Vijay Ramasamy PMP, PMI-ACP, CPA (USA), FCA , ACC

Experience

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  T.Choithram & Sons, Dubai

  Oct 1992 - Apr 1995

  Chief Accountant

  Was instrumental in reviewing the branch operations across the globe to recommend cost saving measures, insight to revenue from various segments, strategies to manage stocks, sales using the leverage of trading with other branches across the globe.

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  Silverline Technologies Inc.

  Mar 1995 - Oct 2000

  Vice President Of Finance And Operations

  As part of the management team, was involved in decisions of business, ensured new accounting applications were installed, provided state of the art financial accounting and reporting including project reports and cost analysis within the first 5 working days of the month. Key accomplishments:• Part of the management team making business impacting executive decisions for this leading software company with turnover in excess of $100 million; • Led the effort to take the company Public in USA for a $110 million IPO;• Part of the management team involved in multiple acquisitions;• Instrumental in streamlining operations, and ensured profitability with strict cost controls. Show less

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  Management Professionals Inc

  Nov 2000 - Aug 2011

  Program Manager

  Key accomplishments:State of Delaware – Led the state-wide project leading to simultaneous implementation across 56 Agencies of the State. Provided significant work around solutions resulting in savings of millions of dollars and ensured customizations required by the client was delivered to their satisfaction.Bank of America (Countrywide Financial) – Led the successful ERP upgrade of Countrywide while simultaneously implementing new modules. Ensured accurate integration of multiple third party systems and transactions into the system of record in the ERP. BearingPoint - Led the implementation team in integrating PeopleSoft into the existing business systems while providing inputs on best practices. Was instrumental in introducing new features such as integrating Imaging into their Accounts Payable systems resulting in high level of efficiency in operations and accuracy of data. Show less

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  Tekflair Group

  Oct 2011 - Jul 2021

  VP Technology Solutions

  Highlight:Leading the global PeopleSoft upgrade to v9.2 for a leader in the BPO industry with worldwide presence.Key accomplishments:• Enhanced usability through the inclusion of dashboards, actionable analytics• Ability to adopt new features without upgrading to the latest version – PeopleSoft Update Manager• Availability of robust Reporting tools such as Pivot Grids, BI Publisher that facilitate delivery of reports that support decision making• Oracle Secure Search Framework that enhances the ease of navigability within the application with reduced number of clicks• Better Lifecycle management tools that eases the maintenance challenges. • Availability of increased user support through embedded help while on the application increasing user productivity. Show less

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  Academy Sports + Outdoors

  Oct 2021 - now

  Manager Enterprise Solutions / Project Lead

  Academy Sports is the largest retailer in USA with 270 stores dealing in Sports and Outdoor equipment. Currently part of the core team leading the effort on Financial Transformation, migrating from PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud Financials. We are in the process of implementing 11 modules across the organization.Duties and Responsibilities include the following:• Lead the financial transformation efforts and Enterprise strategy for Oracle ERP Cloud Fusion which includes 11 modules across multiple Fusion streams;• Collaborate with subsystems such as RMS (Retail Management Systems), Workday, Legaltracker (vendors and transactions related to Legal), Lucernex (Lease rent related Vendor payments), Vertex, etc. to ensure successful integrations;• Collaborate with Functions on Vendor Mgmt., Contract negotiations, Shared Services. Ensure successful Supplier Enablement;• Serve as a subject matter expert for finance/tax/audit (Finance and Reporting), procurement (Procure to Pay), sales (Opportunity to Cash), and human resource (Hire to Retire) platforms. Use expertise to strengthen current support operations and solve complex system issues;• Ensure the accuracy of design in areas of Allocations, Multi-Currency, Consolidation etc.;• Successfully lead high visibility projects such as Chart of Accounts Simplification, integration on source to pay, order to cash and Financial Reporting;• Support CFO, VP Treasury, and VP Internal Audit by evaluating business needs and providing digital solutions. Optimized functionality of current enterprise systems, integrate ancillary programs;• Communicate regularly with user community, working with IT leadership to set priorities, communicate status, document issues, and manage expectations. Identified opportunities for improvement in user community to present and prioritize ideas through application roadmap. Show less