SUMMARY:

• Sr. Oracle Cloud /EBS Financials Consultant with around 15 years of GL, AP, AR, AM/FA, CM/CE, EX, Tax, Purchasing, and Project Costing implementation, production support, upgrade, migration, and Cloud Financials transformation experience and good understanding of financial and accounting processes.
• Certified in Oracle Cloud Financials, Business Analysis , Business Planning , BI, Agile , IT SM & Oracle PL - SQL
• Proficient in gathering Requirements& perform fit-gap analysis, creating functional design docs, config docs, user stories, and test scenarios/scripts, Config Apps, conducting workshops/CRP/SIT/UAT/GoLive.
• Experience across multiple functional domains - Financial Business Processes and Systems, multi-GAAP environments, Accounting Rules, Best Practices, TCA, Localizations, Period Close, Reporting and Vertex.
• Experience with Financial Security, Data Governance, SOX controls & compliance for business systems.
• Strong understanding of Financials flows, cloud architecture & components (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, ICS, FBDI, ADFDI, REST API, SOAP Webservices, Oracle Open Interfaces, Oracle table structures, Schemas) & DWH.
• Knowledgeable on integration points between Oracle Financials and Procurement, Project& HCM apps.
• Experience working with Implementation/Upgrade methodologies& Templates and Oracle Support.
• Experience in Information Solution and Support Life Cycles, SLA Management & Change Management.
• Experience working with Oracle Product& Cloud Infra support group and File based data import/export.
• Good in defining functional design for custom solution, conversion& interfaces; advising best practices.
• Experience defining test scenarios, develop test scripts & support the client with test scripts execution.
• Assist Roles& User management, Segregation of Duties, and User Role Audits within SOX Audit process.
• Able to troubleshoot Oracle ERP functional issues in Production with proven analytical& defect/ action/ risk/deliverable tracking skills using a lifecycle management tool and deliver quick issue resolution.
• Develop end-user documentation and training materials, train end-users, and mentor junior staff.
• Experience working in a management consulting environment& onsite-offshore global delivery model.
• Experience of Team Management, Status gathering, Customer handling, Status reporting, coordination with Client IT, Infra, Leadership, Financial Users, and Offshore team and escalate issue/risk if required.
• Able to work remotely/independently & understand/decompose financial/business/technical concepts.
• Excellent client facing, communication, change management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

SKILL:

Oracle ERP Cloud / Fusion /EBS: GL, AP, AR, AM / FA, CM/CE, Tax, Expense, Procurement, Project Costing

Setup & Configuration: Functional/Application Setup Manager, ADFDI, FBDI, UCM, Security Console

Selfservice Applications: Workflows, Work Area, Subject Area, Close Monitor, Oracle Social Network

Financial/BI Reporting: FRS, Sunburst, SmartView, OTBI, OBIP, ESS, Acctng Dashboard/Inspector, FSG

Testing, Change Mgmt: HP ALM/QC, Jira, SharePoint, ServiceNow, Remedy, Oracle Security Console

Design & Documentation: Oracle AIM, iGraphx, MS (Visio, SharePoint, Office Suite, Outlook)

SDLC/PLM Methodology: Agile Scrum, Waterfall, Oracle Unified Method, FSM, Test Driven

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. Oracle Cloud Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Develop an understanding of a client current state process and the future state recommendations.
• Gather& analyse business requirements and perform Fit-Gap analysis; map the business requirements to the Oracle Cloud Financials functionality; recommend the best practices to implement a solution.
• Manage the client implementation process and assist& provide advice upon solution design, development, consolidation, financial reporting, security, data governance, and compliance.
• Configure the Oracle Applications to meet client requirements and document application set-ups.
• Setup payable and receivable transactions based on vendor/customer models respectively and vendor/customer classes respectively. Configure customer receipts and payments for funds capture.
• Configure Invoice Processing, Cash Positioning, Cash Forecasting, and Revenue Recognition.
• Define testing scenarios, develop test scripts, and support the client with the execution of test scripts.
• Work with business users, Oracle Support, and Interfacing Systems to ensure GL, AP, AR, CM, and FA applications function with minimal issues. Perform root cause& impact analyses, and change mgmt.
• Support Month-end, Quarter-end, and Year-end close cycles; ensure proper audits, controls, security, processes, and documentation are in place for accuracy and completeness of data for compliance.
• Soliciting user requirements and proposing approaches and assist in fixing current and potential issues.
• Assist in assessing level of SOX compliance, SOX documentation, and report findings and make recommendations for the correction of noted control deficiencies and improvements in operations.
• Develop and review end-user documentation and training materials. Deliver end-user training.
• Interact with the project team members responsible for developing reports, interfaces, data conversion programs, and application extensions. Deliver status/issue reports to the PM/client on a regular basis.

Environment: Oracle ERP Cloud R13

Confidential, Boston, MA

Sr. Oracle Cloud Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders to understand business objectives, priorities, processes & operational model.
• Assist the implementation of Oracle ERP Cloud Financial applications- GL, AP, AR, FA, PO& Project apps.
• Liaise with internal and external teams (Developers, Project/Program Managers, QAs, Banks, etc.) to understand/identify legacy system processes, designed solutions, business requirements, and gaps.
• Map the requirements to the Oracle Cloud Application functionality and develop solutions to the gaps.
• Provide business and functional subject matter expertise includes input on process improvements, best practices, functional design, application setup& configuration, and delivery of the solutions.
• Document new business processes, capabilities, and functional requirements/specifications.
• Assisting to configure the Oracle Cloud Apps to meet client requirements& document app set-ups.
• Assist users to create reports, upload/import Budget data, GL Budget Balances and Budget correction.
• Serving as liaison with business and technical staff to ensure consistent understanding of requirements.
• Analyse data to interpret trends/patterns to help formulate solutions and options for business leaders.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to improve current business processes, systems& procedures.
• Support client with the creation& execution of test scenarios& test scripts and Change Management.
• Create, generate and maintain queries/reports that’ll be utilized by Executives, Managers& FM Staff.
• Provide expertise for on-going Cloud Support Model, standards, and procedures improvement.
• Support Period Close Process: standard JEs& Adjustments, Reconciliation, Variance Analysis & FS review.
• Log issues& track their resolution and provide status& issue report to the PM/client on a regular basis.
• Closely follow the strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near term goals.
• Interact with senior client management and/or with key implementing company consultants while determining an alternate approach, method& procedures on reports, interfaces, conversion& app ext.
• Contribute to continuous improvement/development of business processes and Cloud Support Model.
• Assist Financials user community by addressing functional anomalies, questions, and issues.

Environment: Oracle ERP Cloud Fusion R12/R11

Confidential

Lead Oracle Financials Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provide business and functional SME and leading clients through the end-to-end financial process.
• Facilitate business requirements gathering and working with the team to identify functionality gaps, develop/document business requirements and map them to the Oracle EBS Financials functionality.
• Supporting the implementation of the core Financials modules - GL, AP, AR, AM, and Cash Mgmt.
• Helping to configure, test, and support apps to meet client requirements and document app set-ups
• Assist implement new functionalities like reconciliation dashboard and configurable GL workflow.
• Assist in SOX (User Roles) Audit process, SOX documentation, and improve access controls/operations.
• Interact with top executives and senior level directors on a daily basis & support end-user community.
• Managed changes to business requirements, use cases, functional designs, process, and procedures.
• Define testing scenarios, develop test scripts, and support clients with the execution of test scripts.
• Monitor system testing during conversion ensuring accuracy and plan& execute global end UAT.
• Collaborate with business users and Managed Services teams on Issue Log, Break Fix & Enhancements.
• Recommend long-term process/systems solutions to ease support issues and stabilize apps& their use.
• Do root cause analysis for incidents and recommend short-term workarounds & permanent solutions.
• Development of ERP solutions to enhance existing applications; design/develop reports and analytics.
• Share knowledge to client staff& create materials for reviews with regional/business/program leaders.
• Project Management duties to manage schedules, risks, dependencies, milestones, and stakeholders.
• Report progress and ensure that performance metrics are met by our service providers.

Environment: Oracle EBS R12.2.7/ R12.1.3, Hyperion Financial Management.

Confidential

Sr. Oracle EBS Financials Analyst

Responsibilities :

• Work closely with Product Manager and Business Analysts to understand functional requirements and interact with other cross-functional teams to assist architect, design, develop, test & release features.
• Develop detailed solution design documents using the standard templates , functional specifications, process diagrams, and artefacts required to automate and streamline the business processes.
• Helped the client in the decision making process in terms of # of BUs, impact on reporting, internal control, GAAP, SOX and formed policies and procedures based on these decisions.
• Gather country-specific requirements, identify configuration changes, and serve as a liaison between the country& the implementation team to develop/conceptualize bespoke client requirements. and
• Configure GL, AR, and Cash Management including banking model set up& multi-currency processing.
• Support the team during migration& conversion efforts and provide the best finance process practices .
• Define testing scenarios and develop test scripts. Support clients with the execution of test scripts.
• Advise client on options, risks& any impacts on other processes/systems with legacy system migration.
• Assist developing high level implementation plans. Recommend roadmaps to close performance gaps.
• Diagnose root cause production support issues and perform impact analysis on change/enhancements.
• Responsible for auditing data and respond to questions, issues, accounting rules, policies& procedures.
• As SME, recommend permanent fixes as the best fit solution and workarounds as short term solutions.
• Developed job aids and walked the client through business processes for AP, AR, and Project Costing.

Environment: Oracle EBS R12.0

Confidential

Oracle Financials Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provide financial consulting services (requirements, fit/gap analysis, configuration, testing& support).
• Work independently to understand business requirements/rules, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and develop As-Is& To-Be business processes’ mapping documents,.
• Assist Configuring and maintenance of GL, AR, Advanced Collections, AP, AM, and CM applications.
• Introduce best practices for continual process improvement & enforce internal control based on GAAP.
• Expand Oracle Financial delivered functionality and configured the system to support the new features.
• Conduct reconciliation, create reconciliation& closing manual, and train users to carry out these tasks.
• Develop& execute test scenarios and SIT/UAT test scripts. Create /modify financial reports and analysis.
• Led post-implementation production support efforts for GL, AR, BI, AP, and AM apps;
• Identify process improvements& present Oracle standard functionality in relation to client processes.
• Resolve complex business problems for area of responsibility, where situations/data analysis requires an in-depth variable factors’ evaluation. Help in SOX Audit process& document User Roles compliance.
• Interface regularly with customers at various levels & monitor, troubleshoot data/report access issues.
• Collaborate with Managed Services on Solution Delivery, enhancements & production issue resolution.
• Develop Knowledgebase articles, documents, training material, and job aids for end users.

Environment: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Oracle Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Manage interfaces including integration processing/monitoring and troubleshoot and resolve errors.
• Create/maintain current documentation (config, test scripts, functional specs for reporting/integration)
• Communicate with development team& end users on change request clarification/updates, log defects.
• Handle enhancement requests including requirements study, analysis, discussions, and documentation.
• Develop and modify reports, metrics and dashboards for management and Finance Business Partners.
• Schedule reports distribution with consideration of data privacy and gaining appropriate approvals.
• Analyse, troubleshoot, and resolve issues to maintain SLAs; mentor staff on production support duties.
• Train end-users on business processes, functionality, financial data standards, and report access.

Environment: Oracle EBS 11i

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Oracle ERP Support Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide day to day support of the Oracle Financials environment including AP and AR applications.
• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
• Support Month, Quarter, and Year-End Financials Close Cycle. Design/develop Financials& BI reports.
• Reporting & Analytics - create ad hoc reports; create functional specs for complex reports& design report formats; partner with financial teams (TMCC& TMIS) to validate report output and address issues; leverage financial systems to compile metrics for dashboards& analytics to support BI.
• Data Quality & Compliance - responsible for maintaining the data integrity by conducting data audits and making or coordinating data entry changes with members of financial applications user groups.
• Create standard operating procedures, queries, and document known/potential issues and resolutions.

Environment: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, BO BI 6.1.4, Hyperion Financial Reporting.