Summary

Over Thirty years of functional experience in various areas in Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle Fusion Cloud & 12), Project & Program Management, Credit Analysis, Marketing of Financial Products, MIS, Budgeting, Financial, Cost & Management Accounting in various industries.

Certified Oracle Financials Functional Consultant.

Competent in various modules in Oracle Cloud Fusion & R.12. Over Twenty-Two years of experience in various projects. Over Fourteen years of experience with Oracle Cloud & R.12 versions.

Diversified Domain and Oracle Consulting experience in Banking & Financial Services, Manufacturing, News Media & Communication, Federal, Semi-Conductor, Pharmaceuticals, Networking & Web Technologies, Avionics Etc.

Competent in understanding the functionality of the Core Oracle Modules and their interplay in the overall accounting structure of an organization.

Having extensive experience in GAP & FIT analysis, FDD Specifications, Deloitte Industry Print, Documentation, Testing, Training, Prod. Support, Project Mgt. etc.

Worked for Big 4 (Deloitte and IBM). Also worked for Wipro and Zensar.

Proven Track Record of C-Suite level engagement and delivery.

Proven Record to be Trusted Partner to Global 100 companies and advising them in ERP and technology selection and delivery.

Experienced in Pre Sales/RFQ/SOW/Team Building/Recruitment/Mentoring/Delivery and Client Satisfaction.

Experience engaging at C Level executives to deliver industry insights, strategic guidance, comparative analysis and recommendations, transformation roadmaps, To-Be Business Processes and ERP Mappings, proposals.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Excellent planning and organizational skills.

Education

ACS (Associate Member of The Institute Of Company Secretaries of India.)

FICWA (Fellow Member of The Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of India) equivalent to CPA qualification in USA.

Bachelor of both Science & Commerce– University of Calcutta, India.

Technical Skills

ERP, Associated Technologies & Project/Program Management:

Expert in Oracle Financials/Supply Chain/Distribution/Manufacturing/Planning/Procurement/Tax in Fusion Cloud and

EBS R12. SAP Literate. Exposure in Sales Force/Workday/Peoplesoft/SAP Concur/Power BI.

AWS/MS Azure Database Cloud. PMP Certified.

Hardware:

Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Sun Sparc, DEC-Work Station, HP, Intel

Operating Systems

UNIX/Linux flavors (HP UX, Solaris, AIX), Windows NT/2000/XP, NOVELL NETWARE.

WEB Technology

Well versed in using Toad/Sql. Developer to query databases using pl/sql. Also, familiar using Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest, Manage Now, Autosys, XML Publisher, Discoverer, Mercury/HP Test Director/Quality Center, Share Point, Data Load V5.4.0.1, MS 365 Products etc.

Presentation Tools

Strong MS skills in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project and Visio.

Project Summary

Enterprise Solution Architect/Sr. Manager –

Global IT Support, Oracle – 12.1.3

Panasonic Avionics Corporation – Financials, Tax, Supply Chain and Manufacturing

Lake Forest, CA - July’12 till date

Currently working in Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) as Enterprise Solution Architect/Sr. Manager and leading a team of 13 BSA’s across Finance, Tax, SCM, HR and Mfg. areas. PAC is upgraded to Fusion Cloud in 2018 and currently we are deploying various Extensions (Change Requests) as required as well as routine production support.

As Enterprise Solution Architect, I am responsible for:

Experineced in Oracle Fusion Cloud on SasS platform.

Experinenced in MS Azure Clode Database Migration from On Premise on IasS and PasS platform.

Daily global production support. Assign bug fix tickets to appropriate resources and maintain agreed SLA.

A single point contact for business for any IT related query/question which often leads to extensions and projects.

Heavily exposed in OBIEE Report Development based on business requirements.

Assigning appropriate workload to each BSA to achieve optimum IT output. This involves constant monitoring of BSAs workload in Production Bug Fix and engagement in Projects.

Assign objectives to direct reports and appraise performance twice a year for bonus, increment and promotion. Constantly mentor team members to maintain high moral to achieve team goal.

Deliver projects with highest standards with all documentations and budget. This includes resource allocation of full time/contractors and engaging vendors. Review quatations and monitor buget allocation.

Interview candidates for FT/Consulting positions.

Successfully built and manage relationships with key Business Stakeholders (VPs/Sr. Directors). Weekly publish IT Project Status for IT Steering committee.

Work with Internal Control Team to ensure SOX compliance. Work with external and internal auditors for all system related audit points. This includes data extraction from database to prove various SOX complience.

Prepare and present Cost Busters and Time Busters to show cost savings due to IT initiatives to top management.

PAC is the leading supplier of In-Flight Entertainmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-flight_entertainment equipment, including music, video on demand (movies and television shows), in-flight shopping, phone service, email, video games, and GPS flight location display. PAC is an approved supplier to both Boeing and Airbus and the primary entertainment provider for a large number of prominent airlines worldwide.

Managing Principal Consultant/Program Manager – Idhasoft Inc.

Client Presentation/Pre Sales/Proposals/Team Building/SOW/Delivery/New Business Sourcing

San Jose. CA – July 2007-July 2012

Functional SME/Program Engagement

Oracle R12 Upgrade – 12.1.3

Cisco Systems – Financials P2R Track(PO/AP/iExp./CE/iSupplier/SLA & EB Tax)

San Jose, CA – May’11 to July’12

Worked in Cisco Systems Inc. as R.12 Functional SME on P2R Track. Cisco upgraded their US OU from 11.5.10.2 to R.12.1.3 and global OUs from 12.0.6 to 12.1.3. I was specifically responsible for AP, iExp., EBTax modules and various 3rd Party tools integration to Oracle with close cross-functional co-ordination with R2R and P2O teams in the Procure-To-Record track.

Cisco followed various testing phases on multiple customizations. Detailed Business Requirements had been gathered and very extensive test plan followed. After Unit, Integration and two rounds of UAT, we went live recently. Currently supporting Post Go_Live cases.

This was a very large program for Cisco Systems Inc. involving over 400 people over a period of 5 quarters with a budget of $21M. Coordinated teams based at San Jose, North Carolina and India. Coordinated with Business SMEs throughout USA, EMEA and APAC during testing and currently in Post Go-Live support.

In EBTax, evaluated the automation features of EBTax module for Cisco’s global businesses. Cisco’s global businesses are using manual Tax Calculation currently. In USA, Cisco use SABRIX as External Tax Vendor.

Extensively used tools like HP QC, EDM, Remedy Systems etc. for Test Cases, Document Repository and Support Cases. Also extensively used MS Tools for documentation, analysis, and presentation.

On Program Engagement responsibility, worked with Prime Vendor to place appropriate resources in the project to optimize Idhasoft’s footprint and revenue optimization. Engaged with Cisco C Suite Level and Cisco PMO to promote Idhasoft as Full-Service Oracle house and place as many resources as scoped. Won the trust and confidence of Program PMO to source/interview and place resources as needed.

Functional Global Lead/Program Director - Oracle Re-Implementation – 12.1.2

ON Semiconductor – Financials (GL/AGIS/PO/AP/FA/iExp./CE/SLA & EB Tax)

Phoenix, AZ – Mar’10 To May’11

Worked at ON Semiconductor in their R.12.1.2 re-implementation of Oracle Financials /Procurement/HRMS/eAM/IM project as Oracle Financials Global Lead.

I was the Financials Global Lead and internal resource for ON to work with Deloitte team in this project. The entire project is phased out by various releases. In the Foundation Release we re-designed the global COA and I was primarily responsible to drive global work sessions on this. Conducted global sessions and workshops on each segments of COA along with clean up and re-design of values. Setup Oracle Multi-Org structure with LE-OU-Inv. Org.-Sub Inv. Setup Consolidation Model with PL/SL & RL. Was also actively involved in all the modules of P2P cycle in business requirements, design and testing.

In Sub Ledger modules, Led P2P cycle with deep concentration is EB Tax. Implemented a very complex Tax Solution for ON for their US and International Businesses. The phases followed are Business Requirement, Prototype, POC, Int-1 & Int-2 and UAT. We have followed AIM methodology.

Also worked on RICE objects and evaluated new RICE requirements. The RICE followed SDLCs to produce MD050/MD070/TE040’s etc. Client had significant number of RICE objects and extensive work has been done on these RICE objects on review/relevancy in R.12/modification/discard/new development etc. Also worked on BI Publisher Reports on assessment of existing reports (around 4000 reports in Discoverer), business validation, gathering modified report requirement and development of new reports. Very closely worked with SOX team to incorporate process and access restrictions in various business process flow we designed.

In documentation front, developed various presentations (PPT/Visio), Data Analysis Docs (Excel) and extensive Setup and Training Docs.(Word). Conducted Global sessions with Europe and Asia users on POC, Presentations and Training.

Also actively managed Off-Shore Teams (both Client and Deloitte) based in Europe & Asia.

Quickly won the trust of the Prime Vendor and became Program Director for Prime Vendor. We compete with Deloitte Consulting LLP. To present and propose solution and engagement on behalf of Prime Vendor. This includes Product Demo, sourcing & presenting quality resources and procuring new business for Prime Vendor.

Was also actively engaged in PMO activities like, Status Reporting, Deadline Scaling, gathering, and maintaining Issue Logs per module/per track, Managing Share Point etc.

Functional SME/Project Manager, Roll Out of Oracle in Italy & Hong Kong – 12.0.6

GAP Inc. – Financials (GL/AP/FA/CE/iExp./iProc & Ebiz Tax)

San Bruno, CA – Sep’09 to Mar’10

Worked in GAP Inc. as Oracle Functional SME (Subject Matter Expert) in their roll outs in Italy and Hong Kong. GAP Inc. is upgrading their Italy and rolling out a brand new OU in Hong Kong. We are integrating these two OU with GAP’s global Oracle R.12 system.

Being the Functional SME of this project my responsibilities were to initiate the discussion of GAP’s business structure (LE & OUs), business process and to address the pain points they have. Given them walk through on R.12 features to eliminate many pain points. Was extensively involved in Business Requirement Gathering sessions while the users were based at Europe and Asia and the developers were based in India. Extensively used AIM methodology in full SDLC (document Business Requirements, instance planning, off-shore resource management, configuration, testing, training, Go-Live plan and generation and maintenance of documents at the Shared Point) in this project.

Was also responsible to prepare. Monitor and report status of the project to GAP Project Manager.

Did thorough documentation as per AIM. Extensively used MS tools for Project Management, Reporting and Presentations.

The prime vendor of this engagement was Wipro Limited. Played additional role of Project Manager to manage a team of Contactors and Wipro employees and became single point contact to Wipro C Suite Management. Wipro heavily relied on me for Project Management (It was a Fix Bid Project for Wipro and the Program Manager was under pressure to make a profit) and meeting delivery timelines with highest quality.

Project Manager, Implementation of Oracle in India OUs – 12.0.5

UT Starcom India – Financials (GL/AR/AP/Ebiz Tax/FA/CE/iProc) with India Localization

Oakland, CA - Dec’08 to Aug’09

Successfully completed this R.12 implementation project in UT Starcom India Telecom (P) Ltd. In this implementation we have rolled out two operating units of UT Starcom Inc., Oakland, CA, USA.

UTStarcom (NASDAQ:UTSI) is a global leader in the manufacturing, integration and support of IP-based, end-to-end networking and telecommunications solutions. The company’s strategic focus is on three core markets: Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), Next Generation Networks (NGN) and Broadband. UTStarcom developed the industry’s first and only end-to-end IPTV solution and is the leading IPTV provider in Asia today.

Being the Project Manager of this project, my role was to deliver the financial modules with strict deadlines. Manage a team of consultants both on site and Off-shore centers at Bangalore and Chennai in India.

Was responsible for the entire SDLC of the project including data conversion & User Training.

Was also responsible to ensure that communication channels (both client IT/Business & Executive members) and deadlines have been met. The project also involved a unique 3 way transaction solution across 3 OUs and customization around Progress Billing and Revenue and Cost Management.

The project has been delivered on time with full documentation.

Functional Lead

COA Re-Design and Legacy Integration - Oracle Financials – 11.5.10.2

Yahoo Inc., Sunnyvale, CA - July’ 08 – Dec’08

Worked in Yahoo Inc. Leading a functional team in Yahoo’s effort to re-design their Chart of Accounts (COA). The project also involved integration of various legacy systems with Oracle Applications as Yahoo acquired various small and medium companies like Right Media, Blue Lithium, Zimbra etc.

In this project I lead the COA team and reported to Senior Manager, IT. The responsibilities include initiating discussions on re-designing the COA. Initiating, driving and keeping track of decisions taken in various meetings, preparation of Impact Assessment documents, developing test scripts etc. As we progress in this project, the next phases are prototyping, testing, user acceptance, production cut over, after Go-Live support etc. Also worked on Extensions and Prod. Support.

Functional Lead

Oracle Implementation Project (OM, AR, Adv. Coll., Credit Management, Revenue Recognition, GL, CE, TM – 12.4.0)

Juniper Networks Inc, Sunnyvale, CA - Feb’ 08 – June’08

Worked with Deloitte Consulting in one of their prestigious project with Juniper Networks Inc. in their re-implementation of Oracle Release 12 version.

This was a very complex implementation involving Financial, Distribution and manufacturing suites of Oracle Application in Release 12.0.4. It also involved Siebel system for Customer Quote and Contracts.

Worked in the Global Design Phase in this project. Being the Finance Lead of the assigned modules (R2R & O2C), my responsibilities in the project were leading a team of consultants. Being responsible of deliverables on strict deadlines. Conducted series of sessions/meetings with multiple working groups of the client located in various places in USA and around the globe. Gathering Pain Points and providing solutions to them. This included demonstration of R.12 enhancements. Wrote Approach Papers on various solutions designs. Defined TO-BE process flows for the client using Deloitte’s Industry Print tool.

In R2R, involved in Global Chart-Of-Accounts restructuring workshops and developed the new COA for Juniper. Also extensively participated in the Global Requirement gathering sessions with Treasury and Cash Management groups.

In O2C, lead and extensively involved in Global Requirement Gathering sessions with OM, AR, Rev. Rec., Adv. Collection and Credit Management groups. These sessions involved detail discussion on the current customization and evaluation of the same in Juniper’s TO-BE process.

Written, reviewed and delivered FDDs (Functional Design Documents).

Functional Lead

Oracle Implémentation Project (GL, AR, AP, FA & CM – 12.0.2)

Cortina Systems Inc., Sunnyvale, CA - June ’07 – Jan’08

Worked in the project of Cortina Systems Inc. in their brand new implementation of Oracle Release 12.0.2 version. The project is implemented in 9 Operating Units across North America and Asia-Pacific region. Being the Finance Lead of the assigned modules, my responsibilities in the project were to prepare Unit Test Plans for each module and to get the sign off of the Super Users and users after detailed walk through. Configuration and testing in various environments like CRP1, CRP2, Integration, UAT, Gold Etc. Worked thoroughly in Inter-Company Transactions. Also worked in Data Conversion and provided Post Go-Live support including month end closing. SOX compliance was extensively followed.

Functional Lead

Integration of New OUs (PO, AP, GL, FA, iProc. - 11.5.10)

EMD Serono, Rockland, MA - Jan’07 – June’07

Worked in EMD Serono. EMD Serono is part of Merck Serono group, Geneva Switzerland with sales of EUR 6.3 billion in 2006 and having around 35,000 employees in 56 countries. Implemented Procure-To-Pay modules along with FA and iProc. As a Functional Lead, my responsibilities were to help the Project Manager to prepare a detail project plan. Lead the Functional team to meet strict deadlines to configure various instances, plan testing phases etc. Maintain client contacts in USA and Europe in every phase of the project, deliver various deliverables (BR100, Alpha, Beta, User tests etc.)In strict deadlines.

Functional Lead

Online Revenue Integration Project (OM, AR, AP, GL- 11.5.10)

Electronic Arts, Redwood City, CA- June’06 – Dec’06

Worked with Zensar Technologies in one of their biggest account in US. Electronic Arts is a global company having their business operation in all parts of the globe. The company is basically in On-Line gaming business generating multi-million dollar revenue. Being the Functional Lead, my role in the project was to understand the client’s current On-Line billing and Revenue Recognition system. Worked on OM, AP, AR & GL modules. As the client had multiple operating units spread across all over the globe, MRC feature was used. Documented As-Is to To-Be process. Configured AR to recognize revenue on deferred basis. Configured OM including Price Breaks and Price Modifiers. Various rounds of Testing, Training, Go-Live and post-production support.

Senior Consultant (GL, AR, AP, CM, Oracle Loans & Fed. Admin – 11i.5.9)

Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS), Baltimore, Maryland - Oct’ 04 to June’06

Worked with IBM as a Senior Consultant in this Federal Government project. The name of the project is HIGLAS (Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System). Worked in the Application Configuration & Support team performing the following responsibilities:

Worked on various HCRs (HIGLAS Change Requests). In a HCR Life Cycle, the responsibility includes identifying and setting up of the working group, guiding team members to initiate Business Scenarios/Addendum/ Extension document preparation, holding walkthrough meetings with the client and the contractors, consultation and co-ordination with developers and finally to ensure to effect the change and signing off the HCR from the client. Extensively involved in developing various Design Specifications, Business Scenarios, Testing Scripts etc. Extensive documentation as per AIM Methodology.

Functional Consultant (OLM, AR, AP, GL, FA & SABRIX)

GE Commercial Finance, Milwaukee, WI - Mar’ 04 to Oct’04

Worked with GECIS (GE Capital International Services), the software group within GE to implement Oracle Lease Management (11i.5.10) in GE Commercial Finance. GE Commercial Finance is the world’s largest commercial finance company employing nearly 50,000 people in all the continents of the world. Worked in the AR-Sabrix Team to Integrate Oracle Lease Management, AR and Sabrix. Sabrix was an external Tax Engine. Worked extensively in the business process ‘Application to Booking’ in Oracle Lease Management Module. Having good understanding of other business processes like ‘Invoice to Receipt’, ‘Quote to Termination’ & ‘Asset Return to Disposal’ Defined the test cases to set a Contract from the Scratch with various parameters. Defined various test cases to test various business scenarios. Extensive Fit-Gap analysis. Responsible for testing various streams and to run the “Billing Program “to test the import of invoices in AR with automatic call to Sabrix to calculate TAX. Co-ordination with various teams working in Milwaukee, Atlanta, Stamford, London and India.

Functional Consultant - Oracle Financials

Innovative Solution Systems Inc., Calcutta, India

June 2002 to Feb 2004

Worked as a FA Functional Consultant for Innovative Solution Systems Inc. and performed the role of a Business Analyst/Functional Consultant in various projects as assigned.

Domain Experience:

ING BANK, Kolkata, India.

BRANCH HEAD - May 1996 to May 2002

Joined ING Group’s Banking Division as a Sr. Officer and worked with excellence in Operations, Marketing & Credit. Headed Cash Management Division and ultimately became Branch Head of this global financial giant in Calcutta with revenue and people responsibility. 8 Asst. Managers, 1 Relationship Manager and 1 Financial Advisor used to report to me.

SENIOR ACCOUNTS OFFICER

HINDUSTAN COPPER LIMITED, Bangalore, India - June’95 to April’96

Was responsible for Finance, Accounting, Tax and MIS fir this Public Sector Company having HO in Kolkata and 6 Sales Offices across India.

OFFICER – ACCOUNTS AND COSTING

GENERAL OPTICS (ASIA) LIMITED, Pondicherry, India - April’94 to May’95

A 100% EOU (Export Oriented Unit) engaged in manufacture of Opto-Electronics Equipment’s. Maintaining and improving the Costing System of the company along with independent responsibility of introduction and implementation of ‘ ACTIVITY BASED COSTING SYSTEM’.

ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE

NAGARJUNA FINANCE LIMITED, Calcutta, India - Oct 92 – March 94

A Non-Banking Finance Company belonged to renowned Nagarjuna Group of India. The activity of the company was to finance through Lease and Hire Purchase Route and to accept public deposits. Extensive experience in marketing of NBFC products along with back office work.

TRAINEE – FINANCE

KESORAM INDUSTRIES LIMITED, Calcutta, India - Sep’91 to Sep’92

A renowned industrial group of India having interest in Cement, Rayon, Textiles Manufacturing, Aluminum etc. Worked in the Textile Division of the company. Got extensive training in all aspects of manufacturing Accounting. The Trainee-Finance program was designed to develop future Managers.

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