Scott Elliott
Houston, Texas
SUMMARY
A versatile and highly motivated professional who has delivered significant results in key accounting, treasury and information systems positions. Major experiences and strengths include:
SAP R/3 FI/CO
Accounts Payable
Foreign & Parallel Currency
Taxes-Vertex, Taxware, VAT, GST, PST
General Ledger
EXPERIENCE
Elliott, Williams & Scott, Inc.
Client - Industry
Conoco, Inc. - Oil and Gas
McKesson, Inc. - Pharmaceutical Distribution
Medtronic Minimed - Medical Device Manufacturer
Raytheon Missile Systems - Defense Contractor
Kimberly-Clark - Consumer Products
Lyondell Chemical Company - Chemicals and Refining
Dan River - Textiles
Chevron Oronite - Chemicals
Project Lead December 2001 to Present
Enterprise Central Component (ECC) 5.0 upgrade also known as MyERP 2004
Designed and implemented transaction taxes for European Union countries (GB, FR, BE, NL, DE, AT, IT) including use of plants abroad functionality
Designed and implemented transaction taxes for AU, CN, HK, KR, SG, TW including requirements for tax reporting in country currency when the company is operating in another functional currency
Developed taxes for Canada using external tax systems including GST, PST, HST, QST
Designed SAP/Vertex US transaction tax solution for PM and MM at large oil and gas company including EBP (Enterprise Buyer Professional) integration
Designed and implemented US transaction tax solution for pharmaceutical Distributor including SAP and Vertex
Created custom reports for specialized VAT reporting requirements
Assisted with AP function design changes
Wrote ABAP Queries for enhanced reporting for Tax and MM
Wrote ABAP/4 code for tax user exits
Unit tested solution
Debugged ABAP code to ensure solution worked properly
Created functional specifications for user exit design
Identified issues along with the solutions for existing SAP tax user exit functionality
Provided recommendations on solutions for issues identified
Conducted knowledge transfer with client on tax related materials
Ajilon, LLC
Enron - Corporation Energy
Project Lead August 2000 to December 2001
Worked with client on foreign currency clearing issues
Exposed to SAP DART archiving tool
Designed tax solution utilizing Quantum for Sales and Use Tax for facilities maintenance arm of energy services company
Wrote specifications for SAP user exit for use with project systems tax solution
Conducted data conversion for project master data for tax solution
Conducted Quality Assurance testing for tax solution
Conducted knowledge transfer sessions with Tax department for tax solution
Wrote specifications for custom interface to stand alone Quantum for Sales and Use Tax
Worked with programmer to develop custom interfaces for Sales and Use and Geocoder
Worked to identify and resolve SAP systems issues
Worked with energy services company financial staff on various reporting needs and enhancements
Developed more efficient procedures for creating various reports
Created procedure for reconciling monthly financial statements
Maintained reporting structures including Cost Center Groups, Profit Center Groups, Cost Element Groups, and Account Groups
Created reports utilizing Business Objects software from financial data warehouse
marchFIRST, Inc. (Formerly Whittman-Hart, Inc.), Dallas, TX
Siemens Electrocom - Postal Sorting Equipment Manufacturing
S-B (Skil-Bosch) Powertools, Inc. - Power tool Manufacturing
divine Interventures, Inc. - Internet Services
Andrew Corporation - Communications Equipment Manufacturing
Completed training on the Vertex (Quantum) system including returns package
Implemented Vertex in connection with SAP including SD and MM integration
Conducted post production troubleshooting on Vertex implementation with SAP
Created custom reporting out of Vertex Tax Decision Maker for exemption certificates and customer exceptions
Completed training on the Taxware system including STEP module
Configured invoice verification functionality
Configured profit center accounting area of SAP
Configured foreign currency functionality of SAP
Assisted in design and implementation of the purchasing area of SAP
Conducted client training on AP, foreign currency, purchasing and sales taxes
Wrote various ABAP Queries to meet client reporting requirements
Assisted clients with redefining business processes to fit into the SAP process flow
Price Waterhouse, LLP, Charlotte, NC
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Functional Consultant May 1997 to May 1998
Completed SAP certification training and exam
Worked on project for fortune 500 pharmaceutical company through the full project life cycle
Received Price Waterhouse Image award for outstanding performance
Became experienced in SAP Value Added Tax and foreign currency configuration in a fortune 500 highly integrated environment
Developed new functional design in currencies to facilitate dual reporting requirements
Analyzed statutory needs for currencies and VAT for implementation for Italy and Germany
Received exposure to the warehouse management and materials management modules of SAP
Analyzed requirements to discover gaps and proposed solutions for the gaps
Assisted in work plan creation in areas of responsibility
Drove data conversion tracking and management for a fortune 500 pharmaceutical manufacturer
Assisted in the creation of a combined data conversion plan crossing multiple conversion sites in Microsoft Project
Facilitated problem resolution during data conversion
Conducted knowledge transfer to client personnel
Compass Group, USA (Formerly Canteen Corporation), Charlotte, North Carolina
Obtained SAP FI\CO configuration training through SAP America
Participated in an SAP project at a large retail food service company as a business/systems analyst
Prototyped the SAP software for the accounts payable and general ledger areas of the SAP FI module
Performed As Is Analysis and created To Be business process documentation
Performed gap analysis and defined data requirements
Documented process scripts and developed paper based user documentation
Executed system testing and data mapping
Financial Accounting Center Manager March 1996 to December 1996
Assisted in the centralizing of remote data processing sites to the centralized home office environment
Assisted in annual departmental budgeting process
Managed 60 employees
Treasury Analyst May 1993 to March 1996
Directed banking consolidations and changes
Supervised cash accounting function for the company
Implemented PC package for tracking of bank service charges
Implemented MICR coding laser printer for checks
Assisted in annual departmental budgeting process
Deloitte & Touche, Greenville, South Carolina
Staff Accountant September 1992-April 1993
Assisted with computer system control reliance analysis for a large manufacturer of power tools
Performed statistical analysis sampling work on various asset and liability accounts including balance confirmations, sampling results documentation and results extrapolation
Languages / Software
Vertex Quantum for Sales and Use Tax
Vertex Quantum Returns
SAP FI/CO Modules Versions 3.0C, 3.0F, 3.1H, 3.1I, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0
Taxware Sales and Use Tax and Returns
Business Objects 5i
Weiland Financial Bank Relationship Manager Software
Standard spreadsheet and word processing packages
Heavy ABAP/4 debugging capabilities
Hardware & Operating Systems
IBM PC
Windows NT, Windows 95, MS DOS
Bachelor of Science Degree, Accounting, Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC, Magna Cum Laude
Passed CPA examination
Quantum (Vertex) training including returns package
Taxware for Sales and Use Tax including returns package
SAP FI/CO training and certification exam
Change Integration in Action (Part 1 & 2)
ASAP Certified