SIRISHA THAMBAKURI
Leander,TX
Summary
Postgraduate in Finance with around 17 years of experience in delivering business Transformation, financial accounting and management reporting using Oracle E-Business Suite. Proven track record in implementing best practices in Record to Report, Order to Cash and Procure to Pay processes using Oracle Application for FOTUNE-500 clients across Manufacturing, Consulting, Financial and Life Sciences industries. Has extensive experience in implementing shared service centers for finance processes and offshoring projects for multinational customers who are spread across various geographies and multiple time zones. Certified on Oracle Financials Cloud (AR and GL and AP), implementation methodologies such as Oracle Business Accelerators and Oracle Unified Method which are recommended by Oracle for efficient and seamless execution of ERP projects. Act as a Lead with primary focus on Systems Integration. Principal responsibilities include advising clients on ERP Strategy, appropriate system design and deployment of ERP solutions. Extensive Experience in Project Management, Technology Solution Design, User Trainings, Data Conversion, Support of Oracle E-Business Suite and Cloud Hands-on experience in General Ledger, Accounts Payables, Payments, Accounts Receivables, iReceviables, Trade Management, Suppliers, Purchasing, Order management, Inventory, Cash Management, E-Business Tax and Subledger Accounting, XML Publisher, UPK, PLSQL in various implementation, upgrade, reimplementation, and rollout projects of Oracle e-Business Suite. Experienced in working with third-party applications interface with ERP such as SDS (Sales and Distributions System), BIBPAY (Payment system), AS400, MDM (Master Data Management) EDICOM (Electronic Invoicing ), SAT (Tax Administration Service), PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), E2E, DATAPOWR, HELCIM (Merchant account provider for CC payments), RM (Request Management), JEDAIR , DSS, SALES FORCE , Dealer Portal, RedMX, FLEET, CC6, OPO, ETAP, JIRA, GITlab, BATCHPLAN, MAXIMO, SERVICE NOW , DOO, TRW and Zephyr. Experienced in working with different levels of stake holders viz. Program Management Team, Subject Matter Experts and managed offshore functional and technical teams.
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Work History
Project/Escalation Manager (Cloud Integrations) Solution Architect
Capgemini America, Inc
04.2024 - Current
- Interact with Stakeholders, Client Project Manager & Cross Application owners and conduct business process analyses, needs assessments and preliminary cost / benefits analyses to align information technology solutions with business initiatives through a feasibility study and road map
- Document requirements using the Oracle and Michelin specific standards
- Provide detailed design and business rules to support requirements throughout the project life cycle, up to and through change control
- Prepare a AS IS Architecture document which details the existing business process using collaboration tools and business process i.e., Microsoft Visio, WIKI, BIBDOC, SVN, etc., Identify the bottlenecks and gaps in the existing process and propose innovative solutions and recommend system, product and process enhancements
- Capture the MIM on each step of the requirement gathering and work with the team with regards to the gaps between requirements and standard Oracle product functionalities and categorize the details in BIBDOC (Client specific mechanism) Get the sign off from required business resources on all the requirements that are captured during this phase and document the same in ONEDRIVE (Central Repository) specified for Order to Cash flow
- Define the Oracle ERP financials TO BE design and demonstrate the same with business along with proven proof of concept using client, standard methodology and tools ex: DOCSHARE (Client specific), PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Excel etc., Create Business Requirement mapping (BR030), Application extension Functional (MD50) design, business rules and process interpretation for assigned applications, systems, and business solutions and store the proposed solutions at client specific repository called SVN
- Define technical procedure to address the Master and Transactional Data conversions (CV010), extensions (MD010), Interface, Reports and Workflow strategy for financial processes specific to key interfaces (SDS, SALESFORCE, CC6, OPO, HELCIM, CCM, RM, EDI, E2E, DATAPOWER, DELBOOMI, Red Mix, ) using Client specific design process called BATCHPLAN, ETAP also using a standard oracle API’s, OA Framework, Web services, PL SQL and Data loader
- Implement the Oracle EBS core solution for ORDER TO CASH (O2C) with the use of oracle modules AR (Account Receivables), OM (Order Management) AP (Account Payable), iReceivables, Oracle Payments, Oracle CE (Cash management), Oracle Pricing and OZF (Trade Management), GL (General Ledger), PO (Oracle Purchasing) and EBTax Responsible for analyzing and resolving functional and technical challenges of supported applications during implementation
- Provide directions and mentor developers on technical and custom solutions and help them to address the development issues on requirements and capture the outcomes in client specific gears called COMATRA, ETAP
- Create BR100 documents required for configuration setups in Oracle Application system related to Order to Cash process as per the business requirements and solution designed
- Create an application setup in oracle financial modules (AR, AP, iReceivables, Oracle Payments, CE, Trade Management PO and GL etc.,) using Capgemini specific custom tool i.e., Satellite
- Work independently and manage time effectively to meet deadlines and communicate with leaders and business partners on business systems and project statuses, Design and create production and ad hoc Reports
- Define test criteria’s, strategies and scripts using test case management tools (ex: JIRA and Zephyr) to execute and capture the test defects identified during unit, system, functional and User Acceptancy (UAT) testing
- Solely responsible to Work with third-party applications and Infrastructure teams (E2E, DATAPOWER, HELCIM, OPO/CC6, SALESFORCE, MDM) on testing key interfaces like; transactions, payments and master data interfaces that have a major impact on financial and revenue process
- Coordinate with consultants and key business users and demonstrate the implemented solution and application process and to capture the feedback
- Will act as a first level of escalation point for business testers and IT team members to sort out the glitches to promote a cooperative and productive team environment
- Create user training manuals, UAT reports using client specific process and create a user productivity kits on standard oracle procedures
- Guide and provide the solutions to consultants and developers to fix the defects identified during the test
- Conduct CLP (Conference Level Pilot) with key business users to test the implemented solution to obtain signoff
- Work closely with key users and address the Application Troubleshooting issues for closing the first three financial accounting periods after Go Live
- Monitor scheduled application interfaces/workflows and provide issue resolution and share the knowledge with support team
- Co-ordinate with other 3rd Party AMS teams for the interfaces between EBS and third-party applications
- Perform Root Cause Analysis of recurring incidents and problems and provide Long Term Resolution Perform regular system health checks to ensure service availability and ability to cope with peak loads
- Worked with IT and Business leads to prioritizing, develop and deploy enhancements and bug fixes UAT issues and coordinating with DEV Track team for the development
- Daily Status Review of Service availability and Management Reporting
- Actively supporting internal audit (IC) and PWC external audit as a Michelin control analyst for ERP by collecting and providing evidence from within IT and by coordinating with various external teams
- Worked as a support manager for ERP and JEDAIR applications for North America and established a stable process for support and escalations
- As lead functional consultant responsible for delivering support for Oracle Applications focusing on financial processes (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payables, Cash Management, Sub-Ledger Accounting and General Ledger) for US, Canada and Mexico using a global application support team
- As lead consultant responsible for delivering support for Oracle Applications focusing on financial processes (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payables, Cash Management, Sub-Ledger Accounting and General Ledger) for US, Canada and Mexico using a global application support team
- Responsibilities include review of severity of service requests and prioritize tasks for offshore team based in India and ensure Service Level Agreements are met
- Manage and Mentor project & application support team
- Responsible for Regional Daily Status Review Meetings Help and train business resources and support team on SERVICENOW and MAXIMO process to address the business support issues until system get stabilized and document the issues resolutions provided etc.
Offshore Payments Lead
Tech Mahindra
03.2024 - 08.2024
- P2P Implementation: Requirement gathering, Business Process Analysis, translate business requirements into functional and technical specification document to be used by development team
- Preparation of MD 050 for designing the payment method outputs
- Working alongside onsite team in understanding the requirements and simulating scenarios as specified by client and onsite team
- Co-ordinate development, unit testing, integration testing and User Acceptance Testing Communicate & work with all stake holders of the project viz., PMO, Customers, Project team and external teams to ensure milestones are achieved as planned
- Work with Regional leads and Banks to test custom Electronic Fund transfer files developed
- Work with other partners, ensure regular knowledge transfers and make sure service levels are met
- Comparing RTF with the bank specifications to ensure it meets the bank specified criteria
- Working with technical team to create templates in xml publisher and attach the template in payment formats
- (R12 Instance)
- Production Support: Onsite Financial lead for APAC and Mange SR’s/Incidents from users, prioritize and work with support analysts to restore service within agreed SLAs
- Co-ordinate with other 3rd Party AMS teams for Incident management
- Root Cause Analysis of recurring incidents and problems and provide Long Term Resolution
- Requirements gathering from business users for enhancements, bug fixes and coordinate with development team and deployment within agreed timelines
- Regular system health checks to ensure service availability and ability to cope with peak loads
- Work with IT and Business leads to prioritizing, develop and deploy enhancements and bug fixes UAT issues and coordinating with DEV Track team for the development
- Ensure SOX compliance with respect to application and process controls
- Support Quality compliance audits for the region and work with PMO
- Daily Status Review of Service availability and Management Reporting
- Manage and Mentor project & application support team
- Responsible for Regional Daily Status Review Meetings
Procure to Pay Lead
Capgemini Technology Services (Ind) Ltd
10.2024 - 04.2024
- Lead the requirements gathering, analysis of requirements; produced gap-fit document and designed solution for Procure to Pay and Record to Report processes to implement Oracle Release 12 for the client operating in over 56 countries and more than 100 locations
- The client was using a heavily customized de-supported version of Oracle E-Business suite
- As the customizations were driving key business processes, analyzed existing customizations and mapped them either to standard Oracle R12 feature, improved existing business processes or produced designs for custom development in R12
- E.g., eliminated custom processes for loading exchange rates by recommending Currency Rates Manager
- Analyzed existing payments formats by country and prepared design for developing custom payment instruction formats in Oracle R12
- Lead various workshops including conference room pilots by demonstrating proposed Oracle R12 design to key business leads, incorporated their feedback in the system design and obtained their approval on system design
- Prepared configuration documents (BR100) and configured Payables and Payments modules in gold instance to reflect proposed system design
- Designed and produced functional design document (MD50) for various custom components like spreadsheet invoice upload including employee expense reports; payment instruction formats for US (ACH), UK (BACS), France (SEPA), Denmark (Danish United), and various EFT formats for Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand
- Developed data conversion strategy for suppliers, supplier bank accounts and unpaid payable invoices
- Translated the data conversion strategy into system design by preparing detailed data mapping (CV40) document and functional design document for developing interface programs
- Actively involved in build of custom components, functional testing and quality assurance of key customizations Prepared functional test scenarios and detailed test scripts for testing Payables and Payments during System Integration Test (SIT) and User Integration Test (UAT)
- Conducted and oversaw execution of SIT & UAT, addressed issues identified during the tests by either updating configuration documents or through bug fixes to code
- Prepared training documents and user manuals to aid end user training
- Conducted train the trainer sessions training sessions to key business leads
- Worked closely with client’s shared service center and application support teams to educate changes introduced by Oracle R12 implementation
- Worked closely with business leads to validate and reconcile converted data to ensure data integrity and consistency in production
- Provided post go-live support for Payables, Payments and General Ledger for a period of three months and transitioned support to AMS team of the client
- Onsite Module Lead for AP Participate actively in analysis phase and Map requirements to Oracle Release 12 features
- Responsible for solution design for gaps identified during analysis phase
- Analyze custom components in Oracle 11.0.3 and either map the functionality to Oracle Release 12 or redevelop the same to be deployed in Oracle R12
- Prepare functional specification and obtain sign-off from customers
- Responsible for Configuration (BR100) and test for Payables, specific components in GL like FSG, Web ADI, Currency Rates Manager
- Various Responsible for overall data conversion design from Oracle 11.0.3to Oracle Release12 Functional SPOC for technical team & works closely with development team
- Responsible for Functional Testing of Finance Processes and RICE objects.
Finance Functional Lead
Capgemini Technology Services (Ind) Ltd
08.2024 - 02.2024
- Offshore Finance lead for Oracle Release 12 implementation Work closely with onshore team to analyze and baseline requirements, document existing business process, define future Oracle R12 processes and capture these data in RD20, BP40 and BP80 documents
- Prepare/review setup document and configure Oracle R12 instances for Conference Room Pilots and other testing workshops for all financial modules viz., GL, AP, AR, CE, PO & FA Review Solutions identified for gaps identified
- Prepared functional specification (MD50) for Customizations, Extensions, Reports & Interfaces Prepare CV40 for converting data from oracle Legacy Systems Prepare user documentation & review training prepared using Oracle User Productivity Kit
- Log track, fix issues that arise from CRPs and other business validation workshops
- Continuously co-ordinate with onshore team and offshore teams Mentor and work closely with technical team to develop, test and deploy custom objects
- Prepare test scripts for testing various business processes
Functional Consultant
Thirdware Solution Limited
10.2024 - 02.2024
- Functional Consultant responsible for managing and controlling application configuration for Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and General Accounting functions
- Analyze and Review application configuration Vs Configuration documents and update documents/configuration for relevant modules based on outcome of the analysis
- Configured Mandatory, Shared and product specific setups in GL, PO, AP, INV, OM, AR, CM
- Reviewing the AR setup process and preparing BR100’s based on business flow of successful markets
- Work with Onsite and offshore teams to resolve queries for the deviation of functional setups and assist the support team
- Handled high priority TRAFs in Production and development instances
- Migration, Comparison and Configuration of objects using Integra apps (Application) and Quality Test Professional (QTP)
- Responsible for delivery of day-to-day, 24x7 operational Support and Oracle application Break fix solutions
- Accountable to ensure that customer's service requests and tickets related to the Oracle applications and linked systems are completed in a timely manner, as per established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Respond and resolve customer issues within Key Performance Indicator targets
- Handled all the postproduction support issues and adhered to the SLA's in providing the innovative solutions
- As a team member, was responsible for Analyzing of objects in GL and AR with respect to Pfizer’s business process and identifying common attribute values being used across all the markets
- Development of OCT (Oracle Configuration Template) based on the analysis
- Development of Market input template to be sent to project team for gathering market specific data.
Senior Associate
Thirdware Solution Limited
10.2024 - 02.2024
- Functional Consultant responsible for managing and controlling application configuration for Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and General Accounting functions
- Analyze and Review application configuration Vs Configuration documents and update documents/configuration for relevant modules based on outcome of the analysis
- Configured Mandatory, Shared and product specific setups in GL, PO, AP, INV, OM, AR, CM
- Reviewing the AR setup process and preparing BR100’s based on business flow of successful markets
- Work with Onsite and offshore teams to resolve queries for the deviation of functional setups and assist the support team
- Handled high priority TRAFs in Production and development instances
- Migration, Comparison and Configuration of objects using Integra apps (Application) and Quality Test Professional (QTP)
- Responsible for delivery of day-to-day, 24x7 operational Support and Oracle application Break fix solutions
- Accountable to ensure that customer's service requests and tickets related to the Oracle applications and linked systems are completed in a timely manner, as per established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Respond and resolve customer issues within Key Performance Indicator targets
- Handled all the postproduction support issues and adhered to the SLA's in providing the innovative solutions
- As a team member, was responsible for Analyzing of objects in GL and AR with respect to Pfizer’s business process and identifying common attribute values being used across all the markets
- Development of OCT (Oracle Configuration Template) based on the analysis
- Development of Market input template to be sent to project team for gathering market specific data.
Education
IT System Management & Marketing, Master of Business Administration
Sri Venkateswara University
04.2001
Accounting, Taxation, Commercial Laws, & Economics, BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Sri Venkateswara University
04.1999
Certification
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Application Intégration Professional (1Z0-1042-23)
- Oracle Financial Cloud: General Ledger 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist.
- Oracle Unified Method
- Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist
- Oracle Business Accelerators (Level 1)
- Oracle Financials Cloud: Receivables 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist
- Oracle E-Business Suite R12. Financial Management Presales Specialist
Skills Profile
Microsoft Windows (Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 10), Linux, MS-DOS, Unix, Oracle E-Business Suite cloud, R12, 11.5.10, 11.5.9 & 12.2 & Salesforce, Oracle Cloud, Oracle 9i/10g (DBMS), Toad, SQL Developer, HTML, ETL, XML Publisher, OAF Framework, Java, Win SCP, Putty, Gitlab, Spreadsheet Loader, Satellite (Setup Tool), C++, COBOL, Java, Oracle Discoverer & Application, Project Management, Escalation Manager, Internal and External Audit controller, Solution Architect, Scrum Master, Onsite Project Lead for P2P and O2C, Functional Lead, Business Lead and SME for Finance Process Business System Analyst for Value flow process., Oracle OCI Certified in Financial (AR, AP & GL) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Application Intégration Professional (1Z0-1042-23)
Oracle Unified Method, Oracle Partner Network.
Oracle Release 12 E-Business Suite Boot Camp, Oracle University.
R12 Financials New Features (Oracle University).
PL/SQL.
Estimated Techniques using Functional Point Analysis.
Quality Management Service.
Incident Management
SAFE certified
Training
AMERICAS: ERP: Cloud Financials 1 Workshop, Oracle Financials session with offshore teams
Timeline
Procure to Pay Lead
Capgemini Technology Services (Ind) Ltd
10.2024 - 04.2024
Functional Consultant
Thirdware Solution Limited
10.2024 - 02.2024
Senior Associate
Thirdware Solution Limited
10.2024 - 02.2024
Finance Functional Lead
Capgemini Technology Services (Ind) Ltd
08.2024 - 02.2024
Project/Escalation Manager (Cloud Integrations) Solution Architect
Capgemini America, Inc
04.2024 - Current
Offshore Payments Lead
Tech Mahindra
03.2024 - 08.2024
IT System Management & Marketing, Master of Business Administration
Sri Venkateswara University
Accounting, Taxation, Commercial Laws, & Economics, BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Sri Venkateswara University
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Application Intégration Professional (1Z0-1042-23)
- Oracle Financial Cloud: General Ledger 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist.
- Oracle Unified Method
- Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist
- Oracle Business Accelerators (Level 1)
- Oracle Financials Cloud: Receivables 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist
- Oracle E-Business Suite R12. Financial Management Presales Specialist
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