SUMMARY:

• Technically sophisticated and business - savvy IT management professional. Maintains focus on achieving bottom - line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology and business solutions for Big Four Consulting teams.
• Superior record of delivering simultaneous large - scale mission - critical projects, on time and under budget. Team - based management style. Collaborate effectively with client Business, Executives, PMOs, PIOs, and
• IT management teams, strengthening relationships and identifying new growth opportunities.
• Financial Services / Pharmaceutical / Utilities / Telecom / International Business/Retail
• Change Management / Strategic Planning / Human Resources / Legal / AP / AR / Audits
• Budgeting / Business Development / M&A / Procurement & Purchasing / Distribution
• Inventory Management / Relationship - Building / Motivational Team Leader
• IT Strategy / Process Improvement / Consulting / IT Infrastructure/Design
• Deployment /Migrations / Data Warehousing / Outsourcing / Needs Assessment
• Software Development / Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) / GxP / Restructuring Microsoft Project MOPPS/Documentum/ Sharepoint/ SAP
• PMI / AIM / RICE / R2I / SDLC / Waterfall / ASAP / ITIL / (Knowledge of Agile)
• Oracle Federal Financials 12i / Oracle Financials / PtP / OtC / Distribution / Projects
• Committed to excellence and best practices in fulfilling project management responsibilities. See projects from conception through completion and to operations, meeting scope, scheduling, and budget requirements
• Expert in business process analysis, design and development of financial, commercial, and manufacturing applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr Business Analyst

Confidential -Plano TX

Responsibilities:

• Interface with business users, super users, and various members of the project team to improve their understanding of R12 and the synergies that exist within EBS, minimize the need for any customization by providing solutions and ideas resulting in a business process change
• Participate, prepare and provide feedback in requirements, design and use/test case development and reviews these documents to ensure proper processes and standards are followed and coordinate regression testing as required. Create and present key artifacts like Scope Documents, Use Cases, Detailed Specification of Key Business Rules, Activity Diagrams, Business Process Mapping Diagrams and Documentation, Application Gap analysis including RICEF, Oracle AIM and OUM Methodology.
• Study business user operations and identify areas of potential improvement or possible problems and document requirements for improving the operations. These solutions may consist of new or changed processes, people, or technologies
• Provide expert EBS functional guidance (configuration review and setup, functional troubleshooting, setup changes, queries and data analysis, etc.) for financial modules and related interfaces to ensure availability and reliability of EBS solutions
• Identify opportunities for better utilization of R12 EBS and clearly articulate the functional capabilities in R12 to a user base that has various level of Oracle EBS understanding. Guide and educate current and new users on application modules.
• Engage with business users and project teams in comprehending project scope, requirements, functions, new processes, data flows, and conduct/coordinate CRPs
• The ability to interview and influence various non-technical managers to understand complex, dynamic business rules/process and then create detailed, specific and comprehensive documentation and guide them to standard best practices.

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• SAP SRM Suite - SAP Sourcing (Implementer: SAP America Inc. )
• Strategic procurement initiative to ensure cost, process and quality advantages over the long and short terms, and to improve
• Procurement’s ability to more efficiently process the required transactions to meet increased business needs in a risk mitigated fashion.
• Long Island Power Authority(LIPA) Management Payroll Enablement (Implementer: TCS America)
• Purchase Order Workflow (Implementer: TCS America)
• Initiative to improve efficiency of the PO Approval process for the Procurement Organization.
• Customized work-flow solution for the approvals of Purchase Orders per DoA’s policies of the organization, and its integration with existing SAP MM installation.

Confidential, Whitehouse Station, NJ

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed planning, budgeting, analysis, design, execution, and reporting of system status throughout project life cycle.
• Successfully delivered time - sensitive, mission critical, multi - million dollar projects for Merck - Schering merger, and proposed Merck - Sanofi Animal Health JV.
• Ensured successful delivery of IT solutions to Client (On Time, On Budget, To Specifications and to Agreed upon Quality) from project planning through execution, change control, solution installation, transfer to support services, and project closure.
• Ensured effective resource utilization and scope management to deliver projects within budget.
• Interacted with Divisional Resource Managers/Preferred Vendor Engagement Managers.
• Established effective Project Communications, Issue Escalation and Dashboard Reporting to PMOs, PIOs, Governance boards, Account Managers, and Executives.
• Directed business process analysis, impact analysis and ensured risk assessment, guaranteeing effective and optimized solutions for managed projects.
• Enhanced existing Cognos, and Essbase systems to include Legacy SP Market/Regions enabling common financial planning platform for integrated company, improving operational efficiency, optimizing information management, and reducing support costs.
• Day 1 PIO initiative to provide global financial close and consolidation platform for Intervet Schering Plough segment of the proposed Merck-Sanofi Aventis JV. Clone of existing HFM and FDM Application to a new application and implementing it to the requirements specifically for Animal Health JV.
• Successfully led three releases for Grants Management System for harmonization of legacy Grants Processes thereby effectively positioning the move towards a common Grants Process for the organization, enable the combined organization to timely, accurately and effectively respond to the 2012 Physician Payment Sunshine Act.
• Led the Strategy, Gap Analysis, and Scoping sessions for the integration of legacy Merck Grants System into Grants Management System, enable the globalization of the new system in accordance with the unified Grants Business Model(Clinical, Non-Clinical), and integration of the new system with SAP installation for Merck.

Confidential

Application Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led Monthly/Quarterly Change Request, Incident and Operational Management including Impact Analysis for Oracle EBS and customized EBS Data-warehouse
• Gathered and analyzed business requirements, identified new business process and translated into FRS, configured system to requirements, allocated to technical team, performed design reviews, functional testing, conducted user testing workshops, user, ensuring SOP documentation, and implementation. Assist, recommend, provide and document solutions to issues.
• Provided functional guidance and support on Oracle EBS for business users including global Month End Close and Year End Close of the application.
• Effectively led interactions with Oracle and ensured successful resolutions.
• Major Business Cycles: Oracle Projects to Fixed Assets, Projects to General Ledger, Projects to Accounts Payables.
• Functional Specifications(MD-50) for Time Sheet interface with Projects, Customized Project Approval Workflow enhancement, Custom Reports, Outbound Interface with ez-Buy, Inbound Interface with Maximo, Outbound Interface from Oracle GL to JDE GL, Outbound Interface from Oracle FA to JDE FA,
• Setup of Auto-Accounting Rules, Parent and Child Projects, Project Templates, Organizations, Employees, Value Sets, Profiles, Lookup Sets and Lookups, new Responsibilities, FA Locations, Categories, Setup of GL, AP, PO, FA Calendars.
• Optimize On-Site/Off-shore model for effective resource utilization while maintaining budget

Project Lead for following initiatives

• CIM Company Restructuring Initiative - Transfer all the open projects, project assets, expenditures, and purchase orders from one company to another.
• CIM Accounting to Reporting - Standardize fixed assets business process by adopting new, single depreciation object account in the U.S.
• COMET Cutover - Identified and executed CIM decommissioning for defined countries and ensured system remained operational post cutover.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Progressively advanced from consultant to Principal Consultant based on outstanding performance, industry knowledge, ability to enhance existing client relationships and identify new growth avenues.
• Mentored and guided other consultants with career development at iGate.
• Performed Business Analysis, Review Current Business Processes and Future Business Processes, Gap and Fit Analysis, Business Process Reengineering, Module Setups and Configuration, FRS documentation, CRP, Test scripts, Conduct knowledge transfer, and Mentoring sessions, Functional and Technical Operational Support and Enhancements. Oracle Application Upgrades, Gathering RICE Requirements. Client Management, Work estimation and Allocation to the onsite/off-site team: Comparative Analysis between Release 11 and Release 11i, Technical Design, and Development and testing of interfaces, conversions, reporting, and enhancements for various module
• Major Business Cycles- Procure to Pay (PO, AP, CM); Order to Cash (OM, Advanced Pricing, AR); Grants/PA and PO; Grants/PA and FA; Grants/PA and AP; GL with AP, AR, FA, PO, CM, PA, INV.
• Functional Specifications (MD50, CV40)
• Projects - Project Conversion, Project Asset Conversion, Project Budget Conversion, Budget Conversion, Expenditure Conversion, Custom PA HUD Reports.
• Accounts Payables - AP Invoice Interface (EDI-810, EDI-820), Positive Pay Interface and Reverse Positive Pay Interface (EDI 828), AP Checks Interface (CDDS), Bank Reconciliation (EDI 821), Custom Check Printing
• Purchasing- PO Interface (EDI-850), PO Contract Conversion, PO Printing, Custom Drop Shipment, Custom PO Reports, PO Receipts Interface (EDI 856),
• Accounts Receivables - Customer Conversion, Open Invoice (AR) Conversion
• Inventory - Items Interface, Item Conversion, On Hand Balance Conversion
• Order Management - OM Workflow, Open Orders (OM) Conversion
• Workflow - Automatic Pick Slip Conversion, Custom Auto Sourcing Form
• Functional Configuration(BR 100) for Oracle Projects, Oracle Payables, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Receivables, Order Management
• Setup of Calendars, Sets of Books, Chart of Accounts, Organizations, Custom Profiles, Custom Concurrent Managers, Descriptive Flexfields, Value Sets, Lookups, Values, Supplier Bank Accounts, TCA, Responsibilities.
• User, Workshop - Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Payables, Oracle Projects, Oracle Inventory
• Technical Specifications, Design and Development (MD 70) for Vendor Conversion, Vendor Merge, Positive Pay Interface, Check Printing (OPTIO), Journal Import, GL Balance Conversion, GL Account Generator, Item Catalog Conversion, Manufacturer Part Number Conversion, UOM Conversion, Requisition Import, Item Cross-, Project WBS Conversion, Project Expenditure Conversion, PO Account Generator Workflow, Projects Budget Approval Workflow