Bobby Mahendra, Managing Partner and Senior Advisor, Bobby has experience in Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Information Systems, and Global Transformation. Bobby has 14 years of proven Project Management & Leadership skills in cost accounting, management reporting, project & track management, process reengineering, IT, and HR. His SAP Techno/Functional Experience includes 9 years in Senior Management of Fortune 100 and 10 years of detailed SAP FI/CO Configuration Experience. Bobby is a specialist advising the most complicated engagements and has assisted clients in stabilizing/recovering key client accounts where an unfortunate event has occurred.

Bobby has an excellent background advising “C Level” executives in global ERP reengineering, facilities reorganization / consolidation, and financial analysis (including experience as Project Controller for a 2-year $46.1 MM cost center), and he is able to direct activities of large, cross-functional, 125+ member teams (50+ FTEs) without supervision. Combining Bobby’s diverse experience, his graduation from University of Texas at Austin twice (Masters in Professional Accounting, Tax Accounting & Bachelor of Arts, Economics), and his birth in Queens, NY; he possesses superior management, interpersonal, and top-notch communication skills. Bobby has a strong understanding of Global Business Operations, as he has traveled to over 10+ international locations. Possessing USA Citizenship and placing his client’s interest first, Bobby has enjoyed travelling to his client’s global locations on moment’s notice to obtain the benefits that were promised to the Executive / Steering Committee.

Relevant Experience

Mr. Mahendra worked as an SAP FI/CO Project Manager & Track Lead for Komatsu Forklift USA, Inc. subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Komatsu. Business case called to extend ECC 6.0 functionality from Komatsu America Corporation’s footprint to Komatsu Forklift USA, Inc.’s Make-to-Order business model for distribution of Komatsu & Tusk branded Forklifts. Project included a full-life cycle implementation and all 5 phases of the ASAP methodology: Project Preparation, Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Go-Live & Support. Leadership responsibilities included stabilizing client dissatisfaction with prior FI/CO Consultants that was related to a series of unfortunate events, participating in client account management activities, presenting to Steering Committee during Project Preparation phase.

Blueprint Phase

Prepared Business Process Workshop Material to extract To-Be design requirements for all FI/CO topics. Wrote BPN (Business Process Narratives) covering FI (G/L, A/P, A/R) & CO (CO-PA, CO-PC “Product Costing”). Presented and defended BPN and Strawman of Organizational Structure to Steering Committee.

Realization & Final Preparation activities included:

Constructed LSMW data conversion (including writing basic ABAP code) for G/L Accounts Master Data, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (Trucks & Parts), G/L Accounts Monthly Trial Balance, Credit Master, and two LSMW Interfaces for A/R Parts and A/R Warranty Claims Credit Memos. Utilized Head Office functionality in Customer Master to consolidate Accounts Receivables from various branch offices to the Head Office. Configured Company Codes, Posting Period Variant, Chart of Accounts, Credit Controlling Area, Fiscal Year Variant, Field Status Variant, Business Area, Mapping of Business Areas to Sales Area, Plant & Division, MM Automatic Account Assignment (/nOBYC), SD Automatic Account Assignment (/nVKOA), Automatic Cost Center Assignment (/nOKB9), MM Periods (/nMMPV & /nMMRV), FI Periods (/nOB52), Payment Program (/nFBZP), Check Lots (/nFCHI), Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) printing that is commonly used for Laser Checks with UBOC (Union Bank of California), Understand 3 Tier SAP Architecture and CTS (Transport) system movement from DEV à QAS à PRD, Bank Master Creation (/nFI12), Custom Credit Memo Form for Warranty Claims Credit Memos that were processed via Interface.

Go-Live & Support

A/P, A/R, G/L all reconciled to the penny. Interfaces were managed daily after Go-Live, but all posted without errors and reconciled to the penny for 1 full week before the CFO & Controller indicated that daily verification was not required. Client complimented the BearingPoint team on delivery of a smooth Go-Live.

Mr. Mahendra worked as an Account to Report Track Leader (SAP FI/CO Project Manager) for Alberto-Culver, a prominent Health & Beauty products Manufacturer with product lines that include Alberto V05, TRESemme, Nexxus, Mrs. Dash, Molly McButter, Static Guard, & Kleen Guard. The business case called for a world wide deployment of SAP ECC 6.0 on a single instance using Solution Manager, Global Template, and BearingPoint’s Project Management Methodology to improve all aspect of the company’s business model. Provided leadership during Project Preparation phase to Account to Report team members by Managing Project Scope, by White Boarding Complex SAP Concepts, & by designing a fully functional SAP Organization Hierarchy. Organized and Directed Project Team to create an international Workshop Schedule for Global Participation in Workshops. Workshop materials covering 21 areas in the SAP FI/CO arena were created with business specific examples from Alberto-Culver’s business within 3 weeks using BearingPoint Consumer Products & Goods (CPG) accelerators. Executive Leadership experience included being part of Alberto Culver’s PMO office and Alberto-Culver’s Executive Accounting Leadership Council.

Mr. Mahendra worked as a SAP FI/CO Project Manager for Asics America, a Fortune 500 Manufacturing and Consumer Products client, on a SAP ECC 5.0 implementation project to improve the visibility of US consumer products distribution channels and financials for businesses. Responsibilities included: Provided Leadership to Client in the highly specialized area of SAP ECC 5.0, FI/CO decision making; Designed Spreadsheets for Automated Upload of G/L Accounts, Profit Centers, Cost Centers, & Internal Orders; Execute SAP Standard Program to Generate Cost Elements Using Number Ranges; Was the Lead Consultant for Vendor Master, Customer Master, & Credit Master Conversion including spreadsheets formats and coordination with developers for actual execution of upload process; Involved with data cleansing for Material Master & AFS Material Master Grids; Provided Project Management for All Conversion & Cutover Tasks (MM, SD, FI/CO, CRM, & BW); Coordinated SAP User ID Collection + Printers to SAP Basis Group for an Organized Set-up; Created Bank Master Data via Spreadsheet Upload, House Banks, Accounts, G/L Account design included spacing of G/L Accounts by 10 to allow for SAP Treasury / Bank Accounting Clearing Accounts; Coordinated & Designed SAP Script Check Form for New SAP Accounts Payable Laser Checks with both Printing Vendor and placement of MICR line with PNC Bank; Coordinated & Designed SAP Script Customer Statement Form & Customer Invoice Forms; Participated and designed customized business processes for Footwear & Apparel specific business processes relating to Country of Origin, Duty, Duty Drawback, Seasons & Subsequent Invoices (Consolidator, Deconsolidator, Ocean Freight, Trucking for Plant-to-Plant Transfers in USA); Participated in Numerous Gap Analysis Conversations for “In Transit” Inventory from Asia Pacific Region which included Advance Ship Notifications (ASN) from Overseas Vendors + Advance Ship Notifications (ASN) to Client’s EDI Customers. Designed solution for IR before GR as title of goods passes from Vendor to Client on Sailing Date, and Vendors require payment via Wire Transfer Net 10 from Sailing Date; General Ledger Balances Rolled into SAP at the Trial Balance Level Only (No Detailed History); Accounts Receivable Strategy to Convert All Open A/R Items for Cash Application Only (No History); Accounts Payable Strategy to Pay Out All Open A/P on Legacy System Instead of Converting (No History); A/R & A/P Reconciled to the Penny (E&Y Auditor Reviewed) & Inventory reconciled to the Penny after preparing Inventory Recon Excel File due to valuation differences from Legacy (E&Y Auditor Reviewed); Configured CO-PA Settings for Purchase to Order & Third Party (both with and without Sub Contracting); Configured Asset Accounting and Converted 1000+ Fixed Assets via ABAP Upload Program.

Mr. Mahendra worked as a SAP FI/CO Project Manager at Chemtura Corporation to divest EPDM & Rubber Chemicals Plant business units to Lion Copolymer in an asset sale Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) agreement. Chemtura was required to provide a working computer system that will enable the divested business units to operate smoothly after completion of the M&A agreement by Lion Copolymer. Responsibilities included: Deployed a Lion Copolymer SAP 4.7 System by making a full client copy of Chemtura’s SAP 4.7 System; Gained an understanding of the Transition Service Agreement (TSA) through discussion with Chemtura & Lion; Lead all workshops to conduct Gap Analysis between Chemtura & Lion “As Is” and “To Be” process flows; Reconfigured Lion Copolymer SAP 4.7 System for Lion Business Process (required minimal changes only); Assisted in “Rebranding” effort to change all SAP Forms / SAP Script to reflect new logos, etc; FI Configuration: Company Codes, Global Data (EIN & VAT Numbers), House Bank, Lock Boxes, Number Ranges (Including Check Number Ranges), Chart of Accounts (G/L Accounts for Banking, A/R, A/P, & Tax), Set Tolerances for Employee Accounting Level Postings, Payment Program (Check, ACH, & Wires), Clear Non-Lion Open Items in AP & AR, Delete Bank Signature Files, Suspend iDocs Communications to Bank, FI-AR Configuration for Incoming Payments and Bank Statement Reconciliation; CO Configuration: CO Document Number Ranges (PA, Recon Ledger, Internal Order); SD Configuration: Add/Remove/Maintain Sales Org, Sales Office, & Sales Groups; MM Configuration: Add/Remove/Maintain Plants, B.O.M, Recipes, Work Centers, & Routings; Master Data Conversion.

Mr. Mahendra worked as a SAP International FI/CO Project Manager on an implementation of an ERP system to prevent further revenue recognition errors for Computer Associates, a premiere Software Manufacturer. His responsibilities included: Deployed & Implemented mySAP 5.0 (Total $100+ MM Project Budget); Assembled International Deployment using Accenture, Independents, and Client Employees; Transitioned Knowledge & Lessons Learned from USA Release III to Int’l Release IV Team; Led workshops in Sao Paulo, Brazil to gather FI/CO Requirements for System Configuration; Completed FI/CO Global Configuration/Business Process Templates to map international gap analysis; Reviewed SAP Country Template (Standard Delivered SAP International Functionality) against business processes to create a list of Legal & Statutory Requirements and a separate nice to have spreadsheet; Supervised 3 International Regions (APJ, Latin America, EMEA) in configuration of FI/CO, SD, & MM; Master Data Conversion: Provided templates for data load and explained to foreign locations SAP field requirements for required and optional field status items; Global Chart of Accounts (COA): Worked with foreign business units to map Global COA to Global SAP COA; Configuration Experience: Foreign Currency, Intercompany Set-up and Definition, International Financial Reports, New GL Configuration, Banking, Lockbox, and Treasury (Cash Forecasting, Liquidity Planner); Co-authored Proposal to eliminate Small & Difficult Countries from the International Deployment; Reviewed and determined appropriate Strategy to link Shared Service Center to SAP timeline; Led the project team to smoothly achieve Client’s Metrics (Business Opportunities); and Leveraged contacts to locate and deliver great SAP Independent Talent.

Mr. Mahendra worked as a Senior SAP Project Manager / Director, SAP Strategy to implement SAP rapidly (3 Month SAP FI/CO Deployment) for transparency of information for Gate Gourmet, which specializes in Food Service & Distribution to the Airline Industry. Responsibilities included: Reported to Executive Leadership Group (CFO & CIO + Dotted Line to Division President); Understood, Planned, Organized, and Executed “Special Projects” in Finance, Accounting, & IT; Managed 8 FT Employees, 6 FT Contract Staff, 12 FT Business Experts (75% Dedicated), & a team of 25-30 Business/System Experts (50% Dedicated & Based in Zurich, Switzerland); Mapped Existing Business Processes & Transitioned Firm to SAP FI/CO 4.7 by 01 Jan 2005; Was the Director & PM for SAP 4.7 Logistics (FI/CO, MM, PP, & SD) “Go-Live” on 01 Oct 2005 (including Data Conversion, Change Mgmt, Release (RICEF), & Production Support/Maint); Reviewed & Approved BU Proposals for IT & CapEx spend for submission to CFO for Approval (includes bids & contract negotiations experience for non-standard & professional services); Ensured that New IT Systems were fairly present and account for $1 Billion in customer contracts; Safeguarded corporate assets through design of improved asset tracking process; Generated Financial Reports, Forecasting, & Budget-to-Actual for All Special Project; Had a strong knowledge base in GAAP & IAS Accounting; Ensured SAP Compliance to Corporate Objectives such as SarbOx, Audit, & Internal Control.

Mr. Mahendra utilized the Blueprint from a Global ERP Reimplementation of SAP 4.6c to determine the benefits of completing a full upgrade to SAP 4.7 Enterprise with Unicode and SEM in addition to global reporting improvement for SarOx compliance for Advanced Energy Industries, which manufactures Energy Regulation Devices for the High Tech & Chip Manufacturing Companies. Responsibilities included: Presented & Supported findings/recommendations related to SarOx and BPR deficiencies; Decomposed BU foreign language requirement to determine deployment structure; Attended SAP Financials 2004 Las Vegas Convention to identify components of SEM that would yield high ROI + mold company into a “variable fixed cost” operating model; Analyzed mySAP, SAP BW, & SAP SEM integration for improved financial reporting; and Analyzed, Interpreted, Communicated, Created global travel policy to curtail travel related expenses and to improve reporting; Recommended reorg of USA/China Mfg Agreement to simplify SAP Business Process; Outsourced Professional Programming Staff (SAP ABAP) to India through Rapidigm, Inc.; Outsourced Hardware / Operating System to Bluestar Solutions, Inc.; Computed ROI/NPV for Automating A/R Lockbox Processing and A/P Check Processing; Executed post-merger agrmnt to consolidate GER2 (Sales Office) into GER1 (Mfg Facility); and Reviewed & Approved calculation used to renegotiate LOC for future working capital needs.

Mr. Mahendra worked as Senior Business Advisor to Allbrite Car Care Products, a smaller soap, wax, and compound manufacturer, which creates products that are technically superior to products supplied by 3M, Maguire, & Mother’s. The products are used globally by professional auto detailers on high-end vehicles such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Lotus, Tesla, Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Acura, and Infinity. Products are also used by discriminating consumers and hobbyist that enjoy personally detailing virtually any thing with a painted surface, such as: automobiles, RVs, airplanes, boats, motorcycles.

Mr. Mahendra worked as a SAP FI/CO Configuration Analyst / Consultant to configure the SAP FI/CO Module for Various Fortune 100 Clients including Compaq Computers, Goodyear North American Tire, and Waste Management. Responsibilities included: Security Experience: Adjusted Client Employee Security Authorizations within SAP to allow client employees to access Transaction Codes to complete various business processes. Reviewed and ensured that client follows their Internal Control Policies relating to system access; Configuration Experience: Configured Foreign Currency Translation Tables, Configured New Foreign Currency Translation rules related to merger of European Currencies into the Euro. Configured Cost Centers and Profit Centers. Configured CO Management reporting related to business units, line of business, and CO-PA (Profitability Analysis). Configured Intercompany tables to allow Cross Company postings by foreign entities. Updated exchange rate tables, MM & SD Account Determination, field status groups, and employee tolerance groups / accounting posting limits; Substitution Rules / ABAP Experience: Worked with FI/CO Lead to Create Substitution Rules to automatically derive Profit Center from various document characteristics during posting.

Professional Background

Mr. Mahendra has received and is pursuing the following licenses and certifications, and possesses the following technical skills:

Education

· Master in Professional Accounting (Tax Accounting) — University of Texas at Austin

· Bachelor of Arts (Economics) — University of Texas at Austin

Licenses & Certifications Received

· Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA)—Texas

· Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

· Certified in Financial Management (CFM)

· Certified SAP R/3 Application Consultant Financial & Controlling (FI & CO)

Certifications being Pursued

· Candidate in CFA Program (Passed Level I Examination / Taking Level II in June 2009)

· Candidate in FRM Program (Taking FRM Certification Exam in November 2009)

· Candidate in PMP Program (Estimated Completion April 2009)

Technical Skills

· SAP R/3 v. 3.1h, 4.0b, 4.6c, 4.7, ECC 5.0 mySAP, ECC 6.0 mySAP

· SAP Industry Solution – Apparel & Footwear Solution (IS-AFS)

· IBM AS/400

· AS/400 Query

· Software 2000

· Rumba Office 95/NT

· Business Objects 4.0

· Unix

· Microsoft Project, Visio, & Access 2007

· Microsoft Outlook 2007 & Lotus Notes

· Office 2007 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

· Visual Basic 5.0

· Windows Vista/XP/NT/98/95/3.11/3.1 & DOS