PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over Seven years of IT experience including Analysis, Design, Documentation, Development, Implementation and Testing of business application systems.
• Worked as Business analyst from requirement gathering, doing fit gap analysis, functional specification document (FSD) and business process flow and charts (current and future state).
• Experienced in HR Transformation, HR Processes, HR Systems Implementations/Improvements, HR Outsourcing & Continuous Improvement
• Involved in creating test scripts and test cases for various project and executing these scenarios under testing tool application for Quality assurance
• Experience in managing Post production support.
• Adept at managing complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for both development and implementation projects with onsite and offshore teams; experienced in managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Adept in Client Relations and Negotiations, communications, employee training & development and general management, etc.
• Extensive experience in conducting Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions, Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with committee of SME’s, senior management and IT groups to converge early towards a goal acceptable to customers and feasible to a designer to complete.
• Expert in agile and waterfall project management methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for high - quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets
• Core areas of skills are Functional, Integration, System, UAT, Regression and End-to-End Testing of Web, Security and Client Server Applications.
• Business Analyst with many success stories in managing software development project.
• Extensively worked with most of the Reporting tools used such as PS Query, SQR, Crystal Reports, and SQL Queries

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: PeopleSoft 8.x / 9.x

Functional Modules: HRMS/Payroll/Base Benefits/Benefit Administration, ESS/MSS

OperatingSystem: MS-Windows 2000/XP

Languages: C, C++, COBOL, HTML, SQL

Databases: Oracle 9i/10g, SQL Server, SQL Base, MS Access

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports

QA Testing Tools: WinRunner, LoadRunner, Test Director

Other Microsoft: 2007 Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Served as liaison between Client and other members of DEV team as a functional analyst.
• Involved in creating and modifying reports using PS Query and other tools for client needs.
• Collected and researched specific client requirements for projects and any other business needs.
• Merged multiple reports together (Benefits, Payroll, Demographics, etc) into one singular report per the client’s request using Access
• Mapped Config Tables to Visier, an end-to-end cloud-based application, which included:
• Created hierarchies based on data relationships for Visier.
• Validated data sets for the integration of Visier.
• Created analytical charts such as Pie charts and Bar graphs for clients using Visier.
• Participated in project management process, including participating in project meetings.
• Involved in Kaiser acquisition projects.
• Conducted Fit-Gap analysis when converting reports from Lawson to Peoplesoft during KP Washington Project.
• Validated reports when KP Washington went live.
• Built and modified reports using IBM Cognos Report and Query studio.
• Participated in the design sessions of the custom packages that were implemented in IBM Cognos.

Environment: HCM 9.1, Oracle10g, and Windows 10, MS Office 2007

Confidential, NJ

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted integration testing of Hire Interface from Salesforce to PeopleSoft.
• Contributed in the review and updating of design documents for payroll and HR modules.
• Generated reports for the TCAST time sheets, which were an important input to the key business players.
• Created the test scripts required for HR and Payroll for functional testing and executed them in HP Quality Center.
• Conducted parallel payroll runs.
• Process Payroll in test after applying Tax Upgrades to make sure that payroll reports/checks/balances are as expected.
• Supporting issues for NA Payroll during bi-weekly payroll processing.
• Running the Pay Calculation for North America Payroll and testing of Reports.
• Utilized the JIRA tool for the system of records and manage day to day tasks and track continuous progress.
• Interacted with cross functional teams and run the co-ordinations to get the tasks completed.
• Participated in development process and provided feedback and recommendations wherever necessary to DEV and QA teams.
• Executed tasks part of the Job Order and SPID module, for their integration testing.

Environment: HCM 9.1, Oracle10g, and Windows 8, MS Office 2007

Confidential

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather business requirements for meeting data conversion and other business needs as they currently exist in the legacy system.
• Analyze data with various system/business users of the legacy system.
• Conduct Fit-Gap analysis of the data conversion efforts.
• Develop conversion matrix at PS payroll record and data element levels.
• Mapping Legacy payroll configuration codes like earnings and deductions to People Soft Codes.
• Worked with Benefits team in setting up deduction codes, earnings codes etc.
• Worked on Functional Design documentation for Payroll to Custom GL Interfaces.
• Interact with system and business users on data mapping based on various business rules in the legacy system.
• Analyze converted data following every mock conversion for data quality and integrity.
• Document data conversion related issues and working towards resolutions with business users.
• Design application configuration document.
• Configure applications with base lined configuration design document.
• Conduct functional testing of the configuration and application data for data accuracy and integrity.
• Provided post production support on resolving issues related to employees pay.
• Worked on parallel testing to compare the results from Ceridian system to PS 9.1 payroll.
• Execute and troubleshoot tasks per conversion cut over plan.

Confidential, Horsham, PA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Design a custom process which incorporates the existing SG attendance tracking logic, combines processing for the US and Canada such that, with the exception of an interface to SG’s project tracking application, the Implementation Objectives documented by SG have been met
• Prepare a mapping of PeopleSoft Time & Labor (T&L) to allow use of the existing SG Leave Accrual Tables and convert existing history data as necessary.
• Involved in modification of queries for reporting using PS/Query etc.
• Documented user requirements and developed specifications for customization of PeopleSoft HRMS.
• Create interface file to ADP for Overtime hours.
• Develop or modify delivered reports to satisfy the Functional Requirements
• Unit test customizations and perform integrated tests with T&L.
• Participate in the Implementation of all custom modules

Environment: HCM 9.1, Oracle10g, and Windows XP, MS Office 2007