support for all SAP & non SAP application.
Job Title Senior SAP FICO Consultant
Role Lead international archiving project from FICO side which brought in more than 40%
reduction in database sizes & saved company approximately USD 28,000 p.a.
Lead operating system migration from UNIX to Linux platform, as SAP FICO analyst
by doing & coordinating testing efforts from the business users & working as link to
technical project team.
Training & on boarding, for new analysts & business users, for company’s SAP
landscape, business process, customized transactions & reports.
Handling support remedies calls & enhancement to existing process which includes
regular analysis of FI & CO related issues like AR, AP, GL, CO-PA;
Working on enhancement logs which include changing existing business process for
betterment or to make it more meaningful.
Initiated support log meetings within the FICO team to discuss about recurring logs &
permanent fix for it from problem management perspective.
Automated business process of posting cost of goods sold by taking values from
manufacturing company code to trading company code. This is done using ABAP
report & customized tables.
Worked on number of customization of reports & programs, as per user requirement,
either to facilitate reporting or improving business process.
For few countries, worked on solution where banking done is through more than one
bank due to local requirements. Designing a solution so normal business process of
making payments & receiving electronic bank statement can work with standard SAP
process.
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Areas Skills demonstrated Years of Experience
Sap Implementations
Projects
2 end to end SAP implementation in Finance &
Controlling areas as functional lead with team of 5
2
SAP Support Projects Consulting, Analyst, Functional Lead, Service sector 8+
Finance, Accounts &
Taxation
Managed Finance, Accounts & Taxation for various
manufacturing & service companies at various levels
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2. CA. Kaushal K. Doshi (SAP FICO)
Organization Vishay India, Global IT Division, Pune
Duration January’2008 till December’2011.
Description Vishay Semiconductors is an American MNC. It’s into manufacturing of discrete
semiconductor switches & passive components. Vishay is having SAP implemented since
1992 & having Global IT division in Pune, India which caters to its world wide entities for
SAP & other IT solutions.
Job Title Senior SAP FICO Functional Analyst
Role Responsible for Working in SAP FI & CO Modules through implementation/rollout &
regular production support;
Worked on project for implementing SAP for all shop floor applications which includes
implementing Product Costing using standard SAP processes, doing related
configurations, preparation & uploading master data, doing unit testing & giving
training to business users;
Gained knowledge & experience in various phases of SAP projects viz. Business
Blueprinting (AS-IS & To-Be) documentation, configuration, unit testing, training to
users, Integration testing, master data & transaction data upload & go-Live support;
Also responsible for providing post go live support in FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO-
CEA/CCA/PCA Accounting and other aspects of FICO modules;
Tested data & transactions while upgrading to ECC 6.0;
As a part of global FI/CO team, involved in decision making while implementing
change management or change in business processes applicable to all entities;
Responsible, for all sap related activities for various locations, as an accounts
manager, which includes coordination among all business users & SAP resources for
whatever new requirements or developments needs to be implemented, gathering all
requirements, presenting it to management & other SAP colleagues for
implementation.
Project wise Summary
Implementation
Project -1
Tansitor, USA – Implementation of Core FI/CO Modules
Role • As a FICO module lead actively involved in various phases of project viz. AS/IS
study & documentation, Blue Print documentation, Integration testing, go live
support & post go live support
• Implemented FI/CO core areas viz. General Ledger accounting, Accounts
receivable, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Cost Center accounting, Cost elements
accounting, Internal Order accounting etc.
• Implementation includes configuration & also uploading master data & initial
balances using LSMW;
• Conducted end user Training & assisted in Developing User Manual & business
process documentation;
• Got proficiency in following areas viz. its configuration, maintenance & support;
Company code creation & related settings viz. fiscal year variants, currency
settings, assignment of chart of accounts, Document types, Variants for posting
Durations, Defining cross company code transactions;
Creation of GL accounts using mass upload like LSMW or copying from other
company codes, Field status groups, Number ranges, Mass changes;
Creation of customer & vendor accounts, account groups, dunning procedures,
Terms of payment, Tolerance groups, Defining tax codes, Reconciliation
accounts;
Creation of house banks & related configuration, Electronic bank statement,
Manual bank statements, Change in bank master data etc;
Asset module configuration viz. defining asset classes, chart of depreciation,
depreciation areas, depreciation key, account determination, screen layout
rules, low value assets, insurance values, uploading asset master data using
LSMW, preparing for production start up etc;
Cross module configuration like OBYC settings for material-FI accounting, VKOA
settings for SD-FI accounting, AO90 for assets-FI configuration, FI-CO settings
like cost elements & cost center accounting etc;
•Worked on business transactions viz. GL posting, reverse postings, Vendor &
customer invoicing, outgoing & incoming payments & clearings, Automatic
payment programme, cash journal, depreciation postings, acquisitions or
retirements of assets, settlement of capital WIP assets, Duration end & yearend
closing transactions, assessment & distribution cycles, Settlement of Internal
orders, revaluation of foreign currency accounts, clearing of GR/IR etc.
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3. CA. Kaushal K. Doshi (SAP FICO)
Implementation
Project-2
International Rectifiers-Mumbai
Role • Implemented Accounts Payables & Fixed Assets module i.e. configuration, master
data upload & initial balance upload etc;
• Responsible as Accounts Manager for the site for their routine SAP activities,
change management & adopting new practices viz. automatic payment
programme, Electronic Bank configuration etc;
• End user training for routine business processes;
• Gained knowledge in the areas of Funds Management & related areas like Funds,
Commitment items, Budget etc.
Rollout Project 3 • Vishay Components India Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Role • Implemented Bank accounting viz. House bank configuration, Automatic Payment
Programme configuration, Manual Bank reconciliation configuration;
• Conducted End user Training & assisted in Developing User Manual & business
process documentation;
• Gained Working knowledge of Country India Version (CIN) & related topics like
company code settings, setting up GL accounts for different taxes, Excise
reporting, assignment of different forms, separate number ranges for excise etc.
Previous SAP experience
Organization Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai (TCS)
Client A.P. Moller, Denmark (MAERSK SHIPPING) {Rollout & Support Project}
Duration November’06 till December’07
Description FACT (Finance & accounting for container Transportation) Project is one of the largest
implementation and support project recognized as such by SAP Germany which includes
implementation, rollout & support for 120 countries.
Title IT Analyst
Role Responsible for providing support in FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, Asset Accounting, CO-
CEA/CCA/PCA Accounting and other aspects of FICO Module;
Responsible for Travel Expense Management (TEM) Module viz. end user support,
change management;
Testing in asset accounting & upload into SAP using LSMW;
Data migration from SAP to another legacy system using Interfaces & Idocs;
Coordination with ABAP, MM, SD team for queries & developments;
Analysis of root cause & creation of problem ticket management;
Working in strict Service level agreement (SLA) environment;
Attended SAP training on In house cash Management (IHC)
Periodic & yearend closing using schedule Manager;
Presentation of period end results & plans to TCS management & APM (Client)
management;
Handling Change Requests & configuration change queries;
Closely associated with rollout in India, China & other Nordic countries;
Conducting KT sessions for new joiners for areas like Project Entry Level introduction,
General FI, Outgoing payments, Interface of data from SAP to legacy systems.
Onsite
Experience
• Visited Client site for one month at Copenhagen, Denmark to study GAPS & rollout
preparation for China go-live.
Other exposure: Attended training & knowledge sharing session on following topics & had
fair idea of these modules;
a. SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)
b. SAP Treasury & in-house cash management
c. Third party software like Hyperion Planning, Tableau, Blackline Journals, Open Text-
Vendor Invoice Management (VIM)
Other Credentials: Course on General management & communication skills held by The Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India, which covers areas like presentation skills, public speech, legal
documentation & other interpersonal skills.
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4. CA. Kaushal K. Doshi (SAP FICO)
Domain Experience in Finance, Accounts, Costing, Taxation & Auditing
April’2005 to
Mar’2006
Xerox Emirates LLC, Dubai
Xerox is world pioneer in
photocopier industry
Senior Accountant handling accounts
payable, inventory management, Fund
management including foreign currencies,
Fixed assets, MIS reporting, Liaison with
bankers, reconciliation with other Xerox offices
etc.
January’2003
to March’2005
Lacot General Trading LLC, Dubai
Traders & indenting in UNILEVER
toiletries & also manufacturing &
trading in Building materials
Finance controller handling MIS reporting,
Cost reduction techniques, Implementation of
accounting & costing procedures, Review &
assistance in export documentation,
Appointment & training to assistants
May’2000 to
December’2002
Prasanna Transport Network,
Pune
Inland cargo & tour operators
Regional Manager-Accounts responsible
mainly for daily accounting, branch account
reconciliation, Coordination with sales
department for recovery of dues, budgets &
financial statements, Finalization of accounts &
assistance in audit, Compliance with taxation &
other laws etc.
July’1996 to
March’2000
Diwan Gosalia & Associates,
Chartered Accountants, Mumbai,
Staff Accountant (Article Trainee) & Audit
Executive
Handled statutory & concurrent audits of
various entities, Provided compliance into
taxation & company law matters. Oversaw
maintenance of accounting & financial records
of different entities.
Hobbies & Liking
Reading Gujarati literature, Cricket and Tennis, Music & Net Surfing
Personal Details
Father’s Name Kantibhai S. Doshi
Date of Birth 28-Jun-1976
Nationality Indian
Languages Known English, Hindi, Gujarati & Marathi
Marital Status Married
Current Address Flat # B/607, Raj Garden, Mahavir Nagar, Kandivli (W), Mumbai-400 067
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