SUMMARY:

• Well experienced in Oracle EBS R12 and Cloud Financial Modules implementations and upgrades involving AP, AR, FA, GL, Expense, CM, SCM, Purchasing, Procurement, etc.
• Across various industries involving conduct of design sessions for requirements gathering, design of business process flows, Fit/Gap Analysis, preparation of detailed configuration documents and Test Scripts, conduct of end - to-end demos, data conversion and validation, carrying out extensive testing and build Confidential for imparting training and knowledge transfer.
• He has also held positions as Senior Accountant, Auditor and tax consultant with over 15 years of experience in providing expert advice on complex accounting, auditing and taxation issues.
• He has been able to leverage solid analytical skills to drive financial operations of mid-size business organizations that spans AR, AP, Payroll, Financial Reporting & Analyses, Costing, Budgeting, Taxes, Consolidations, Reconciliations, etc.
• He is adept at delivering complex reports, analyses, and data necessary to support sound business decisions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Oracle EBS / Cloud Financials including Confidential and Visio, Zuora Subscription Software, E2 Shop System, ADP Pay-Expert Payroll Module, CCH Tax-Pro, Turbo Tax, Microsoft Office Suite (Word / Excel / Power Point / Access / Outlook), Microsoft Windows. Advanced Excel user (with Pivot tables & V-Lookup)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

Senior Oracle Cloud Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• worked for a short time as a functional lead on Payables and Expense modules at Confidential, CA as part of Oracle Cloud ERP Implementation Project.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As part of Consulting practice, worked as Oracle EBS/Cloud ERP Functional Consultant.
• Participated in various internal initiatives involving conduct of various design sessions involving business processes in FA and GL at a leading insurance company in Arizona for Requirements gathering, preparing of Requirements Traceability Matrix leading to Fit/Gap Analysis.
• Also, worked on evaluation of Oracle ERP Cloud “Business Value” and conducting “Process Footprint Impact Analysis” in preparation of Orals presentation for a proposal to leverage projections to effectively plan resources and effort for the Oracle Cloud Implementation program.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Senior Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Functional Consultant on client projects for new Oracle Financials Cloud implementations or upgrades.
• Specialized in AP Payables and Payments, AR, General Ledger, Purchasing and Procurement, Fixed Assets, etc. modules of Oracle Financials Cloud ERP for mainly public-sector industry clients.

Confidential

FUNCTIONAL LEAD

Responsibilities:

• He was actively involved in the Project from the beginning that involved gathering business requirements, preparing RTM, designing business process diagrams in Visio, configuring the system and extensively testing the system including preparing of detailed configuration documents and Test Scripts and successfully carrying out Sprint 1 to Sprint 3, SIT, UAT testing phases and finally going live in production instance under Cloud ERP
• Solved various critical issues by raising SRs and follow-up with Oracle Support. Lodged various enhancement requests with Oracle.
• Actively participated in End to End Demos at each testing phase and finally building up Confidential for knowledge transfer and conducting of classroom training of about 50+ Agency Asset Coordinators. Also, successfully carried out personalization of certain required mandatory fields.
• Built and tested Custom BI and OTBI Reports. Successfully implemented Cloud ERP
• Project as well, as a Functional Lead on Fixed Assets.
• Worked on internal Confidential -Serene Cloud Project, as a Lead for General Ledger and Accounts Receivable modules.
• Prepared Test Scripts and Training material. Updated Account Hierarchies and reconciled General Ledger Trial Balance with HFR Studio Financial Reports by solving discrepancies.
• Prepared test scripts and training documents for various financial accounting modules like Procurement, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, etc.
• Tested Procurement workflow and Customization of workflow for Confidential Approval process and building up SLA rules.
• Successfully solved issues logged by users during various testing phases in CRP / SIT/ UAT instances.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Tax Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Preparing various Federal and multi-State income tax returns of individuals and businesses and payroll returns, using Lacerte, Logics and Document Management System Software.
• Prepared about 250 returns during the recent 2013 tax season.

Confidential, North Field, Illinois

Senior Accountant / Financial (Payroll Accounting) Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a short-term project involving reconciliation of employee benefit and other payroll accounts, by matching Payroll postings from BI with Third Party Vendor payments in SAP SHARP modules and tying them with ECC Ledger Balances and generating various reconciliation reports and posting them on Blackline.
• Also, doing weekly reconciliation of employee deductions for Confidential . with actual funding reports and generating variance reports.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Senior Grant Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a project as a Consultant from Confidential, that involved preparation of Schedule of Investments for various funds, including compiling “ Confidential ” amounts as at the end of year 2011 and a Schedule to Balance-Sheet, as part of preparing for an upcoming Single Audit.
• Spotted a glaring irregularity from last year amounting to $ 1.5 million that was wrongly accounted as Confidential, including the formula that was used to calculate “ Confidential ” amount.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Reconciliation of sister company balances, Month / Year end close, Revenue Recognition Involving deferred revenue analysis
• Preparation of budgets and comparing actual performance with budgets, Preparing Payroll data analysis and make entries in Quick books, Preparing Cost Center Reports, etc.
• I was instrumental in correcting many accounting and payroll anomalies / irregularities and streamlining various accounting / budgeting procedures.

Confidential, Illinois

Senior Accounting Manager / Controller

Responsibilities:

• Generated periodical and consolidated financial statements covering accounting ratios, budgets, actuals vs. projected, and variances for parent and sister companies.
• Conducted inter-company balance reconciliation for sister company accounts.
• Supported financial and tax planning for main and sister entities.
• Responsible for month/year end close and GL Balance Reconciliation with subsidiary records, Quarterly and Annual Review.
• Closely monitored A/R, A/P ageing schedules, Filed monthly sales tax returns.
• Established controls for monitoring spending using company credit cards and expense analysis, Managed Fixed Asset / Depreciation accounting and timely and profitable investment of surplus funds in money market accounts and CDs.
• Successfully Negotiated with Insurance Companies to secure liability insurance coverage to take advantage of lower Experience Modification Rate.
• Successfully managed complex payroll functions for 140 personnel by leveraging ADP Pay Expert module.
• Facilitated reporting on profitability for various jobs by creating accurate periodical job order costing reports. Developed and updated overhead application rates. Conducted break-even analyses.
• Ensured attainment of a high Dunn & Bradstreet rating by monitoring A / P ageing reports and delivery of timely, accurate vendor related and financial information to Dunn & Bradstreet and setting up automatic utility payments.
• Minimized bad debts and maintained outstanding A / R balances within 30 days through diligent efforts to follow up collection efforts on debts and balances. Also evaluated credit of potential new customers.
• Successfully transitioned from Quick Books and E2 Shop System environment to Epicor ERP system, including managing its implementation by establishing new chart of accounts and pro forma financial reports.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Staff Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Performed accounting compilation and administered accounting functions via QuickBooks and Go System Trial Balance Adjustment software. Utilized Tax Pro System software for filing individual and business returns.