Prakash Varanasi

San Francisco Bay Area, CA - 925-***-**** (C) - adjsab@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Seasoned software professional passionate about working with new technologies and product solutions to deliver the best-in-class automation and enterprise functionality aligned with organizational and client goals. Multi-faceted career in the software and financial services industries, with over 15 years of experience in enterprise applications and technology platforms.

Proficient in analysis, functional and technical design, development, system architecture, technical product management and program delivery.

Strong domain expertise in Expense management, PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP from Version7.5 to 9.2) including Human Capital, Financial & Supply Chain Management, and Enterprise Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence.

Substantial experience in IT systems management, implementation & enhancement of Enterprise cloud applications, data integration & management, application & third-party integration, and in providing technical leadership for organizational projects.

Effective in engaging with clients, vendors and organizational stakeholders to understand requirements, conduct market and vendor analysis, and evaluate applications & tools to deliver high value solutions catered to client objectives.

Experienced in leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative business solutions, and mentoring both

in-house and offshore teams.

Well acquainted with customer account management, fund analysis and corporate accounting business in Financial Service industry.

Implementation, Upgrade & postproduction support experience in various products like Oracle Taleo, Kronos, InforXM, ChromeRiver, PeopleSoft Financials and HR.

Skills

ERP: PeopleSoft HCM, PeopleSoft Financials and PeopleSoft SCM

Reporting & Data Management: OBIEE, Business Objects, SQR, Crystal reports, Tableau, Informatica, Oracle Data Integrator

Integration: SOAP & REST API, Enterprise systems integration with third party applications

PeopleSoft Tools : App. Designer, App. Engine, Data Mover, SQR, PeopleCode, PS security, Tree Manager.

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MYSQL and MongoDB (NoSQL)

Web Tools: HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, JSON

Languages: Python, Java, Java Script, C

Operating Systems: UNIX & LINUX with Shell Scripting, Windows with PowerShell

Hardware/Cloud: Racks, UNIX LDOM, VMs, Containers, Micro services, Azure

Agile/SCRUM methodology with DAD, JIRA

Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Franklin Templeton, CA March 2005 to Current

PeopleSoft Financials Experience :

Performed the functional and technical analysis for production support activities.

Coordinated with other IT departments (Database and Operating systems groups) on integrated system support. Defined, Documented and reviewed technical requirements on a regular basis.

Owned functional issues by identifying underlying problems, analyzing potential solutions and implementing system resolutions, including workarounds.

Communicated plans, status and issues to management on a regular basis. Adhered to department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices. Extensive knowledge of PeopleSoft Financials (GL, AR, and Billing).

Good Techno-functional understanding of PeopleSoft General Ledger, Accounts Receivables and Billing. Good hands on experience in Oracle SQL.

Effectively identified and resolved system and business process issues on daily basis. Provided Production Support.

Supported configurations, build customizations, reports and interfaces for PeopleSoft Financials. Used STAT tool for Change management and SOX compliance.

Implemented PeopleSoft enhancement requests on a regular basis.

Assisted in identifying, analyzing, mitigating and responding to project and operational risks. Resolved vulnerabilities related to Database and Operating system findings.

Reviewed and provided approval on technical designs.

Planned development and deployments for all system changes, coordinated knowledge transfer sessions and provided post- go live support for PeopleSoft upgrades and enhancement projects on regular basis.

Provided technical solutions to business customers at all levels in the organization. Regularly engaged with business stakeholders to understand business requirements.

Coordinated across business and technical teams to ensure high quality solutions were delivered on time. Resolved all technical issues related to the PeopleSoft Financials applications.

Utilized DAD Agile Methodology for project implementations.

PeopleSoft Financials Version 9.2 Upgrade. Implemented several PeopleTools Upgrades. Worked on several PUM Implementations.

Worked on Oracle E-Business Suite Financial Accounting Hub implementation. Worked on Oracle E-Business Suite upgrade from version 12.0.4 to 12.2.4.

Troubleshoot PeopleSoft environment technical issues on a daily basis.

Implemented PeopleSoft and Oracle E-Business Suite updates and fixes. Worked on several PeopleTools and PeopleSoft Financials Application Upgrades. Managed and administered PeopleSoft and Oracle E-Business Suite security.

Installed and configured PeopleSoft Application components.

Installed and configured Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Accounting Hub application.

Implemented Operating System (UNIX and NT) and Database upgrades and patching for both the PeopleSoft and Oracle E- Business Suite application.

Worked on PeopleSoft Application Server, Web Server and Process Scheduler administration. Performance tuning experience.

Knowledgeable about the basic database administration tasks.

Extensive experience in working with PWC auditors regarding SOX compliance and IT Security.

Application Lead - Expenses

Owned the SaaS and on premise expense management applications, provided guidance and expertise on functional and technical aspects and worked closely with business to drive the various projects to successful completion and rollout to over 10,000 users. Some of the highlights are:

SaaS Chrome River Expense: Responsible for moving the Expense business processes from Infor XM to the SaaS experience, in partnership with Corporate Accounting and Fin Ops teams with a goal to improve adoption and user experience. Led the project from vendor sourcing to implementation, on time and within budget in a phased global rollout across 19 countries.

Complete market analysis of SaaS Expense products, formulate software requirements, short list and evaluate vendors, and finalize Chrome River product.

Architect, prototype and build integrations using REST APIs to upload HR data from PeopleSoft HRMS to External SAAS based sub systems.

Designed and developed ETL solution using ODI to extract Chrome River expense data and load into OBIEE for generating Expense analytical reports.

Configure the expense application for processing multiple types of corporate credit card expenses and integrate the invoices to PeopleSoft AP for voucher generation.

Infor XM application: Enhance the on-premise application to include key business requirements and manage the upgrade cycles for smooth rollout to the end users. Some of the key features designed and developed include:

AMEX credit card transaction processing from a single Global file instead of multiple regional files.

Unified tracking of all gifts/expenses paid to a government official by employees across the company.

Multiple credit card processing for expenses allowing both corporate & non-corporate cards.

Multi-currency processing at each country level allowing local currency card transactions as well as corporate issued credit card transaction currency.

Allow expense data analysis through BI reporting by loading Infor XM data in OBIEE using Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).

Upload expense reports into PeopleSoft using component interface to generate vouchers automatically after GL level combo edit validation.

Concur Travel Application: Design and implement the SaaS application for companywide travel booking. Some of the highlights include:

Configured SSO solution to access Concur travel application using Microsoft ADFS.

Next Gen Proof of Concept Projects

Develop MS Azure based web application for invoice payment, running on Azure based VM using cloud storage and connecting to external Oracle database.

Design chat bot running on company owned Azure cloud to guide the user to review and print invoices on their laptops/desktops.

Previous Experience

Senior Consultant, Satyam (Tech Mahindra), CA

Responsible for assessing customer needs, translating them to solution design documents and drive the implementation process by configuring business solutions, development and managing multiple task assignments. Client projects in this capacity include PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM implementation in the US and overseas:

Agilent Technologies, CA June 2003 to February 2005

Team lead of offshore & onsite team delivering postproduction support and development of PeopleSoft 8.3 HRMS, Payroll and base Benefits.

Applied Materials, CA September 2002 to May 2003

Offshore coordinator and onsite developer for support and development of PeopleSoft Global HRMS 8.3 and Payroll, self-service e-recruit, e-pay & e-profile portals.

Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore July 2001 to August 2002

Team lead of the Conversion and Interfaces team for PeopleSoft Financials 8.3 General Ledger implementation.

Education and Training

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical (India)

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