G V RAMESH

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Taleo Functional Consultant

High accomplished around 8 years of Information Technology experience in Implementation and Support process in HR and Enterprise projects.

Extensive experience in Oracle Taleo Functional Analyst with large enterprises involving extensive analysis, Requirement Gathering, Implementation, Upgrade and Testing of Oracle Taleo Recruiting and Onboarding and Transition Modules (Versions: 11B to 14A)

Good Exposure in Taleo Multilingual Implementations.

Involving in Production support and resolving support tickets

Comprehensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having thorough understanding of various phases like Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing

Have experience in doing excellent documentation on BRD (Business Requirements Document), Functional Specification Document (FSD), SRS (Software Requirement Specifications) and preparing Configuration workbooks for Oracle Taleo Implementations.

Highly proficient in preparing graphical depictions of Use Cases based on UML methodology using MS Visio.

Experience of conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions for communicating with Project directors and Stakeholders.

Experience in conducting GAP analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and SWOT analysis.

Experience in writing test cases, test plans & scripts, test issue and risk management reporting, test defect tracking and reporting based on system specifications and expertise in Black Box Testing, unit testing, regression, system integration, functional and performance testing.

Extensive experience in the implementation, development and integration strategies within team oriented environment, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

Proven strength in problem solving & coordination, with ability to learn and apply new technologies. Equipped with a sound knowledge, and experience in the IT Industry.

Seeking challenging roles to unleash my skills and capabilities achieving continuous professional growth and progress.

Having good knowledge in Business Process modeling to develop project efficiency.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accenture

Consultant (Software Engineer Team Lead) (12th March 2015 – Till date)

Responsibilities:

Working as a Team Lead (Functional Role) in Taleo system implementation for Telecom Client (Vodafone).

Responsible for Configuring Taleo System for UK, Hungary, Romania and Ireland Markets.

Responsible for Configuring Multilingual Offer Templates in Taleo system.

Creating of user define fields and contextualize based on required markets.

Creation of New User types and assign the access permissions

Configuration of Candidate file setup, Requisition file setup, User defined forms and files, setup CSW (Candidate selection workflow) and Transition Module (pre hire process).

Understanding Customer requirements for Taleo implementations and capturing in Configuration workbook.

Responsible for supporting Oracle Taleo Capability activities like documenting solution fit for RFP’s.

Preparing requirement gathering Questionnaires for Oracle Taleo Speed Solution implementations.

Conducting Interviews for Oracle Taleo skills ( Part of Capability process ).

Tech Mahindra (Hyderabad)

Module Lead (23th May 2014 – 2nd March 2015)

Responsibilities:

Configure the Taleo training zone for Recruiting and onboarding modules

Configuring Demo instance for providing presentation to Customers for Sales support activities.

Understanding Customer requirements for Taleo implementations and documenting Solution fit

Responsible for Supporting Presales and Sales support activities for Taleo Proposals along with configuring oracle Taleo training zone for Taleo recruiting & onboarding modules

Participated in building learning organization by conducting webinar sessions and presentations on Oracle Taleo.

Conducting training sessions on Oracle Taleo Recruiting and Onboarding modules.

Involving in documenting BRD documentations, preparing Business process flow for Taleo Implementations

Preparing Taleo implementation scoping questions for initial requirement gathering from Customer.

Honeywell Technology Solutions

Consultant (23th May 2011 – May 16th 2014)

Responsibilities:

Responsible for requirements gathering, discussions with business units, gathering data elements for Taleo Configuration.

Responsible for Implementation of Third party Applicant Oracle Taleo integration with other systems like MDA (Managers Direct Access), MH (Manage Hires) and PeopleSoft etc.. .

Help configure the Taleo system modules including Recruiting, Scheduling Centre, eQuest and onboarding

Supporting users with the resolution of functional system issues and queries as required

Preparing impact analysis on Taleo integration with other systems like Peoplesoft or Cognos etc…

Creation and maintenance of Organization OLF data changes (Organization, Location and Job fields).

Configuration of Candidate file setup, Requisition file setup, User defined forms and files, setup CSW (Candidate selection workflow), Career section management and Branding file upload etc..

Requirement gathering for data migration with Taleo through TCC ( Taleo Connect Client)

Involved in upgrading Oracle Taleo Version to the latest version. (E:g Moving Taleo version from 11B to 13B & 13B to 14A)

Translating the business needs into system requirements and communicating with the businesses on a non-technical level and advocated for change.

Involving in documenting Software Requirements Specification (SRS), including Functional, Non Functional Requirements and Data Requirements.

Participating in detailed reviews of product Impact Analysis to ensure the features being developed matches the product requirements.

Acting as liaison between customers and the technical team to facilitate coordination.

Involved in major part of Software Development Life Cycle – Requirement Analysis, Implementation and Support

Organized and managed meetings with SME’s, development teams and analysts on a scheduled basis.

Ensuring that the solution incorporates end-to-end requirements across all content contributors and satisfies requirements of project initiator and beneficiary.

Ensured timely completion and delivery of the project.

Prepared and presented findings using MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint) to the client for decisions on which options to pursue.

eCentric Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Business Analyst (25th Oct 2010 – 22nd May 2011)

Responsibilities:

Involved in creating and modeling the AS IS diagrams and TO BE system and also involved in accomplishing the GAP Analysis.

Involved in documenting User Requirements Document (URD), Functional Requirements Document (FRD) and Technical Specification Documents.

Gathered user and business requirements through meetings, surveys, prototyping, and UI (User Interface).

Responsible for scheduling meetings with stakeholders to identify problems, resolve issues and improve the process to ensure a stable and accurate solution

Prepared Logical Data Models that contained set of diagrams, Business Requirement Documents, and supporting documents containing the essential business elements, detailed definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the actors.

Planned and defined system requirements to Use Case, Use Case Scenario, and Use Case Narrative using the UML (Unified Modeling Language) methodologies.

Created Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams in MS Visio

Scheduled meetings with developers, System Analysts and testers to monitor the project progress on a weekly basis.

Used power point presentations on a monthly basis for keeping the stakeholders abreast of the progress.

As a team member took active participation in all training sessions conducted by the Subject matters experts and the technical team members.

Optionmatrix Infotech Pvt. Ltd

Business Analyst (25th Oct 2007 – 24th Oct 2010)

Responsibilities:

Organize and manage resources for the project that entails creating estimates for the project, work breakdown structure, project plan & schedules, identifying risks within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

Collaborated with clients, end users, and developers and ensured technical requirements are thorough using standard tools and modeling techniques.

Established solid working relationships with open communication with customer and business via meetings and interviews.

Documented detailed analysis of end-to-end business processes, functional design, workflow mapping and action items, issues and ensured information is accurate and complete.

Defined and identified Business Rules by interacting with stakeholders and users through Surveys & Brainstorming.

Developed a vision plan that defined the primary goals and objectives of the project.

Gathered Business Requirements from the Stakeholders and documented the requirements.

Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with Subject matter experts (SMEs) to obtain domain related information.

Planned the project by conducting interviews, feasibility studies to identify and eliminate high risk areas of the application.

Evaluated selection, develop strategies, project and implementation plans based on thorough research and input from stakeholders.

Resolved conflict with business units to overcome conflicts in requirements and arrive at common feasible solution.

Managed changed by working with business units to determine and document the business process and workflow changes.

Achieving targets for repeat business from existing clients.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Certified Oracle Taleo Enterprise Cloud Service 2013 Sales Specialist

Certified Oracle Taleo Enterprise Cloud Service 2013 PreSales Specialist

Received Learning world certificate of appreciation for conducting Training sessions on Oracle Taleo Modules.

Received best Partner awards for GPS 9.1 upgrade with Taleo implementation for US and Canada go live.

PROJECT ANNEXURE

Oracle Taleo implementation for UK

Client: Vodafone

Role: Functional Analyst (Consultant)

Version: Oracle Taleo 14B

Tools Used: CITRIX, HPQC, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point and Share point

Summary: The Purpose of this project is to deliver new Job Requisition Process with New Requisition, Candidate forms, Global Message templates and Offer letters for following Markets Hungary, Romania, UK and Ireland. (Multilingual implementation).

eTalent (Oracle Taleo)

Client: HRIT (Honeywell)

Role: Functional Analyst (Consultant)

Version: Oracle Taleo 11B and 13B.5

Tools Used: MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

Summary: Oracle Taleo is a Talent management solution used for managing HR related activities and covers end to end process of recruitment and Online Job filling (including Create Job Requisition and Candidates, Mapping candidates with Job requisition, run through interview steps, Onboarding process and Create offer for candidates till the candidate hired).

This tool is interacting with many applications to communication candidate details and Job status. Involved in GPS 9.1 (Global Peoplesoft) tool upgrade with Taleo for India, UK and China regions.

Completed GPS 9.1 Taleo implementations of Canada and US

Health Safety & Environment (HSE Portal)

Client: HTS (HSE Team)

Role: Consultant

Development Environment: Microsoft Share Point 2010

Version Controls: SVN

Tools Used: MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point.

Summary: HSE Portal is an internal tool for HTS which provides one common platform for effective tracking, data storage and monitoring of HSE Programs like Ergonomic Assessment, Work Permit System, New Chemical Request, Occupational Health Information, Waste Management and ERT Management. This HSE portal helps to reduce manual work for employees, Contractor and HSE Focal.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PORTAL

Client: Ashley Munro, Australia

Role: Business Analyst

Development Environment: Dot Net 3.5, MS SQL server, Window 2003

Tools Used: MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel

Summary: This is the Web based online Financial Portal which allows business financial results that turns normal balance sheet and profit and loss data into meaningful financial management information. This Financial application allows businesses to measure financial performance, including total capital invested, working capital investment, movement in capital, funding of capital, return on capital employed and economic value creation. It also provides visibility of free cash flow generation and the deployment of cash flow.

Ultimately business owners have two primary objectives, which include earning an appropriate return on invested capital and improving the value of their investment.

TLTC

Client: The Lean Thinking Company, Australia

Role: Business Analyst

Development Environment: Dot Net 3.5, MS SQL server, Window 2003

Tools Used: MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel

Summary: TLTC is a lean change management consulting firm located in Australia. It has 70 excel based tools spanning the entire business process which it wants to offer online to its clients. This will improve efficiency of information collection / processing as well as provide vital pre-assessment data and post implementation feedback. Some of the major Tools are 5s implementation Review, Customer satisfaction Survey, Project Plan, Competitor Analysis, marketing Template, Sales Pipeline, Account Plan, Quantification, Financial Budgeting and Financial packages ( P&L, Balance sheet and Cash Flow )

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Applications

Oracle Taleo ( Versions 11B to 14B)

Operating Systems

Windows 2000/98/XP/7.

Modeling Tools

UML, MS Visio, Smart Draw.

Database

MS-SQL Server2000, MySQL.

Tools

MS Office, MS Excel and MS Visio.

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

M.B.A (Marketing & Finance) from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

B.Sc (Computer Science) from Andhra University in 2005.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Father’s Name : Mr. G.B.Rao

Date of Birth : 14-NOV-1984

Nationality : Indian

Marital Status : Married

Gender : Male

Linguistic Capabilities : English, Hindi, Telugu & Oriya.

Permanent Address : G.V.RAMESH,

S/0 G.B.RAO,

Flat No-106, Vasuda Paradise, Site No 154/3, Sidda Reddy Layout,

Vasanth Krishna Reddy Building, Near Kodanda Rama Temple

Doddanakundi, Bangalore - 560037

Karnataka, India

(G.V.Ramesh)

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