SHOBHA PRABHAKAR
E-mail- *************@*****.**.** ; Cell : 603-***-**** / 603-***-****
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EDUCATION
MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2003
ICFAI Business School Regular Course Hyderabad, India
MASTER IN COMPUTER APPLICATION 2002
ICFAI Business School Regular Course Hyderabad, India
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 1999
Seshadripuram Degree College Bangalore, India
SKILLS
Implementation and Upgrade Experience –4 years Experience .
Support Experience ( Techno Functional )– 5 years at Oracle Corporation
11i & R12 Financial Modules
Functional Expertise : Oracle E-Business Suite –
Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Cash Management, GL, Credit Card Implementation,Vertex Integration, Ebtax, Credit Management, SLA, Advanced Collections, Trading Community
Architecture, i-Receivables .
EMPLOYMENT
OCT-2013 – Till Date Fellowes Inc. – USA
Designation : Oracle EBS Functional Analyst
Role : Oracle Financials Functional Lead
Responsibilities :- Manage and Monitor Implementation for UK and Europe Division
- Manage Scoping and Resources for Implementation
- EB-tax and Bank Interface solution Design for Europe and UK .
- Support all User and System issues and Plan for Instances.
- Streamline the Process and Train Users on new processes
- Implement any new Requirements
- Assist Finance team for Audit
- Design Custom Reports as per User Requirement
OCT 2012 – OCT 2013 Wipro Technologies
USA
Designation : Oracle Financials Functional Lead
Project : ECARS R12 Upgrade – Emerson Tools Company
Role : Oracle Financials Functional Lead
Responsibilities : Upgrade 11i to R12 Financial modules ( AP/AR/CM/PO)
Plan and Manage the upgrade activities
Plan 3rd Party Integrations Like VERTEX and PAYPAL
Guide the technical team for Retro-fitment of Custom Objects
Manage the Technical and Functional team onsite and Offshore.
Conduct Pre-upgrade and Post upgrade activities.
Conduct CRP/SIT/UAT Sessions
Create Test Cases
Conduct User Training .
Prepare UPK Training Material
MARCH 2012 -- OCTOBER 2012 Wipro Technologies
USA
Designation : Senior Consultant ( Oracle Financials )
Project : ELENA R12 Upgrade -- EMERSONS ELECTRIC
Role : Functional Lead Onsite
Responsibilities : Upgrade 11i to R12 Financial modules ( AP/AR/CM/PO)
Plan the upgrade activities
Guide the technical team for Retro-fitment of Custom Objects
Conduct Pre-upgrade and Post upgrade activities.
Conduct CRP/SIT/UAT Sessions
Run all Test Cases
Conduct User Training .
Prepare UPK Training Material
FEB 2010 – FEB 2012 Wipro Technologies
Hyderabad
Designation : Senior Consultant ( Oracle Financials )
Project : Rheem Manufacturing Company
Role : Functional Consultant for Financial Track
Responsibilities :
1. Configured:
- EB-Tax For P2P and O2C
- Advanced Collections and Accounts Receivables
Worked Onsite for 4 months to gather requirements and showcase d CRP
and SIT.
2. Worked on End to End Processing for LOCKBOX
3. EDI Inbound Invoices and Receipts Inbound
4. Co-ordinate with Offshore Technical team to develop Custom Codes and
Custom Reports.
5. Prepared FDD as and when required.
6. Trained the MBA Rookies (Fresher’s) on Financial Modules.
7. Train the Trainer for EB-Tax and the Advanced Collections Module
8. TEST CASES :
AP – All Cycles Related to Tax
AR – All Cycles
PO – All Cycles Related to Tax
OCT 2005 – JAN 2010 Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
Designation : Senior Software Engineer
1. Handle functional and technical Service Requests raised by customers.
2. Help customers in Set ups and Period close activities in Financial module.
3. Test the latest Releases.
4. Log Bugs for issues that need code fix
5. Handle Severity 1 Issues for customers. Manage Customer urgency and escalations.
Additional Responsibilities:
--Manage Metrics for the team
Customer satisfaction – Make Service Recoveries
Non bugged issues – ARE ( Advanced Resolution Engineer )
Mentor and train new Joinees
Train customers ( Arrow Electric End Users, IBM Consultants)
Conduct webcasts for customers
Participate in Financial communities
Trainings Attended
R12 – First batch to be trained on R12 Financials
MOAC, SLA, E-BusinessTax, Accounts Receivables, Cash Management, TCA.
Trainings Delivered
(Internal Employees and External Customers)
Accounting and Invoicing – Functional Overview – AR
Advanced Collections R12
Set up and overview of Collections
How to set up dunning Plan -- Webcast for Customers across globe.
Scoring and strategies
Credit Management
Set up credit Management to change the credit profile of a customer.
SLA
Set up SLA
EBtax
Basic Set up of EBTAX.
Core Competencies – Product Expertise,Customer Management, Crisis Management, Team Management.
NOV 2004 – OCT 2005 GE Health Care (GEMS Standards)
GE – Capital (Gecis) – Bangalore
Finance Planning and Analysis (FP&A) [On Oracle Apps and Legacy Systems]
Cost Management
Setting Standard Costs
Generating Transfer Prices
Handling Exchange rate changes.
Monitoring Flow of Data in Oracle and Legacy Systems.
Functional Support for Oracle Apps Global Costing COE.
Trainings:
Oracle Apps 11i (Financial Module).
Fin
Fundas:
6
months
of
training
in
concepts
of
Finance
and
how
GE
performs
it’s
Finance
Functions.
FLOB: Finance The Language Of Business
Negotiation Skills, Building Strong Customer Relationships.
Excel, MS Access.
Jan 2003 – Nov 2004 General Electric (Consumer & Industrial)
GE – India Business Center, Hyderabad.
Credit Analyst
Department: Receivables Management Team (Financial Services).
Manage the Receivables Cycle ( Order to Remittance Cycle ) .
Accounting For Receivables and Bad Debts
Risk
analysis,
Analysis
of
Financial
Statements,
and
Customer’s
Competitiveness
&
Business
Trends,
to
set
up
Appropriate Credit Limits and make proactive steps to limit bad debts.
Working on a day –to-day basis on business Finance, Sales managers and Custome rs for claims resolution and
working capital improvement, through reduction of delinquency with customers.
Receivables management to meet business targets.
Order Management.
Additional Role:
Actively Participated in the Receivables transition from Legacy system to Oracle Apps AR module –
Functional Role .
Leading business Conference Calls for the Claim resolution process involving Finance Managers, Regional
Sales Managers and Claims team for the Zenith Business.
Work for E-magazine as an Editor appreciated by the CEO.
ACCOLADES & AWARDS
On Work
Nominated
for
Young
Achiever’s
Award
for
Rheem
Project
– Wipro
C-sat Champion and Service Oscars for continuous 3 years. – Oracle
Conducted Webcast for Global Customers on Setup for Dunning Letters . -- Oracle
Only member in the team at GE to Earn Cash Incentive for meeting performance
Targets in all the 4 quarters in GE. – GE
Among the Top 22 candidates who made it to GE Finance Program out of the 248 candidates
who applied. – GE
Academics
Secured 22nd Rank for the state of Karnataka in the Pre-University College. (XII STD)
Cultural
Best Dancer Award in the dance competitions at college and school levels.
Successfully Completed Bharatanatyam Junior Exams
Actively participated in Organizing National Level Seminar on Knowledge Management.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Languages Known : English, Hindi, and Kannada
Nationality : Indian
Native City : Bangalore
Current Location : Chicago
Visa : H1-B
SHOBHA PRABHAKAR