Manager Oracle

Ravi Sankar Vipparla

MBA, FCMA(India), CMA(USA)

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Summary

Ravi Sankar is a Senior Oracle Consultant and Subject Matter Expert with rich global exposure to Oracle ERP Financials (Fusion Cloud, EBS-R12, 11i) having 20 + years of total experience, out of which the experience in Oracle Financials technology is around 13+ years. Ravi Sankar also has the knowledge and experience in Accounts, Finance and Auditing.

He is an MBA, Fellow Member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India (FCMA) with ALL INDIA RANK and CERTIFICATE OF MERIT in CMA and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Institute of Management Accountants – USA and Oracle Certified Implementation Specialist in Finance Modules.

Currently working for Hitachi Vantara.

IT Knowledge

ERP : Oracle ( Financials )

Modules : GL, AP, AR, FA, CM, I Expenses and Advanced Collections along with Client/customer specific Custom Applications.

Projects’ Experience : End to End Implimentations having Procure to Pay (P – P), Order to Cash (O – C), and Finance modules, Production Support and Roll Outs.

Certified Implementation Specialist in :

Oracle Financials Cloud: Accounts General Ledger Specialist

Oracle Financials Cloud: Accounts Payables Specialist

Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Financial Management: Oracle Payables

Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Financial Management: Oracle Receivables.

Skills and Oracle ERP Expertise

Handled/managed 13 Oracle ERP Projects globally at various capacities like Project Manager, Solution Architect, Functional lead and Functional team member in all the phases of ERP implementation including in depth study of the prevailing organizational processes, business process mapping onto Oracle Applications, identifying gaps, developing testing customized solutions/applications, integrations, documentation and managing change for smooth transition to ERP systems . Also experienced in supporting and improving AP, AR, GL, FA, CM, Iexpenses modules along with custom Applications in a multi-cultural environment.

Working on Project plan, Milestones, Meeting plans, Reviews & Schedules. Providing periodic status updates & participates in review meetings, determining project deliverable formats in consultation with Client, and driving the same. Leading the summary walkthrough-sessions & providing clarifications on estimates to client, Managing team.

Has skill and experience in assisting, coach & mentor other engagement team members on issues they encounter in the design, implementation of solutions and communicating with the users regarding the progress on the issues being worked on including conducting user training, CRP and UAT.

With the demonstrated skill, knowledge and experience in core Finance area and Industry practices, understands the global business structure and complex / ambiguous requirements in a better way in providing Functional/Technical solutions including alternative solutions, options, process improvements, work arounds, SOPs and streamlines the processes to fit in Oracle ERP in changing environments.

Troubleshoots and Analyze Functionality, Setup, Configuration, Process and Data Issues in Oracle Applications including regular day-to-day problems and Oracle Service Requests Management.

Handles the stages of Project Implementation with timely deliverables as per clients’ requirement which includes Requirements Gathering, Analysis, System Design & Development, Testing, production set up reconciliation and post production support

Extensively worked on Ffinancial / period close and management reporting process that includes FP&A, Procure to Pay, and shared service allocations, reconciliation and reporting, functional clarifications based on region wise accounting standards

Coordinating with Technical Team to prepare migration scripts to load historical data and other open transactions and reconciliation

Developed/ Defined the Organization Structure, Chart of Accounts, SoB and Ledger in Test & Production instances and training and supporting users for the same

Creation of FSG reports, WEB ADI templates for vendor creation, invoice load.

Has strong experience in integrations with third party systems including banks and lockbox services, building/ maintaining custom applications

Reduced the period close process by 2 days.

Coordinates schedules, activities and reports with other departments on operational accounting activities and reconciliation

Able to apply accounting knowledge to day-to-day operations and assigned projects

Actively involved in many training programs as trainer, POCs, health checks, document reviews & competency activities.

As a person of FP&A, worked/ can work on :

Complete responsibility of Accounts including coordinating with the Statutory Auditors, Internal and Tax Auditors along with reporting, analysis and reconciliation.

Budgeting, performance linked Control Systems including revisions and MIS Reports

Management of Payables, Receivables and Inventory by branch/division and internal controls

Development of comprehensive Information System and Accounting for production matters for productivity, wastivity, consumption of each resource, along with idle capacity and utilization for all cost units and cost centers

Preparation/Design of cost center wise (product/branch/ customer/ contract)Costing and performance statements with variances .

# Visiting Faculty for many Govt., PG level Management Institutions / Universities on Finance.

Oracle ERP Projects

Mount Sinai Health Systems, US

Finance IT Lead: R12 Support, Cloud implementation Feb 2015 – Current

Finance, SCM, HCM tracks

YTY Industries - Malaysia

Finance Functional Lead, YTY Group Malaysia Implementation Nov2013 – Jan 2015

The implementation of FINANCE (AP, AR, GL, FA, CM), SCM and OPM - R12 EBS

TFPC - Singapore

Finance Functional Lead, The Ferrer Park Company Aug 2013 – Oct 2013

The implementation of FINANCE (AP, AR, GL, FA, CM, I expenses), SCM - R12 EBS

Overhead Door Corporation, US

Finance Functional Consultant, onsite-offshore coordinator Nov 2012 – Jun 2013

The implementation of FINANCE (AP, AR, GL, FA, CM, I expenses), SCM- R12 EBS

PPG Industries - Mexico

Functional Lead and Project Manager Nov-2011 to Jun-2012

Tandem AR elimination and Implementation of Oracle AR. 11.5.10.2

PPG Industries - US

Finance Functional Lead, Mar2011 –Oct 2011

CCDS elimination and Implementation of AP and CM. 11.5.10.2

Sherwin Williams - Vietnam

Finance Functional Consultant, Oct 2010 –Feb 2011

Rollout of FINANCE (AP, AR, GL, FA), SCM Tracks – 12.1.3

Implementation - Internet Expenses Jun 2010 to Sep 2010

Functional Consultant

Client: Worthington Industries – USA. 11.5.10.2

Implementation of GL, AP, AR, FA and PO From Jan2010

Project Head - – Client Site

Client: Unifreight India Pvt Ltd. - 11.5.10.2

Implementation of CM, FA and PO May 2009 to Feb 2010

Project Head – Client Site

Client: AFL Pvt Ltd. - 11.5.10.2

Re- Implementation & Production Support Aug 07 - May 09

Team Member – Client Site.

Client: AFL Pvt Ltd - 11.5.10.2

Production Support (GL, AP and AR) Aug 2007 to Mar 2009

Team Member –Client’s site

Client: AFL Dachser Pvt Ltd. - 11.5.10.2

Roles and Organizations

Manager - Specialized Services : Hitachi Vantara Current – from April 2010 .

ERP Consultant : Popular InfoTech Pvt Ltd August 2007 to April 2010

Practicing Cost Accountant January 2002 to June 2007

Sr. Accounts Officer : Dornier India Medical Systems Pvt Ltd Jan 01- Jan02.

Asst. Professor –Finance, Dept. of Business Mgt, DSM. Osmania University Mar 99 – Dec 00

Accounts Officer: Surya Lakshmi Cotton Mills Ltd Jun 1998 -Mar 1999

Accounts Officer: Omega Health Aid Institute Pvt Limited, July 1997 - June 1998.

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