Business Analyst/functional Consultant. Resume
Houston, TX
SUMMARY
- Professional offers 18 year of experiences in Systems analysis, design, development, implementation, support, extension on Oracle databases and tools
- Specialized in Oracle Applications (ERP systems, Projects, Financials, Purchasing, Manufacturing) as a Functional consultant/Lead and Business Analyst/Solution Provider, providing technical analysis, solutions to business requirements and problems; preparing estimates, project/staff planning and budgeting, participating in projects performing analysis, design, development, testing specialized in enhancements, conversions and upgrades to Oracle Applications with an increasing emphasis on oversight and management.
- Detail oriented Functional resource who understands Oracle Applications (Projects, Financials, Purchasing, SCM and Manufacturing) business flows with strong problem solving skills.
- Strong expertise on most commonly used Applications extension and management tools and techniques
- Extensive experience in Support and Training for Energy, Oil & Gas Midstream, Upstream modeling and simulations
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Oracle R11, R12, Project Cost, Billing, Management, Contract and Collaboration
- Financials (AR, AP, GL, iExpense, SLA)
- AGIS
- Purchasing
- Fixed Assets eAM
- Order Management
- Global Implementations
- Trade Community Architecture (TCA)
- Supply Chain Management
- MS Products Suite
- MS Project
- AIM & OUM Methodology
- BPM
- ADI
- Discoverer
- SQL*Plus
- TOAD
- Unix, Sun, MS/DOS, Windows XP, NT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Houston, TX
Business Analyst/Functional Consultant.
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed current business processes to provide solutions to the configuration and implementation of the Oracle R12 features like SLA, MOAC and TCA for modules FA, AR, AP, EAM, Project Costing, Inventory and CM.
- Facilitated cross - functional business requirements gathering sessions by using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, test scenarios, business analysis, and workflow analysis.
- Analyzed trends and statistics to create action plans for process improvement
- Defined and implemented Metrics and key performance indicators (KPI) in line with company and management goals to measure adoption of applications and processes
- Researched, evaluated, and analyzed information gathered from multiple sources to document business requirements and recommend solutions.
- Ensured processes alignment with company policies and report and investigate any process deviation to ensure continuous improvement on service quality
- Ensured process consistency between the communities through calls, meetings and workshops
- Initiated and shared best practices, policies, and procedures across their organization
- Analyzed business operations to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions
- Assisted in business process redesign as needed
- Translated high level requirements into function specifications for the IT organization.
Confidential, Houston, TX
Business Analyst/ Finance Functional Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Provided support to Oracle R12 post implementation on Finance, Projects, Cost Management and iExpense for Midstream business process covering several business units.
- Worked with Process Support to improve user processes and process adherence
- Coordinated test patch impact analysis for new Oracle roll up patches for Finance and Projects.
- Involved in providing business solutions for complex business topics in order to implement it into the new technology.
- Tested customized responsibilities in order to satisfy internal auditing
- Involved in gathering business requirements in order to create and verify test scripts that satisfy new control processes.
- Customized OBI Dashboard, created training documentation and reports tailor to end users
- Created a prototype for Trader Community Architecture in order to demonstrate full model functionality in R12
- Provided support for user’s issues related to Finance, iExpense, Project Cost, Intercompany (AGIS) and Supply Chain Management
- Coordinated with technical personnel to create and test customized report to be used by the financial department.
Confidential, Houston, TX
Principal Functional Lead Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Oracle Projects Functional Principal Consultant in charge of providing best implementation solutions based on existing client’s business processes.
- Implemented R12 Project Cost, Billing, Project Management, AP, AR, iExpense, Subledger Accounting (SLA), eAM and Manufacturing Project Integration
- Involved in full cycle implementation, from gathering business requirements, creating and verifying test scripts, data migration, user training and post implementation support
- Lead effort of analyzing current process to provide guidance and participate in the design, implementation and testing of EBS modules end to end integration and new R12 features like Trade Community Architecture (TCA), SLA and Advance Global Intercompany System (AGIS).
- Translated high level requirements into function specifications for the IT organization and managed changes to the specifications
- Provided alternative solutions for future process to be considered by clients for future system implementation using BPM modeling and UOM methodology.
- Analyzed and provided recommendations to improve existing custom extensions and reports
- Implemented R12 Advance Global Intercompany System (AGIS) including setup requirements for AR, AP, Environment, and GL.
- Analyzed change management issues in order to resolve them effectively and in a timely manner.
- Developed proof of concept (POC’s) for integration between projects, sales and purchasing.
- Presented demos of project portfolio module R12 key features to upper management to provide a better understanding of the use and the integration between project modules and financials.
- Implemented integration between Projects, Project Manufacturing and eAM in order assign work orders from project to eAM.
- Implemented eAM work execution and preventive maintenance implementation flows, approvers, lookups, rebuildable items, planning and schedule.
- Colaborated with Sales team in order to provided supports of future contracts.
Confidential Houston, TX
Project Functional Lead - IT Support/Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Functional leader for implementation of Oracle Project Billing, Cost and Management.
- Collaborated with the financial modules (AP, AR and GL) implementation and integration with Project Accounting.
- Identified company standards based on business owner requirements and translate them into functional and technical specifications.
- Analyzed global impact of enhancements to existing applications involving Financial and Project modules in order to implement Global Intercompany System for all Legal entities.
- Implemented an integrated cost management system interface between Oracle Project, Primavera and Ecosys applications.
- Responsible for providing support for monthly and year-end closing of Financial(GL,AP,AR) and Project modules
- Analyzed and modified existing procedure in order to Improve standards for several system engineering processes including P2P and ETO processes
- Evaluated and modified all necessary enhancements to allow multi-org capability and to generate financial reporting requirements.
- Reviewed and modified exiting Organization chart to allow proper enhancements into the global organization
- Worked with global team to improve all engineering, cost control, planning and procurement processes to consolidate them with all company operating units
- Supported Oracle Project Billing, Cost and Management and Oracle Purchasing for the existing EBS and interface it with the engineering, planning, estimating and cost systems.
- Implemented project-based engineer-to-order processes allowing capturing costs in a complex production environment for Oracle application.
- Developed and delivered training material for key users, managers and supervisors for all main stream processes.
- Implemented and supported Inter-Company process
- Coordinated gathering requirements and Conference Room Pilots with key users in order to upgrade Oracle Project from R11 to R12 version
- Upgraded Oracle Project Cost and Billing from R11 to R12
- Provided global support to all business units for project and purchasing processes.
Confidential - Houston, TX
Functional/Project Lead - Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Functional lead responsible for the full implementation of Oracle 11.5.10 for Latin America and USA of Oracle Project Costing, Billing, eAM and PO modules. It included, gather requirements by countries, selected best tool to support ERP system with the most applicable solution to cover all business units.
- Project Lead, served as liaison between business department managers and IT staff in order to deploy best practice solutions
- Coordinated preliminary management analysis to estimate full time cycle of IT projects.
- Scheduled meetings with upper and middle management to coordinate set-up process and follow-up progress of projects.
- Used database design tool set models to evaluate business processes and develop applications for integrated, open-systems environments using relational database and client-server technology and web-based technologies.
- Defined and documented business processes to match specific applications areas for end-user job functions.
- Defined Inter-company setting and maintained it.
- Implemented global intercompany system to create standards for International financial transaction, reporting and taxing
- Implemented enterprise asset management (eAM) preventive maintenance and work execution flows.
- Post implementation support and coordinated support effort for Latin America and USA
- Collaborated for the creation of the Oracle support and enhancement department in order to cover all business units in Latin America and Europe.
- Implemented global intercompany system (AGIS) to create standards for International financial transaction, reporting and taxing
- Optimized legacy process like P2P and Revenue recognition
- Presented status and progress of project directly to Controller and Financial officer using six-sigma framework
- Provided high level project stats to be review by upper management
- Developed customized training courses oriented to each specific country
- Uses Oracle Tutor to create technical and functional documentations for end user training.
- Wrote functional specifications to be used as a guidance for future enhancements
Confidential - Houston, TX
Oracle Consultant/Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for scoping full cycle implementation of Oracle Project Cost and Billing version11.5.10 to be implemented in US, England, Moscow and Czech Republic.
- Determined all necessary accounting regulations in order to complain with international requirements including Inter-company accounting processes.
- Created and presented detailed project plan to upper manager for the entire implementation
- Analyzed all financial reports and accounting processes to allow better control for the organization.
- Help in selecting the project team to be in charge of the implementation of Oracle modules such as FA, CM, GL, A/R, A/P and PO.
Confidential - Houston, TX
Lead Functional Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Functional Lead responsible for the support of Oracle modules such as PA, AR, AP, CM and FA
- Part of the team responsible for implementation and support of Latin America countries to support accounting and tax regulation for the ERP to allow financial reporting control and inter-company.
- Worked on implementing, testing and documenting the Intercompany Segment Balancing, new feature on 11i version.
- Created and Provided Training for subject-matter experts (SME) for several modules such as AR, AP, Fa and PA.
- Supported Oracle Projects, FA and Collection modules for several Operating Units.
- Evaluated the feasibility to upgrade of Oracle from 11.5.8 to 11.5.10 version and prepared pre and post impact analysis.
Confidential - Houston, TX
Lead Functional Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Created training materials and trained over 800 users in the following modules: General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivables, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, ADI, General Oracle functionality, Intercompany and MRC.
- Training was conducting by level of business organization such as end users, super users, controllers, regional controllers, field and corporate managers.
- Lead the implementation for Accounts Receivables, General Ledger, FA and CM for the company's affiliate - Select Group Carrier to build a more integrated system.
- Coordinated and implemented interfaces between Select Group Carrier (SCG) and other information technology systems like TMW.
- Supported AR, FA, GL and CM modules to maintain the integrity of the Oracle system.
- Coordinated several IT projects to ensure datelines were met as requested by management.
- Gathered data to analyze and improve the integration of Oracle with other in-house systems like GPS, SCG, GSU, CLASS, FDDB and Worldport.
- Helped implementing the globalization of the Oracle Financial system for Singapore, Mexico, England and locations around United States
Confidential, Houston, TX
Senior Functional Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Functional Consultant responsible for post implementation and create training courses of Oracle 11i, Financial and Project. Modules
- Defines projects scope and prepares projects baseline requirements.
- Coordinates preliminary management analysis to estimate full time cycle of projects.
- Helped to evaluate proposal for company's future engagements.
- Identified key candidates for resources in on-going and future implementations.
- Assisted in project scope review, budgeting, scheduling and resource management.
- Consulted in identifying preferred upstream management practices and methodologies.
- Worked on an Oracle 11i, Reporting Enhancement Project, creating, testing and documenting Financial Statement Reports (FSG) to be loaded into spreadsheet using ADI integration.
- Produced reports for individuals units and for consolidated total.
- Detailed cost center reports compared to Budget and Flux.
- Determined fluctuation analysis for Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Accrued Liabilities.
- Accommodated required statistical data, i.e. earned hours, actual hours, headcounts, forecast, etc.
- Implemented Multiple Reporting Currencies to maintain transactions and account balances.
- Consolidated monthly financial statements to balance reporting set of book.
- Implemented full cycle of Oracle 11i Multi-Org version of Oracle Financial and Manufacture project including Customer Reg., OM, Sales and Distribution.
- Directed and evaluated unit test scripts for an Oracle Financial and Manufacture project for the integration and unit process.
- Trained key personnel on balancing AP, A/R and General Ledger, customized FSG report, use ADI integration tools, planning BOM's and Inventory.
- Acted as a liaison between functional end users and Oracle development team.
- Created functional and technical documentations.
- Implements 11i Multi-Org version of Accounts Receivables General Ledger, and Accounts Payable.
- Helps develop and test interfaces between Oracle AR, AP and GL with custom websites, credit card processors and electronic file transfers (EFT).
- Trained upper management to analyze financial data using Oracle financial Analyzer.
Confidential - Houston, Texas
Project Manager/Functional Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- In charge of the development of a system that involved projections, scheduling, production, inventory, shipping, manufacturing and accounting.
- Created the business requirements in order to develop a system that will estimate projections and schedule an escalated production of eight different lines of products.
- Determined the baseline process for inventories.
- Trained adequate personnel for all the key positions of the project.
- Customized reports that meet requirements of specific needs.
- Translated all instructions in forms and help process from English to Spanish.
- In charge of 6 consultants under my direct supervision.
- Set up the requirements for a Production, Inventory and Project Accounting system.
- Converted business processed from legacy system into Oracle procedures and reports.
- Created specs and manuals to be use by end users
- Determined the use of specific forms and reports for AP, AR, HR and Payroll to accommodate business processes
- Developed forms and reports for AP, AR and Purchasing using Oracle 2000
- Created API’s to integrate form legacy system into Oracle.
- Tested, debugged and implemented the entire system in six months.
- Established the tasks and potential milestones during the development and implementation phases of the project.
- Used development tools such as Oracle 7, PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS, BASIC 3.2
- Coordinated Conference Room Pilot for end user and manager from all business units.
- Defined and documented business processes to match specific applications areas to end-user job functions.
- Developed functional system requirements based on business process decomposition.
Confidential
Senior Consultant/Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Worked with the international team to implement Oracle Project Accounting and Oracle Project Management.
- This system is used by all the Confidential companies worldwide.
- Works closely with AR, AP and GL managers to define, develop, and document business processes.
- Gathered requirements from key business owners in order to created specs to be given to developer under my supervision for the development of customized reports and procedures.
- Planned and conducted pre-implementation workshops to gather and confirm data requirements.
- Determined the Business requirements and future process baseline.
- Developed API's to integrate the system with existing Oracle financial AP, AR and GL modules.
- Using Oracle Project Accounting 10 SC, Oracle financials 10.6, Oracle 2000, Report*Writer, Oracle*Forms, PL*SQL, Oracle Designer/200 CASE tools under a UNIX system.
- Responsible for supervising and coordinating the tasks of other developers.
- Customized existing reports from oracle PA using Developer 2000 tools.
- Tested and approved of all the customizations done by other developers in the team.
- Coordinated Conference Room Pilot for end user and manager from all business units.
- Defined and documented business processes to match specific applications areas to end-user job functions.
- Developed functional system requirements based on business process decomposition.