Saikrishnan Ramanmenon

Client: Multiple clients involving leading providers in U.S like Healthcare, Education and Power/Oil industries.

•Business Analysis involving Requirement gathering and conducting various relevant function specific demos to clients as part of the implementation project.
•Worked in multiple upgrade projects from Peoplesoft 8.9 to Peoplesoft 9.2 especially focusing on AWE.

•Fit Gap Analysis across modules like GL/KK/PC/SCM/.
•Configuration and setup of modules like GL/KK/PC/SCM/.
•Conducted Business Process Mapping via Industry Prints. Held meeting with clients to understand business requirements and translate them accordingly.
•Worked closely with clients to understand their requirements and translate them into meaningful Functional specs primarily for the CS and Financial modules under 9.2.
•Created several report specs for Project Costing module.
•Created almost 50% of all test scripts as part of General Ledger and Commitment Control modules. Integration testing process and assisted the users in detailed Functional testing.
•Also worked in review, correction & conversion of test scripts written in 8.9 for Expenses module to 9.2 test scripts as a preparation before UAT phase.
•Worked in tandem with the respective onsite teams and held several discussions that aided in completing the UAT preparation phase well within required time limits.
•Apart from QA review, proactively tested in detail several test scripts which helped in identifying potential bugs that were reported to the functional team at client site for remedial action.
•During an upgrade project from PeopleSoft 8.9 to the latest 9.2 version, work involved analysis and research on certain GL functionalities like Approval Framework for Journal approval, Mass Approval, Mobile Approvals, WorkCenter functionality and also drillable query URL feature.
•Documentation as functional specs docs on the above mentioned analysis

Citibank (NA & Japan)

•Work involved linking Activity Based Planning and Simulation (ABPS) in relation to the ABM module and Planning and Budgeting (PB) modules of EPM. The results of ABPS are loaded into the input Tables of PB and PB activities are carried out.
•PeopleSoft Techno-functional role involving PeopleSoft Finance modules like GL, KK etc.
•Developing ACE reports. Developed Multidimensional reports using Analytic Calculation Engine Tool delivered with EPM 8.9.
•Basel II Rollout: Citibank NA, New York implemented a GCG Basel II Solution to enable Data integrity and Edit checks on the submitted files, Reconciliation between decomposed portfolio data and FRS/GCMD data, Exception tracking, Data sign-off, Analytical reporting



Leadership skills

•Project Lifecycle management
•Continual Service Improvement through Incident & Problem Management.
•Change Management
•Knowledge on best practices in project management
•Coaching & Mentoring
•Leadership and interpersonal skills in a multi-cultural environment.
•Excellent communication skills with Mastery in English Language,





Functional skills

•Commitment control
•Enterprise Planning & Budgeting
•Student Financials
•Student Records and Administration
•Campus Self-service and Gradebook
•General Ledger
•Project Costing
•Account Payables
•Account Receivables
•Supplier Contract Management
•Purchasing
•Travel & Expenses
•EPM Setups
•Foundation Metadata
•Business Metadata
•Allocation Manager
•Data Manager
•Enterprise Reporting
•Tree Manager

IMF: US)


•Managed the L3 Support (Problem management) and L2 Support (Incident management) activities for the entire account. A challenging role involving SLA management and Resource management.
•Experience across People Management functions like Succession Planning, Talent development, Training programs, Performance improvement and employee retention.
•Strong focus in ensuring a high level of Customer satisfaction through conducting periodic evaluation surveys and implementing continual service improvement programs.
•Rich experience across various managerial functions like Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Resource Management and well versed with best practices in Project management.
•Experience across project delivery managerial functions like Performance Appraisals, Goal Setting for team, Hiring of Project team, Evaluating Customer Satisfaction surveys, availability management etc.
•Involved in management capacity during the entire lifecycle of IT project from Requirement gathering to Post Delivery Maintenance.
•Strong Leadership skills clubbed with excellent communication skills and mastery in English language.
•Led the Planning and Implementation phase for PeopleSoft Finance project.
•Techno functional expertise having served as PL for multiple implementations of PeopleSoft Financials involving modules like Commitment control, General Ledger, Project Costing, Account Payables, PeopleSoft Security.
•Fit Gap Analysis, Creation of Functional Specs, Preparation of Configuration guides, overseeing end to end functional testing.
•Exposure on Allocations, Period Close, Consolidations, Reconciliation, Summary Ledgers, Combination Editing etc. within General Ledger module.
•Rich hands on experience in modules like Commitment Control, Project Costing apart from knowledge on various concepts of GL & AP.
•Strong on Project Costing Integration with other PeopleSoft sub system modules

US and Singapore)

•Configuration guide, Business Process Mapping, End to End Functional testing.
•Worked extensively across various EPM applications like Enterprise Planning & Budgeting, Allocation Manager, Data Manager, Foundation Metadata, Business Metadata, EPM Security etc.
•Worked across GL module in Finance (Journal Processing, Average Daily Balance, Allocations, Configuration/Setups, Year End Closing, Allocations, and Commitment Control.
•Leading the team on various tasks of SDLC like analysis, designing, development, maintenance and testing of modules based on the requirements from the client using the people tools and people soft application. Coaching/Mentoring activities.
•Worked across technical modules like Application Engine, people code, component interface, Workflow and reporting tools like Crystal Reports, SQR, and PS Query etc.
•GCID EPM Application Upgrade Project: Worked as a SPC (Single Point of Contact) from offshore for this upgrade project. Worked in a virtual Leadership role.
•Coordinated the migrations as part of this upgrade between the 2 involved support teams in US and Singapore

Application Engine
• People code
• Peoplesoft Query
• Crystal Reports/NVision/SQR
• Workflow
• Component Interface
• Analytic Calculation Engine (ACE) Reports