Business Applications Oracle Fusion
Resume:
Raj Kode
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Summary
Around twenty-six years of extensive experience in the IT ERP Cloud & Client/Server environments with expertise in Oracle Fusion Cloud SaaS / on-prem EBS & Workday SaaS Software (Finance/HCM/Payroll) Business Applications and Moveworks AI. I have extensive experience in system design & life cycle (SDLC) processes as well as ongoing support for software design, development, testing, & implement CEMLI components, maintenance, implementation, user training, prod support, & upgrades. I work efficiently and effectively and have strong and excellent written and oral communication & good interpersonal skills. I am a seasoned Information Technology Manager knowledgeable about ERPs infrastructure, security and operations management. I am proactive and decisive leader with more than 15 years of related experience.
Skills
ERPs: Oracle Fusion Cloud / EBS & Workday
Oracle Applications R12/11i/11/10.7 (GL/AP/CM/AR/iProc/INV/OM/PO/FA/BOM/HRMS/Payroll).
Workday (HCM/Payroll/Finance)
OCP (9i DBA & AR 11i Fundamentals)
PMP: PMP Training 2009
Experience
Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, CA
IT Manager Business Applications & Portfolio
10/2023 – 09/2024
Managed Pre-Implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM/Financials/SCM & implemented Moveworks AI enhancements and oversee MS Copilot & Sage CRM Replacement with Salesforce Revenue Cloud and other projects.
Managed ServiceNow and Sharepoint on-prem 2010 & 2016 and online applications & teams.
Involve in SOWs, ODs, vendor management selection process and partner with PMO dept on contracts, negotiating the price, and creating, reviewing, approving the POs. In addition, involve in technical interviews of consultants.
Managed & Partnered with in-house PM and Implementor Oracle Consulting in managing HCM/FIN/SCM Data Migrations & Integrations, and Cross-Functional Business Stakeholders. Manage and report Technical Data Migrations statuses to different work group leads in weekly meetings. Managing the Cloud Administration and implementation. And Lead the Integrations meetings.
Actively Report multiple project’s status to Director & Executive Director and CIO on AI & Microsoft Copilot projects.
Managed Team of 8 onsite direct reports and 2 off-shore (India) indirect resources. Managed 5 consultants for data extractions from Legacy system Lawson for the Oracle Fusion Cloud Implementation.
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
IT Systems Analyst / Business Applications Manager
06/2010 - 03/2023
Managed Oracle ERP Financials and Metaviewer Reporting Applications and report to ITS Director and updates to CFO, Finance Controller and HR Director, Payroll Manager & Business stake holders
Mentor, Monitor, & Delegate tasks to Developers and work with Cross Functional Business Stake Holders
Lead the Upgrades from R12.0.3 to R12.0.6, to R12.1.3, to R12.2.0 and provide pre-post Upgrade support & platform migration, and actively used & managed Bug Tracker, & provide Documentation
Worked with Controller on GAAP, segregation of duties, yearly Internal/External Audits, and guide Oracle GL, AP, PO AR, FA & Grants Managers on Accounting, Business Processes & Reporting and provide support to Month-End closing issues
Raising Service Request (SR) with Oracle and resolve timely and communicate User community
Managed the Payroll implementation, Lead IT and Consultants and the Controllers offices Payroll processes during Payroll implementation
Lead the efforts of implementing Payroll Check printer & AP Check Printer
Mentored, Managed and Delegated IT Developers about 3rd party Integrations, Data Conversions, Oracle Forms & Reports Development, Datawarehouse Management, & train Business Users
Lead the Design, Development and implementation team for ePayables (Bank Of America) Project, AP Withholding Tax, CBS One-Card invoices, AP TPC Payments setup, customize & support WebADI tool, BofA TPC GL Account setup, customized 10g Reports, custom Oracle reports and used SQL & PL/SQL
Assist AP Manager in identifying, Developers for the development and Lead the efforts in bringing the Concur Expense/Invoices/Receipts data into On-Prem and build Argos Reports developed using Oracle SQL
Trained the Users to Run the Argos Reports & provide documentation and training
Assist Grant Manager in Integration, and Developer and Lead the Integration of Pre-Post Award Grant management application system implementation
Working closely with ORSP, Grants offices and InfoEd system, using Talend ETL, RestAPIs JSON format, and Postman & provide documentation and training
Assist Managers in developing proposals, RFPs, and statements of work within the scope
Active Lead of EBiz System Administrator role, and responsible for communicating Oracle EBiz tech-team, user community, & Oracle consultants if needed about Oracle EBiz in a timely manner
Leading the testing of EBiz suite user access for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – DUO project & working closely with Security and DBA team
Mentored, Managed and Trained Business Users
Managed and Delegated IT DBA Quarterly CPUs, and Delegated IT Analyst for yearly Payroll patching updates
Designed workflow and Delegated IT Service-Now developer for Oracle ERP Access, and Train Business Users
Take initiative in talking to other groups, Server team, ITS Helpdesk, provide support documentation on how to troubleshoot Metaviewer issues in a timely manner
Actively manage time and resources well in advance in accordance with available resources
Lead the efforts in Service-Now and Controllers office user request access process
Actively provide day-to-day support to Controllers office & attend weekly status updates
Primary support of ARGOS tool for Controllers office accounting group
Actively involved and responsible for developing interfaces from EBiz to Concur during Concur implementation
Work closely with DBA & Oracle support to apply Oracle patches, identify & resolve the production issues and decommission old AP check printers and setup new check printers
Work closely with Business Users, Developers, DBA's and Oracle Metalink
Managed the team of 5 for Data Conversions of Finance, HR & Payroll for Oracle ERP into Workday
Managed the team of 7 for Integrations & Reports consolidation required for Workday
Partnered with 3rd Party Vendor Implementor Workday Project Manager for the Oracle ERP to Workday Implementation.
24hrFitness Carlsbad, CA
Sr. Oracle System Analyst
01/2010 - 05/2010
Configure and Setup AR Auto Lockbox
Provide support on Tax & Intercompany transactions
Work closely with Developers, DBA Team and report to Director of Business Systems.
Gavilon Omaha, NE
Oracle Financials System Analyst
05/2009 - 08/2009
Manager for Development team of 7 for R12 implementation, and managed Off-Shore mid-size Team
Identify & gather business/technical requirements and provide the solutions
Provide the crucial role between Business functional and technical development team
Mentored Developers on design and development of Oracle PL/SQL packages and procedures for R12 AP Checks & AR Receipts outbound Programs
Work closely with DBA, Business Users, Developers, Manage Metalink SR's & report to both Project & Product Managers.
CytRx Corporation Los Angeles, CA
Sr. Oracle Financials Manager
04/2007 - 01/2009
Manager of Oracle ERP Financials and reporting to CFO, and managed team of 5 members
Assist GL Finance Manager in Setup the GL Natural Asset Accounts & Setup Intercompany Accounts, AP Month-End Close Process and resolve the AP Payment Issues
Assist CM Manager Setup Cash Management Bank AutoReconciliation Implementation in Testing Instance of AP Suppliers & Invoices data into Great Plains 9.0/10 Software
Work closely with Internal/External SOX auditing team for successful IT SOX compliance.
Princess Cruises Santa Clarita, CA
Sr. Oracle Applications Developer
02/2007 - 03/2007
Setup AP Banks, AR Auto Lockbox & Resolve AP Payment issues
Managing/resolving day-to-day issues and work very closely with GL/AP user groups
Create and Manage the Oracle TAR's and closely work with Business Users, DBA & Manager
The Mentor Network Boston, MA
Sr. Oracle Applications Manager, •Lead Project
09/2005 - 02/2007
Lead the Manager Role for the development team of 3 and managed Off-Shore Team of 5
Lead and managed the accounting user group in testing the latest Oracle-Upgrade from 11.5.9 to 11.5.10 in GL & ADI, AP, and CE and make sure business process meets the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance
Accenture, Bi-Metro St. Louis, MO
Sr. Oracle Applications Technical Manager
03/2004 - 07/2005
Team-Lead for the Oracle Workflows Team and Architect of the Financials Consignment Sales Application (FCSA) system
Gathering the functional requirements of Bank file setups and Payables and Receivables Invoices
Leading the meetings in the setups of AR Auto Lockbox and Transmission formats
IBM, Chicago Transit Authority Chicago, IL
Sr. Oracle Applications Techno/Functional Lead
07/2002 - 12/2003
Leading design, analysis and develop the Oracle Apps, AR (Accounts Receivables) and AP (Accounts Payables) Interfaces and Conversions at CTA (Chicago Transit Authority)
Designed and developed different Interfacing and Conversion of the CTA three different legacy systems Customers and Open Invoices with Oracle Apps AR
Interfaced and converted legacy system CTA Divorce Decree Invoices into Oracle AP Invoices
Successfully interfaced and converted the CTA different legacy systems customers, AR and AP invoices data into Oracle Applications.
Oracle Corp., Ford Motor Comp Dearborn, MI
Sr. Oracle Applications Developer
08/2001 - 06/2002
Involved in Design, Analysis, and Writing of complete life cycle of Oracle Financials 11i of Everest/SFR (Shop Floor Requisition: different Ford plants) project
Worked with in Distribution/Supply chain for both Inventory and Purchasing modules with multi org/currency
Compuware Corp Farmington Hills, MI
Sr. Oracle Applications Developer
04/2001 - 08/2001
Data Management: controlling, protecting, and facilitating access to data
Data consistency and security: Syncing, data replication, and company compliance procedures
Train users on database software, monitor and report progress on a regular basis.
Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI
Sr. Oracle Applications Specialist
02/2000 - 06/2001
Involved in GL/AP implementation team, Define COA
Compuware Corp Farmington Hills, MI
Oracle Applications Specialist
02/2000 - 03/2001
Involved in a team to develop complete applications package of Oracle Applications Suite with File Aid Client/Server, used SQL & PL/SQL.
Used the SQL Loader to load the GL/AP/AR interface tables
Lead the team to design the proto-type of complete life cycle of application package.
Compuware Corp Farmington Hills, MI
Oracle Applications Developer
01/1999 - 01/2000
Worked with General Ledger Budget uploading into Oracle and used the SQL Loader to load the GL interface tables, C, Pro C, & Crystal Reports.
Michigan Department of Community Health, MDCH Lansing, MI
Oracle Applications Developer
04/1998 - 01/1999
Responsible for design, development and implementation of Telecommunications Applications Database
Compuware Corp Farmington Hills, MI
Oracle Developer
01/1998 - 03/1998
Responsible for Y2K fixes
Education and Training
Osmania University Hyderabad, India: Bachelors of Civil Engineering
Hyderabad, India: Oracle 9i DBA Training, SQL International- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) 9i DBA
Washtenaw Community College Ypsilanti, MI: Unix Sys Admin, Shell Programming, & Web Server Programming
Technical Skills
RDBMS/DBMS: Oracle 12c/11g/10g/9i/8i/8/7, MS Access 2.0, SQL Server
S/W Tools: Toad, SQL Developer, Talend, Argos, Metaviewer, Apex, Oracle Forms 10g/6i, Oracle Reports 6i, Oracle ADI, Developer/2000, SQL Loader, BI/XML Publisher, Oracle Workflow, Framework, AK Developer
PVCS, Kintana Package, Gitlab; Visio, MS Office, Smartsheets
Programming Languages: PL/SQL, SQLPlus, SQL, Unix Shell Programming, C, .NET, Java Script, HTML
O/S: Windows XP, Windows 95/98/2000, NT Server/Workstation, Unix AIX/HP/Sun Solaris, DOS/Windows 3.x
Speaker @ Oracle Applications User Group - 2017 - San Antonio, Texas
How to coordinate and manage Oracle Financials Upgrades
How to communicate & educate, Business Users about new functionalities & changes
How to document the Changes.
Application Benefits of the Upgrades
Security Benefits of the Upgrades
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