Candidates About

Kalyan Vadlapatla 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• About 13 Years of experience with strong  knowledge and expertise on Financial and Distribution modules of Oracle eBusiness suite
  • Over 5 years as Business Process SME/  Architect
  • About 8 years as Sr. Business Analyst/Functional Analyst
• Masters in  Computer Applications and Certified R12 Oracle Financials Implementation Expert
• Expert domain knowledge  in the Procure-to-Pay(P2P), Quote-to-Cash (QTC/O2C), Record-to-Report(R2R) business processes
• Extensive knowledge of enabling various accounting principles and their application to various business processes in Oracle eBusiness Suite as per US  Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (US GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) & Indian Accounting Standards
• Expertise in Smoothening the Period closure procedures, Reconciliations and Management & Corporate Financial Reporting.
• Industry Domain Knowledge in Telecommunications & Networking Solutions, Retail, Insurance & Brokerage, Investment Banking & Finance Corporations
• Experience in various Finance Business Transformation Initiatives in optimizing the existing business processes and designing new business processes that are scalable to meet the business strategies & objectives for various clients.
• Highly skilled in Identification of High Level Business Capabilities, Business Case Preparation, Formulation of Business Capability & Delivery Roadmap, High Level Impact Assessment on various finance process due to changes in accounting rules & other business  initiatives
• Vast experience in identification of high level & detailed requirements to support the business processes/capabilities and documentation of business requirements(BRD)
• Experience in implementation of Oracle Financials (Accounts Payables, Cash Management, Fixed Assets General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, and Trading Community Architecture) and Oracle Project Accounting (Project Costing, Project Billings, Project Management and Oracle Time & Labor)
• Experience in simulating the configurations of Oracle GRC ( Governance Risk & Compliance)
• Involved in various Implementation projects, Upgradation projects, Support projects, custom solutions/enhancement projects of Oracle Financials 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10 & R12
• Acquaintance with Project Execution Methodologies - AIM, Waterfall & Agile
• Working experience in the Functional Skills: requirements gathering, functional gap analysis, application design, configuration, module setup, writing training guides, training and change management
• Proven Leadership qualities in managing various complex projects with high cross functional impact.
• Working experience in Project Scoping, Project Plan, Resource Assignment, Project Delivery
• Instrumental in conducting CRP, UAT and User Training Sessions.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, effective communication skills and leadership skills to develop a creative solution for challenging task.

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Professional Experience Summary

Projects & Accomplishments

Kalyan has successfully completed various projects and has provided his consulting services for the customers spanning across various geographies. He has earned working experience around the globe viz., Dubai, Singapore, Germany, Kenya, U.S and India

From the last 12 years, Kalyan is part of over 4 Implementations, 3 Rollouts, 2 Upgrades and 3 Production Support and Maintenance Projects on Oracle eBusiness Suite. Given here under is the summary of his responsibilities in the projects

Sr. Consultant & Project Manager – Wipro Technologies, USA (Jan 2013 – Till Date)

• Currently working as a project manager on an implementation & maintenance project for State Street Corporation - one of the Financial Major Customer for Wipro.
• Manage the Scoping, Delivery and Resource Management of the Project.
• Managed and Lead two major Oracle Applications upgrade projects from 11.5.10 to R12.1.3 for couple of  prestigious clients of Wipro ( 7 Eleven Inc. , MasterCard International)
• Understand the current business process and advice the business users on the process / system changes and their fitment upon the upgraded system
• Develop the customizations and test the same to ensure that there aren’t any gaps in the process flow.
• Streamline the upgrade process and document the optimized approach and process to derive the cut-over plan for the smooth execution of the upgrade with in the stipulated down time without any hassles.
• Train the Business users and help them get acquainted with the latest System.

Project Lead - Accenture Services Ltd (Nov 2010 – Jan 2013)

• Simulated Oracle GRC Environment by configuring all the 4 Control governors. Hence, developed a prototype to help the Accenture pre-sales team give a working demo of the GRC implementation to the customers
• Lead the Financials track  and have been instrumental in designing complex customizations up on AGIS  during  the implementation of Oracle R12 for SalesForceDotCom
• Managed and lead the production support and maintenance from the customer’s site (USA) for Marsh and McLennan Group of Companies

Team Lead - Satyam Computer Services Ltd (Nov 2003 – Nov 2010)

• Worked on 3 Implementations, 3 Rollouts, and 2 Production Support & Maintenance of Oracle eBusiness Suite for various premier customers of Satyam viz., (JDSU, Electronic Arts, Al Bayan, Balfour Beatty, AMAT, BMI, Cisco and Khanna Papers Ltd.)  at onsite spanning across various geographies viz., Dubai, Singapore, Germany, Kenya, USA and India.
• Duly performed all the project activities that comprises - Understanding the current business process, gathering the requirements and design the best fit solution, configure, test, and execute the project providing all the deliverables with optimal quality and Standards. Worked on multiple projects that have complex data migration activities as well.
• Instrumental in performing the complex data conversions viz., loading the AR closed balances for the multiple previous years.
• Implemented Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for a couple of premium customers of Satyam (TECOM, Kenya Airways).