Mehmet Akif Seyfi-Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant (Freelancer)

Short profile:

• Active in national and international projects focusing on rollouts, transformations, release upgrades and subproject management
• Supporting the design, implementation, configuration and optimization of accounting processes
• Taking responsibility from functional design through customizing to go-live + hypercare and serving as an interface between the business and IT
• Structured analysis of complex financial processes, clear communication with stakeholders, and a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach

SAP FI/CO expertise:

Comprehensive knowledge and experience in SAP FI/CO modules, including implementation, configuration and optimization

Project management:

Experience in leading and coordinating SAP projects, including rollouts and system migrations

Process optimization:

Skills in analyzing, consulting and improving business processes in the SAP environment

SAP S/4 HANA & SAP ECC:

Experience with SAP S/4 HANA / SAP ECC implementations and migrations

ABAP programming:

Knowledge in ABAP programming for custom developments and adjustments

Data analysis:

Skills in data analysis and evaluation, especially with SAP tools and Excel

International projects:

Experience in executing SAP projects in various countries and cultures

Service portfolio:

• Functional and technical consulting
• Requirements/data/process analysis
• Creating functional designs, blueprints and solution proposals
• Customizing and support in FI/CO including process optimizations
• Conducting workshops/tests
• Preparing training materials and conducting user training
• Data migration
• Interface support including development knowledge
• Partial/full project management, cutover management and hypercare

Industries:

• Precision mechanics and optics industry
• Automotive industry
• Food industry
• Beverage/food industry
• Mechanical engineering

SAP knowledge:

• Very good knowledge of SAP CO, FI and AA
• Additionally: SAP DRC, Fiori, Concur, DART, DMEE and user exits
• Good knowledge of SAP PS, authorization management and ABAP
• Basic knowledge of SAP components MM, PP, SD
• Basic knowledge of the HR module
• Version experience: SAP R/3 4.7 / SAP ECC / SAP S/4 HANA
• Migration tools: LSMW, Migration Cockpit

Experience with legal requirements:

• Germany
• Hungary
• Turkey
• Switzerland
• China
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• United Kingdom (UK)
• Sweden
• France
• Portugal

I am an SAP FI/CO consultant with extensive experience in national and international projects. My focus is on rollouts, transformations, release upgrades, and managing subprojects. In doing so, I take responsibility from functional design through customizing to go-live and hypercare. As an interface between business and IT, I ensure that complex financial processes are analyzed in a structured way, communicated clearly, and implemented pragmatically.

My core expertise lies in the SAP FI/CO modules, where I have successfully carried out implementations, configurations, and process optimizations. With in-depth knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA and SAP ECC, I reliably support companies in implementations, migrations, and release upgrades. Additionally, I have experience in ABAP programming for custom adjustments and developments, allowing me to flexibly meet individual requirements.

I bring extensive experience in leading and coordinating SAP projects, particularly in rollouts and system migrations. In the process, I carefully analyze business processes in accounting, develop practical solutions, and implement them efficiently. My approach combines structured project management with pragmatic process understanding to achieve tangible results for companies.

I have executed SAP projects in numerous countries, taking into account different legal requirements. This international experience has not only given me technical know-how but also intercultural competence, flexibility, and the ability to successfully manage complex projects in various regulatory environments.

If you are looking for an experienced SAP FI/CO expert to support national and international projects with responsibility, technical expertise and a pragmatic process understanding, I look forward to hearing from you.

• Supporting and maintaining business departments in the SAP FI and CO modules
• Process optimizations and process consulting in coordination with business departments
• Incident and problem management from error analysis to customizing
• Coordination and management of external IT service providers
• Performing customizing, tests and approvals
• Defining and implementing programming requirements and in-house development using ABAP
• Initiating, leading and steering projects to optimize the SAP landscape in the FICO environment
• Rollouts of new systems, components and processes
• Designing and implementing business processes in IT systems
• Creating training materials and process documentation
• Preparing and conducting user training
• Planning and executing release adjustments
• Developing and configuring periodic account statements (open item list) for all locations worldwide including distribution
• Configuring special determination of payment term base date by comparing goods receipt and invoice receipt dates
• Implementation of Concur Expense and full integration with S/4 HANA for 11 countries
• Using FIORI applications for rollouts as migration tools (successors to LSMW)
• Integrating new FIORI applications in the finance area to leverage the latest developments of S/4 HANA and offset drawbacks of SAP GUI
• Developing validations and substitutions in asset accounting for account assignments and useful life in combination with asset classes and depreciation keys
• Post-implementation of parallel ledgers for 9 countries with two ledgers (Local Ledger + Tax Ledger)
• Participation in annual S/4 HANA upgrades for the FICO area (since 2020, versions 1909, 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been accompanied every year in Q2)
• SAP rollout for the FI part in Hungary including the merger of two companies
• Implementation of Advanced Compliance Reporting in Hungary to determine VAT in XML format and generate the recapitulative statement
• Implementation of Advanced Compliance Reporting in the UK and submission via MTD directly to HMRC
• Configuring lower of cost or market determination with adjustment of user exits for special selections in intercompany business and additional program development for inclusion of sales information (invoices, contracts)
• Improving the goods in transit process through validations and building a dashboard to track inventory worldwide
• Improving or adjusting the profitability analysis process by preventing COPA postings through substitution of the use of cost centers
• Automating the intercompany commission business through automatic cross-company code postings
• Integration and rollout for the FI part of a German subsidiary without full integration of MM/SD/PP – integration of CSB (non-SAP ERP) via an interface to SAP – self-developed solution for mass posting of incoming invoice and outgoing invoice journals
• Development and integration of the process for rebooking and structuring receivables (creditor-related debtors) and payables (debtor-related creditors) into the month-end closing process including integration into the SAP Financial Closing Cockpit
• Implementation of ODN in Egypt for outgoing invoices
• Revision of the foreign currency valuation concept and implementation of new valuation areas including adjustment of account determination
• Participation in the prototype introduction of SAP Group Reporting for the future replacement of the SAP Business Consolidation System

• Supporting key users in the FI/CO module
• Planning and participating in SAP projects in the finance and controlling area
• Carrying out customizing adjustments
• Creating functional specifications for programming and adjusting SAP applications
• Preparing and conducting user training
• Further development and optimization of FI/CO SAP applications
• Managing internal and external project teams
• SAP rollout for the FI part in Izmir, Turkey
• Revision and improvement of the LZB characteristic reporting system
• Support with Hungary localization issues
• Revision of the electronic bank statement to automate clearing postings
• Development and use of the DART tool to provide the SAP audit format
• Adjustment of SEPA format trees for the Czech Republic (ISO 20022)
• Automated transfer of payment media files to the banking platform for Slovakia
• Improving the automatic entry of payment reasons in incoming invoice postings using substitutions and user exits
• Updating OKOF codes in asset master data for Russia and mass updates via LSMW
• Implementing dunning runs in Germany and configuring special dunning texts