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Manikandan Sekar

Lead JDE Finance Consultant
Chennai

Summary

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

JDE World 9.4 Production Support

Lennar
02.2024 - Current
  • Involved in knowledge transfer, JDE world, home builder, and finance module.
  • Creating session understanding documents.
  • Analyze the existing process documents to create runbooks or knowledge documents.
  • Coordinating with a cross-functional team to understand multiple integrations.
  • Initiated a tracker plan for all access requirements.
  • Resolving user issues on home builder, sales, and escrow, AP, GL.
  • Basic understanding of reports, processes, and resolving issues related to RN.
  • ServiceNow task, calls, and incident management performed for L2 and L3 processes.
  • Conducting meetings biweekly on tickets resolved and updates for outstanding.
  • Monitoring the ticket traffic and assigning it for resolution.
  • Interacting with the user for a detailed understanding of issues without clear information.
  • Prompt actions for security profile-related issues, as per priority.
  • Sending service now reports to business leaders weekly.
  • Updating the corporate systems tracker on risks, the RAID matrix, and proposing process enhancements whenever required.
  • Liaising with on-site and offshore teams on integration and upgrade projects to extend the inputs and process development.

Archiving Project

Linde
01.2024 - 06.2024
  • Creating a finance process document for JDE archiving.
  • Gather information from client SMEs, and integrate the changes in the process document appropriately.
  • Running integrity reports for pre- and post-archival.
  • Understanding the existing processes on month-end close.
  • Creating a validation script and showcasing pre- and post-archival counts.
  • Performing data validation in the source and target environments.
  • Report the mismatch to the archival team, and modify the logic when necessary.

Production Support

GUESS EUROPE
06.2022 - 12.2023
  • Creating manuals for the North America rollout interfaces.
  • Render production support on those custom processes integrated with JDE.
  • Performing SQL changes in production for the user tickets.
  • Using the Access tool to back up production data and to make database updates.
  • Understanding the custom workflow model to approve invoices.
  • Processing failed transactions from third-party tools like Engie, OfficeTrax, JDA Store Sales, and Ctrax.
  • Performing user creation, assigning roles, and enabling users through a custom process.
  • Store creation for the business units and assignment of accounts.

Production support

CASPER
05.2021 - 05.2022
  • Understanding multiple interfaces integrated with JDE.
  • Working on held orders with bedpost.
  • Processing stuck orders after fixes.
  • Running SQL scripts to examine order status.
  • Preparing a summary report on the daily status update for the business users.
  • Working on the Jira ticketing system.
  • Following up with users and liaising with the tech team to resolve the requests.
  • I worked on the treasury migration with the finance team.
  • Validating the functional specification document from the owners and altering scenarios accordingly.
  • Worked on defining setups in the AR auto receipts process.
  • Worked on the enhancement for the deposit ID reconciliation report.
  • Testing the PO approval process.
  • Understanding the wholesale process and its architecture.

Roll Out

Lutron
01.2021 - 04.2022
  • Working on creating master setups for the new BU.
  • Verifying the setup checklist of the parent company associated with the new BU.
  • Creating a BU-specific version and adding it into the project.
  • Performing menu changes and making inclusions with new task IDs.
  • Verifying order activity on the custom sales order process and finding a fix.
  • Creating a chart of accounts for the new BU.

Production Support

Glen Gery
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Working on the Hubble tool with developers to create custom reports.
  • Creating setups for item reclassification for downgraded products.
  • Creating a service request with Oracle on bugs.
  • Coordinating with the CNC team for applying ESUs.
  • Conduct testing in the prototype after applying ESU's.
  • Providing a solution for system discrepancies while posting to the GL.
  • Assisting users in creating payment terms for suppliers.
  • Posting the error batches successfully.
  • Running the necessary integrity report for solutions and fixes.
  • Working on object reservations on invoice selections.
  • Creating depreciation methods and formulas.

SQL Integration with JDE & Reimplementation

NFPC Group
06.2019 - 06.2020
  • Creating a mapping for auto cash in the Z table.
  • Demonstrate to the superuser with POC.
  • Creating debug logs with developers to analyze spec-related issues.
  • Working with the HR consultant on the process for HR journal entries integration.
  • Provide mapping for SQL automation into the Z table.
  • Creating and working with a developer on a custom report to show the status of records processed.
  • Preparing the user manual for reimplementation.
  • Creating test scripts for finance.
  • Creating composite E1 pages.
  • Creating presentations for user training in finance.
  • Provide user training.
  • Upload master data using the Z table.
  • Creating setups for the fixed asset module.
  • Assigning cat codes for business processes, brands, and channels.
  • Creating UDCs in JDE 9.2.
  • Coordinating with consultants who work for Microsoft Dynamics in collecting data.
  • Creating templates for Z tables to upload master data.

Production Support

Assaabloy
03.2018 - 03.2019
  • Working on batch errors and providing fixes.
  • Checking integrity issues.
  • Working on month-end close issues.
  • Identifying the damage records and assisting in SQL.
  • Analyzing AAI's issues related to setup.
  • Working on the aging report and GL differences.
  • Working on the difference in the trial balance and account ledger.
  • Working on reconciliation between AR-GL and AP-GL.

JDE Integration

Petrochem
09.2017 - 03.2019
  • Creating a function specification document for GL, AP, and AR inbound using Z processing.
  • Providing a solution for error tracking on custom batch reports.
  • Providing a solution for using standard Z reports automatically during the scheduler process.
  • Solution to process inventory entries to the general ledger for the inbound process in JDE.
  • Creating specifications for JDE outbound with a third-party tool for vouchers, invoices, and JEs.
  • Fixing up setup issues during the test run.
  • Working with KOFAX to integrate AP inbound with JDE.

JDE Integration using SQL

Intertec
11.2017 - 12.2017
  • Providing field mapping for the JDE inbound process using an SQL database.
  • Identifying a solution for mapping additional fields using alternate DD items.
  • Providing a cycle run demo for SQL developers to run tests in the client environment.
  • Fixing issues in existing JDE setups.
  • Providing specifications for master data integration.
  • Designing a mapping document for inventory and PO structure.
  • Conducting a basic test run after integrating JDE using SQL.

Production Support

Merieux Nutrisciences
12.2016 - 08.2017
  • Identifying the production issues and providing solutions.
  • Provided support in bug fixing in AP, AR, and GL modules.
  • Preparing a functional specification document for enhancement.
  • Providing resolutions for integrity issues logged in finance.
  • Preparing test scripts and testing new setups.
  • Working on batch error fixes.

JDE Upgrade

Amiantit
04.2016 - 09.2016
  • Preparing test scripts.
  • Unit testing of retrofitted objects.
  • Running the end-to-end cycle for the finance process.
  • Setting up fixed asset and master upload.
  • Devising depreciation formulas.
  • Arriving at depreciation computation.

JDE implementation

IBN Sina pharma
02.2015 - 11.2015
  • Assisting in the preparation of as-is documentation.
  • Assisting in the preparation of the documentation to be.
  • Designing the Chart of Accounts, setting up AR, AP, GL, & FA systems.
  • Conducting unit testing, CRP, and UAT.
  • Preparing test scripts and running the tests along with the users.
  • Preparing the configuration and design document, and user manuals.
  • Doing balance migration for customers and vendors.
  • Designing user menus, user roles, and security setup.

Education

Master's - Business Administration

Madras University
Chennai
04-2014

Skills

  • Lead cross-functional teams
  • Facilitates collaboration through effective communication
  • Effective decision-making abilities
  • Effective diplomatic communication abilities
  • Project prioritization under deadlines

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • Birlasoft – May 22 – Till date
  • Circular Edge - Nov 14 – May 22
  • Axis Bank - May 2014- Nov 14

VISA STATUS

INDIAN RESIDENT

LOCATION

INDIA (CHENNAI)

CONTACT

  • Mobile :- 971-053-4059
  • Mail: mani8692@gmail.com

Timeline

JDE World 9.4 Production Support

Lennar
02.2024 - Current

Archiving Project

Linde
01.2024 - 06.2024

Production Support

GUESS EUROPE
06.2022 - 12.2023

Production support

CASPER
05.2021 - 05.2022

Roll Out

Lutron
01.2021 - 04.2022

Production Support

Glen Gery
01.2020 - 01.2021

SQL Integration with JDE & Reimplementation

NFPC Group
06.2019 - 06.2020

Production Support

Assaabloy
03.2018 - 03.2019

JDE Integration using SQL

Intertec
11.2017 - 12.2017

JDE Integration

Petrochem
09.2017 - 03.2019

Production Support

Merieux Nutrisciences
12.2016 - 08.2017

JDE Upgrade

Amiantit
04.2016 - 09.2016

JDE implementation

IBN Sina pharma
02.2015 - 11.2015

Master's - Business Administration

Madras University

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