Raghavender Vutukuru
Summary
Proven solution architect and delivery lead with over 22 years of experience in Oracle ERP, specializing in business transformation and the implementation of large-scale ERP projects across diverse industries. As a practice leader, adept at defining strategic vision and roadmaps that align with organizational goals while building and mentoring high-performing teams through collaboration with learning and development initiatives. Expertise in presales activities, including developing POCs, resource planning, and engaging with clients to influence technology adoption as a trusted advisor. Recognized for exceptional communication skills, adaptability, and a strong focus on achieving impactful results through data-driven insights and process optimization.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Associate Director
Peloton Consulting Group
09.2024 - Current
- I drive strategic initiatives, ensuring best practices, and maximizing the value to our practice, delivery teams and to our customers. My responsibilities include:
- Leadership and Strategy:
- - Establish and lead the Oracle Finance Cloud CoE, setting the vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with client needs and organizational goals
- - Lead, coach and mentor employees in the practice to enhance the talent quotient of the practice
- Operational Metrics:
- - Responsible for key metrics like – Utilization, Productivity for the practice
- Client Engagement:
- - Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and translate them into effective finance solutions
- - Engage with client executive leadership in steerco meetings to communicate progress, challenges, and successes
- Technical Expertise:
- - Provide deep expertise in Oracle Finance Cloud modules, including AP, AR, GL, FA, and CM.
- - Stay current with Oracle Finance Cloud updates, releases, and emerging trends to guide continuous improvement for clients.
- Talent Quotient:
- - Devise skilling programs for the employees in the practice aligned to cross-skilling, upskilling and reskilling to improve the fungibility quotient in the practice.
- - Adept in Talent acquisition to ensure hiring of the best-in-class talent. Deep understanding of the talent dynamics in the India market from a hiring perspective.
- Delivery Support:
- - Provide guidance and support to the project execution team from a resource capability, subject-matter expertise (leveraging the CoE strength) and best practices standpoint.
- - Establish support mechanisms to address client issues and optimize system performance.
- Methodology Improvements for Global Implementations:
- - Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for global project implementation methodologies.
- - Analyze current processes, identify areas for optimization, and implement best practices that enhance efficiency and consistency in large-scale, multinational projects.
Specialist Master
Deloitte US (India)
01.2019 - 09.2024
- - Responsible for leading large Implementation, rollout Projects leveraging my solid SME skills in Finance, Procurement and Accounting along with people management skills
- - Responsible for contributing to critical thinking, management and software development towards team efforts and business improvements
- - Responsible for successfully designing and delivering solutions on ERP implementation, upgrade and rollout projects
- - Responsible for great stakeholder management with client leadership influencing decision-related goals and priorities
- - Responsible to balance multiple priorities as well as organize short-term and long-term goals in response to changing demands
- - Responsible to lead the delivery of the successful project tasks viz., design workshops, test cycles, cutover, and hyper-care support
- - Responsible for leading the functional side of RICEW documentation and FUT of all financial module associated interfaces, reports
- - Responsible to focus on continuous improvement initiatives and automation
- - Responsible to track and report status across project phases viz., requirement gathering, CRP, SIT, UAT and Go live along with defect management
- - Responsible to evaluate the present business processes and progress them towards Industry Best processes
Principal Consultant
Infosys Limited
01.2016 - 01.2019
- - Led the offshore team in overseeing the finance Procure to Pay (PTP) and Record to Report (RTR) processes during a successful project upgrade
- - Conducted boot camp sessions and facilitated business process redesign workshops
- - Defined future landscape architecture and guided system configuration and testing
- - Prepared BR100s for all financial modules and effectively resolved user issues throughout the project stages (CRP, UAT, SIT, and Production upgrade)
- - Served as a solution architect, aligning business requirements with Oracle's standard features and designing custom processes to meet finance needs
- - Led the conversion and reconciliation of General Ledger balances, Supplier, and Invoice master data from legacy systems to Oracle cloud
- - Successfully re-implemented Oracle Cash Management for a customer without prior implementation of CE
- - Developed process flows and established P2P functional workflow for India GST compliance
- - Led the team in completing the project on time utilizing Agile scrum methodology
Principal Software Engineer
Oracle India Private Ltd.
08.2008 - 01.2016
- - Actively contributed to Oracle Fusion Product Support team by providing comprehensive functional guidance to consultants worldwide for the products/modules under my purview.
- - Played a crucial role in assisting customers in completing their setup by conducting thorough reviews and ensuring the achievement of desired application behavior.
- - Expertly troubleshooted technical product issues reported by customers, effectively collaborating with Product Development to rectify data corruptions and resolve associated product bugs.
- - Owned and resolved Oracle Financials product issues as a customer support engineer, troubleshooting the same in my product area.
- - Mentored buddy members in gaining knowledge on complex troubleshooting concepts and resolving their service requests in the best possible manner.
- - Authored multiple white papers as part of knowledge transfer initiatives.
- - Prepared the Interactive Flow for Payables and Oracle Internet Expenses (OIE) application to empower customers to resolve their own issues by reviewing known documentation before creating a service request.
- - Worked on creating and improving diagnostic troubleshooting tools like Generic Data fix Patch (GDF) and EBS Internet Expenses (OIE) Analyzer.
- - Received numerous customer kudos and service excellence awards.
- - Delivered internal trainings to the team, conducted series of webcasts for global audiences, and presented on a couple of topics for Oracle University.
Education
MBA, CMA (ICWA) -
Osmania University
Skills
Team collaboration and leadership
Strategic leadership
Decision-making
Organizational development
Crisis management
Relationship building
Operations management
Performance evaluations
Certification
Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2024 Implementation Professional
Timeline
Associate Director
Peloton Consulting Group
09.2024 - Current
Specialist Master
Deloitte US (India)
01.2019 - 09.2024
Principal Consultant
Infosys Limited
01.2016 - 01.2019
Principal Software Engineer
Oracle India Private Ltd.
08.2008 - 01.2016
MBA, CMA (ICWA) -
Osmania University