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Samuel Okoth

Liburn,GA

Summary

8 years of Functional and Business experience in Oracle ERP and Cloud in a variety of projects with Full Life Cycle Implementations, Upgradation and Postproduction Support of Financials Modules in R12 versions of Oracle E-Business Suite. Excellent communication skills and leadership qualities with analytical problem-solving abilities which include playing a vital role in coordinating multiple business meetings. Experience with AIM Methodology, including preparing documentation of BP80, RD20, BR30, BR100, MD50, CV40 and TE40. Business Functional Requirement analysis, understanding AS-IS and TO-BE processes, Gap Analysis and providing solution design and building RICE components as a part of fit gap analysis. Extensive knowledge in providing solutions, designing, customization, implementation, configuration, thorough testing and documentation of Oracle Financials including General Ledger (GL), Account Payables (AP), including Payments, Account Receivables (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management (CE), E-Business Tax (E-B Tax), Purchasing (PO), I-expense, I-supplier, I-procurement, Manufacturing and Sys Admin. Multiple project life cycles experience with Initiating, Planning, Executing, Supporting, Monitoring, Business Analysis, Requirements Gathering including facilitate Workshops, Scope Verification & Validation, Alternatives Identification and Analysis, Functional Design Development, Integration & User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Training, cut off, Go-live and Post-Implementation Support. Expertise with business process flows in the areas of Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C Cycle), Sub-Ledger Accounting (SLA) and Acquire to Retire (A2R Cycle). Involved in Data Conversions/Migration and designed functional specific document of data for Suppliers, Customers, Assets, and GL Balances. Create Service Request (SR) with Oracle Technical Support, coordinated and followed up on multiple issues based on priority including identifying bugs and follow-up with Oracle Development as well as conducting Oracle Web Conference (OWC) with Oracle Support Team. Conducted CRPs and provided functional training to multiple business user groups and coordinated UAT sessions.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Manager

Nordstrom
01.2020 - Current
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
  • Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
  • Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Maintained positive vendor relations to build strong partnerships.
  • Spearheaded collaborative efforts to bring products to market.
  • Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
  • Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
  • Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Assessed costs and estimated production capabilities to evaluate economic viability.
  • Directed planning and budgeting efforts.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Reduced project downtime with quality product inspections.
  • Set goals and formalized policies to maximize team performance and keep project on-task.
  • Consulted with buyers to determine projected demand for products and services.
  • Boosted customer base penetration using creative promotional approaches.
  • Liaised with sales and marketing team to collect customer feedback, incorporating into subsequent production runs and development lifecycles.
  • Managed relationships with supply chain partners, enabling necessary materials and hardware to remain readily available.
  • Facilitated increased product awareness through promotion and innovative sales strategy.
  • Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish marketing objectives and boost long-term profitability.
  • Evangelized for managed products at various trade shows and industry events, communicating effectively with potential clients.
  • Provided training and support to sales team members.

Oracle IT Business Analyst

Primo water/DSServices
04.2017 - 01.2020
  • Joined DSServices project as an IT Business Analyst
  • Involved in all stages of project implementation with heavy responsibility in integration of AR, AP, FA, i-Expense, Purchasing, Work Order and Manufacturing
  • I am the functional lead for implementation and testing of FA module
  • Fixed Assets (FA) - Set up (i) Flexfield (categories, asset books, location, asset key), (ii) Depreciation books, (iii) Calendar (depreciation and prorated), and (iv) Depreciation methods
  • Responsible for conversion and migration of fixed assets from the Legacy system into Oracle
  • Designed, developed, and documented functional specifications for reports, interfaces, conversion, extension, and workflow related to GL and FA
  • Mapped and validated conversion data using FA Integrator
  • I-Expenses – Set up approval hierarchy, users in the system, expense templates, create expense reports and expense locations for tax purposes, and ensure that expenses in AP can be paid
  • Accounts Receivable (AR) – Set up banks, payment processes, and auto lockbox process to ensure that banks receive payment orders
  • Accounts Payable (AP) - Set up operating units, payables options, financial options, suppliers, banks and bank accounts and opening accounting periods
  • Work closely with the technical teams involved with the conversion process
  • Provide direction on the various approaches to the conversion process and ensure that all conversion items are completed, and balances reconciled with the legacy system
  • Create users and grant responsibilities to the defined users
  • Set up AP payable system options, financial options, payable options, suppliers and operating units
  • Define invoice attributes, payment attributes – Approve, hold and release, special calendar, payment formats, pay group, payable document
  • Work on Payment process profiles, defined banks, bank accounts and documents
  • Configure HR information to support Purchasing Documents Approval to define Employees, Jobs and Positions; define and assign Approval Groups to support Job Position Hierarchies; also support Employee/Supervisor Hierarchy for PO Approvals
  • Design and configure charts of accounts, calendar and currency
  • Perform complex data analysis, configurations and complex design solutions in partnership with program stakeholders e.g
  • Tungsten and EDI
  • Involved with UAT/PTCH testing of the systems and make sure that all the processes work before moving to production, ensure that issues are closed out in a timely manner, and follow up with Oracle Support in case of any SR raised
  • Configure three Oracle system Financials modules – Accounts Payable (AP), Cash Management (CE), and Fixed Assets (FA) – according to business needs
  • Occasionally assist with Inventory, OM, GL, and Receivables modules
  • Perform Requirements Analyses – gather requirements, perform impact analysis and document requirements
  • Conduct production and post go live issue troubleshooting processes.

Oracle Financials Business Analyst

Citigroup
01.2013 - 04.2017
  • Project: R12 (12.0.6) P2P, FA, AP, PO –Implementation & (12.1.3), Joined Citigroup’s project as an Oracle financials functional consultant to help implement P2P, AP, and fixed assets (FA)
  • Purchase Order (PO)-Whereby I have dealt with setting up matchings, invoice tolerance, distributions, payable terms and holds
  • Fix Assets (FA) - Set up1
  • Flexfield (categories, asset books, location, asset key) 2
  • Depreciation books 3
  • Calendar (depreciation and prorated) 4
  • Depreciation methods
  • Account Payables (AP)-Set up operating units, payables options, financial options, suppliers, banks and bank accounts and open an account period
  • Created users and granted responsibilities to the defined users
  • Set up legal entity, business group and operation unit
  • Set up AP payable system options, financial options, payable options, suppliers and operating units
  • Defined invoice attributes, payment attributes – Approve, hold and release, special calendar, payment formats, pay group, payable document
  • Worked on Payment process profiles, defined banks, bank accounts & documents
  • Supported month end closing for AP
  • Configured HR information to support Purchasing Documents Approval to define Employees, Jobs and Positions; defined and assigned Approval Groups to support Job Position Hierarchies; also supported Employee/Supervisor Hierarchy for PO Approvals
  • Designed and configured charts of accounts, calendar and currency
  • Assessed the 12.1.3 upgrade by developing complex test cases across Procure to Pay modules in delivering the upgrade testing required
  • Performed complex data analysis, configurations and complex design solutions in partnership with program stakeholders
  • Involved with UAT testing of the systems and made sure that all the processes worked before moving to production
  • Designed and developed production checkout strategies and steps in readiness for production go-live
  • Worked closely with the technical teams involved with the conversion process
  • Provided direction on the various approaches to the conversion process and ensured that all conversion items were completed, and balances reconciled with the legacy system
  • Provided support for production issues, ensured that issues were closed out in a timely manner, and followed up with Oracle Support in case of any SR raised
  • Configured three Oracle system Financials modules - Accounts Payable (AP), Cash Management (CE), and Fixed Assets (FA) - according to business needs
  • Occasionally assisted with Inventory, OM, GL, and Receivables modules
  • Worked on STAT tool for Change Management process and migration of setup data from development to production
  • Performed Requirements Analyses – gathered requirements, performed impact analysis and documented requirements
  • Developed and implemented the application per the requirements and design as discussed with the business users
  • Developed test scripts and test cases for Opening invoices, 1099 Invoices, and supplier setups as well as performing testing of the setups done in the system
  • Responsible for conversion and migration of fixed assets from the Legacy system into Oracle
  • Conducted production and post go live issue troubleshooting processes
  • Identified business requirements & detailed solution design for GL, AP and Purchasing modules
  • Conducted workshop sessions with GL and AP Finance users to discuss business requirements & map business design with Oracle GL & AP configuration (12.1.3)
  • Identified & documented Gap Business Requirements for Oracle GL, Purchasing & Oracle Payables applications
  • Drafted extensive sets of requirements, questionnaires, and gap analyses
  • Prepared detailed data translation mappings between legacy data & Oracle Applications data
  • Designed and developed Oracle IProcure and Purchasing Inbound & Outbound Integration with Lawson Legacy Systems
  • Configured Oracle i-Procurement (12.1.3) for expense items & Oracle Purchasing for process Items
  • Integrated PO and AP modules for Invoice and PO matching
  • Set up Suppliers, created Purchase requisitions and PO in Oracle Purchasing
  • Matched the AP Invoices (3-way) to the purchase orders in PO modules
  • Developed functional design documents to support to-be business processes
  • Created & updated BR100 / setup documents for GL, AP, PO & iProcure
  • Configured HR information to support Purchasing Documents Approval to define Employees, Jobs and Positions; defined and assigned Approval Groups to support Job Position Hierarchies; also supported Employee/Supervisor Hierarchy for PO Approvals
  • Designed and configured charts of accounts, calendar and currency
  • Set up PO matching options, Invoice tolerances, Distributions options, Payment terms and Holds
  • Interacted and worked with the development team to resolve issues faced in the test scenario run
  • Prepared Integration & Customization Unit Test Plans & supported Business / Functional users in testing Integration with Oracle GL, Purchasing & Oracle Payables Applications
  • Conducted CRPs and worked on open items to accomplish within the timelines
  • Created and updated test plans and test scripts for UAT (User Acceptance Testing) in TE040 documentation with detailed testing of all the above modules.

Education

MBA - Finance and Economics

Alabama A & M University
Normal, AL
05.2008

Bachelor of Science - Economics

Alabama A & M University
Normal, AL
05.2004

Skills

  • Technical Skills
  • Oracle ERP: Oracle Financials R12 – GL, AP, AR, CE, FA, E-B Tax, PO, i-expense, i-supplier, i-procure, Manufacturing, SLA, P2P, O2C and A2R
  • Languages and Tools: Web ADI, Data Loader, OBIE, SQL
  • Loader, SQL
  • Microsoft Office, MS Visio, MS Project, MS SharePoint, tableau

Timeline

Senior Product Manager

Nordstrom
01.2020 - Current

Oracle IT Business Analyst

Primo water/DSServices
04.2017 - 01.2020

Oracle Financials Business Analyst

Citigroup
01.2013 - 04.2017

MBA - Finance and Economics

Alabama A & M University

Bachelor of Science - Economics

Alabama A & M University

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