SUMMARY:

• 16+ years of experience in technology consulting and services, providing IT solution to global majors primarily in Hyperion EPM and Business Intelligence (BI) space.
• Extensive experience (9+ years) implementing and supporting financial close, financial planning, budgeting, profitability and reporting solutions on Oracle EPM suite covering all major products like ESSBASE, Planning, HFM, DRM, FDMEE etc.
• Commands expert level skills on Hyperion ESSBASE and Planning product - Oracle ESSBASE 11 Certified Implementation Specialist.
• Experienced in every aspect of project life cycle, including collaborative requirements gathering, creating work plans, functional requirements, solution design, build, testing, roll-out and support.
• Well versed with working environment involving teams at multiple geographical locations.
• Extensive experience in working with business stakeholders at multiple levels in Finance departments
• Effectively handled various roles and responsibilities across career span ranging from software developer to project lead to solution architect.
• Has worked in a variety of industries including Oil & Gas, Utility, EPC, Transportation and Logistics, Banking, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods.
• Currently leading effort to transition application development, maintenance and support activities for Hyperion Tax Provisioning (HTP) and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) applications for a Utility major Exelon based on Chicago.
• Also handle pre-sales activities in Hyperion EPM space at Confidential 30% of the time . Participate in solution definition, estimation/work plan creation and overall proposal creation for new projects. Make proposal presentations, conduct due-diligence sessions/POC presentations for perspective Hyperion clients.
• Implemented allocation solution on Hyperion ESSBASE platform for an Oil and Gas major (Baker Hughes) which helped client carry out accurate allocations at detail level and eliminated existing manual process
• Implemented monthly rolling forecast and multi-year budgeting on Hyperion Planning & ESSBASE for an Oil and Gas major (Baker Hughes) helping them plan better amidst changing business conditions e.g. oil price fluctuations
• Led successful implementation of a global financial budgeting and planning solution on Hyperion Planning platform for an EPC company (McDermott) standardizing planning processes across multiple functions & business units, improving data quality with single version of truth and improving the speed of overall budgeting & forecasting process. The project was completed on time, under budget with no outstanding issues are Go-Live.
• Played solution lead role for a Hyperion version upgrade (from 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.2.2) program for a large oilfield service company (Baker Hughes). Carried out assessment/POC for key design decisions e.g. selection of integration tool ODI vs. Informatica, HFM to ESSBASE custom integration, Alternate solution of DIM adapter replacement etc.
• Led successful implementation of an allocation solution on Hyperion Planning platform for an EPC company (McDermott) by automating complex allocation calculations and eliminating the manual effort.
• Handled delivery of application development, maintenance and support activities for a large Oil field company (Baker Hughes) for their Hyperion financial systems. The landscape included all major Hyperion EPM suite products i.e. Hyperion Planning, ESSBASE, HFM, DRM, FDM and FR. Implemented numerous processes (checklists, validation templates) and automation for regularly occurring activities which improved the system stability, reduced/eliminated data quality issues and reduced the user issues/tickets.
• Spearheaded activities (, alliance, recruitment, business planning etc.) for setting up Oracle Hyperion EPM practice at Confidential in India office.
• Led implementation of SKU profitability and other financial solutions for Canadian division of a CPG major ( Confidential QTG).
• Handled implementation of multiple Business Intelligent solutions on Cognos Platform successfully for a Global Courier Company ( Confidential ).
• Managed support services for Hyperion applications for Confidential .

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Technology Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing end-to-end consulting, development and support services to Confidential clients on Hyperion EPM platform
• Currently leading effort to transition application development, maintenance and support activities for Hyperion Tax Provisioning and Hyperion Financial Management applications for a Utility Major Exelon.
• Implemented allocation solution on Hyperion ESSBASE platform for an Oil and Gas major (Baker Hughes) which helped client carry out accurate allocations at detail level and eliminated existing manual process
• Implemented monthly rolling forecast and multi-year budgeting on Hyperion Planning & ESSBASE for an Oil and Gas major (Baker Hughes) helping them plan better amidst changing business conditions e.g. oil price fluctuations. Played lead role and handled end to end project activities starting from requirements, solution design to UAT and roll out.
• Led successful implementation of a global financial budgeting and planning solution on Hyperion Planning platform for McDermott standardizing planning processes across multiple functions & business units, improving data quality with single version of truth and improving the speed of overall budgeting & forecasting process. Played Program Lead/Solution Lead role and handled end to end project activities right from Requirements, Solution Design to Build, User, UAT and Deployment. The project was completed on time, under budget with no outstanding issues are Go-Live.
• Played solution lead role for Hyperion Version upgrade program for Baker Hughes and designed, built and delivered solution for impacted components (DIM Adapter to ODI conversion, HFM-ESSBASE Integration conversion, Hyperion Planning Business Rules to Calculation Manager Conversion etc.) on new version along with upgrade of overall landscape.
• Led implementation of an Allocation solution on Hyperion Planning platform for McDermott.
• As a Hyperion solution lead, created initial blue print and plan of Hyperion solution for a Financial Transformation Program at Hyatt during biding/sale phase. The solution involved all major components of Hyperion EPM suite i.e. HFM, Planning, ESSBASE, DRM, EPMA, FDMEE and FR on version 11.1.2.2. The program was ed to Confidential for execution.
• Handled delivery of application development, maintenance and support services for Baker Hughes for their Hyperion financial systems on Oracle EPM version 11.1.1.3 and 11.1.2.2. The landscape included all major Hyperion EPM suite products i.e. Hyperion Planning, ESSBASE, HFM, DRM, FDM and FR. Supported their end to end financial close process, budgeting & forecasting processes and reporting processes for a global user base of 1500+ users. Implemented numerous processes (checklists, validation templates) and automation for regularly occurring activities which improved the system stability, reduced/eliminated data quality issues and reduced the user issues/tickets.
• Conducted numerous sessions on Hyperion EPM, Planning & ESSBASE with IT and Business stakeholders of many Confidential clients to assist them with their EPM roadmap and strategy formulation.
• Participate in pre-sales activities and led proposal response definition and delivery for numerous Hyperion RFPs (Request for Proposals).
• Led Hyperion capability development, and thought leadership activities at Confidential . Coordinated Hyperion EPM lab setup for research and development.

Technology Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up delivery capabilities for Hyperion EPM services at Confidential India offices.
• Spearheaded activities (, alliance, recruitment, business planning etc.) for setting up and strengthening Hyperion EPM capabilities.
• Handled worldwide Pre Sales activities in Oracle EPM space which involved responding to requests for proposal, arranging demonstrations, carrying out product assessment (e.g. Hyperion Planning vs COGNOS TM1 vs SAP BPC etc.), and presentations etc. for prospective clients.
• Established Hyperion Center of Excellence for providing expert support to ongoing projects and develop tools & accelerators

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for handling end to end project activities and team management.
• Led implementation of SKU profitability and other financial planning and reporting solutions advertising and media (A&M), SG&A and Travel and Entertainment (T&E) for Canadian division of Confidential QTG on ESSBASE platform.
• Managed development and support of Hyperion applications for Confidential .
• Led execution of Operational Performance Reporting solution for DHL on Teradata and COGNOS platform.

Programmer Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project software development life cycle activities (Requirements, Design, Build, Testing and Deployment).
• Led execution of Sort Exception Reporting solution on Teradata and COGNOS platform for Confidential .
• Managed a team providing application development and maintenance services for COGNOS platform of Confidential .
• Conducted requirements and design for implementation of a warehouse management system on hand held device for Confidential .
• Led development and UAT of key modules for a desktop based shipping solution for Confidential .

Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for build and testing of software components.
• Developed a signature capturing module using C programming language and developed a web based program to view the captured signature for Confidential .
• Developed ETL mappings using INFORMATICA and Programmed end to end automation of ETL jobs using UNIX shell scripting for Gateway Computers.