Shathees Loganathan Education Qualifications ACMA in Management accounting Charted institute of management accountants, United Kingdom Reading MBA

in General MBA University of Wales, United Kingdom DNIIT in Higher diploma in software engineering NIIT, India Language skills English Tamil Sinhalese Professional experience Profile Shathees Loganathan is a Managing Consultant in the Enterprise Applications SAP Finance and controlling Practice. Shathees has experience in General ledger, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Bank accounting with EBS, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, internal order accounting, Product cost planning, Profitability analysis, Dispute management, Bank communication management, Extended withholding tax, Sales/Use tax, GST/PST/HST in Canada, Differed taxes in Mexico and ABAP. The combination of ACMA (Member of Charted management accountants UK), Software engineering background, ABAP skills and 7 years of SAP functional experience have given Shathees an understanding of how to find solutions to specific business needs through analyzing processes and problem solving. Shathees is currently reading Masters in business administration from University of Wales in UK. Mr. Shathees also maintains the blog www.thesapconsultant.com for last 6 years that helps the international SAP FI/CO community Key skills SAP General ledger, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Bank accounting with EBS, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, internal order accounting, Product cost planning, Profitability analysis, Dispute management, Bank communication management, Extended withholding tax, Sales/Use tax, GST/PST/HST in Canada, Differed taxes in Mexico, ABAP, Team leadership and Effective communication skill, Charted management accountant, Software Fluent Fluent Good

engineering skills. Key courses and Certification (Sri Lanka): SAP FICO (January 2005) Successfully completed the SAP FI/CO certification. Course content training included: How to execute the main business processes in FI/CO; How to implement the main functions and Customizing settings for General ledger, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Bank accounting, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, and Profitability analysis; How to map enterprise structures, master data and business processes for an enterprise in the SAP system, and execute the required system configurations. Certification (California): SAP BPC (January 2009) Successfully completed the SAP BPC training and certification. Course content included: How to configure the data cubes on BPC; How to load data into BPC, and Simple report creation. This Course didnt include legal consolidation using BPC.

Career history

IBM Global Services-Global Business Services, New 11/2011 york, United States of America to date Managing consultant Since joining IBM, Shathees helped the client Bio-Rad to implement accounts payable module as part of their global ERP initiative. Shathees helped Bio-Rad to identify solutions related to 1099 reporting in USA using extended withholding tax functionality, Sales and Use tax, Bank communication management, Payment management using invoice blocks and approval, Payment medium development, GL line item report enhancement to display vendor related information, Down payment procedure, Logistic invoice verification, Service entry sheets, Payments related to quality inspections and Recurring payment management. 12/2007 - Attune Consulting USA inc., United States of America 10/2011 Senior Consultant Shathees worked as a senior SAP FI/CO consultant and worked for clients such as Warnaco, Li & Fung USA, VF corp, Maidenform and Timberland. Shathees helped Warnaco to roll out their USA, Mexico and Canada SAP implementations. At that time Warnaco Implemented Classical GL, Profit center accounting, Cost

center accounting, AP, AR, Product costing, Fixed assets, Bank accounting including EBS, SD/MM integration and Profitability analysis. Shathees lead a team of two on these projects. Shathees lead three rollouts at Li & Fung where he implemented dispute management module to manage the charge back process in addition to the New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, Bank accounting including EBS, SD/MM integration and profitability analysis. Shathees helped LF to implement interfaces with CIT and Wales-Fargo to facilitate customer cash applications. Shathees used his ABAP skills to develop a lot of substitution/Validations, Userexits and BADIs to stream line the FI/CO processes. Shathees was also part of the team that implemented BPC at Li & Fung. Shathees lead a team of five at LF including offshore members. Shathees Helped VF corp to evaluate the workflow related to AP invoice parking functionality. Shathees helped Maidenform to blueprint the solution related to New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, Dispute management, Bank accounting with EBS, SD/MM integration and profitability analysis. Shathees lead a team of two at Maidenform. At Timberland Shathees lead a team that restructured the profit center structure in addition to the implementation of New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, Dispute management, SD/MM integration, Bank accounting with EBS and profitability analysis. Shathees lead a team of four at Timberland. 10/2004 - Attune Consulting Sri Lanka (Private) Ltd, Sri Lanka 11/2007 Consultant In Sri Lanka Shathees worked on a 2 year rollout for a apparel manufacture where he implemented New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order

accounting, Product costing (Manufacturing), Bank accounting including EBS and profitability analysis. Shathees started as a junior consultant but got promoted to consultant within the project and was responsible for the project delivery towards the end of the project. Towards the end of the project Shathees lead two team members to successfully deliver the project.

Assignment history

11/2011 (Bio-Rad) to date 2 month(s) Project Description:Shathees helped Bio-Rad to implement accounts payable module as part of their global ERP initiative. Shathees helped Bio-Rad to identify solutions related to 1099 reporting in USA using extended withholding tax functionality, Sales and Use tax, Bank communication management, Payment management using invoice blocks and approval, Payment medium development, GL line item report enhancement to display vendor related information, Down payment procedure, Logistic invoice verification, Service entry sheets, Payments related to quality inspections and Recurring payment management.

12/2010 (Timberland USA) 09/2011 10 month(s) Project Description:Mr. Shathees was part of the team that executed the pre-sales activities for Attune USA Inc. Shathees has done the super user training for Timberland prior to the project SOW sign off. Shathees lead a team of four that restructured the profit centers in addition to the implementation of New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, Dispute management, Bank accounting with EBS, profitability analysis and SD/MM integration. Shathees helped Timberland to devise solutions for cash application based on EDI 820 and Lockbox with Dispute management, Enhanced Cost center selection on GL postings, Default GL account per vendor, Planned cost accruals during logistic invoice verification, Accrual

entries for expected chargebacks during customer billing, segmental reporting using segments, Parallel ledgers for local country reporting, Automatic bank reconciliation based on EBS, Product costing based on Inforecords and MM conditions, Costing based and accounts based profitability analysis, Automatic AP posting during SD billing using BTE and IDOC, Automatic AR posting during Logistic invoice verification using BTE and IDOC, Inter company billing etc. Shathees lead a team of four at Timberland.

07/2010 (Maidenform USA) 12/2010 6 month(s) Project Description:Mr. Shathees was part of Pre sales, Blueprint and Realization phases of the Maidenform project. Shathees lead the team of two that helped Maidenform to blueprint the solution related to New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, Dispute management, Bank accounting with EBS, SD/MM integration and profitability analysis. Shathees helped Maidenform to define the optimum profit center and cost center structures during the implementation. As well as Shathees helped Maidenform to devise solutions for cash application based on EDI 820 and Lockbox, Logistic invoice verification outside of SAP and interface into SAP, Enhanced Cost center selection on GL postings, Default GL account per vendor, Planned cost accruals during logistic invoice verification, Accrual entries for expected chargebacks during customer billing, segmental reporting using segments, Parallel ledgers for local country reporting and Automatic bank reconciliation based on EBS etc.

09/2008 (VF Corp USA) 09/2008 1 month(s) Project Description:Shathees helped VF to study the standard SAP AP invoice workflow for approvals.

06/2008 (Li & Fung USA) 10/2011 41 month(s) Project Description:Mr. Shathees was part of three implementations at LF. Shathees lead the team of five that helped LF to implement solutions related to New GL with document splitting, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing, Dispute management, Bank accounting with EBS, SD/MM integration, BPC, Credit card processing and profitability analysis. Shathees lead a team of five at LF. Shathees helped LF to define the optimum profit center, Segment and cost center structures during the implementation. As well as Shathees helped LF to devise solutions for cash application interface with CIT and Wales-Fargo, Enhanced Cost center selection on GL postings, Default GL account per vendor, Planned cost accruals during logistic invoice verification, Accrual entries for expected chargebacks during customer billing, segmental reporting using segments, Parallel ledgers for local country reporting, Automatic bank reconciliation based on EBS, Sub profit center logic using Internal orders, Enhancements to GL/AP/AR line item displays using BTEs and BADIs, Bank interface for outsourced checks, Interface for concur, Approval workflow related to inventory revaluation and GST/PST/QST for Canada etc. Due to his contributions to the project Shathees was requested by LF to be part of the support team even after starting Maidenform and Timberland projects. Shathees was also part of the team that implemented BPC at LF.

09/2007 (Attune consulting USA (internal project)) 12/2007 4 month(s) Project Description:Mr. Shathees lead the internal FICO team at attune to obtain the SAP certification for their pre configured AFS product. Shathees has helped attune to configure, Document and demonstrate the process to SAP USA with regards to FI and CO modules.

10/2006 (Warnaco) 06/2008 21 month(s) Project Description:Shathees Mr. Shathees helped Warnaco to roll out FICO modules in USA, Mexico and Canada. In addition to the General ledger, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Profit center accounting, Cost center accounting, Electronic bank statements, Internal order accounting, Split product costing and Profitability analysis, Shathees helped Warnaco to implement Differed taxes in Mexico and GST/PST in Canada. Shathees lead a team of two at Warnaco.

11/2004 (MAS intimates apparels Sri Lanka) 05/2006 19 month(s) Project Description:Shathees was part of the team that implemented General ledger, AP, AR, Fixed assets, Electronic bank statements, Cost center accounting, Profit center accounting, Internal order accounting, Product costing ( using BOM, Routing and overhead cost sheet) and Profitability analysis. Towards the end of the project, Shathees was promoted as consultant and was given the responsibility to deliver the project successfully. In this project Shathees implemented the new GL and document splitting functionality.

Other relevant information Organizations Charted institute of management accountants UK Associate member Mr. Shathees maintains the blog www.thesapconsultant.com for last 6 Other jobrelated activities years that helps the SAP FI/CO community.