SUMMARY

• I have extensive experience of working in PeopleSoft Financials.
• As a lead financial functional resource, I was involved in technology evaluation, technology selection, application analysis, fit/gap analysis, design, customizations, testing and production support.
• I have led projects for PeopleSoft Implementation, upgrades, system and data conversions and system interfaces.
• I have trained users and developed training materials.
• My major role was to communicate and interact with the CFO and top management executives to implement multiple financial projects in the organization.
• I worked as a liaison between finance team and technical team and coordinated projects with the project management office and business community.
• I provided direction to the team members through effective leadership skill.
• I directed different teams (including off shore) to implement, integrate and enhance PeopleSoft and other financial systems within the organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• People Tools (Certified People Tools I and II),
• People Code
• PS/nvision, PS/Query, Crystal reports
• PS Security
• Ps tree manager
• Application designer, SQR, SQL
• Data Mover, Application Messaging, EDI Manager, workflow
• Cognos
• Hyperion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Basking Ridge, NJ

PeopleSoft Financials Project Manager/Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• My major role was to obtain new financial projects from top management and take it to the downward stream for the effective implementation.
• Worked as a PeopleSoft financials Manager and collaborated with PeopleSoft technical lead, Business community, Project Management team and DBA team.
• Led Business Requirements Meetings, designed and created specifications documents and obtained sign off from the business team.
• Involved in enhancements and customization by Coordinating and translating the design documents to the developers and off shore team.
• Led system testing of changes/fixes/enhancements of applications supported.
• Led Users Acceptance testing process with the users.
• Led support team to provide support to the big user community by troubleshooting the production support issues for GL, AP, AR, MP, Expense, Cash mgt, treasury and other modules.
• Led training workshops to train users on different functionality.
• Responsible to evaluate and recommend new technologies.
• Led PeopleSoft upgrade process from v8.8 to v9.2
• Led fit/gap analysis and configuration workshops for comparing current version of GL, AP, AR, Expense, Invoicing, Inventory,Purchasing, Asset Management, Cash Management modules to a new version modules.
• Participated in analysis and implementation of patches for new functionalities.
• Led multiple system conversion efforts from external system to PeopleSoft system and from PeopleSoft system to external system.
• Involved in developing Interfaces from PeopleSoft Financial modules to other systems and from other systems to PeopleSoft system.
• Led the efforts in streamlining the various processes within the business and systems.
• Evaluated and provided recommendations to make processes better, where feasible.
• Participated in all audit and governance activities

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

PeopleSoft Financials Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Peoplesoft General Ledger 8.8 for Confidential
• Led Business Requirements workshops, designed and evaluated system specification documents.
• Led Configuration team by preparing Configuration documents and setting up system.
• Led Production support efforts for post production issues
• Led the testing team by allocating tasks among the team members, evaluating testing strategy documents, preparing test plans and test scripts.
• Led User training workshops.
• Involved in systems conversion process and contributed in conceptualizing the conversion pieces through high level meetings
• Led General Ledger Upgrade project.
• Involved in Project Management efforts.

Confidential, Secaucus, NJ

PeopleSoft Techno Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented PeopleSoft v8.4 General Ledger, Accounts Payables & Accounts Receivables modules for GFIS Project. (The Global Financial Information System).
• Involved in Analyzing, Designing, Configuring, Customizing and Testing PeopleSoft V8.4 General Ledger functionality includes processing of journals, intra/Inter Unit transactions, VAT analysis, multi currency, allocations, document sequencing, alternate accounts, year end close process, nVision reports, Crystal Reports, statutory reports, and multi language function. Prepared the Business Requirements document and Design documents for the General Ledger functionality. Also prepared technical documents based on Business requirements. Involved in testing of functionality before moving to production.
• Involved in Presenting, Analyzing, Designing, Configuring and Testing PeopleSoft v8.4 Accounts Payables functionality includes vouchers, payments, vendors, vendor class, sales tax, check printing electronic payments, and withholdings. Prepared Business Requirements document, Design Documents, Technical documents and Test documents for Accounts Payable Functionality.
• Involved in Presenting, Analyzing, Designing, Configuring and Testing PeopleSoftv8.4 Accounts Receivables features includes managing items and payments, electronic payment, lock box processing, applying payments, maintaining & transferring receivables, processing of drafts, direct deposits, and payment predictor. Prepared Business requirements document, Prepared Bus ness Requirements document, and Design document, technical and testing documents for Accounts Receivables based on user requirements.
• Preparation of configuration documents based on the user requirements for Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables & General Ledger modules.
• Conducted Fit/Gap analysis of existing PeopleSoft System v7.0 and PeopleSoft v8.4.

Confidential, NJ

PeopleSoft Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed a project plan for an ERP implementation using Microsoft Project. Defined project objective, activities, tasks, resources, deliverables, duration and communication plan.
• Planned and led high - level meetings to determine overall project objective and scope.
• Interacted with top executives to collect project requirements and to review project progress on timely basis.
• Defined business requirements for implementing General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets and Inventory modules. Mapped the requirements to functionality of PeopleSoft Financials 8.0.
• Conducted a PeopleSoft Financials and Oracle Financials comparison study. Prepared AIM documents for implementing all modules for PeopleSoft Financials and Oracle Financials III and provided the comparative views to management to help them choose the right ERP.

Confidential, NY

PeopleSoft Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented PeopleSoft Financials 7.5
• Led General Ledger implementation and restructuring of business processes. Restructured the allocation process taking into consideration type of allocations, pool, and basis, target, offset and accounting structure. Reengineered overheads and inter-company allocations. Redefined consolidations.
• Reviewed chart fields, statistical accounts and masks.
• Reviewed and streamlined closing process.
• Involved in changing nvision layouts and n/plosions as per user’s requirements.
• Administered security using security views.

Confidential, Teaneck, NJ

PeopleSoft Financials Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led requirements gathering workshops and configuration of system for Expense, General Ledger and Accounts Receivables Modules.
• Participated in requirements workshops, unit testing and user training workshops for Expense, GL, and Accounts Receivables Modules.