SUMMARY

• Over 16 years industry and IT experience with 15 years of experience with SAP HR (PA - OM/Benefits/Interfaces/Payroll implementations, Success Factors and Workday Integrations. This includes over 5 plus Global implementations with multiple languages and country specific requirements.
• WorkDay to SAP Integrations
• Globalview Experience
• Worksoft Certificate of training with SAP. Automated testing tool.
• HP Quality Center experience version 10. Now called HP ALM
• SAP Hana Training
• Proficient in EPI-Use Query Manager
• Multiple client experience of master data integration from SAP to SuccessFactors
• Success Factor experience with Compensation, Recruiting, Onboarding SAP Integration to Success Factor, Role Based Permissions, Adhoc/ORD reporting.
• Success Factor Employee Central training
• Experience with Project Systems integration with CATSDB, CATSPS and CATSCO to bill customer invoice through SD module using activity types and other objects on CO side. The client used this with SAP minimaster
• Success Factors Support and integration in Compensation, Performance Management, Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning Management.
• Many years of experience in business blueprinting and GAP analysis. In addition to developing global templates for rapid international implementations.
• Experience with over 4 major upgrades (most recent 4.5C to ECC 6.0)
• Expertise in creating multiple Personnel Calculation Rules (PCR’s) in Time Evaluation for various quotas including weekly unpaid leave, balance days, estimated vacations. In addition create accruals for sick and vacation days.
• Extensive experience with third party interfaces using FTP and SFTP solutions and designing related workflow.
• Developed and led many domestic and international workshops for requirements gathering and process development.
• Experience creating multiple SAP HR security roles
• Extensive experience with US and International Benefits including implementing claims module
• Experience with multiple data conversions from legacy systems to SAP including thorough gap and process analysis (Current vs. Future State)
• Knowledge of various international country specific requirements
• Leadership experience with supervision of up to 15 consultants and subcontractors including team lead role and testing team lead role.
• Participated in multiple client selection meetings for outsourcing projects including developing evaluation criteria, service level agreements and final integration of third party software with SAP with third party benefit providers, total compensation, space planning…Org Publisher and others.
• Successful use of BAPIs with portal forms to automate data entry into SAP including hires and automated terminations
• Extensive IDOC knowledge for payroll including interfacing with ADP connection and ADP Payforce
• Creation of ESS solution to allow users to charge to projects (orders) within ESS system. These charges would transfer to controlling module according to activity types and cost centers. Allowed company to capitalized cost by project.
• Public Sector experience with Chicago Board of Education (Process re-engineering, Internal Controls)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

HCM Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead Consultant responsible for managing off shore resources, requirement gathering in blueprinting phase and all phases of payroll implantation and Workday Integratoin
• Wagetype design for regular payroll runs, offcycle, shadow payroll, Expats,Inpats
• Benefits Integration for BSwift, Fidelity and other vendors
• Workday PECI design which integrates to SAP ECC
• Tax models and tax type design for BSI
• Client training and issue resolution
• Lead external vendor meetings to design and resolve integration issues
• Design of many daily Offcycles for Stock RSU’s

Confidential

HCM lead

Responsibilities:

• Client is moving from SAP to Workday.
• Responsible for legacy system support of PA, Benefits, Time and Payroll.
• Implemented union changes for premium pay which included changes (Rule creation and modifications in schema) in time and payroll system.
• Resolved union premium pay issue in SAP Time and Payroll using custom rules and retro calculations.
• Responsible for assisting with SAP to Workday conversion activities.
• Coordinating testing plans and scenarios for implemented solutions.
• Responsible for creating and automating security role creation and delimits.
• Security Reconciliation and changes in SAP ECC 6.0
• Shift Differential and Lead pay changes in PCR’s and Schema changes.

Confidential

HCM lead

Responsibilities:

• Success Factors support and implementation of Employee Data Extract from SAP to Success Factors, UDF for compensation, Education and Work
• Experience feeds for background portlets in Employee Profile
• Creation of Success Factors security model and Role Based Permissioning(RBP) in the modules of Recruitment, Compensation, Onboarding, RMK
• Resolution of various Personnel Administration (PA) within SAP HR module.
• Developed new process for SAP Open Enrollment via ESS for benefits utilizing adjustment reasons.
• Fiori proof of concept/demo
• Implemented state withholding functionality via ESS
• SAP HANA review and proof of concept
• Resolved multiple cobra benefit issues in SAP
• Participated and help developed Recruiting and Onboarding requirements gathering and documentation in related workbooks
• Prototyped Affordable Care functionality in SAP. Help lead outsourced solution with ADP.
• Success Factors Compensation, Onboarding and Recruitment testing.
• Developed test strategy/plan document including scope document for testing and led client testing sessions.
• Developed scenarios and coordinated testing of security roles in SuccessFactors for Recruiting and Compensation.
• Developed test scenarios matrix and coordinated testing with client with relevant scenarios of PA/OM/Benefits/Payroll and SuccessFactors including interfaces
• Worksoft certificate of training for testing automation.
• Developed automated test scripts using worksoft to reduce manual testing scenarios.
• Participated and help developed route map workshops for compensation and recruiting to create end state process.
• Success factor Adhoc reporting and ORD development
• Developed Photos load process on SFTP server
• Developed Proxy access process
• Proficient in EPI-use Query Manager to create reports for client user community.
• Proficient in Spinafex Query writing tool to create reports for client user community.
• Re-engineered Organizational Management process with the creation of jobs, positions and Organizational units by minimizing/standardizing approval path and reduced paper processes.

Confidential

HCM lead

Responsibilities:

• Success Factors support and integration. Including support of Compensation and Onboarding go live. Client currently has Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance Management, and Learning.
• Coordinated testing activities with clients including testing scenarios and test strategy.
• Participation in requirement gathering sessions in Recruiting.
• Supported Role Based Permissions in SuccesFactors
• Familiar with various components of Admin tools in SucessFactors.
• BSI Tax upgrade from version 9 to 10
• Provided year end SAP configuration for Payroll and Time.
• Provided technical support and analysis for third party vendor selection. Instrumental part of selection committee.
• SAP Benefit Support
• Year End Works schedule and time evaluation processing
• ALE and Interface Support
• Year End Payroll Processing
• Led testing and application of year end support packs
• Resolved variety of issues and support for SAP HR to CRM integration with CATS. Client used to charge labor hours with CRM confirmation through CATS.
• Led and developed plan for end of year support pack changes. Client was on enhancement pack 65

HCM lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing international scope document
• Responsible for developing road map document and blueprint document
• Conducted various meetings and workshops to understand business requirements and impact on current process
• Designed and Developed interim HR solution to provide HR data to SAP BPC solution and finance for reporting and business analysis
• Trained client on interim solution.
• Conducted various meetings with payroll vendor (ADP) to improve business process

Team lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for stabilizing a previous unsuccessful SAP implementation in Asia including process work, SAP configuration and other technical solutions
• Created Scope documents to help with requirement gathering in Latin American, Europe and North American.
• Implementing the solution globally in various manufacturing plants including unions and contract workers.
• Developed blueprint documents.
• Developed test strategies and test scenarios for multiple countries using HP Quality Center.
• Managed defect tracking and reporting out of HP Quality Center.
• Coordinated execution and running of scripts in HP Quality Center for PA/OM and Interfaces.
• Leveraged testing using SAP Solution Manager.
• Created content and led multiple workshops/Solution fit sessions in Melbourne, Australia, Mexico City, Mexico and Mechelen, Belgium
• Responsible for resolving various SAP issues according to business requirements
• Implemented education and qualifications on person and positions in Personnel Development.
• Developed Vacancy process to be used in Career and Succession Planning.
• Responsible for working with ADP in Europe for their payroll consolidation project. They were using Globalview and streamline for the Europe with SAP for master data.
• Responsible for working with ADAM in Latin America for their payroll consolidation project with SAP as the the source of master data. Tata was used for process outsourcing in certain areas.
• Resolved inefficiencies in OM with position creation and job creation.
• Communicated and help client with OM structure development and best practices globally.
• Work on global mobility issues including process development with SAP for expats and inpats.
• SAP configuration work including features, OM objects, Actions, country specific infotypes, etc
• Responsible with working with business to help with adoption of SAP. This involved helping with demonstrating how SAP should be utilized in current business process and resolving any gaps.
• Work with client methodology and alignment with ASAP methodology.
• Worked and advised on global template to increase efficiency of global rollouts.
• Created functional specifications for RICEFW objects where applicable.

Team lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading blueprint sessions developing questionnaires, etc to help understand requirements in the areas of Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Benefits and specific Interfaces.
• Responsible for developing configuration plan and implementing configuration steps.
• Responsible for teaching client configuration.
• Developed conversion strategy for PA/OM
• Responsible for process improvement and best practice determinations
• Responsible for integration of SAP HR implementation with existing PeopleSoft master data. PeopleSoft will receive master data from SAP which will feed certain mainframe legacy systems in the short term.
• Responsible for analyzing current business requirements to SAP system while resolving any gaps.
• Responsible for Success Factors integration
• Managing PA/OM/Benefits team by providing direction on various configuration tasks and issue resolution. This also includes offshore resources.
• Developed OM/PD integration for qualifications and education for complex union requirements.
• Developed and designed multiple HR security solutions.
• Developed ALE solution for standard and custom infotypes.
• Customized PPOME to reflect custom objects and relationships
• Configured indirect role assignments for SAP HR security using custom objects
• Designed complex benefit interface for agreement (union) employees to determine eligibility based on days worked (7 day rule),classes of time, etc to read from payroll cluster.
• Designed and tested complex function modules for portal integration in the PA and OM area.
• Determined partial integration strategy for operational employees who passed in evaluated time. Integration only occurred with nonoperational employees
• Developed integration with Plant maintenance(PM) module to dynamically create logistical work center for equipment tracking.
• Provided solution for union employees who were required to bid, bump, “ride a bulletin:” according to union regulations.
• Worked with client’s third party vendors to transition from mainframe to SAP custom interfaces.
• Trained client on various SAP best practices and processing tips
• Trained client and gave presentation on SAP reporting.

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Resolved issues with the integration of CATSDB, CATSPS and CATSCO with Project Systems, SD and CO. Client was using cat2 to charged project cost to project systems and billed through Resource related billing and SD. The client used SAP HR mini-master.
• Developed custom user interface using CATS to pass employee hours to third party payroll system. In this scenario CATS could be used to support project systems, SD and payroll.
• Implemented CATS profiles for data entry and approval.

Team Member/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Upgrades from 4.0B to 4.6C then 4.6C to ECC 6.0
• Successful implementation of IDOC’s in SAP to interface to third party payroll Vendor (ADP) They used payforce and ADP connection to interact with IDOC’s
• Creation of ESS solution to allow users to charge to projects (orders) within ESS system. These charges would transfer to controlling module according to activity types and cost centers. Allowed company to capitalized cost by project.
• Prototyped Project systems and interaction with Controlling module using various CAT transactions
• Maintained and Created SAP HR security roles
• Developed ALE solution to move data between environments
• Developed various personnel calculation rules (PCR’s) to create various time quotas including weekly unpaid leave, balance days, and estimated vacation. Designed and implemented sick and vacation accruals in time schema.
• Responsible for creating various default dates, warning messages, mails using dynamic actions to meet business needs.
• Developed actions (HR processes in SAP) based on employee type for core HR processes including new hire, termination, LOA, retirement, etc.,
• Created various basic pay, additional payments and recurring payment wage types. Performed various country specific screen modifications and creation of country menu tabs. Developed and Implemented Asia HR Authorizations including various modifications to Europe authorization and US profiles.
• Developed various HR reports using SAP Query. Established Global HR Report Council to synchronize end user reporting needs and to make sure global reporting objectives are met.
• Assisted with development of SAP HR BW info cube and crystal reports.
• Successfully implementation of multiple international locations into SAP including but not limited to Korea, Brazil, Philippines, Malaysia, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, etc.,
• Successful implementation of Discovery’s Retail stores into SAP including benefits, payroll, time and Personnel Administration. This was a project of great complexity which involved over 40 US locations, automation of data into SAP using BAPIs and the portal, complex benefit rules among states, etc
• Assisted with identifying changes, prototyping new functionality for two upgrades including the success of the upgrades as well that were on time and under budget (4.0B to 4.6C, 4.6C to ECC 6.0)
• Provided system expertise for mergers and acquisitions and divestitures of core business and channels (Antenna Audio, How Stuff works, Pet Ventures,etc
• Prototyped Concurrent Employment and Structural Authorizations
• Implemented multiple benefit/FSA open enrollments and benefit plan and rate changes based on various eligibility criteria
• Implemented claims module for US and Asia where employees can submit medical expenses against pre-defined limits and get there appropriate reimbursement through payroll
• Implemented benefits US and internationally (Europe and Asia) including Flexibenefits.
• Implemented Leave Administration (with and without absence types in the time module)
• Implemented various plans including Medical, Dental, Savings, Misc plans, Insurance
• Implemented macro and micro eligibility rules in multiple states
• Experience with different state plans including Kaiser plan in the state of California of short term disability in NY or NJ
• Created multiple benefit areas in different currencies
• Implemented the claims module in Benefits in US and Singapore
• Created specifications and wrote interfaces to third party vendors including Trowe, Mercer Prism, ADP, Secova/Ultralink
• Developed and Coordinated testing sessions with client personnel.
• Implemented benefits for Retail stores
• Designed workflow to let payroll know of FSA changes (biweekly deduction or goal amount)
• Key role in large benefit outsourcing projects from the master data feeds to the inbound benefit deductions to the service level agreements
• Automated and designed Org Publisher for client to use for succession planning and what-if planning. Weekly feeds from SAP integrated with Org publishers automated publishing feature to produce timely accurate charts without manual intervention

Team Lead- Global HR Divestiture

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with client members to identify and document current domestic/international business processes so that day to day operations could continue after sale.
• Performed detailed interface and technical infrastructure mapping.
• Responsible for identifying potential issues/gaps and determining viable options to mitigate those gaps. Client HR system was Peoplesoft which interfaced to SAP Payroll.

Confidential

Instructor

Responsibilities:

• Instructed new consultants on SAP Gross Payroll at Global Training center.
• Responsible for modifying curriculum as appropriate based on experience

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and execution of a detailed work plan for integration testing, user acceptance testing and parallel testing for the Americas.
• Created a master fault log and monitored the fault log to track issues including configuration issues and system performance issues and assigned them to the appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Responsible for the testing and assisting in the resolution of all issues for interfaces for the US including the ADP, Hewitt and Kronos interfaces.
• Responsible for communicating to global headquarters in Finland the status of testing for the US and any significant issues on a daily and weekly basis.
• Supervised a team of up to up to 11 individuals during parallel testing.
• Trained the client’s SAP Data center in certain functionality of SAP version 4.5.
• Acted in the capacity of liaison between the configuators and HR functional personnel to resolve issues and understand requirements.

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Configuration team lead for Latin America implementation of global SAP HR system for OM, PA, Time and Payroll
• Responsible for managing and allocating resources to make sure all milestones are met with agreed upon deliverables.
• Responsible for configuration, development of configuration work plan, test plans and issue resolution. Implementation focused on Master Data and Organisational management.
• Created Lessons Learned (Best Practices) document from previous global implementations with recommendations.
• Benefit Implementation for US and International countries
• Configured Benefits for Malaysia. Maintained the master transport list to sync up configuration items from team members.
• Supervised and reviewed the configuration done by other team members. Incorporated various screen versions from other module pools for info types.
• Configured Malaysia tax infotypes in Malaysia payroll. Resolved Hong Kong Benefits Issues.
• Configured Dynamic Actions to default various information and perform validations.
• Configured Banks and payment methods for Malaysia and Canada. Configured various work schedule rules.
• Configured wage types for Infotypes 8, 14 & 15 for Malaysia and Canada.
• Ensured there was adequate knowledge transfer to the client.
• Reviewed SAP LCP’s (Legal Change Pacts) to determine impact on system configuration.
• Discovered a cheaper, faster method to enter foreign language characters for our configuration in French and Portuguese.
• Created the configuration workplan to assign configuration responsibility to individual team members, with completion dates and other relevant data.
• Assigned configuration items and estimated completed dates.
• Assisted PWC staff and client staff with issue resolution

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Responsible during upgrade of SAP HR 3.1 to 4.5 for assisting with the development of standards, tools, and procedures for documenting upgrade impacts to existing SHARP system.
• Performed assessment and created documentation of SAP 4.0 and 4.5 release changes to existing SHARP production system.
• Developed the "as is" and "to be" process flowcharts from workshops to document and resolve the gaps identified.
• Developed analysis stage deliverables for new functionality, specifically the Compensation Management module.
• Assisted in prototyping the compensation module and demonstrating the functionality to the end users during the analysis stage

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Created mapping of existing HR systems.
• Developed as-is process maps and created comparison documentation between current system functionality and SAP HR capability.
• Led development workshops for existing process mapping.

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the configuration and maintenance of union and salaried employees in SAP-HR tables: T510, T510N, T510U, T510A and T510G. This involves the creation/maintenance of payscale types, payscale groups and payscale levels through the IMG or table maintenance.
• Attachment of wagetypes to payscale groups or levels.
• Assessing impact of new personnel area/subareas (T001P) or employee group/subgroup/collective agreement provision (T503) to the payscale
• Responsible for the translation of over 90,000 employees from the legacy system into SAP.
• Monitored various labor groups to ensure that specified employees had the proper step level progression within SAP through program RPITUMOO and that probationary and premium pay was awarded properly.
• Developed an access database to monitor the sync-up of SAP tables.
• Developed an agenda and taught some members of international SAP team how to configure payscale type, payscale area, payscale group, payscale level, direct/indirect valuation on infotype 8, creation of wagetypes (T511), valuation of wagetypes (T512W), creation of personnel area/subarea(T001P), creation of employee group/subgroup (T503) and how the reclassification program moves employees between payscale levels. This involved 5 regions and 70 countries.
• Taught myself ABAP and created an outbound interface between the airline and the State of Texas. The program extracts data from certain infotypes on employees based on Tax Company that were hired or rehired within a specific time. The program then sends this data as an outbound interface in ASCI text format to the state of Texas in accordance with the PRWORA ACT (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act).
• Provided additional functionality to infotype 41 by writing ABAP code in conjunction with SAP user exits.
• Used Mercury Interactive “Load Runner” for testing.
• Developed multiple payroll schemas and personnel calculation rules and period modifiers