SUMMARY:

• MBA HR with 9+ years of experience in Business analysis, implementation, customization & production support of SAP HCM module & Workday.
• Workday project implementation - legacy system SAP
• SAP experience includes full life cycle / rollout project implementations & support of local & global projects with a Global template implementation in 70+ countries across North America, South America Asia & EEMA regions.
• Global template for multiple countries implementation for - OM, PA, Time, Payroll, Enterprise compensation management with Budgeting & MSS, Benefits, ALE interfaces, LSO / LMS & ESS.
• Multiple project experience of - upgrade project, Global rollout & Global Production support- using ASAP methodology.
• Shared Service center model - with centralized master data maintenance.
• Business analysis, Fit gapping & preparation of Process models, Operation manuals & End user documentation - Interaction with the business and IT users to understand the as-is current process based on which the new to-be process was modeled.
• Experience of coordinating efforts of several business users across global affiliates, Center of expertise teams for Business processes - for requirement gathering. Worked with multiple vendors, in house technical teams and on an onsite & off shore model.
• Business case preparation & seeking approval of Stakeholders before implementation
• Personnel Administration - Definition and assignment of Personnel, Enterprise & Pascale structures.Configuration of Personnel actions, Infotype Menus, Infogroups, Screen modification, Infotype Enhancement, Number ranges, Features.
• Organizational Management: OM Objects, PA and OM Integration, OM Relationships, OM Number ranges, Expert mode, Org Staffing and Change, Simple Maintenance.
• Management of Global employment: Activation of Global employment functionality to generate Central person ID, creation of global employment infotypes, Actions for Expatriation and repatriation. Production support for Mobility actions.
• US Payroll, India Payroll experience - project support and production support.
• Time evaluation using TM00 & TM04
• ALE IDOC interfaces to SAP systems and SAP certified Time recording systems - KABA & ADICOM GST and Non SAP Payroll systems & Third party Payroll systems - analysis of Change pointers, processing of idocs using jobs. ALE IDOC for posting Payroll results to Finance systems..
• Flat file interfaces to distribute master data to affiliate non SAP payroll system.
• Knowledge of Process models and their use in execution of programs in the background for payroll runs and evaluation of the results.
• Review of notes / service packs, Raising OSS notes, coordination with Basis team for application of the notes and testing to ensure functionality is achieved.
• Preparation of Functional specifications, coordination with developers, creation of Test scenarios and testing for enhancements or bug fixing.
• Project management experience on global project for implementation and upgrade of Payroll systems by Northgate Arinso - Third party SAP payroll systems & ADP payroll systems.
• LSMW creation for cutover and Adhoc data loads.
• Use of Solution manager for Project configuration / Technical documentation, Process Documentation and Application change management.
• Experience in developing test scripts for the areas concerned & use of HP Quality center version 10 & 11 for all the phases of testing - Functional unit tests, Integration & User acceptances tests - during projects.
• SAP HANA for application development and data modeling.
• Basic ABAP, Knowledge of programming and ability to debug.
• Functional SME for BW reporting for Payroll, ECM, Benefits.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work with Confidential team along with Business teams to finalize Business processes to be implemented in Workday.
• Take part in discovery sessions to identify the workday fields to be mapped.
• Create SAP extracts in workday required format to upload into Workday Tenant.

Confidential

Sr Business Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Functional spécifications preparation for the Build Phase.Test script preparation, Unit & Integration tests.
• Integration tests for Time management with CATS, Negative Time evaluation.
• Workflows using Processes and forms for Global employment processes - expatriation, repatration, permanent transfers.
• Change in Pay & Position work flow.
• Security Roles

Environnent /Tools: ECC 6.0 EHP 6, Sharepoint, ESS/ MSS, Processes and forms.

Confidential

Analyst / Project management

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the offshore development team, Basis team, Vendor teams and affliate IS teams for set up of connections & testing of idocs despatch to the receiving systems.
• RFC Connection set up, Partner Profile, Port, Distribution model set up for Russia, Argentina, USA, & Canada SAP systems & Vendor Payroll systems - Northgate Arinso for 10 countries & ADP.
• Payroll parallel runs execution & posting to finance for 10 countries
• Test script preparation, coordination with the affiliate IS & data entry teams for testing stragegy and execution.Resolution of defects using HP Quality center 11
• Updation of user and operation manuals for any changes in system process due to upgrade.
• Approval of the Test evidences from the affiliate Business owners.
• Testing of Infotype framework for all the countries & report issues as defects in Quality center to the developers.
• Check notes related to issues in the upgraded system. Retest post changes for corrections.
• Production support of File interface exporting master data to external systems using custom program and generating a text or a CSV file.
• Production support of Master data interface built on SAP interface toolbox for Brazil, Mercer & JP Morgan Benefits interface.
• Interface to Success Factors for eligibility of Operations employees for Operations in LMS.

Confidential

Analyst / Project management

Responsibilities:

• Involve in Fit gapping via Questionnaires and workshps for the new functionality of Time (Northgate arinso EWS Application) & payroll application provided in upgraded version.
• Business case preparation for each interface in discussions with the affiliate Business owners of their master data requirement for Payroll and other master data needs.
• Approval of the Business case from the Stakeholders.
• Devleop process models where needed for integrating process and Technical steps in one flow.
• Create operation and user manuals.
• Document the finalised requiments, prepare a Business case and seek approval of the Stakeholders.
• Creation of lanscape for connectivity, communication to the concerned affiliates & global teams for defining the scope & planning & coordiation of connection set up & testing.
• Production support - Recreating errors for trouble shooting, use of payroll driver to execute payroll run, check payroll log, read Cluster tables for checking values.
• Configuration changes to symbolic a/c, G/L account, posting characteristics. Testing of posting Payroll results to Finance.
• RFC connection checks, Maintenance of Distribution models & filters, Cutover data management, ensure synchronization of configuration between master and distributed systems (Northgate Arinso & ADP payroll systems and other affiliate Payroll systems)
• Production support for Idoc Monitoring, issue resolution with Affiliate IT team & Business owners or Vendor IT teams. s exchange, Single Sign On (SSO) configuration, Network set up due to change in Internet service provider, Connection set up through SAP routers.
• Set up of tool for Secured File transfer Protocol (SFTP) between the vendor & PMI system users for payroll file transfers.
• Set-up of ALE IDOC interface for posting Payroll results to Finance using BAPI calls.
• Coordination with Basis and infrastructure teams in PMI & Northgate Arinso for set up of RFC Connection between all the systems in scope of the upgrade - Target host, RFC users, etc.
• Coordination & testing with Identiy managment Data layer (IMDL) system for portal user creation & transfer to Northgate Arinso system.
• Coordination with PMI Portal team and Northgate Arinso team to call the BSP application for time & payslip display functionality
• Test case preparation and test execution for each ALE IDOC interface to third party payroll provider (Northgate Arinso) and external time systems
• Paryoll parallel runs, posting runs - testing with the affiliate HR teams and confirming results for accuracy - 14 countries
• Set up & Production support of SAP Certified Time recording system - KABA (similar to KRONOS) - via PT80, updating IT2011, updation of Table TEVEN via interface table CC1TEV, Download of Mini master to the Time recording Terminals, Time Evaluation schema, ability to read Time Schemas, Time logs, troubleshooting.
• Trained in Net weaver Business client (NWBC), Role based menu creation, Use of Launchpad in customizing using NWBC in ECC 6.0 EHP 5, CATS configuration in the back end.
• Plan & Coordinate with the Basis, Payroll vendor infrastructure teams for the dry run tests in the production system.
• Plan and Coordinate with the vendor teams all the cutover activities before go live, participation in Go /No go meetings, Back up plan in case of No go decision.
• Connection tests, import of data into new system, Processing of pending idocs after the Connection set up, user unlocking, etc.
• Updation of user documentation & process manuals to reflect any technical changes resulting from the upgrade.
• Resolution of issues arising due to upgrade immediately after go live.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Fit gap workshops with affiliate HR and Business blue print preparation.
• Review Configuration buckets for all the above areas to ensure correct configuration.
• Review & Update functional specifications & Review changes made by the custom development team in all the developments- function modules, reports, etc.
• Test configuration / development for GAPs against Global template.
• Resolve tickets raised during UT, IT & UAT phases using HP Quality center.
• Provide guidelines for data preparation for testing budgeting & portal functionality in Enterprise compensation management.
• Cutover data preparation support to the affiliates based on the global template and local specifications.
• Support during Hypercare phase - after project go live
• Global template management, Rollout project implementation, ECM configuration, enhancements, OADP configuration for MSS, Portal integration, Administration of Budgeting for global population in the backend and BSP application for ECM.
• Production support for Administration of annual Merit increases for 70+ affiliates covering a population of 60,000 employees across the world.
• Configuration of Merit grids for employees based on different eligibility, Custom rules for accommodating country specific requirements of payroll integration, Custom activation rule for salary increases.
• Setting up eligibility criteria for merit increases, Eligibility rules, variants, using features CELGP, CGDGP, GP1GP, CP2GP and definition of merit grids for default salary increase calculation, Integration with payroll for activation of merit increases.
• Setting up budgeting structures, Updating budgets for Organization units in HRP tables based on custom code, administering budgets in Production system to global population during annual merit cycles.
• Currency conversions, maintenance of currency tables and troubleshooting budgeting & conversion issues during production run.
• Configuration of IT0007 & 0008, Base WT valuation T539J, WT models, T510W table for ANSAL population for different period parameters
• Configuration of Global and Local Wagetypes based on global template & fitgapping.
• User administration for portal, Production support for administration of Budgeting for yearly merit cycles through SAP Enterprise compensation management module, OADP configuration in the back end for MSS. Integration of EP with ESS: Attach ESS services in EP for rmation, Bank Information, Address, Time accounts, Payment details.
• Production support / implementation project support for access of employee Benefits on portal.
• Trained in use of Net Weaver Business client, Role based menus, Configuration of ESS services using Launchpad Customizing, CATS configuration - for ECC 6 EHP 5.
• Adhoc queries using SQ01, SQ02 & SQ03.
• Functional point of contact for BW reporting.
• Functional specifications for creating / correcting custom ABAP reports.
• Authorisation Objects used in SAP HCM module (SU21)
• Transaction Authorisation, Infotype Authorisation, Master data personnel number check, Cluster authorization, Number Range maintenance.
• Switches in Integration table related to different authorization objects in SAP HCM.
• Authorisation for Infosets & Queries.
• Authorisation in custom reports using Function modules.
• Troubleshooting Authorisation issues manually or using Trace.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review notes in the relevant Support Packs & define the scope of tests for ECM, Benefits & Compensation.
• Review FS created for global / affiliate specific custom developments.
• Test script preparation / updation for IT & UAT in Quality center.
• Support during Hypercare phase - immediately after project go live.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review and update Functional specification for global and local templates of the existing functionality in ECM, Benefits & compensation areas.
• All the country specific variants for ECM & Benefits were tested to ensure correctness of the functionality post code change (by IBM & SAP developers)
• Review changes made by the custom development team in all the developments- function modules, reports, etc.
• Test script preparation / updation for IT & UAT in HP Quality center.
• Test the solution post changes to ensure the solution is intact after the code review.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Benefits functionality was enhanced to use custom table with rules for generation of Wage types and updation into master data infotypes for sending to SAP Vendor payroll systems / affiliate Payroll systems.
• Benefits feature CSTV1 was enhanced using the structure for accommodating parameters like region fields in Infotpye 0006 & capacity utilisation % for defaulting cost groupings.
• Health plans, Insurance plans, Savings plans & Miscelaneous plans are in scope.
• 20 EEMA countries in scope of Benefits configuration.
• Adapting generic test scripts to reflect the configuration for each plan for each country and coordinate with the end users for execution of tests and user acceptance.
• Testing of WTs creation & updation for each plan for each country based on the configuration in the back end tables and end user requirements for updation in payment infotypes
• Enhancement of feature CSTV1 structure for reading parameters other than the standard structure for defaulting cost groupings to be set up in the cost rules.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review GAPs during fitgapping to ensure they are aligned to Global template in the areas of Benefits, Compensation & Enterprise compensation management.
• Review FS created for affiliate specific custom developments.
• Test configuration / development for GAPs against Global template.
• Review Configuration buckets for all the above areas to ensure correct configuration.
• Provide guidelines for data preparation for testing budgeting & portal functionality in Enterprise compensation management.
• Test script preparation / updation & resolution of tickets using Quality center for IT & UAT in Quality center.
• Validation of cutover data
• Support during Hypercare phase - immediately after project go live
• Configured Org structure using Org. Staffing and Change, Expert mode & Simple Maintenance.
• Configure Organizational Structure by creating organizational units, jobs, tasks and positions. Familiar with assigning task.
• Created and maintained custom relationships and objects.
• Created LSMW for uploading objects into OM infotypes.
• Create payroll area, payroll periods using payroll and date modifiers, and assigned control record to each payroll accounting area.
• Configured T510W table for definition of periodicity of the payroll and updation of correct ANSAL in IT0008 for integration between IT0007 & IT0008. Worked with direct and indirect evaluation modules like TARIFF, SUMME, PRZNT, CONST etc. Created payscale structure and configured TARIF Feature
• Valuation bases definition, factoring in Payroll schema, configuration of Cumulation classes for paid & unpaid absences to be processed in schema
• Maintain custom wage type to reflect in the basic pay, Recurring payments and deductions and Additional payments infotypes. Configured Garnishments and Deductions. Also maintained the characteristics of customized wagetypes.
• Maintained US payroll schemas and sub- schemas, U000, UTX0, and UT00 and payroll driver RPCALCU0.Knowledge of Process Models to define steps to run the payroll.
• Gross to net payroll in the schema, retroactive runs in payroll, maintaining posting characteristics of Wage types, Symbolic account assignment, Integration with finance for General ledger & symbolic account assignment changes, Posting to finance.
• Tax table configuration, Tax authorities, Tax types, Tax areas, Tax models for processing class 71 specifications. Customization of PCR’s (Personnel Calculation Rules) required for calculations in payroll run.
• Updation of Tax tables, Check Service market place for changes related to Tax, Define the Tax Company, tax types, and maintained wage types related to taxes. Knowledge of Tax calculation using BSI in UTX0.
• Structure of a Payroll schema, Structure of Internal tables, Personnel calculation rule access for processing Internal tables using Parameters in the schema structure.
• Schema U000 with subschema UT00 for processing time data in IT2010 using valuation bases, counting classes, Valuating absences, Factoring using PWS method in UAL0.
• Payments and deductions in UAP0 & Benefits 1st time processing in UBE1, Gross calculation in UDD0 with Benefits 2nd call in UBE2, deductions, balances & totals, Limits, population of DDNTK.
• Configuration of Garnishment Wage types and generation of cluster tables with Garnishment deduction and Service charges WTs based on different Sate laws governing the Garnishment deductions as per the IRS publication. Configuration of Disposable Net models, Federal Non exempt model, Calculation of Disposable net, Exempt amounts as per IRS rules governing the same, Calculation of the schema UGARN for Garnishments, Calculation of limit amounts in the schema, Calculation of Disposable net in UGDN.
• Calculation of Net UNA0 & UNN0.
• Creation of Wage types, coding them with processing classes, configuration of cumulations, Deduction processing with limits, Setting up Benefits Integration with Payroll.
• Configuration of Remuneration statement using forms - PE51
• Checking IRS publication for configuration related to Taxes, Benefits processing, Garnishments, various tax tables related withholding, etc.
• Defined benefit areas (BAREA), benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans. Definition of Micro and Macro eligibility.
• Health Plans - Defined Health plans, Options for Health Plans, Dependant Coverage Options and Cost Formulas and assigning Health Plan Attributes, and Wage Types- HMO. Dental plan, Vision plan,
• Insurance Plans - Defined Insurance Plan general Data, Coverage Formula and Cost Formulas and assigning Insurance Plan Attributes and Wage Types - Employee life and spousal life.
• Savings Plans - Defined Savings Plan General Data, Employee Contribution Rules, Employer Contribution Rules.
• Miscellaneous plans for Company car.
• Configuration of Parameter groupings for Age, Cost groupings, enhancement of the Structure CSTV1 to read Region field from Infotype 0006 & capacity utilization field in IT0008, Health plan options, Dependents eligibility, Definition of cost variants based on parameter groups Age & Cost grouping & cut off dates, configuration and maintenance of Costs for all plans.
• Flexible administration configuration for Benefits adjustment on portal, Control of display or change of Benefits information on portal by the employees, Configuration of First program grouping and second program grouping for Benefits eligibility - Feature ELIGR.
• Benefits access to employees via ESS, display and edit options - production support.
• Configuration of Merit grids for employees based on different eligibility, Custom rules for accommodating country specific requirements of payroll integration, Custom activation rule for salary increases.
• Setting up eligibility criteria for merit increases, Eligibility rules, variants, using features CELGP, CGDGP, GP1GP, CP2GP and definition of merit grids for default salary increase calculation, Integration with payroll for activation of merit increases.
• Setting up budgeting structures, Updating budgets for Organization units in HRP tables based on custom code, administering budgets in Production system to global population during annual merit cycles.
• Currency conversions, maintenance of currency tables and troubleshooting budgeting & conversion issues during production run.
• Dynamic Menus: Course Menu, Participation Menu, Attendance Menus. Day to day & Recurring activities. Standard Reports & Custom reports.
• Knowledge of the architecture of SAP Learning solution - Authoring environment, Content Management system, Content Player.
• Responsible for developing Test Scripts, Test Plan, Test Strategies & Defect management in Quality center. Wrote test cases for HR - OM, TM, PM, PA, Payroll, ECM, Benefits.
• Conducted Team meetings to resolve technical issues.
• Completely involved in unit testing, application testing, UAT and integration testing using HP Quality center

Confidential

HCM consultant

Responsibilities:

• Development of overall organizational structure and the subordinate organizational units using Simple Maintenance. Creation of various jobs and positions & assign cost centers.Establishment of critical elements including the organization’s reporting structure, job index, etc.
• Definition and assignment of Personnel, Enterprise & Payscale structures.Creation Personnel actions, Infotype Menus. Features in PA like IGMOD, NUMKR, PINCH, ABKRS, and TARIF.
• Establishing Breaks, Daily work schedules, Period work schedules and Work schedule rules & Holiday Calender. Absence Types & Quotas. Automating Quota compensation through shcema based on daily rate.
• Business Event master data & Business Event Hierarchy. Dynamic Menus: Business event, Planning, Attendance Menus. Day to day & Recurring activities. Standard Reports & Custom reports.
• Backend setting for ESS on R/3: Home page settings & Service specific settings. Roles and Authorization. ESS user maintenance.Integration of EP with ESS: Attach ESS services in EP for rmation, Bank Information, Address, Time accounts, Payment details, etc.
• Creation of Payroll areas, Generation of payroll periods & Creation of Control record.
• Wage types for Basic Pay, Additional Payments & Employee Remuneration Information. Cumulations, Valuation bases, Tax configuration, processing and cumulation classes.
• Posting characteristics of Wage types for posting to Accounting..Remuneration Statement.

Confidential

HCM consultant

Responsibilities:

• Payroll support for all the group affiliates - support in monthly payroll run, posting documents, master data issues during payroll run
• Year end activities like Form 16 processing, payment to third parties, etc.Create & Edit PCRs in payroll & time modules
• Reading payroll logs during production support.Creation of wage types, addition to remuneration statement.
• Issues related to wrong account assignment, validity periods between objects.
• Creation of Custom reports for CTC, Master data, Performance appraisal, etc.
• Custom reports for and Event management module, Creation of Master data for Business Events, etc.
• ESS issues related to authorisation, user maintenance, etc.
• Performance appraisal reports, Appraisal form compliance report, One page employee profile report, etc.
• Creation of new wage types for different infotypes like Basic pay, Additional payments, etc.
• Generation of Absence Quotas using RPTQTA00.
• Configuration of Employee Remuneration information IT2010 using valuation bases for paying Overtime in absence of time evaluation.
• Patches upload with Basis.
• Periodic end user for all the users accross Videocon group.