DEVANG SHAH
Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Summary:
● Highly experienced in the financials domain with more than 13 years including 9+ years as an Oracle
Financials Functional consultant with extensive experience in all financial modules in Oracle E-business
suite
● Qualified Certified Public Accountant(CPA) with proven track record of professional Accounting and
corporate financial management
● Familiarity with the functionality of the core Oracle Financial modules and their interplay in the overall
accounting structure of an organization
● Worked in multiple projects in environment of Multi-Org and Multi-Currency
● Good Knowledge and experience in Oracle AIM Methodology of implementation and documentation
● Experienced with Oracle AIM methodology including preparing documentation of BR100, MD50, RD20,
BR30, CV40, TE40, and BP80, Including preparing documentation for Change Management process with
Impact analysis from the function perspective and also UPK.
● Extensive experience in requirement gathering, analysis, solution designing, setup, configuration,
development, testing and support.
● Functional expertise in the areas of analysis and mapping for implementation
● Experience with performing GAP analysis, Fit-Gap Analysis and Requirement Gathering
● A very good proactive team player with ability to work independently and also to establish productive working
relationships with diverse groups and individuals
● Worked on various modules in Financials like GL, AP, P2P, AR,O2C, PO, CE, FA, i Expenses, P2P and
A2R
● Excellent planning and organizational skills with conducting off shore teams.
● Worked on setup, configuration, development and support of RICE components in Oracle E-Business
Suite – Financial modules.
● Experience in System Administrator activities like defining concurrent program executables, concurrent
programs, user set up, defining responsibilities, lookups, value sets, registering menus and reports
● Experience in project documentation for internal quality.
● Highly Quality oriented, self driven and motivated for timely target achievement, effective oral and
written communication skills, presentation skills, strong analytical problem solving capabilities, planning
and organizational skills.
Technical Skill:
 Oracle Applications: GL, AP, AR, FA,PO,CE, e-B.Tax, iExpenses R12 (12.0.3, 12.0.5, 12.0.6, 12.1.1&
12.1.3) 11i (11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10 and 11.5.10.2)
 Languages and Tools
: PL/SQL, SQL, HTML, Web ADI, SQL Loader, Data Loader, Discoverer
 Knowledge on other modules: PO, OM, iExpenses and Cycles including P2P, O2C & A2R.
 Operating Systems
: MS office
Education:
 Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
 Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA)
 Master of Business Administration (MBA) -(Accounting, Finance)
 Advanced Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Applications (Core Oracle)
Projects & Responsibilities
Metro Link-Los Angeles CA
Financials Functional Lead
Oct 11-Current
R12 (12.1.3) GL, AP, AR, FA, CE -Implementation
Metro Link is Southern California's premier regional passenger rail system serving over 55stations across the
region.
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Gathering Business requirements from the users for GL, FA, CM , PO and Costing modules
Preparing meeting minutes and documentation for Business requirements
Write up of AS-Is and To- Be documents.
Built BR-100 before the set ups.
Attended Business meetings and record the minutes of the meetings.
Attended the Work Shop and as a lead given the presentation to them.
Did all the Set ups till CRP 1.
Prepare Client Training Material and took their training.
GE Aviation-Cincinnati OH
Financials Functional Consultant
Mar 11-Oct 11
R12 (12.1.3) GL, AP, FA, CE -Implementation
GE Aviation is a leading Provider of Commercial and Military Jet engines and components as well as avionics,
electrical power and mechanical system for Air craft .
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Documented As Is Process of GE Global interface toolkit
Requirement gathering, developing control files as per the data file format, handling validations in control
files using functions, testing and deploying the interfaces into production environment
Developed outbound interfaces using shell script programs to provide the required data to reconciliation
team.
Day to day support of GL and AP interfaces
Involved in preparation of MD070s for all new interfaces
Setup Oracle R12 environment for modules GL, AP and FA.
Provide training to users on oracle applications.
Prepare test scripts.
Analyzed report requirements, created new discoverer reports and customized existing discoverer reports
as per business requests
Glasfloss Industries - Dallas, TX
Oracle Financials Functional Analyst
April 10 – Feb 11
R12 (12.1.3) GL, AP, AR, FA, P2P, Up gradation & Production support
Worked with Glasfloss Industries is a global leading manufacturer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning
filters, as an oracle Financial Functional Analyst.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in Month-end support for close and reconciliation for AP and AR modules.
 Acted as key member in R12 upgrade and thus played a significant role in stabilization of the application.
 Discuss and suggest a new Chart of Accounts structure to enhance the performance of current business.
 Defined intercompany accounts and done setup for global consolidation.
 Train the business users on Global Translations, Revaluations and Consolidation of Multiple Ledgers.
 Created users and modified the privileges for users, rollup group and summary accounts
 Developed Training Material for AP and AR modules and prepared impact analysis for critical issues
 Conducted end user training sessions and User manuals.
 Resolved issues that occurred in the production
 Developed several FSG reports, including balance sheet and income statements
 Conduct business meeting whenever required based on issues and new functional requirements to
understand better their pain points and key requirements.
 Have followed up with the business for approval of the resolved issues
 Worked with the business to develop updated business policies based on issues resolved
 Identified bugs during integration testing and found workarounds to resolve the same
 Interacted with Oracle Support to resolve critical issues through SR/TAR
 Periodical status updates to PMO and follow up with pending business input or issue resolutions as part of
status meeting.
 Designing and Developing Demo sessions for the Modules with the Respective users for R12
Environment.
 Discuss and analyze handling of Project Capital Assets AS Is and To Be Process
 Configure the Assets system to Route Capital Assets through Projects/Grants modules as appropriate to
record depreciation monthly.
 Design and set up scoring engines for Receivables, Advanced collections
 Setting up collections lookups to ease of maintenance and data entry
 Credit check for Marquette customers was implemented to streamline applications
 Define Scoring models and Credit checklists for validated/ Approved customer list
 Gathering Business Requirements for Upgrade considerations and documenting them
 Configuring Working session exercises for the key processes performed at Marquette
 Developed Workflows to customize the approval Process for Journals
 Preparing Visio Process diagrams for AS IS/ To Be Scenarios
 Capture and upgrade all the Custom Processes and Reports
 Provide a Demo environment to show the Intercompany Future transactions in R12 with UPK material to
support it
 Interface PeopleSoft student Financials to Oracle GL/AR for creating transactions
 Upgrade and modify the current Revenue Recognition schedule for Marquette in AR to reflect R12
changes and Future Business needs.
American Commercial Lines (ACL), Jeffersonville, IN
Oracle Financials Functional Lead
May 09 – Apr 10
R12 (12.1.1) AP, AR, & CE- Upgrade.
American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) is leader in the transportation and manufacturing markets. Worked with
ACL as an Oracle Financial Functional Analyst from phase CRP1 through to UAT and responsible with AP, AR
and CE.
Responsibilities:
 Assisted in implementation of Oracle Financials (AP, AR and CE) across the organization.
 Managed a team of consultants for the up gradation and configuration of AP, AR and CE modules.
 Created general settings and completed specific configuration related to Company Code, Bank
transaction codes, Bank accounts and bank reconciliations
 Loaded, imported and auto-reconciled the bank statement transaction against payments in Accounts
Payable (AP)/Accounts Receivable AR in Oracle cash management modules.
 Involved with extensive configuration of oracle payments sub module
 Conducted CRP1, CRP2 and tested the customized components
 Configured the Sub ledger Accounting (SLA) setups.
 Created the BR100, TE40 and BP80
 Created the MD50 documents for each RICE components
 Facilitating end-user training and developing the various users training manuals and conducted the
UAT.
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Oracle Financial Functional Analyst
Sep 08– May 09
R12 (12.0.6), GL and AR –Implementation
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Responsibilities:
● Defined Business requirements for Oracle GL and AR, involved in identifying GAPS
● Prepared Documentation of BR 100, BR 30 and Functional Extension and design Document MD 50
● Involved in all the business meetings and communicated with the business for system updates and the
meeting of implementation deadlines.
● Was involved in finding effective solutions that consisted of both work around and customizations to the
forms and reports
● Identified RICE components according to the client needs
● Created Chart of Accounts, accounting Calendar, Currency, defined Legal entities and completed Ledger
accounting options as per client requirement
● Created multiple responsibilities, developed security rules and customized menu to restrict user access to
GL functionality as per client's requirement
● Defined formulas for Mass Allocation and Recurring Journals and completed setup of options required to
perform Mass Allocations
● Involved in the setup of inter-company balancing and global inter-company system
● Designed and created reports for client using the FSG
● Defined setup steps of the AR module. These included System Options, Receipts, Lockbox, Quick Codes
and Taxes. Exemptions were defined, as products were not subject to tax in all states
● Defined Customers, customer profile classes, payment terms, and distribution sets, and Auto Cash Rule
Sets
● Defined Invoicing information including Payment Terms, Invoicing and accounting rules, Territories and
Invoice Sources
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Defined accounting options, methods of accounting, realized gain/loss account, unallocated revenue
account, auto cash rule set, and auto invoice tuning
Defined receivable activities for miscellaneous receipts, finance charges, bank charges, defined collectors,
and defined aging buckets
Created customer profile classes, attached payment terms, collectors, matched receipts, statement cycle to
profile classes, Setup transaction types, invoices, guarantees, deposit, and credit memos, debit memos
Assigned receivable account, revenue account, unbilled account, freight account, cleared account, and
unearned account to transaction types
Conducted CRP 1, CRP2, CRP3 and tested all the setup
EXP Pharmaceutical Services, Fremont, CA
Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Jan 08 – Sep 08
12.0.5-R12 GL, AP, AR, FA, functional Support
EXP Pharmaceutical Services is one of the most prominent members of the pharmaceutical reverse distribution
industry specializing in expired pharmaceutical product returns processing, professional waste disposal and
customized reporting services.
Responsibilities:
 Application Support and troubleshooting of issues on R12 Oracle Financial modules.
 Interaction with Oracle Support whenever needed, and coordinating with Oracle via Metalink for
product related issues.
 Maintenance of Issues Log for reporting the status of the issues and conducting issue status meetings
with users on weekly basis.
 Responsible for diagnosing the root cause analysis of the support issues observed to avoid
reoccurrence of such issues in the future.
 Testing the components like custom reports for the modules mentioned above.
 Estimation and follow up of Offshore team for the completion of tasks.
 Preparing documentation for the custom objects as per AIM Methodology.
Blue Coat Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Apr 07-Dec 07
Oracle Applications R12.0.1 Implementation (GL, CE)
Bluecoat systems had a rollout project implemented for their Swiss operations. Implemented a new Organization
with all the financial modules included configuration, design, setup and testing along with production support.
Responsibilities
Phase I
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Gathering Business requirements from the users for GL, FA, CM , PO and Costing modules
Preparing meeting minutes and documentation for Business requirements
Write up of AS-Is and To- Be documents
Configuring iReceivables for customers so they can have access to the invoices balances and credit
memos
Set up User registration for various customers who needed access to the customer accounts online
Preparing functional spec for GL, FA, CM and costing applications
Personalized various menus and functionalities to support cross module query need for customers
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Setting up GL, FA, CM, PO and costing modules for new Swizz org implementation
Analyzing the business needs for GIS, GCS and setting them up accordingly
Eliminated duplicate customer problem using merging functionality
Providing solution for Revenue Recognition for different types of Blue coat orders in AR
Helping technical team develop a customized Revenue Recognition program in AR
Creating punch out catalogues and configuration of iProcurement
Extracting data from PO and uploading for online purchase
Creating catalogs and adding to BC defined stores.
Creating the Blanket PO as per the existing US PO and copying all items from US to Swiss org along
with costs
Followed SOX rules in designing the responsibilities and restricting access accordingly to various
functions as per the business requirement
Creating new accounts for intercompany transactions, Bank set ups etc
Evaluating the Reports and testing them for the desired outputs after development as per the Business
requirements
Setup MRC for GL as well as Sub ledgers to maintain foreign currency transactions
Defining system parameters for Cash management with the default set of books and other information
Uploading data into the forms in oracle using data loader scripts
Running various customized reports to evaluate any changes from the existing set up
Testing of P2P process end to end while providing support to users for the same
Testing of Hyperion flow to GL process for Swiss roll out
Analyzing the business needs and setting up new corp book and categories for Swiss org Assets
Test the Reconciliation process in Cash management by entering manual bank statements
Testing the entire process of Payables transfer to GL, AP Assets creation and mass additions create
through Payables
Setting up Customer Room Pilot (CRP) instance and providing support for UAT
Set up of Desktop ADI and test the creation of Journals along with WEB ADI
Evaluating and adding account combinations so Account Generator runs smoothly for Depreciation run.
Phase II
 Providing post-production support after going live
 Fixed any conversion issues from US org to Swiss org
 Resolving any issues with ADI in creating journals and posting them in the system
 Helping resolve any report issues while they were pulling wrong data
 Provided user support by training any new employees as a part of integration with packeteer
 Support month end Sub ledger reconciliation issues to resolve them
 Define and generate Financial statements using FSG
 Adding new account codes for Swiss accounts AR/AP transactions.
 Fixing any month end issues and helping close books as per schedule
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
Oracle Functional Consultant.
Nov 06-Apr 07
Oracle 11.5.10.2 GL, AP .-Production support
Vertex is a leading Pharmaceutical Company known for its research.
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Worked with the client team in understanding their business process and prepared various
requirement gathering and functional design documents
Participated in planning and set-up of accounting flexfield structure and chart of accounts
Set-up accounting period types and accounting calendars
Developed cross-validation rules
Generating test scripts, performing quality assurance tests (prior to user testing)
Defined and set-up financials options, payables options, suppliers, banks
Involved with migration of historical data for Accounts Payables
Set-up of invoices, debit and credit memos, guarantees, transaction types
Set-up receipt class, receipt methods, receivable activities
Created customer profile classes, attached payment terms, collectors, matching receipts, statement
cycle to profile classes
Conducted CRP sessions and UAT
Prepared and executed test scripts
Created user-manuals and trained the end users
Provided post production support to the business users
Worked extensively on FSG reports and web ADI
Kinetic Concepts, Inc, San Antonio, TX
Financials Functional Consultant
May 06-Oct 06
11i (11.5.10) GL, AP-Implementation
(KCI) is an U.S.-based multinational corporation that produces medical technology related to wounds and wound
healing including therapeutic beds, wound care and tissue regeneration technology.
Responsibilities
 Team member of the core functional team responsible for implementation and support of GL, AP and
AR.
 Designed and setup the multi-org structure based on organization structure and client requirement.
 Designed and setup the set of books after defining calendar, currency and chart of Accounts.
 Completed setup options to perform mass allocation and recurring journals. Built various reports
using FSG. Used ADI to upload journals excel spreadsheet.
 Prepared design documents for AP Open Invoice Interface.
 Defined financial options, payables options, creation of suppliers, tax codes, bank information,
distribution sets and payment terms.
 Creation of different types of invoices and payment methods.
 Implemented Oracle Financials 11i Project Accounting (PA), Accounts Payable, and General Ledger
for three European locations in a Multi-Org, Multi-Reporting, Global Accounting environment.
 Setup and implementation of Oracle Financial Analyzer
 Designed interface/conversion mapping, pre production testing, and related documentation and
deliverables
 Maintained proactive interaction with the client to understand business practices to aid in system
configuration.
GE Energy, Raytown, MO
Financials Functional Consultant
Sep 05-May 06
$11i (11.5.10) GL, AP-Implementation
GE Energy is one of the world's largest suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies.
Responsibilities:
● Involved in setup, configuration and implementation of Oracle Project Costing and Project Billing
modules as per the business requirements
● Mapping of business requirements to module capabilities
● Worked on level of effort analysis
● Worked on the setup of auto accounting
● Setup and development of transaction import interface to create pre-approved batches
● Worked on the integration of custom time card system with Project Costing
● Worked on transferring timecards to Project Costing via OTL module
● Defined setups required for the integration of Oracle Projects with other modules
● Creation of concurrent programs, executables, lookups and value sets
● Supported UAT on setups and interface process to ensure that the business expectations have been met
● Develop and execute plans for deploying the applications into production environment
● Worked on various data extraction programs
● Ad-hoc demonstration of module functions and features
● Developed technical, functional and setup documents using AIM methodology
Gati Limited. India
Financials Functional Consultant
Jun 03- Sep 05
11i (11.5.8) GL, AP Support
Pioneering Express Distribution services in India, Gati has transformed the logistic industry in India with many a
path breaking revolutionary initiatives that paved the way to an organized logistic industry.
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Requirement gathering, developing control files as per the data file format, handling validations in control
files using functions, testing and deploying the interfaces into production environment
Developed outbound interfaces using shell script programs to provide the required data to reconciliation
team
Sending the outbound interface files to reconciliation team IP address through FTP using shell script
programs
Sending e-mail notifications to user distribution list about success / failure of outbound interface process
using shell script programs
Day to day support of GL and AP interfaces
Loading of credit card data in to AP orgs as requesting by the users during month end
Worked on service requests regarding Oracle I-Expenses module
Defined set ups for employee expense templates, employee supervisor, signing limits, employee supplier,
users and securing attributes
Involved in preparation of MD070s for all new interfaces
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Troubleshooting the business critical issues for the smooth functioning of the applications
Oversee and facilitate the work of others (developers and other analysts) in support of the project
execution process
Analyzed report requirements, created new discoverer reports and customized existing discoverer reports
as per business requests.
Shah Alloys Ltd., Ahmedabad, India
Assistant Manager- Finance & Accounts & Excise
June 99 to Jun 03
Responsibilities:
Accounts and Finance:
- Overall responsibility for finalizing Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet of the Chemical division.
- Managed day to day accounts function in SAP like payment processing, domestic and export collection,
opening letter of credits, domestic and import invoice verification process, managing vendors and debtors
ledger, general ledger, cash and bank books, bank reconciliation, inter-unit reconciliation etc.
Marketing Finance:
- Generating manager wise and product wise Sales MIS, customer’s overdue
- Setting manager-wise and Territory - wise collection target and liaison with the Marketing department to
ensure sales meet the targets
- Receipt of timely collection from domestic and export customers.
MIS:
- Preparing MIS reports from SAP in respect of accounts receivable as well as Accounts payable, Sales and
collection reports.
Excise:
- Liaoning with Range Office and Division office of excise department.
- Have good experience in doing various routine in excise and preparing export documents as per central excise
and customs act.
Accounts:
- To monitor and control day-to-day transaction keeping the Accounting Standards & Taxation provisions in
mind.
- Provisional Financial Statements on monthly basis
- Completion of internal & statutory Audits
- Managing strategy of Accounts till Finalization.
- Providing analytical assessment of financial statements.
Article ship with Chartered Accountants Firms
J.B. Sanghvi & Co. (Churchgate Chambers, Mumbai)
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Duration of Article ship – 3 year (Jan. 96 – Jan.99) as per the regulations of The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India