Kumar Natarajan

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About Kumar Natarajan

Experienced SAP FI/CO, SD, MM Lead with a demonstrated history of working in various industries like Automobile, Aviation, A&D, Construction and Pharmaceutical. Key member in six full life cycle end-to-end SAP implementations including a S4/HANA (1909) project. Skilled in Global SAP Implementation, Operations, User Interface Design, Business Process Improvement and Integration. Experienced in all phases of a Project life cycle including Project management, design, Configuration, Testing, Development, Go-Live, Production support, documentation and End-User training. Strong project management skills with effective staff development and mentoring capabilities. Nearly 10 years of Project leadership experience and managing teams with cross functional and multi-cultural background. Long experience of managing and working with Offshore and Onshore based inhouse and Vendor teams. Have worked closely with teams and Business users based in the Americas (US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico) Europe and Asia. Facilitate discussions and drive decisions with various stakeholders like CIOs, Directors, COE leaders and business leaders. Well experienced in working closely with Business users in collecting requirements and converting those into Functional and Technical specification documents, and providing solutions either through Configuration or Custom developments working in close collaboration with Development teams. Have implemented Projects using SAP Activate, ASAP methodology, FastWorks technique and Agile methodology. Have used MS Project, Smartsheet, Rally software, SAP PPM and Monday.com to monitor project hours and track milestones. My areas of expertise include- Hands-on configuration: SAP FI/CO, SD, Purchasing, Security - Expertise in Sub-modules of FICO: GL,AP,AR,Cost center Accounting, Profit center Accounting, Master data - Integration between FICO, SD, MM - Exposure to PS module - Period closing - ABAP Queries - ABAP Program debugging - SAP S4/HANA implementation - AP Payment process, including integration with Banks - Period closing - Interfaces to SAP - Adherence to SOX IT controls - SAP Analytics cloud, Analysis for Office, Fiori - Functional and Technical specifications - AP Automation software Serrala I am available to discuss new opportunities.