SUMMARY

• Highly experienced in Procurement, SCM and Financials with over 14 years of industry experience performing vivid roles From Procurement Manager to Oracle Cloud Implementation Specialist.
• Over 7 Years of Oracle Cloud/EBS experience as an Functional consultant offering expert analytical and implementation skills. Possesses vast understanding of Oracle Cloud business processes and delivered quality solutions to customer to exceed client expectations.
• Hands on Oracle Cloud Fusion Financials implementation experience in various offerings including Procurement, Sourcing, Inventory, Expenses, Payables, Receivables and GL.
• Experience leading client sessions and CRPs in Cloud implementations. Solid understanding of the configuration, integration, data migration and extensibility tools that are available to Oracle ERP Cloud implementations, and how to leverage them to expedite the implementation process
• Expertise in Oracle EBS R12 implementations, Upgrade and Production Support of Financials and SCM Modules
• Extensive work experience and knowledge in providing solutions, designing, customization, implementation, configuration, thorough testing and documentation of Oracle Financials including General Ledger (GL), Fed Admin, SLA, Account Payables (AP), Account Receivables (AR), Advanced Collections, iReceivables, Payments, iExpenses, Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management (CE), EB Tax, Purchasing (PO)
• In - depth knowledge on SAP, Conducting RFxs (RFI, RFP, e-Auctions), reviewing bids.
• Spend Visibility, Sourcing, Contract Management, Invoice Management, Payment Management
• Multiple project life cycles experience with Initiating, Planning, Executing, Supporting and Monitoring. Business Analysis, Requirements Gathering including facilitate Workshops, Scope Verification & Validation, Alternatives Identification and Analysis, Functional Design Development, Integration & User Acceptance Testing, Training, Cut off, Go-live and Post-Implementation Support
• Expertise with business process flows in the areas of Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C), Sub-Ledger Accounting (SLA) and Acquire to Retire (A2R), Budget to Report (B2R), Record to Report (R2R) etc.
• Involved in Data Conversions/Migration and designed function specific document of data for Suppliers, Customers, Assets, GL Balances, Open AP and AR with Revenue Recognition and unapplied receipts from Legacy System to Oracle
• Involved in Assessment of business requirements, Auto Invoices, Customer TCA Management, Pre-payments, Collections, Advanced Collections, Tax Integration for AP and AR
• Possess’ knowledge on major METRO/ EMU’s/ RAIL components which includes, long lead items, forgings, castings, raw materials, rubber components, sealants, fabricated & machined items.
• Excellent knowledge on costing/ understanding the cost derivatives for conducting price negotiations and contract awarding.
• Lead from the front during the preparation of strategic terms & conditions for contracts with commercial & legal implications for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Hands on experience in document drafting and Purchase order/ contract preparation.
• Identified, evaluated & developed new vendors liaising with R&D for new product development.
• Well Versed in Change management & implementation during project execution phase. Have expertise in JIRA, XRAY, AGILE process & methodologies.
• Experience in maintaining documentation and using the Application Implementations Methodology (AIM), which includes Business Functional Requirement analysis, Understanding AS-IS & TO-BE process, Gap analysis and providing solution design and building RICE components as a part of fit gap analysis, System configuration and testing (BP 80, RD20, BR30, BR 100, BR 150, MD 50, CV 40 &TE 40)
• Possess' great leadership qualities & can take quick and judicious decisions. Effective communicator with exceptional presentation & literary skills.
• Worked with multinational teams, able to handle a team independently.
• Proven success at meeting tasks & accountability, practiced to work under pressure.
• Able to work reliably as a pivotal member of a team even in an unplanned/unforeseen scenario.
• Ability to work independently, solve problems & to switch from a strategic to tactical level as and when required
• Excellent communication skills and leadership qualities with analytical Problem Solving abilities including playing vital role in coordinating multiple business meetings and following up on open items

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Oracle ERP: Oracle Financials Fusion/Cloud R12, R13, Oracle EBS R12&11i, GL, AP, AR, CE, FA, EB Tax, PO, iExpense, Sys Admin, SLA, B2B, B2C Customer Care, OM, Payments, Advanced Collections, Billing, iReceivables, SAP MM - Procurement, SCM, MM, INV, ENGINEERING.

Other Tools: Web ADI, ADI, Toad, Data Loader, Remedy, Hyperion, Discoverer, Hyperion, OBIEE, ADFDI, FBDI, SQL*Loader, SQL*Plus and MS Office.

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Sun Solaris.

Oracle Tools: FSG (Financial Statement Generator), TOAD, SQL Loader and Discoverer 9i.

SR/ Ticketing Systems: Metalink/Oracle Support, HP Quality Center, HP Service Center, JIRA, Confluence

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Winter Park, FL

Oracle Cloud Procurement SME

Environment: Oracle Fusion Cloud R13 Release21D (PO, Sourcing, AP, AR, Revenue Management, Cash Management, GL & Payments), OTBI, OBIP, SQL, BPM, Security Console, Service Manager, JIRA, Agile

Responsibilities:

• Business Requirement gathering for cloud Implementation working on Procurement Suite of Applications (PO, Sourcing) and core financials (AP, AR, GL, Assets and Cash Management)
• Helped with data conversions, configuration validations, testing support and overall go-live support
• Worked with onsite-offshore team to conduct training sessions.
• Successfully conducted CRPs, SIT and UAT sessions and documented issues and resolutions for future review as well as for go-live
• Supported and updated to Cloud project manager on issues and status daily. Be part of the Scrum and Agile team and actively handshake user stories after completion.
• Extensively designed, tested and implemented interfaces utilizing OIC, FBDI, ADFDI in Procurement Suite.
• Manage Menu Customization and use Sandbox to customize Approval infotile, payment currency field on invoices, gray out positive pay option on record print status etc..
• Key person to design and implement security model for client and build employee User and Role matrix. This matrix is the key for new user creation, role assignment, data access set assignment in a structured manner to ensure proper security.
• Configured approvals for new Supplier Registration and routed to AP Managers for Approval.
• Designed custom Roles in Cloud, assigned privileges and data security policies to accommodate client responsibilities for various business functions. Defined Segment value security for GL segments and incorporated in custom AP & GL roles to lower the risk of maintenance.
• Day to day basis issue resolutions and on-going prod support. Month end support and production support in all financials modules issue resolutions in Oracle Cloud R13
• Assist with the development of documentation of business processes/procedures associated with using Oracle.
• Recommended Oracle Procurement Cloud functionality and capabilities to help meet new business requirements, improve existing business processes and/or address application problems.
• Worked as a team member and recommended solution designs to the business based on Oracle best practices leveraging out-of-the-box functionality, where appropriate, to address gaps.
• Developed impact analysis and implement strategies to manage change for large new system implementations or small functionality changes.
• Contributed to the end-to-end delivery of Procurement Cloud solutions along with developers, testers, database administrators, and application support analysts.
• Worked closely with developers on extensions and custom applications to translate business requirements into detailed system requirements and design.
• Worked closely with quality assurance analysts to develop and execute appropriate test strategies/plans.
• Provided post-implementation support and functional abilities to assist the Operations Teams.
• Worked collaboratively with the management team to assist them in managing priorities, resources, and cross project dependencies.
• Worked with Oracle cloud customer service for Sev-1 issues and Sev-2 to resolve critical roadblocks for UAT and reach milestones.

Confidential, Hoboken, NJ

Oracle Cloud Financials BA

Environment: Oracle EBS R12.1.3/R12.2.9 (GL, AP, PO, AR, INV, CM, FA, PPM, iExpenses, iSupplier, Sourcing, Contracts), Oracle Reports, Forms, Workflow, FSG, Web ADI, Oracle Fusion Cloud R13 Release21D (GL, AP, AR, Procurement), OTBI, OBIP, SQL, BPM, Security Console, Service Manager, JIRA, Agile

Responsibilities:

• Designed, documented and deployed end to end applications for Oracle Procurement, Payables, Payments, GL.
• Verify and Validate solutions for Oracle Cloud applications at all stages of lifecycle to advise best fit solutions and best practices for business process in new Cloud system.
• Extensively worked on testing and training users to use FBDI and ADFDI upload methodologies for quick invoice and journal processing using Spreadsheets from Cloud applications.
• Implemented and configured Payables Cloud Offering - Setup and Maintenance Task Lists, Invoice options, Payment options, common options, payment methods, Banks, Payment systems, Payment Templates, transmission configuration, Wallets, SFTP Key based authentication, BPM Approvals.
• Designed and configured complex AP Invoice Approval using BPM tool in oracle Cloud. To meet client specific approval routing and incorporated conditions in BPM to skip approval where required.
• Implemented most advanced Automated Image processing (AIP) for Users to get rid of current Image Now functionality to scan and send invoices for approval. New AIP in cloud eases the process of scanning and sending invoices by automating Invoice creation from invoice image sent via email to Oracle WebCenter.
• Designed fusion payments - payables - Common Options for Payables and Procurement, Invoice options, Holds and Releases, Payments Activities, Bank Account Validations, Payment System, Payments and submitting a payment process request, transmission configuration, payment templates, formats, generated SFTP keys and payment process profiles
• Managed critical conversion from EBS to Cloud- Suppliers, Addresses, Sites, Banks and site assignments. Reviewed logs and fixed issues related to mapping for payment methods, pay groups, tax classifications.
• Deigned General Ledger Approvals for different GL teams by assigning Department at Person management level and routing seamless approvals using BPM.
• Prepared Design documents, business process documents, orientation guide for UAT, Training documents, Cutover plan and project plans.
• Documented P2T Post Refresh step by step guide with details such as Rebuilding cubes, Payment Wallet migration, BI catalog SFTP connections, switch transmission configuration to Banks test locations and turn on email notification as BPM Admin.

Confidential, Washington DC

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP Specialist

Environment: Oracle Fusion Cloud R13 (GL, AP, AR, Procurement Cloud, Expenses Cloud, Revenue Cloud, AHCS/FAH), OTBI, OBIP, SQL, BPM, Security Console, Service Manager, Oracle EBS R12.1.3 (GL, AP, PO, INV, CM, iExpenses, iSupplier, Sourcing, Contracts), Oracle Reports, Forms, Workflow, FSG, Web ADI

Responsibilities:

• Being a cloud consultant, I was responsible for the functional support for Oracle ERP Cloud financials which included of modules GL, AP & AR, Assets, CM, Procurement and Tax
• Contributed to the functional and technical design, prototype and process design stages of implementation including scenario design and flow mapping
• Configured core financial modules and expenses per client requirement and documented the setups for future use
• Identified business requirements and mapped them to Oracle Cloud functionality
• Loaded and validated financials data using Fusion templates
• Conducted financial functional design workshops and training sessions to understand the Cloud functionality
• Acted as a liaison between tech team and business to drive implementation and helped them understanding the functionality
• Developed test scenarios, test cases and performed test run validation and co-ordinate with functional users for testing
• Successfully conducted CRPs, SIT and UAT
• Supported strategy for modules, functionality/features deployment across modules and reporting
• Supported configurations, customizations, interfaces, reports, testing and user training
• Assisted with production support, enhancement tickets and bug fixes
• Proven effective communication skills, both verbal and written with ability to interact across all levels of the organization
• Delivered high quality, practical and sustainable results for production problems
• Converted huge amount of financial data into cloud
• Used few spreadsheet template (Functional Setup Manager) to quickly upload key setup such as enterprise structure and Chart of Accounts values.
• Used FBDI (File Based Data Import) to upload a huge data for customer, invoices, unprocessed projects, suppliers and receipts

Confidential

ERP Procurement SME/ Project Procurement Manager

Environment: SAP MM and Procurement, Office Tools

Responsibilities:

• To Influence & build partnership with internal stakeholders to ensure flow of deliverables
• Supporting the buyers in negotiating, closing contracts & deliveries
• Set up New governance cycle for parts coverage / availability / Back orders & walk thro
• Analyzing the status of procurement and processes by SWOT analysis & updating management
• Identifying & reporting critical items to management as an Interface and resolve the criticality
• Representing as a single point contact from procurement & was part of the project core team
• Leading Walk through & Back orders for procurement supporting production activities
• Identifying supply chain risk and opportunity and to manage with the team during the project execution & delivery stage.
• Identifying, monitoring and evaluating the supplier performance and formulating improvement strategies during the project development stage
• Leading Change management to ensure smooth implementation of changes during part development without hampering regular production.
• Localization of developed imported components for cost saving & to ensure flawless delivery.
• Setting up strategies for Margin Enhancement Program for cases where a business contract has already been awarded. Focused on Cost reduction ideas

Confidential

Procurement Analyst/ Asst Manager

Environment: SAP MM and Procurement, Office Tools

Responsibilities:

• Supervised the process and functional design activities. Identified functional requirements as an input to application design
• User Support Analysis: Research solutions to problems, answer client questions and provide consulting and training as required. Track software and documentation issues.
• Reviewed the Business Requirements Documents with the business and development teams and analyzed the functionality of the Oracle applications so as to finalize the solution.
• Resolved many issues related to account Reconciliation which are included like encumbrance accounting and accrual accounting.
• Prepared impact analysis document for various IT Implementation initiatives.
• Supported Historical data migrations between various internal Software Applications
• Assisted users with training sessions and documentation
• Facilitating end-user training and developing the various users training manuals and conducted the UAT sessions.
• Obtained significant reduction in prices of components through techno-commercial discussions/ negotiations with suppliers/ strategic partners.
• The approximate cost savings obtained during my tenure at Confidential was approx. $15 Million
• Successfully placed Developmental purchase orders/ contracts for proto type development projects in association with R&D for approximately 1500 items (Including long lead items) which helped Confidential Roll out of the 1st indigenously developed metro car for Delhi metro during 2008-2009; first of its kind by an INDIAN firm.
• Placing PO’s for various long lead items such as Car body (CRF Sections, Raw Material, etc), Interior (FRP panels, seats, Al panels, windows, sealants /adhesives, etc) and System components (Brakes, HVAC, Gangway, Couplers, etc)
• Maintained inventory at optimum levels by planning delivery schedules in coordination with production & suppliers, induced JIT concepts wherever it was possible.
• Led a team of 4 with R&D team, developed locomotive SSEMU cars fo the Indian Railways.
• Identified & developed new vendors as import substitute; resulting in cost savings of $4.6 Mn
• Procurement of Systems for SSEMU 4 Rakes for Indian Railways. This order was awarded to Confidential after successful design, development, supply & commissioning of SSEMU by Confidential .