Mohammed Boucanna
Oracle Financials Functional Analyst
Green Card Holder
 Over 12 years of Functional & Business experience which includes around 9 years in Oracle ERP in
a variety of large Projects with Full Life Cycle Implementations, Upgradation and Post Production
Support Oracle Applications.
 Strong Oracle Applications Functional experience in multiple implementations, Upgradation and Post
Production Support of Financials Modules in both R12&11i versions of Oracle E-Business Suite.
 Extensive knowledge in providing solutions, designing, customization, implementation, configuration,
thorough testing and documentation of Oracle Financials including General Ledger (GL), Account
Payables (AP), Account Receivables (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management (CE), E-Business Tax
(E-B Tax), Purchasing (PO) and Sys Admin.
 Multiple project life cycles experience with Initiating, Planning, Executing, Supporting and Monitoring.
Business Analysis, Requirements Gathering including facilitate Workshops, Scope Verification
& Validation, Alternatives Identification and Analysis, Functional Design Development, Integration
& User Acceptance Testing, Training, Cut off, Go-live and Post-Implementation Support.
 Experience in implementing AGIS (Advance Global Intercompany System), involved in Multi-Org &
Multi-Currency, re-valuation, translation and GCS (Global Consolidation System), designed and
developed Financial Statements (FSG’s) as per Business Requirement.
 Expertise with business process flows in the areas of Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C), SubLedger Accounting (SLA) and Acquire to Retire (A2R).
 Involved in Data Conversions/Migration and designed function specific document of data for Suppliers,
Customers, Assets, GL Balances, Open AP and AR with Revenue Recognition and unapplied receipts
from Legacy System to Oracle.
 Experience in maintaining documentation and using the Application Implementations Methodology
(AIM),which includes Business Functional Requirement analysis, Understanding AS-IS & TO-BE
process, Gap analysis and providing solution design and building RICE components as a part of fit gap
analysis, System configuration and testing (BP 80, RD20, BR30, BR 100, BR 150, MD 50, CV 40
& TE 40)
 Conducted CRP’s and provided wide range of functional training to multiple business user groups and
co-ordinate UAT sessions.
 Create SR’s with Oracle Technical Support, coordinated and followed on multiple issues based on
priority including indentifying bugs and follow-up with Oracle Development as well as conducting
Oracle Web Conference (OWC) with Oracle Support Team.
 Excellent communication skills and leadership qualities with analytical problem solving abilities
including playing vital role in coordinating multiple business meetings and following up on open item.
Academic:
 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Concentration: Finance.
 Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management and Foreign Languages.
Technical Skills:
 Oracle ERP: Oracle Financials R12&11i – GL, AP, AR, CE, FA, E-B Tax, PO, iExpense, Sys Admin,
SLA, P2P, O2C and A2R.
 Other Tools: Web ADI, ADI, Toad, Data Loader, Hyperion, Discoverer, Hyperion, OBIE, SQL*Loader,
SQL*Plus and MS Office.
Professional Experience:
Safeguard Self Storage, Atlanta, GA {Sep2011 – Present}
Oracle Financial Functional Analyst
Implementation of R12.1.3 {GL, AP, CE}
Safeguard’s public self storage facilities feature self storage units designed to deliver worry-free storage
solutions for both residential and commercial customers. Worked right from the kick off phase.
Responsibilities:
 Interacted with business and analyzed existing business practices, Prepared and maintained business
requirement gathering documents BR 100, BR 30, functional extension and design document MD 50
and identified GAPS.
 Carried out operational analysis (AS-IS), solution design (TO-BE), Building Stage along with
configuration of Oracle Financials GL (General Ledger) and AP (Accounts Payable)
 Coordinated CRP’s and was involved in Test Scripts preparation (TE 40), for GL & AP.
 Business communications for the system updates and meeting the deadlines for the implementation.
 Configured, Accounting setup manager, COA Structure, Segments, Values Sets, Flex fields, Account
qualifiers and Segment Qualifiers, Cross Validation Rules, Security Rules, Calendar and Currencies.
 Expertly defined, configured and implemented Rollup Groups, Aliases, Dynamic Insertion, Accounting
Calendar, Summary Accounts, Intercompany accounts, and consolidation ledgers.
 Setting up Standard, Statistical & Recurring Journals, Suspense Account and Mass Allocation formulas.
 Training Super users & power users before start of CRP2.
 Involved in Period Closing & Reconciliation with GL
 Setting up Global consolidation & multi reporting currency & developed FSG Reports for customized
Financial Statements.
 Created users and granted responsibilities to the defined users.
 Setting up legal entity, business group and operation unit.
 Setup AP payable system options, financial options, payable options, suppliers and operating units.
 Defined Invoice attributes, payment attributes – Approve, hold and release, special calendar, payment
formats, pay group, payable document.
 Worked in Payment process profiles, defined banks, bank accounts & documents.
 Setup CE and created CE Responsibilities
 Reviewed the current reconciliation process in Cash Management and designed business process and
system has been configured and tested to meet the Business requirements.
 Integrated Cash Management with Payables, Receivable modules for reconciliation. Auto import and
reconciliation of bank statement Bank file integration/mapping.
AmSoft Systems Global, Palo Alto, CA {Feb2011 – Sep2011}
Oracle Functional Consultant
Post Production Support of R12.1.2 {GL, AP, AR, CE, FA, PO & iExpense}
AmSoft’s identity-centric, platform-driven approach is focused on providing complete and innovative solutions
for each of its market segments - Telecom, Media and Enterprise. AmSoft uses it unique IT methodology not
only to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) but also to generate new revenues and growth.
Responsibilities:
 Supported Post-Implementation phase for Oracle Financials Modules.
 Resolved issues raised in Bugzilla.
 Involved in post production troubleshooting exercises, bug fixes, raising TAR's and working with oracle
support for escalating issues and finding resolutions
 Involved in Month end support for the period close for AP, AR & reconciliation through CE.
 Resolved the issues related to payment processing, payment authorization, suppliers.
 Resolved the issues related to automatic refund of credit card charges stuck in the receivable workbench
 Resolved the issues related to credit card refund, return, bills only, freight charge return, credit card
authorization, consolidated invoicing and receivables
 Resolved the issues related to automatic clearance of receipts, aging bucket report, credit snapshot
report, customer statement report
 Worked on development of new FSG reports and customized various standard FSG reports.
 Setup PO module and matching options with AP invoices.
 Reviewed the current reconciliation process in Cash Management and designed business process and
system has been configured and tested to meet the Business requirements.
 Integrated Cash Management with Payables, Receivable modules for reconciliation. Auto import and
reconciliation of bank statement Bank file integration/mapping.
 Setup the iExpense Module for different Operating Units.
 Set up the approval hierarchy for the expense reports and created signing limits for iExpense users in
Payables.
 Involved in documentation of Frequent Mistakes and Error made by end-user in application based on
issue log register.
 Configured auto Bank Reconciliation process via CE (Cash Management) module & Automatic
Reversal of rejected receipts, and the ability to clear payments and receipts before Reconciliation with
the bank.
 Extensively used Toad and SQL Developer to view the tables to troubleshoot production issues.
 Coordinated with the offshore technical team when needed.
 Ran diagnostic scripts using toad and then gave input to technical team.
 Worked with Oracle Technical Support to resolve the critical issues through SR/TAR.
 Run Diagnostic scripts and coordinated with oracle tech support through OWC session.
Paradigm, Houston, TX {Dec 2009 – Feb 2011}
Oracle Financials Functional Analyst
Implementation of R12.0.6 {GL, AP & FA}
Paradigm™ is the world’s largest transnational technology company exclusively focused on the development
and deployment of software for the oil & gas and mining industries worldwide. Joined from kick off phase
through to Go-Live
Responsibilities:
 My responsibilities include requirement gathering, current business process analysis, re-engineering and
designing of business process, system configuration and system testing.
 Designed Key Accounting Flex field structure (COA) for Ledger and configured with Multi Org and
Multi Reporting Currency setup. Defined system controls, intercompany accounts, summary accounts,
journal sources, and journal categories.
 Defined various currencies for multi currency operations and currency translation, conversion,
revaluation for consolidation purpose.
 Made sure Cross validation rules have been setup for various GL codes. Configured Sub-ledger
accounting process to GL. Defined Security rules at segment level.
 Configured and Ensured that Payables process had been designed and system had been configured and
setup for(Financial option, Payable system option & Payable option) to meet the requirements such as
batch invoices, batch payments, employee expense report process, withholding tax, 1099 reporting,
cross currency invoices and payments.
 Set up Fixed Assets including defining category, location, and asset key flex fields.
 Defined the prorate convention; prorate calendar, depreciation rate and calendar, fiscal calendar, book
controls and system controls.
 Designed and configured Location and Fixed Assets Key Flex Fields, Asset Books, Asset
Categories, Asset Sub-Categories, Asset Depreciation, Fiscal Calendar, Prorate Calendar, Security
by Book.
 Defined Asset TAX Book Performed Quick Additions, CIP Additions, Mass Additions and
Capitalized CIP Assets.
 Performed Asset Transfer, Mass retirement, Reinstate the retirement and Mass Changes in Assets.
 Worked on Construction in Process (CIP) assets, adjustments, and classification of assets.
 Grouped assets associated with a specific project, department, and location to track CIP assets in the
organization.
 Integrated Cash Management with Payables, Receivable modules for reconciliation. Auto import and
reconciliation of bank statement Bank file integration/mapping.
 Configured CRP’s, Prepared Test Scripts, Test plan, Test Scenarios, User Manuals, plan for UAT,
user feedback integration.
 Prepared Cut- over Plan, Listing down all Pre & Post Go- live tasks. Involved in Post-Production
support.
 Created/Maintained Business process Documents BP80,RD-20,BR-30,BR-100,MD-50,TE-40,CV40 for requirement gathering, process design, system configurations, custom reports, discoverer
reports and conversions (RICE) and test scripts in AIM methodology as part of project
implementation task.
JTEKT Corporation, Westlake, OH {May 2009 – Dec 2009}
Oracle Financial Analyst
Upgradation of 11.5.10.2 to R12.0.6 {GL, AP, AR & CE}
JTEKT Corporation formerly known as Koyo Corporation is well known for its baring and spare parts.
Main business activities are manufacturing of steering systems, driveline components, machine tools, home
accessories and ball & roller bearings.
Responsibilities:
 Prepared Impact analysis document for the upgrade of the financial modules from 11.510.2 to
R12.0.6
 Reviewed the Business Requirements Documents with the business and development teams and
analyzed the functionality of the Oracle applications so as to finalize the solution.
 Identified standard system functionality, analyzed GAP document and designed solutions for GL &
AP depending on Business requirement.
 Created process documents BR100, MD50, TE40, CV40 for requirement gathering, process design,
system configurations, conversions (RICE) and test scripts in AIM methodology as part of project
upgradation task.
 Coordinated with project Manager, Business team for deadlines for the implementation.
 Setup Chart of Accounts structure, Currencies, Calendar, Sub ledger accounting method (SLA).
 Defined value Sets, Flex fields and Segment Qualifiers, cross validation rules, security rules.
 Involved in the design and setup of legal entities and the related inventory organizations using the
legal entity Configuration
 Functional design and Building Custom BAI2 Lockbox file from (Credit Multiple Message Line)
CREMUL file as part of Automated Bank Reconciliation through CE module for AR transactions.
 Defined Payment Terms, Accounting Rules, Accounting Periods, Invoice Sources.
 Defined Bank information, receivables quick code, auto invoice grouping rules, transaction types.
 Setup AP payable system option, financial options, and payable options.
 Involved in the setup of auto invoice workflow. Setting up of banks ,bank branches and bank
accounts
 Defining accounting options, methods of accounting, realized gain / loss account, unallocated
revenue account, auto cash rule set, auto invoice tuning.
 Setting up of PO matching options, invoice tolerance, term holds, and expense report templates.
 Involved in end user training and user acceptance testing (UAT), preparation on test scripts (TE 040)
and integration testing.
Wolverine Trading, Chicago, IL {Oct 2008 – May 2009}
Oracle Financials Functional Analyst
Implementation & Post Production Support of R12.0.5 {AP and iExpense}
Wolverine is a financial institution, leader in asset management, order execution services, proprietary trading,
and technology solutions. In this ERP project, I was part of implementing AP and FA right from Gap analysis to
UAT phase.
Responsibilities:
 Worked with the client team in understanding the business processes to prepare the business
requirements definition document
 Mapped the future state process requirements in AP and iExpenses
 Setup the iExpense Module for different Operating Units
 Set up the approval hierarchy for expense reports and created signing limits for iExpenses users in
Payables
 Involved in the project scoping of the iExpense implementation
 Setup of Policy schedules such as Accommodations, Airfare, Car Rental, and Mileage
 Worked closely with the users to define Daily limits, roles, and locations in Expense reports
 Defined Expense report templates in AP.
 Define suppliers, Payment Terms, customers Accounting rules and Receivables transaction source &
types
 Define system options, Accounting Option, Lookups, Payment and Billing term templates
 Worked with the business users, technical team to enable conversion of the lease from legacy system
 Performed developed and documented systems analysis, validation testing, and development of
training documentation, training of internal staff of enhanced business system functionality
 Created test documents, performed unit, End to End and User Acceptance Tests for AP
Verigy designs, Cupertino, CA {April 2008- Oct 2008}
Oracle Functional Consultant
Upgradation of 11.5.10.2 to R12.0.4 {GL, AP & FA}
Verigy designs, manufactures, sells, and services advanced test systems and solutions for the semiconductor
industry. Verigy enables customers to transform their world through state of the art computing,
communications, and consumer electronics products.
Responsibilities:
 Prepared Impact analysis document for the upgrade of the financial modules from 11.5.10.2 to
R12.0.4
 Involved in preparation of future business Process document (BP80). Prepared Application
configuration setup BR100 and MD50 Application Extensions Functional Design documents
according to AIM.
 Successfully conducted CRP 1 and CRP 2
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Prepared and did extensive testing of TE 040 test scripts.
Responsible for preparing upgrade plan for GL, AP & FA.
Prepared impact analysis document for the upgrade of financials module.
Prepared the setup documents and configured system according to business requirements.
Responsible for setting up delta functional like MOAC, Data Access sets, Report Manager, Payment
Process.
 Designed Financial Reports using Financial Statement Generator (FSG) tool.
 Month end support in financial modules GL, AP and FA
The Relizon Company - Dayton, OH {Nov 2007–Mar 2008}
Oracle Financial Functional Analyst
Implementation of R12.0.3 {GL, AP}
Relizon has served its customers with true innovative technology and cutting edge products for several years.
Relizon’s flagship product commercial printers have gained exponential market share
Responsibilities:
 Responsible for the documentation (BR.100 -Application Setup and TE.040 -System Test Script)
and setups of the General Ledger and Account Payables Modules
 Created BR100 documentation for GL and AP
 Interacted with the client team to understand the existing business practices and prepared the
business requirement definition document
 Participated in designing the chart of accounts to meet the client’s business requirements
 Created Customized responsibilities, customized menus, customized request groups
 Defined value sets, key flex field segments and roll-up groups with security and cross validation
rules, used ADI (Application Desktop Integrator) to integrate the GL module to the Excel
spreadsheet.
 Defined Mass Allocation Formula, journals and budgets (standard and formula)
 Developed reports and various data items using Oracle Financial Analyzer and Discoverer
 Used Accounting Setup Manager for Inter-company Transactions.
 Configured Payable Setup Options.
 Worked with Technical team regarding conversion of data
 Provided various custom solutions for client’s specific needs
 Conducted CRP 2, Created user-manuals and provide training end users
 Created Test Scripts (TE-40’s) for UAT sessions
Global Home Products, Duluth, GA {Sept 2006 – Nov 2007}
Oracle Functional Consultant
Testing and Production Support of 11.5.10.2 {GL, AP, AR, PO, FA, CE, iExpense, P2P, A2R, O2C}
Global Home Products is an industry leader in manufacturing household consumer goods items. With constant
innovation and energy efficient products company has managed to keep an upper hand in consumer goods
market.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in Month-end support for close and reconciliation for GL, AP, and AR modules.
 Resolved issues that occurred during production and provide Month end support to all financial
modules.
 Interacted with the end users and demonstrated the functionality in details.
 Involved in unit testing and integration testing on various modules.
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Prepared and did extensive testing of TE 040 test scripts.
Extensively used TOAD, to open multiple instances and query tables using SQL, to figure out issues.
Assisted in user acceptance testing and CRP’s (Conference Room Pilot).
Prepared training materials with screen shots, exercises and presentations for critical end users.
Assisted the technical teams on the customization and extension issues of RICE objects.
Actively involved in the post production support and troubleshooting on various issues.
Used Accounting Rules to determine the number of periods and percentage of total revenue to be
recognized (Revenue Recognition) in each accounting period.
 Supported the implemented Receivable and Payables modules which involved daily issues and new
customizations and enhancements based on the changing requirements.
 Matched Vendor Invoices to Credit Memos from AP to AR to reduce vendor payments in AP and
generated customer Invoices to vendors in AR to interface with get paid.
 Assisted client with iExpense Policy schedules on the basis of location or designation.
Helena Chemicals, Collierville, TN. {Apr 2006 – Sep 2006}
Oracle Financials Consultant
Implementation of 11.5.10.2{GL, AP, AR & FA}
Founded in 1957, Helena Chemical Company has grown to be one of the nation’s foremost distributors of crop
protection and crop production inputs and services for agricultural, turf & ornamental, forestry, aquatics and
vegetation management markets.
Responsibilities:
 Defined Profile Options to specify certain implementation parameters, Processing Options and
System Options.
 Defined Invoicing information including Payment Terms, Invoicing & accounting rules and Invoice
Sources.
 Defining System Item Flex Field, Defining Organization.
 Defining receivable activities for misc. receipts, finance charges, bank charges, defining distribution
sets.
 Defining receipt class, specifying creation method, Payment method, clearing method, defining
collectors, defining aging buckets.
 Creating customer profile classes, attaching payment terms, collectors, matching receipts, statement
cycle to profile classes.
 Set up transaction types, invoices, guarantees, deposit, and credit memos, debit memos.
 Assigning receivable account, revenue account, unbilled account, fright account, clearing account,
and unearned account to transaction types.
 Created an interface to load Prime Vendors as Customers, match Vendor Invoices to Credit Memos
from Accounts Payable, AP, to Accounts Receivable, AR, to reduce vendor payments in AP and
generate Customer Invoices to vendors in AR
 Fixed Assets, FA Set Up, Books (Corporate & Tax), Category, Location & Descriptive Flexi filed
definitions, Set Up for Fixed Assets Categories, Transactions of Mass Additions, Mass Deletions &
Mass Transfers, Fixed Assets Inventory Interface using ADI Tools, and Tax Books Interface using
SQL Loader.
 FA Reconciliation Process Set Up, FA with GL & FA with AP, Depreciation Calculations & Period
Close.
Trane Inc, Davidson, NC {Feb 2005 – Apr 2006}
Oracle Financial Consultant
Implementation of 11.5.10 {GL, AP, PO, P2P}
Trane Inc, deals air conditioning systems, services and solutions, they control the comfort of the air for people
in residential commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. Trance Inc also expertise in environmental
technology and energy conservation to make a difference in energy efficiency around the globe.
Responsibilities:
 Worked with the client team in understanding the Business Process to prepare the Business
Requirement definition documents RD20, RD10, and MD50 & BR100 (AIM).
 Designed and set up the Set of Books after defining the Calendar, the functional currency and the
Chat of Accounts Structure.
 Designed and configured Set of books, Cash management, Accounts receivable, Accounts payables.
 Map the Future Process Requirement into Oracle AP module and identify and analyze gaps.
 Carried out the set up of the Accounts Payable module. Defined payment terms and recurring
invoice templates.
 Set up Suppliers and Banks for AP use. Set up employee expense templates and distribution sets.
 Defined PO matching tolerances, and invoice approval codes.
 Defined distribution sets, expense reports templates, Locations.
 Set up the format for expense distribution detail report and Aging report, special calendars for key
indicators and recurring invoices, and profile options forms.
 Worked with the technical team for the migration of the legacy data like suppliers and open invoices
into oracle AP module for production.
 Performed the unit and integration tests. Prepared TE.040 and TE.050.
 Participated in the Conference Room Pilot Test for all the modules implemented by the client.
Guided the client Team to carry out Accounts Payable period end closing.
 Did some basic training for the key users of the client.
Getty Images, Seattle, WA {May 2004 – Feb 2005}
Oracle Financial Analyst
Implementation 11.5.10 (GL, AP, AR, PO & P2P)
Getty Images to bring the fragmented stock photography business into the digital age. It was first company to
license imagery online and have continued to drive the industry forward with breakthrough licensing models,
digital media management tools and a comprehensive offering of creative and editorial imagery, micro stock,
footage and music. I started working from CRP1 to UAT.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in the Functional Setup of GL, AP, AR, and PO
 Identified gaps between system processes and Business processes and documented using Gap
Analysis Document. Also analyzed and indicated proposed workarounds and resolutions
 Business process study and creating business process maps using Visio for Oracle E-Business Suite
GL, AP and AR modules.
 Gathered, analyzed and wrote detailed business requirements, user profile, created workflow
processes documents and charts.
 Customized the Invoice Aging and Customer Balance Report in AR.
 Knowledge of Performance tuning of various queries and stored procedure
 Developed several BR 100s of GL & AP to fulfill the business need.
 Worked with business users to define their business requirements in preparation for developing
program solutions and translated the requirements into 11i Processes
 Created Accounting Flex Field Structure; Chart of Accounts; Set of Books, Mass Allocations and
Summary Template. Tested features Translation, Reevaluations, and consolidation.
 Prepared end user training material with specific business cases and conducted end-user training.
 Was part of team involved in the cut over planning and execution including finalizing the processes,
scenarios and ways to handle exceptions, executing and monitoring of cut over activities.
 Involved in Data Conversions, Developing, customizing reports and interfaces in GL Module i.e.
Journals importing from mainframe legacy system using SQL Loader.
Solectron, West Columbia, SC {Feb 2003 – May 2004}
Oracle Financial Analyst
Upgradation of 10.5.7 to11.5.9 {GL, AP & PO)
Solectron Corporation is a global leading provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain
management services to the world`s premier high-tech companies. The company`s offerings include
new-product design, material management and product manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
 Complete Assessment of Solectron Business Process. To understand existing COA structures.
 Upgrade from 10.7 Character Based Applications to Oracle 11i using Oracle EasiPath Migration method
(EMM).
 Setup and tested ACH/Wire transfer.
 Gap Analysis between existing Application and Customization, using Oracle EMM Methodology
 Training User on New Rel.11i Application Functionality, GL, AP and Purchasing
 Identify the patches that need to be applied to prepare the Release 11i environment for implementing
Oracle Internet Procurement.
 Complete Setup that must be completed before setting up Internet Procurement.
 Steps needed to setup catalogs Workflows and custom packages used by Internet Procurement Setup
required for shopping at external sites.
 Workflow Purchasing integrates with Oracle Workflow technology to create standard purchase orders or
blanket releases automatically from Approved requisition lines.
 PO matching options, invoice tolerances, distribution options, terms, holds, etc.
 PO setup and matching options with invoices.
 Designed and configured setups in Inventory, Purchasing and AP modules to meet the Purchase
Requisition.
 Setup the workflow for creating purchasing documents automatically to PO Create Documents.
 Setup CRP-II and training, expand core Team knowledge of Oracle11i.