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Bharat Katta - Peoplesoft Business Analyst
Bharat Katta - Peoplesoft Business Analyst
Bharat Katta - Peoplesoft Business Analyst
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Professional Profile
Bharat is an ERP consultant with around 16 years of systems implementation experience, including 15
years of PeopleSoft Financials experience with both commercial and government organizations. He
specializes as a functional and integration lead for Financials/SCM/HCM (Inventory, eProcurement,
Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, General Ledger, Commitment Control, Asset
Management, GL, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Order to Cash, Deal Management,
Treasury, Supply Planning, SPro, PeopleSoft HCM- HR, Payroll, Travel & Expenses, Benefits and
Treasury modules). He also has significant PeopleSoft technical and testing experience, having served in
a technical lead, developer and testing lead capacities on several projects. Worked on PeopleSoft V9.2
and recently conducted Delta Workshop sessions as part of an upgrade project.
Bharat is very well versed with SDLC, Portal, business analysis, requirement gathering, fit-gap analysis,
project management and has been part of multiple full life cycle implementations. In addition to being an
implementation consultant, Bharat also played the role of On-site project manager as part of the
on-site/off-shore delivery model.
Skills Summary
As a functional lead consultant, Bharat is leading the Integration of PeopleSoft with ServiceNow, Process
Unity applications along with the people tools upgrade from 8.47 to 8.57.
Gather business requirements for PeopleSoft Vendor integration from PeopleSoft to Service now
on the third-party risk management implementation
Created the specifications to test the tools upgrade from 8.47 to 8.57for all applications
Created test scripts to test all applications after tools upgrade from 8.47 to 8.57
Retrofitting completed across multiple custom objects from 8.47 to 8.57
Designed the technical design documents (AR Augmentation and Validation, Billing
Augmentation and Validation, Generating Invoices, Processing EDI 820 Files, Move project Chart
fields to line Distribution, Customer Refunds, Miscellaneous Online enhancements in Billing and
Accounts Receivables), Duplicate invoice checking, Vertex Interface, Process 1099, AP-HUB-GL
reconciliation, Voucher Approval process, AP approvals in Accounts Payables Module, Chatfield
changes, Combo edit on chart fields in General Ledger modules, Order Management, eSupplier
Connection, Supplier Contract Management
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Designed and developed the interfaces (Requisitions from APS to PSOFT, Purchase Orders from
PS to APS, Requisitions from PS to APS, OUTBOUND Priority One Vendor, Material Transfers
from PS to APS, INBOUND Material Transfer Orders APS to PS, Item Item/Warehouse
Interfaces) in inventory module
Created design documents on the status changes and end to end process from order
management into inventory
Completed the Vendor and Voucher workflow configuration for US Bank
Worked and lead the Crystal reports conversion to BI publisher reports in new tools
Worked and designed the check printing reports in BI publisher
Designed the mapping documents and changes to receipts interface from fusion to PeopleSoft
Worked on the integration broker changes for the new service operation created as part of the
integration
Worked on the configuration setup/changes for the workflow related to Travel and expenses
module
Led a team of 5 off shore technical resources in all phases of Design, Coding, Testing and
Conversion of SAP to PeopleSoft Accounts Payable 8.9.
Responsible for the review of all Functional Designs and served as the liaison between the
Functional and Technical teams.
Responsible for the review and approval of all Tech Designs and Development including
Interfaces, Pages, Records, Fields, Translate Values, PeopleCode and Reports.
Served as the Technical Lead for the Implementation and continued customization of HR, Payroll
and Benefits Administration on PeopleSoft 9.2 for TriNet. Developed implementation deliverables
including detailed project plans, System Development Standards and Migration Standards.
Major Customizations:
Implemented a Payroll Management system tracked Time Capture at the Business Units, hours
and earnings transmissions to payroll, payroll processing and approval, final payroll confirmation
and outgoing interfaces.
Converted Tower’s Employee ID from SSN to 5 digit consecutive numbers.
Implemented an Executive Stock Compensation system that tracked Deferred Stock grants and
taxes.
Implemented an Absence Management system to track Points per Absence.
Created multiple 401K Benefit interfaces for weekly payroll, demographic and profit sharing data
and the back feed into PeopleSoft. Created interfaces to Benefit Administrators for Health,
Flexible Spending, Retiree Health and New Hire Health Benefits. Created Payroll interfaces to
banks for Direct Deposit, Positive Pay and Check Reconciliation as well as interfaces to advice/
check printing systems and tax processing systems for payroll taxes.
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Responsible for the design, coding, testing, implementation and documentation of PeopleTools
7.5 customizations including Menus, Components/PanelGroups, Pages/Panels, Records, Fields,
Translate Values & PeopleCode. Was also responsible for creating 200 SQR programs and 600
PeopleSoft queries.
Participated in each testing cycle, which included Regression, Unit, System/Integration and
Parallel testing. Worked with client project management and functional leads to resolve issues on
multiple concurrent projects resulting all on-time, successful Go-Lives.
Worked on a short-term contract with Life Span for writing reports in the new cloud INFOR system.
Lifespan is replacing their old HR system, PeopleSoft, Payroll ADP with Infor's Global Human Capital
Management ClouidSuite. Reports created for l Employee/Employment functional HR data –
Compensation (Pay Rates), Salary Structures, Benefit plans, Candidate tracking, Payroll, Employee
Headcount, organizational activity (Terminations, Transfers, Promotions), etc.
Environment: INFOR Cloud, SQL Server, PeopleSoft
As a functional lead consultant, Bharat is leading the Integration of PeopleSoft Order management with
Salesforce, Oracle CPQ, and Oracle Fusion. PEW replacing PeopleSoft CRM module with PeopleSoft
order management 9.2 and integrating with Salesforce, Oracle CPQ, Oracle Fusion. In this role, Bharat’s
primary responsibilities are:
Gather business requirements for ePro, sPro, PO, Order to Cash, Inventory, AM and supporting
purchasing modules
Served as the subject matter expert for PeopleSoft Order to Fulfillment process for the US
Created the design documents for Drop Ship, Make to order, non-pride drop ship
Worked on the design specifications of how to submit bids, how to create/review expense reports,
payment details, work orders and timesheets under sPro module
Responsible for providing the necessary application software requirements fit/gap and design for
Order to Fulfill modules in PeopleSoft for US side of the business
Evaluated the gaps between US and Canadian business requirements in PeopleSoft 9.2
functionality to provide workarounds for the users
Configured the travel and expenses module for PEW and PRC business units which includes the
following
1. Defined the level of authority to approve the expenses
2. Created the roles that needs to be attached to workflow setup
3. Workflow configured to receive the email notifications based on the approval setup
Solved complex gap analysis through system configuration and/or potential workarounds
Lead Fit/Gap sessions with the users to present the workaround options
Documented the To Be Process flows for fulfillment to 3PL’s, create order, create customer
Coordinated with Order to Fulfill Lead to ensure project delivery and escalate issues when
required
Collaborated with project team to solve business and technical problems
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Worked on the design documents for integration between sales force, CPQ and PeopleSoft
Worked on the design documents for the changes on sales order load, sales order changes,
order acknowledgements, Active shipping notice changes
Worked on the requisition information flowing from PeopleSoft into fusion
As a functional lead consultant, Bharat is leading the upgrade of ePro, Order to Cash, AR, AM, Billing,
AP, Inventory, Supply Planning and supporting purchasing module. The client is a leading health care
provider. The project is a full-scale PS 9.2 upgrade along with People Tools from 8.54 to 8.56 upgrade
with all the core financials modules. In this role, Bharat’s primary responsibilities are:
Gather business requirements for ePro, AR, AM, Billing, AP, Inventory and supporting purchasing
modules
Performed the fit-gap analysis between the client’s current system and the PeopleSoft 9.2
features
Completed the setup and configuration for Inventory, eProcurement and Purchasing modules
Completed the fit-gap analysis for Inventory module from 9.1 to 9.2
Retrofitted the custom objects from 9.1 to 9.2
Upgraded the tools from 8.54 to 8.56
Worked on the expense issue returns, express putaways, par locations under inventory module.
Prepared UAT master plan, scripts and guide the end users for UAT
Prepared user manual for all the new business processes
Designed solutions for identified Gaps – interfaces, process changes and customizations
Designed the training materials, training schedule
Designed the functional specifications for all customizations
Setup completed for Material plans, capacity plans under supply planning module
Setup completed in Asset Management for the books, depreciation limits and accounting entry
templates etc.
Setup completed for Categories, sub types, convention builders and profiles in Asset
Management
Setup completed for open period mass updates, Location, schedules and table setids in Asset
Management
Created the configuration design document and mapping document for AM conversion to
PeopleSoft
Helped the users to coordinate the conversion from Lawson to PeopleSoft along with functional
and technical team members
Setup Installation Options in Asset Management module
Setup and tested the AWE Workflow in 9.2
Worked extensively on fixed assets and composite assets
Involved in end to end testing of the PeopleSoft AM module
Performed system security configuration
Prepare Cut-over strategy and support Go-Live
Provide post-production support
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
As a functional lead consultant, Bharat is leading the implementation of Inventory, ePro, PO, AR, AM,
Billing, Supply Planning, Deal Management, Cash Management module and supporting Accounts
Payable module. The client is a leading consulting services provider and has global presence. The project
is a full-scale PS 9.2 implementation with all the core financials modules. They are replacing the legacy
Mainframe system. In this role, Bharat’s primary responsibilities are:
Gather business requirements for Inventory, ePro, PO, AR, AM, Order to Cash, Billing, Deal
Management, Cash Management, Supply Planning and AP modules
Conduct discovery sessions and identify Fit/Gaps
Design solutions for identified Gaps – interfaces, process changes and customizations
Prepare bank integration strategy and work with all the banking partners and client’s technical
team to implement bank integration
Designed the custom travel and expenses reports as per the client requirements
Setup and test integration with both US and Canadian banks
Setup and tested the AWE Workflow
Prepare strategy and design integrations between various legacy source systems to and from
PeopleSoft
Worked on the end to end tools upgrade of 8.54 to 8.55
Prepare Test Plan and test scripts
Configured the processes for Inventory updates and purchasing updates under supply planning
module
Configure PeopleSoft AM, AR and Billing Modules
Design and customize PeopleSoft as a central “bank reconciliation” system and perform
reconciliation for all transactions across the organization
Created the functional specifications for Processing EDI 820 Files, Customer Refunds,
Miscellaneous Online enhancements in Billing and Accounts Receivables
Document business processes and train users on new processes
Extensive use of Financial Gateway
Prepare Cut-over strategy and support Go-Live
Provide post production support
As a functional lead consultant, Bharat is leading the implementation of Inventory, ePro, Order to Cash,
PO, AR, AM, Supply Planning, Billing and supporting Account Payable module. LFG is upgrading (re-
implementation) their PeopleSoft Financials from V8.4 to V9.2. In addition to upgrading the existing
Financials modules, they are also implementing Cash Management. Bharat is responsible for following
tasks:
Gather business requirements for Inventory, ePro, PO, AR, AM, BILLING, Deal Management,
Cash Management and AP modules
Conduct discovery sessions and identify Fit/Gaps
Design solutions for identified Gaps – interfaces, process changes and customizations
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Prepare bank integration strategy and work with all the banking partners and client’s technical
team to implement bank integration
Prepare Test Plan and test scripts
Configure PeopleSoft AR, BI, CM and AP modules
Setup and tested the AWE Workflow
Created the functional specification to customize the Billing Finalization program BIIF001.
Gathered the requirements for the Invoice printing
Designed custom solution and test it for reconciling 3rd party transactions in PeopleSoft
Documented business processes and train users on new processes
Configured and tested AP integration with Financial Gateway
Conducted Discovery meetings with the users to identify and document business requirements
Conducted Fit/Gap analysis review meetings and documented the results
Extensively worked in designing solutions for 3rd party system integrations and external Bank
integrations
Designed solutions for identified Gaps, including process changes and system customizations
Reviewing fit-gap document with business process owners
Developing functional specifications based on the gaps identified
Created the functional specifications required for the payroll interface program changes
Test scripts created for the testing the payroll changes in HCM
Production support for the existing system
Acted as onsite lead and worked with offshore system on regular issues with in peoplesoft
Conducted V9.2 Delta workshop sessions for Inventory, ePro, PO, Order to Cash, CM, AR and BI
modules
Lead discovery sessions to analyze existing customizations and new functionality in V9.1
Analyzed compare reports between existing PS database and V9.1
As part of an initiative to change existing banking counterparty, lead sessions to analyze the impact
on PeopleSoft and to come up with solutions
Involved in planning and co-ordination of activities that need to be carried out across multiple
modules
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Involved in mapping existing bank accounts to new bank accounts and to come up with a bank
account structure in order to increase operational efficiency
Facilitated all the planning and design meetings with the bank
Setup and tested the AWE Workflow
Responsible for configuration and design changes to CM module because of the bank change.
Designed functional specifications, testing strategy and test scripts
Designed a solution for multi-bank reporting and issues around differences in Canadian and US Bank
holidays
Involved in designing a solution to scan and store AP Invoices, Expense reports and Supplier
Contract documents
Solution involved creating bar code reports, setting up integration between PeopleSoft and document
storage system (Documentum), creation of indices and exchange of Metadata information.
Designed the solution to be able to view electronic image of a document in real-time from PS
Designed and coded enhancements to establish hierarchy within Supplier Contract Documents
Facilitated planning and design sessions between multiple business units and 3 rd party imaging
vendor
Cash Management/Financial Gateway implementation project
Acted as the Lead for Cash Management implementation including Design, Configuration, Test and
Deploy
Created Design, Configuration and Testing Strategy documents
Implemented additional Business Units in CM as part of an Acquisition
Setup Financial Gateway to process all outbound payments from PeopleSoft
Designed and configured custom security within Cash Management
Setup rules for automatic reconciliation and automated accounting from CM to GL
Configured bank statement processing to create AR Deposits from bank statements
Responsible for configuring GL module to successfully post all the sub-system transactions
Designed solutions and developed reports to assist the users in reconciling GL to sub-modules and to
the bank
Configured Bi-lateral Netting
Created detail design documents and worked with the offshore team for development
Lead the PeopleSoft functional team to provide adequate support and ensure that the system is
functioning as designed
Lead the financials upgrade project from V9.0 to V9.1
Consult with various State agencies to streamline their business processes and thereby reducing the
number of customizations to PeopleSoft
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Act as the primary liaison between PeopleSoft functional and technical teams
Re-design the Streamlined Banking process which includes changes to Inventory, AP, TR, Order to
Cash, AR, HR, Payroll and GL modules in order to improve cash availability and cash forecasting
capabilities for the State
Lead the Financial Gateway implementation project
Setup and tested the AWE Workflow
Define and lead the business process testing initiative
Work with the PMO office in setting up standards and methodology
Coach the team as needed in writing functional specs, technical specs and test plans
Re-engineer and align City’s business processes to suit PeopleSoft’s financials modules particularly
Cash Management and Bank integration.
Designed and tested custom workflow rules for Vouchers.
Design and document business processes around using Bank Reconciliation and financial gateway.
Configure Financial Gateway to process TR, AP and external payments
Configure bank accounts and bank reconciliation rules
Configure bank statement accounting as needed
Perform Book to Bank reconciliation
Design, develop and test custom Cash Position/Forecast worksheet
Design and test a custom interface to load Payroll transactions into PeopleSoft for reconciliation
Prepare training material and provide training to the users
Co-ordinate issues with the bank and resolve them
Prepare testing strategy, test scripts and execute them as part of system and user acceptance testing
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Co-ordinate and lead financial gateway and bank integration testing with various banks
Conduct discovery meetings with the client personnel and document the findings as part of the
Design document
Prepare a detailed Design document
Configure Accounts Payable and eProcurement modules for Auditor of State
Prepare Configuration document
Prepare data Conversion strategy for Vendors, Outstanding Warrants and open Purchase Orders
Write conversion functional specs
Design and configure Bank Reconciliation process
Design a custom process to load Bank Statements
Design custom processes for Warrant cancel and re-issue, Escheatment of Warrants and loading
external payments into PeopleSoft via Payments Interface
Design and configure custom Bank Account Security
Configure custom Paycycle steps
Define testing strategy and prepare test scripts using PeopleSoft’s UPK tool
Conduct system, integration and user acceptance testing workshops
Assist in preparing training materials and conduct training sessions to the end users
Prepare a detailed Production Cutover Task list and execute all the tasks to prepare for go-live
including data conversion
Prepared a prototype of the Treasury module and presented it to the client
As part of Treasury prototype prepared Bank Integration strategy, configured Financial Gateway,
Bank Reconciliation, CPW and Deal Management
Bharat Katta
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Phone: 607.684.0116
Email: bkkatta@gmail.com
Involved in designing and building a complete custom module within PeopleSoft to manage client’s
Risk (Exposure Management).
Involved in the design and development of Cash Position Worksheet.
Designed a strategy to load BAI files from banks into PeopleSoft.
Built custom programs to parse BAI files and load into PeopleSoft.
Involved in system, integration and user acceptance testing phases. Resolved test defects.
Designed and developed interface programs from external systems into PeopleSoft and vice-versa
Designed a process and wrote functional specifications to create a custom process to load Vouchers
into AP.
Involved in designing the vendor conversion process from legacy system into PS AP
Designed and wrote functional specs to create custom EFT file formats.
Analyzed the delivered AP to AM interface and customized per client’s requirements.
Involved in Assess, Design, Build and Implementation phases of a Global financials project
Conducted assessment sessions to analyze client’s requirements and prepared assessment
workbooks
Involved in setting up AP vendors and in designing vendor email notification process
Involved in setting up Pay cycle, payment methods and printing checks
Analyzed client’s reporting requirements and prepared reporting assessment document
Prepared Interface and Report templates and design specifications
Involved in identifying, designing and building various customizations to accommodate client
requirements
Extensively involved in debugging and solving system test problems
Involved in designing PeopleSoft security and prepared security matrix
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering