Project Manager
Srinivas Talagadadeevi, MBA, PMP
abmqwk@r.postjobfree.com
Over 14 years of hands-on global implementations & leadership experience in
multiple projects involving Oracle Financials & Oracle Projects modules
(R10.7 thru R12), and 5 years in Accounting. Experience includes 2.5 years
of Manager role with Deloitte, a leading Big 4 global consulting firm.
Solid experience in team & project leadership, and hands-on solution design
& Financials modules setups in PTP, PTR, PTC and OTC/ITC tracks. About 2.5
years of Oracle R12 global implementation experience in Financials &
Projects modules.
Functional Experience:
. Functional expert in business analysis, requirements gathering, gap &
fit analysis, business process re-engineering (BPR), solution design,
testing, cut-over, production support, and end user training.
. Led project tasks using standard project methodologies (Deloitte EVD,
Oracle AIM, etc.).
. Extensively used Oracle AIM templates RD50, BR30, BP60, BP80, BR100,
MD50, TE40, and CV10, and created User Documentation (Procedures, User
Guides, Training Materials).
. Performed setups for several Financials modules including
globalization /localization functionality for NA/EMEA/APAC with multi-
tax and multi-org (MOAC) needs.
. Led/conducted Workshops, Conference Room Pilots (CRP), and Proof of
Concept (POC) events.
. Created custom solutions for accounting and business processes to
address gaps & issues.
. Created functional designs for data migrations, upgrades, and
integrations.
. Successfully trained over 250 users using classroom & web conferencing
formats.
. Supported Month-End Close & Year-End Close &
Balancing/Reconciliation activities for various Financials modules,
and created procedures/cheatsheets/guides.
. Successfully served as a liaison between the users/functional teams
and the IT teams.
. Ensured compliance with SPLC, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) provisions, and
Quality policy.
. Successfully interacted with all levels of client resources,
vendors, and implementation partners.
Systems Experience & Skills:
Oracle ERP: (Oracle E-Business Suite Release 10.7, 11i, and 12.0.6)
. AP, GL, SLA, AR, FA, CE, EB Tax, Treasury (XTR), OM, HR, PO, TCA,
Project Costing, Project Billing, iExpenses, Payments, Advanced
Collections (IEX), iReceivables, Trade Management, AGIS, AME, Grants
Accounting (GMS), Globalization/Global Financials/Global Accounting
Engine (AX), Incentive Compensation, Multi-Org (MOAC), OKS, SA, Web
ADI, FSG, RXi, DataLoad. Applications Functional Architecture,
Applications Tables, Interfaces/Integration
Operating Sys/Tools:
. Windows, UNIX, MS-Access, basic skills in SQL, SQL Developer
General Tools/Applications:
. Project Management Tools: MS Projects, PROMIS, Oracle AIM, Deloitte
EVD
. Business Intelligence Tools: COGNOS, Discoverer, DATA MART Business
Intelligence Center
. Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint
. Other: Documentum, Mercury IT Governance, Mercury Test Director,
Taxware, Vertex, Raindance and Centra Web-Conference, HP Open View,
Trac It, and Deloitte IndustryPrint
Publications and Presentations:
. R12 SLA & Financials (AP/AR) presentation on new features, June, 2009,
MO
. Intercompany Concepts and Leading Practices, April, 2009, MO
. R12 Oracle Financials Functional Architecure, Feb, 2009, MO
. R12 Oracle General Ledger (GL) presentation, November, 2008, MO
. DataLoad tool for Data Loading/Entry/Migration (OAUG 2006, Nashville,
TN)
. Web Applications Desktop Integrator (Web ADI) (OAUG 2005, Dallas, TX)
. Providing Useful User Support (KCOUG 2005, Kansas City, KS)
. AR Trading Community Architecture (TCA) (OAUG 2003, Europe)
. Oracle RXi Reports (Best Paper of the Month on the Oracle AppsWorld,
2003)
. Oracle RXi Reports (OAUG 2002, Toronto, Canada)
Education:
. MBA (Finance and MIS) - 1994
. BS Accounting - 1988
Certifications:
. Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI
. Oracle Certification in Financials from Oracle Corporation
. Finance Transformation (FT) Certification (Level II) from Deloitte
Legal Status: US Citizen
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (ORACLE ERP PROJECTS)
1) American Express, Phoenix, AZ
Jan 2010 - Present
Role: Oracle Configuration Lead (AP, PA, SLA, EB Tax, CE,
Payments/Disbursement)
Project: Global Implementation of Oracle EBS
Phase I - Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong markets
American Express is a leading global payments, network and travel company
operates in over 130 countries, and has about 60,000 employees and more
than USD 24 billion in revenues.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Leading and performing system configuration and creating BR100s for AP,
PA, FA, CE, SLA, EB Tax, Payments modules. Driving the off-shore
technical/functional teams to meet the deadlines for various deliverables.
Responsible for reviewing BP80s and BR30s, and designing solutions to meet
the finalized requirements.
Designed MD50s for Invoices Interface from Concur, Serengiti & CPC to
Oracle AP. The interface design includes calculating/deriving tax
information using EB Tax configuration.
Designed custom SLA rules for AP, PA, and FA modules to address accounting
gaps & issues. Designed integration solutions for AP and Payments modules.
Coordinating with offshore and international teams (Deloitte India,
Deloite Belgium, and IBM India, and IBM Singapore) on finalizing the
requirements & system design, resolving open issues, and developing &
executing test scripts for SIT (AP, Payments, PA, FA, SLA, EB Tax).
Worked with Oracle Support on resolving and clarifying product
functionality issues in order to finalize the design options.
Created/contributed to project plans for various workstreams (e.g.
AP/Payments, EB Tax, SLA, etc.).
Coordinating with cross-functional experts on integration design and test
strategy development.
Creating weekly & ad-hoc status reports, decks, and proof of concept
documents.
Technical Environment: Oracle EBS R12.0.6, AP, Payments, (Disbursements),
Project Costing, FA, PO, EB Tax, SLA, GL, Concur, Serengiti, Mercury Test
Director, MS SharePoint, and Oracle AIM.
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i Project: Bt2 - 'Building Tomorrow Together' Oracle ERP R12
e Implementation
n A Fortune 500 world's largest manufacturers of brand-name home improvement
t and new home construction products with about 40,000 employees and about
N $9.6 billion of global sales.
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m Role Details: Responsible for implementation and post-production initial
e support of Oracle Financials modules. Leading onsite (6) and offshore (5)
(Mumbai & Hyderabad, Deloitte India) functional & technical resources on
R12 Oracle Financials roll-out including AP, AR, GL, CE, SLA, iExpenses,
Approvals Management (AME), Payments, FA, Trade Management, iReceivables,
Oracle Discoverer, and Sabrix Tax system.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Gathered/reviewed Requirements for Financials modules, and created MD50s
for CEMLIs.
Configured AP, GL, AME, AR, CE, FA, EB Tax, SLA, and Multi-Org.
Designed and configured custom SLA solutions for AP, AR, FA, and Costing.
Designed and configured AME to create approval rules for Credit Memo
approval, AP Invoice approval. Led the requirements analysis and design of
Oracle iExpenses implementation.
Implemented custom reports in Oracle Discoverer (OBIEE).
Led implementation of custom Invoice Consolidation solution, and Credit
Memos interface in AR.
Led User Acceptance and Regression Testing for final roll-out of R12
upgrade. Created project plan, Test Plan, and coordinated the test
execution with Business, Technical Team and Functional Team.
Timely status reporting, escalating issues, and negotiating for
resources/priorities.
Supervised the work of functional and technical teams, and provided
priorities/direction/guidance.
Coordinated with offshore (India) teams everyday on various project tasks,
and worked with Business teams on creating solutions, and testing.
Created test plans for UAT and Regression testing activities. Guided and
trained end-users during test execution process.
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials R12.0.3 (AR, GL, AP, SLA, eBTax,
FA, IEX, AME, CE, Trade Management, Property Manager, OM, PO, Multi-Org,
Discoverer Reports, Sabrix, Trac IT, Test Director, and Share Point.
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l Role: Oracle R12 Financials Lead, 10 months
i Project: Global Plan to Report (PTR, PTP) R12 Upgrade
e The world's leading interactive entertainment software company with about
n $3.7 Billion in revenues, nearly 9,000 employees, and several offices
t across the globe.
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a Role Details: Responsible from scoping to deployment of R12 Financials
m upgrade Phase 1 for NA, EMEA, and APAC regions. Performed risk
e identification and mitigation as the project was highly visible and
aggressively scheduled with resource and time constraints.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Created, updated & communicated Project Plan and schedules.
Analyzed As-Is Business Processes, Systems Overview/Integration, and
review of existing 11i setups, and creating an upgrade route map for AP &
Payments modules.
Performed/reviewed R12 GL, AP, Payments, CE, AGIS, and
Globalization/Localization setups. Setups included: Ledgers, Legal
Entities, MOAC, SLA, AGIS, EB Tax Engine, Banks, IEX, Re-design of Chart
of Accounts/Accounting Structure.
Integration of GL, SLA, AP, AGIS and CE modules within Oracle and with
outside third party systems. Designed migration of open Invoices interface
from legacy to Oracle AP.
Performed Month-End/Year-End Optimization analysis to reduce the close
cycle and minimize the sub-ledger to GL interface issues. Created a
solution to enhance reconciliation process, and user procedures/cheat
sheets to support the close activities.
Identified and reviewed integration points between P2R and P2P project to
be included in Design and Testing. Created documentation using Oracle AIM
templates including RD50, BR100, MD50, and TE40.
Planned and executed three Design Workshops with client for NA, EMEA, APAC
regions.
Partnered and led the project teams consisting of client resources &
Oracle consultants.
Executed testing, delivered training, and deployed Phase 1.
Provided status reporting to stakeholders, managed expectations & conflict
resolution.
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials R12.0.3 AP, GL, CE, SLA, Global
Financials (Globalization), Banks, E Business Tax, Advanced Global
Intercompany System (AGIS), Payments, iExpenses, Multi-Org Access Control
(MOAC).
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i IBIS Implementation (Deployments 4 & 5)
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n A leading Fortune 200 software, systems and services company with more
t than $13 Billion in revenues, nearly 35,000 employees, and more than 100
N offices across the globe.
a Project: Integrated Business Information System (IBIS) - a multi-million
m dollar, 500+ project resources, multi-phased-global deployment.
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Role Details:
1) As a Scrum Project Manager (Financials), responsible for
leading/configuring the Financials implementation (AP, iExpenses,
iPayments, AR, iReceivables, Advanced Collections, GL, Treasury XTR, CE,
OM, OKS and Shipping modules), involving multiple scrum teams (each
consisting of Client SMEs, Functional resources, and Development teams -
Onsite & Offshore).
2) As Oracle Globalization Lead, responsible for configuring and
delivering Globalization /Localization functionality for about 50
EMEA/APAC countries. Responsible for generation of Client Facing Documents
(CFD) for in compliance with local legal requirements for EMEA & APAC
regions for AP, AR and GL modules.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Led the team of about 30 resources comprising of client/business SMEs,
Functional consultants, and Development Leads/teams (onsite/offshore).
Created & updated Project Plans, and reported daily/weekly status to
project leadership.
Reviewed setups for AR, AP, GL/AGIS, Payments, Adv Collections, Treasury,
CE, iReceivables, and Tax. Tested the functionality by processing
transactions and reports. Responsible for CFD audit for Localization rules
for compliance.
Performed & reviewed R12 configuration for Proof of Concept as part of
Deployment 5 activity for Financials modules GL, AR, SLA, EB Tax and
Multi-Org (MOAC).
Performed setups for Financials Globalization/Localization setups for
EMEA/APAC regions (including Global Descriptive Flexfields, Tax, country
specific business and statutory rules.
Performed functional testing of Financials and Projects
modules/integration.
Reviewed various AIM deliverables (BP80, BR100, MD50, MD70, and TE40) with
the team/s to ensure quality, and coverage of solution in design and
development.
Created and implemented risk mitigation strategies related to resources,
scope, and schedules from time to time during the project execution and
monitoring.
Created and executed plans for Financial Integrity Testing (FIT) and
cut-over activities.
Fostered excellent relationships with Client resources, Development
Leads/teams (Oracle Consulting), and Functional resources (Oracle
Consulting).
Successfully delivered the results well ahead of time by proactively
identifying roadblocks and implementing mitigation strategies.
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials/Supply Chain (AR, AP, Global
Financials (Global Accounting Engine AX), GL, Project Accounting,
iReceivables, Payments, iExpenses, Advanced Collections (IEX), OM, CE,
Treasury, Shipping, Instalbase, Service Contracts, Incentive Compensation,
Trade Management, SA, TCA) R12, 11i, v10.7 (Shipping), Multi-Org, DataLoad
Tool, Sabrix, and Mercury Quality Center.
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i Role: Functional Lead (PA, GL, SLA, AP, Payments, GMS); 6 months
e Global Projects Solution (GPS) R12 Implementation (combination of PTP,
n PTR, Project To Close Tracks)
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N A leading Fortune 500, Global 500, and World's Largest research-based
a biomedical and pharmaceutical company with nearly $49 Billion in revenues
m and offices worldwide.
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Accomplishments/Contributions:
Performed As-Is business processes, requirements analysis, and created
To-Be business processes based on leading practices. Performed system
setups and verification.
Created Roadmaps, Work Plans and Governance Model for Canada roll-out
(Phase I), US roll-out (Phase II), and Global roll-out (Phase III,
EMEA/APAC) of Oracle Projects suite (Costing, Billing, Resource
Management, and Project Management), Oracle Time & Labor, Oracle Clinical
Applications, Projects Intelligence, GL, Grants Accounting, and AP.
Analyzed the reporting requirements (including Federal funded research
projects) with the client and provided recommendations. Created month-end
close procedures.
Helped client with creation of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for IT
projects by collecting industry standards based on PMI recommendations.
Executed Phase I roll-out for GL, Projects Costing, Billing, Grants & AP
modules.
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials R12 (GL/SLA, AP, Payments),
Projects (Costing, Billing, Project Management, Resource Management,
Intelligence), Grants, MOAC.
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Role: Oracle Financials/Globalization Lead; 5 months
Project: Global Financial System Implementation/GEARS Project (Phase 1)
A leading Fortune50 computer manufacturer & seller with nearly $60 Billion
in revenues, 79,000 employees, and offices all over the world.
Role Details: Lead the Financials & PA implementation for the global
financials system.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Supervised the collection & evaluation of global requirements, and
evaluation of critical business scenarios for Phases 1 & 2 for AR, AP, PA,
PO, iExpenses, CE modules.
Led the Design workshops by developing To-Be Business Processes based on
best practices/industry standards using best practices.
Developed and delivered solution for Commercial and Government business
(hardware sales and installation projects). Government business had both
Federal and Public Sector/Government Agencies (State, County, etc.).
Reviewed/Performed system set ups for Oracle Financials modules (AP,
iExpenses, Project Accounting (Billing/Costing), PO, CE, Collections) for
testing and CRPs for EMEA and Mexico). Performed
Globalization/Localization setups including Global Accounting Engine (AX)
functionality, Global DFFs, Tax Codes, Document Sequencing, Multi-Org,
etc. Conducted configuration verification testing for Financials.
Created & executed project plans and test plans. Performed integration and
functional testing. Delivered end user training as part of transition
activity.
Supervised functional and technical teams, and provided
priorities/direction/guidance.
Planned, created, communicated, executed and monitored the test
plan/schedules.
Created BR100, TE40, and Deployment/Cut Over plans.
Helped, guided, and trained the users during UAT execution process. Led
extended regression testing cycles and cut-over activities.
Technical Environment: Oracle Applications (AR, GL, AX, OM, AP, CE, PA,
HR, PO, OKS, Inv, iExpenses, Adv.Collections, SA), v 11.5.10, Multi-Org,
Oracle AIM, Mercury Test Director and DataLoad Tool.
Role: Oracle Manager/Functional Lead; 13 months
Oracle Financials - Implementation & Support (ITC, ITP, PTR))
Leading diversified media company with more than 15 offices in the US and
Canada. This is a new company formed as part of separation from the parent
company Primedia.
Role: Responsible for leading full-cycle project implementation of Oracle
Financials (GL, AP, CE, FA, AR, Treasury XTR, iExpenses, PO, OM modules)
implementation, and production support.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Supervised various teams and guided IT on design & setups (incl.
Multi-Org).
Led the migration activity from parent systems (Solaris) to Prism (Linux).
Successfully interacted with project sponsors, business managers, end
users, technical staff, and vendors on a day-to-day basis.
Created project plans, performed execution, status reporting, and risk
mitigation.
Redesigned Chart of Accounts to reflect the new company structure after
spun-off from parent.
Created migration plan for FA, AR, AP, GL (legacy to Oracle).
Provided production support for Month-End process, AR LockBox processing,
AP Positive Pay process for bank reconciliation, CE Cash Forecasting, Bank
Statement upload, and XTR integration with third party organizations.
Researched problems/issues, extracted trace/log files for problem solving.
Interacted with Oracle Support (SR/Tar's), and used Metalink for
troubleshooting.
Led functional, integration, and User Acceptance testing. Extensively used
Oracle AIM templates BR100, MD50, TE40 for implementation documentation.
Delivered End-User training and provided production support.
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials (AR, GL, AP, iExpenses, CE, FA,
Treasury) v 11.5.10, Multi-Org, Workflow, and DataLoad Tool.
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i Oracle Financials/Projects - Implementation & Support (PTR, PTP,ITC)
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n $1.4 billion Forbes500 engineering/power/construction firm with 90 offices
t worldwide.
N Role Details: As a Senior Project/Functional Lead for Financials and
a Project modules, successfully led multiple global implementations (NA,
m EMEA, APAC), migrations, upgrades, & support. Configured and supported
e commercial & government-funded/Federal projects.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Supervised/led the implementation, support & development teams (onsite &
offshore), prioritized, delegated & monitored tasks, provided direction
and performance feedback.
Created project plans, and performed execution, monitoring and status
reporting.
Performed gap & fit analysis, requirements analysis, solution design,
setups for GL, AR, PA, AP, FA, CE, iExpenses, PO, GMS, including
sub-ledger setups for more than 120 global operating units, more than 60
sets of books, and PA (Billing/Costing) setups for about 20 OUs.
Performed Month-End process, Bank Reconciliation in CE, created Positive
Pay process for CE and AP reconciliation, CE Cash Forecasting and Working
Capital analysis to help users, CE integration with AR, AP, GA and PB.
Led integration, migration of data, QA & user acceptance testing,
delivered multiple end-user training sessions, created user guides and
ad-hoc procedures.
Prepared business cases & cost-benefit analysis. Delivered
proof-of-concept & CRPs.
Led Data Warehouse and Data Mart Business Intelligence projects for AR,
GL, & Projects. Designed interfirm billing system (IBE) and processed
billings and eliminations.
Contributed to various Six-Sigma projects by providing and analyzing
cost/budget info.
Interacted with senior management, global users, vendors, contractors,
Oracle Support, and successfully acted as a liaison between user/business
community and the IT staff.
Ensured compliance with SPLC procedures, Sarbanes-Oxley provisions, and
Quality Assurance policy. Contributed to the development of Best Practices
for Financials.
Created and ran ad-hoc reports/procedures for internal & external audit,
for month-end & year-end close, for Six-Sigma initiatives, and for
balancing & reconciliation activities.
Federal projects: Collected Requirements for Grants Accounting (GMS)
module, configured (setup) the GMS module and integrated with Financials &
Project Accounting modules for Sponsored projects from Federal Government.
Setup Awards (templates, types, terms/conditions, allowed costs,
distribution rules, etc.). Setup projects funded by Awards, setup Project
Costing and Billing functionality to generate and track project costs,
revenues and invoices related to Awarded projects. Generated draft
invoices and interfaced those to AR for invoicing and cash application.
Helped users in meeting Government reporting requirements by producing
standard forms/reports. Supported the Grants Accounting module and
resolved issues in the interfaces from Grants/Projects module to AR and GL
modules. Trained users on using Grants and Project Accounting modules.
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials/Projects/Procurement modules
10.7SC thru 11i (GL, AR, AP, PO, FA, CE, XTR, Incentive Compensation,
Project Costing, Project Billing, HR, Taxware, WebADI, FSGs, RXi, Cognos,
Multi-Org, InterCompany), Workflow, Federal projects, and Special
projects.
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i Implementation of Oracle Financials (PTR, ITC, ITP)
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n A division of GE that sells and delivers inspections of plant and other
t machinery for safety, regulatory, and operating programs.
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m Performed requirements gathering, and gap & map analysis, setups, and
e testing.
Configured GL, AR, AP and CE modules as per the business process needs.
Created functional design for data migration, and training materials &
user manuals.
Led Post-implementation evaluation & closure activities (transition to
support).
Technical Environment: Oracle Financials v10.7 SC, Oracle AIM, Multi-org
Role: Functional Consultant, 4 months
Implementation of Oracle Incentive Compensation/Predator study
A Fortune-500 global leader in telecom company. The project involved
implementing Oracle Incentive Compensation module in Oracle Applications
10.7SC.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Gathered requirements, and performed gap/fit analysis for Oracle Incentive
Compensation module, Oracle HR Foundation, and legacy Receivables (AR)
modules.
Performed module setups and integration setups, created test scripts,
performed functional testing, interacted with cross-functional teams on
issues resolution, and trained end users
Also, worked on a separate activity involving an Oracle Predator
cost-study of call events and performed the cost-benefit analysis for
various call categories. Extracted data from Oracle database, and
delivered demonstrations for client/business leaders.
11) Cisco / ICL, California & India
Jul 1997 - May 1998
Role: AR Functional Analyst; 10 months
Millennium to Oracle ERP Conversion
Role Details: Responsible for creating a functional design for converting
AR and GL functionality from 10.6 to 10.7 SC. Managing off-shore IT team
for development & customization activity.
Accomplishments/Contributions:
Responsible for requirements gathering, AR & GL setups, creation of test
scripts, and QA testing.
Researched, identified and consolidated user needs for reports
customizations.
Interacted with off-shore IT team in India to get the development work
done. Executed and monitored the project activities and deadline, and
reported weekly status to PM. Provided end-user training.
Successfully handled conversion within schedule.
Work Prior to 1997:
. 2 Years as a Business Systems Analyst (Financial Systems), India
. 5 Years as a Financial Analyst (Accounting & Financial Operations), India
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