Anita L. Brittain-Castillo
Alexandria, VA 22304
Bus Phone: (315) 383-2805
E-mail: anileebri@yahoo.com
Skill Summary
An accomplished finance/information systems professional with 10 years of SAP R/3 experience
and 18 years of financial business experience.
SAP Implementation Specialty: EC-CS (Consolidations), FI-SPL (Special Purpose Ledger),
and New GL (General Ledger). Significant experience with FI-GL (General Ledger) and CO-CCA
(Cost Center Accounting).
SAP and Business Experience
Independent Consultant
February 2000 to present
DMAX, Dayton, OH
October 2012 to January 2013
Full Special Purpose Ledger implementation including documentation, training, report writing and
knowledge transfer. Supported move to production and go-live. One week on-site and remainder
remote.
CN Railway, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 2011 to April 2012
Initially reviewed design for implementation of New GL and its relationship to ECCS, including the
use of parallel ledgers, new field for functional area, and new group chart of accounts. Follow-on
activities included configuring new consolidation versions and special versions for structures,
currency translation, interunit eliminations, and reclassifications. Also updated interunit
eliminations in order to remove Consolidation of Investments module. Updated integration
between New GL and ECCS and configured rollups from parallel ledgers to ECCS. Updated all
configuration documents to reflect the changes made.
After initial three months on site, transitioned to a remote role. In the remote role, make
configuration changes as necessary, test new configuration changes, and provide knowledge
transfer to on-site consultant and CN employees.
GMAC, Troy, MI
January - July, 2009
Large project to implement ECCS. I began the project as ECCS team lead during a crisis.
During my first two weeks on the project, I reworked the configuration and helped the client get
more comfortable with the functionality of the ECCS module via several system demonstrations
and requirements reviews. Assisted the client in determining whether to use one dimension or
two, and whether to use Consolidation of Investments. Completed configuration and
configuration documentation, assisted users in all testing phases, converted all configuration and
historical data to the production system, provided guidance to GMAC project employee in
developing training materials and courses and assisted in user training, go-live, and post-go-live
support.
Also coordinated the efforts of two other ECCS consultants and interfaced with the project
management team.
Brock Group, Deer Park, TX
April – July, 2008
Phase 1 project to implement all FI modules along with MM and SD modules. I was responsible
for the configuration and testing of new GL and EC-CS. Tasks included configuration and unit
testing, documentation of configuration and creation of user training materials, reviewing and
updating functional specifications for conversion programs, and guiding the work of a junior
consultant. Reviewed the functionality of ECCS with senior project management for their signoff
of the functionality. Due to the push-out of the ECCS implementation, I rolled off the project prior
to go-live.
Several clients
January 2007 to October 2007
Various go-live projects to support clients whose consolidation systems were configured but
whose historical data had not been imported and closed. Also conducted training for the
individuals responsible for consolidations who had not been trained. These were very short-term,
part-time projects.
AES Corporation, Arlington, VA
September 2006 to December 2006
Part-time Special Ledger implementation for US GAAP and local reporting
Bemis Company, Inc.,, Neenah, WI
January 2006 to August 2006
Phase 1 project to implement all FI modules along with CO, MM, and SD modules. I was
responsible for blueprinting and realization for new General Ledger and EC-CS. Conducted
workshops to gather requirements; assisted in blueprinting documentation; created functional
specs for user exits and interfaces; configured new GL and EC-CS; trained client in the
configuration; wrote Report Painter reports and trained client in how to write reports.
IMG World, Cleveland, OH
July 2005 to January 2006
Project to upgrade FI-LC to EC-CS. Initially configured a Profit Center Dimension based on
business decision but once that decision was changed, used the FI-LC to EC-CS migration tool to
create the configuration, master data, and transaction data. Once the configuration and master
data were created from the migration tool, updated configuration as necessary to get the system
to work properly and meet customer requirements. Wrote financial reports, created end-user
training and configuration documentation. Trained the end-user and provided go-live support.
Provided ongoing production support.
Aflac, Columbus, GA
June 2005
Two-week project to review the configuration of a live ECCS system and make recommendations
for potential changes. Specifically, reviewed minority interest reclassification, closing process
relative to multiple ledgers and dimensions, validations, and document types. Reviewed
transaction data to determine an out-of-balance condition within intercompany accounts.
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Beverly, MA
May 2005
Four-week assignment to fully implement SPL and ECCS. With minimum input from the client
business user, installed and configured SPL and ECCS. Fully configured data flows, reports,
master data, and monitors for consolidation processing, including currency translation and
interunit eliminations. Prepared user documentation and configuration documentation, and crosstrained support consultants so they can provide ongoing end-client support.
Creo, Vancouver, BC
November 2004
One-week assignment to assess currency issues, make recommendations, and implement
solutions. Issues surrounded temporal method in ECCS currency translation
Reynolds & Reynolds, Kettering, OH
September 2004
Two-week assignment to assess currency issues, make recommendations, and implement
solutions. Issues surrounded open item revaluation, ECCS currency translation, and elimination
of intercompany differences related to currency fluctuations.
Allstate, Northbrook, IL
June to July, 2004
Part-time assignment to assist configuration team and users in upgrade from FI-LC to EC-CS.
Answered specific questions and helped resolve specific problems as needed by client.
Configured Profit Center Consolidation Dimension.
Littelfuse, Inc., Des Plaines, IL
December 2003 to March 2004
Full Special Purpose Ledger and ECCS implementation including reporting along with Profit
Center Accounting (Master Data only). Project management tasks include leading scoping phase
of the project, design documentation, project planning. Full configuration of SPL and ECCS along
with activating PCA for the use of profit center master data for reporting in SPL and ECCS.
Prepared training and testing documentation, wrote reports, trained users, and transferred
configuration knowledge to SAP Business Analyst.
Canadian Niagara Power, Inc., Ft. Erie,ON, Canada
October to December 2003
Full Special Purpose Ledger implementation including reporting along with Profit Center
Accounting (Master Data only). Provided guidance to client on master data changes related to
profit centers and trading partners. This implementation strategy was developed in place of
ECCS and employs manual eliminations in SPL.
Applied BioSystems, Foster City, CA
September 2003
Prepared and delivered 2 day on-site ECCS workshop to provide client with an understanding of
the functionality of ECCS. Helped test some of the Preparation for Consolidation configuration
that they had already implemented.
Mindspeed Technologies, Costa Mesa, CA
April/May 2003
Provided 4 days on-site SPL and ECCS configuration services (configuration and training) and 4
days on-site testing support. Provided part-time remote support for configuration/integration/golive questions and report painter services.
Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, TX
February to July 2003
Provided General Ledger, Special Purpose Ledger, and EC-CS Consolidations configuration
guidance to client related to organizational changes. Also provided knowledge transfer in the
General Ledger, Special Purpose Ledger, and ECCS Consolidations.
Reviewed reports that needed to be changed as a result of the organizational changes, taught the
client how to create/change reports, and updated reports as needed.
Resolution Performance Products, Houston, TX
April to November 2002
Gathered, defined, and assisted in documentation of financial reporting requirements. Major
requirements included legal and profit center US GAAP and local GAAP reporting with different
currencies.
Fully configured Special Purpose Ledger and EC Consolidations modules. Provided input into
changes required in General Ledger, Materials Management, and Sales and Distribution modules
to meet ECCS requirements. Functionality delivered included multiple reporting ledgers for
different currencies; currency translation; data from assessments and distributions in CO
modules; planning data from CO modules; rollup of actual and plan data from SPL to ECCS;
interunit eliminations; legal consolidation and reporting; profit center consolidation and reporting.
Directed integration test by analyzing transactions, resolving issues, transferring knowledge, and
guiding team members in testing month-end closing process.
Documented system configuration and consolidation process. Trained end users and transferred
configuration knowledge to IT personnel.
Developed report painter reports for US GAAP legal and profit center reporting.
Supported end users in conversion of historical data.
Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA
March 2001 to April 2002
Using ASAP methodology, gathered, defined, and assisted in documentation of financial reporting
requirements. Major requirements included local and US GAAP reporting with different fiscal
year calendars, revaluation method, currencies, and local consolidations.
Configured Special Purpose Ledger early in Realization Phase to demonstrate the system’s
ability to meet local and US GAAP reporting requirements. Major factor is meeting local
requirements was integration with Fixed Assets module.
Fully configured Special Purpose Ledger and EC Consolidations modules as well as provided
significant input into configuration of General Ledger. Functionality delivered include multiple
reporting ledgers for different currencies, valuation methods, and fiscal years; currency
translation; data from assessments and distributions in CO modules; planning data from CO
modules; rollup of actual and plan data from SPL to ECCS; interunit eliminations; legal reporting;
profit center reporting.
Guided AMD team members in presentation of system configuration and functionality to end
users in Asia and Europe during Blueprint Validation.
Supported 4 Integration tests by analyzing transactions, resolving issues, transferring knowledge,
and guiding team members in testing month-end closing process.
Developed plan to convert all historical data (inventory, A/P open items, fixed assets, G/L account
balances).
Documented system configuration and consolidation process. Assisted in training end users and
transferred knowledge during the entire implementation process.
Developed report painter reports for legal reporting, both local and US GAAP and developed
report specifications for ABAP reports.
Participated as member of global go-live team to ensure successful cutover from legacy systems.
Global Crossing, Beverly Hills, CA and
Morristown, NJ – Consultant
June 2000 to February 2001
Participated in workshops to define requirements and develop to-be processes in 4.6 for General
Ledger, closing process, EC-CS, foreign exchange, and intercompany transactions. Configured
ECCS for realtime posting, customer-defined characteristic, currency translation and interunit
eliminations. Assisted ECCS team members in defining Data and Consolidation Monitors. Lead
effort to convert 13 months of historical data by defining specifications for ABAP programmer,
mapping old master data to new master data, configuring flexible upload method, testing upload
program, and reconciling historical data to 4.0 FI-LC system. Trained new Consolidation
Manager in configuration and use of ECCS. Conducted integration testing and assisted in defect
resolution process. Supported 4.0 FI-Legal Consolidation, Special Purpose Ledger, and General
Ledger, especially related to the monthly closing process. Specific activities included:
investigating and correcting errors in open item revaluation and currency translation programs;
investigating and correcting database errors in Special Purpose Ledger; investigating and
correcting report writer report errors; creating and maintaining report writer reports for new
requirements and additions to companies, accounts, etc. Other responsibilities included
reviewing processes and recommending improvements and providing training to users in closing
processes.
LTV Steel, Cleveland, OH – Consultant
February 2000 to April 2000
Worked with client to understand the problems that occurred in their live 3.1G version of FI-LC for
business area consolidations. Analyzed the problems they were having by researching OSS
Notes, analyzing FI-LC data, reviewing output of Business Area balancing program, and
performing other analysis to determine cause of problems. After analysis, developed
recommended solutions for correcting problems, obtained user agreement for implementing
solutions, implemented solutions, and reviewed production data for proof of solution
implementation. Reviewed EC-CS release notes and IMG and transferred knowledge regarding
upgrade process to client. Also reviewed currency-related IMG and advised client of areas to be
considered when implementing multiple currencies. Completed assignment 6-week assignment
one week earlier than planned.
Conley, Canitano, and Associates, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH – Senior Associate
February 1997 – September 1999
Consulting assignment at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
December 1998 to September 1999
Reviewed and modified 4.0B EC-CS legal consolidation and FI-SPL configuration as needed
based on unit test results and changing requirements. Conducted integration tests to ensure
system readiness and changed configuration to correct test errors. Trained Lilly’s end-users in
month-end closing process using EC-CS. Created financial reports and trained employees in
report creation using Report Painter. Prepared training material and reviewed detailed EC-CS
and FI-SPL configuration with Lilly employees. Supported end-users during first live close.
Consulting assignment at Kennametal, Inc., Latrobe, PA
January 1998 to October 1998
Determined business requirements for Legal and Business Area Consolidations and configured
FI-LC Legal Consolidations module 3.0F. Created FI-SPL tables and configured FI-SPL to
accumulate data from FI-GL and roll up to FI-LC. Created excel spreadsheets to load historical
data into Legal/Business Area Consolidations via flexible upload. Conducted integration tests to
ensure system readiness. Created financial reports using Report Painter. Prepared user scripts
and configuration documentation, trained Kennametal employees in use of Legal/Business Area
Consolidation module, and transferred configuration knowledge to Kennametal employees.
Consulting assignment at Buckeye Technologies, Inc., Memphis, TN
September 1997 to December 1997
Determined business requirements for Legal Consolidation and configured FI-LC 3.0F Legal
Consolidations module. Created FI-SPL tables and configured FI-SPL to accumulate data from
FI-GL for rollup to FI-LC. Conducted integration tests to ensure system readiness. Created
financial reports and trained client user in report creation using Report Painter. Prepared user
scripts and configuration documentation for Legal Consolidations and Special Purpose Ledger.
Trained Buckeye Technologies employees in configuration of Legal Consolidation module and
month-end closing process using Legal Consolidation Module.
Consulting assignment at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (RPR), Collegeville, PA
February 1997 to August 1997 – SAP Functional Consultant
Created and modified SAP financial reports, analyzed problems with existing reports, and
modified report definitions as necessary. Created user documentation for Report Painter and
trained RPR employee in report creation/maintenance. Configured, tested, and implemented
Investment Management and Project System for Marketing & Promotion projects. Prepared user
scripts for Investment Management and Project System. Trained RPR employees in use of
Investment Management and Project System modules and supported RPR employees during
transition from legacy system to SAP Investment Management and Project System.
GE Fanuc Automation NA, Charlottesville, VA
April 1995 to February 1997 – SAP Finance Team Leader
Provided leadership to team implementing SAP Finance and Controlling modules (FI-GL, FI-AR,
FI-SPL, FI-LC, CO-CCA, CO-PA) using understanding of the business processes coupled with
knowledge of SAP software functionality. Defined functional scope of the project, coordinated
Finance team activities and tasks, team member training, and project workplan. Measured
performance against workplan and brought significant issues to the attention of project
management for assistance in resolution. Coordinated Finance team interaction with other SAP
functional teams. Maintained open communication with finance community to stimulate interest in
the new system and ensure that the system was being configured to meet business
requirements.
In addition to team leadership role, fully configured Legal Consolidations and Special Purpose
Ledger modules, developed and executed integration tests to ensure system readiness.
Converted historical data from legacy system and ensured that historical data in SAP matched
historical data in legacy system. Created financial reports using Report Painter Module. .
Conducted demonstrations of software functionality for end-users, developed end-user training
documentation and conducted training for Legal Consolidations module.
Education
A.S. Business Administration – Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY – August 1986
B.A. Business Administration – Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA – May 1993
General Electric Financial Management Program, Syracuse, NY – June 1988
References provided upon request