Advisor-ERP(FMIS)
MoF UAE
Total years of experience :25 years, 11 Months
Company Profile
Ministry of Finance UAE is the part of the UAE Federal Government. Ministry of Finance has been assigned with the task of managing the UAE Federal Government ERP System. MOF owns the FMIS (Financial Management Information System) and manages the support for the same.
All the Federal Government Ministries and many Federal Government Authorities use this system. The scope of the FMIS includes Finance, Procurement and Payroll domain.
Project | Role
• Oracle e-Biz Tax Implementation for VAT for UAE Federal Government | Project Manager
• Oracle e-Business Suite Release 12 Multi Business Group Design and Implementation for UAE Federal Government | Project Manager
• Oracle e-Business Suite Release 12 P2P Enhancement Implementation | Program Manager
Achievements
• Successfully led the FMIS VAT (Oracle e-Biz Tax) Implementation Project for the UAE Federal Government adhering to the VAT Go live date
• Successfully led the Multi Business Group Application Architecture design and implementation projects for the UAE Federal Government covering 13 Government Ministries and Authorities
• Successfully led the Program for Implementing the Procure to pay enhancements including the implementation of the Advance Procurement Modules for 10 UAE Federal Government Entities (Ministries and Authorities)
Job Profile
• Development of the Application Strategy (FMIS) in alignment of the Ministry Vision and Mission.
• Development of the Implementation road map in line with the IT and Applications strategy.
• Business Systems Program Management, Program Strategy alignment for Business Systems, Benefits tracking, Program Governance, Program Life Cycle Management for the Business Systems.
• Managing Strategic projects through Initiation, Planning, Execution and Close. Project Monitoring, Project Risk management and reporting
• Advisory role for the Business Applications, solutions and service improvement initiatives
• Development of the Business Cases, Request for information, Request for Proposal, Vendor evaluation matrices, Project Charter, Project Management Plan, Project Scope Statement, Scope Management Plan, Project Schedule, Cost Management Plan, Quality Plan, Communication Plan, Risk Management Plan, Project Change Management Plan and Finalizing the Project Performance Base Lines.
• Managing the Vendor evaluation Process
• Monitoring and Controlling the Project Performance against the Project Management Baselines, Scope, Cost, time and Quality
• Development and Implementation of the KPI for the Business System (FMIS) Usage and Support
• Leading the Solution design sessions for the business requirements.
Management of IT Investment portfolio, Budgets, Contracts and Vendor Management.
Achievements
• Successfully lead, and completed the phase 1 of the Oracle Go Live.
Job Profile
• Managing the Project Management Office for the Oracle Implementation project
• Coordinating the Project activities with the system Integrator (SI) and the Client
• Development of the Project Charter, Project Management Plan, Project Scope Statement, Scope Management Plan, Project Schedule, Cost Management Plan, Quality Plan, Communication Plan, Risk Management Plan, Project Change Management Plan and Finalizing the Project Performance Base Lines.
• Monitoring and Controlling the Project Performance against the Project Management Baselines, Scope, Cost, time and Quality
• Managing the Project Communication between the SI and Business Stakeholders
• Conduct the Daily meeting with the Project Managers to review and control the Project Progress
• Conduct the Weekly Project Status Review Meeting with the Project Managers and Project delivery Head
• Developing the monthly Project Status Reports for the Steering Committee.
• Preparing the Project Status report for the Steering Committee Members
• Communicate and engage with the Stakeholders on the Project to manage the stakeholders expectations
• Project Risk Review, Prioritization and Develop and Suggest the Risk Mitigation strategies
• Coordination with the Project Auditors for the Project Audits
• Conduct the Project Toll Gate Review meeting and review and asses the status of the Project Phase
• Managing the Project Management Portal and Process Assets and Develop the Project Management Templates, Procedures and Processes and coach the Project team to implement the same
• Manage the Project Documentation, Project Deliverables and ensure the deliverables sign off.
• Full fill the role of the QA for the Oracle e-Business suite.
Achievements
• Successfully lead, one of the Biggest ERP Implementation in the UAE for the Dubai Holding Group. This engagement covered the implementation of Oracle eBusiness Suite Release 12 application and Oracle Business Intelligence Application one two physical instance,
• Instance 1 - Dubai Holding, Tecom Investments and EIT
• Instance 2 - Dubai Properties
• Configured the Project Management Portal, using the SharePoint Portal Technology for the Dubai Holding and neXgen
• Managing the Project Management Office for the Oracle Implementation project
• Coordinating the Project Activities with the system Integrator (SI) and the Client
• Organizing the Project Initiation, and Phase Kick offs
• Development of the Project Charter, Project Management Plan, Project Scope Statement, Scope Management Plan, Project Schedule, Cost Management Plan, Quality Plan, Communication Plan, Risk Management Plan, Project Change Management Plan and Finalizing the Project Performance Base Lines.
• Monitoring and Controlling the Project Performance against the Project Management Baselines, Scope, Cost, time and Quality
• Managing the Project Communication between the SI and Business Stakeholders
• Conduct the Daily meeting with the Project Managers to review and control the Project Progress
• Conduct the Weekly Project Status Review Meeting with the Project Managers and Project delivery Head
• Developing the monthly Project Status Reports for the Steering Committee.
• Preparing the Project Status report for the Steering Committee Members
• Communicate and engage with the Stakeholders on the Project to manage the stakeholders expectations
• Project Risk Review, Prioritization and Develop and Suggest the Risk Mitigation strategies
• Coordination with the Project Auditors for the Project Audits
• Conduct the Project Toll Gate Review meeting and review and asses the status of the Project Phase
• Managing the Project Management Portal and Process Assets
• Develop the Project Management Templates, Procedures and Processes and coach the Project team to implement the same
• Manage the Project Documentation, Project Deliverables and ensure the deliverables sign off.
• Full fill the role of the QA for the Oracle e-Business suite.
Achievements
• Managing the Team of Internal and External - Applications Specialist (Functional and Technical Consultants), after Leading them successfully through the Oracle EBS R12 implementation. Also Managing Application Support Specialist for Hyperion and OBIEE
• Managed different phases of Application Implementation Project, like Vendor selection, Project Initiation, Technology, Familiarization, Design, Build, Testing, Data Migration, Training, Go Live and Project Close Out.
• Has been Lead Analyst for the Oracle EBS R12 (12.1.3) Implementation Project
• Led the Data Migration Exercise for the Oracle EBS R12 Project.(Developing the Data Migration Strategy & Data Migration plan Managing the Data Migration Test Exercises and Final Data Migration)
• Deliverable Sign offs from the Business Users
• Reviewed and Validated the BP080, BR100, BR110, MD050 and MD070, TE040, TA090 etc.
• Managed the Transition activities from the Legacy system to the Oracle EBS
• Managed the Development, UAT, Pre-Production and Production Instances for the Project
Job Profile
• Leading and Managing the team of Internal and External Application Specialists and Consultant for Application Support Function for Oracle Application, Hyperion and OBIEE
• Working towards constant improvements in the Support Process
• Ensuring the Support team adheres to the SLA levels
• KPI Reporting on the Support SLA
• Managing and Aligning the Goals of Team members with the Organizational Objectives
• Managing the Changes to the Oracle Instances
• Ensuring high level of applications stability and user satisfaction
• Managing the requirements for Continuous Service Improvements
Achievements
• Successfully Led team of Internal & External Oracle Application Specialist and Consultants to conclude Requirement Gathering, Solution Design, CRP’s Build, UAT and Data Migration Exercises for the Oracle Project
• Successfully Managed the Upgrade Project for the SLM Module on Oracle to 12.1.3
• Successfully Implemented New Enhancements to the Oracle Supplier Life Cycle Management Module (OEBS R12 12.1.3)
• Managing the Functional Support for GP10, Masterkey and FATS Applications
Job Profile:
• Managing different phases of Application Implementation Project from Vendor selection, Project Initiation, Technology, Familiarization, Design, Build, Testing, Data Migration, Training, Go Live and Project Close Out.
• Lead Analyst, managing team of Application Specialists and Business Analysts for the Existing Applications Support and on-going oracle EBS R12(12.1.3) project
• Ensuring QA on the Oracle EBS R12 Project
• Coordination with the Project Vendors (SI)
• Coordination with the Business Users and Managing the Project Deliverables and Sign offs from the Business Users
• Review and Validate the Project Documents SDD, BP80, BP90, CV10, CV40, BR100, BR110, TA40, MD50, MD70, MD120 TE20, TE40 and PM10
• Reporting on KPI on the Projects ( Mainly related to the Key Milestone)
• Managing the Issue Log
• Leading and Managing the Functional Support for the Following Applications - Great Plains10, Master Key, FATS (Fixed Assets Tracking System).
• Coordination with the third party vendors for the Applications support
• Member of the Change Advisory Board for the Change Management for Applications
Achievements
• Successfully Implemented the Oracle Supplier Life Cycle Management Module (OEBS R12 12.1.2)
• Successfully Managing the Functional Support for GP10, Masterkey, FATS and Proliance Applications
• Successfully completed the following Project for the Integration
o FATS ( Fixed Asset Tracking System & Great Plains 10 ( Financials Application)
o Suppliers Integration between Great Plains 10 and Proliance
• Developed the Reconciliation methods for GL-Sub Ledgers reconciliation and successfully completed the data reconciliation project which became business critical due to the requirement for Statutory Compliances
Job Profile:
o Managing team of Application Specialists for Applications Support for the Projects for Business Systems
o Coordination with the Business Users and Managing the Project Deliverables Sign offs from the Business Users
o Review and Validate the Project Documents SDD, BP80, BP90, CV10, CV40, BR100, BR110, TA40, MD50, MD70, MD120 TE20, TE40 and PM10
o Reporting on KPI on the Projects ( Mainly related to the Key Milestone)
o Leading and Managing the Functional Support for the Following Applications - Great Plains10 (Current ERP Application), Master Key, FATS (Fixed Assets Tracking System)
o Coordination with the third party vendors for the Applications support
o Member of the Change Advisory Board for the Change Management for Applications
Achievements
o Successfully Completed the Project for Implementing Oracle Financials
o Developed and Rolled out the User Training Material using UPK
o Trained 100+ User on different Modules of Oracle Financials including i-procurement
o Rolled out the Cash Management Module across 20 Entities.
o Roll Out I procurement Module to the various Entities.
Job Profile:
o Managing, and Guiding the Oracle Financials Support Team at Tatweer Corporate for all the Oracle Financials Modules including the Procurement and I Procurement Modules.
o Preparing & Updating the Material on the Business Process, Oracle Financials Training Materials, Oracle Financials Ready Reference and SOPs in Oracle Financials for the Different Business Processes.
o Managing the various CSI Projects in Oracle Financials
o Understanding the Training Needs of the Users & regularly conducting the Training Programs for the New & the Existing USERS at the Entities
o Managing the New Operating Unit Roll-out for New Companies and extensive Post go Live Support.
o Co-ordination with other dept and ensuring the compliance and adherence of the Change Management Standards, Polices and Procedures.
o Involvement in any new developments w.r.t Oracle Financials, BRD, BSD & technical -development with consultants.
o Learn the new system/solution and get trained, Testing & Implementation in the Prod Instance.
o Solutions Testing and coordination with the Technical consultants/ /Project Manager.
o Roll-out of existing solutions to the entities and to take over the new solutions and development from the consultant and to Roll it out to the Entities
o Knowledge transfer within the team
o Identifying areas for improvement
o To be on the learning curve for new systems & up-gradation of system skills
Achievements
o Successfully implemented the Concept of the System Accountants across the Middle-East & India for the Landmark Retail Limited
o Developed the System Accountants Team well within a period of six months
o Developed the Check & Control Mechanism for Monitoring the Oracle Apps via Toad Queries, APPWORX
o Trained 150+ Users spread across 4 countries, UAE, Jordan, Kuwait and India on different Modules of Oracle Financials
Job Profile:
o Managing & Guiding Oracle Financials Support Team w.r.t the Following Modules AP /AR/PO/GL/FA
o Managing the System Accountants Team meant for Extensive Functional Support to the Territories
o Training and Development of the Oracle Support and the System Accountants Team
o Managing the Interfaces between Oracle Financials & the Legacy System
o Conducting the Training and Development Programs for the User and Developing the Training Materials and the User Reference Materials for these Programs
o Scheduling the Concurrent Requests & Monitoring these Schedules via APPWORX
o Raising the TAR with the Oracle Support as per requirement, testing the Solutions in the Test Instances & moving the tested solutions to the Production Instance.
o Module Roll-out to the new concept/territory and providing extensive Support for the first month after roll-out.
o Learn the new system/solution and get trained, Testing & Implementation in the Prod Instance.
o Testing the new solution in Development instance & giving feed back to consultants/ Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager.
o Roll-out of new solution & take over the system from Consultants.
o Co-ordination with other dept & Oracle Support \[TAR\]
o Identifying areas for improvement
o Core Team Member for Oracle ERP E-Business Suite Implementation-\[Consultant-TCS for FILM Division\]
o Oracle Financials 11i Implementation - \[Consultant- Pricewaterhouse Coopers- for Corporate\]
o To Provide Functional Inputs in the Area of AR, AP & Export Benefits
o To Identify GAPS between Organizational Requirements & Oracle Applications Functionality.
o To identify the GAPS between the Solutions Suggested by the Consultants and the Business Process and Requirements in the Area of AP, AR, & Export Benefits
o Understand the Functional Set Up for AP & AR and Coordinate With Functional Consultants
o Conduct Training Program for Training the Trainer
o Preparation of Monthly Financial MIS reports \[Profitability Statement, Stock Valuation, Etc.\]
o Collection Analysis of Accounts Receivables. & Preparation of reports related to Sales, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, trend Analysis of Slow Accounts, & Inventory at Flex America Inc. & Flex Middle East FZE, using MS Access, MS Excel. D Base
o Accounts Payables Management & Supervision
o Financial Planning for Raw Material, Tracking, costing & Analysis
o Financial Planning and Budgeting for Flex America Inc.
o Coordination with the Marketing Team & Certified Public Accountant of Flex America Inc. for routine matters.
o Preparation of the Power Generation Costing and Variance Analysis Report.
o Export Revenue Analysis & DEPB Analysis Statements
o Supervision of Account Payables, Authorization of AP Vouchers
o Liaison with Banks
o Daily Funds Planning and Funds management
M.B.A. (Fin.) / 1996-1998 Institute of Management /Jiwaji Univ. /Gwalior I Div
B.Com (Hons) 1992-1995 Motilal Nehru College / Delhi Univ. / Delhi II Div