Management Project

NIHARIKA JAKILINKI Email: ********.*********@*****.***

Cell: 650-***-****

Redmond, WA 98052

SUMMARY

Seeking opportunities which challenges my skills in diversified areas of management & technology leading to value-added solutions, benefiting users and customers. Experience in domain and functional Oracle ERP implementation projects and business system analysis for small-large scale organizations. Driven and hardworking professional who can deliver ‘out of the box’ solutions to complex business problems on time and under budget. Experience in project planning, budgeting and implementing effective cost controls, improving overall efficiency.

SKILL SET

Oracle Application Releases: ERP Oracle Applications Version 12.1.3, 11.5.10.

Languages: SQL.

Utilities: TOAD, Data Loader, SQL* Loader, Oracle Discoverer, Hyperion Reporting Tool, Business Intelligence.

Microsoft Tools: Microsoft Projects, Visio, Power Point, Word, Excel.

PM/BA Tools: Atlassian, LeanKit, Microsoft Projects, Microsoft Note, Asana, Business Case Templates.

Operating Systems: Win-XP, Windows 2000, Win NT Server.

Methodologies & Documents: Oracle Application’s Implementation Methodology (AIM), Functional Documents, Data Mapping Documents, BR100, MD050.

Oracle E Business Suite: Receivables, Payables, General Ledger, Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management, iProcurement and iExpense.

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Managed R12 release implementation project for AP Invoices and Concur, co-ordinated with testing and development teams along with user interactions in an Agile environment.

Lead the team in providing solutions to implement the best method for system integration with third party systems involving complex customizations.

Working knowledge of FTP and Client’s web services. Experience in Oracle SQL Developer, writing SQL Queries. Exposure to Microsoft tools used for visualization (Power Pivot, Microsoft Projects, Excel, Word).

Researched and trouble shooted system issues, provided solutions,analyzed large amounts of data and at the same time established program tracking metrics, documented entire process, saving costs to the company thus generating high ROI.

Reduced 270 man hours of manual work in a month and automated the end to end system improving user and system efficiency by 89%.

Performed Gap analysis in the existing workflow design, cost-benefit analysis for the entire SDLC, accurately assess risk and forecast both long and short-term outcomes all along evaluating the implications in a complex business environment.

Owned accountability for delivering Operational Requirements to engineering, training, documentation and Escalation Paths to Support teams when a new solution is released to production.

Developed measures to define progress, establish ongoing reporting requirements, determine key performance indicators, maintain project budgets and project forecasts.

Designed data analytics to drive people, process and technology to optimize the end-to-end support experience and improving business processes.

Involved in Business process management, designed operational workflow, handled data migration and developed vendor and invoice management solutions.

Reviewed all project documentation and conduct Project Kick-Off meeting, update dash board status and initiate scrum calls. Tracking and mitigating project risks and issues. Create, maintain, and own high quality user requirements.

Identified resources required, assign responsibilities and co-oridnate project staff directly and indirectly to ensure sucessful completion of the projects.

Strong systems knowledge, uses technology to scale programs and improve efficiencies, experience defining technical requirements and working with systems resources.

Established professional relationships with stakeholders with timely feedback throughout the delivery of a project. Ensured project delivery is in accordance to timeframes and escalating as required.

Created Requirements Classification Diagrams, Business Case Template, Brainstorming Agenda Templates, Requirements Attributes Table and Logged Change Control Forms.

Virima Technologies, Mountain View, CA May 2010 – Dec 2012

Key player in the development of strategies that beneffited several in-house systems including data collection, vendor mamangement and direct client interaction.

Re-engineered third party legacy systems thus saving $1.5 million in cost to the company.

Manage test & developement issues, change requests and track Oracle SR’s while implementing the new customizations for purchasing and payables.

Coordinated system configuration based on functional requirements, manage user acceptance testing, develop system training and documentation, and play a key role in change management. As needed, manage entire project lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution and closure.

Ensured successful system implementations by developing plans for testing, training, communications, and roll out. Involve teammates from IT Infrastructure and IT Systems teams at appropriate project stages to ensure optimum implementations and smooth transitions to post implementation support.

Lead continuous review and improvement efforts to ensure that technology-enabled processes meet changing departmental and organizational conditions. May manage small or moderately complex technology implementations.

Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA May 2006 – Dec 2008

Worked in a capacity of Oracle Anlayst and managed enhancements projects, security customizations and new developments.

Implemented Hyperion Up Stream link for better & quick data mangement and HQ reports saving time upto 48 hours.

Developed test plans, organized UAT, updated test status in dashboards, facilitated work sessions and co-ordinated with teams from APAC, EMEA and LAC regions.

Developed project work flows assiting the top management and desiging the security access matrix, documented set up requiremnts, analyzed the end to end process and provided insight in the integration between different systems.

Logged, updated and monitored Oracle service requests improving the performance of the current system.

Set up daily scrum meetings, reviews, retrospecrives, discuss feature releases and track progress. Govern multiple infrastructure releases for process adherence and supportability.

Co-ordinate with DBA’s to make sure that all the databse concurrent requests run within appropiate time span. Responsible for setting, monitoring and controlling of SLA for critical issues handled by the suport teams.

Performed requirement gathering, analyzed the existing application, designed the business process mapping, performed compliance study and identification of the gaps in the system.

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS:

Masters in Finance & Accounting (Utkal University)

Working toawrds PMP Certification

Business Analysis (University of California, Davis)

REFERENCES:

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niharika-jakilinki-89b332a0?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile

Personal References on request

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