ANTHONY MAVUNGA
SUMMARY
SAP FICO consultant with over Five Years of experience in SAP modules, and implementation with strong
finance and accounting background, through SAP applications, QA Testing as summarized below:
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Two Full SAP Life Cycle Implementations and One SAP Version Upgrade Experience
Highly proficient in SAP FI-CO Configuration with Technical Expertise, System Analysis,
Application Tuning and Design
Extensive ERP experience gained over 6 years in SAP FICO module and Testing of SAP application
Proficient in GAP Analysis, Configuration, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing &
Troubleshooting in FI with expertise in Documentation and Reporting compliant to Sarbanes-Oxley
(SOX) auditing standards
Good knowledge of FI Account Assignment Configuration in MM & SD and Integration of FI with
AR/SD, AP/MM modules and Adept in the knowledge of SAP Business Practices
Specialized in General Ledger Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank
Accounting, Credit Management and Asset Accounting
Strong foundation in managerial and financial accounting with prior experience as a Corporate
Accountant worked with Accounting Rules and standards, financial statements Accounting reports,
US GAAP and International Accounting Standards as well as SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) compliance
procedures
Expertise in Project Evaluation, Requirements Gathering, Blue Printing, Documentation,
Customization, Data Cleansing and Configuration with deep understanding of Business Processes
relating to SAP FI
Hands-on Role in a Project Implementation Life Cycle from Requirements and Architecture through
Testing and Go-live involving coordination between different module teams to meet the Project
Schedules
Proficient in analyzing Business and Software Requirements for writing and executing Test Plans,
Test cases and Tracking Defects in Quality Center
Specialization in creating Activity Based Costing
CO expertise includes Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting
CO-CEL, Profitability analysis CO-PA, Profit center Accounting CO-SPL and PCA, Product
Costing, Report Painter and Report Writer
Developed a variety of training resources, trained end users in SAP, and resolved user error issues.
Proactive troubleshooter with understanding of the gaps between Business Processes and provide
solutions within the structured development cycle.
Excellent Interpersonal, Written and Communication skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating System
Windows (NT,2000,XP,Vista)
Hardware
IBM PC Compatibles, MAC
Databases
MS Access, MS SQL
Languages
SQL, Java, HTML, Visual Basic, PHP.Net
ERP Packages
SAP R/3 GUI (6.4,7.1x) / Workplace, SAP Portal (4.6C,4.7), ECC 6.0
SAP Modules
FI, CO, BW, BEx Reporting, SEM
SW Packages
MS Office, MS Visio
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Client: The Schwan Food Company
Functional Consultant
April 2006 – Sep 2008
The Schwan Food Company (TSFC) is the number 2 private company in MN, manufacturing, marketing
and distributing consumer packaged goods in more than 50 countries. With 22,000 employees worldwide,
they are a leading producer of pizza, egg rolls and frozen desserts in North America.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in the SAP Life Cycle Implementation of BVHE version ECC 6.0
 Involved in preparation and finalization of Business Blueprinting including Business Process
Requirements, Hierarchy Workshops, Business Process Master List and Controls, Functional
Validation and Pre -Implementation Scope study
 Project Preparation followed by Business Process Reengineering and suggestion of Best Practices
documented, To-Be Business Processes, Key Business Decisions and Rules
 Realization phase involved preparation of Functional Specifications, Baseline and Final
Configuration, RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms) development,
Conversion and Interface Reconciliation Procedures, Unit Testing and Test Case Preparation
 As part of Final Preparation, Conducted Conversion Cycles, Integration Test Cycles, Resolved
TPRs (Test Problem Reports) and prepared Final Cut-over plan
 Executed Training, Change Management, Implementation activities and prepared appropriate
Deliverables
 Executed Cut over activities followed by Data Conversion Reconciliations, Go-Live, Hyper Care
and Post Production Support
 Worked with department coordinators to conduct work sessions to ensure that SAP application
meets user expectations and identify/recommend options
 Involved in configuration of Basic G/L Organizational Structure, Account Groups, Payment
Program Configuration, Processing and Clearing of Vendor and Customer open items, House
Banks and G/L accounts for Bank accounts
 Created Master Data records pertaining to Material Master, Customer Master, Vendor Master,
Purchasing Information Records, G/L accounts, Bank Master Data Etc.
 Developed and designed robust BEx reports in order to present customer and product profitability
to management
 Provision of Test Data, guidance and follow up with the Business Users to test all recognized Test
Sets, managed and resolved bugs / defects during Testing
 Performed manual and automated Role based Security Testing on SAP GUI and R/3 Portal.
 Designed real time scenarios in Load Runner to support the number of users logged in at any time
during the scenario
 Worked extensively on General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Banking
Management with an overview of Asset Accounting and Controlling
 Proficient in Gathering requirements, Gap Analysis, Prototyping, System Configuration and End
user Training for FI and CO modules
 Applied experience with multiple projects and cross-functional teams, managing multiple
tasks/assignments with staggered due dates and deadlines through effective time management
skills
 Worked on SAP Data Archiving projects to functionally test the archived parameters
 Established Cost and Profit center ranges for implementation in business processes
Client: Johnson & Johnson
FICO Consultant
Mar 2005 - April 2006
Johnson & Johnson through its operating companies is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based
manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for the Consumer,
Pharmaceutical, Medical and Diagnostics Markets.
Responsibilities:
 Worked on SAP Project Life Cycle as part of J & J’s ERP Implementation version 4.7
 Involved in Project Preparation and Kickoff, Business Blue Printing, Requirements Gathering,
Realization, Prototyping, System Configuration and Acceptance, End User Training, Go-Live and Post
Go-Live Support
 Worked on AS-IS study, TO-BE analysis, Gap Analysis, Business Process Re-engineering,
Configuration, Modifications, User Training Documentation
 Configured Company Codes, Credit Control Area, Business Areas, Controlling Area and their
Assignments
 Worked on creation of Plants, Storage Locations, Sales Organizations, Distribution Channels, Sales
Office setup, Sales Areas, Purchase Organizations and assigning the configurations to respective
Company Codes
 Configured Financial Accounting Global Settings including Fiscal Year Variants, Posting Period
Variants, Document Number Ranges, Validations and Substitutions, Document Types, Field Status
Groups etc.
 Worked on customizing Chart of Accounts, creating Account Groups and G/L accounts
 Customizing Screen Layouts for document entry at account / document levels, settings for clearing and
posting of documents, Parallel Currencies, Foreign Currency Transactions and Exchange Rate
Differences etc.
 Creating Bank Master data, House banks, G/L accounts , creation of Reconciliation Accounts
 Customizing Automatic Payment Method, Payment Requests and Interest Calculation on account
balances
 Creating Vendor and Customer Master Data, defining their Account Groups and Screen Layouts
 Configuration for One-time vendors/customers with separate screen layouts and customers/vendors
who are also vendors/customers respectively and Trading Partners
 Configuring for different Payment Methods and Payment Terms, with day limits where required and
baseline date specifications
 Configuring Credit Control Accounts, Risk Categories and Credit Monitoring for Customers
 Configuring payment terms for Over-Due Interest calculations for Down Payments and Automatic
Clearing of line items and for posting net payment amounts for Cash Discounts after calculation of
Cash Discounts, Write-offs and Reason Codes
 Maintained Work Lists for processing Open Items (under Company Codes, Customers, Vendors and
G/L accounts), Posting Keys, Screen Variants under General Ledger Accounting
 As part of AR and AP IMG setup, defined Line Layouts, Terms of Payment, Defined Automatic
Account Postings for Overpayments / Underpayments and the whole Dunning Procedure including
Dunning Areas, Dunning Keys and configuration of Dunning setup under Customer Master
 Created Master Data including G/L accounts, Bank Accounts, Material Master, Fixed Assets and
Leased Assets Etc.
 Experienced in the Basic Master Data setup for controlling modules including creation of Cost
Elements, Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, Internal Order Types, and Profit
Centers etc.
 Created Credit Control Areas and pre-defined Credit Limits for Customers through Tolerance Groups,
assessed Risk Categories and Credit Monitoring
 Comprehensively worked on integrating SD and MM with FI-GL, AR and AP
 Designed and documented test plans analyzing requirements specifications for the EVOLVE
application
 Responsible for setting up a QA testing environment from scratch that included installation of the
Mercury testing software (QTP and Load runner) and configuring them to suit real time testing
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scenarios
Monitored Mercury Test Director / Quality Centre to retest/close the bugs/issues as and when
developers fix the Bugs and generate a report on the status of test sets
Client: Sovereign Bank
SAP QA Analyst
July 2004 - Mar 2005
Sovereign provides customized solutions for financial needs, Auto loans, Personal Loans, Mortgages, Savings
accounts and Investment services. Sovereign Bank is one of the largest financial institutions headquartered in
Pennsylvania. The project included implementing and testing SAP R/3, BW, SD, and MM.
Responsibilities:
 Configured and Customized FICO modules including core activities in GL, AR, AP with an overview
of Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting
 Analyze, Evaluate and approve User Requirement Specifications and Validate Functional
Specifications
 Extensively worked on Customer Master Records, Client Specific Payment Terms, Dunning, Payment
Methods and Lock Boxes etc.
 Configured Payment Advices, set Tolerance Limits per business requirement for Over -Payments and
Under – Payments and Credit Control Area
 Created and maintained Chart of Accounts, customized Account Groups, Field Status Groups, Posting
Keys, Document Types, Posting Periods and creation of G/L Account Master Records
 Developed test cases and scripts for the functional, integration, and End-To-End testing.
 Configuration of House Banks, Bank Accounts, Posting Rules for Automatic Assignment, working
knowledge on Reason Codes and Open Item Management in customer accounts
 Configuring Automatic Payment Program, Check Management, and GL Account Assignments,
Clearing of Customer and Vendor accounts, Down Payments etc.
 Established a testing environment (includes Test Lab Setup / Installation) to develop, maintain and
establish version control for a library of automated test scripts for Enhancements / Upgrades /
Regression / Integration
 Comprehensively worked on integrating SD and MM with FI-GL, AR and AP
 Manually tested the application for the SD (sales and distribution) and MM (Materials Management)
modules
 Designed real time scenarios in Load Runner to support the number of users logged in at any time
 Conducted Functionality testing, GUI testing, Regression testing and Integration testing during the
various phases of the application using Win runner
 Coordinated Defect Reporting and monitoring the status using Test Director
 Identified test cases for manual and automated tests - verified, validated and documented all the test
cases
 Developed automated test scripts defining scenarios to test the performance, security, recovery and
reliability
Client: United Health Group
FICO Consultant
May 2003 – June 2004
United Health Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through seven operating businesses:
UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, Uniprise, OptumHealth, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions
Responsibilities:
 Involved in configuration, transportation, providing specifications to ABAP Programmers for
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reports and production support issues relating GL , AR , AP, CE, CCA, PCA
GL Configuration, testing, transporting and resolving production support issues relating to GL
master records, document postings, integration with MM and SD transactions and GL balances
reporting. Preparing specifications to the ABAP programmers to create new reports or modify the
existing reports
PA, CE, CCA, IO and PCA configuration, testing, transporting and resolving production support
issues relating to creation of cost elements, cost centers, Internal orders, creation of budget
versions, assessments, distributions, reposting, reports and so on. Involved in the Development of
test scenarios and resolved issues. Copy Actual to Plan, maintain cost center budget
Profitability analysis configuring and customizing the operating concern, characteristics, creation of
value fields and activate the field, maintaining the derivation rules and valuation, creating drilldown
reports and planning tools like the planning layout, profiles. Define the direct posting to FI, Define
Settlement profile. Reconciliation of revenue difference in CO-PA.
ADC, Inc.
Accountant
Feb 2002 – May 2003
ADC helps the world communicate, supplying network equipment, software solutions, and integration
services for broadband, multi-service networks that deliver data, video, and voice communications over
telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless, and enterprise networks.
Responsibilities:
 Coordinated monthly financial close process and analyzed expense and income accounts for
reasonableness to provide financial reports to business unit and corporate executive management
 Identified and implemented process improvements as well as areas that could gain cost efficiencies
through financial analysis (of income statements, balance sheets and general ledger accounts) as
well as through customized financial reporting
 Developed and implemented best practices for the execution and preparation of the Annual
Incentive Plan and the Sales Reconciliation process while strictly adhering to Sarbanes Oxley.
 Implemented Standard Operating Procedure for execution of the $3 million A/R Freight Claim
account, increasing account accuracy for accruals, claims and forecasting.
 Prepared, presented and analyzed complex management reports including annual incentive plan,
balance sheet, income and cash flow statements for internal and external analysis
 Reviewed and verified the accuracy of journal entries, accruals and account classifications as well
as business unit financial and/or treasury statements to ensure compliance with corporate policies
and guidelines by applying and interpreting generally accepted accounting principles
 Operated and audited the Activity Based Accounting system from which produced customer and
product profitability reports
 Collaborated in the development and implementation of the Asset Management system, which
inventoried all the Fixed Assets located around nation
EDUCATION:
Southwest Minnesota State University
 Double major in Finance and Accounting
REFERENCES:
Available upon request