SUMMARY

• Having 7+ years of IT experience including ERP - PeopleSoft, Oracle Apps functional and technical aspects of configuration, implementation, upgrades, testing, and support.
• Having 5+ years of Functional experience for ERP Financials and QA projects.
• Excellent combination of Functional knowledge and technical background.
• Proficient in managing the IT, Quality Assurance and ERP (PeopleSoft, Lawson, Oracle EBS) Finance & HRMS based projects, dealing with Procurement, Inventory, Purchasing, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Order Management, Contracts, Billing, Expenses, Time and Labor, NA Payroll, Benefits and General Ledger, Onsite and Offsite
• Functional understanding of Banking & financial domains and international payment systems.
• Extensive experience in PeopleSoft Financials (v 9.1, 9.0, 8.8) including Purchasing, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Time, Travel and Expenses, and e-Procurements.
• Professional experience in implementing, customizing and upgrading various PeopleSoft Financials and SCM modules such as General Ledger, Purchase Order, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Travel and Expenses and Inventory.
• Highly skilled in Test Automation, Object Oriented Programming and Scripting.
• Good understanding of 3-Tiered Software Architecture.
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering, industry requirements, SDLC, STLC, CMMprocesses& workflow, SOX compliance.
• Strong knowledge of Procure to Pay and Order to Cash business processes covering modules - Purchasing, e-Procurement, Accounts Payable, Billing, Order Management, Inventory, Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, and General Ledger.
• Knowledge of Oracle E-Business (EBS) Applications - Financials 11i (11.5.10 R2) - General Ledger (GL), Receivables (AR), Payables (AP), Cash Management (CM) and Fixed Assets (FA).
• Experienced in all stages of project development lifecycle including, Business Process Analysis, Requirements Study, Fit-Gap Analysis, Map-Gap Analysis, High Level Design, Configuration, Implementation, Testing, Production/Post Implementation Support and End User Training.
• Collaborated with appropriate business units and developers on requirements gathering, solution design, and creation of specifications for enhancements and/or production support issues.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with expertise in trouble shooting and performance tuning.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated, quick learner of new skills and a consummate team player, with experience in challenging and diverse work environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP system & Tools: PeopleSoft Financials (9.x/8.x), Oracle Apps, Lawson, SCM, & v9.1/9.0/8.8(PO, AP, AR, EX, GL, INV, ePro, Workflow, AWE), Process Scheduler, PS Query

Programming Languages: VB, SQL,C/ C++

Financial Apps: Fixed Asset Tracking System(FATS), GE NBCU, Commons

Databases: Oracle 11i, Advanced Query Tool, SQL server, MS Access

Test management Tools: HP Quality Center (QC) 10.x/9.x, Quick Test Professional (QTP) 10.x/9.x

IDE: MS visual studio

Others: MS office, Microsoft Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Project Leader / ERP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements from the business users as well as existing users. Performed Fit/Gap analysis.
• Developed Project plans, Test plans for upgrade projects.
• Work done using the agile methodology.
• Customized the Purchase Order consolidation process to allow for consolidation based on the Ship To locations to accommodate vendor requirements.
• Customized multi level approval workflow process (AWE) for requisitions, purchase order and Travel & Expense Modules.
• Identified issues with the delivered processes during support and developed custom fixes for FIN and SCM modules.
• Tested interface to load MSR orders/Requisitions from current legacy system into PeopleSoft PO and in turn to APmodule.
• Managed and implemented new Shipping/Receiving and Inventory control systems.
• Performed conversions from legacy to PeopleSoft systems.
• Customized the GL Journal Entry Page to Default Journal Source based on business requirement.
• Changed delivered Requisition process ID, Added several new criteria to the requisitionAWE.
• Modified Purchase orderAWE, clone delivered one and create newAWEprocess definition with complete new stages, paths and Steps.
• Imparted training for PeopleSoft financials modules

Environment: PeopleSoft Application Release 9.1/9.0, AP, PO, GL, PS Query.

Confidential

ERP Consultant / Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Customers, Functional team and the technical team to understand and redefine the requirements for the Upgrade.
• Gathered user requirements from the business users as well as existing users. Performed Fit/Gap analysis.
• Configured the payables and purchasing modules according to the user requirements.
• Responsible for providing weekly status update for Purchasing and Payables.
• Provided the functional specifications for vendor conversion into PeopleSoft from the legacy system.
• Provided functional specifications for customized reports required for the acquired business.
• Created automation scripts to test the modifications done to the existing PeopleSoft system.
• Designed test plans for Unit testing, System testing and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinated with the technical team to resolve issues arising from the user acceptance testing.
• Created the training materials for payable and purchasing modules, and trained the new users.
• Performed data mapping and provided the functional specifications for the modifications required in the existing interfaces.
• Established the Pay Cycles necessary to fulfill the user requirements.
• Provide functional inputs to the team regarding Upgrade modifications and their effects on the system.
• Involved in complete Procure-to-Pay process through Purchasing, procurement and Payables.
• Worked with technical team to resolve the issues in the upgrade process.
• Led the SIT and UAT effort.
• Imparted training for PeopleSoft financials modules.

Environment: PeopleSoft Financials 9.0/8.8, PO, Contracts, GL, eProcurement, AP modules.

Confidential

ERP Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements from the business users as well as existing users. Performed Fit/Gap analysis.
• Designed test plans for Unit testing, System testing and user acceptance testing
• Imparted training to peers for ‘Procure to Pay’ financial modules.
• Led the SIT effort for the upgrade projects.
• Provided support to implementation/technical team from a functional point of view; fit gap analysis, assisted in conducting needs assessment and developing business processes.
• Conducted process reviews and Partnered with business team to detail the business requirements, prepare to-be process recommendations and fit-gap documents.
• Interacted with application users and gathered functional requirements and involved in analyzing organizational concepts and mapping the existing AP process to PeopleSoft AP.
• Created the training materials and User Application documents for payable and purchasing modules, and trained the new users.
• Production Support for PeopleSoft Financials for GL. Solving Problems related to PeopleSoft using PS Query Manager.

Environment: PeopleSoft Financials 9.0/8.4, PO, AP, GL, EBS, PS Query Manager.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created the automation scripts for ‘Procure to Pay’ cycle modules.
• Maintained the transactions and activities between business units using GL.
• Created complicated PO Amount Approval Rule Set, various Route Control Profiles, Roles and Role Users required for the functioning of the Purchase Order Approval Workflow.
• Developed custom AP reports (Trail Payment Register, Post Voucher Listing, Payment History, Aged Vendor Liability, Expense Detail Report) using, PS Query Manager.
• Customized Payment Selection Criteria for both Pay Cycle and Express Check so that Payments are made to the vouchers only if they are posted.
• Involved with upgrading the PeopleSoft Security, creating Permission Lists, Roles and Users.
• Assisted in the migration for PeopleSoft Implementation, Enhancements and Upgrades of new modules from development to production.

Environment: PeopleSoft Application Release 8.4, EBS, AP, GL, INV, PO