SUMMARY:

• Versatile, high - energy professional and strategic business partner who can lead corporations through change and challenge to profitable growth
• Ultimate, UTA, KRONOS PeopleSoft / Lawson Implementation expert, well versed in all specialties of Application support and Implementations throughout HR, Payroll, Benefits and other IT areas. Experienced HR Management consultant, metrics designer, and change management promoter
• Keen ability to identify, advocate, and execute cost-control initiatives and efficiencies supported by noledge of local and global processes, Industrial, among other organizations where me have led numerous projects including ERP software implementations and upgrades as well as multiple human resource and IT management of projects
• Payroll, Human Resource, Benefits Professional wif experience in large employer operations, various industry types, service bureau and outsourcing business

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Franklin, TN

IT Application Manager HR/Payroll

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assembling project teams wifin teh department, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project.
• Assumes management responsibility, escalation processes,, issue resolution for teh analysis, evaluation, development, testing and implementation of software applications. Develop project timelines and identify project tasks and procedures.
• Manage and coordinate teh review of work plans for applications staff. Manage and assign work activities, projects and programs. Review and evaluate work products, methods and procedures. Meet wif staff to identify and resolve problems
• Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards
• Manage and support application user security, Configuration and development of enhancement, (testing)
• Implement system changes through automation, process change, management solutions and .
• Manage diagnostic investigations of program errors and implement or recommend solutions or methodologies for resolutions.
• Coordinate systems analysis and application development activities through direct and indirect staff. Manage development teams in teh areas of scheduling, future planning. Participates in budgeting and capital equipment processes and quality improvement activities for teh development organization.
• Team member of evaluation to move to Workday and Ceridian.
• Development, Testing, and support of SmartForce Nurse scheduling system.
• Overall responsibility for establishing, managing and maintaining strategic relationships wif customers. Regularly interacts wif functional groups wifin teh organization to communicate and clarify customer requirements.
• Performs as liaison between enterprise and end - users, outside vendors, contractors and consultants to define and establish service and support requirements. Investigates and resolves customer relationship problems.
• Develop risk management procedures, business continuance scenarios, contingency and disaster recovery plans wif vendors. Proactive in building processes to minimize/eliminate downtime
• Conduct routine auditing of master d Confidential

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Project Manager/ Application Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Ultimate Software, UTA for Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits and Time and Attendance and Integrations.
• Project leader for implementation of Workday and transition to Ultipro software.
• Partnership relations contract negotiations multiple million-dollar savings to teh organization wif vendors. Negotiated addition contract for 25 additional facility 250K under budget.
• Lead System Administrator, evaluates software root causes and analysis to drive issue resolutions, communicate wif all levels of management.
• Implementations of new facilities to Vibra applications, negotiations wif Vendor on contracts, Service Request and requirements and pricing
• Support and responsible for handling reported problems by teh business offices and hospital related areas regarding application and system issues.
• Responsible for teh Implementation and support of Finance, Confidential t Accounting and other hospital related systems in multiple LTAC and Rehab hospitals
• Customized reporting through Cognos
• Managing Go Live events wif Department leaders and area experts
• Oversight of system pre-installation and installation activities at teh hospitals.
• Responsible for and developing materials on teh finance, Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits and Time and Attendance along wif hospital applications for new staff at teh hospitals.
• Conduct periodic auditing of master

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Sr. System Implementation /HCM Support

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates in planning, design, and development, testing of new HR, Payroll, Timekeeper applications and enhancements of existing applications. (PeopleSoft, Ultimate, ADP, Kronos, Ceridian and multiple other systems).
• Collaborate wif mangers and upper management regarding teh proper security needed for creating/modifying security roles.
• Support projects and approved d Confidential requests utilizing both standard and complex query / reporting methods.
• Conduct periodic auditing of master d Confidential
• Work wif teh IT department, local HR super - users and project team s members, utilizing both business process noledge and teh HRIS system capabilities to capture new requirements for resolution of HR business issues.
• Communicate and present process changes to management, peers, staff and other employees so that issues and solutions are understood. In corporate best practices approaches.
• Facility support,, requests and enhancements on an ongoing basis.

Confidential

Sr. ERP System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for collaborating wif HR colleagues to ensure clear, concise and accurate HRIS system documentation is in place.
• Responsible for interfacing and collaborating wif stakeholders in order to produce standard reports and/or create custom reports from various HR systems/applications.
• Responsible for troubleshooting HR systems/applications and working as part of a team that is accountable for timely resolution and documentation of identified system issues.
• Responsible for teh administration of HR systems/applications which includes teh following performing maintenance and upgrades, conducting needs analysis, creating or reviewing business requirement specifications, and planning for, testing and implementing modifications and enhancements.
• Recommends business process improvements having a HRIS component and serves on teams to implement business process changes.
• Serves as primary contact for Human Resource systems customer service help function
• Trains hospital Human Resources Departments and/ or Systems Administrators, as well as Hospital Support Center Human Resources Department and end users, on ATS and Talent Management System.
• Performing all programming, development, integration and system administration assignments wifout close supervision.
• Performing integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of system components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.

Sr. Project Manager III/ IT Business Solutions / Program Delivery Services

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for collaborating wif HR colleagues to ensure clear, concise and accurate HRIS system documentation is in place.
• Responsible for interfacing and collaborating wif stakeholders in order to produce standard reports and/or create custom reports from various HR systems/applications.
• Responsible for troubleshooting HR systems/applications and working as part of a team that is accountable for timely resolution and documentation of identified system issues.
• Responsible for teh administration of HR systems/applications which includes teh following performing maintenance and upgrades, conducting needs analysis, creating or reviewing business requirement specifications, and planning for, testing and implementing modifications and enhancements.
• Recommends business process improvements having a HRIS component and serves on teams to implement business process changes.
• Serves as primary contact for Human Resource systems customer service help function
• Trains hospital Human Resources Departments and/ or Systems Administrators, as well as Hospital Support Center Human Resources Department and end users, on ATS and Talent Management System.
• Performing all programming, development, integration and system administration assignments wifout close supervision.
• Performing integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of system components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.

Independent Senior Project Manager, HRIS Consultant/SME

Responsibilities:

• Provides project management skills to assist wif business goals
• High level of expertise in all aspects of payroll operations including but not limited to processing, payroll tax, garnishments, payroll accounting and broad systems experience. Management and motivation of Global Payroll teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Application Designer/Implementer: Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, Training & Development
• Time & Attendance, Payroll, Business Support in HR areas / HR Technology systems management
• API Time and Attendance nurse scheduling systems
• Interfaces system to system communication bidirectional interfaces updates
• Lawson security upgrade, Lawson 9, 10 upgrades, Oracle 10g, 11g, Upgrade, MHC patch upgrades and testing
• Contract Management, Payroll Automation, HR Talent Management
• Server purchase and integrations (Infrastructure)
• Mass Communications
• Support learning managements systems for employee training
• Security upgrade, server replacements, Lawson Oracle upgrade 10
• Served as key client liaison and managed Implementation team through requirements analysis, needs definition, conversion, application testing, and project status reporting.Coordinated setup, database management, integration testing and audit report, Monitored project activity, carrier management, billing, and project issues.

Senior HRIS Project Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Launche d a projec t f or th e H um an Res ourc e s Bene f its T rain e r at Prov ide nc e H os pital incl uding h um an res ources, be nef it s a nd IT te am s
• High level of expertise in all aspects of payroll operations including but not limited to processing, payroll tax, garnishments, payroll accounting and broad systems experience. Management and motivation of Global Payroll teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Lead Integration teams for all Gloden Level projects
• Oversee Oracle path upgrades, Projec t m an ager o v e r s e e ing u pgrad e s o f a pplic ation a nd p lan b e nef its
• Prof icie ncy a ss me gne d re s ource s, a ss me gne d activitie s, man age d p rojec t m ile s tone s a nd re po rtin g goals a nd objec tiv e s to p rov ide p rojec t up date s b ase d on k e y d e live rable s
• Ov e r s aw proje ct s te e ring co m m ittee, obtaine d s e nior m an a ge m e nt ap prov als, a nd p res e nted teh ch arter (bus ine s s case ) . Acces se d c orp orate pol ici e s a nd re gulation for clarity
• Es tablis he d p artn e rs hip s wif clie nts a nd v e ndors, Se t up t raining mate rial s an d proce s se s for HRIS La ws on a p plic ation s
• Perf or me d sy s te m d es me gn a nd main tenan ce sup port f or be n ef it plan s, b ill ing and p roce s s me m prov em e nt, a s we ll a s docume ntation of d e v e lop me nt process

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Senior Global HRIS Manager/Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided strategic direction for delivery of global services delivery outsourcing project and successfully implementing Lawson HR, Payroll globally. Radically improved HR d Confidential integrity, business operations by implementing HR, Payroll d Confidential standards and governance controls impacting 40 countries, 47,000 Associates, 26 languages, and over 800 HR subject matter experts.
• High level of expertise in all aspects of payroll operations including but not limited to processing, payroll tax, garnishments, payroll accounting and broad systems experience. Management and motivation of Global Payroll teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Provided strategic direction for delivery of global Human Resource and Payroll services.
• Project Manager and functional architect of Lawson implementations.
• Instituted company’s first nationwide time and attendance application utilizing Kronos technology.
• Generated sustainable savings by unifying work rules and labor cost containment strategies. Provided a revamped overtime distribution process and improved management services
• Managed HR/Payroll D Confidential Center supporting 12,000 employees worldwide, Managed 12 direct reports - remote and onsite employees
• Managed Laws on t alent acqui s ition, talent m an age me nt an d me nternation al 7.0 - 9.0 and GHR
• Project Manager over Oracle upgrade, patches, testing, end user .
• Des me gne d, d e v e lop e d, d e ploye d, a nd main taine d Laws on H RIS/ re cruit me nt techn ology, sy s te m s, an d we b de s ign
• De ter m ine d pay p roce s s e s a nd p ractices, c ons olida tions a n d conf orm e d to s tate and re g ulatory gu ide lines
• Managed a domes ti c and me nternation al team f or im plem e ntation, upgrad es, a nd f ull life cycle p rojec t s
• E xe cuted internation al HR local polic ie s to com ple m e nt glob al polic ie s a nd generat e es ti m ate d s av in gs of mor e than $200 K/y e ar. Curre nt tra ns itio n for Latin Ame rican: Brazi l, C hile, Colombia, Pan ama, Imple me ntation a nd a pplic ation com ple te d on tim e a nd 30 % u nde r budge t
• Worke d wif b us ine s s p artn e r s to d e v e lop, p urchase, or e nhan ce sys t e m s to me e t nee d s
• Led projec t te am s in ef fe cti v e in tegratio n, conv e r s ion a nd imple me ntation of HRIS wi th o th e r bus ine s s a pplic ation s by working wi th IT p artn e rs, cl ie nts a nd ve ndors
• Worke d wif e xe cutiv e team s to ens ure c om plian c e wif or gan izational u nits . Dem ons tr ate d a strong unde rs tanding and d e taile d us age of in f orm ation sy s te m s

Senior Director of HRIS and Payroll

Responsibilities:

• Directed and managed corporate wide consolidation of HR/Payroll/Benefit process to bring into teh corporate division
• Developed and instituted processes that exceeded both internal and external Sarbanes Oxley control audits
• Guided teh Lawson Implementations through project cancellation and project resurrection wif a 1.2 million decrease in budget that eliminated all consultation support
• Managed and directed all HR/Payroll daily processing, requirements and analysis processes
• Development project plans, re-trained HRIS associates and allocated resources to systems development tasks
• Designed and delivered system,, and applications on target and wifin budget
• Transformed domestic operations, provided a 50% decrease in operating expense, and reduced support staff by integrating ten locally supported HR systems into a single center of excellence
• Managed team s o f H R and p ay roll p rofe s s ion al’s p roces s e s a nd p roce dure s in 140 acu te c are a nd b e hav ioral h e alth hos pitals acros s teh U. S.
• High level of expertise in all aspects of payroll operations including but not limited to processing, payroll tax, garnishments, payroll accounting and broad systems experience. Management and motivation of Global Payroll teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Created and presented proposals for new business development, served as key client liaison and managed Implementation team through requirements analysis, needs definition, conversion, application testing, and project status reporting.
• Directed development and testing of programming, ongoing modifications, and rollover operations, Service agent for Oracle all Lawson and Oracle, upgrades, patches, testing and end user . Trouble shoots any related issues for resolution.
• Se rv e d a s p rojec t m an ager an d team le ad f or organ izational con s olida tion of H R, pay roll, t ime k ee ping (Kron o s a nd API), s che duling s ys te m s
• Prov id e d time ly co mm unication o f a ll corp orate and H R p olic ie s
• Es tablis he d a nd u pdate d teh me ns urance b e ne f it programs w hile se r v ing a s teh tru s te e a nd a dm inis tra tor of com pan y pe ns ion 401(k) plan s .
• Ens ure d taxe s w e re f ile d a ccu rately an d wifin d e ad lines, a nd p ay roll w as balance d to th e general l e dge r
• Effe cti v e ly organ ized an d d e le gate d work to multiple d is cipli ne d te ams ( v e ndors a nd staff )
• Dire ctor of d ay - to- day p roces s ing of ov e r 12,0 00 e m ploy e e s ’ m ulti- s tate pay roll and gu ide line s
• Res tru ctur e d teh H R d e partm e nt to im prov e con s is t e ncy of multiple a pplic ation s a nd mai ntain leg al complian ce
• L aunche d a n e w au tom ate d, we b - bas e d em pl oye e orie ntation p rogram
• Imple me nted a n e w La ws on HRIS s ys t e m a nd API T me m e a n d A tte ndan ce, E nterpris e (U S), PCPW, an d Su re Pay Adv an tage. D e v e lop e d a nd man aged con v e r s ion p roce s s to me n - house, Law s on H R, BN, a n d pay roll env iron me nt f or all hos pitals
• Es tablis he d a ste e ring co mm it tee to id e ntify opportu nitie s t o re duce c os t s, a nd save d $60 K by a naly zin g and correcting p a y me th ods a nd a dhe ring to com plian ce re quire me nts
• De v e lop e d a nd imple me nted pay roll and b e nef its te chnology sys te ms, p roces s e s, an d p r oce dure s w hich s tandardized ope rations in H R, pay roll, an d b e nef its wifin budge t of teh p rojec t an d time line s

Senior Payroll/HRIS/Benefits Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supervised day-to-day processing of multi-state payroll and guidelines for over 6,000 employees
• High level of expertise in all aspects of payroll operations including but not limited to processing, payroll tax, garnishments, payroll accounting and broad systems experience. Management and motivation of Global Payroll teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Oversaw total conversions from Paymaxx to Oracle, HR, Payroll and Benefits to realize a cost savings of more than$40K
• Supervised Kronos practices for time and attendance and payroll processing
• Served as project leader for implementation, system support, and upgrades of all systems
• Worked directly wif teh accounting department to implement Oracle Financials
• Served as project manager for establishing infrastructure and layout of human resources, benefits, payroll, and general ledger as well as teh hiring and training of staff
• Administered and managed policies and procedures for payroll, employment practices, legal compliance, risk management, benefits, and training and development programs for 3,000 employees
• Procured cost effective, self-funded medical and dental benefits
• Consulted wif management to ensure compliance wif employment laws, e.g., FMLA, ADA, EEO
• Completed projects $40K under budget