AJAY SHARMA

Email ID: - acd0ev@r.postjobfree.com

Contact: - +91-

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(India, Delhi)

SUMMARY

Resourceful innovator and leader with well-developed project management,

program implementation and training abilities. Highly effective manager

with the flexibility and integrity to solve problems and create successful

new programs. Recognized as a quick learner and excellent trainer,

particularly with new technologies. Conscientious self-starter with the

motivation to carry large projects through from inception to completion.

Around +5 years of Project Manager with Plus 13-Years of relevant

experience in Oracle Application Financial Modules (GL, AP, FA, AR,

CM,PO,Inv.IExpense,Purchasing,OM) with 7 full life cycle Implementation &

four support projects in 11i & R12 implementation with total of plus 15

Years of Experience along with Knowledge of P2P, O2C, R2R and India

Localization .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Company Designation Role Duration

Diebold India Inc Project & Program Project & Aug-12 to

Manager / Program till

Consultant Manager /

Consultant

Wipro Infotech Sr.Project Lead Project May-10 to

Manager Jul-12

Polaris Software Lab Ltd Sr.Consultant Project Oct'06-

Manager/ Sr May-10

.Consultant

Able Business Solutions Functional Consultant Feb'06-Oct'

Consultant 06

SO Infotech (p) Ltd. Functional Consultant Jul'04-Feb'

Consultant 06

Newcon Consultant Accounts Executive Accountant Jan'97 -

Mar'00

PROJECT SUMMARY

(1) Project Name:-Diebold India Inc. Duration: Sep-13 to Till

Date

Role: - Sr. Project Manager & Program Manager

Technical

Lead and develop ERP implementation solutions:

Ensuring projects are aligned to client's organizational strategy,

responsive to a changing business climate, with clearly defined policies

and procedures

Develop ERP implementation approach and strategy, depending on client

need

Understand and manage engagement as it relates to client's business

Assure client deliverables meet or exceed client's expectations

Manages billing, collection and client satisfaction

Develop tools to facilitate the practice development and implementation

management processes

Assist in the selection and tailoring of approaches, methods and tools

to support service offering or industry projects

Provide leadership, vision, and management to the IT department

Work with the senior management and directors to assess and respond to

IT needs

Manage an IT staff of the department

Hold departmental meetings to review strategic goals and initiatives,

promote team building and work to provide growth paths for staff

Provide day-to-day supervision, conduct performance appraisals, and

delegate work assignments for all IT personnel

Assist in recruiting, hiring, and providing appropriate training for IT

support staff

Serve on planning and policy-making committees.

Oversee the development, design, and implementation of new applications

and changes to

Consult with business unit management and personnel to identify and

document business needs and objectives, current operational procedures

and problems

Define IT solutions to various business needs and communicate in clear

terms to business unit management the IT solution alternatives and

assist them in their decision making

Create and update business process documents as it relates to financials

processes such as month end closing

Create requirements document, functional specification documents, unit

and integrated test scenario documents and other relevant artifacts

necessary for implementation of IT solutions

Provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and resolving

day-to-day IT issues as it relates to financial applications

Create or update end user training documents and guides

Provide hands-on training to end users on various aspects of

applications

Act as the primary consultant for the Order to Cash process stream,

serving as a bridge between our business stakeholders and technology

delivery teams.

Provide direction and functional oversight for the Order to Cash process

stream across multiple project streams to ensure an optimal global

design.

Support corporate financial system initiatives providing technology

solutions that will meet or exceed current requirement and scale to

accommodate future change and growth.

Participate as advisor in architecting and design of future enterprise

solutions.

Develop and execute enterprise wide standards for project implementation

methodology and strategic initiatives.

Identify opportunities to deploy leading technologies and practices in

our business solutions.

Drive new architectural requirements for impacted neighbor systems in

collaboration with neighbor system architects

Establish and sustain a technical roadmap to support a cost effective,

repeatable, and rapid deployment framework.

Evangelize the capabilities of Oracle EBS and build consensus for

leveraging those capabilities across our business.

Possess global implementation expertise in implementations and solution

architecture in a global environment.

Strong understanding of business architecture methodologies and process

modeling in a large organization across multiple functional units

Extensive background in implementing and optimizing Oracle EBS Financial

suite.

Deep knowledge of the Oracle EBS application architecture including

integrations and executions, technology and toolsets

Must possess ability to understand highly complex and custom developed

systems.

Ability to balance tactical objectives of speed, simplicity and agility

with broader scope and long range strategic objectives.

Energy and desire to thrive in a fast-paced organization.

Flexible in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment and customer

focused.

Staff Development

Delegates and manages the work of a team of consultants in practice;

monitors/maintains morale of engagement

Conduct performance reviews and contribute to feedback for staff; follow

up with staff relative to career development objectives/plan

Identifies needs for practice resources and recruits the right staff

giving consideration to technical competencies and culture

Ensures appropriate distribution of projects to facilitate staff

development while achieving project objectives and economic goals

Ensures integration of individual career development plans with the

practice plan

Coaches others to be effective in developing staff

Mentors staff in the development of their relationships with clients

Identifies, attracts and develops staff to provide necessary skills and

competencies to serve clients

Providing appropriate and timely performance feedback to those

supervised

Effectively conducts staff career planning sessions

Provides balanced feedback to clients and staff. Contribute to people

initiatives, including recruiting, retaining and training other

consultants/ professionals

Practice Development

Engages in client identification, expansion and cross-serving with

meaningful fees sold goal; recognizes importance of lead generation

Review and lead proposals and engagement letter development

Syndicates ideas and services to other practice developers; Facilitates

the development of practice development skills of others; Understands

Practice Development as team effort and is able to meaningfully

orchestrate opportunities

Solicits client referrals and converts referrals into Practice

Development opportunities ; Presents new services to potential clients

Proactively defines client relationships that best meet the objectives

of both the client and P&M

Begins to develop a wider understanding of client's business outside the

scope of engagement by engaging with clients about how they are

responding to current business trends and risks in their industry and

see how we can help

Builds a relationship with client decision-makers where ideas and new

service offerings can be discussed ; Asks client for referrals to other

business owners/decision makers; Engages the client in conversation

about business plan and strategy and identifies opportunities for

involvement

Introduces P&M staff in service lines which would benefit the client,

including colleague partnering

Coaches all P&M team members on cross serving skills and creates

learning opportunities

Establishes and monitors performance measurement metrics consistent with

career development and practice plans

Interacts with other practice areas including but not limited to audit,

tax, and other management consulting service groups; Enables and

promotes the development of new practices

Practice Management

Analyzes budgets/time summaries for planning and billing purposes; leads

billing activities; responsible for realization goals

Ability to work within budgetary and time constraints while providing a

high-level of client satisfaction

Satisfies internal reporting requirements

Manages multiple projects; Deals fluidly and effectively with multiple

client relationships

Leads and conducts practice activities in a manner that is consistent

with and promotes Firm values

Exhibits attitudes and behaviors that recognize responsibility for the

P&M team as a whole

Coordinates appropriate resources, both across and outside the

organization, to deliver valued services and business results to new and

existing clients

Anticipating and addressing client concerns and escalating problems as

they arise

Actively manages a portfolio of decision makers in ways that create

referrals and references.

Knows the strengths, weaknesses and strategies of our competition and

how to effectively position the firm to secure and retain business with

existing and new clients.

Proactively advises clients on issues outside of contracted projects

Ensures that appropriate technical reviews occur on projects in a timely

and effective manner

Helps staff connect activities to broader firm objectives

Creates and nurtures a climate that is consistent with and reinforces

the Firm's values

Assumes ultimate responsibility for team dynamics and interpersonal

relationships

Ensuring professional development through ongoing education and

obtaining additional certifications as appropriate

Balances specific expertise/specialization with broader advisory

capabilities

a. Monitor and do a focused delivery/project review covering status,

issues, risks, concerns etc. set up and weekly/fortnightly meetings

b. Building and maintaining strong client / partner relationships,

conducive to incremental business development

c. Look for suitable account mining opportunities

d. Liaise/network with the customer stakeholders

e. Working with the operational team to ensure that the project

commercials, time recording and invoicing mechanisms are set-up

appropriately.

f. Ensuring clients are satisfied with the delivered project

g. Working with the practice manager and resource leads to ensure

effective resource utilization at onsite

h. Communicating the plan and gaining client buy-in and agreement

Other Activates:-

New project initiation

Work with offshore team to ensure team is identified

Review and put in place project plan, charter, kick off presentations.

Engage with customer and track the project from contract sign off to

closure.

Track all new projects for PO, contract, SOW, CRs etc. this is critical

and needs to be escalated if delay beyond a certain point

Presales and Solutioning

A. Coordinate with the offshore team for getting proposals on time - be

in constant touch with presales and practices

B. Be the channel between offshore and prospect/customer through which

critical queries are addressed so that proposals are clear in terms of

scope/solution

C. Do a clear delivery review of proposals for scope, deliverables,

milestones etc.

D. Working with the Sales team to optimize commercial positioning and

identify potential incremental business/additional commercial

opportunities.

Participate in presales customer meetings and project management &

approaches explanations

F. Participate when requested in proposal review overall time schedule

of proposals to be submitted for new projects.

G. Review new awarded contract when requested and advise feedback on

schedule, risks, and issues.

Sales support

a. Visit new opportunities along with Sales team

b. Assist in initial solution mapping and product identification if

required

c. Work with Oracle to build a strong alliance.

d. Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of the new processes, products

and competitor activity where relevant to the designated project(s)

(2) Project Name: Maxwell corporation Duration:-AUG-12 Till date

Role:- Project Manager

Plan, organize, lead and monitor the activities of the project team

(direct and indirect resources)

Maintain overall control of the client relationship, project schedule,

budget and scope

Ensure that project plans and work products are based on approved and

agreed-upon requirements

Ensure that sufficient resources and funding are available for executing

all project activities

Liaise and act as central focal point for Internal Stake-Holders

(Support, Development, Executive Management, Finance and PMO)

Prepare the management deliverables (Project Plan, Project Change

Requests and Project Lists); and use these deliverables to conduct the

Project

Notify the Client Project Director and the Client Project Manager of

non-resolvable issues and submit recommendations to resolve them

Maintain regular contact with the Client Project Manager, providing the

status of project progress

Track the status of deliverables and any decisions made regarding

Project Change Requests and outstanding issues

Ensure that commitments and changes to commitments resulting from the

requirements are negotiated with affected groups

For approved Project Change Requests, update the appropriate documents

and project work plan to reflect changes in requirements and commitments

Take ownership of A/R issues on projects

Champion and adhere to corporate solution implementation methodology

Ability to identify Risk and manage/mitigate

Mentor Project Managers as required

Ensure project related documentation is updated and delivered on-time

Assist with development of Project Management disciplines as required

Responsible for project planning, scheduling, coordination and execution

of implementation activities

Identify design issues during the training, testing and implementation

phases

Execute implementation of Organizational Alignment, Security profiles,

Execute implementation of Master data management and control

functionality

Execute implementation of requirement documentation and training

material, support as required

Execute implementation of functional training activities

Execute implementation of functional and integrated testing activities,

including SIT, UAT and Business Process Trials

Ensure complete business scenarios, test case and test data are prepared

and implemented

Determine any impacts for risk mitigation or business issues

Manage resources for all implementation activities, including cutover

and hypercare.

Facilitate transition from hypercare to post go live support functions

Work in cooperation with other ERP functional or technical teams to

ensure a smooth implementation.

Perform all project management functions in relation to functional area

o Project tracking and progress reports

o Alignment of assigned functional project to other project tracks

o Identify issues or delays from the plan to current status

o General Project Management

(3) Project Name: Indus Tower Duration:- May-10 to Jul-12

Role:- Sr. Project Lead (Acting Project Manager)

Manage end to end Project Request Management

(Approval processes for starting new projects, manage dependencies,

establish investment/project funding policy, etc.,)

Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to

meet changing needs and requirements (where applicable) and contribute

to the successful implementation of the assigned projects, ensuring that

project targets, business goals and objectives are achieved

Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.

Reviews deliverables prepared by team/Vendors before passing to key

stakeholder

Effectively enforces project standards.

Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.

Minimizes exposure and risk on project.

Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored

appropriately.

Manages day-to-day client interaction

Keeps project team well informed of changes within the organization and

delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations

Mitigates team conflict and communication problems

Manages project budget and verify accuracy of Vendor invoices, and

monitors payables for project.

Requirements Definition, GAP Analysis, Process Modeling, Data Modeling,

Report Mapping, Application Configuration, System Testing, User

Training.

Experience in using Oracle AIM of project implementation methodologies

particularly Gather Business Requirements (RD.50), Application Setup

Documents (BR.100) deliverables and Test Cases (TE.40) for GL, AP, FA

and AR modules.

worked with business leads for process design, design finalization,

configuration of Oracle applications, functional specification,

testing, assisting with data conversion design and testing, assisting

with training, design review, status reporting, implementation and

post-go-live support .

Managing and leading the project team.

Recruiting project staff and consultants.

Managing co-ordination of the partners and working groups engaged in

project work.

Detailed project planning and control.

Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan.

Recording and managing project issues.

Resolving cross-functional issues at project level.

Managing project scope and change control and escalating issues where

necessary.

Monitoring project progress and performance.

Providing status reports to the project sponsor.

Managing project training within the defined budget.

Liaison with, and updates progress to, project steering board/senior

management.

Managing project evaluation and dissemination activities.

Managing consultancy input within the defined budget.

Final approval of the design specification.

Working closely with users to ensure the project meets business needs.

Definition and management of the User Acceptance Testing programme.

Identifying user training needs and devising and managing user training

programmes.

Controlling team, preparing the PMR, resourse mange, project cost

control.

Implementation Of IExpense

Supporting the Project to meet the SLA

Trained the client's employees on ERP system

Analyzing the project profitability

Managing the recourses

(4) Project Name: Escort Agro Machinery Ltd Duration:- Oct-09 to May-10

Role:- Sr. Consultant (Acting Project Manager)

Participates as key stakeholder in ERP implementation projects to

develop requirements, design, build, and support on-time implementations

Manages a fully integrated team to provide user support, on-going system

maintenance (patching), and additional configurations that enhance

business process changes and prevent system downtime

Works with key business functional partners, plans, configures, and

supports system implementations and business process integrations

Serve as the Business Unit Manager's conduit to IT to address business

process changes and their impact on enterprise systems

Develops project scope definition and implementation plans to maximize

allocation of resources, ensure timeliness of delivery and optimize

technology solutions

Plans systems applications and resources to develop, test, and complete

programs

Establishes and maintains standards for system and applications

architecture, configuration, and documentation. Develops standardized

documentation and policies

Develops and implements methodologies, policies, and procedures to

ensure systems and applications are in compliance with company standards

Leads, manages, and participates in key organizational IT initiatives,

such as business continuity planning, IT audits, and asset protection

policy development

Ensures that all processes and documentation are adequate and effective

to meet specifications and requirements

Manages and maintains productive relationships with business managers,

IT colleagues, and outside consulting resources.

Primary resource for company compliance program. Assist with management

of internal control testing and evaluation, Perform continuous

monitoring activities, prepare test plan documents and test procedures.

Migration of data from existing legacy system to ERP.

Preparing a feasibility study of the system and interacted with the

client for improvements on the existing system of reporting.

Performed analysis and study of clients' organization structure,

existing business processes and new business needs to gather functional

requirements for the trial implementation of oracle financials modules.

And set up of Multi-Org Structure

GAP Analysis and mapping of existing processes & systems

Preparing the Document

Creation / updating of SOP documents

Guiding the users in PROD/UAT instance.

Preparing the Data and loading and reconciling to legacy System entries.

Trained the client's employees on ERP system

(5) Project Name: DHL Duration:- Nov-08 to Sep-09

Role:- Sr. Consultant (Acting Project Manager)

Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.

Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals

in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications

documents.

Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and

stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget

changes where necessary.

Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the

acquisition of required personnel from within the company.

Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and

make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and

other stakeholders.

Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.

Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate

tools.

Track project milestones and deliverables.

Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements

documentation, and presentations.

Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project

team analyse results, and troubleshoot problem areas.

Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises,

and devise contingency plans.

Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties

throughout project life cycle.

Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and

contractors, and influence them to take positive action and

accountability for their assigned work.

Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success

of the project.

Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in

order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Tested the setups using test scenarios

Created Responsibilities and Users as per the Organization Structure.

Prepared SOP documents. Trained the client's employees on ERP system

Business Process Testing

Handling the TARs

Solving the query

(6) Project Name: ASAHI INDIA SAFETY GLASS Duration:- Apr-08 to Sep-08

LTD

Role:- Sr. Consultant

Migration of data from existing legacy system to ERP.

Preparing a feasibility study of the system and interacted with the

client for improvements on the existing system of reporting.

Performed analysis and study of clients' organization structure,

existing business processes and new business needs to gather functional

requirements for the trial implementation of oracle financials modules.

And set up of Multi-Org Structure

GAP Analysis and mapping of existing processes & systems

Preparing the Document

Creation / updating of SOP documents

Guiding the users in PROD/UAT instance.

Preparing the Data and loading and reconciling to legacy System entries.

Trained the client's employees on ERP system

(7) Project Name: SUDHIR GENSET LTD. Duration:- NOV'07 to

MAR'08

Role:- Sr. Consultant ( Acting as Project Manager)

Participates as key stakeholder in ERP implementation projects to

develop requirements, design, build, and support on-time implementations

Manages a fully integrated team to provide user support, on-going system

maintenance (patching), and additional configurations that enhance

business process changes and prevent system downtime

Works with key business functional partners, plans, configures, and

supports system implementations and business process integrations

Serve as the Business Unit Manager's conduit to IT to address business

process changes and their impact on enterprise systems

Develops project scope definition and implementation plans to maximize

allocation of resources, ensure timeliness of delivery and optimize

technology solutions

Plans systems applications and resources to develop, test, and complete

programs

Establishes and maintains standards for system and applications

architecture, configuration, and documentation. Develops standardized

documentation and policies

Develops and implements methodologies, policies, and procedures to

ensure systems and applications are in compliance with company standards

Leads, manages, and participates in key organizational IT initiatives,

such as business continuity planning, IT audits, and asset protection

policy development

Ensures that all processes and documentation are adequate and effective

to meet specifications and requirements

Manages and maintains productive relationships with business managers,

IT colleagues, and outside consulting resources.

Primary resource for company compliance program. Assist with management

of internal control testing and evaluation, Perform continuous

monitoring activities, prepare test plan documents and test procedures.

Preparing the Document

Setups of GL, AP, FA

Creation / updating of SOP documents

Guiding the users in PROD/UAT instance.

Preparing the Data and loading and reconciling to legacy System entries.

Trained the client's employees on ERP system

(8) Project Name: BORAL (Australia) Support Duration:- JUN'07 to SEP'07

Role:- Team Lead Functional Consultant (Financial)

Interact with project sponsors, project stakeholders and multiple

business and technical teams to define and deliver project scope

Drive programs to completion across multiple organizations and teams

Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and

make trade-offs and balance the business needs versus technical

constraints

Plan and manage multiple parallel projects

Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels

Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders

Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment

across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities

Communicate project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and

professional manner

Build and maintain integrated project schedules that account for

internal/external dependencies, constraints, and adequately factors in

some contingency for some unplanned delays while still be aggressive

Remain flexible to changing priorities, open to new ideas and have

Amazon's success firmly in your focus

Establish, improve, and champion the use of formal project management

tools and techniques across all projects, in the areas of: project

plans, project status reports including executive management reporting,

developing and maintaining accurate project deployment schedules,

creative and effective risk management, change management, timely issue

resolution, managing project expectations notably around scope, and

clarifying project roles and responsibilities when needed

Proven ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workloads, maintain

attention to detail and work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly

changing environment

Proven ability to think and act both strategically and tactically

Analytical problem solving

Organizational skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Business Process Testing

Preparing the Document of training

Handling the TAR

Solving the query

(9) Project Name: : Hutch Telecom Pvt. Ltd. Duration:- Feb'07 to Apr' 07

(Fixed Assets Go Live Project)

Role:- Consultant (Financial)

Works with key business functional partners, plans, configures, and

supports system implementations and business process integrations

Develops project scope definition and implementation plans to maximize

allocation of resources, ensure timeliness of delivery and optimize

technology solutions

Plans systems applications and resources to develop, test, and complete

programs

Establishes and maintains standards for system and applications

architecture, configuration, and documentation. Develops standardized

documentation and policies

Develops and implements methodologies, policies, and procedures to

ensure systems and applications are in compliance with company standards

Leads, manages, and participates in key organizational IT

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