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Major Attainments
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Vijayakumar Rajagopal

Summary

Senior Consultant with extensive experience at Oracle Consulting, specializing in Oracle Project Financials Cloud and cross-functional team management. Demonstrated ability to align automated solutions with business needs, resulting in enhanced project visibility. Strong analytical and communication skills facilitate effective stakeholder engagement and drive successful project outcomes.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Consultant

Oracle Consulting
08.2022 - Current

Collaborated with business team to gather requirements, analyze impacts, and define specifications.

Documented business requirements to ensure alignment of automated solutions with business needs.

Tracked issues in JIRA for presentation at board meetings, enhancing project visibility.

Prepared functional specification designs and conducted configuration reviews with team members.

Validated functional and technical design documents for accurate field mapping and integration touch points.

Provided technical expertise to sales team during product demonstrations and proposal development.

Reviewed deliverables prior to release to ensure adherence to accuracy and quality standards.

Oracle PPM Senior consultant

Emaar Properties
01.2021 - 01.2022

Liaised with business team for functional specifications, requirement gathering, and impact analysis.

Documented business requirements to ensure automated solutions met organizational needs.

Tracked issues in JIRA tool, presenting updates during board meetings.

Prepared functional specification designs and conducted configuration reviews with team members.

Validated functional and technical design documents for field mapping and integration touch points.

Developed and maintained IT plans outlining project status, tasks, milestones, and resource allocation.

Analyzed entry and exit criteria on process playbacks and system integration testing across modules.

Oracle PPM Track Assistant Manager

KPMG
01.2019 - 01.2021

Managed PPM applications team, driving project success and team performance.

Liaised with business teams to gather functional specifications and conduct requirement analysis.

Documented business requirements to ensure automated solutions aligned with organizational needs.

Tracked issues in JIRA, presenting updates for board meetings.

Prepared functional specifications and reviewed configurations with team members.

Validated functional and technical design documents for field mapping and Oracle APIs.

Developed OTBI reports and dashboards for cross-subject analysis.

Created response plans for potential failure points, evaluating effectiveness during tests.

Oracle PPM Senior Functional Consultant

Oracle Consulting
01.2018 - 01.2019

Coordinated with business team for functional specifications, data conversion, and requirement gathering.

Translated business requirements to ensure automated solutions aligned with organizational needs.

Designed solutions and executed System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Conducted training sessions for business and core users on new systems.

Performed functional design, field mapping, and integration touchpoints utilizing Oracle APIs.

Developed response plans for potential failure points and evaluated effectiveness through planned tests.

Conducted comprehensive operational health checks to identify concerns across services.

Provided technical coaching and direction to subordinates for skill enhancement.

Oracle Projects Functional Consultant

4i Apps Solutions
01.2014 - 01.2018

Customized roles via security console to enforce strict role-based security controls.

Proactively engaged with client to align system configuration with business practices.

Developed custom processes to manage project budgets effectively.

Created custom reports across various subject areas utilizing OTBI reporting tools.

Resolved post-production issues, maintaining comprehensive issue log for tracking purposes.

Designed test scripts and executed functionality testing for end-to-end scenarios.

Conducted Provisional Acceptance Testing (PAT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) successfully.

Education

Master of Business Administration - International Business

University of Sunderland
London, United Kingdom

Post Graduate Diploma - Information Management

University of Wales
United Kingdom

Master of Business Administration -

Satyabhama university
India

Bachelor - Computer Science

K.S.R College of Arts and Science
India

Skills

  • Oracle Project Financials Cloud
  • Oracle Project Contract Billing Cloud
  • Oracle project costing/billing
  • Grants management
  • Project sub-contracting – PaaS
  • Oracle project resource management
  • Cross modules Finance, Supply chain Management
  • OTBI reports and dashboards
  • File-based data import (FBDI)/ADF desktop integration
  • Cross-functional team management
  • Client management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Communication skills
  • Documentation skills
  • Project status reporting

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Oracle Project Management Cloud 2020 Certified Implementation Specialist

Major Attainments

  • Trained other functional consultants on Basics of Project Accounting
  • Designed PaaS custom solution for payment certification and payment application for construction industry.
  • Handled million-dollar volume of migration data from legacy system to Oracle application using various tools.
  • Received award on client satisfaction.

Project Insights

  • Bapco Oil and Gas, Bahrain, Fusion PPM implementation, Oracle Projects track lead, 03/01/24 to 01/31/25, project costing, project billing, enterprise contracts
  • American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Fusion PPM implementation, Oracle projects track lead, 12/01/22 to 12/31/23, project costing, project billing, enterprise contracts, grants management
  • Emaar Properties, Dubai, Fusion PPM implementation and support, Oracle Projects applications specialist, 08/01/21 to 07/31/22, project costing, project billing, enterprise contracts
  • Albertsons Inc., USA, Fusion PPM implementation, Oracle projects offshore lead, 04/01/20 to 08/31/21, project costing
  • SAJCO, Saudi Arabia, Fusion PPM implementation/support, Oracle Projects senior consultant, 01/01/19 to 12/31/19, project costing, billing, enterprise contracts
  • Sobha Realty, Dubai, Release 12, Fusion PPM Implementation/Support, Oracle Projects Track Lead, 12/01/17 to 11/30/18, Project Costing, Billing, Enterprise Contracts
  • Emitac Group, Dubai, Release 12, Fusion PPM Implementation, Oracle Projects Track Lead, 01/01/17 to 11/30/17, Project Costing, Billing, Enterprise Contracts
  • Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Ghana, R12 Implementation/Support, Oracle Projects Track Lead, 05/01/16 to 06/30/16, Project Costing
  • National Pension Scheme Authority, Zambia, R12 implementation - onsite, Oracle functional consultant, 11/01/14 to 04/30/16, project costing

Professional Snapshot

Specialized in Project Portfolio Management and Platform as a Service (PaaS) along with integrated modules such as SCM, HR and Finance. Having significant exposure to working in a competitive business environment with various industries like Construction, Retail, Education, Oil and Gas. Delivered post-implementation support, driving best practices, and resolving functional issues. Contributed insights to Oracle product development, helping enhance module functionality. Experience working on client site UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Zambia, Ghana.

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Experience in managing, implementing & delivering various ERP (Oracle Fusion, EBS R12, R13)
  • Executed various IT projects from inception through to delivery by collaborating with business stakeholders, vendors, business partners & IT team members.
  • Rich cross-cultural experience in project management, technology direction, application development, implementation, maintenance & support, change management, digital transformation, project delivery, consultancy & training management on Oracle Cloud.
  • Proven track record of ERP implementation, project management, seamless service delivery on various business verticals such as wholesale & retail, civil construction, general trading & distribution.

Timeline

Senior Consultant

Oracle Consulting
08.2022 - Current

Oracle PPM Senior consultant

Emaar Properties
01.2021 - 01.2022

Oracle PPM Track Assistant Manager

KPMG
01.2019 - 01.2021

Oracle PPM Senior Functional Consultant

Oracle Consulting
01.2018 - 01.2019

Oracle Projects Functional Consultant

4i Apps Solutions
01.2014 - 01.2018

Master of Business Administration - International Business

University of Sunderland

Post Graduate Diploma - Information Management

University of Wales

Master of Business Administration -

Satyabhama university

Bachelor - Computer Science

K.S.R College of Arts and Science
Vijayakumar Rajagopal