SUMMARY:

Twenty years of experience in IT industry with ten years of commercial consulting services in one of the big - five Consulting firms and more than ten years of Project Management services with hands on functional work experience in Federal Financials sector. Worked as a Manager (Level III) in International Oracle Service Line-ERP/EEA Practice for six years and as a Financial Systems Project Manager/Account Rep. in Federal space for more than ten years. Specialized in Implementations, Upgrades, Maintenance and Support of Federal and Commercial Financials, Critical Technologies, Human Resources Management Systems, Procurement and Manufacturing, CRM, Data Warehouse and Portal Applications. Following are my s, clearance and work permit details:

• Applications Project Manager (Enhancements) / Solutions Architect for a Federal Financials upgrade project (11i-11. .2.4)
• Senior Manager with CGE&Y for implementing several large scale implementations across North America and Europe.
• Demonstrated team leadership for a wide range of deliverables including business processes, design, system architecture and CRP/UAT testing phases
• Submitted white paper on “Federal Financials in hosted environments” at OAUG to share the solution, approach and lessons learned during the implementations
• Strong command on Federal/Commercial Financials, Internet Applications and HRMS applications
• Broad expertise with significant working knowledge and experience in General Accounting to Reporting, Procure to Pay, Recruitment to Retirement, Acquire to Retire, Project Accounting, Time and Labor, Revenue to Cash processes and Applications System Administration

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

TECHNOLOGY:

Federal and Commercial Financials - Oracle 12.2.4/11. .0.3 / 10. X (GL, AP/iEXP, PO, Fed Admin, FA, PA, OTL and AR). HRMS 11i (HR, Stand. & Adv.Benefits). Oracle Business Intelligence. OAM (11i) Supply Chain 11.0.2/11i (OM and INV). Oracle CRM 11i (Sales and Marketing Online). Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i/8.0/7.x DB, System Administration. Testing Tools: Oracle UPK (On-Demand Tool), IBM ClearQuest and Manual Tester, BrioQuery Reports, Winrunner, Informatica, Test Director. Oracle Internet Development Suite, PL/SQL, Unix Shell Scripts, Java, OA Framework, HTML, AOL, Alerts, SQL*Plus, Reflections 4.0 and SKANDATA BarCoder

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for the upgrade of Oracle Federal Financials system from 11. .2.6. Manage all aspects of the implementation including Technical, Functional and Infrastructure tasks.
• Review and update configuration and design documents.
• Provide support and subject matter expertise on key management deliverables and implement lessons learned from a similar R12 upgrade project done at another department of DoED - FSA FMS.
• Planning of CRP Sessions, UAT and Cutover phases of the project.
• Ensure all critical tasks of the project are completed in a timely manner.
• Played key role for the timely delivery and management of following major deliverables:
• Master Project Plan, Management, Development, CEMLI Objects Project Plan, Unit Testing and Status Tracking.
• DS-30 Configurations Review and Delivery.
• Cutover Document for all Modules - Deliverable and Planning.
• Functional Role and Responsibility for the delivery of AR/ Advanced Collections module upgrade and setup.
• Played active role as functional team expert to configure and modify the SLA (Sub-Ledger Accounting) configurations for Financial modules (AP,PO and AR).
• Extended Project Planning, CRP1 &2 Results Document, Presentation Reviews and Deliverables.
• Plan and conduct initial meetings on NLS and AR Requirements Gathering sessions.
• Review and finalize the CRP1 Functional and Technical Design Documents.
• Management of functional and technical staff and their deliverables.
• Status tracking of all team members, Instance Planning, Environments Matrix, Consolidated Readme for code objects.
• Guidance on Builds Preparation and Deployment via Portal.
• Assisted with CRP 1 and 2 - Demos, Hands-on Session and Handouts.
• Assignments of both functional and technical teams.
• Interviews and staffing on a need basis.
• Created Functional Testing Templates to be used by all Functional Staff.
• Hands on work on - CPSS Vendors Online, Batch Interfaces, Requisitions/PO Validations, Provided GL Interface FMS to FMSS Functional Test Scenarios.
• Played key role in Management for the delivery of $80 million project over a period of 9 years at FMS.
• Plan, manage and implement the upgrade projects related to new government legislations, enhancements and software upgrades to FSA Financials Management System on a regular basis.
• Served as a Secretary on Change Control Board for 9 years at FMS.
• Prepare capacity plan for quarterly, upgrades, half year and emergency release projects, and managed a team of up to 14 resources.
• Review and update new Task Orders/Contracts related to new projects. Assist vendors on Task Order responses - Cost, Resources, Scope and SLA Deliverables.
• Functional responsibility of Accounts Payables and related Sub-Ledger Accounting configurations (SLA) required for the upgrade.
• Create and manage the project plan/tasks using MS Projects. Projects initiation, kickoff,
• Status reporting in executive meetings and conduct project team meeting
• Provide plans and recommendations to internal team and senior management for reducing risk in the development life cycle
• Conduct current and future state workshops, process mapping, write-ups and analysis for final solution on project enhancements/upgrade
• Responsible for creating estimates at a detailed level (functional, technical, DBA) for all enhancement projects initiated for FSA FMS system.
• Identify staff, development needs and provide recommendations. Manage resource conflicts and issues.
• Responsible for the implementation of a large data analytics/warehouse interface EDWA ( Warehouse & Analytics) from FSA FMS to Accenture.
• Provide briefings to senior management officials and contractor management officials on issues.
• Provides input to planning, budget, security, configuration, and problem management processes related to the assigned functional areas.
• Facilitate requirements and design sessions for enhancements and actively work with team members on key issues during all phases of the SDLC life cycle.
• Manage configurations (BR100), Upgrade Cookbooks, Delta Setups, test plans, test scenarios, and intersystem testing for each project.
• Delivery of Solution Design documents, conversions, interfaces, customizations, enhancements, and related design documents.
• Responsible for the delivery of requirements, design and setup documents, Configurations, business scenarios/ scripts, SQL/plsql programs, etc. for critical enhancements in OAM, GL, AP, AR, and Custom applications.

Confidential

Sr. Manager - Procure to Pay Team/Property Planning and Equipment

Responsibilities:

• Management Responsibility for the solution and integration of multiple external systems with Payables and Purchasing systems for processing Travel Orders
• Delivery of PTP and PPE business processes and managed a team of 7 resources
• Responsible for the design and delivery for about 20 RICE objects, Managed and trained a 20 member team for the delivery of RICE objects
• Manage and support cross-functional teams on enterprise-level Configuration Management (CM) and Release Management (RM) program.
• Actively participated in configuration activities for PO and AP applications
• PP&E SI Lead with responsibilities including configurations, design deliverables, test scenarios, conditions and overall product testing
• Collaborated with business users in defining system functionality, scenarios and scripts (IBM Rational ClearQuest and Manual Tester). CRP testing sessions
• Manage current state processes, To-be process flows (PA and OTL), and co-hosted workshops for both SI and Client team members
• Participated in the future state design and process flow sessions for both Project Accounting and Time and Labor
• Participated in the integration of PA, OTL, and External Payroll systems. Responsible for PA/FA Integration.

Confidential

Sr. Manager/Technical Architect - Procurement Functional Team

Responsibilities:

• Create and Manage Project Plan, Budgeting, Tasks, Resources and Delivery using MS Projects. Responsible for data analytics and business intelligence development work for a large financial data system
• Solution architect for phase1 implementation: Delivery of system architecture, system administration, interface design and data strategy
• Responsible for providing management, direction and oversight to data request fulfillment, development of responses to complex queries/inquiries, data modeling, statistical analysis, business intelligence and forecasting of financial data
• Created data strategy and vision document for conversions and financial reporting
• Advisor to management on data requirements and ensured that key users have access to BI reports for decision-making process.
• Participated in procurement applications current/future state workshops, design, documentation, and deliver. Design and delivery of CCR & PO-P-Card (federal) process and overall vendor management solution
• Configuration activities for PO and AP applications
• Project Testing lead for CRP1 and CRP2 sessions. Collaborated with business users in defining test scenarios, creating material and created test scripts, and participated in CRP/UAT sessions. Used Oracle UPK Tool (on-demand )
• Responsible for the delivery of functional and technical specifications, development, and unit and user test plans for about 30 RICE objects
• Managed a 6 member team including external vendors IBM (Hosting Services) and GSS (Applications Support)
• Responsible for Fixed Assets project initiation and kick-off for phase2 deployment
• Analyzed current state study material and conducted workshops to confirm the existing processes. Created current state deliverable including the points of improvement areas and conclusions. Future state workshops, process mapping, and accounting analysis
• Project Testing lead for the creation of business scenarios, material, and test scripts using the ORACLE UPK tool (on-demand ). Delivered data strategy for the assets conversion.
• Created Configurations required for the initial solution design and CRP1 testing
• Configured key and descriptive flexfields, depreciation and prorate calendars, prorate conventions and asset categories in the application
• Participated in CRP and UAT sessions and Responsible for PA/FA Integration.
• Management team for estimation, project plan, design and development requirements, CRP testing, end user / testing for a Federal Government Project (Ca$h Link System).

Confidential

Financials and HRMS

Responsibilities:

• Involved in engagement planning, estimates, and design and trained resources on HRMS Applications
• Responsible for the implementation of a large data analytics/warehouse project for a complex global HR management system.
• Managed the implementation, reporting, data modelling and post implementation support.
• Led a 40 member off-shore team responsible for the development and unit testing of 100 RICE objects
• Played key role in the delivery of Global HR and Oracle Advanced Benefits solution design, architecture and data requirements
• Business Analyst and lead data architect for Global HR Data Warehouse implementation
• Staffed a team of 11 data analytics/warehouse resources including 3 business team members, 5 analysts/developers and 2 DBAs to support the design, development, and testing effort.
• Created test script templates for use by the 10 member technical and functional team
• Responsible for establishing the vision and strategy for the Data Analytics Team and for effectively using resources to deliver on commitments.
• Assisted senior management for the use of data analytics for decision-making and ensured that the benefits of using data in support of decision-making are known and understood.
• Delivered several dashboard reports for visualizations, trends and risks, and predictive reports related to organizations working across 5 continents (NA, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia).

Confidential

Manufacturing and Transportation

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Order Management and Inventory functional team as a team member and also as an acting OM team lead
• PHASE1: Role in the first phase included the current state, future state and gap analysis of supply chain applications. Worked actively with technology and business partners in defining the "as is" and "to be" process flows
• Participated in the design and upgrade of Order Management module
• Configured OM module for CRP2 and CRP3 testing sessions
• PHASE2: Manager for a 5 member Confidential and a 6 member Mumbai (India) offshore development teams.

Retail Sector

Responsibilities:

• Manager for Financials Implementation with a team of analysts for the design and development of interfaces, conversions, forms, reports, shell scripts, and other customizations
• Developed templates for use by the 10 members technical team and Audit control for the system. Technical/Functional design documents, Develop coding standards for custom objects and technical architecture for the implementation
• Analysis and Design of interfacing from external systems to Oracle Applications/Data Warehouse and Oracle Portal
• Development Manager for Client Corporate Systems