Mohammad Saifuddin Khalander, System Information Analyst

Mohammad Saifuddin Khalander

System Information Analyst

Aramco Gulf Operations

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

System Information Analyst at Aramco Gulf Operations
  • Saudi Arabia - AlKhafji
  • My current job since July 2019

July 2019 - present
Information System Analyst

• Enhanced Organizational Processes and optimized them resulting in cost reduction, increased compliance and productivity improvement.
• Implemented 9 different companywide process automations providing easy data accessibility, improved consistency and reducing risk
• Implemented an online system to enable automation of maintenance activities resulting in increased control, better tracking and timereduction by 50%
• Improved departmental procedures ensuring compliance with risk, audit and regulatory requirements.
• Worked on Risk Assessment, Mitigation plans, maintained risk register.
• Worked on change management and helped software development teams apply Scrum framework
• Coordinated sprint reviews, retrospectives and daily stand ups.
• Worked with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Maintained an expert business and operations knowledge to add value in needs analysis for highly integrated and complex projects


• Observes proper evidence custody and control procedures, documents procedures and findings and prepares comprehensive written notes and reports
• Maintain an expert business and operations knowledge of direct and associated clients in order to add value in analyzing complex and highly integrated projects
• Provides specialized support by gathering, handling, examining, preparing, entering, searching, retrieving, identifying and/or comparing digital and/or physical evidence
• Develops, researches, and maintains proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding, and encryption
• Maintain an expert knowledge of all assigned computer applications and a working knowledge of all other applications operating in the same or integrated environments

IT Project Manager at Aramco Gulf Operations Company
  • Saudi Arabia - AlKhafji
  • January 2015 to July 2019

• Successfully Digitized around 1.3 Million Aramco documents using MS SharePoint thus paving the way for a paperless environment in the organization
• Coordinated with Project Sponsor to provide inputs for the Projectcharter
• Developed, Implemented and Monitored the usage of Project Management templates, forms across all functions in the project
• Designed, Developed and Revised detailed project plan coupled with developing Action plan, Scope of Work (SoW.), and Scheduling.
• Responsible for Resource planning, Developing and managing teams and forecasting and acquiring resources.
• Regularly update project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies.
• Contributed to the preparation of budget and monitored financial performance
• Coordinated with Consultants from KPMG, Implementing the DMS and also providing Models for Document Classification, Clustering and Indexing
• Adhered to industry/Saudi Aramco standards for PMO methodologies and project governance models, including implementation of phase gates throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinated with Contracts/Procurement dept. to initiate and administer contracts, RFC, Bid slates, Networking, RFP, Bid Package etc.
• ProvidedStatus reports and other Project Reporting to Management and stakeholders.
• Awarded with Certificate of Appreciation for Most Valuable Contribution towards Company StrategicMission by Aramco, KSA

Branding Consultant (specialist) at M/S Ouola.com
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2014 to December 2014

As a Brand Consultant
• Developed brand strategies and implementation strategies for clients that include brand and communication plan, marketing activities, advertising and promotion programs.
• Performed marketing project management (events coordination, collateral development, presentation design, strategy & planning, media).
• Coordinated with ad campaigns through traditional and social media.

• Coordinated and organized the development of the brand strategy throughout the organization.
• Monitored and maintained web designs.
• Monitored and supervised brand research and analyzed the findings.
• Developed proposals and conducted presentations.
• Provided brand training and facilitated workshops
• Worked effectively with partners and brief creative agencies on the brand strategy and communication strategy.
• Effective usage of social media leverage across various platforms gaining maximum outreach
• Carrying out ATL, BTL & TTL Advertising
• Secondary Brand Leverage and co-branding

Senior System Analyst at J&P(O) Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2008 to September 2012

Responsibilities as an IT Associate Manager include development and coordination of project including design and implementation, reporting to the group IT Manager. Manage the coordination
of the development of the data structures, transformation and data loading. Provide with the
resources in the risk identification, project scope definition and methodology of the project. Design attractive presentations for project lifecycles, updates and expected conclusions also working on
ABAP Smart forms designing various smart forms including RFQ (Request for Quotation) GIV (Goods Issue Voucher) etc

Projects’ Undertaken:
a.) The Pay System (payroll) Application
Responsibilities included:
• Design of the entire pay system structure using SQL server 2005 as the Database System after studying the legacy system which was in use at the time and through discussion
with the end user
• Part of the Development team developing the payroll application which included
developing reports and forms as required
• Creating Detailed Documentation (functional, Technical)
• Presentation of the system to the end user to obtain modifications and incorporate the change

b.) Maintenance of the FMS (Financial Management System)
Responsibilities included
• Maintenance of the existing System by catering to the needs of end users from different countries of operations
• Fixing potential bugs if any as mentioned by the end users.
• Carrying out changes/modifications to the application to suit needs of the end users of different countries (Qatar, Jordan, Ethiopia etc)
• Modules included P/L Account, Balance sheet Debit, Credit etc
• Presently Getting Trained and working in the Treasury Management of SAP as a part company’s policy to implement SAP

Programmer at J&P(O) Ltd, Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2008 to September 2008

Underwent training imparted by the company to understand the entire Software system
existing and used which was primarily developed using COBOL and SCULPTOR Carried out a detailed study of the IT Infrastructure present and the software system which was to be phased out gradually making way for a modern system The application modules existing in COBOL and Sculptor catering to IT needs like
• PAYROLL
• LABOUR COSTING
• ETC (Equipment Time Cards) dealing with heavy Machinery
• MTC (Mechanic Time Cards) dealing with man power for the Machinery
• FLC (fuel and Lubricants)
• ACCOUNTS etc where studied module wise so as to completely understand the whole system and use the acquired expertise in building a new system which was to be interconnected to be operated from a central location

Business Development Executive at YES YEM ASSOCIATES (EXPORTERS & IMPORTERS ) PVT LTD
  • India
  • June 2007 to February 2008

Responsibilities Included
• Assist in Identifying, Procuring & qualifying Products
• Interact With Clients, Suppliers, officials etc.
• Developing Strong working relationships with prospective new clients
• Assist in developing marketing and sales strategies and other deliverables
• Promote the company brand to key buyers, ensuring their knowledge is current and
Appropriate.
• Generating new business both in face to face meetings and over the phone
• Producing monthly reports
• Maintain database of potential clients/suppliers

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Mangalore University
  • May 2014

Equipped with Pioneering Subjects Including Business Turnaround & Transformation Strategies,Systems Thinking Approach. etc Business Consultancy Project SUmmer Internship Project Based on a Problem Centered Research Won 4 Best Manager Awards Former Management Club Secretary

Bachelor's degree, B.E(Computer Science)
  • at Visveswaraya Technological university Belgaum,Karnataka,India
  • June 2007

President of students council in the year 2006-2007 of Vivekananda College of Engg.& Technology Participated and won prizes in various University and National level Cultural and Technical and Management competitions Captained winning cricket team in intra college cricket match

Specialties & Skills

SharePoint
Project Management
Marketing,Advertising/Branding,SAP,ERP,MS-Office
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Contracts Management
Persuasive Negotiation
PMO Functions
Continuous Process Improvement
SAP-ABAP
Procurement Management
Customer/End-user Training
Quality Management
Strategic Planning
Scrum, Agile frameworks
MS SharePoint
Vendor Coordination
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Kannada
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Member
  • March 2020

Training and Certifications

PMP® Project Management Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019
Valid Until:
November 2022
Certified ScrumMaster (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2020
Valid Until:
April 2022
Advanced Excel (Training)
Training Institute:
APTECH,Qatar
Date Attended:
June 2008
SAP-ABAP (Training)
Training Institute:
L&T Infotech
Date Attended:
February 2011

Hobbies

  • Reading, Travelling,Playing Chess,Comparative Religious Studies
    Won 4 Best ManagerAwards-Former Management Club Secretary,AIMIT-Spear headed Insignia-2014 a National Level Management fest raising and Handling a budget of 800000 INR- Member of Gavels club AIMIT (Toast Masters International)Presented National Level Paper on "Using Social Media for Branding" -Former President Students Council VCET,Speak 8 languages-underwent training in Advanced EXCEL- SAP-ABAP,