Peoplesoft Financials Senior Consultant Resume Example Bickford Senior Living

PEOPLESOFT FINANCIALS SENIOR CONSULTANT

Career Overview

Since 22 years have got to work on PeopleSoft Financials and Financial Systems wherein' I got the flavor of various products and projects.My Goal is to stay invested in ERP space in particular Financials and supply chain and to continue leveraging the vast possibility in this area and help businesses/clients with process improvement and cost effectiveness.I am deeply interested in technology and how technology shapes modern business needs.One of my core strengths lies in how to leverage the technology and bring about cost effectiveness and optimum throughput.

Summary of Skills

Programming and design skills
Strong analytical skills
Information security
Project management
Strong collaborative skills
Capacity and scalability planning
Document management
Optimizing and performance tuning
Testing
Mobile application development
Excellent problem solving skills

ERP Finance, implementation, support and upgrade

Accomplishments

PeopleSoft Asset Management 8.4 was being used for almost 10 years and there was customization in place to consolidate Assets at the invoice level in AP, which was redundant.
The Business was probably not told by anyone in past about delivered feature in PeopleSoft Finance of Consolidation which would meet the exact business need.
Laying down the proposal along with a demo of Consolidation process, and Business was onboard and we implemented Consolidation of Assets using AM in PeopleSoft 9.1.
The added benefit of that was during upgrade of PeopleSoft system great amount of custom code was done with minimizing the future risk and keep the system as vanilla as possible.
This helped the business and company to reduce custom code.
PeopleSoft Project Costing- Integration between PeopleSoft AP, AM, Purchasing, Project Costing, Setting up Project Costing Business Units, Integration with Project Costing and Asset Management to capitalize Assets.
Reconciling transactions between projects and sub ledgers and General Ledger.
PeopleSoft General Ledger- Setting by Business Units, Ledger for Unit, Translation Ledger for multi-currency processing.
Setting up Journal Generator Template for integration with sub system.
During Upgrade of PeopleSoft 9.1- some valuable suggestions to the Business were made as IT team, one of them was to use Capitalization limit feature while loading assets data from Accounts Payables.
Business had laid down this as a customized requirement but since PeopleSoft already has such feature I had provided the road map.
This helped the AM and AP team and reduced their work load during month end reconciliation.
Demonstration how user preferences in AM can be used to control interface data, eliminating mistakes at source level.
Identified and managed key stakeholders by collaborating successfully with various teams (Engineering, Finance, Operations, Solution delivery, Policy, etc.) for smooth and effective delivery of the project/program.
Managed end-to-end solution issues/risks, Change management process setting clear expectations with all stakeholders Managed the 1099 process optimization by collaborating with various teams (including vendors and internals teams).
The key aspect was drilling down the bottlenecks & identifying the effective solution.
During ERP upgrade from PeopleSoft 8.8 to PeopleSoft 9.1 participated in various project management related activities, for example , specific customizations, managing various Risks/Issues, and Fit-Gap Analysis Led several Performance monitoring and improvement activities on regular basis Single point-of-contact for IT audits for internal and external auditors auditing SOX compliance, Country Specific Regulations, and Data Security Compliance.
Develop production support procedures to align with financial audit requirements.
Update and maintain business process documentation as it relates to system functionality Be a single point of contact for Security & Reporting needs in PeopleSoft.
Configuration of Payment processing, bank account set up, Pay cycle manager, payment reports/queries development for reconciliation with General ledger.
Working with Project costing integration with third party system.
Configuring Accounts Payables module (Procure to Pay Process), setting up Payment processing using Pay cycle Manager, setting up EFT process and positive file process (for check payment).
Working on pre note and Payment reporting, including trial register.
Configuration of Asset Management, Accounts Payables, Purchasing, Projects, General Ledger in particular multi-currency set up and AP revaluation pertaining to multi-currency, setting up exchange rates, translation ledger for multi-currency.
Involved in end to end business process of Coupa integration with PeopleSoft.
Coupa is a SAS based procurement software which integrates with PeopleSoft for invoice processing, procure to pay cycle.
Mapping of Chart of Accounts to Coupa from design point of view.
Involved in planning for upgrade, participating in CRP sessions, demo, extending new functionality for existing business needs.
In Particular Asset Management, Accounts Payables, and Project Costing Reassessing customizations that may be not needed and eliminating such customization with a view to make business needs met and yet maintain the system as vanilla as possible Conduct/Participate in Work stream meetings and participate in round table discussion around various business needs.
Prepare for training session with business users.

Work Experience

01/2016 to 08/2008

PeopleSoft Financials Senior ConsultantBickford Senior Living － Okemos , MI

Role and Responsibilities: Act as PeopleSoft Testing Strategist to direct, monitor and help develop a testing roadmap, testing documents, test scripts, defect logging, communication and resolution plan.
Managing Conversion Testing, System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing.
Following up with Oracle support as need be.
Monitoring the test tracker.
Working with Business for their training needs, training documentation, training guides etc.
functionality Working on coordinating activities between developers and analyst Leading CRP sessions and demonstrating system capabilities Defining clear and well-structured business requirements documents(BRD's), suggestion the template for BRD, TDD, FTD Preparing Training documents, strategy for internal junior team members and end users Contributes to the development of detailed level process maps to facilitate requirements gathering, gap analysis and for training use.
Participating in Fit Gap analysis sessions (Upgrade) of Asset Management, Accounts Payables, Purchasing, whereby, the current process was analyzed to be mapped to PeopleSoft and the design changes of the current process were suggested to customize the PeopleSoft environment Writing functional specification document.
Creating test scripts or test plans to support testing of the system and its features.
Assigning development work to the developer and working with testing team for various testing scenarios.
Working on external interfaces with PeopleSoft GL, mapping suggestions, testing.
Support the Business users on functional issues when required.
Manage and monitor the processes within PeopleSoft for performance as needed.
Monitoring processes and troubleshooting.
Coordinating the defects and assigning it to developers.
Preparing reports for distribution to management.
Meeting key stakeholders and discussing various business needs.

12/2012 to 02/2015

Bickford Senior Living － Olathe , KS

PeopleSoft Financials Senior Systems Business Analyst, PeopleSoft IT Auditor.
Role and Responsibilities: Act as Solution/Architect for PeopleSoft Financials Part of successful implementation of Coupa(SAAS Based product) with PeopleSoft Finance, PeopleSoft purchasing module was replaced by Coupa as is the trend these days to go towards cloud based system, Coupa was integrated with Accounts Payable ,being a part of team to successfully implement Coupa was rewarding.
Defining clear and well-structured business requirements documents(BRD's), suggestion the template for BRD, TDD, FTD Preparing Training documents, strategy for internal junior team members and end users Contributes to the development of detailed level process maps to facilitate requirements gathering, gap analysis and for training use.

10/2011 to 12/2012

PeopleSoft Solution Senior ConsultantTata Consultancy Services

Maintaining PeopleSoft security, assigning roles, permission list modification, setting user preferences, workflow profile routing.
Resolving production support tickets and issues, assisting in replatform efforts, by addressing system issues during upgrade.
Working with SOX and statutory auditor to assess system vulnerability and tighter controls to eradicate any potential loose ends in security.
Assist with providing functional production support of PeopleSoft Financials and other core financial systems for complex and escalated issues on going basis.
Coordinating on projects as needed to implement IT projects within Organization.
Provide operational support of PeopleSoft Financials and other core financial systems to end users Other tasks included supporting the Project Manager in planning, executing, controlling and closing phases.
And also junior team members who needed training.
Develop and maintain cordial working relationship with business partners or stakeholders and internal/external team members.
Identify issues and escalates/manages resolution as required.
Provided solutions for issues or suggestions.
Coordinates and provides support to the business with the process implementation.
Coordinate with PeopleSoft GSC for issues logged for resolution with GSC.
Assist with providing functional production support of PeopleSoft Financials and other core financial systems for complex and escalated issues.
Working with Business for their training needs, training documentation, training guides etc.
Client: The Hartford (CT), Kaiser Permanente (CA) Project: PeopleSoft GL 9.1 Implementation and Oracle FAH Integration/ Support Role and Responsibilities: Oracle FAH integration with PeopleSoft- Got a unique opportunity to work with this project.
This module of Oracle FAH and its integration with PeopleSoft GL, very few clients have done in North America.
Hartford was one of that.
Being part of team to do a demo to senior finance management, map the Oracle FAH system, the API's in PeopleSoft, Test the interface successfully.
Oracle FAH and PeopleSoft both being in house for Oracle the integration was seamless yet enriching to learn.
Involved in Requirements and Fit Gap analysis of General Ledger PeopleSoft Project Costing- Integration between PeopleSoft AP, AM, Purchasing, Project Costing, Setting up Project Costing Business Units, Integration with Project Costing and Asset Management to capitalize Assets.
Reconciling transactions between projects and sub ledgers and General Ledger.
Involved in Integration of FAH (Oracle) and PeopleSoft GL Creating the functional/Configuration document of FAH and PeopleSoft GL..
Setting up Integration broker and Gateway properties for PeopleSoft to interact with FAH Setting up PeopleSoft for integration with FAH (Chartfields, Data value maps etc).
Show causing the functionality to the customer.
Support the users on functional issues Working on business specific reports to query the FAH data in PeopleSoft.
Creating queries for checks and balances for data integrity Coordinating as PeopleSoft resource with senior management and acting as a face with client Other tasks included supporting the Project Manager in planning, executing, controlling and closing phases.
And also junior team members who needed training.
Develop and maintain cordial working relationship with business partners or stakeholders and internal/external team members.
Identify issues and escalates/manages resolution as required.
Provided solutions for issues or suggestions.
Coordinates and provides support to the business with the process implementation.
Coordinate with PeopleSoft GSC for issues logged for resolution with GSC.
Defining clear and well-structured business requirements documents(BRD's), suggestion the template for BRD, TDD, FTD Preparing Training documents, strategy for internal junior team members and end users Contributes to the development of detailed level process maps to facilitate requirements gathering, gap analysis and for training use.
Working with Business for their training needs, training documentation, training guides etc.

05/2011 to 10/2011

PeopleSoft Financials Senior Business Systems AnalystFranklin Templeton -Hyderabad India

Work as PeopleSoft Finance Solution Architect for various PeopleSoft Finance needs.
Support the users across North America, on functional issues on Asset Management, Project Costing.
Support business users in India for Asset Management Coordinate with developers on development tasks when needed.
Other tasks included supporting the Project Manager in planning, executing, controlling and closing phases.
And also junior team members who needed training.
Develop and maintain cordial working relationship with business partners or stakeholders and internal/external team members.
Identify issues and escalates/manages resolution as required.
Provided solutions for issues or suggestions.
Coordinates and provides support to the business with the process implementation.
Coordinate with PeopleSoft GSC for issues logged for resolution with GSC.
Defining clear and well-structured business requirements documents(BRD's), suggestion the template for BRD, TDD, FTD Preparing Training documents, strategy for internal junior team members and end users Contributes to the development of detailed level process maps to facilitate requirements gathering, gap analysis and for training use.
Working with Business for their training needs, training documentation, training guides etc.

04/2005 to 06/2010

NeuStar Inc

Project: PeopleSoft Finance support, implementation, upgrade and configuration version 9.0 Role: PeopleSoft Senior Business Systems Analyst Role and Responsibilities: Implemented Projects to Asset functionality and integration of projects as a team.
Part of successful Upgrade project for Asset management, Accounts payables and purchasing from ver 8.8 to 9.0.
Supporting the PeopleSoft Finance system Integration of AP with Travel and Expenses for Payments.
Implemented EFT Processing of Payments to Vendors.
Conversion of Vendor data to PeopleSoft system on acquisition of new Business Units.
Defining clear and well-structured business requirements documents(BRD's), suggestion the template for BRD, TDD, FTD Preparing Training documents, strategy for internal junior team members and end users Contributes to the development of detailed level process maps to facilitate requirements gathering, gap analysis and for training use.
Participating in Fit Gap analysis as a team member of Asset Management, Accounts Payables, Purchasing, whereby, the current process was analyzed to be mapped to PeopleSoft and the design changes of the current process were suggested to customize the PeopleSoft environment.
Writing or tweaking functional specification document as required.
Creating user training manual/test cases as required.
Creating test scripts or test plans to support testing.
Helping developers during their code testing and making them aware of certain processes.
Working with process scheduler, configuring automatic scheduling of process and then emailing it to the users.
Support the users on functional issues; interact with PeopleSoft GSC on updates and patches.
Manage and monitor the processes within PeopleSoft when needed.
Studying various reports and deciding the new report requirements.
Modifying Nvision layouts and crystal report as needed.
PeopleSoft Project Costing- Integration between PeopleSoft AP, AM, Purchasing, Project Costing, Setting up Project Costing Business Units, Integration with Project Costing and Asset Management to capitalize Assets.
Reconciling transactions between projects and sub ledgers and General Ledger.
Configuring AP, AM, Purchasing, Projects,GL system for various business needs Running month end process and reconciliation between AP trade and GL balances.
Creating queries for various financial business needs in PeopleSoft.
Maintaining a catalog for newly created queries for user reference.
Working on vendor upload process from Excel to Component interface.
Testing and researching on the functionality of various advanced PeopleSoft processes like Receipt Accrual, Depreciation and Voucher Build.
Working with 1099 and GL close process at the financial year end.
Production support for day-to-day activities of PeopleSoft AM,GL,AP,PO,AR,BI Working with Business for their training needs, training documentation, training guides etc.

Certifications

Masters: FinanceCityIndiaFinance

Bachelors: Commerce AccountingMumbai UniversityCommerce Accounting India Intermediate Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

PMIPMP Certified

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School Attended

Mumbai University
PMI

Job Titles Held:

PeopleSoft Financials Senior Consultant
PeopleSoft Solution Senior Consultant
PeopleSoft Financials Senior Business Systems Analyst

Degrees

Masters : Finance
Bachelors : Commerce Accounting

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