
Business Solution Head with expertise in ERP Delivery, Business-IT Alignment and Business Process automation.
United Arab Emirates

Business Solution Head with expertise in ERP Delivery, Business-IT Alignment and Business Process automation.
United Arab Emirates
Senior IT Professional specializing in Oracle ERP and Business Solutions with Finance Background (CA equivalent CPA). Critical review of systems & restructuring operations for improvements & cost reduction with natural inclination towards emerging aspects of IT & business consulting. Managed multiple complex projects revamping business processes on ERP incorporating worldwide best practices.
Managing operations of Business Solutions where initial task was to build processes and the Team to drive the automation and integration of the Business processes across the organization.
Recognitions:
- Sorouh's ERP-BI Project wins Middle East CIO 20 Awards who are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value.
- Sorouh's Oracle ERP Implementation features as Customer Success Story
- Appreciation Certificate for the HRMS & Payroll Project Go Live - Emaar - 2007
- Appreciation Certificate for the e-Banking Project Go Live - Emaar - 2007
- Best Delivery Team at Wipro Infotech - Oracle - Q4 2004
- Exemplary Implementation Efforts at a Oracle Implementation Project - 2004
Domain experience:
Manufacturing/Finance/Information Technology/Education/Infrastructure Service providers/ Shipping and Ship repair/Port & Customs /Government Sector/Utility/Real Estate-Property Selling & Leasing/Free Zones
- Solution Architect - Business and IT Consulting - Program/Project Management - ERP/CRM/BI Implementations
- IT Services and Helpdesk Management - Business-IT Alignment - - Enterprise Performance Management - Strategic Cost Reduction - Business Process Re-engineering - IT Governance - People Management - Vendor Management - Change Leadership
(Public Company; ADX: SOROUH; Real Estate industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Heading Business Solutions team at Sorouh. Handling major initiative of ERP Implementation for UAE Business with plans to take it to International operations.
Sorouh's implementation has been acknowledged by Oracle as one of the fastest implementation in 7 months to Go-Live with 23 Oracle ERP Modules/Components along with Seibel Business Intelligence.
http://www.oracle.com/customers/snapshots/sorouh-real-estate-pjsc-ebs-snapshot.pdf
- Setup the Business Solutions Team’s reporting structure along with the ERP Operational Manuals and Forms.
- Solution Architect for the ERP Implementation across domains which went live on 5-Oct-08.
- Driving the Business Process automation using Oracle ERP driven best practices using Standard Functionalities
- Automated 20+ approvals to have paperless office
- Business Intelligence Dashboards for the Sales, Finance, Projects and HRMS having 100+ Reports
- Evolved new Processes in the Sales and CRM domain
- Projects domain standardization of the Project and Cost Code Structure
- Gate Joint Venture Implementation started in Nov’08 – Gone Live in Jan’09.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Real Estate industry)
November 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 3 months)
www.emaar.com
As Manager ERP Projects responsible for the projects across the Emaar group which has diversified interests in/as real estate developer, Healthcare, education, hotels, leisure, residential and commercial leasing and selling across the globe with present operations in 15+ countries. Developing future roadmap for Oracle ERP at Emaar Group by launching Global COA project. Chief Solution Architech for the Global Single Instance for the Line of Businesses. Key Initiatives:
- Global Chart of Accounts
- International Instance Strategy and Global Naming Standards
- Emaar Mall's Oracle ERP Implementation covering Financials, CRM, Property Manager and HRMS
- Emaar EME - Umm Al Qwain Roll-Out for Real Estate Solution
- Oracle HRMS Implementation go-live at Emaar
- eBanking - Integration of Oracle ERP with HSBC for payment outsourcing
- Emaar Hospitality Group Implementation for Financials
- Operational Process initiatives to streamline ERP functions at Emaar Group
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Project Manager and Solution Architect for the multiple projects of Oracle Financial re-implementation at PCFC and PO/PA Implementation at Nakheel, Dubai World, UAE. This was one of the biggest projects in terms of value and scope undertaken by Oracle Consulting in Middle East.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2002 — November 2005 (3 years 10 months)
Subject Matter expert on Oracle Financials, Project costing and Property Manager. Contributed extensively in the Business development and practice building initiatives at Wipro and the efforts resulted in getting some good accounts and growing Oracle Practice within ME. With the last client, grew the account 10 times the initial value which resulted in our team being given best delivery team and best practice award.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAY; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 5 months)
Oracle ERP consultant worked on Implementation projects, pre-sales cycle of RFP, Tenders, Presentations etc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BILT; Consumer Goods industry)
December 1999 — October 2000 (11 months)
Responsibilities included - Critical Review of Existing Policies & Procedures, Performing - Systems, Operational, Compliance & Performance Audits. Identifying Opportunities for process improvements & cost reduction, Re-engineering the Management Assurance Function
FCA , CA, Finance, accounting , Taxation, Law and Auditing , 1993 — 1998
B.Com , Finance, Accounts, Commerce, Taxation, Economics , 1990 — 1993
GCE 'O' Levels, Cambridge Board. UK , 1986 — 1988
Tennis, Movies, Travelling
LinkedIn
Member of PMI
Member of ICAI
- Best Delivery Team at Wipro Infotech - Oracle - Q4 2004
- Exemplary Implementation Efforts at a Oracle Implementation Project - 2004
- Appreciation Certificate for the HRMS & Payroll Project Go Live - Emaar - 2007
- Appreciation Certificate for the e-Banking Project Go Live - Emaar - 2007
- Sorouh's ERP-BI Project wins Middle East CIO 20 Awards who are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value.
- Sorouh's Oracle ERP Implementation features as Customer Success Story