Richard Ighile (PMP)   

                                       1.817 897 2246   orighile@hotmail.com

 

Summary

A certified project management professional with 7 Years of SAP experience in business requirements gathering, solution design and development, and implementation of both ERP and Industry specific solutions.

Highly professional and detail-oriented planner of high impact projects in multiple industries and countries.

 

·               Strong Project Planning and Managing experience.

·               Proven ability to work productively and independently in fast paced environments with limited direction.

·               Strong coordination and, experienced in building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

·               Good knowledge in FI-CO module and worked on sub modules like  FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-GL and CO-PA,

·               Experience in SQL Script, CE Function and T-SQL.

·               Hand on SAP LT Replication Server (SLT), DXC, BODS.

·               Hands on experience in HANA modeling. Created Attribute views, analytical view and calculated views.

·               Have worked in all phases of project life cycle and SDLC methodologies.

·               Ability to multi-task and meet critical deadlines

·               Ability to understand and transform business requirements into software, delivered on time, to specification, scalable, performance optimized and maintainable.  And also end-user training.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY

ETL Tools	BODS and SLT.
Programming Languages	UML, T-SQL, SQL SCRIPT and CE FUNCTION
RDBMS	SAP Hana, MSSQL and MS Access.
Design Tools and Methodology	Visio, ASAP, Agile and Waterfall
SAP Modules	FICO and RDS
Reporting Tools	Crystal Reports, WEBi and Web Explorer, MS Project

 

Professional Experience

 

Client(s)	Agrium Inc.
Duration	Mar 2014 – till date
Team Size	5
Responsibility	SAP HANA Modeler
Environment:  SAP HANA, SAP ECC
·   Develop work plans and realize stated milestones/deliverables on time and on budget. ·   Helped in making business cases. ·   Coordinate activities with various business and technical leads on other teams such as Basis Admin, CRM, and SAP Financials teams. ·   ETL experience with data mapping, harmonization and Integration with existing data sources. ·   Created objects in SAP HANA like tables, index, stored procedures etc. ·   Modelling which includes attribute views, analytical view as well as calculated view. ·   Developed Analytical views, Attribute views, and the calculation views model in HANA Studio. ·   Implemented SAP HANA Security including User Management, Roles, and Privileges. ·   Coordinate/delegate technical activities, tasks, milestones and deliverables to assigned project resources or perform activities where necessary. ·   Conducting workshop to improve SAP HANA knowledge.
Client	AlphaGRC, Dallas, TX
Duration	Oct 2013 - Mar 2014
Team Size	6
Responsibility	SAP HANA consultant
Environment:        SAP HANA, BODS, Web services, XML, ECC, SAP BW

·               Performed data modeling and developed analytical views for the transactional data, attribute views for the master data, and the calculation views as final model in HANA Studio

·               Designed a high level HANA data model for the reporting solution

·               Experience with SAP HANA programming including SQL, SQL Script, and CE Script.

·               Created Data Integrator mappings to load the data warehouse, involving  use of both simple and complex transformations like SQL Query Transform, Table Comparison, Case, Validation, Merge,  etc. in data flows

·               Built and supported interfaces from non-SAP to SAP systems and from SAP to non-SAP systems

·               Developed the security model, naming conventions, and folder structure for HANA 1.0 and BOBJ 4.0.

·               Involved in analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment of the system

 

Client	Stryker UK
Duration	Aug 2011 – Oct  2013
Team Size	14
Responsibility	Junior Project Manager / SAP CO Consultant

 

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Windows XP, MySQL, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

 

·   Support for SAP FICO implementation initiatives and support activities from the Requirements Gathering - facilitation of client core team workshops, Business Process Mapping (Analysis of AS-IS, TO-BE and GAP Analysis), Blueprint, Testing, Go Live and Support Post Go Live.

·   Setting up of Company Code, Business Area, Credit Control Area, Chart of Accounts, Fiscal year Variant, Posting Period Variant, Field Status Variant, Document Number Ranges, Account Groups, and Tolerance Groups the respective Company Code.

·   Define Customer/Vendor Account Groups for one time and long term Customers/Vendors, Defining and Assignment of the Customer/Vendor Number Ranges. Create the Customer/Vendor Master Data based on the Account Groups and define their payment terms, mode of incoming/outgoing payment, Down Payments. Clearing between Customer/Vendor Accounts.

 

Client	RSR Corporation, Dallas, TX
Duration	Jul 2008 - Aug 2011
Team Size	12
Responsibility	SAP FICO Consultant

 

Environment: SAP 4.7, UNIX, Window NT, ASAP, MYSQL, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, QTP, MS Project..

 

·   Responsible for maintaining the global settings for SAP FICO - Define and Assign Enterprise structure, Define Company Codes, Define Business Areas, Define Credit Control Area.

·   Successfully configured SAP FICO settings for Company Code such as Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Period Variant, Field Status Variant, and Chart of Accounts.

·   Defined Retained Earnings, Account Groups, and Created Document Number Ranges

·   Created Tolerance Groups for employees to control the maximum limit for Document Posting, Account Postings, and Ledger Accounts.

·   Customized general ledger accounting, accounts receivables and accounts payable.

·   Accounts Receivable (A/R): Configured Customer Account Group, Created Customer Master Data, Number Ranges, Payment Terms.

·   Accounts Payable (A/P): Configured vendor master data, local and global data, number ranges, tolerance groups and reclassification of vendor accounts. Accounts Receivable: Configured terms of installment payment and assigned the customer master records. Creation of reconciliation accounts.

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Client	City of Forest Hill, Forest Hill, TX.
Duration	Mar 2007  - Jul 2008
Team Size	10
Responsibility	Business Analyst/ Project Coordinator

 

Environment: UNIX, Window NT, UML, Oracle, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, QTP, MS Project.

 

 

·   Gather requirements from City of Forest Hill administrators to identify business needs and translate needs into functional and technical specifications for new systems.

·   Mentor staff transitioning from other positions to business analysis role.

·   Verify data integrity via reports using Information Builder's Developer Studio, and Transact-SQL.

·   Ensure robust documentation of both new and legacy systems

·   Managed programmers to develop and implement customer information system.

·   Conducted interviews and meetings sessions with key users and Subject Matter Experts from the planning, IT and marketing departments both on-site and offshore.

·   Conducted FRS and BRD reviews and walkthroughs with designers, developers and stakeholders.

·   Contributed to the development and management of budgets, determining project scope, liaising between clients and staff throughout project lifecycle, and ensuring objectives were met.

·   Managed change requests to ensure requirements were within the scope and timeline of the project.

 

 

Education

MSc. Banking and Finance

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Member Project Management Institute (PMI Dallas Chapter)