Abder RahmanNafii

727 743 2670

nafii@yahoo.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

 12 years’ experience with Oracle and other ERP systems as a Business Analyst with skills in designing,
developing, Implementing, testing and production support in GL (General Ledger), AP (Accounts Payable),
AR(Account Receivable) CM (Cash Management), FA (Fixed Assets), E-Business Tax, PPM, Project
Accounting, Cost Accounting and Procurement.

 3 years of Oracle Fusion Cloud Implementation: Financials (GL, AP, AR, FA, CM, …) Procurement and
Expense Management

 Excellent understanding of business process flows of Procure to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C) and acquire
to Retire (A2R) Business cycles and the integration between all modules and their interaction with overall
accounting structure.

 Business requirements gathering. Business process mapping, System configurations. fit/gap

Analysis,Testing, deployment and go live, Hypercare phase, System stabilisation and Production support /
maintenance.

 Coordinated all phases of system testing: CRP, SIT and UAT

Maintain Documentation and prepare testing scenarios TE040, TE070 for testing across all Oracle Financial
modules. Collect issues, defects, bugs and additional requirements and managed the resolution process.

 Reporting tools: OTBI and BI Reports, Financial Reporting Studio (FRS), Essbase - Smart View, SQL: draft
reports and run queries.

 Integrations between existing applications and Oracle: OIC (Oracle Integration Cloud) using tools such as -
SOAP and REST APIs Performed Data conversion, Inbound and outbound Integration:  FBDI, ADFDI,data
loader. OID and ETL

 Production support with all financial Modules issues. Working with Oracle support, patching and TARs
(Technical Assistance Request). Use of ServiceNow application to process IT Tickets and provide solution to
design flows and apply enhancement requests.

 Overseeing the Offshore Team for timely deliverables and monitoring resolution progress
Strong problem solving and analytical skills, good written and verbal communication skills with ability to
provide orientations and training end users (writing user’s guides and SOP).

 Worked Extensively on preparing and maintaining documentation using Application Implementation

Methodology AIM:
Business Requirements Documents (BRD) System Requirements Documents (SRD) System requirement
specifications (SRS)Functional requirement specification (FRS)

 Also Worked as a Business Analyst on different enhancement Projects coordinating with Project Managers and
Product owners using both the traditional SDLC waterfall and Agile Scrum methodology … examples:
- P2P Express to streamline the P2P process.
- Invoice Imaging and integration using eInvoice and Kofax
- Payment Automation to automatize the payment process and mitigate errors due to manual entries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
 Application:
Oracle EBS Release 11i, R12
Oracle Cloud Fusion: Financials, Procurement, PPM, SCM, Financials and Procurement
MS office especially Excel, PPT advanced user,
 Self Service Apps: ServiceNow, ALM, Discoverers, Self-Service Banking, JIRA,
 Reporting: Oracle Transaction Business Intelligence (OTBI), Financial Reporting Studio (FRS) and Smart
View.
 Integration / Data Migration: OIC, FBDI, Data Loader, ODI, ETL …
Inbound / Outbound Integration and Data Conversion: OIC, SOAP, REST, FBDI, …
Data Integration and Web Services migration using: SOAP UI, Postman, Swagger UI.
Dell Boumi Integration
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc July 2020 – Current

Sr. Business Analyst
Oracle EBS to Fusion Cloud implementation Project.

 Complete SDLC cycle from requirements to design, build, testing & deployment using Agile methodology
(JIRA)
 Assessment of current EBS business model and operation
 Analyse the current business processes, future business flows and identification of fits and gaps.
 Business Requirements, Process Mapping analysis.
 Designing Oracle Applications Financial and Operating structure of client organizations - Multi-Org Setup and
Multiple Ledgers.
 Communicating with, and collaborating across, all levels of the organization for system testing, quality
assurance and integrity of methods and processes
 Manage multiple testing cycles CRPs and workshops leading and execution. SIT, UAT, manage and resolve
users’ issues, defects bugs and additional requirements.
 Change Management process –Maintain and update documentations MD50, MD070, MD0120, TE040 …
 Status reports & participate in review meetings with Business stakeholders and technical and functional
teams in a daily basis.
 Collaboratively work with business users in all modules: Financials and Procurements: Training documents
preparation, users guides and SOPs.

CITI Group. Tampa, FL January 2019 –June 2020

Business Analyst

Working on FRS Oracle PeopleSoft Decommissioning and replacement with Pearl Software for financial data
reporting and management

 Citi Capital markets, Investment banking. 

 Business Requirements gathering, mapping reconciliation, performing requirement analysis and Gap analysis
of Business System Design and Functional Requirements.

 Analysis and investigation of Accounts, book-to-bank accounts reconciliation and associated Balance
Validation processes ensuring completeness and accuracy of accounts.

 Project execution, monitoring & control, client coordination and configuration.

 Feed analysis and Data mapping between current and future process,

 Analysis of Proprietary files Vs. TLM compatible formats; Swift 940, 950, SOC, SOP and .csv formats file.

 Performing Unit testing and creating test cases for project wise and testing them in UAT process and defects.

 Extensive use of SQL and MS Excel for Data Dump and analysis

KPMG LLP,Vancouver, WA
Sr. Application Developer- Oracle Integration Cloud July 2019 – December 2019

Short project to perform Functional and Technical Specs for ICS integration for Business flows automation. Between
the current ERP system and Oracle Fusion Cloud.

 Implement and maintain OIC Integration between Coupa Procurement ERP and Oracle ERP Cloud
 Work with Product Manager and Business Analysts to understand functional requirements and interact with
other cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release features.
 Provide expertise for on-going process and methodology improvements including contribution of software
development best practices, standards, and procedures
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  Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues to maintain service level agreements
 Recommend long term process and systems solutions to ease support issues and stabilize applications and
their use
 Soliciting user requirements and proposing approaches to fixing potential issues
 Create and maintain existing documentation (configuration, test scripts, functional specs for reporting and
integration)
 Contributing to continuous improvement and development of business processes

Greystar INC, Tampa FL June 2018 – August 2019

Techno-functional Business Analyst

 Define Common Applications Configuration across offerings, including enterprise structures, workforce
profiles, security, approval workflowprocess BPM Business Process Management …Setup and manage
users; assign roles and data access ...

 Define Financials Configuration for Rapid Implementation …processes re-engineering and solution design,
Integration, UI customization, Sandbox and more

 Working on financial, Procurement and Project Portfolio Management: end-to-end business processes within
GL, AP, AR, FA, Planning & Budgeting, Intercompany, Cash Management, Purchasing, PPM Projects,
Costing…
 Communicating with, and collaborating across, all levels of the organizationfor system testing, quality
assurance and integrity of methods and processes
 Reporting tools: Financial Reporting Studio (FRS), Essbase - Smart View, OTBI and BI Reports., SQL: draft
reports and run queries.
 Inbound / Outbound Integration and Data Conversion: OIC, SOAP, REST, FBDI, …
 Testing Data Integration: SOAP UI, Postman, Swagger UI.
 Integration configuration and development using adapters, connectors, Error and exceptions handling,
Notifications review and analysis.
 User Dashboards to schedule and monitor integration progress. Activity stream, Agents and triggers. FTP
Adapter calls. Data Mapping and transformation
 Users Training and Production Supports …
 System maintenance and update
 Troubleshooting Production issues.

CITI Group. Tampa, FL June 2014 – May 2018

Sr. Business Analyst
Oracle Financial Analyst/ Implementation R11i to R12.1.3
As a Functional consultant extensively involved in:
 Business Requirement Gathering: Worked with R12 implementation team in: GL, AP, AR, FA and EB-Tax
modules in a Multi-Org Environment and a Supply Chain Management Enterprise.
 Interacted with technical staff and system users across multiple countries and analysed existing business
practices (Legacy System), Prepared and maintained business requirements gathering documents BR100,
functional extension and design documents MD 50 and identified GAPS.
 Carried out operational analysis of Current system (as-is) to solution design (to-be). Building Stage along with
configuration of Oracle Financials modules.
 Coordinated CRP’s (Capacity Requirements Planning) stages and was involved in Test Scripts preparation
(TE 040) and tests execution and training.
 Business communications with stakeholders for the system updates and meeting the deadlines for the
implementation. Shifting from the traditional SDLC model to the AGILE methodology
 GL: Configured, Accounting setup manager, COA Structure, Segments, Values Sets, Flex fields, Account
qualifiers and Segment Qualifiers, Cross Validation Rules, Security Rules, Calendar and Currencies.
 AP: Setup AP payable system option, financial options, payable options, suppliers and operating units:
Defined Invoice attributes, payment attributes – Approve, hold and release, special calendar, payment
formats, payable document.Worked in Payment processing, PPP, defined banks, bank accounts &
documents, pay group.
 Project Accounting Purchasing, iProcurement, Fixed Asset, ,
- Assessment of current EBS business model and operation
- Study of current business processes, future business flows and identification of fits and gaps.
- Business Requirements, Process Mapping analysis.
- CRPs and workshops leading and execution.
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 - Designing Oracle Applications Financial and Operating structure of client organizations - Multi-Org Setup
and Multiple Set of Books.
 System Access: Created users and granted responsibilities to the defined users.
- Setting up MOAC (multi organization access control, legal entity & business group).
 Production Support: Use of ServiceNow application to process IT Tickets and problem / Issues resolutions
and enhancement requests.
- Resolved issues by testing, performing gap analysis during CRP
- Provided production support to resolve issues in quoting, Order Management configurations.
- Worked on HTML Quote to Cash project defining requirements, performing gap analysis, testing and
recommending design improvements.
- Data Migration from Legacy systems - ADI and Open Interfaces.

American Express. New York, NY Jun 2011 – May 2014

Sr. Business Analyst – MIS
Oracle Financial Analyst/ Implementation (GL & AP) (R12.1.3)
American Express is the world's premier service company, and the largest credit card issuer by purchase volume.
 Worked with R12 implementation team in GL, AP and EB-Tax modules in a Multi-Org Environment.
 Interacted with technical staff and the system users and analysed existing business practices (Legacy
System), Prepared and maintained business requirements gathering documents BR100, BR30, functional
extension and design document MD50 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 formula.
 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 MOAC (multi organization access control, legal entity & business group
 Setup AP payable system option, 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.

CorvestGroup, Largo, FL Jan 2009 – Jun 2011

Cost Accounting Manager

A top 20 promotional products supplier and parent company of Adva-Lite, Toppers and it’s All-Greek-To-Me. Each
division has been in operation for nearly 50 years. The company employs over 400 employees.
 Supported Post-Implementation phase for Oracle Financials Modules.
 Provide Accounting expertise for Purchasing, Order Processing and Inventory management.
 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.
 Created work around for unsolved issues.
 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.

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  Involved in documentation of Frequent Mistakes and Error made by end-user in application based on issue
log register.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
 MBA in Accounting June 1996 University of Tampa
 Bachelor’s in econometrics, University of Hassan II 1988
 OCP (Oracle Certified Professional R11i) – Forms and Reports – July 2002
 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification- October 2012
 Series 7 – Stockbroker License – August 1998
 Pursuing Oracle Fusion Application Certification