SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years extensive working experience and Expert in PeopleSoft Financials ERP application and worked in various senior roles as Sr. Functional Lead Analyst, Senior Principal Consultant, Also possess Accounting and Finance background.
• Currently working at Confidential on Various Global engagements Involved in the Upgrade of GSC application Upgrades from PeopleSoft 8.9 to 9.1 release and also France Implementation of Accounts Payables, Project Costing, Asset Management and Integration of Buy - Smart (Ariba) to PS Payables worked as a Senior Consultant and team member with the world's leading professional service firms and companies, such as Accenture, IBM - PriceWater Coopers and Oracle/PeopleSoft Corporation. In addition, worked for various esteemed Customers/Clients with wide Domain experience and Industry sectors like - Banking, Telecom, Government/Public Sector, HealthCare, Insurance, IT/Software, Manufacturing and Transportation
• Worked on PS Financials applications and has extensive In-depth Functional knowledge & SME in PeopleSoft Asset Management (AM), Accounts Payables (AP), General Ledger (GL), Project Costing (PC), Expenses (EX), Purchasing (PO), Commitment Control (KK) Receivables & Inventory with experience on Upgrades, Implementations, Conversions, Migrations, Interfaces, reporting, Integration of 3rd party systems and Production support.
• Has experience and strong Project Management skills in developing detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, budgets, and executive status reports. Preparation of RFP’s and responding for RFI for large projects and customers, assessing the project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. Conduct project meetings and responsible for project deliverables. Has expertise in monitoring the product/program/project from initiation through delivery. Lead project reviews with key stakeholders, communicate program objectives, prepare contingency plans and risk assessments Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization Senior management, team members, peers, and partners. Develop resource strategies, budget and staff as needed for cost-effective deployment in ERP Application Implementations.
• Experience in Project Management in developing detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, budgets, and executive status reports. Preparation of RFP’s and responding for RFI for large projects and customers, assessing the project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. Conduct project meetings and responsible for project deliverables. Has expertise in monitoring the product/program/project from initiation through delivery. Lead project reviews with key stakeholders, communicate program objectives, prepare contingency plans and risk assessments Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization Senior management, team members, peers, and partners. Develop resource strategies, budget and staff as needed for cost-effective deployment in ERP Application Implementations.
• Strong Experience on PeopleSoft Application full life cycle - Experienced and excellent skill in performing in Conference Room Pilot (CRP), Project charter, Business case, Planning, Budget, Design, Analysis, Set-up, Fit-Gap, Study and Documentation of As-Is (PMO) and To-Be (FMO) Business Process and Business Process Mappings to PeopleSoft. Extensive experience in analysis, design, writing detail specifications (flow, logic, and pseudo-code) for development and documentation, and interacting with users for implementation, upgrade, customizations & Enhancements, Also involved in the business process re-engineering, training the end-users, execution of the Financials Projects, SOX controls, Financial Sanctions, Part32 Accounting, Public sector Accounting and experience in the Project management.
• In-depth knowledge and extensive experience in the areas of System Analysis, Design, Gap-analysis, Functional Design, Implementation, Unit Testing, Parallel Testing, Data mapping and Conversion of data from legacy systems to PeopleSoft system, lead workshops, including the gathering/documenting of requirements and use-cases and recommendation of envisioned processes.
• Excellent communication skills, has clear understanding of business procedures and ability to work as an individual and also as a part of team

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP Applications: PeopleSoft Financials Application in the following releases 6.0 / 7.x/ 8.0/ 8.4/ 8.8/ 8.9 and 9.0 & 9.1, Ariba Buy Smart, Sage Fixed Assets, BNA fixed Assets and Solomon ERP.

ERP Tools: People Tools 5.1 thru 8.5x - Application Designer, App. Engine, SQR, Data Mover, People code, File-layout, Component Interface, App. Messaging & Integration Broker, Tree Manager, Upgrade Assistant, Change Assistant, COBOL, PS Query, Process Scheduler, Security Administration, Crystal Reports, nVision, and Report Books on UNIX and Windows platforms

Other Software: MS Projects, MS Office, MS Visio, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Quality Center, Visio, SQL, PL/SQL, Basic HTML & XML, Ultra-Edit, Edit Pad, Text Pad, Code Wright, Benthic, Toad, PFE, PVCS, Visual Source Safe (VSS 6.0) Xpedio, SharePoint, MKS, Heat apps & Team track

Databases & OS: SQL Server 2000, MS Access, SQL Base, DB2, Oracle 7x, 8x, 9i,10g, 11g; Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, Unix, Citrix Win frame & Meta frame.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Functional Lead Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Testing PeopleSoft application instances to successfully validate application setups, including input to test plans, test scenarios, and test scripts.
• Supporting General Ledger Module & Accounts Payables Group on day to day Production support issues and resolving them and develop or modify application based on the user requirements
• Also responsible for HBFR - France Implementation of Project Costing, Asset Management and Accounts payable in release 9.1, Involving in cross country team co-ordination and working with multi-location teams.
• Designed and developed Integration Strategy for consolidation of Procurement Financial application to PeopleSoft
• Responsible for Conversion design and deployment of data migration and conversion into PeopleSoft Application and seamless Integration for AM, PC & AP.
• Gathered business requirements and documented the business rules for the development of Interface data files for the sending and receiving the Control and Master data for Processing of the Invoices by the third party application
• Designed various Interfaces for development in XML format and involved in the design session and also participated and assisted on the test cases on the Unit and User acceptance tests

Confidential

Sr. Functional Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supporting and maintaining various financial application modules of General Ledger, Project Costing, Accounts Payables, Commitment Control, Procurement and Asset Management, Gathering requirements and design for Change control and enhancements for the applications and constant monitoring and advice on the Process improvements and application performance related issues.
• Involved in the Training and supporting Application teams on various functional aspects of the application. Mentoring team members and help them on the functionality of multiple modules in the finance application.

Confidential, OH

Sr. Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Successfully Implemented T & E Implementation and Integration to other Financials Modules at certified CMM-level 5 (Internal rating) on this very challenging Project where multiple groups and teams are involved in collaboration with third parties and Off-shore teams.
• Greatly appreciated co-ordination and successful implementation as planned on time and within budget, Customer was greatly delighted and we exceeded their expectations on every aspect of this assignment.
• Delivered all the miles stones to the customer as scheduled and planned, keeping the project scope, requirements and quality balanced for the successful deployment on time and budget.
• Prepared Detail project plan, tasks, schedules and timelines as required for the implementation of the module.
• Demonstrate the PeopleSoft product and features of PeopleSoft Travel & Expense module and the Implementation approach to business group and evaluate the module to meet the business requirements of the customer
• Conducted workshops to gather business requirements and provide effective solution on the design for implementation and retire the home grown legacy system on Travel & Expenses.
• Prepare and provide weekly status to the various teams involved and also provide updates and status to the Steering committee.
• Working and co-coordinating with multiple teams and groups from various locations in United States and India.
• Involved in the Preparation and review of Functional/High level design documents and Technical designs for the customizations where required. Track and follow up on the build and development and assist the team on providing efficient solutions to meet the best practices.
• Performed Setup and Configuration of the Travel and Expense module as per the business requirements, provided approach on the efficient way to migrate the development projects and setup related tasks for multiple instances of System, Integration and User acceptances environment.
• Prototype demonstration of the T & E delivered via live meeting to key stake holders and various team and groups, take their feed back on any additional/cosmetic changes required to the Product
• Perform and conduct System Integration test, prepared test plans and assisting the Training team for preparation of UPK.
• Planning and Creation of Cut-over and deployment activities and co-ordinate and assist in the communication plan on the Implementation.

Confidential, CA

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the Features and enhancements on Asset Management and Accounts payables to business group and evaluate the Implementation of the enhanced features
• Gather business requirements and provide effective solution on the design and approach in the new version in utilizing the Asset Upload process, and AP single payment Voucher/Vendor
• Prepared Upgrade planning, scope documentation, provide level of Estimate & timelines, and assisted in Project charter and Business case for Upgrade.
• Facilitated fit/gap sessions with end users and demonstrated enhanced functionality and evaluated feasibility for the client business process.
• Prepared the detail fit-gap and conducted and presented the fit-gap in the workshop session for the process owners and worked with the cross functional and technical IT team on the impact on the upgrade for the changes.
• Working on Setup & configuration of Key New Features and Functionality that Increase Operational Efficiency, Improve End User Productivity and Reducing time spent compiling, reconciling, and consolidating data
• Worked with the team on the Upgrade review of Compare reports, Complete Database changes as specified by PeopleSoft.
• Created functional & technical designs based upon re-customizations approved after the fit/gap and provide fit-gap resolutions.
• Developed, Created and performed Unit test & created UAT plans and scripts
• Assisting in identifying and resolving project issues, risks and resolutions.
• Work closely with the IT Asst. Director and Application Manager, Technical leads and Upgrade Team, Prepare & report project status, executive status report for the management committee.

Confidential, CA

PeopleSoft Functional Lead Analyst & Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Preparation and execution of Project charter, plan and presentation of the projected activity plans to the Project management & Process Owners.
• Performed As-Is (PMO - Present Mode of Operations) Business Process on the Payables application for the purpose of Outsource of some payables functions of Invoicing
• Designed and developed Integration Strategy for consolidation of Financial applications
• Responsible for Conversion design and deployment of data migration and conversion into PeopleSoft Application and seamless Integration.
• Defined Conversion strategy and designed the conversion for Item Master and Inventory Balances load, General Ledger Journal data, Multi-book Fixed assets, Projects and Financial Control data.
• Instrumental to the successful Integration of legacy systems with PeopleSoft and smooth transition to the team for operations & maintenance.
• Planned, Designed & Deployed Automation of Single Payment Vouchers customization process from VeriSign & Genesys applications extracts to PeopleSoft for Customer refunds
• Gathered business requirements and documented the business rules for the development of Interface data files for the sending and receiving the Control and Master data for Processing of the Invoices by the third party application
• Supporting General Ledger Module & Accounts Payables Group on day to day Production support Heat ticket issues and resolving them and develop or modify application based on the user requirements.
• Designed the Interfaces (around 35 Interfaces) for development in XML format and involved in the design session and also participated and assisted on the test cases on the Unit and User acceptance tests
• Worked on Payables support specifically on Pay Cycle issues and Voucher built errors and other enhancements in specifying multiple split payment terms, etc.
• Assist the business users in modifying nVision scope and existing layouts.
• Worked on supporting issues related to tree maintenance and ChartField maintenance and combo definitions and errors
• Modified and updated the Payables and General Ledger configuration and some common definitions to comply with the new business requirements on the Outsource function to a third party
• Created a consolidated PayCycle, created new pay cycle step definitions and modified the payment handling codes to comply with future mode of operations.
• Provided guidance to the client on the options to use the features of delivered payables functionality of Vendor Group and also Configured the application accordingly
• Created multiple external bank accounts and used these banks in a consolidated Paycycle for generation of payments to 820 (fast track - specific format for third party check printing) file. Assist in Year end 1099 processing and apply the changes to the 1099 process and procedure.
• Demonstrated users on the enhanced and delivered functionality on the Single Payment Vendor, Manual POSPAY, Matching Workbench, Vendor Groups, etc
• Tested and assisted process owners to utilize the Vendor Inactivation feature delivered in the 8.9 version.
• Worked on deployment of Asset spreadsheet upload, Voucher spreadsheet upload and utilization of Dynamic accounting entry templates for Asset Management.

Confidential, CA

PeopleSoft Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed Conference room Pilot & evaluate the current systems and PeopleSoft application modules - Asset Management, Purchasing, Payables & General Ledger
• Prepare and Create Business Case for the Client on the Business requirements (Tax requirements) and benefits to the company
• Involved in Creating the Project charter, gather business requirements, create implementation matrix, managing the project from concept through post implementation
• Evaluated and provided the best possible solution in PeopleSoft for the Conversion Lease Assets and enable the system with multiple treatments of Accounting for Leased Assets - Capital leases for GAAP purposes and Fixed Assets for the purpose of the tax purposes.
• Provide the client with the feasible solutions and recommended option to provide the best solution for their Tax Depreciation and Integration with the existing application
• Evaluate and case study on the BNA (Bureau of National Affairs) tax application.
• Prepare effective Project Plan and estimation model for the client on the Implementation of the tax books and provided effective Communication, Status reporting and maintain transparency to the multiple teams involved in the project.
• Clear and precise scoping for the statement of work, prepared efficient communication plan and change control methodologies, also to comply with the SOX compliance and adhere to the internal SDLC standards.
• Conducted workshops to understand detailed business requirements and performed the application and functional & technical requirements.
• Design the Data Conversion program with the best possible approach for the Client to comply with the Business requirements and enabling the same to synchronize the converted data with the regular GAAP transactions.
• Demonstrate the Deployment and Implementation road map to the Senior management and work with the team to adhere to the Internal Implementation standards and procedures.
• Define the Quality Assurance (QA) methodology and document the functional test cases and technical test scenarios and also co-ordinate with the functional users in assisting them on the UAT.
• Provided the Technical/Admin team with the DMS (SQL) Scripts for Setup of control data and also for the validation of the Conversion data
• Assist the process owners in the efficient business processes and best practices for smooth functioning of the application process.
• Created Ad-hoc Queries to validate & reconcile the data from sub-systems (Purchasing, Payables Asset Management & General Ledger) to GL for smooth Month-end closing and identify and issues during any of the delivered processes.
• Adhere to the Internal Standards in providing them the SDLC documentations and followed the procedures as required per their Internal Protocols.
• Assisted in GL Year-end closing and Un-do the YE close and validate the processes to make sure the Un-do YE close performance was flawless.
• Provided the Financial Accounting user team with the efficient and effective Integration of the Asset transactions & Data from Payables & Purchasing system and to Utilize the Consolidation & Unitize features and effect way of adjustments in PeopleSoft Asset Management there by helping the users to save time and providing them the data accuracy and synchronizing of data between the multiple books.
• Worked with the Management (Process Owners), Business Users, Security and IT Technical teams to accomplish the Project tasks as defined and designed for the implementation. Also coordinated with multiple teams and departments to get the work accomplished, this is the greatest challenges faced by me in trying to get into agreement by everyone on certain approaches, methodologies and solutions to the achieve the some of the major objectives of the project.
• Provided User training and created Job-aide and created a month end data validation queries to assist the end-users.

Confidential, CA

PeopleSoft Sr. Financials Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Production on existing modules on Purchasing, Payables and General Ledger.
• Assisted in setting up of Combo edits and maintenance of ChartField combinations, Tree Manager and nVision reports
• Assisted in modifying nVision scope and creation of new layouts where required.
• Accomplished successfully Implementation of Asset management 8.4 version to be in sync with the other modules that are already Live in 8.4.
• Performed Fit-Gap analysis for Upgrade from PeopleSoft 8.4 to 8.9 version.
• Performed Assessment and analysis of the business process flow & system (other modules) and evaluated the required configurations for integrating into the existing versions with other modules
• Gathered business requirements and recommended the best practices to be adopted for a smooth maintenance and performance of the system.
• Integration to GL - Presented and tested the Accounting entry reporting changes that are not delivered in the Peoplesoft delivered application in terms of accounting the asset management accounting lines to a detail ledger different than the default AP and AM ledger.
• Worked closely with process owners on multiple options of configuring the PO, AP, GL and AM configuration and also recommended the best processing sequences and methods of performing the transactions in Peoplesoft system.
• Configured the Peoplesoft AM application for seamless integration with current modules - PO, AP & GL.
• Defined the templates for Conversion of Data from flat file (.csv) to Peoplesoft Integration staging area.
• Defined the functional and technical rules of preparing the data by the users for loading them into Peoplesoft AM, AP and PO
• Created and Developed DMS scripts to Update and upload the data. Also used flat-file layout for loading of the conversion data into AM
• Worked closely with the technical team on migrations, security administration and also for importing the control data into PS tables.
• Created queries that are useful in reviewing the Control and transaction data at every major stage of processing Peoplesoft processes.
• Assisted team on the support and maintenance of the Payables and Purchasing application
• Studied and evaluated the need for implementation of Inventory Modules to certain business units of the company.
• Documented Job-Aide and Training Guide for ISD (Information systems Division) and Users group on the PeopleSoft Asset Management 8.4 version.

Confidential, CA

PeopleSoft Financial Application Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team and involved in identifying and resolving data discrepancies in Asset Management, Payables, Project Costing and General Ledger.
• Identified and resolved the functional process flaws and issues that impacted the reporting and financial data in sub-ledgers
• Assist in Year end 1099 changes and prepare of changes and development of changes where required.
• Worked on supporting issues related to tree maintenance and ChartField maintenance and combo definitions and errors
• Documented the training guide to users on multiple functionalities in Asset Management and Payables.
• Worked extensively on resolving depreciation issues on Group Assets. Also provided reconciliation of Depreciation NBV analysis and Trend analysis in comparison with that of system generated Depreciation.
• Identification and resolving Capitalization issues from Interface with other sub-systems and modules like PO, AP, IN and PC.
• Worked on Configuration issues and setup of multiple Asset functionalities like Group Assets, Regular and Parent/Child Assets.
• Re-design and re-configuration of Asset management module.
• Feasibility Study and analysis of regulatory requirements for utility companies on Continuing Property Records - (CPR), also the plant accounting per the requirements of Part 32 for Group Asset Processing on Retirements.
• Designed the functionality changes required for capitalization of Project Assets and documented & implemented the Design changes to the customized PC AM program.
• Gathered the Business requirements and designed the Analysis, Control and Trend reports for Asset Management, Project Costing and Payables modules.
• Developed detailed requirement and design specifications and unit test plans for application modifications, enhancements and customizations.
• Performed Fit/Gap Analysis, Prepared Functional/ technical Design & Co-Ordinate with Business & Technical Teams to accomplish the tasks also Implemented enhanced functionality and features relevant to the client business on Projects & Group Assets.
• Assist in Re-conciliation of Fixed Asset ledger with General ledger.
• Co-ordinate with the team and GSC in resolving the issues and incidents provided by PeopleSoft.
• Work with the user group in the identification and technical fixes of data entry or processing issues in Asset Management, Project Costing and Payables modules.
• Troubleshoot the issues related to Integration of Data Issues from Inventory, Purchasing, Payables and Projects to Asset Management.
• Assisted in ensuring the processes and reporting (ITS Business Solutions) comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Assisted Users and process owners on Month end close process. Also assisted in regular Production issues as required for emergency fix and backfill when primary support is unavailable

Confidential, OH

PeopleSoft Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Dev. of SQR financial reporting for University, Medical center and Research foundation and few reports related to HR.
• Created and implemented technical and functional Unit testing Scripts and documents and Integration testing and creation of Unit test plans.
• Development of SQR’s to generate CSX and flat files also developed the conversion of LIS files to PDF format.
• Analysis & Design for the Enhancements and Customizations also conducted Design & Development and Testing of programs for Encumbrances and Pre-encumbrances reports.
• Creation of Upgrade projects that involves development of records, pages, menu & components and registering the components via portal and windows application.
• Development & Creation of Ad-hoc Queries using Query Manager. Used Query Manager extensively.
• Analysis of the change control requirements for design and development, also involved Identification and applying the Updates and Patches.
• Designed and Created the PS Security user roles, profiles and permissions lists for the users and granting them the required access.
• Update the latest versions of the programs and documents using Xpedio version control system.

Confidential, IA

PeopleSoft Financial Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as PeopleSoft Financials Analyst for Asset Management. Project Costing and General Ledger modules on the PeopleSoft Conference Room Pilot (CRP) and Implementation of ver 8.4 application.
• Analysis, Design and Documentation on ‘As-Is’ and ‘To-Be Business Process’ and demonstrate these processes in Peoplesoft Application, Presentations and preparation of Visio Diagrams with the best-business practices applicable to client’s Financials area and its business process improvement. Identification of process level and system level Benefits to the client on financial applications.
• Identification of best business practices applicable to the Client in Financials area and Identify gaps between the PeopleSoft application and to-be RUAN processes.
• Actively involved in the Business Users workshops and Presentations of the Features and business processes that are supported in PeopleSoft Financial Application.
• Analyze suitability of PeopleSoft financial application Modules for the process improvements and as a solution to RUAN’s business requirements.
• Identification the required customizations to comply with the business requirements and to enhance the performance and improve the processes for the business need of RUAN
• Identify/Document Process-Level Gaps and Interfaces Requirements, Analyze Process-level Gaps into Workarounds, Customization or Process change and Obtain PMO & Core team consensus on Gap Resolution Mechanisms.
• Designed Inbound/Outbound Interface document and analysis for PS Data to and from Legacy systems and Biz-Talk Application of Asset related information and financial data. Documentation of Design/Develop and Testing of Setup for To-Be process, Customizations design, Workflows, Data Conversion specifications, custom Interfaces and Reports.

Confidential, NY

PS Techno-Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in PeopleTools, Financials Application and Customization Upgrades from PeopleSoft 7.5 - 8.0(SP2).
• Responsible for delivering the AM customization reports, AM product configuration and functionality testing of AM processes in PS 8.0.
• Assisted in preparing the knowledge base for Computer based training package in GL & AM modules.
• Involved in the High level & Detailed Gap/Fit analysis of the existing PeopleSoft Financials 7.5 to PeopleSoft Financials 8.0
• Demonstrated the High-level GAP with the Enhancements in 8.0 to the BU managerial Group.
• Documented the upgrade process for reference.
• Functionality Testing and Feasibility test done for most of the applications and features introduced in Version 8.0 relevant to Verizon.
• Involved in the Compare & Upgrade report analysis.
• Involved in upgrade of SQR's PeopleSoft 7.5 to PeopleSoft 8.0 field & Record changes
• Designed Outbound Interface document and analysis for PS Data to Mainframe systems and Inbound Design Document for Voucher entries and Vendor Details.
• Created new SQR’s to update the translation process.
• Involved in Business requirements gathering to design technical AM, AP, PO & GL documents.
• Designed technical specs to develop outbound interface and business process accordingly
• Actively Supported Production issues and development on PeopleSoft 7.5 and Issue tracking (normally for month-end process)
• Applied the relevant fixes and tested the new functionality, like the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 related to Asset Management (9/11 Depr. Bonus)
• Applied PS delivered updates & fixes from time to time and keep track of the new updates and document the same for future reference.
• Setup and Testing done for new processes or features provided in PS 8.0 like the Depreciation Allocation, etc.
• Modified Custom SQR’s and Developed Enhancement SQR’s for as required for 8.0.
• Created the Security user roles, profiles and permissions lists for the users and granting them the required access.
• Worked closely with End Users to understand current systems and define requirements for development of Reports, Interfaces and Customizations within PeopleSoft AM, AP and GL Modules.
• Developed, managed and implemented test plans to ensure the system meets end-user requirements.
• Created Unit Test Plans templates for Upgrade SQR Testing Documentation.
• Actively Involved in production Support of ver.7.53 (AM, AP & GL) parallel to Upgrade process