Profile

Solution-oriented, Problem-solving, Motivated, personable business professional with an CS Engineering degree and a successful 10 years of track record in ERP Implementation, Upgrade, Support, Conversion and Integration projects in finance and hr systems in diversified businesses. Certified Project Management Professional.

Professional Experience

Project Management perspective:

Functional perspective:

• ERP peoplesoft implementations, upgrades, conversion and integrations, supports
• Suit: FSCM Functional expertise
• Functional hands on experience on EX, ePro, PO, Supplier Contracts, BK, AP, AM and GL, AR BI, PC and Customer Contracts modules
• Functional knowledge on peoplesoft HR modules

Technical perspective:

• ERP peoplesoft implementations, upgrades, conversion and integrations, supports
• Suit: FSCM, HRMS Technical expertise
• Peoplesoft Admin related activities
• Coordination with Database systems, unix systems, windows systems, network systems, security team, Autosys team IT management
• Functional knowledge and hands on experience on peoplesoft fscm modules

Confidential

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Created functional design documents and testing documents. Created Testing metrices and worked on CRP.
• Worked in Requirements gatherings, Data mappings and security matrices. Worked on configurations.
• Involved right from the project initiation phase. Analyzed the Dex systems and infrastructures by visiting each department. Analysis on Database structures and volumes. Third party integrations and vendors.
• Strategic business analysis and financial application analysis.
• Worked on Sow, high level project schedule. Requirements gathered and documented specifications. Involved in Budgetting and estimations, cost benefit analysis, contingency plans and risk analysis.
• Involved in staffing and resource management activities.Developed Project schedule and project plan.
• Project design and execution, designed the whole converstion strategy of the financial systems.
• Worked on Change management procedures and project scope management, communication plan and escalation matrices and RACIs.Analyzed risks and implemented risk mitigation plans for smooth execution of the project.
• Database migrations, Networking activities, Third party integations and user training needs.
• Worked and coordinated closely with the various teams like requirements gathering team, development team, testing team, business team, IT team networking team, Dba team, Unix administration team, windows team, Autosys team , Hr team, Oracle application team, client management team.
• Developed Testing methodology and strategy, Data extraction methods and storage procedures, cutover strategy, Year end strategy, post conversion strategy, system lock out plans, back up plans, system migration plans, procurement team and Data center migrations.
• Status reports, metrices, defect ratios, defect analysis, control measures.
• Process Improvements and planned phased implementations. Delivery management and Quality standards.
• Team building activities, Team members skills development, introspection meetings.
• Provided the necessary trainings to the team on the tools used in the projects.
• Currently working on Image conversion, GL phase 2 conversion, Legal entity restructuring, Sox audit compliance projects, In-house PCI PII data protection projects, Taxware hosted-enviroment project, SFTP migration project, Database refresh projects, couple more.

Confidential

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Created functional design documents and Business requirement documents.
• Worked in Delta presentations, Requirements gatherings and Fit gap analysis.
• Strategic business analysis and financial application analysis.Worked on conversion Sow, high level project schedule. Worked on the upgrade approach and methodologies.
• Involved in Budgetting and estimations, cost benefit analysis, contingency plans and risk analysis.
• Involved in staffing and resource management activities. Developed Project schedule and project plan.
• Project design and execution, designed the whole upgrade strategy of the financial systems without disrupting ongoing bau activities and normal productions support. Developed Testing methodology and strategy.
• Worked on Change management procedures and project scope management..
• Analyzed risks and implemented risk mitigation plans for smooth execution of the project.
• Database migrations, Networking activities, Third party integations and user training needs.
• Worked and coordinated closely with the various teams like requirements gathering team, development team, testing team, business team, IT team networking team, Dba team, Unix administration team, windows team, Autosys team , Hr team, client management team.
• Worked with Autosys integration team and tested whole batch processing cycles as part of the upgrading the peoplesoft applications and Autosys upgrade as well.
• Status reports, metrices, defect ratios, defect analysis, control measures.
• Process Improvements and planned phased implementations. Delivery management and Quality standards.
• Team building activities, Team members skills development, introspection meetings.
• As entire system went for upgrade, analyzed and implemented disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Provided the trainings to the team on the tools used in the projects.

Confidential

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Designed batch processes for various interfaces and worked on mini batch projects and Autosys schedules.
• Worked on the Data encryption project and provided the solution for encrypting PCI and PII data.
• Coordinated with the team for development and delivery.
• Maintained the PSF systems. Performed Change management and worked on Disaster recovery plans.
• Worked with IT teams and DBA teams for the PSF system maintainence activities.
• Suggested various Process Improvements during the tenure.
• Coordinated with the team on incident requests and change requests and delivered many interfaces and mini projects.
• Reduced Defect ratios and Iterations and maintained good Response times and on-time delivery with quality.
• Worked on business requirments and designs and coordinated with the team regarding development, testing and delivery.
• Provided the trainings to the team on the tools used in the projects.Worked on enhancements module-wise.
• Created design documents and testing documents.

Confidential

Scope: PeopleSoft Conversion and Integration

• Worked as a Techno-functional Lead Consultant and managed team members in the execution and development. Worked on Designs and timeline estimations.
• Prepared Functional design documents and Technical design documents and test plans, Review reports.
• Worked on various SQR reports and all peopletools.
• Worked on daily status reports. Worked as a Reviewer and Tester. Assisted and coordinated the team with the issues and resolutions. Provided the trainings to the team on the tools used in the project.

Confidential

Scope: PeopleSoft Implementation

• Assisted team members in the technical development and functional understanding.
• Worked under Accounts Receivable and Billing modules. Supported PC and Contracts modules.
• Created Functional design documents and testing documents.
• Designed various setup pages, Invoice generation pages, Transaction logs and interfaces.
• Completely developed Bill group setup pages and various bill types' transaction pages.
• Worked as a developer, reviewer. Involved in page designing, peoplecode, reviews, client reviews, e.t.c.
• Designed pages from scratch and related peoplecode. Worked on PS/Query.
• Prepared Test cases, Test Scripts. Created Test Plans. Worked on support activities also. Worked on Report generations.Worked on almost all PSF development tools.

Confidential

• Worked on creation of vouchers, error vouchers processing, purchase orders, matching problems, autosourcing processes, and Item categories, Requisitions, purging processes, Depreciations, capitalization process problems and also setup pages.
• Provided support for Finance applications, including maintenance and enhancements to batch and online programs. Developed inbound and outbound interfaces.
• Created Functional design documents and Technical Design Documents for any modification/changes worked.
• Developed System Maintainence Technical Design Documents for Safeco's business process.
• Created new interfaces. Worked on changes using Peoplecode, Peoplecode events, Application Designer.