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Oracle Financials reqd.for Overseas assignment. [message #105799]

Thu, 04 July 2002 23:11

Linee
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Registered: June 2002

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Hi !!!
This is Linee here from SoftEdge Technologies, Delhi ( INDIA).
We URGENTLY require some EXPERT Oracle Financial consultants for one of our Top MNC Clients in India and Overseas at S'pore / Malasia / Mauritius for a long term assignment
If you are Interested and available pls. respond IMMEDIATELY with your CV . In case you are not, I would appreciate if you could refer any of your Colleagues/Friends with Similar Experience or request them to E-mail their CVs directly to us.
Looking forward to an early reply from your end.
Thanks !!!
Regards..,
Linee Varshney.
Resource Manager
Soft Edge Technologies
B-II, 41, Apeejay Technopark
Mohan Co-operative Industrial estate
Mathura Road.
New Delhi-44.
Ph: 91-11-6957846,6973763-65, Ext: 1101
FAX: 91-11-6957847
E-mail:linee.varshney@softedgetech.com
linee04@yahoo.com
URL: www.softedgetech.com

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Re: Oracle Financials reqd.for Overseas assignment. [message #105808 is a reply to message #105799]

Tue, 09 July 2002 00:01

Khalil Rehman
Messages: 5
Registered: July 2002

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resume attachedCURRICULUM VITAE

Name Khalil Rehman (OCP - Oracle Certified Professional) Marital Status Married

Address 5 Appleby Grove,Monkspath,Solihull,B90 4SG Date of Birth 27-09-61
Nationality British

Qualifications

Masters Certificate in Project Management April 2002 Masters Project Management
Oracle Certified Financials Applications Professional March 2001 OCP
Masters Practitioner Neuro-Linguistic Programming July 2000 Master Practitioner NLP
Level 1 Hypnotherapy � National Association of Hypnotherapy � Oct 1999
NVQ Level 4 Systems Analysis and Design 1990 Kalamazoo Birmingham NVQ
NVQ Level 2 Programming (C and Basic) 1990 Kalamazoo Birmingham
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Finalist 1988
Member of Association of Accounting Technicians 1986 Member (AAT)
Foundations of Accountancy � Middlesex business School 1981

Mobile: 0777-599-7917 E-Mail: kal_mbht@yahoo.com Notice : 2 weeks

Summary of Key Skills and Areas of Expertise

Consultancy Skills Identification of objectives and problems via discussions with top management and key operational/technical staff. Review of current business operations to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. Assessment of potential benefits from business process re-engineering combined with new or enhanced application systems. Documentation of requirements. Development and presentation of : proposed solutions, action plans and requests for tender. Evaluation and selection of : suppliers, application packages, and development tools. (Sun Microsystems, Motorola, Britannia Building Society , Yorkshire Forward, Novell International, Consultivity International Ltd, Saudi Telecom ,PWC, Lucent Technologies, Octel Communications ,Morecambe Bay Health Authority, NTL, ICL , Cognos Ltd, Reading Borough Council, Hilton International, Perot Systems, Price Waterhouse(Holland), BP Engineering, BP Oil, Ministry of Defence, Unisys Fujitsu Systems Europe and Manchester Tobacco)

Oracle Applications Skills and Expertise Management of application implementation projects using structured methods such as Oracle AIM. Development of detailed action plans and resource usage/cost estimates for package implementation and for the development of bespoke sub-systems and reports to meet user requirements. Set-up of applications packages ( 9.4char, 10.6sc, 10.7sc,v11.03 NCA,v11.5.2) for general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, inventory, HR Payroll and fixed assets. Latest version of Oracle i11 for Accounts Payables and Fixed Assets training completed at Oracle University October 2000.Version 11.5.3(i) General Ledger , Accounts Payables , Project Accounting ( Costing) , Project Accounting (Billing) , Accounts Receivables and Cash Management Devisded training materials. BPR Project Manager for 11i Upgrade and implementation of Internet Procurement (SSP5)

Oracle Certified Financials Applications Consultant

Financial Management (General Ledger & Fixed Assets) Dublin 20th September 2000
Procurement (Purchasing , Cash Mgt & Accounts Payables) Birmingham 6th December 2000
Applied Technology (Flexfields,System Admin,Alerts & Workflow) Paris 22nd March 2001

Review of current financial control systems and business operations and documentation of user requirements.

Demonstration of applications to managers, accountants and key staff. Documentation of current and proposed (new) business processes and "gaps" in application functionality. Specification of "customised" enhancements. Design of interfaces with external systems. Design of data conversion and data loading procedures. Production of technical, commercial and financial evaluations of accounting packages and suppliers. Development of user procedures, documentation, acceptance tests and training materials. ( BP Oil, Department of Trade & Industry, Hilton International, Octel,ICL,Fujitsu)

Oracle Financials Training Devise 11i training material using Oracle Tutor.Provision of functional training consultancy on Oracle applications designing and delivering training for , General Ledger ,Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Purchasing, Fixed Assets, HR Payroll and System Administration.( 11.5.6 (11i) CPA, Brittania Building Society , Yorkshire Forward, Saudi Telecom, Lucent , ICL, Royal Lancaster Trust, Perot Systems, BP Oil, Price Waterhouse )

Testing Strategy and Co-ordination for Y2K testing on GL , PO,AP,AR and FA modules integrating a variety of business scenarios (Saudi Telecom , ICL and Unisys / MOD)

Have designed and performed both system testing and user acceptance testing.

Project Management three years experience of actively managing project teams, with specialist knowledge of a variety of techniques and tools including : Oracle AIM & MS Project.

CAREER HISTORY
Channel Islands Feb 2002 � Present Oracle Financials Team Manager
CPA House,11-15 Seaton Place, St.Helier, Jersey JE1 1BL

Reporting to : Mark Collins, Matt Hives , Owen Espley and Charlton Mc Grath
� Managing 4 members of project team
� Creating project plan for UAT team
� Creating responsibility assignment matrix
� Confirm user requirements using AIM analysis tools.
� Support Perot Consultants in configuration of General ledger, Accounts Payables, Purchasing, Accounts Receivables and Cash Management version 11i (11.5.6)
� Develop User Acceptance Test Strategy and scripts.
� Develop tests for interface to CRM bespoke module.
� Run customer workshops
� Develop customised training material using Oracle Tutor.
� 3rd party supplier contract negotiations for bespoke solutions.
OAC Limited Nov 2001 � Jan 2002 Project Manager
141-144 Rocky Lane, Aston, Birmingham B7 5ES

Reporting to Board of Directors
� Set-up chart of accounts
� Set-up Purchasing and Accounts Payables
� Set-up Employees and Payroll
� Set-up Customers
� Enter Opening supplier and customer balances.
� Enter supplier invoices.
� Set-up dunning letters.
� Create aged Debtors report.
� Set-up credit control policy.
� Develop accounting procedures.
� Hire and train staff.
� Do weekly payroll and Tax Returns
� Quarterly VAT returns.
� Produce Monthly Financial Objectives report and analyse variances

Sun Micro Systems Apr - Nov 2001 Oracle Project Accounting Manager
Java House, Guillemont Park, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9QG

Reporting to Damian Smalley � Programme Director

� Establish Project Accounting v11.03 Reporting Needs United Kingdom
� Develop Reports Business Specifications.
� Liaise with development team in production of reports.
� Test Reports produced Using Brio v6.0.
� Hold workshops with senior management, project managers and co-ordinators to communicate usefulness of new reports.
� Setup system of continuous improvement in reporting requirements by contacting remote and occasional users of project accounting systems.
� Provide Post GO-Live support for UK Sun offices in Coventry.
� Devise training material for Industry business managers and project managers.

Motorola Jan - Mar 2001 Oracle Financials Consultant
7 Avenue Leon Eyrolles, Cachan, Paris 94230 France

Reporting to : Beatrice Belat and Christine Depraetere
� Help French office go-live with General Ledger in January.
� Help France go -live with Accounts Payables in February.
� Help Swedish Office go live with General ledger and Accounts Payables in January.
� Help Holland office go live with Accounts Payables in February.
� Help French Office go-live with Purchasing module in March.
� Review set-ups.
� Maintain end user support for Paris , Eindhoven and Stockholm.
� Run internal training courses for ADI,GL,AP and PO.

Brittania Building Society Oct - Dec 2000 Oracle Financials 11i Project Manager
Brittania House, Leek, Staffordshire, ST 13 5RG United Kingdom

Reporting to Board of Directors

Responsible for devsing project to upgrade from version 10.7 to 11i and deliver extra functional benefits of internet procurement and re-engineering processes.
Succesful in getting both projects approved for full funding .
� BPR project manager (sponsored by Finance Dept)
1. Recruit team members
2. create project plan
3. devise training strategy
4. create process questionnaires
5. document as is processes
6. list problems in current system
7. recommend changes
8. hold workshops
9. Man- management duties
� Oracle Financials 11i Upgrade Project Manager
I. Implement BPR recommendations on conference room pilot
II. Implement Self Service Internet Procurement Module on conference room pilot
III. Implement Oracle Financials 11i GL,PO,AP,FA and Cash Management
IV. Hold workshops
V. Identify bugs in version 11.5.1
VI. Get funding for both projects to carry out full implementation in 2nd quarter 2001.

Novell International July - September 2000 Oracle Support Business Analyst
Treasury Building , Lower Grand St, Dublin 2 , Ireland

Reporting to USA ERP Director and EMEA Head of Finance

Based in Dublin at the Novell shared service centre. Providing support for Ireland/United Kingdom/France/Germany and Netherlands for the following modules on version 11.02 General ledger, Fixed assets, Receivables, Payables and Purchasing.

Specifying new business requirements. Testing bespoke solutions. Liasing with senior management in the USA to discuss world-wide issues such as Multi-Org ,Euro and MRC.

Consultivity International Ltd May - Jun . 2000 Oracle Principal Consultant AP/AR
Cambridge � Now gone into liquidation

Reporting to Sue Barron and Mabs Ahmed

Implementation of Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables to integrate with iPayment and iStore.

Price Waterhouse Coopers Jul 1999 - Apr . 2000 Principal Consultant
Building 17 Al Mursalat Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Reporting to Chris Barney

� Work on client site in Saudi Arabia to help organisation adopt commercial best practices in preparation for share issue and stock exchange listing.
� Perform quality check on v10.7 implementation of Oracle General Ledger, Purchasing, Payables, Assets, Inventory and HR Payroll.Using Oracle AIM methodology.
� Identify business re-engineering opportunities. Design to-be system. Map new processes to version 11 applications.
� Design conference room pilot. Test "to-be" processes. Cary out system and user acceptance tests.
� Document v11 re-configuration requirements.
� Set-up v11.02 applications ( GL , PO , AP , INV , FA , HR-Payroll , AR )
� Project Managing the day-to-day activities of Oracle Applications Business Process Re-engineering team members.
� Develop procedures manuals .
� Designed and delivered end user training .

Morecambe Bay Hospital Apr - Jun . 99 Project Manager
Finance Dept, Lancaster Health Trust, Lancaster Reporting to : Head of Finance

� Liase with the management of 3 different hospitals merging into one trust to establish common accounting systems.
� Recruit resources to meet technical and functional requirements.
� Deliver v10.7 Oracle Financials processes for GL,PO, AP and AR.
� Oversee bespoke reports and screens being delivered to meet NHS regulations.
� Deliver training to end users. Supervise User acceptance test phase.
� Provide go-live support

ICL European IT Division Jan - Mar . 99 Principal Consultant
Venture House, Arlington Square, Bracknell RG12 1WA, United Kingdom

Reporting to IT Director Europe

� Gather user requirements for Oracle Purchasing and Payables modules version 10.7 GUI. Hold workshops to demonstrate proposed solutions. Develop procedural work-arounds and re-engineer business processes.
� Y2K test plan creation and co-ordination of testing for 5 different client sites. Oversaw testing phase and resolved errors arising from test scripts being run by clients.
� Implement Purchasing and Payables for European Information Technology division.
� Deliver training to end users. Supervise User acceptance test phase.
� Provide go-live support

Lucent Technologies Jul - Dec.98 Principal Consultant
Octel House, Ansells Road, Fleet, Surrey

Reporting to Mayank Prakash

Provide first line support for the following Oracle financials modules: Accounts Receivables,Fixed Assets,Purchase Order,Accounts Payables ,Business Objects ,Hyperion Consolidation/Report Writer and General Ledger version 10.7 character.
Administer the smooth running of Business Objects bespoke reporting.
Created a web page using Microsoft Front Page to publish industry best practice procedures.
Design bespoke applications to support the finance function.Test bespoke applications prior to go-live.
Deliver end user training. Run a weekly management review meeting for department heads,focussing support efforts for the following week.

NTL Cabletel Apr. 98 - Jun. 98 Oracle Consultant
Crawley Court, Winchester,SO 21 2QA Reporting to IT Director

Design training courses for General Ledger, Project Accounting ( GL Based) and Accounts Payable. Training courses designed in both GUI and Character version 10.7.
Updated test scripts in line with training scripts and identified new tests.
Aided production of user procedures manuals for Projects,General Ledger and Accounts Payables.
Performed training courses and trained client trainers for future courses.

Royal Lancaster Infirmary Mar. 98 - Mar 98 Trainer
Finance Dept, Lancaster Health Trust, Lancaster Reporting to Sal Syed
Provided 2 weeks end user training in General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. Additionally I provided go-live support to end users.Created user acceptance test scripts.

Cognos Ltd Oct. 97 - Jan. 98 Implementation Team Leader Westerly Point Market Street, Bracknell RG12 1QB United Kingdom Reporting to Renee van der Steeg � European IT Director

Implemented General Ledger and Accounts Payables Multi-Org modules in Paris. Trained Financial Controller and Supervisors. Performed quarter end close with new trainees.
Trained Dutch staff in GL and AP v10.7SC procedures. Implemented Multi-Org functionality for Payables and General Ledger for Netherlands and Italy sharing same set of books and Belgium,Germany and Sweden also on same instance .
Performed First months go live transactions with all five countries in Europe, performed reconciliations to old multi-view system. Redesigned screens in the form of folders to speed up daily data input.
United Kingdom performed end user training courses in GL and AP.
Carried out FSG training courses.Provided end user support.

Perot Systems Europe Aug. 97 - Oct. 97 Implementation Team Leader 14 St George street ,Mayfair, London W1S 1FF
Reporting to Jim Bennett

Team leader - Hilton int. (Israel) Aug - Oct 1997
Lead a team of 6 implementors on a roll out of Oracle Applications version 10.7.1 GL,PO,INV,AP ,AR and Cash Management Modules.
Implemented global model,carried out localisations and prepared test scripts. Additionally I designed test questions for a multiple choice test for each module.
Trained end users in the day-to-day use of Oracle Financials and designed end user documentation.
Provided off-site support for functional questions from November 1997 - February 1998.

Price Waterhouse - MCS Feb. 97 - Aug. 97 Team Leader
Centrum, Hofplein 19, Rotterdam 3032 AC, Netherlands Reporting to MCS Partner

Price Waterhouse -MCS Oracle Financials
lead consultant feb - june 1997
Team leader JULY -AUG 1997
Responsible for the implementation of Oracle Financials General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets and Purchasing in the Price Waterhouse Shared Service Centre - Rotterdam. Liasing with BP and Mobil senior management in Austria , Benelux , Germany and Switzerland.
Involved in managing new staff into the Shared Service Centre , providing on the job training, developing Lotus screen cams of the new SSC procedures. The staff then joined the SSC country teams .
Initially set-up Austria and Benelux countries on version 9.3.7
Managing Price Waterhouse resources to ensure all countries went live on deadlines.

Unisys Ltd Nov. 96 - Feb. 97 Systems Tester
Bakers Court, Uxbridge,UB8 1RG United Kingdom

Systems/ Acceptance Testing Nov 1996 - FEB 1997
Defining test strategy from functional requirements. Test Oracle General Ledger v10.6SC for usability, security, repeatability and GUI standards. Test interfaces to Oracle Purchasing and 7 external accounts payables feeder systems.
Define high level acceptance criteria , followed by procedures through the system and finally tests for what-if scenario's (error-paths) through the bespoke system for the Ministry of Defence.
Team leader- Project Accounting ( Oracle general ledger ) managing test team resources to enable meeting of deadlines

Data General Oct. 96 Trainer

Delivered Oracle Purchasing training in version 10.5 Character.

Ministry Of Defence Jan. 96 - Oct. 96 Oracle Financials Consultant
The Octagon, Brunel Way, Slough SL1 1XW, United Kingdom

Developed multimedia computer based training for Military application of Oracle General ledger v 10.5 SC.

Fujitsu Systems Europe Jan. 95 - Dec. 95 Implementor
Unit 5 Stockley Park, Heathrow, Middlesex

Full Life cycle of of Oracle General ledger, Accounts Payable and Purchasing setup v 9.3.7.

Unisys Ltd Jul. 94 - Nov. 94 Implementor
Bakers Court, Uxbridge,UB8 1RG United Kingdom
Full life cycle implementation of Accounts Payable and expense Express v 9.3.7.

BP Oil Sep. 93 - Jun. 94 Implementor
Grangemouth Oil Refinery , Par Project team office

Full life cycle implementation of General Ledger , Acccounts Payable and Purchasing v 9.3.7.
Accountancy Related Work Oct. 83 - Jun. 94 Accountant

I have worked as a Financial / management accountant and auditor for a number of companies over a 10 year career pursuing the Chartered Institute of Management accountants qualification ( Salvage city, BT, BBC,Chapter 3 Publications , Hussmann Refrigeration , WIN Limited)

Personal Training/ Research Projects: I am currently pursuing the following challenge in order to broaden my horizons. To undertake a formal Masters degree in Project Management with George Washington University and ESI. This is a 2 year part � time course.

Masters Course Details of Modules : Expected Qualification Date May 2002 � Qualified
1. Managing Projects (Actual Exam Score 92% - where the pass mark is 68% on each exam)
2. Project Leadership, Management & Communications (92%)
3. Scheduling & Cost Control (84%)
4. Quality for Project managers (76%)
5. Risk Management (76%)
6. Contracting For Project managers (88%)
7. Project Management Applications (April 2002) � specialised subject Negotiations Skills

Upon successful completion of the above course I will be looking to upgrade my qualification with the professional exam for the Project Management Institute (PMI) for the Project Management Professional qualification PMP. I am hoping to complete this study by August 2002.

Countries Worked In: Channel Islands � CPA, Saudi Arabia - Riyadh , Sweden Stockholm - Motorola, Holland Eindhoven - Motorola, Rotterdam -Price Waterhouse, Utrecht - Cognos, Belgium - Antwerp BP Oil, Austria -Vienna BP / Mobil Downstream, Switzerland - Zurich - Hilton International, France - Paris- Motorola and Cognos , Denmark- Copenhagen - Unisys , Ireland - Dublin - Novell International , Scotland - BP Oil.

Technical Writing Completed several technical writing projects including : quality assurance procedures, system user manuals and a multi-lingual employment opportunity directory. Regularly contribute articles to computing, accountancy and management magazines.

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