Jayant Nadkarni

Experience

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  GKN plc

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2006

  Assistant Manager - Accounts & Finance

  Worked at GKN Sinter Metals Ltd (formerly Mahindra Sintered Products Ltd) as Assistant Manager in the core Finance, Costing and Accounting domain of this manufacturing company. Here I was involved in / responsible for accounting, taxation, costing, consolidation and management reporting activities.

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  Patni Computer Systems Ltd

  Feb 2006 - Dec 2006

  Software Specialist

  Worked for Patni Computer Systems Ltd, as a Finance and Costing Business Analyst in an onsite client facing role, at multiple clients across sectors. Project objective: ERP implementation – Solution designProject duration: Sept 2006 to Dec 2006Client in: Jewelry manufacture and global exportsRole and Responsibility:• FICO Lead working at client location in India• Conduct Workshop with Internal IT Team & Business for requirement gathering, Solution Design and Developments based on Business Requirements, define test scope and scenario as required by test strategyProject objective: Enhancements for Value Added TaxProject duration: June 2006 to Aug 2006Client in: Heavy Engineering & Turn-key projectsRole and Responsibility:• FICO Consultant working at client location in India• Conduct Workshop with Internal IT Team & Business for requirement gathering, Solution Design and Developments based on Business Requirements, define test scope and scenario as required by test strategy, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data cleansing & migration and cut-over activitiesProject objective: System Review and Audit Compliance SupportProject duration: Feb 2006 to May 2006Client in: Heavy Engineering Manufacturing Role and Responsibility:• FICO Consultant working at client location in India • Analyze business model by reviewing documentation and by conducting interviews, working sessions and site visits• Discussion with other Functionaries to verify the alignment of Financial Integration Set-up with respect to the Business Processes• Conduct workshops to highlight changes required in existing system configuration & the risk involved.• Helping the Internal team make the system Audit Compliant Show less

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  Tata Technologies

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2009

  Team Leader - SAP

  Worked for Tata Technologies Ltd as SAP FICO consultant in an onsite client facing role.Project objective: SAP ECC implementation Project duration: Sept 2007 to Feb 2009Client in: Automobile manufacture and global distribution (Global major)Role and Responsibility:• FICO Lead working at client location in India• Conduct Business Workshops for requirement gathering and fit gap analysis, Solution Design and Developments including Org structure design, Banking Interface, Local Tax and Statutory Reports• Define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data cleansing & migration and cut-over activitiesProject objective: Sox Compliance Project – SAP SupportProject duration: Feb 2007 to Aug 2007Client in: Automobile manufacture and global distribution (Global major)Role and Responsibility:• FICO Sr Consultant working at client location in India• Provide SAP support to Sox team • Review flow charts, process narratives and process risk control matrix (RCM)• For all controls existing in SAP, establish a link between automatic controls of process RCM and relevant SAP functionality• Testing of operating effectiveness of automated controls in SAP Show less

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  Infosys

  Mar 2009 - now

  Client in: Pharma manufacture and Pharma distribution Role and Responsibility:• FICO SME working at offshore in India• As a subject-matter-expert (SME), advise and support project team conduct o FICO Data mapping and cleansing workshops, data loads and reconciliationso End-to-end Global template rollout including Design workshops for fit-gap analysis and Country Specific Requirements, define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data migration and cut-over activitieso Highlights: Templates allocation for Overhead cost management Show less Client in: Pharma manufacture and global distribution (Global major – UK based) Role and Responsibility:• FICO Architect working at Client location in United Kingdom• Member of the core team responsible for re-aligning solutions to prepare SAP system for Brexit• Member of the design team responsible for SAP instance consolidation by migrating and harmonizing processes across 2 SAP instances • Conduct design workshops with Internal IT Team & Business for re-designing solutions to make them fit-for-purpose and to harmonize processes, Define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data migration and Cut-over activities• Highlights: Future proofing solutions and Process harmonization for S/4HANA journey Show less Client in: Pharma manufacture and global distribution (Global major – South Africa based)Role and Responsibility:• FICO Architect working at Client location in Mauritius• As Finance and Costing solution architect, responsible for designing Enterprise structure, solutions for Costing processes, for Finance processes, for local/group reporting, for Support Management in planning project activities – sprints, test strategy and migration• Conduct Design workshops for fit-gap analysis and Country Specific Requirements, define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data migration and cut-over activities• Highlights: New GL with document splitting and parallel ledgers, Accounts receivable with Dunning & FSCM credit management, Accounts payable with Vendor Invoice Management, Bank & Cash management with Bank communication management, Fixed Assets on New asset accounting, Overhead Cost controlling with Cost centers & Internal orders, Product costing with material ledger and Profitability Analysis (Account based COPA), FIORI adoption and BW reporting. Show less Client in: Pharma manufacture and global distribution (Global major – UK based)Role and Responsibility:• FICO Architect working at Client location in United Kingdom • Member of the core design team responsible for re-designing solutions for Profit center accounting, Cost center accounting, Project systems and Inter Company accounting automation• Conduct design workshops with Internal IT Team & Business for designing Global Template and for Country Specific Requirements with fit-gap analysis, define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data migration and cut-over activities Show less Client in: Pharma manufacture and global distribution (Global major – UK based)Role and Responsibility:• FICO Architect working at Client location in United Kingdom • Member of the core design team responsible for designing a common operating chart, defining old GL to new GL mapping for conversion by SLO Service and validating SLO conversion results • Conduct design workshops with Internal IT team & Business for understanding legacy GL usage, for identifying new GL requirements & attributes and for re-aligning existing solutions• Generating old GL to new GL mappings in formats specified for SLO conversions• Remediate pre-conversion issues by executing trail run on SLO software or by discussion with SLO team & stakeholders• Validate post conversion results and triaging issues, if any, in converted configuration or in converted transaction data Show less Client in: Pharma manufacture and global distribution (Global major – UK based)Role and Responsibility:• FICO Architect working at Client location in United Kingdom• Member of the core team responsible for designing Global Template and for Country Specific Requirements with fit-gap analysis, define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data cleansing & migration and cut-over activities• Highlight: Global solution for Receivable management Show less Client in: Beverage manufacture and global distribution (Global major) Role and Responsibility:• FICO Lead (Offshore) to support Distributions companies in Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa regions (at Offshore in India)• FICO Lead (Onsite) to support Manufacturing Company in Europe region • Design Solutions for enhancement & incidents/changes, local configuration changes, testing and UAT Support for FI, CO and FSCM modules• System Integration manager for BAU handover activities Show less Client in: Retail manufacture and distribution (Global major)Role and Responsibility:• FICO – Accounts Payable lead working at mix of Client location in Philippines and Offshore-India• Deliver SAP Rollout for Japan, South Korea & Thailand as Track Lead for Purchase-to-Pay processes (included Vendor Invoice Management with approval workflows, Accounts Payable management and Bank payments)• Conduct design workshops with Internal IT Team & Business for Country Specific Requirements, for alignment with Global Template and for fit-gap analysis, define Test scope and scenario, System Integration Testing and support User acceptance testing, Data cleansing & migration and cut-over activities Show less

  • S/4HANA implementation - Global template rollout for Europe countries

    Oct 2021 - now

  • FICO SME for S/4HANA data migration and for ECC Global template rollout

    May 2021 - Sept 2021

  • SAP Instance consolidation and Brexit ready

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2021

  • S/4 HANA Greenfield implementation project

    Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Finance Transformation – redesign and harmonize costing processes for harmonized group reporting

    Aug 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Operating Chart of Accounts harmonization using SAP SLO service [5 Charts to 1 Chart]

    Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Design and Deploy Global Accounts Receivable solution for process harmonization

    Aug 2013 - Mar 2014

  • SAP solution re-alignments for global process and reporting harmonization

    Dec 2012 - Jul 2013

  • SAP ECC global support for a Global major

    Apr 2010 - Nov 2012

  • Business integration on SAP ECC

    Mar 2009 - Mar 2010