Juan Carlos Lpez Quirarte

Professional Summary

Senior Certified SAP FICO with 11 years of work experience including more than 7
years of SAP FICO techno-functional experience covering requirement gathering,
analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance.
Experience in SAP Localization for several countries (US, Canada, Chile, Hungary,
Singapore, Colombia, France, Mexico).
Worked in 2 full lifecycle implementation, 8 L3 support projects, 3 rollouts
and 1 upgrade project.
Technical Knowledge: ABAP, EDI, IDOCS, Vertex, MySQL, Workflow, SAP BI/BW
(Extractors), Reporting (FI, CO, Tax..)
Designed, developed and configured financial solutions in SAP Finance and
Controlling including their integration with other SAP Modules SD, MM, PP, VMS, JVA,
PS.
Configuration and knowledge in 3rd party Tax Systems in SAP such as Vertex, Sabrix
and Taxware for US and Canada.
Expert in SAP System performance optimization at code level (ABAP and BASIS)
saved more than 5000 hours of working time to business users.
Experience with IS-Oil & Gas industry using Joint Venture Accounting (SAP JVA).
Experience with IS-Automotive industry using Vehicle Management System (SAP
VMS).
Built SAP BI/BW data extractors from SAP R/3.
Knowledge in ABAP coding write, read and debug (DB, FM, Prog, Interphases,
Methods, etc..).
Testing and assurance of data between SAP->XI/PI->Middleware->Legacy systems.
Data Mapping within SAP and Middleware systems for IDOCs/EDI/XML.
Expert in IDOCs; Configuration structures, Function Modules, Process Codes, Partner
Profiles, Sets, etc. for both SAP standard and custom messages types.
Configuration of Financial modules: General Ledger (FI-GL) including New GL, Asset
Accounting (FI-AA), Accounts Payable (FI-AP), Accounts Receivable (FI-AR), Bank
Accounting (FI-BL).
o Experience setting up the organizational structure in SAP and the master data
for the different FI modules (chart of accounts, customer and vendor groups,
asset classes, house banks and bank accounts, etc.).
o Massive creation of master data using LSMW and Legacy migration processes.
o Group currency, foreign currency revaluation, input/output taxes, withholding
taxes, custom document types, automatic clearing, and financial statement
versions.
o Chart of depreciation for different countries, create custom depreciation keys,
account determination, create custom transaction types, tax reports.
Integration of AA with Project Systems. Create new Asset Transactions for
specific business requirements and provided analysis for standard Asset
transactions (retirements, depreciation, adjustments, transfers, revaluation)
o Manual and Automatic Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), automatic payment
program, incoming payments, payment terms, payment methods, dunning
and interest calculation, special GL indicators including down payments.

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 Configuration of Controlling modules: Product Costing (CO-PC), Cost element
accounting (CO-CEA), Cost center accounting (CO-CCA), Profit center accounting
(CO-PCA).
o Experience setting up controlling areas and assigning the company codes.
o Closing Cockpit using Actual Costing (Material Ledger).
o Creation of PA structures and reports.
o Internal Orders Management.
o Overhead Cost Controlling (CC).
o Creation of profit center and cost center hierarchy.
o Creation of primary and secondary cost elements.
o Configuration of costing variants, settlement profiles, planning versions.
Configuration of Project Systems (PS).
o Experience setting up for entire countries using LSMW the project structure
and master data, budgeting, integration with MM and assets, settlement
profile and project closure.

External reporting, such as income statement and balance sheet, in SAP (Report
writer, Report Painter, ABAP reports) and BI/BW.
Extensive experience writing functional specifications for reports, interfaces,
conversions, enhancements, forms and workflows (standard and custom).
Managed onsite and off shore teams in Mexico, India, China, US and Hungary
coordinate ABAP deliverables meeting timelines.
Expert in translate business requirements to the technical team (ABAP).
Fluent in Spanish and English.
Developed, executed, documented and managed Unit Testing (UT), Integration
Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Knowledge in Project data repository such as SAP Solution Manager, HP Caliber, etc.
Worked with GRC/Security on the security roles design.
Experience in L3 support (meeting SLAs and SLOs), incident solving, change
requests, service restoration, end user and key user training, course material
preparation and documentation.
Extensively worked on automated testing using HP QuickTest Professional and
documented the results in Quality Center / HP Application Lifecycle Management.
Validated and impact assessment of SAP Notes before being implemented based on
current code and custom developments in SAP.
Configuration of validation and substitution rules using custom code and data sets.
Industries of Experience: IT, Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Electronics, Oil and Gas
and Retail.

Tools

ERP SAP ERP R/3 Releases: 6.0 and 4.5. SAP S/4HANA 1610
Software Office 2013
Quality Systems HP Quality Center, HP QuickTest Professional, HP Application
Lifecycle Management.

Projects

Client: Jaguar Land Rover (US, Canada, LATAM) / Tata Motors.

Company: Tata Consultancy Services
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Project: L3 Support, rollout and CR.
Duration: 10/2014 To Date
Role: IT focal point in SAP Finance and Controlling for US, Canada and LATAM
Bank Interfaces: Setup and development of EDI data between SAP and middleware,
bank statements, reconciliation, payments and collections.
Taxes: Data consistency for all tax jurisdiction codes in US and Canada using Vertex
in all business processes.
Performance enhancement for SAP standard and custom reports/programs, more
than 5000hrs saved as part of business processes in SAP.
Assets: Support asset configuration and periodic postings, >$400 million USD in
assets (capitalized/managed).
Support credit management module in SAP.
Funding: Coordination of funding for each car dealerships, reports, ABAP
developments and data.
Planning: Configuration, WBS structures, budgets, committed, WBS assignment
objects to supply chain processes.
Auto parts: Development and support from SAP and all interfaces (Neovia,
Middleware, Banks, Suppliers, replacement of documents, etc ..)
Allocation of cost objects, cost versions of the area, internal orders, etc ..
Rollout support KT Australia
IS-A-VMS Automotive - Relationship between VMS sub-module and FI (VELO, Stocks,
etc.)
SAP-BI/BW Extracts sent to BW, jobs, programs, data, etc.
Creation of entire PS/PD structures using LSMW.
Set up and design of EDI/XML check forms, Bank transfer (ACH CCD), Fedwire, etc.
Support on the month and year end closing activities.
Managed a multicultural team, onshore and offshore.

Other Information:

- SAP Technical Excellence Award 2014/2015.

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Client: Total E&P (France), Recalcine (Chile), Copec (Chile), Panasonic (Mexico),
Uniandes (Colombia), Surtigas (Colombia).
Company: IBM
Project: Upgrade from 4.5 to 6.0, L3 Support, Rollout.
Duration: Oct 2013 Jan 2014
Role: Functional SAP Finance and Controlling Consultant

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 Configuration and development for new requirements and incidents related with
FICO.
Build reports for COGS for the entire company, segmented by plant and cost
elements.
IFRS Asset Sub Ledgers.
Balance Sheet report for all the G/L Accounts.
MEC assistant especially with Closing Cockpit in Material Ledgers / Actual Costing.
Asset Accounting (MEC), Asset transfers, inflation rates.
Build and enhance COPA Reports for Planning.
Enhance the process of Debit/Credit Notes and the connection with the Invoice
(Billing).
Being the focal point for Material Ledger Accounting (Actual Costing) for product
costing reversals and issues.
Configured the Controlling Area for the main Company code for overhead controlling.
Creation of a workflow that controls the payment processes with Authorizations.
Banking: Credit Management, Loans, Foreign Currency Valuation, reconciliation.
Manage of G/L Accounts for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada and USA.
Assist to Asset Accounting processes (transfers, depreciation, etc.)
G/L Account mapping (substitution and validation)
Creation and maintenance of payment terms.
JVA Cash call and cutback special programs (analysis).
JVA JIB/JIBE configure functionality and assign to cost objects.
Creation and maintenance of tax codes and G/L accounts related.
Assistance with Loans processes.
Assistance with credit management related with invoices.
Assistance with Tax audit for USD transactions.
Evaluation for upgrade from 4.5 SAP Version to 6.0 ECC.
Asset Accounting (Depreciation, Periodic Assets Posting, Revaluation, Master Data,
Adjustments)
Assets Under Construction
Controlling Reports (Cost Centers, Internal Orders, etc.)
Invoice Verification Enhancement
Payment process with checks.
Financial Reports (BS, P&L, Costing, etc.).

Other Information:

- 1 Patent pending related with Data Management for Mobile / Wi-Fi connections.

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Client: Hewlett-Packard Locations: Hungary, Brazil, Singapore, US, Canada.

Company: Hewlett-Packard
Project: Full implementation and L3 Support.
Duration: 01/2013 10/2013
Role: Functional SAP Financial Consultant
New Company for HP Hungary.
Implementation of new financial processes in SAP for Windows 8 embed their
product keys in the BIOS for HP Computers WW. Plants: China, Singapore, India,
Japan.
Creation of a new bank account in EUR and the Bank Statement process in SAP.
New trade Invoice layout, Hungary and Brazil.
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 Support for Nota Fiscal in Brazil.
Change all the assignments for Controlling Objects in 24 Countries.
Enhance the objects that process the Idocs to XI/PI to improve performance WW.
Test and design EDW extracts (P&L, Sales Orders, DOR).
Create a new flow for Credit and Debit notes used for consignments in APJ.
New Debit and Credit Layout with their Output types.
Setup for the Account Determination, Access Sequences, SD Pricing.
Workflow for release strategy.
Change the Function modules that process the data from the customer in the nota
fiscal.
Change all the assignments for Controlling Objects in 16 Countries.
Test EDW extracts coming/sending from SAP.
Test and design the e2e flow for a new zero price PO type.
Confirm the communication and flow between all the interphases (non-
SAP,SAP,XI/PI)
Managed a multicultural team, onshore and offshore.

Other Information:

Implementations:

- HP Hungary: Methodology ASAP, Meetings before project kick-off between business

and IT Team, Translate the business requirements into BBPs for their current
processes at accounting level and local requirements for Hungary (Taxes, Reporting,
Developments, Banking, etc.), Configuration and Unit testing in quality environment
for new developments and interphase connections between SAP and legacy systems,
preparation of functional specifications and meetings with the business users to
ensure all the requirements, Integration Testing for all FI modules and sub-modules
in quality environment, Training to business users prior Go-Live, Knowledge transfer
to Support teams (SAP and non-SAP), delivery and guaranty after Go-Live during 3
months. The implementation was done in HP GDSC Guadalajara and HP HQ in
Houston Texas.

- HP Singapore: Methodology SDLC, requirement gathering from business users and

meetings between SAP consultants (MM, SD, FI, CO, BW and XI mostly) the
implementation was done by 3 different locations (HP China, HP US and HP Mexico)
each tower with PMP and ABAP developers, the design was done as HP WW Template
and adjusted for local requirements, this implementation was mostly consumed by
middleware connections (legacy and BI/BW), tests were done using Quality Center,
all test cases were automated and verified online between Application Lifecycle and
SAP, the Go-Live was prepared on schedule based on project SLAs and project costs.
Training was performed by local consultants and the Knowledge Transfer for support
teams by the owner of each development. Guaranty phase covered for 2 months.

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Client: Multiple Clients

Company: Softtek
Project: WW Support
Duration: 09/2011 01/2013
Role: SAP GL, AA and CO Consultant

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 As Financial Analyst to support and prevent any fallout between financial legacy
systems.
Create new alerts in case that any SAP job fails during their processing.
New report/monitor using an internal tool.
ABAP Enhancements.
Configuration of WBS/FM Structure.
Batch Input recording.
BASIS monitoring (eRFC, Performance, etc.).
Development of training material.
Development of test scenarios.
Validate SLAs and SLOs.
Internal Team Management (Training Compliance).
Definition and creation of profit center and cost center hierarchy.
Creation of primary and secondary cost elements.
Configuration of costing variants, settlement profiles, planning versions.
Automatic account assignment for cost centers and profit centers.
Integration of FI-CO with the logistic part (MM, PP and SD) on the Procure to Pay
(PTP), Order to cash (OTC) and Production processes.
Creation of uploading programs, using LSMW.

Educational Background

University/College: Universidad de Guadalajara

Degree: BS in Finance and Systems, graduated with honors.
Year: 2006 - 2010

Industry Certifications

Organization: SAP
Certification: FI Certified Application Consultant Financial Accounting
Year: 2011

Organization: SAP
Certification: CO Certified Application Consultant Management Accounting
Year: 2013

Organization: SAP
Certification: IS Oil and Gas Joint Venture Accounting Overview (Cutback and Cashcall)
Year: 2014

Organization: Softtek
Certification: SAP ABAP Expert Training
Year: 2012

Organization: Hewlett-Packard
Certification: SAP EDI/Idocs
Year: 2012

Organization: Hewlett-Packard
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Certification: SDLC - Project Structure, Artifacts, Deliverables Repository Manager
Year: 2013

Organization: Hewlett-Packard
Certification: SDLC Compliance Metrics Overview
Year: 2013

Organization: IBM
Certification: Project Management Orientation
Year: 2013

Organization: IBM
Certification: Financial Management for Project Managers
Year: 2014

Organization: IBM
Certification: ASAP Methodology
Year: 2014

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