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Chicago, Il, Us

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Worked as a Finance Lead Consultant and module expert at customer location (Deerfield, IL) for this Leading HealthCare and Pharma Company. Baxter Inc. is an American health care company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. This engagement was for its U.S. and Canada (UCAN) region. The role involved working on support and maintenance incidents along with Front Office team for Finance module & also on other 3rd party interfaces. It involved understanding the customized processes and its enhancement requirements from time to time with continuous improvement on delivery and business simplification.

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Worked as a Project Manager and Sr. Business System Analyst at customer location (Portage, MI) for one of the world’s leading medical technology company. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine, which help improve patient and hospital outcomes. The project involves delivering services for application maintenance and support of JD Edwards ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Software of Stryker Corporation as managed services partner. This includes resolving day to day production issues, enhancements in the application, bug fixing, debugging, unit testing, supporting production issues, root cause analysis, gathering requirements, application design, application development, unit testing, integration testing, supporting issues during user acceptance testing, implementation and user training, making sure that project deliveries are made within the time frame as agreed service level. The project is maintained using onsite-offshore model. Measuring Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance and metrics reporting to management, Manage risk and opportunities for improvement and driving continuous improvement initiatives

Slough, Berkshire, Gb

Worked as a IT Sr. Finance Business Analyst at customer location (Parsippany, NJ) forthis leading multinational consumer goods company which is a major producer of health,hygiene and home products. The role involved application maintenance and support, analysis,consulting and integration of Finance and its linked modules for JD Edwards WorldSoft 7.3ERP across USA and Canada regions. Played the role of Business Analyst and Module Lead forFinance track in this engagement. This role involved receiving the knowledge transition fromcustomer SME’s and preparing documentation and control for Finance modules apart from theregular support of tickets within SLA metrics agreed. Played a major role in smooth takeoverof the application management and support from local SME’s and had a successful transitionto steady state. This engagement also involved 3rd party Finance interfaces like High-RadiusReceivables OnDemand Processors for automation of cash and deduction management. High-Radius Payables OnDemand was used for Payment gateway integration and automatedposting. Integration of ASPEN 360 web based tool with JDE AP for automation of AP vendorinvoice processing, including electronic imaging and archiving of invoices, approval workflow,document archiving and searching. Integration of AME/DME – Marketing spend managementsystem with JDE GL. Integration of employee expense management tool CONCUR with JDE GL.

London, England, Gb

Worked as a Finance Business Analyst at offshore location (Bangalore, India) for this leading British multinational oil and gas company which does exploration and production refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. The role involved consulting, application maintenance and support, analysis and integration of Finance and its linked modules for JD Edwards WorldSoft 9.1 ERP across 16 countries. Played the role of Module Lead for Finance track in this engagement. This role involved managing both internal & external customers. Successfully took over and managed two new regions JAPAN & MIDDLE EAST in a post GO-LIVE environment in addition to the existing application maintenance and support (AMS) of 14 other countries of British Petroleum.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Worked as an Architect at customer location (Carlsbad, California) for this leading global life sciences company which produces / sells equipment’s and lab essentials related to life sciences, research sciences, applied sciences and medical sciences. Thermo Fisher Scientific was formerly known as Life Technologies Corporation until it was acquired in 2014. The role involved consulting, analysis and integration of Finance and its linked modules, enhancements, process improvements for a DUAL ERP platform (Oracle JDE & SAP). Order management & its processes in finance like receipt and auto vouchering was mapped and integrated across 2 different database platforms with no issues and regular break-fixes were provided for any kick-outs or inconsistencies. Process Improvements were identified and applied from time to time to enhance the capability of the dual platform and have a stable GLOBAL ERP. Was the lone Finance member in the project along with customer SME’s. JDE–SAP data exchange and system communication was successfully handled at all levels by continuing to have a common e-commerce order placement platform.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Worked as a Business Finance Specialist at customer location (Napa Valley, California) forthis leading global winemaking and distribution business which produces and sellsinternational portfolio of wines. Treasury Wine Estates was formerly the wine division ofinternational brewing company Foster's Group until it was demerged in May 2011. The roleinvolved providing application maintenance and support (AMS) of Finance and its relatedmodules, enhancements, process improvements and maintenance along with Front Officeteam for Finance Track and also on 3rd party interfaces like RightFax FAX manager, Payrollupload, Banking EFT FTP upload, etc. The role also involved handling of 1099 Tax Processingand printing on pre-printed tax filing forms for 2011 tax reporting to IRS, US.

Somerset, Nj, Us

Worked as a Senior Functional Consultant for Distribution / Logistics module from nearshoreremote location (Napa Valley, California) for this Leading Pharmaceutical and LifeSciences company. The role involved working on application support and maintenance ticketsfor distribution / logistics / procurement & sales module and also on interdependent modules.A 24/7 production support for JDE D&L application was provided. This involved liaising withbusiness and SME’s to continue and improvise the processes and enhance the supportprovided. Project was successfully taken over and steady state was maintained without anymajor flaws in service delivery.

Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr

Worked as a Finance Consultant & Transition manager at customer location (Bangkok,Thailand) for this leading tire manufacturer of Asia Pacific region and is one of the threelargest tire manufacturers in the world. The role involved undergoing a knowledge transitionfrom the customer on the business processes and preparing a System Maintenance TechnicalDocumentation (SMTD) for JDE WorldSoft A7.3.7. This instance also had languagecustomizations (Thai language) to add-on. The role involved preparing all the businessprocess and knowledge documentation as well as end-user process manual for JD EdwardsFinance Domain. End-user process manual included preparation and documentation ofStandard Operating Procedures (SOP). It required coordination with the appointed ThaiLanguage translator to understand and imbibe the Thai custom menus in the form ofdocumentation.

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Worked as a Finance Consultant and module expert at customer location (Dublin, Ireland)for this Leading HealthCare and Pharma Company. Baxter International Inc. is an Americanhealth care company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. This engagement was for itsEMEA region hub in Dublin, Ireland. The role involved working on support and maintenanceincidents along with Front Office team for Finance module & also on 3rd party interfaces likeAccounts receivable (AR) integration with AvantGard GETPAID for credit and collectionsmanagement, JDE Billing interface with Pharmatic Eurydice V6 for paperless tender andquotation management, etc. It involved customization processes and also its enhancementrequirements from time to time with continuous improvement on delivery and businesssimplification.

Somerset, Nj, Us

Worked as a Finance Functional Consultant at offshore (Bangalore, India) for this leadingglobal provider of drug delivery technology and solutions for drugs, biologics and consumerhealth products. The role involved working on support and maintenance tickets for Financemodule and also on interdependent modules. A 24/7 production support for JDE Financeapplication was provided. This engagement had a SLA metrics agreed and was adheredaccordingly at all times.

Aberdeen, Gb

Worked as an Associate Finance Functional Consultant for this leading fine papermanufacturing company in UK and resolved JDE Finance module tickets after a shadowsession with the module leaders. Also, was involved in preparation of System Maintenanceand Technical Documentation (SMTD) for AP & AR modules for the customer.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance & Marketing

Master'S Degree, Post Graduate Diploma In Software Marketing

Master'S Degree, Post Graduate Diploma In Hrm And Industrial Relations

Master'S Degree, Post Graduate Diploma In Portfolio Management

Engineer'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Professional Certificate In Data Science, Machine Learning