EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with deep understanding of traditional Project Management Methodologies including Project Planning, Costing/Budgeting, Project Monitoring and Controlling, Risk - Management, Stakeholder Management, Change Management, Quality Management, Exception Management, Disaster Recovery Management, Project Closure etc. An Insightful professional with notable success in driving and managing multiple projects of international scale.
• Certified Scrum Master (SMAC) adept in activities like Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Product Backlog refinement, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Change/ Risk Management, monitoring and tracking progress through Kanban Board etc. Act as a Coach, mentoring the team on Kanban, Agile and Lean models of Project execution.
• Exceptional Stakeholder Management, Collaboration and Facilitation skills - Understand, analyze, communicate and validate requirements. Experienced in Requirements elicitation techniques like brainstorming, Value Analysis, interviews, prototyping and workshops by conducting JAD (Joint Application Development) sessions.
• Credible Interpersonal communication skills to build and sustain strong working relationship and synergies across multiple portfolios in multi-stakeholder, multi geography, multi-vendor environment.
• Excellent Oral and Written communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate across third parties and technical and business product managers. Have ample experience of working directly with Senior Leadership teams.
• Experienced Project Lead, which included Team Management, Mentoring, Competency Development. Have worked extensively on Onsite, Offshore & Hybrid models of team compositions.
• Experienced in Quality Management, Assurance & control activities, QA Test Management, developing test strategy, test plan, implementing testing, managing defects, troubleshooting and tracking all test deliverables

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project Management (Waterfall & Scrum Delivery Models)
• Process Maps & Data Flow Diagrams
• COTS Cloud Product Implementations
• Requirements Specifications and Business Process Re-engineering
• Functional Design & configuration Documentation
• Risk & Quality Plans, Metrics, Assessment and Control
• Product Migration, process impacts analysis, change management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Confidential, Framingham, MA

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Cloud based Spend Management System “Coupa” migrating on-premise Ariba & multiple PR/PO silo tools as a comprehensive, controlled, Auditable Corporate Wide Spend Management Tool.
• Migration Assessment, Risk Assessment, Risk Impact, Risk Mitigation and Resolution, Data Quality Assessment, Downstream Integration Impact Assessment, Process Re-engineering assessment, Integration Development and timeline/ cost impacts assessment.
• Integrations via Flat File & API between Oracle, PeopleSoft, Identity & Access Management, TapFin, FieldGlass, Transport Management, Marketing, Service Provisioning, ESB (Middleware), Enterprise Security, Privacy, Internal Audit & Control, Service Level Management, Real Estate, IT Asset Management, MPOWER, Bank Of America
• Integration design, development (on-site/ offshore), Test Plan, Production Planning, Bug fixes and enhancements, Release Upgrade, Instance sync, Support Documentation & Processes.
• Process automated Procure-to-Pay, Invoice Automation, Employee Travel & Expenses
• Participate in business process re-engineering, best practices and customization challenges. Sharing suggestions and knowledge to help optimize implementation methodology.
• Conducting workshops with Business Stakeholders, Staples IT & Coupa for CRP’s, Business process enhancements etc.
• Managing Project Budget, Timeline and reporting to PMO & Steering Committee on Critical path, deviations, risks and mitigation plans.
• Non PO Backed Invoices Processed on Coupa in 3 months after Go-Live 22K accounting disbursements of 24 $ million with complete visibility and auditory controls.

Project Manager

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Business Analysis for Performance and Compensation areas with reference to Oracle Cloud HCM implementation.
• Communicate with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues
• Managing multiple HCM teams and aligning them to meet organizational business and technical goals. Leveraging execution of onsite-offshore model for time and budget advantages
• Develop work plan, follow and deliver in line with Oracle Unified Method 6.3 Project Management Process an customized Agile/ Scrum delivery model prescribed by Oracle.
• Participate in business process re-engineering, best practices and customization issues. Shares suggestions and knowledge to help optimize implementation methodology
• Migration from On-premise Oracle eBusiness Suite to Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management Suite of applications.
• Risk planning, assessment and impacts with metrics. Risk resolution and reporting.
• Participate in business process workshops/CRPs and requirements gathering sessions and support clients in defining relevant processes
• Able to coordinate with Oracle for SRs, new product releases, ability to coordinate upgrades/patches/fixes

Project Manager

Confidential, Manhattan, KS

Responsibilities:

• Implementing Cloud based Oracle Human Capital Management System.
• Gathering and organizing information on problems or procedures; documenting existing processes, systems and organizational structures; conducting operational audits and analyzing data for possible improvements; advising on best practices and recommending new or revised systems and implementing approved changes.
• Determining if current policies, practices and internal controls are adequate to meet management objectives and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of HCM teams by 16% and the quality of deliverables by 22%
• Supports user acceptance testing on production data loading and new features.
• Process change assessment, User training and adaptation assessment, Risk Assessment and reporting.
• Using OTBI and similar reporting tools creates scheduled and ad hoc reports, and develops reports according to the software development lifecycle.

Project Manager

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Implementing Cloud based Oracle Human Capital Management System
• Assist HR in addressing their most complex business challenges by maximizing performance of the Human Resource (HR) function through systems and processes.
• Support the development of training content for Oracle Fusion HCM business users.
• Translate business goals and objectives into strategic business capabilities.
• Systematic updating and creation of system documentation, business process documentation, HR desk procedure and end user documentation.
• Benchmark current and future processes against best industry practices.
• Provide the methodology, standards and tools for efficient and effective program management.

Project Manager

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Multiple applications (SFDC, Siebel, Cost Point, Peachtree, IFS) were to be consolidated for completely automated and integrated Sales and Service functions onto Siebel Suite.
• Integrate with PeopleSoft ERP and Hyperion EPM solutions being implemented by another vendor.
• Document new and existing business process maps and perform analysis of task interdependencies within maps.
• Document requirements, user stories, test plans, test cases, technical solutions, user guides; maintain and update existing documentation as required.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Function as the Analyst for the most complex and/or integrated business process design and re-engineering projects.
• CTI/ Voicemail/ email integration. Knowledge Management, Material Handling, Back Office integration, Dynamic Workflow creation, Shipping Management, Convergys Integration, and Service & Call Center Analytics was the scope of the project.
• Ownership for the entire software development lifecycle: functional design, application testing/installation, and training of end users.
• Design and write custom reports utilizing end user based reporting tools.
• Develop and adhere to established standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Confidential

Team Lead- Solution Delivery

Responsibilities:

• Part of a team implementing Oracle R12 HRMS modules HR, Advance Benefits, OTL and Payroll. Assisted in Business process mapping and prototyping, gap analysis, solution design, HRMS setup, testing and user training.
• Designed programs to upload time from Time force to OTL data conversion including time and attributes for OTL module.
• Was involved in defining Compensation Work Bench setup like Defining Distribution Budget, Budget Reserve, Worksheet Budget, Worksheet Amount, Recommended Amount and Eligible Salary.

Confidential

Team Lead Solution Delivery

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Oracle E-Business Suite R12 implementation which includes Core HR, Oracle Payroll, Oracle Time and Labor and Oracle Advance Benefit modules.
• Designed legacy data conversion strategy for HR, Payroll, OAB and OTL modules and performed lead rule for configuration in CRP1, QA and cut-over phases.
• Was responsible in defining Advanced Benefits, Eligibility Factors, Eligibility Profiles, Programs, Plan types, Plans and Options, Enrollment Requirements, Flex credits, Benefit Pools, and Standard Rate Calculation.

Confidential

Functional Consultant- HCM

Responsibilities:

• Ramco HCM implementation in Satyam- EMRI covering HR Core, Leave & Absence Management, Payroll and Performance Management.
• Developing the Business Requirement Specification as per Ramco BPR templates.
• Data Migration strategy from Oracle HRMS to Ramco HCM and integration with Oracle Financials.
• Was part of Unit testing, System Testing and in phase of UAT across multiple environments.

Confidential

Functional Consultant- HCM

Responsibilities:

• Part of team for implementation of Ramco HCM Suite including HR Core, Payroll, Compensation Planning, Balance Scorecard, Performance Management, Learning and Succession Planning.
• Set-up Employee Self Service Portal for Employee Information, Payroll, Tax Declarations and Deductions, Performance Management etc.
• Designed the customized Balance Score Card framework reporting for Senior Leadership for HR reporting.
• Formulated the KPI and Metrics on various pre-defined and adhoc reporting on Data Cubes.

Confidential

Functional Consultant Oracle HRMS

Responsibilities:

• Part of a team implementing Oracle R11 HRMS modules HR, OTL, Performance Management and India Payroll.
• Contributed to HR part of Business process mapping and prototyping, gap analysis, solution design, testing and user training.
• Maintenance of Employee Information through Oracle Apps including Personal Details, Educational Qualifications, Skill Profile, Work Experience and Joining Data.

Confidential

Functional Consultant Oracle HRMS- Offshore

Responsibilities:

• Involved in implementation of E-Business Suite Applications HRMS 11i - HR, Payroll, CWB, SSHR, OAB and OTL.
• Was involved in setting up bonus Compensation Plan (CWB) by defining distribution budget, eligible salary and worksheet details.
• Was involved in setting up OTLR by defining Holiday Calendar, Shifts, Work plans, Rotation plans, Element Time Information, Shift Differential Policy, Hours Deduction Policy, Premium Eligibility Policy, Earnings Policy, Assignment Time Information, Automatic Timecard Generation, and Transfer to BEE.

Confidential

Functional Consultant Oracle HRMS- Offshore

Responsibilities:

• Worked on implementation setup processes of Oracle E-business HRMS 11i applications -HR, iRecruitment, SSHR, OLM, Payroll, OTL and OAB.
• Worked on Oracle ADP Connection Implementation project to send employee data from Oracle HR to ADP.
• Interacted with users to resolve any issues during the production, development and enhancement phases in both Technical and Functional aspects.
• Worked on implementation setup processes of Oracle E-business HRMS 11i applications -HR, SSHR, OLM, Payroll, OTL
• Involved in setup and implementation of Absence management with Accrual Plans to define the Vacation package for the employees and Involved in definition of Absence types, Accrual Plans.
• Defined Eligibility profiles, Enrollment Requirements, Plans, Programs and standard rates.
• MBA2001 Masters in Business Administration- Marketing & HR- Osmania University.
• BSc1999Bachelor in Sciences (Mathematics, Electronics & Physics)- Osmania University.