Oracle Financials Architect & Solution Lead (10+ yrs)
Resume:
Chakradhar Reddy Korrapati
Email: **********@*****.***
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/chakraharreddykorrapati
Oracle FIN Consultant /Architect/ Sr Business Analyst
MBA (Finance) turned dynamic IT Professional with Around 10 years of rich and insightful experience as an Oracle Finance Architect. Expertise encompasses a broad range of Oracle Financial modules, including OFSAA, General Ledger, Intercompany, RMCS, Budgets, Procurement, Account Payables, Account Receivables, Fixed Asset strategy and lease, Cash Management, Expense, Tax, Advance collections, Procurement, RMCS and PPM possesses strong process knowledge in additional areas such as Financial Accounting Hub, Order Management, Project costing, Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Cost Management
Demonstrates a solid track record in solution and project delivery, with a proven ability to manage and lead projects effectively. Seeking leadership challenges in Solution Delivery or Project Delivery functions to leverage extensive experience and drive impactful outcomes including presales.
Profile Highlights
Around 10 years of comprehensive experience in presales, designing, customizing, testing, implementing, upgrading, and supporting Oracle Financials R12 and Oracle Cloud Fusion solutions.
Expertise in Production Support - Acted as the primary point of contact for system-related functional documentation, provided guidance on best practices, and coordinated with key business users on a weekly basis.
As a Solution/Presales Engineer, I was involved in presales support to clients to ensure that satisfaction with little supervision. Handled entire financials create and deliver presentations, explain product features, and design Oracle software solutions while managing client relationships.
Extensively worked on Oracle ERP Cloud – General Ledger and Record to Report (R2R) processes like, COA Design, Allocations, Hierarchies, financial close, reconciliations along with projects.
Having Good understanding on Project Costing and Billing Modules and RMCS as well
gathering requirements, performing gap analysis, configuring the RMCS module, designing and implementing security roles and data access, supporting user acceptance testing (UAT), migrating data for RMCS, assisting with report development using BI Publisher/OTBI, resolving production issues, and coordinating with the Oracle support team
Strong understanding of multi-entity accounting and intercompany transactions
Strong Process Knowledge - Deep understanding of financial processes including Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C), Record to Report (R2R), Source to Pay (S2P), Quotation to Cash (Q2C), Asset to Retire (A2R), and Regime to Rate flow, Asset Management and Asset Lease.
Worked on NetSuite, Billing extensions and PRM integration systems and RMCS scenarios
Data Migration and Master Data Management - Experienced in managing data migration activities for Oracle Cloud Financials, including COA values, hierarchies, opening GL balances, suppliers, supplier invoices, asset categories, asset book assignments, and customer transactions. Proficient in using FBDI files for asset uploads and handling open AR transactions and receipts.
Application Implementation Methodology (AIM) Expertise - Proficient in preparing AIM documents including BP040, BP080, RD20, MD050, TE040, BR100, Project Plan, and Project Charter.
Oracle Unified Method (OUM) Documentation - Experienced in preparing OUM documents such as RD, FSD, SDD, CWB, user training materials, test cases, test scripts, business and system flows, and solution designs and implementing regulatory Reporting plan, Security and collections.
Worked on Data Archiving process and provided solutions to extract data from EBS for different modules and proposed technical changes in codes accordingly. Purging interface process will be taken case by case of transactions’
Financials Cloud Implementation - Led and managed financial cloud implementation processes through multiple project phases including Engage, Focus, Refine, Enable, Live Run, and Audit. Worked closely with project leadership teams on planning, execution, and requirement gathering.
Project Phases Involvement - Actively participated in Kick-off sessions, Playbacks (PB), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Key User Training (KUT), and Conference Room Pilots (CRP).
Extensively worked on financial reporting tolls and Financial Accounting Hub (FAH) to integrate data from external systems through SLA
Functional Consulting: Managed responsibilities as a functional consultant including business requirement gathering, fit analysis, and solution designing for Oracle financial modules.
Independent and Team Collaboration - Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a large global team, effectively meeting project objectives and deadlines. Served as a team leader and solution architect in multiple projects.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Conducted in-depth analysis of business problems, facilitated cross-functional project requirement sessions, and proposed best practices to support business needs.
Technical Skills: Experienced with SLA, approval seeded workflows, OTBI, FBDI, security matrices, and other finance module functionalities. Proficient in integrations and data migrations.
Communication and Leadership: Recognized for strong communication skills, team leadership, analytical abilities, and a flexible attitude in guiding projects to successful completion.
Having expertise on Oracle Financial Security which includes, Job roles, data role privileges and Abstract roles and user definition and role assignments
Work Experience:
Working as a Software Consultant at US Electronics Inc Aug-24 to till (California, USA). `
Served as a Senior Consultant at Oracle India Private Limited, from Oct-2022 to Jul-24 (Hyderabad, India)
Worked as an Associate Consultant at Wipro, from May-21 to Sep-22 (Hyderabad, India)
Served as a Consultant at Deloitte Consulting (USI), from Oct-19 to Apr-21. (Hyderabad, India)
Served as Senior Consultant with Birlasoft, from Apr-17 to Sep-19 (Pune, India)
(Initial 6 months as contractor with Harjai Computers, the moved to on role with Birla soft)
Served as Sr. Executive with TBZ, from Jan-17 to Mar-17. (Mumbai, India)
Served as Sr Executive - Oracle-BA with Essel Group from Jan-16 to Dec-16
Oracle Certifications:
Oracle Financials Cloud: General Ledger 2023 Certified Implementation Professional
Oracle Financials Cloud: Receivables 2023 Certified Implementation Professional
Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2023 Implementation Professional
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Generative AI Certified Professional
Oracle Financials Business Process Certified Foundations Associate Rel 2
Oracle Financials Cloud: General Ledger 2022 Certified Implementation Professional
Contribution & Recognition:
Project individual contributor award for Insead business school for Asia, Europe regions.
Received 2023 Oracle ‘Yes’ challenge award as part of oracle cloud customer connects.
Engineered a currency precision feature for the AFH project that streamlined international transaction, achieving a reduction in conversion errors by 40% and enhancing the overall efficiency of financial reporting processes.
Kudos award for GST Implementation Dorf ketal project
Cause of recurring issues and obtained customer appreciations.
Successfully developed new custom components to integrate the Master& Transaction data into Oracle Applications.
Proposed integration between Concur expenses to Oracle Payables without manual intervention in the process. (DPW, INSEAD)
Educational Qualifications:
MBA (Finance) from JNTUA University 2014
BSc (Computers) from Sri Venkateswara University 2011
Technical Skills:
ERP Applications : Oracle EBS Financials Release 11i, R12, Fusion / Cloud OFSAA FSDF
Specialized Modules : Financial (General Ledger, Account Payables, Account Receivables, Fixed Assets,
Cash Management, EB TAX and I- Expense, Budgets, Intercompany,)
Awareness of cross Modules : Purchasing, Order Management, Inventory, Project Costing,
Cloud Supplier Portal, Cost management
Technical Modules : System Administration
Data Access Tool : Basic SQL and PL/SQL to run diagnostics in oracle.
Integration Tool : Vertex, Concur, PeopleSoft, Avalara, Kyriba, Magento, payroll integrations.
Project Details:
Project#10
Client
Rosendin Electric (San Jose, CA, USA) through US Electronics INC
Duration
Sep-2024 to till
Role
Fusion Implementation Architect (EBS to Fusion)/ Sr Business Analyst
Modules
General Ledger, Procurement Accounts payables, Accounts Receivables, Fixed Assets, Revenue Management, Intercompany and Leases, Control Budget, CM Integrations, Procurement and Projects process.
Responsibility
Client is one of the largest electrical contractors in the United States, for building quality electrical and communications installations, building value for clients, and building people.
Working as an ERP Financials Architect involved in transformed the existing Chart of Accounts (EBS to Fusion).
gathering requirements, performing gap analysis, configuring the RMCS module, designing and implementing security roles and data access, supporting user acceptance testing (UAT), migrating data for RMCS, assisting with report development using BI Publisher/OTBI, resolving production issues, and coordinating with the Oracle support team
Implemented and Owned COA Structure changes and rationalization and transformations.
Coordinating with business specs to gather and close the Gap analysis requests on time and within SLA.
Supported master data migrations and transactional data migrations along with technical team and owned PL to SL COA Mapping and Owned TB finalization and sign off from business.
Owned the Application configurations for GL,PO, AP, AR and FA, CM, Intercompany, Budget and Procurement process.
Worked with third party clients (Concur, Inspyrus, Kyriba and Payroll integration, Magento, Salesforce) and proposed integration plan and implemented accordingly.
Proposed integration plan for Payroll and Cash management bank integrations for Pay when paid scenarios.
Taking requirement and mapping to seeded table data and accordingly preparing the custom report to the business with technical experts in BI reports.
Generating custom reports and finding the invoices which got stuck for validation and addressing the cause of the issue.
For Data issues, logging an oracle support coordinating with support engineer and deploying the solution in various environment for testing and then move to Prod accordingly.
Providing data access to the users and role provisions to the users.
For change request setup, getting approval from business and implementing the setup changes in Prod Pod.
Project#9
Client
Insead Business Schools (Fontainebleau, France) through Oracle India Private Limited
Duration
July-2023 to July-24
Role
Fusion Implementation and Architect
Modules
GL, AP, AR, FA, Lease management, Intercompany, Control Budget, CM Integrations.
Responsibility
As one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas to change lives and to transform organizations. Headquarters in France.
Hands on’ Financials Lead role involving transforming the existing Chart of Accounts (EBS to Fusion).
Proposed org structure for INSEAD business school for across regions (US, France, Abu Dhabi, Singapore)
Coordinating with team to close the client requests on time and within SLA.
Attending business call to address the incidents logged by users understanding the issue and solving the issues.
Supported master data migrations and transactional data migrations along with technical team and owned PL to SL COA Mapping and Owned TB finalization and sign off from business.
Application Configurations GL, AP, AR and FA, Intercompany, Budget.
Worked with Sub clients (Concur, P-soft, Kyriba, Payroll integration, Magento) and proposed integration plan and implemented accordingly.
Configured the system based on business requirement and Prepared User Manuals and Training
Configuring the additional PPR templates and pay group as requested by business according to business process.
Taking requirement and mapping to seeded table data and accordingly preparing the custom report to the business with technical experts in BI reports.
Generating custom reports and finding the invoices which got stuck for validation and addressing the cause of the issue.
For Data issues, logging an oracle support coordinating with support engineer and deploying the solution in various environment for testing and then move to Prod accordingly.
Providing data access to the users and role provisions to the users.
Worked on Financial Reporting HUB to integrate data from third party system (Accounting and Budget related entries)
Expertise in creating source systems, Events, accounting method and Transforming data for FAH.
For change request setup, getting approval from business and implementing the setup changes in Prod Pod.
Involved in the critical month period process activities and providing workaround solution.
Worked on Bank Integrations, regulatory Reporting projects.
Project#8
Client
AFH (Al Faisal Holding) (Doha, Qatar) worked through Oracle
Duration
Nov-2022 to July-2023
Role
Fusion Implementation and Support (EBS to Fusion Upgrade)
Modules
GL, PO, AP,AR,RMCS, FA, Lease management Expenses, Scenario Budget and reporting requirements
Responsibility
Al Faisal Holding’s diversified business model operates across eight “clusters” which comprise over 50 companies in the Property, Hospitality, and Trading, Education, Culture, Leisure, Services and Manufacturing sectors. As well as being recognized as a leading Qatari business, Al Faisal Holding is also regarded as a leading player in promoting Qatar’s heritage and international understanding of the country.
Involved in implementation for Oracle Fusion Financials Modules GL, AP & Budgetary control. Setup new business flows in Fusion that has come in each release of Fusion.
Business has various segments like Cements, Medical, Services, Infra, Bricks and proposed COA, accordingly, validated financial report requirements and finalized fit gap issues without any difficulties.
Worked on Primary and secondary ledger requirements and delivered reporting currency ledger concepts.
Helped procurement team to setup I supplier portal and IDR solution proposed for top twenty suppliers.
Conducted User Acceptance Test on enhancements implemented, new features R22A, R22B etc. and deployed it to production for all the Financials Applications.
Managed to provide Monthly project status to steering committee.
Worked on FBDi, ADFDi for transaction history conversions like Invoices, POs, Journals, and Budgets.
Responding to support issues as per the SLA.
Worked on Revenue management integrations and configurations
Created user-manuals for programs and user procedures
Month end support for Closing periods.
Provided Hyper care and Postproduction support.
Worked on Bank Integrations, regulatory Reporting projects, OFSA
Project#7
Client
DP World- US RO, Chile & Europe Region. (London Gateway, Landon) through Wipro
Duration
May-2021 to Sep-2022
Project
Oracle fusion implementation
Modules
GL, PO,AP, Intercompany, Tax, AR, Assets
Responsibility
DP World is an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It specializes in cargo logistics, port terminal operations, maritime services and free trade zones Conducted Familiarization/playback sessions with clients.
As a Team member configured setups in Dev., Test, UAT, and Production Instances
Prepared integration documents and Test scripts for All financials modules
Involved in data migration activities for GL, Payables and Receivables, Assets
Prepared Setup Documents and Test Scripts.
Provided Hyper Care support post Go Live
Prepared Key User training documents and User Manuals for Financials modules
Involved in the post-production support for all financials modules.
Resolving regular issues based on severity and month end issues.
Worked on Financial Accounting hub configurations related to SLA process and transformation
Assisted & trained users in Month End Close activities.
Raising SR with Oracle Support team for issues
Proposed I expense module along with integration
Project#6
Client
FedEx. (Memphis, TN, United States) worked through Deloitte USI
Duration
May-2020 to Apr-2021
Project
Fusion Implementation (Upgrade) and Support
Modules
GL, AP, AR, CE, FA, Intercompany, Expenses
Responsibility
FedEx Corp provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services.
A Key member in Finance Team to work on day-to-day issues.
Application Configurations GL, AP, AR FA and Taxation, Reconciliation issues
Worked on petty cash and AP and AR netting processes.
Conducted CRP and UAT Session’s
Prepared User Manuals and Training
Project#5
Client
The Kroger Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) worked through Deloitte USI
Duration
Oct-2019 toApr-2020
Project
Oracle fusion postproduction support
Modules
AP, Fixed Assets, Expenses, GL, IC
Responsibility
Kroger is the only major U.S. supermarket company to operate an economical three-tier distribution system. Kroger also operates 35 food production or manufacturing facilities producing high quality private-label products that provide value for customers and enhanced margins for Kroger.
After Go-Live, Supporting for Day-to-Day issues.
Monitor Business Processes: Continuously track and analyze business processes to identify issues and provide effective workaround solutions.
Manage Service Requests with Oracle: Create and manage Service Requests (SRs) for critical issues with Oracle, ensuring timely follow-up for prompt resolution.
Map Requirements to Oracle Functionality: Align client business requirements and enhancements with Oracle functionality, and configure the application in Test, Development, and Production environments.
Provide Functional Support: Offer functional support to technical resources to ensure seamless integration and operation of Oracle applications.
Period close communications to business and well managed to close periods on time without fail
Project#4
Client
Cummins INC (NA instance Upgrade/ Implementation) (Columbus, Indiana, United States)
Rollout - Cummins Engine (Shanghai, China), Cummins Emission Solutions (London, UK)
worked through Birla soft
Duration
Oct-2017 to Sep-2019
Project
Upgrade, Implementation, Rollout, Support
Modules
GL, AP, AR, CE, Fixed Assets, and EBTAX, Golden tax functionality
Responsibility
Cummins Inc., a global power solutions leader, comprises five business segments – Components, Engine, Distribution, Power Systems and Accelera by Cummins – supported by our global manufacturing and extensive service and support network, skilled workforce and vast technological expertise.
Upgrade changes exploration (Emission and filtration) & sanity testing on standard functionality processes, closely worked with business to find the product Gaps and Observation on Integrations.
Conduct Day to day Meetings with Client to understand existing customizations and integrations.
Study business applications to understand the Customization implemented based on the inputs given by the client and through self-analysis.
Up gradation changes and Issues resolution with Matching exist customization.
Cascading impact need to identify, submit accounting etc.
Successfully implemented golden tax functionality for China Legal entity.
Worked on prod application jobs schedules and operated in production without any time lapse.
Worked on Revenue recognition customization.
Worked on Custom Auto accounting for revenue (From Bill to) through accounting generator along with Business unit bifurcation.
Revenue, return revenue, Receivables accounts mapping with customer site and along with Order management module.
Single handed financial consultants and resolving day-to-day issue.
Responsible for period closing activities and closing the books.
Implementing VAT rate changes for different OU.
Monitor business processes closely to identify and understand issues.
Provide effective workarounds to mitigate problems.
Create Service Requests (SRs) with Oracle for critical issues.
Follow up to ensure timely resolution of these issues.
Map client business requirements to Oracle functionality.
Configure and set up applications in Test, Development, and Production environments.
Maintain and resolve issues related to geography validation.
Provide functional support to technical team members, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical solutions.
Implemented data management processes.
Project#3
Client
Dorf Ketal (India) worked through Birla soft
Duration
Apr-2017 to Sep-17
Project
Oracle Functional Consultant – GST Implementation
Modules
AP, Fixed Assets, Tax – GST (Goods and Services Tax)
Responsibility
Dorf Ketal is the premier global chemical manufacturing and supply company specializing in the treatment of opportunity crude oil.
Identify and document all business processes that will be impacted by GST along with Oracle Ruf patches.
Input Tax Credit, Reverse Charge Mechanism, Place of Supply rules are verifying with existing configuration and configured the rules accordingly without impacting existing process.
First party and third-party legal registrations are updated through APIs along with technical help.
Collaborated with stakeholders to understand their requirements and expectations from the GST implementation.
Conducted a thorough assessment of the existing Oracle EBS setup.
Identified the gaps between the current setup and the requirements for GST compliance.
Ensured that the Oracle EBS setup is aligned with the statutory requirements of GST.
Train end-users and stakeholders on the new GST processes and Oracle EBS setup.
Prepared comprehensive documentation, including configuration guides, user manuals, and process flow diagrams.
Validated GST Identification Numbers for customers and suppliers.
Ensured correct GSTINs are captured in the system along with item HSN and SAC codes.
Performed Business Requirement Study in Financials and modeling Future Process Model.
Prepared the Plan and execute the go-live activities, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
Go live support/Hyper care support provided and supported two-month end period close activities.
Project#2
Client
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (Mumbai, India) worked through TBZ
Duration
Jan-2017 to Apr-17
Project
Oracle Finance Lead – Upgrade 12.1.1 to 12.1.3 and rollout
Modules
GL, AP, AR, CE, FA and EBTax
Responsibility
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Ltd. One of India's trusted jeweler retailers, known for 100% BIS hallmarked gold & certified diamond jeweler
Up gradation plan prepared and demonstrated to business.
Test Cases prepared for testing after upgrade along with integration flows.
Provided presentations to clients on financial modules by giving start to end solutions based on their existing business flow requirements.
Customization requirement gathering and co coordinating with technical team after upgrade and delivered successfully.
End user support in production.
Core Data Migration templates preparation (Layover period)
Review meeting about Report Development Status with Technical & Functional Team
Review meeting with client about Report Status and updating to Project Manager
Have designed and got developed the Automation for Master data integration between 3rd party tools to Oracle Applications.
Ensuring the movement of the custom objects to the new Project.
Defined templates for historical and master data conversions from legacy system to Oracle.
Gathered sample data for CRP and conducting CRP sessions.
Conducting the Key user trainings.
Prepared the end user manuals/Training Manuals.
Handing over the application to the respective Key users for entering the daily operations.
Project#1
Client
Essel Group (Mumbai, India) worked through ESSEL
Duration
JAN 2016 to Dec-2016
Project
Oracle Functional Consultant (Business analyst) – Implementation, Rollout and Support
Modules
GL, AP, AR, CE, FA, EBTAX
Responsibility
Essel Group (Distribition) has been a leading business conglomerate having diverse business presence across media, entertainment, packaging, infrastructure, education, precious metals and technology sectors.
Essel Group business activities divided into two:
Essel Smart Utilities and Essel Infra.
Which has a wide range of companies more the 60 companies on live more than 110 Operating units?
It’s an implementation project as part of implementation worked as a business analyst.
Version EBS 12.1.3
I was working closely with finance end users in understanding the issues and provide work around resolutions.
Manage Oracle SRs: Create and follow up on Service Requests for critical issues.
Finance Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with third-party teams on GL, AP, AR, FA, and EBTAX modules.
Business Requirement Study: Conduct studies and model future financial processes.
Map and Configure: Align client requirements with Oracle functionality and set up in all environments.
Functional Support: Assist technical resources with Oracle applications.
Testing Plan Preparation: Develop a testing plan for smooth upgrade transitions, focusing on iteration numbers.
Obtaining the data confirmation before the upgrade, such that the same can be checked post upgrade. This includes considering both value and volume of transactions.
Execution of the test scenarios with special focus on the key business processes.
Special focus on the customizations to ensure that they are working fine in the new environment.
Creating and monitoring of service requests for some bug fixes that sprouted up.
Supporting Users in solving their regular day-to-day problems in the Oracle Applications.
Troubleshooting issues and testing new business requirements in the Dev. Instance and validating the same in Production.
User Communication: Provide regular updates to users on the progress of ongoing issues.
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