SUMMARY

• 6+ years of IT experience as Kronos consultant in Oracle E - Business Suite applications and Kronos WFC.
• Thorough experience in Kronos Workforce Central (version 8.0) suite application.
• Experience in working with Workforce central components like Scheduling, Time and attendance and Absence management.
• Experience in designing, configuring and modifying Pay Rules based on business requirements.
• Extensive Experience on various Kronos modules like workforce timekeeper, accruals, activities, advanced scheduler, forecasting, attendance and Kronos workforce central upgrade.
• Perform technical configuration, interface, reporting, and other application technical tasks for Kronos Workforce Central Versions 8.0.
• Highly knowledgeable in Kronos support, labour management, business analysis, documentation, software configuration, scenario testing and deployment as well as implementing, upgrading, and maintaining Kronos in versions 6.0-8.0.
• Extensively worked on data integration tools like Connect & WIM also versed in integration of systems between HRMS and various Payroll systems.
• Familiar with WFM solutions concepts such as payroll, benefits, time & attendance, entitlements, accruals and employee scheduling.
• Set-up of new user access in Kronos timekeeping system. Provide payroll analysis of trend-based data.
• Involved in implementation of E-profile and e-payroll for employee self-services.
• Highly knowledgeable in Kronos support, labour management, business analysis, documentation, software configuration, scenario testing and deployment (including change management) as well as implementing, upgrading, and maintaining Kronos with vast experience in Kronos configuration and support.
• Experience in HRMS modules Base Benefits, Compensation, Administer Workforce, Position Management, NA Payroll, Payroll Interface, Benefits Administration, Pension Administration, Time and Labour, Recruitment
• Configure, maintain and troubleshoot labour scheduling and pay rules functionality in timekeeper.
• Researched, wrote, and edited test procedures used for upgrades; Modules include HR/Payroll, timekeeper, leave, attendance, DCM, connect, WIM, scheduler, and analytic.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated initiative, strong work ethic, and a desire to succeed.
• Experience creating BI Publisher data models and output templates.
• Worked on the maintenance and implementations of time clocks along with new and existing Kronos systems and software including Teletype.
• Participates in projects and other activities related to all Kronos modules, from initiation through transition to operations.
• Trouble shooting internal customer issues to find resolutions in the use of Oracle and Kronos- Time Keeping applications.
• Projects include plan, design, and launch efficient information on Kronos systems in support of core organizational functions.
• Installing Kronos Workforce Central 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3, 7.02, 8.0 on client servers.
• Experience in monitoring the clocks and debugging, fixing issues in device Manager.
• Through experience in accruals module which also includes accrual setups for Multi org environment.
• Install, support and configure Kronos applications to include Workforce Central Scheduler for Healthcare and Optimized Scheduler, Workforce Central Timekeeper.
• Experience in retrofitting the 11.5.10 reports, procedures and SQL objects to work in R12 environment.
• Have enough knowledge in Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Reports, Alerts and work flows.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kronos Business Analyst

Confidential, Alpharetta,GA

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements for integrating Kronos Workforce Timekeeper. Worked with Payroll and Facilities Management County departments to implement Kronos Timekeeper.
• Manage integrations between Time and Attendance systems (Kronos/Empower/ Confidential ) and ERP platform.
• Expertise in UML (class diagrams, object diagrams, GAP Analysis, use case diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and collaboration diagrams) as a data analysis methodology for application functionality designs.
• Involved in generation and execution of SQL queries with the Payroll coordinators to gather the requirements and implement them in the Kronos.
• Provided training to timekeepers and or managers on Kronos as it related to their rights and departments.
• Created Technical Design Document from Functional Design Documents in Core HR, Benefits, Payroll and Time and Labor.
• Created user quick tips and Timekeepers manual. Recommended and received management approval for process improvements saving resource time on bonus payments and streamline payroll approval cycle.
• Migrated the PO Account Generator, PO Approval, PO Line Cancellation, and Inventory Item Rejection Workflows from the Oracle 11i to R12 environment.
• Conducted Kronos testing policy and configuration changes; Gathered business requirements for upgrades and new processes.
• Part of a team designing and implementing the Upgrade process from 11i to R12.
• Designed reports and dashboards on Oracle Business Intelligence and BI Publisher platform.
• Involved in Workforce Central, Implementation, and Strategy Upgrades for Kronos 6.X To Kronos 8.0.
• Assist with the configuration team to configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as pay rules, customer reporting, attendance rules, and automated alerts.
• Gather Business Rules, Functional Requirements and Non Functional requirements of HR department for implementation of Kronos (Timekeeper, Attendance, Accurals, Activities).
• Served as a Kronos Application consultant to Support the Kronos Workforce Central.
• Created and Reset Timekeeper Passwords in Kronos Timekeeper for all entities. Manage Kronos Timekeeper, Supervisor and Managers Licenses in Kronos HR/Payroll and Timekeeper for all entities.
• Worked with Oracle Functional and Technical teams to deploy foundation modules to establish R12 environment.
• Worked with Kronos Workforce Scheduler, Timekeeper and Analytics for preparing dashboards.
• Participated in projects and other activities related to all Kronos modules, from initiation through transition to operations.
• Setup, configuration and technical support; monitoring and testing Kronos vendor updates; supporting integration to other company or third party systems; and functioning as a liaison between Kronos and the client.
• Worked closely with HR and Payroll Department on resolving HR and Payroll issues concerning Kronos Interface and outbound Payroll file issues.
• Played key role in allowing the Kronos project to finish on schedule and exceeding all expectations.
• Developed customized Accounts Payable Trial Balance Report using BI Publisher.
• As one of the employee having access as the administrator of the system, in charge of making sure all the employees had the correct rules and profile settings for their required access on the Kronos system.

Kronos Consultant

Confidential, Portland, OR

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the production support activities for Kronos application in Time and attendance, Absence management and Accruals modules.
• Have configured accruals setup from Holiday setup to Accrual Plans in a Multi org Environment.
• Workforce Time Keeper: Expertise knowledge of the product with various configurations and Pay Rules, System Settings and tuning, Pay Rules and work rules configuration, Hyper Find Queries, configuration and performance tuning, Creating and troubleshooting Genies, Event Manager, Crystal Reports, Pay Codes, Holiday Credit Rules and Workforce Schedule Editor.
• Involved in generation and execution of SQL queries with the Payroll coordinators to gather the requirements and implement them in the Kronos.
• Created Technical Design Document from Functional Design Documents in Core HR, Benefits, Payroll and Time and Labor.
• Used RTF, PDF and Microsoft excel templates for BI Publisher reports to meet various report design requirements. Used OA MEDIA to print Company logos is BI Publisher reports.
• Identified key stakeholders both internal and external to the organization, documented individual importance levels.
• Effectively communicated with operations leadership, payroll, human resources, and Kronos end users to resolve Kronos timekeeping and scheduling problems.
• Created work plans for client's super user team in order to test Workforce central and achieve expected results.
• Resolved several complex Production Issues in Benefits Administration, Payroll and Time & Labor.
• Developed Customized Project Accounting reports using BI Publisher.
• Workforce Integration Manager: Supporting in the development of interfaces, deploying in hosted environment and defining Pay Tables.
• Creates and maintains Workforce Integration Manager (WIM) interfaces for transfer of employee data between Kronos and Lawson. Audits interface results to ensure a clean and accurate production environment.
• Involved in testing existing BI Reports and creation of ad-hoc OTBI reports
• Worked on fixing the errors from Transaction Assistant and other issues for LOA employees.
• Involved in the development of BI Publisher report for GL Balances data via data template method.
• Involved in the development of oracle Queries in Oracle HRMS module .
• Have worked on setup configuration in Kronos and Oracle HRMS for new companies acquired.
• Have fixed the issues with licenses, accruals and time period for LOA employees.
• Experience in implementing and configuring Kronos scheduler, accruals and attendance modules.
• Knowledge of activities, record manager, and analytics modules and developing interface from Kronos workforce timekeeper to HMS payroll for attendance reporting.
• Implementation of advanced scheduler for employees of particular sites to reduce unnecessary costs of manual processing and possible employee relation's issue when schedule is not processed properly by the manager.
• Knowledge/experience in creating custom reports using Microsoft RDL tool.
• Worked on the PL/SQL packages for inbound and outbound data ETL.
• Configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as pay cules, customer reporting, attendance rules and automated alerts.

Kronos Consultant

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Performed analysis for developing Time Attendance/Payroll system, subsequent migration from MS Excel to automated system.
• Customized payrules and created new tailored workrules to fit each transfer scenario in production Support & Maintenance.
• Implemented Kronos Workforce Analytics web-enabled system in over 20 healthcare facilities on time and consistently under project budget.
• Applied Kronos service packs from 4.0 - 6.2.7, evaluating and making all necessary modifications to custom written Kronos programs and files to ensure compatibility with new releases/service packs to bring Kronos up to date with current release.
• Enhanced customer service by introducing the Medicare Summary Notice to improve beneficiary understanding of health care services utilized; form received recognition from several national senior citizen groups for effectiveness.
• Involved with hospital leadership and conduct executive Lawson training for CEO, CFO, CNO, COO, and Associate Administrators.
• Developed 2 levels of Matrix Report and used sub template, Data template BI Publisher Reports.
• Conduct training and support to all police personnel on Workers' Compensation workflow processes, payroll, Performance Management procedures, etc.
• Responsible for developing Kronos Payrules, Workrules, Paycode Profiles, Paycodes, Wage Profiles, FAP's, Schedules, Labor Levels, Labor Level sets, and configuring Kronos 4500 and 480 devices utilizing WDM and DCM
• Assisted SQL developers in writing Kronos queries using Workforce Integration Manager.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Time and Attendance software application is implemented on time, within budget and as per client specifications.
• Analyzed user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Provided support for Lawson Upgrade, testing, implementation, and documentation of system accuracy.
• Involved in writing test plan, test cases and test scripts for end-to-end testing.
• Designing an interface with other systems such as Agile Assets and KRONOS. (Inbound and Outbound)
• Familiar with WFM solutions concepts such as Payroll, Benefits, Time & Attendance, Entitlements, Accruals and Employee Scheduling.
• Created and customized data analysis tools such as Kronos Workforce Genies and hyperfinds.
• Responsible for Identifying required pay code Profiles, work rule Profiles and Labor Level Sets.
• Created and customized data analysis tools such as Kronos Workforce Genies and hyperfinds.
• Provided clear and concise documentation regarding requirements management plans, Functional Requirements, supplemental Requirements, Test Plans and Test Cases.