Certified Accountant and Oracle Professional with North American and International experience who is talented, creative thinker who strives in all situations. Extensive experience in new system implementations, upgrades and business support with hands on experience in Financial Reporting & Analysis, Inventory Accounting & Management, Audit, Managing of Vendors & Customer Accounts and Purchasing.

1. Kannan Gopalan, B.Sc (Math), CGA, OCP<br />Phone: Res : (905) 568-9699Email: kannan.gopalan@gmail.com<br /> Cell : (416) 522-9660 <br />OBJECTIVE<br />Seeking a challenging progressive position where I can combine my professional experience, resourcefulness, problem solving, leadership skills and analytical ability to enhance value, manage, support and continuously improve business process.<br />SUMMARY<br />Certified Accountant and Oracle Professional with North American and International experience who is talented, creative thinker who strives in all situations. Extensive experience in new system implementations, upgrades and business support with hands on experience in Financial Reporting & Analysis, Inventory Accounting & Management, Audit, Managing of Vendors & Customer Accounts and Purchasing. Good at interpreting financial information and making effective decisions to drive business process improvements. Possess a positive attitude and works very well both independently and in a team environment. Believe in practise before preach and treat others they way I would like to be treated others.<br />WORK EXPERIENCE<br />ACCO Brands Canada Inc, Brampton, ON, CANADAOct 2006 to Jul 2011 <br />Senior Oracle Functional Analyst<br />Partner with business for implementing, maintaining, re-engineer business requirements; team lead for the core Financials for the Global initiative and co-ordinate with off-shore development team<br />Responsible for implementing GL, AP, AR, FA, PO, CE, iPayment, iExpense (R12) for Direct Business from BPCS<br />Point of contact for resolution regarding revaluation, and consolidation into HFM<br />Implemented AME (R12) (Approval Management Engine) for AP Invoice approval <br />Loaded legacy Trial Balance to Oracle using consolidation to convert the legacy 3 segment values to match Oracle 7 segment values. <br />Supported business with Project costing, Capital projects, Trade Management and Order Management. <br />Implemented Credit Card (iPayment) for Direct US business<br />Implemented HR self service for absence detail and configured vacation request and approval <br />Enhanced functionalities using XML Reporting, Consolidated Billing and Fast Formula for vacation service band<br />Achievements:<br />Identified and put in place process to resolve credit card challenges faced that resulted in improved credit card collection (100K) and reduced customer complaints further to resolving refund challenges timely.<br />MTS Allstream (Professional Services) June 2000 – Sep 2006<br />Functional Consultant <br />Lead and involved in projects with the following clients by gathering user requirements, fit-gap analysis, configuration, unit testing, documentation, process flow, user training and post go live support: <br />NETMA, Munich, GERMANY: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Investigated the standard Master Detail budget functionality with control to match business requirement<br />Gathered the unique reporting requirement combining actual and budget by program<br />Coordinated with development for Discoverer report developments<br />MyTravel Canada, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Conduct CRP, implement, train and support GL, AP,AR, FA and PN<br />Document the requirements fit to Oracle Applications standard out of the box functionality and identify gaps for resolution; Conducted CRP, trained users and supported post go live<br />Tax Revenue Authority Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Solution demo designed and configured for Tax Payers self service functionality using iReceivables <br />Personalising the iReceivables to suit tax payers smooth experience<br />Extensively use of Bills presentment architecture to enhance tax payer’s self service look and feel of the web pages; Demonstrated using iReceivables the requirements to meet self service requirements<br />NATO, Brussels, BELGIUM: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Functional Support for upgrade from 11.0.3 to 11.5.10 <br />Documented functional requirements of different categories of upgrade steps<br />Facilitated demo in the upgraded instance<br />Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.9<br />Enabled capital budget in Projects with budgetary control <br />Configured prototypes involving encumbrance accounting, Capital Projects and Fixed Assets<br />Implemented iExpense with imaging solutions<br />Insurance Bureau of Canada, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Configured iSetup based on clients requirements to facilitate rapid prototype building and subsequent production configuration<br />Lead member for training clients and custom development on several projects using the Financial Statement Generator (FSG) tool and the Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI) tools<br />Munich Reinsurance, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Lead for developing business process design, configuration, testing and training for AP, CE and GL modules; Used iSetup to speed the initial prototype and subsequent production go live<br />Developed customized training for users on Oracle financial statement generator<br />Technical architect for custom interface from single client feed to logically create AR, AP or GL transactions; provided training and end–user support<br />Mapped the BAI2 bank statement format, Facilitated statement import from Bank, Auto-reconcile and manual reconciliation<br />McGraw Hill Ltd, Whitby, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.9<br />Post Go-Live support issues resolutions<br />Key member of a task force charged with addressing over 100 critical issues<br />Analysis, diagnosis and design and development of the solutions to address the situation in a very short time frame<br />Alpine Electronics Ltd., California, USA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.9<br />Requirement gathering to system configuration and testing of the iSupport and Knowledgebase modules<br />Preparation and walk through CRP instance fulfilling the business and the functional requirement of implementing iSupport and Knowledge Base<br />ADP Canada Ltd, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.9 <br />Assisted in the design of business processes to for cash Auto-Reconciliation of multiple banks with multiple accounts with extremely high transaction volumes<br />Worked with client to assess value of using Oracle Case Forecasting capability in their operations to replace current in-house process and reports <br />Designed specifications for a new AR aging report, worked with developers to create and test with users<br />OPSEU Pension Trust, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.10<br />Review of current Setup and process including the current system configuration<br />Identify the suitable new release functionality to suit client and identify functionalities not used in the older version and scope for using them in the newer release<br />Study of functionality of interfaces from other systems<br />Study and configure the Set up required for new subsidiaries and consolidation of subsidiaries <br />Facilitated and analyzed the alternate options for consolidating the new subsidiaries involving setup of new Set of Books (SOB)<br />Maritz Canada Inc, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.9<br />Implementing Oracle Fixed Assets<br />Conducted user (work group) meeting to orient them with the full potentials of FA <br />Developed prototype setup for in depth understanding and trained users for setup and routine functions <br />Customized responsibilities and flexbuilder as per the client requirement <br />Extensive use of Alias as the client chose to have multiple key flexfield segments<br />Group Telecom, Toronto, ON, CANADA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i –11.5.9<br />Trained users for running the above Reports and familiarized running the Reports using ADI<br />Publishing reports in an Excel spreadsheet and drill down using Analyzer wizard<br />Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, AUSTRIA: Oracle E-Business Suite 11.03 <br />Reconciliation of AP with GL and Balancing AP<br />OSCE books are complicated due to the number of Missions in various parts of Europe continuing to use Oracle applications with their Legacy systems. Among the modules, AP is extensively used, using all currencies in Europe<br />In order to relay on their books of accounts, the organization felt the need to reconcile their liability<br />Balanced AP liability and documented the requisite procedure for the client for balancing AP and reconciling with GL<br />INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE<br />Somotex (GH) LTD, ACCRA, Ghana, West Africa <br />Controller<br />Responsible for implementing, maintaining, control over inventory, receivable and cash flow Books of Accounts <br />Responsible profitability analysis and Financial Reporting<br />Implemented Tally an accounting software for the division<br />CEAT LTD, Mumbai, India <br />Manger, Finance and control<br />Responsible for Budget, Forecast, FS closing and Reporting <br />Responsible for Interco reconciliation, Accruals and all Balance Sheet reconciliation<br />Responsible for consolidation for 3 manufacturing and one joint venture<br />Managed team of six direct reports<br />Coordinated with Internal and External Audits<br />EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS<br />CGA Canada<br />CA (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)<br />B Sc (Math)<br />COMPUTER SKILLS<br />Oracle Financials <br /> <br />Procurement Order Fulfillment<br />Toad & MS Office<br />