Project Specific Skills

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Mahesh Reddy (alias GV) is an Accountant (Chartered Accountant from India) highly professional Project Manager in Oracle Applications having played numerous IT related roles on Oracle Application projects over the past 10 years. Such roles in project life cycle include System Study, Solution Design, Implementation , Multiple European Rollouts, application maintenance / support and testing. His is well experienced in Managing application support alongside application roll outs and process improvements.

His experience additionally provides him with an excellent understanding of the underlying applications architecture allowing him to take control and ownership of any Oracle E-biz implementation / Maintenance project, alongside the control of related applications interfacing with Oracle. His inherent knowledge of delivering functional and technical solutions, within the Oracle Applications Suite would be an added asset to any transformation programme / Continuous process improvements. He plays a key role in managing and bringing together, the Functional, Technical & DBA Teams in delivering a robust solution as well as maintaining a large scale application.

Soft Skills

Client GV has spent a significant part of his work at client locations across the Interaction western world, exposing him to the most demanding and unfavourable times, client meetings, discussions, escalations, etc. which has provided him with considerable client facing ability. Client Have been part of innumerable client presentations proposing solutions, Presentations implementation, Value Management approaches

Team building Have effectively managed resources, building teams across international borders in delivering solutions Leadership Since GV started as a functional consultant himself, he has knowledge about the Oracle Application and its technical background, by which helps him command and lead his team

Project specific skills

Oracle Applications Oracle Financials R11i / R12 (AP, AR, GL, CE,FA),PO, iProcurement, Oracle Alerts, iexpenses, AME (Oracle Approvals Management) & Trade Management, AX(Global Accounting Engine)/SLA Sub-ledger Accounting Oracle Products Discoverer, Forms Personalization,Oracle Web ADI,SQL*Plus. Tools TOAD, SQL*Navigator, Dataloader Operating System Sun Solaris UNIX.4 / 5, HP Unix 11.11 DOS, NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP.

Management Skills Business Implementing Running UATs Workshop Business change – Management Chart of Accounts, Taxes etc… Key User Training Post Implementation Adherence To Tight Deadlines Support & Mgt. Visit More Resumes At www.downloadmela.com/pages/resumes/resumes.html

Key Projects Summary:

Client : Cognizant Duration : Oct 2008 – Till Present Role : Manager - Oracle Solutions Practice

Responsibilities:  Responsible for creating a prototype of the Peoplesoft financial solution originally implemented.  Conducting training sessions on R12, co-ordinting the team for powerpoints and documentations  Functioning as a point of contact for large deals from oracle solutions group.  Setting up of oracle Apps release 12 COE. Developing customer concepts and solutions. Supporting Release 12 projects with solutions, recruitment , training and developing competency.  Familiar with Release 12 concepts like Multi Org User Access< Trading Community Architecture and subledger Accounting. Familiar with release 12 concepts of financial Modules.  Planning, scheduling and delivering all Oracle projects, developing new clients  Resource Management including planning, track of Approved headcounts, On boarding and off boarding  Manage Cost and Resource Pyramid.  Mentoring the team for their Career growth, motivate the team through counselling  Onsite-Offshore coordination with Account Managers, Program Managers and onsite Project Leads  Interact with various service practices  Developing proof of concepts based on client requirements in response to RFP.

Client : Phones4u Limited – (Mobile phone Retail business) Project Title : Oracle ebiz suite implementation alongside Siebel CRM Duration : Feb 2007 – Oct 2008 Role : Project Manager Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, i-Expenses, Oracle Approvals Management, Oracle Alerts, i-Procurement, Trade Management, Cash Management & Web ADI

Responsibilities:  Responsible for the entire financial solution, execution of System Integrated Testing, UAT support, Post Prod Support  Delivered custom solution around Trade Management along with a bespoke module for payment of customer cheques  Delivered 57 Bespoke components, Form Personalization, Workflow customization for COGS Account generation.  Management of Onsite – Offshore teams  Attending Steering Committee meetings on project status, resourcing issues, time lines etc…  Co-ordination of different horizontal teams within the vendor company

Client : Yahoo! Project Title : Oracle Financials Support Duration : Jun 2006– Feb 2007 Role : Support Manager Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, i-Expenses, i-Procurement, Cash Management & Oracle ADI Tools : Toad, Sql Plus, Business objects

Responsibilities:  Responsible for the support of 80 users at Yahoo!’s Shared service centre at Dublin  Ticket Management, Customer calls on SLAs  Co-ordinating with HO at USA, for DBA support, out of office hours cover, resourcing issues, system down time

Client : Department of Energy Food and Rural Agriculture (DEFRA) Project Title : i-Expenses implementation Duration : Feb 2006– Jun 2006 Role : Team Lead Modules : I-Expenses, Oracle Approval Management

Responsibilities:  Conducting workshops, Requirement gathering, Solution design, Prototyping solution for user sign off, UAT, System Testing, Production build  Solutioned work around for mileage calculation in line with inland revenue requirements  Self Service personalization – OA Framework.

Client : Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) Project Title : Oracle Financials testing Duration : Oct 2005 – Jan 2006 Role : Test Manager Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, & i-Procurement Tools : Mercury Test Director

Responsibilities:  Design and execution of test scripts in Oracle  Recording test results using Mercury test Director and generation of reports  Co-ordinating with the Customer contact for issue resolution and release management team for bug fixes.

ROLLED OUT MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT REUTERS MANAGING THE ONGOING SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS

Client : Reuters Europe Project Title : Oracle Fixed Assets Implementation Duration : Jun 2004–Oct 2005 Role : Application Support Manager – Additional responsibility - Project Manager Modules : Oracle Fixed Assets 11.5.9 Tools : Toad, Business Objects, Data loader, MS Access.

Responsibilities:  Responsible for Solution and Delivery of the project on agreed timelines and resourcing.  GV’s Team was responsible for o Requirement gathering o Solution design o Prototyping ststem for user approval. o Conducting UAT, UAT support o Data Migration, liaising with developers, DBAs and release management teams o Production configuration o Planning and executing Multi-country rollouts.

Client : Reuters Latin America Project Title : Oracle Financials implementation Duration : February 2003 – June 2004 Role : Application Support Manager – Additional responsibility - Project Manager Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Cash Management, i-Expenses, i- Procurement,

Responsibilities:  Responsible for Solution and Delivery of the project on agreed timelines and resourcing.  GV’s Team was responsible for  Requirement gathering o Solution design using Latin American Localizations for Argentina and Brazil o Prototyping ststem for user approval. o Conducting UAT, UAT support o Data Migration, liaising with developers, DBAs and release management teams o Production configuration o Planning and executing Multi-country rollouts.

Client : Reuters Global Project Title : 11.5.9 Migration Duration : Oct 2002 – Feb 2003 Role : Application Support Manager – Additional responsibility - Project Manager Modules : Oracle Ebiz suite – All modules (11.5.3 to 11.5.9)

Responsibilities:  Responsible for Solution and Delivery of the project on agreed timelines and resourcing.  GV’s Team was responsible for o Liaising with Oracle / Business regarding the need for migration o Identify custom components that need change / migration o Preparation and execution of test scripts for post migration testing o UAT & Release management

Client : Reuters Global Project Title : Chart of Account change Duration : Oct 2002 – Feb 2003 Role : Application Support Manager – Additional responsibility - Project Manager Modules : Oracle Ebiz – General Ledger / Other modules

Responsibilities:  Responsible for Solution and Delivery of the project on agreed timelines and resourcing.  GV’s Team was responsible for o Conducting / Participation with business on the COA Change, covering the need for change, timing etc… o Discussion, desingn, finalization and implementation of revised security and cross validation rules. o Preparation and execution of test scripts post development

Client : Reuters Global Project Title : Post Production Support Duration : Sep 2002 – Feb 2003 Role : Application Support Manager Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Cash Management, Purchasig, i-Expenses, i-Procurement, Oracle ADI Tools : Toad, Sql+, Dataloader, Business Objects reports

Responsibilities:  Responsible European Application Support based on agreed SLAs and resourcing.  GV’s Team was responsible for o Providing First line support in 11i to 300+ ebiz users like, month-end closure, expenses approval interfaces issues etc… o 2nd line support, as a Functional expert (Centre of Financial Excellence) to Reuters Globally SG & US Shared Service Centres o Supporting on-going rollouts, UATs and configurations.

o Creation of TAR in Metalink and working with Oracle on bugs and issues

Client : Reuters Global Project Title : Global Financial Implementation and rollout of Oracle Financials Duration : October 2000 – June 2002 Role : Oracle Financials Functional Consultant / Later Team Lead Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Cash Management, Purchasing, i-Expenses, i-Procurement, Oracle ADI Responsibilities:  System Analyses – Participating in workshops related to COA design, Cross Validation, Security rules, Period end / Month end processing (AS-IS), business requirements on taxes  Solution Design – Covering COA design, Cross Validation, Security rules, Period end / Month end processing (To-Be), local country / region specific taxation requirements  Configuration / Incremental rollouts for Prototype, UAT, Development & Production environments  Documentation – Preparation MD 050. TE 040, BR 100 under AIM standards  Design and development of FSG Reports

Client : Jobsahead.com Project Title : Oracle Financial Implementation (11.0.3) Duration : April 2000 – September 2000 Role : Oracle Financials Functional Consultant (AR) Modules : General Ledger, Payables, Receivables

Responsibilities:  Requiremetns gathering for FSG reports  Design and development of FSG reports  System Configuration  Documentation – Preparation MD 050. TE 040, BR 100 under AIM standards

Client : G E India Project Title : Oracle Financials Support (11.0.3) Duration : April 1999 – September 2000 Role : Oracle Financials Functional Consultant Modules : General Ledger, Receivables, Payables & Fixed Assets

Responsibilities:  System Administration  Off-shore Support  Workflow customization for FA Account Generator  Prepare MD 50, MD 70 and TE 20 documentation using AIM

Client : Self Employed – Rajasekaran & Varadrajan – Management Consultants Project Title : Financial System restructure Duration : March 1990 – April 1999 Role : Management Consultant Environment : Tally®, KenFa®, Bespoke inhouse software written using Fox Pro, Clipper, Dbase etc…

Responsibilities:  System Analyses  Solution Design  Configuration, Documentation  End user Testing / Support  Production Support

Training and Certificates

 Diploma in Oracle Financial Applications  Diploma in Oracle 8i – Jun 1998  Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  Cost Accountant from Institute of Cost & works Accountants of India  Bachelor’s degree in Commerce – Madras University, India

Other Information

 British Citizen with Overseas Indian Citizenship (OCI permit)  Age as of June 2009 – 39 years (DOB – June 1970)