Product Manager | Applications Implementation Manager
Marcura Group
Total years of experience :18 years, 3 Months
Migrated Financial & HR data from legacy systems (SAGE & HR modules) to Oracle unified cloud modules.
• Led cross-functional discussions to identify key business requirements. Achieved 95% stakeholder alignment on functionalities and prioritized deployment roadmap. Weekly update of key stakeholders on project progress.
• Managed data migration for 600+ employees, 100M+ financial records, 800+ customer and 500+ supplier profiles.
• Collaborated with vendor partners to configure Oracle Fusions primary and secondary ledgers for 6 core financial modules such as Procurement, Payables, Receivables, General Ledger, Assets, and Intercompany Accounting.
• Partnered with HCM Technical specialists to configure 5 HCM modules of Core HR, Onboarding, Compensation & Benefits, Absence Management and Workforce Modeling whilst optimizing core HR reporting capabilities.
• Identified process gaps and opportunities for streamlining workflows, resulting in a 15% projected efficiency gain.
• Performed comprehensive UAT & training workshops of 20+ teams along with documenting SOPs for each module.
• Configured Salary Journal Vouchers automated payroll processing, saving 3 working days for 3 FTEs.
• Deployed Maker-checker, multi-tier approvals, compliance checks in 8+ modules as per stakeholder requirements.
• Configured 10 BU Wise Interactive Employee wise costs analysis for management for efficient decision making.
Led enterprise-wide Anaplan implementation, streamlining financial planning & analysis processes by 40%.
• Consolidated financial data reporting across 6 main departments, enabling efficient data-driven decision-making.
• Successfully mapped 5 monthly Trial Balance report leading to instant visibility of 40+ financial reports.
• Leveraged Anaplan to automate budgeting Forecast for 10 business units, reducing budgeting cycle time by 4 weeks, and improving resource allocation efficiency.
• Prioritized & deployed what-if simulation epics using SAFe, resulting in a 20+ hour reduction in Excel usage.
• Spearheaded the implementation of BU Wise profitability analysis, resulting in a 15% reduction in cost overruns.
• Recommended Anaplan adoption across Business Unit Heads, empowering data-driven decision-making and driving 30% growth in revenue predictability.
Senior Business Analyst - Cash Management In-house Application at Marcura Group
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
My current job since January 2014
• Automated high-volume transaction data generation with SQL scripts for dashboards resulting in a new revenue stream with $500/month subscription fees per user for custom Financial Dashboards.
• Automated transaction reports along with integration of MT 940 MT 941 reports saved cost savings of 2 FTEs.
• Reduced 40+hours of manual work in payment processing & reporting teams through application enhancements & process automation resulted in scaling up volume with further reduction in head count.
• Streamlined communication and ensured developers were working on the priority user stories, whilst managing the development lifecycle with bi-weekly sprints & daily stand-up meetings
• Ensuring detailed UAT to identify and fix bugs before deployment, avoiding costly production issues.
• Ensuring minimal production downtime ensuring smooth product launches, leading to higher customer satisfaction and production uptime along with additional savings on overtime cost.
Achievements
• Successfully multi-tasked and delivered multiple thousand dollars embedded memory projects year around • Increased billability head count from 2 to 7 at client location by constantly meeting tight deadlines & targets
• Trained new members in short spans to help them contribute quickly and increase overall team productivity
• Designed system design documents for fixing design quality, drastically reducing quality check iterations
Key Responsibilities
• Deliver nanotechnology porting memory projects as per client requirements whilst updating all stakeholders
• Track project progress status and issues pertaining to quality, schedule, resources
• Analyze root-cause analysis of problems, determining appropriate resolution, eliminating recurring incidents and minimizing impact of these incidents
• Given technical trainings, addressed team member queries and participated in knowledge sharing platforms
Achievements
• Holder of Sirius - Best Individual Contributor Award in Wipro Technologies. Award which is awarded to top 5 individual contributors quarterly among 10, 000+ employees of an SBU
• Holder of three Feather-In-My-Cap best performer award in Wipro Technologies. Award which is awarded to top performer of research & development Project
• Expanded existing market of clients electronic components in south-Asia by $ 3Million within an year
• Generated additional revenues by recommending and marketing new software of client in APAC
• Developed new tool automation algorithms that reduces design time and improves overall efficiency. Two automation algorithms are now used as macro in updated version of Industry standard design tool (Cadence)
• Various appreciations and recommendations from Clients for the quality and timely deliverables.
• Achieved Customer satisfaction in range of 6.5~7.0/7 for more than 12 R & D projects
Key Responsibilities
• Preparing weekly trend analysis and status reports that highlight risks, critical non-critical issues
• Prepared project progress status and issues pertaining to quality, schedule, resources
• Regularly track delivery against the agreed service levels to ensure that SLA targets are met
• Project documentation, capital budgeting & resource allocation as per project requirement
• Holding regular project review meetings with clients located in US, UK and India
• Performance Appraisals, Technical guidance, mentoring the team members
• Technically contributed in design of Next generation Application Processors, Computer Processors
• Layout Implementation of analog and mixed signal circuit design
• Increase overall volume Level 1 Technical Support, Sales & Marketing teams operations in APAC region
• Selection of Micro-Processor, creating the design and the symbol for the circuit connection, Bill of Materials
• Providing technical support to end users of HP, Net gear Products worldwide
• LAN/WAN upgrades, Network Support & Fixes for remote end users, Router configuration
• Providing technical support to end users of SBC Yahoo Products worldwide
• LAN/WAN upgrades, Network Support & Fixes for remote end users, Router configuration
• MBA from HULT International Business School, USA: (GPA 3.24) Sep2011-Aug 2012
• Bachelor of Engineering from S.R.C.E.M, Gwalior India: (Distinction 79 %) July 1999 - July 2003
• M.S in Microelectronics from BITS Pilani, India: (CGPA 7.79) Mar 2009 - Mar 2011