PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Certified as SAP HCM consultant, over 14 years of SAP HCM Functional experience.
• 6 Full Life Cycle Implementations of SAP HCM involving Business process analysis, Requirement Gathering, design architecture, Fit - Gap Analysis, Blueprinting, Realization/ customization, testing, End User, go-live and production support.
• Extensive experience in the functional configuration of SAP HCM involving Personnel administration (PA), Personnel Planning and Development (PD), Organization management(OM), Time Management, Benefits, US Payroll.
• Experience in configuring ESS, MSS and E-Recruitment.
• Expertise in Customizing Time Management and Payroll Schemas and in Creating and Customizing Personnel Calculation Rules (PCRs).
• Experience in preparing Test Documentation, Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
• Knowledge of Ad Hoc query and SAP Query reporting tools to extract and analyze master data.
• Experience in HR Roles and Authorizations,
• Experience in writing Functional Specifications or FDDs for WRICEF objects and coordination with ABAP development team for implementation of the same.
• Experience in Interfaces and integration of SAP with SAP and Non-SAP systems.
• Knowledge of ASAP methodology and Solution Manager; and expertise in analyzing 'AS IS' & 'TO BE' status of the client, do the Fit-gap Analysis and suggesting the solutions best suited for the implementation and expertise in Organizational change Management required for smooth transition from Legacy to SAP System.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Omaha, NE

SAP HCM Time Management and Payroll Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created a Custom Schema to accommodate the Business rules for Overtime calculations, Absence Quotas, wage type generation and Time feed for certain benefit plans and Craft Union agreements( Confidential has about 500 unions)
• Configured CATS and played a major role in People soft and SAP Time interface design and development
• Designed and configured Craft Work schedules which can be maintained by users in Custom Time dashboards.
• Wrote functional specs and worked with development team on custom Time dashboard, Custom reports, Custom Operations and Functions, Interface and data Conversions
• Lead the entire Time Conversions and Cutover tasks for Go-live.
• Lead Hypercare and production support for 4 months after Go-live and successfully transitioned it to the Production Support team.
• Owner of Wage type configuration in V3.
• Maintaining Processing and evaluation classes for hundreds of wage types created
• Owner of Benefits - Payroll integration.
• Payroll Taxes and Garnishments.
• Worked on US and Canadian Payroll Schemas
• Gross to net payroll

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

SAP HCM Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the impact analysis on various components of SAP HR - Organizational Management, Personnel Administration, Time Management, Payroll.
• Worked on configuration changes in OM, PA required for the split of organization - create custom objects, custom relationships and custom evaluation paths, create organizational key for security, changed infogroups, actions and feature IGMOD to meet the changes in HR processes.
• Wrote functional specs for all impacted interfaces and worked with ABAP and QA team to test the results.
• Analyzed the security issues and worked closely with ABAP and Basis team to resolve them.

Confidential, Alviso, CA

SAP HCM Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Process re-engineering and re-implementation of SAP Time management.
• Configured CATS and CATS for ESS
• Re-engineered the entire Time evaluation Solution.
• Created new Custom Schema to accommodate the Business rules.
• Wrote Personnel calculation rules(PCRs) for calculating regular time and overtime
• Configured time wage types for time evaluation, both regular time and overtime.
• Designed the quota accrual process using customization tables and PCRs.

Confidential, Fresno, CA

SAP HCM Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Business process Analysis, Blueprinting, Realization/ Customization, User, Testing, Go-live phases.
• Worked on Data Model enhancement by creating custom relationships and evaluation paths
• Created Plan Version, organizational units, jobs and positions
• Integrated OM with the personnel administration.
• Worked with Basis on Structural Authorizations.
• Customized the Object Manager
• Worked with Development team for OM conversions
• Defined the Enterprise and Personnel structures.
• Configured Personnel Actions, complex dynamic actions and Infotype menus as per client specification and provide documentation for the same.
• Configured features NUMKR ABKRS, LGMST, SCHKZ, TMSTA, WWEEK
• Maintained values in the backend for all the fields in the infotypes being used.
• Maintained table T588M to modify Infotype screen.
• Worked on screen headers for Infotypes.
• Worked on holiday calendars and work schedules.
• Designed Quota entitlements, Quota deductions, Absences, Absence counting according to company policies for various personnel subareas and employee groups and sub groups.
• Worked on time types and processing types in tables T555A, T555Yetc
• Configure time wage types for overtime Designed overtime payment through T510S and personnel calculation rules.
• Worked on Kronos and CATS time interface. Created the functional specs for the interface and worked closely with off shore development team to build the interface
• Worked on IT 0416 Time quota compensation for Vacation and sick pay.
• Changed and maintained the time evaluation schemas ZM04 and ZM00 and wrote Personnel calculation rules to meet client requirements.
• Configured Benefit Plan Statuses and Benefit Plans in Plan Attributes.
• Defined Employee Criteria Groups, Cost, Credit and coverage groupings and Employee and Employer Contribution Groupings.
• Set up Health plans by defining Options, Dependant Coverage Options, Cost variants and Cost rules.
• Configured Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Defined Insurance and Savings Plan Data.
• Configured First Program Groupings, Second Program Groupings, Evidence of insurability (EOI)
• Worked on Eligibility and Termination Groupings, Variants and Rules.
• Configured the Payroll-Benefits Integration by creating the Wage type catalog and linking the Wage types to the Benefits plans.
• Configured entire Gross and Net payroll
• Configured Basic pay, Additional payments, and Recurring payments wage types,
• Configured custom processing classes and evaluation classes for the wage types.
• Customized the payroll schema, Created custom PCRs.
• Worked on cumulations, deductions, and Factoring.
• Worked on the US tax models, BSI Tax factory
• Defined Off cycle activities and its completion using the process models.
• Worked with arrears processing, set priorities for arrears; maintain arrears, percentage deductions for retro calculation and recovery of arrears.
• Claims processing

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP HCM Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the transition of Client SAP HR/ Payroll production support from Confidential to Confidential .
• Off shore teams’ (India and Latin America) capacity planning, team building (recruiting and ) and Knowledge transfer of client’s business processes and SAP HR system.
• Analyze Change Requests from Global Business Users and assign them to different team members based on their skill set and experience.
• Develop integrated plans and take responsibility for resolving Change Requests as appropriate.
• Ensure maintaining SLA by checking the tickets on a regular basis in the tool
• Coordination with offshore ABAP team for issues involving development/code changes.
• Involved in complex configuration changes in Organization Management, Personnel Administration, Time management and Payroll.

Confidential, Broadview, IL

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the requirement gathering for Time management, Payroll and Benefits.
• Involved in Business process Analysis, Blueprinting, Realization/ Customization, Testing, Go-live and Production Support.
• Involved in mapping of business process of new developments and created Functional specification for the same.
• Created Holiday calendars and personnel work schedules based on policies of new plants
• Configured CATS and CATS for ESS
• Defined Absences and quota accrual using customization tables and PCRs.
• Configured time wage types for time evaluation, both regular time and overtime.
• Set up Time Quota compensation methods.
• Modified the custom schema to accommodate new personnel areas and their policies
• Wrote Personnel calculation rules for quota accrual, deductions and for generating time wage types to meet client requirements.
• Configured Benefit Plan Statuses and Benefit Plan Types in Plan Attributes.
• Defined Employee Criteria Groups, Cost, Credit and coverage groupings and Employee and Employer Contribution Groupings.
• Set up Health plans by defining Options, Dependant Coverage Options, Cost variants and Cost rules.
• Defined Insurance and Savings Plan Data.
• Set up Flexible Spending Account Configuration.
• Configured First Program Groupings, Second Program Groupings, Evidence of insurability (EOI)
• Worked on Eligibility and Termination Groupings, Variants and Rules.
• Set up Benefit adjustment reasons.
• Configured the Payroll-Benefits Integration by creating the Wage type catalog and linking the Wage types to the Benefits plans.
• Configured Basic pay, Additional payments, and Recurring payments wage types, maintained tables T511 and T512W and assigned processing classes and evaluation classes for the wage types.
• Defined payment models for recurring payments and deductions.
• Change customer payroll schema and PCRs to cater to enterprise pay computations.
• Worked on cumulations, deductions, Absence Valuation, and Factoring.
• Assigned wage types to symbolic accounts for posting to FI/CO module and helped FI Team in identifying the integration of HCM to FI.
• Worked on the US tax models
• Defined Off cycle activities and its completion using the process models.
• Worked with arrears processing, set priorities for arrears; maintain arrears, percentage deductions for retro calculation and recovery of arrears.

Confidential, Redmond, WA

SAP HCM Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading the testing team
• Writing Test Cases, preparation of test plans and running the Test Cases
• Analysing Functional Correctness and Conducting Team s in the area of SAP HR
• Co-ordinating with development team and helping them understand the Functional Specs.

Confidential, Madison, NJ

SAP HCM Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP HR end- to-end Global (multi country) implementation.
• Played active role in the preparation of Project Plan, defining roles and responsibilities and assisting client in defining project objectives.
• Conduct AS-IS study and GAP analysis of Business Processes.
• Organized workshops on various aspects of Human Resource Module- Qualitative and Quantitative Benefits
• Presentations on the functionality of all the components of SAP HR.
• Involved Business process analysis, blueprinting, realization, customization, testing, go-live and production support.
• Involved in AS-IS study, Requirement gathering, Fit-gap Analysis, Preparation of blueprint, Configuration and Customization, Testing, End user and Go-live phases for Implementation of country specific ESS, MSS and E-Recruiting
• Configured the tables for Requisition management, E-Recruiting activities and Processes.
• Configured Attendance and Leave administration in ESS
• Worked on Time data Approval Process in MSS.
• Integrated it MSS and E-Recruitment for flow of requisitions from Manager to Recruiter.
• Integrated ESS and E-Recruiting to facilitate Internal job postings from E-Recruiting to appear in ESS and internal applications from ESS to flow to E-Recruiting system.
• Integrated E-Recruiting with OM and PA to facilitate the flow of Objects and Applicant data.
• Worked on holiday calendars and work schedules for different countries.
• Designed Quota entitlements, Quota deductions, Absences, Absence counting according to company policies for various personnel subareas and employee groups and sub groups.
• Worked on time types and processing types in tables T555A, T555Yetc
• Configure time wage types for overtime Designed overtime payment through T510S and personnel calculation rules.
• Set up CATS
• Worked on IT 0416 Time quota compensation for Vacation and sick pay.
• Customized the time evaluation schema and wrote Personnel calculation rules to meet client requirements.
• Configured Benefit Plans and Statuses.
• Defined Employee Criteria Groups, Cost, Credit and coverage groupings and Employee and Employer Contribution Groupings.
• Set up Health plans by defining Options, Dependant Coverage Options, Cost variants and Cost rules.
• Defined Insurance Plan Data.
• Configured First Program Groupings, Second Program Groupings, Evidence of insurability (EOI)
• Worked on Eligibility and Termination Groupings, Variants and Rules.
• Configured the Payroll-Benefits Integration by creating the Wage type catalog and linking the Wage types to the Benefits plans.