SUMMARY

• Over 14 years of IT experience and Over 12 years of experience as SAP HR/HCM Consultant in both private and public sectors
• Involved in 4 SAP full life cycle implementations including Business Process Analysis, Blueprinting, Configuration, Customization, Testing, Pre go - live and Production Support per ASAP methodology and several upgrade and several support projects, experience in Acquisitions and mergers/demergers
• Experienced in Configuration and Implementation of SAP HCM /HR Module in areas of Payroll / Benefits / Time / PA / OM / PD / ESS / MSS / Travel Expenses, Compensation Management with upgrades to 6.0 and follow-up support along with enhancement packs EhP5, EhP6 and EhP7 and HR Renewal, SAP Payroll Control Center
• In-depth experience & knowledge of Master Data, Payroll, Benefits, and Time Evaluation
• Core skills in the implementation of SAP-HR/HCM on premise and experience with HR Data feed/interface to Workday and SuccessFactors
• Extensive functional experience, which enables me to comprehend complex business practices.
• Versed in Analytical AS IS process and defining TO BE process.
• Expert in Fit and Gap Analysis, Functional Specifications, testing, end user and documentation.
• Integration of SAP Payroll with SAP FICO, SAP Benefits, ADP and BSI with latest 10.0 versions
• Experience in US Public sector in NRA, saving bonds processing, Pension Plans, Public sector savings plans (403(B), 457(B)), employer benefits and tax elocution rules.
• Customized Payroll schemas and Time schemas; created and customized rules.
• Proficient in BSI, ADP (PU12 & PCPW), Benefit Providers, third party remittance, garnishments, federal, state and local tax filings, tax reporter-TUBS 1099, W2’s, check/pay stubs, Bank Reconciliations, Pensions, month-end accruals & configuration of IMG activities for posting to FI/CO/FM/GM i.e., Versed in Payroll integration into GL, FI shell setup i.e., integration to FICO, payroll integration - interacting with legacy system & integration to BW/BI & SRM. Experience with Nakisa and adept in using its functionality for OM
• Expert in IT 0267 (Additional Payments off cycle) & IT 0221 (Payroll Results Adjustments), & Payroll Year End activities.
• Experience with CATS, Kronos, Time Evaluation, Shift planning, Time sheet and Time integration with Payroll, Time Quota Compensation Configuration (Infotype 0416), Quota Corrections (Infotype 2013), and Time Transfer Specifications (Infotype 2012).
• Versed in/with different Union Laws and Labor Laws, FLSA and FMLA
• Adept at/in ITS and Enterprise portal Configuration (ESS/MSS Configuration) - Over 6 years of experience
• Experience with Adobe Interactive Forms functionality, ABAP Development and Understanding of Net Weaver and Solution Manager, Experience with SAP OSS Notes application
• Skilled in R3 security, User Authorization profiles and security roles, & Portal security and SoD with GRC.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities during implementation.
• Performed parallel testing’s, Used Mercury Quality Center (HPQC) for Test case management and test execution.
• Extensive experience of Ad Hoc query and SAP Query reporting tools to extract and analyze system data, Worked with data migration tools LSMW, SCAT, ECAT. Expert in ALE Data Transfer and IDOC’s
• Team player with high-caliber interpersonal / presentation skills, Ability to assume a variety of project roles with PMI Skills.
• Utilize system and business knowledge to drive system strategy for streamlined processes and enhanced system functionality.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• ERP SAP HCM / HR 3.1H to 4.7Enterprise, My SAP ERP (5.0 & 6.0), EHP4, EHP5, EHP6, EHP7, Duet.Gateway 1.0
• Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP, Windows NT, UNIX
• Languages C, SQL, PL/Sql, and ABAP/4
• Applications MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Erwin and Visio Tools
• Database Confidential 8i, DB2, SQL Server 2000, MS Access
• Tools ASAP, MS Project, Ad Hoc query & SAP Solution Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Lisle, IL

Sr SAP HR/HCM Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported Global SAP HR System for its Global workforce employees located in US, EMEA, ASPAC and Latin America regions. Worked with business owners to define best business practices and identify project requirements and enhancements.
• Responsible for delivery and configuration of SAP HCM Modules (Master Data) PA, PD, OM, Benefits, ESS MSS, Time and Payroll Modules.
• Assign personnel areas to company codes, subgroups to employee groups, and personnel sub areas to personnel areas. Assign Employee Subgroup grouping for Collective Agreement Provision & Personnel Calculation Rules.
• Configure Info groups & assign them to personnel actions to facilitate entry of structured data on employees for complex HR processes. Maintained feature IGMOD to setup info groups based on organizational assignment.
• Configure Actions with country reassignment feature to implement expatriate / repatriate functionality.
• Create dynamic actions to populate info type 0041, Date specifications for certain actions.
• Work with LSMW to upload data to SAP for OM & PA Infotypes
• Maintain HR Master Data of the employee using transaction PA30. Maintained Organizational Structure (Transaction PPOME) and info types 1000, 1001, 1005, 1008, 1013 etc.
• Define wage types permissibility for info types. Defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG groupings.
• Set up Wage Types for Basic Pay (info type 0008), Recurring Payments / Deductions (info type 0014), Union dues, Additional payments (info type 0015). Define wage types for indirect valuation using indirect valuation modules ANSAL & TARIF.
• Generate pay scale structure by defining pay scale areas, pay scale types and levels.
• Configure objects: Organization Units, Jobs, Positions and Tasks. Maintain number ranges for org units
• Configure Master Data & Payroll to process garnishments. Maintain the Infotypes 194,195 & 216 for processing garnishments.
• Configure the IMG setting (work schedules, absences quotas and attendances) required for Time Management.
• Create holidays and assign to a factory calendar, new break schedules daily and period work schedules.
• Created Time and Payroll rules for Personal Leave, Sick leave, Vacation adjustment in each Quarter, Discretionary Leave Accrual, Over time
• Worked with various Interfaces, building new and enhancing the existing interfaces as per business case
• Supporting KOCH Acquisitions for Americas and EU region - Gathering requirements, business process reengineering, preparing documents, configuration, customization, data loads, testing, go-live and support.

Confidential, Upper Marlboro, MD

Sr SAP HR/HCM Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Representing as HR Technology subject matter expert (SME) for Human Resources Business Partners as well as internal HR Technology members.
• Support County PA, OM, Payroll, Time, Benefits and ESS/MSS on daily basis with hands on configuration
• Created Time and Payroll rules for Personal Leave, Sick leave, Vacation adjustment in each Quarter, Discretionary Leave Accrual, Over time
• Created new attendance and absence types and quota configuration
• Configured new Payroll Areas and deduction models
• Configured payroll postings to FICO, third party postings and with Third party interfaces
• Supported county with quarterly filings, Yearend processing and month end accruals
• Supported county with off-cycles, Payroll results adjustments and claims processing
• Configured new Benefits plans (deferred compensation) and created functional specs for interfaces development
• Supported county with its various Payroll, Time, Master data and Benefits interfaces files
• Worked with Various Master Data, Time Data, Benefits and Payroll Infotypes
• Currently working with Stack upgrade and support pack enhancements
• Created functional specs for Time date interface from Stromberg to SAP and worked with ABAPER for developing programs
• Defined new tax authorities, setup of tax types and SUI rates in SAP and BSI
• Reviewed SAP OSS notes and Coordinated with BASIS in applying OSS note to resolve SAP bugs
• Create/configure the Enterprise structure (Personnel Area, and Personnel Sub Area) and the Personnel Structure (Employee Group, Employee Sub group).
• Assign personnel areas to company codes, subgroups to employee groups, and personnel sub areas to personnel areas. Assign Employee Subgroup grouping for Collective Agreement Provision & Personnel Calculation Rules.
• Configure Info groups & assign them to personnel actions to facilitate entry of structured data on employees for complex HR processes. Maintained feature IGMOD to setup info groups based on organizational assignment.
• Configure Actions with country reassignment feature to implement expatriate / repatriate functionality.
• Create dynamic actions to populate info type 0041, Date specifications for certain actions.
• Configure menus for PA30 and PA40 Transactions as per customer requirements.
• Exclusive use of LSMW tool for uploading the election workers and contract term employees
• Validating data through Tcodes SE11 and SE16 from various tables
• Building various Adhoc reports and SAP Reporting with SQ01 and SQBI
• Validating the various interface date from AL11
• Worked with Benefits Open Enrollment for year 2015.
• Configured CATS for ESS functionality
• Designed Testing methodology for Portal Configuration
• Prepared and delivered written communications relating to SAP HR production support activities
• Configured SAP HR ESS MSS Portal with Benefits Module.
• Support County PA, OM, Payroll, Time, Benefits and ESS/MSS on daily basis with hands on configuration

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Sr SAP HR/HCM Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported Global SAP HR System for its Global workforce employees located in US, EMEA, ASPAC and Latin America regions. Worked with business owners to define best business practices and identify project requirements and enhancements. Responsible for delivery and configuration of SAP HCM Modules (Master Data) PA, PD, OM, Benefits, ESS MSS, Time and Payroll Modules.
• Specs development to feed data from SAP HCM to Workday & SAP Finance to Workday and work with various technical teams to develop conversion programs.
• Performed fit-gap analysis throughout the data cleansing, mapping and conversion/integration phase to Workday and provide any assistance required including performing data loads, reconciliation and writing test cases and test scripts.
• Assign personnel areas to company codes, subgroups to employee groups, and personnel sub areas to personnel areas. Assign Employee Subgroup grouping for Collective Agreement Provision & Personnel Calculation Rules.
• Configure Info groups & assign them to personnel actions to facilitate entry of structured data on employees for complex HR processes. Maintained feature IGMOD to setup info groups based on organizational assignment.
• Configure Actions with country reassignment feature to implement expatriate / repatriate functionality.
• Create dynamic actions to populate info type 0041, Date specifications for certain actions.
• Work with LSMW to upload data to SAP for OM & PA Infotypes
• Maintain HR Master Data of the employee using transaction PA30. Maintained Organizational Structure (Transaction PPOME) and info types 1000, 1001, 1005, 1008, 1013 etc.
• Define wage types permissibility for info types. Defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG groupings.
• Set up Wage Types for Basic Pay (info type 0008), Recurring Payments / Deductions (info type 0014), Union dues, Additional payments (info type 0015). Define wage types for indirect valuation using indirect valuation modules ANSAL & TARIF.
• Generate pay scale structure by defining pay scale areas, pay scale types and levels.
• Configure objects: Organization Units, Jobs, Positions and Tasks. Maintain number ranges for org units
• Configure Master Data & Payroll to process garnishments. Maintain the Infotypes 194,195 & 216 for processing garnishments.
• Configure the IMG setting (work schedules, absences, attendances & quotas) required for Time Management.
• Create holidays and assign to a factory calendar, new break schedules daily and period work schedules.
• Worked with various Interfaces, building new and enhancing the existing interfaces as per requirements

Confidential, Allentown, PA

Sr SAP HR/HCM Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered & Created Requirement Documents and Work Instructions (WI)
• Created SAP Functional & technical specifications and end user documents
• Writing Functional specifications and coordinate with ABAPER’s in development of Interfaces
• Testing & executing the interfaces by creating the mock files for all inbound and outbound interfaces
• Raising the defects in HPQC and fixing the defects for interfaces
• Involved in implementation of Global SAP HR system for its workforce of 30,000 plus employees in more than 50 countries (US, EMEA, ASPAC, and Latin America Regions). I was involved in full life cycle of the project from ‘kick off’ to ‘go live’. Worked with business owners to define best business practices and identify project requirements and enhancements.
• Responsible for Delivery of SAP HCM modules PA, PD, OM, ESS, MSS and Payroll and Time Modules of SAPHR
• Supporting APCI Acquisitions for all regions - Gathering requirements, business process reengineering, preparing documents, configuration, customization, data loads, testing, go-live and support
• Error handling and Error reconciliation of interfaces in SAP for Payroll, Benefits and PA & OM
• Configuration of SAP for Payroll, Benefits, PA, OM, ESS MSS and Time for enhancements and SAP bug fixes and Shadowed the SuccessFactors BizX suite
• Helping the client in Data conversions & custom reports
• Develop Test Scenarios and test scripts based on Requirements documents and Functional Specifications for Payroll, Benefits, Time, PA & OM and ESS MSS modules along with custom reports.
• Lead End-End Testing, third party vendor testing (TPV’s), Standalones, Integration Testing and parallel testing
• Developed documentation and process hand-off documentation
• Configured Payroll procedures using IMG by defining the parameters of payroll module - payroll periods, period modifiers, date modifiers and payroll past period and Payroll Process Models
• Defined employee subgroup and personnel sub area groups for the primary wage type and defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG in basic pay.
• Defined Payscale structure by defining pay scale types, areas and levels for exempt, non-exempt and Union employees.
• Defined entry permissibility for info type and defined wage type characteristics.
• Customized schemas, sub-schemas and rules for payroll data processing.
• Created wage type catalog and checked wage type group for Basic pay.
• Worked in payroll averages, retroactive accounting, wage type valuation, absence valuation factoring and accruals.
• Configured master data and payroll to process garnishments. Maintained the infotypes 194,195 and 216 for processing the garnishments.
• Created remittance rules as per the client’s requirements.
• Created pay scale grouping for allowances and created wage types for Recurring and deductions (0014) and Additional payments (0015).
• Worked with the different info-types required to run payroll (008, 009, 0011, 0014,0015,0207,0208, 0209, and 0210).
• Created the Payroll area, generated payroll periods using period and date modifiers, and assigned a control record to each payroll accounting area.
• Configured and maintained the features ABKRS for default payroll area, LGMST for default wage types, TARIF for default pay-scale data.
• Created Wage types, Wage type groups for recurring payments and deductions, additional payments infotypes, Wage type permissibility for all ESG, PSG groups.
• Created Holiday Calendars, work schedules and work schedule rules.
• Mapping and documentation of "As Is" administrative business processes.
• Analyzed business and system needs, requirements and processes.
• Define benefit area, benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans.
• Defined various benefit plan types and plan status as per the client requirements.
• Configured Health plans, Insurance Plans, Pension Plans, COBRA, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Savings Plan and Miscellaneous Plans.
• Defined employee groupings: parameter groupings, salary groupings and age groupings.
• Defined cost variants, cost rules, eligibility variants and eligibility rules.
• Configured features BAREA, BSTAT and BENGR
• Responsible for the Integration of Benefits with Payroll.
• Assigned templates to form types in COBRA Plans.
• Configured different employee criteria groupings like age, salary and seniority groups.
• Worked with features CSTV1, CRDV1, COVGR, EECGR, and ERCGR.
• Configured IMG settings for health plans, insurance plans, savings plan (401K plan) and COBRA plans.
• Maintained the benefit plan premiums through cost variants and cost rules.
• Created and configured the Enterprise structure (Personnel Area, and Personnel Sub Area) and the Personnel Structure (Employee Group, Employee Sub group).
• Assigned personnel areas to company codes, employee subgroups to employee groups, personnel sub areas to personnel areas. Assigned Employee Subgroup grouping for Collective Agreement Provision and Personal Calculation Rules.
• Configured Info groups and assigned them to personnel actions to facilitate entry of structured information of the employees for complex HR processes. Maintained feature IGMOD to setup info groups based on organizational assignment.
• Configured Actions with country reassignment feature to implement expatriate / repatriate functionality.
• Created dynamic actions to populate info type 0041, Date specifications for certain actions.
• Defined Country Specific-Info types and maintained info type attributes.
• Worked with Benefits Open Enrollment for year 2013.
• Configured CATS for ESS functionality
• Designed Testing methodology for Portal Configuration
• Prepared and delivered written communications relating to SAP HR production support activities
• Configured SAP HR ESS MSS Portal with Benefits Module.

Confidential, Canonsburg, PA

Sr SAP HR/HCM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the full cycle of implementation from blueprinting to post-go-live support.
• Participated in number of user meetings which involved study of business processes, gathering and documenting requirements.
• Prepared business blueprint for benefits module as per client requirements.
• Created Functional Specs, Conceptual design and detail design documents for configuration based on the business requirements
• Analyzed and configured the Benefits module to implement health plans, insurance plans, Pension Plans and saving plans (401K plan).
• Defined benefit areas (BAREA), benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans.
• Defined the general data for health plans and options that represent the coverage choices an employee can make within a health plan.
• Created wage types for all benefits plans to enable Benefits-Payroll integration.
• Defined different cost formulas and cost formula calculation rules for health plans and insurance plans.
• Maintained the default features: BENGR, BSTAT, ELIGR, and TRMTY.
• Configured Vesting and investments for the savings plan.
• Defined Evidence of Insurability conditions for health and Insurance plans.
• Defined the dependent coverage that is used in health plans.
• Involved in defining catalog and services for ESS and created SAP users for ESS.
• Created and defined portal Users, Roles, Work sets, Pages and iviews for ESS.
• Customized the ESS for the workplace for Benefits, Travel management, CATS and Office.
• Configured master data and payroll to process garnishments. Maintained the infotypes 194,195 and 216 for processing the garnishments.
• Created remittance rules as per the client’s requirements.
• Created pay scale grouping for allowances and created wage types for Recurring and deductions (0014) and Additional payments (0015).
• Worked with the different info-types required to run payroll (008, 009, 0011, 0014,0015,0207,0208, 0209, and 0210).
• Defined new tax authorities, setup of tax types and SUI rates in SAP and BSI
• Reviewed SAP OSS notes and Coordinated with BASIS in applying OSS note to resolve SAP bugs.
• Applied BSI TUBS to 114 in version 9 and involved in upgrading BSI to 9.0 J
• Configured the IMG setting (work schedules, absences, attendances and quotas) required for Time Management.
• Configured Time Types, Processing Types (T555Y), and Time wage type selection rules (T510S).
• Configuration of new Benefit Plans and its interfaces and integrating to payroll.
• Gave good documentation and performed end user and providing configuration to SAP IT Team.

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

Sr SAP HR/HCM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) & Work Instructions (WI)
• Provide SAP Functional & technical experience in creation of all documents
• Write functional specifications and coordinate with ABAPER’s in development of Interfaces
• Test & executing the interfaces by creating the mock files for all inbound and outbound interfaces
• Raise the defects in HPQC and fixing the defects for interfaces
• Error handling and Error reconciliation of interfaces in SAP for Payroll, Benefits and Absence and disabilities
• Configuration of SAP for Payroll, Benefits, PA, OM, ESS MSS and Time for enhancements and SAP bug fixes.
• Help the client in Data conversions & custom reports
• Integration of International Variances into Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) & Work Instructions (WI)
• Develop Test Scenarios and test scripts based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) & Work Instructions (WI) for Payroll, Benefits, Time, PA & OM and ESS MSS modules along with custom reports.
• Lead End-End Testing, third party vendor testing (TPV’s), Standalones, Integration Testing and parallel testing
• Run HPQC Scripts for various tests, reports, raising defects and error resolution in SAP for configuration changes, Data mapping issues.
• Understand and document the impact of process handoffs outside of the various work streams like Payroll, Benefits, PA, OM, Time and ESS MSS as well as service delivery and IT
• Developed documentation and process hand-off documentation
• Train various users & IT teams in different SAP modules.
• Coordinate with SOX Compliance departments on all documentation, re testing the scenarios in Payroll, Benefits, Time, PA, OM & ESS MSS

Confidential , Rockaway, NJ

Sr SAP HR/HCM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• SAP HR Data Business Analyst: SAP Data Specialist responsible for Data Migration, Data Cleansing, and Data Conversion for Global Implementation for SAP roll-out for United States and Europe involving 3,000+ Employees. Responsibilities included: (1) Comprehensive data analysis on SAP and legacy system and detailed documentation of this data analysis, (2) Managing Development team’s work-load and testing effort for Data Migration and Data Conversion Programs, (3) Integrating with SAP development team and OM and PA functional leads to efficiently accomplish all data analysis tasks.
• SAP HR Data Migration Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the SAP “AS-IS” and the SAP “TO-BE” configuration including heavy data analysis with in-depth documentation of detailed rules surrounding data migration effort. Worked closely with OM and PA leads to develop and validate data migration analysis and results of Unit Testing and Mock Run full data loads.
• SAP HR Data Conversion Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the legacy system “AS-IS” and the SAP “TO-BE” configuration including data analysis with documentation of detailed rules surrounding data conversion effort. Worked closely with OM and PA leads to develop and validate data conversion analysis and results of Unit Testing and Mock Run full data loads.
• SAP HR Data Cleansing Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the SAP production database issues working closely with the HR Manager and OM and PA Leads and documented detailed instruction for data cleansing effort to be performed in the SAP system. Managed tasks and work-load of SAP resource performing

data cleansing activities to ensure data cleansing was occurring accurately and according to planned milestones. Coordinated with HR resources, Client-Site Managers, and SAP resources to address additional data issues as they arose and followed up with all relevant parties until all data issues were resolved.

• Supporting WC Acquisitions for all regions - Gathering requirements, business process reengineering, preparing documents, configuration, customization, data loads, testing, go-live and support

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Sr. SAP HR/HCM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Global SAP roll out, fixed day-to-day Production issues, worked with unions, enhancements and year end support.
• Extensively worked with Employee Master Data for Global SAP roll out.
• Gathered requirements to analyze and configured the Benefits module to implement health plans, insurance plans, pension plans and saving plans (401K plan).
• Defined benefit areas (BAREA), benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans.
• Defined the general data for health plans and options that represent the coverage choices an employee can make within a health plan.
• Created wage types for all benefits plans to enable Benefits-Payroll integration.
• Defined different cost formulas and cost formula calculation rules for health plans and insurance plans.
• Maintained the default features: BENGR, BSTAT, ELIGR, and TRMTY.
• Configured Vesting and investments for the savings plan.
• Defined Evidence of Insurability conditions for health and Insurance plans.
• Defined the dependent coverage that is used in health plans.
• Maintained the benefit plan premiums through cost variants and cost rules.
• Defined various dependent options for each plan category.
• Defined prerequisite and co-requisite plans.
• Defined various Adjustment groupings for different adjustment reasons and also defined their permissibility.
• Worked on standard benefit reports: HRBEN0071, HRBEN0072, HRBEN0077, HRBEN0079, and HRBEN0083
• Created pay scale grouping for allowances and created wage types for Recurring and deductions (0014) and Additional payments (0015).
• Work with different info-types required to run payroll (008, 009, 0011, 0014, 0015, 0207, 0208, 0209, & 0210)
• Created the Payroll area, generated payroll periods using period and date modifiers, and assigned a control record to each payroll accounting area.
• Define Payscale structure: define pay scale types/areas/levels for exempt, non-exempt & Union employees.
• Defined entry permissibility for info type and defined wage type characteristics.
• Customized schemas, sub-schemas and rules for payroll data processing.
• Configure Special Vacation schedule in Time and solve the Absence / Overtime issues for US employees.
• Updated FedLevy rates and IRS rates
• Defined new tax authorities, setup of tax types and SUI rates in SAP and BSI
• Reviewed SAP OSS notes and Coordinated with BASIS in applying OSS note to resolve SAP bugs.
• Configure the IMG setting (work schedules, absence, attendance and quotas) required for Time Management.
• Create holidays and assign to a factory calendar, new break schedules daily and period work schedules.
• Defined attendance and absence types according to requirement of client.
• Maintained features QUOMO, TMSTA and WWEEK.
• Configured Time Types, Processing Types (T555Y), and Time wage type selection rules (T510S).
• Worked with US customized Payroll schema Z000 and Time schema &ZM04
• Created new Personnel Subareas and configured all the tables for Time Management
• Defined Country Specific-Info types and maintained info type attributes.
• Configured menus for PA30 and PA40 Transactions as per customer requirements.
• Created Hiring Action that includes all Payroll relevant info types.
• Created public holidays, holiday calendars, break schedules, work schedules and work schedule rules.
• Defined Personnel data and payroll data for administrative and payroll perspective
• Supporting FMC Acquisitions for all regions - Gathering requirements, business process reengineering, preparing documents, configuration, customization, data loads, testing, go-live and support

Confidential, Center Valley, PA

Sr. SAP HR/HCM Consultant

Responsibilities:

Payroll

• Configured Payroll procedures using IMG by defining the parameters of payroll module - payroll periods, period modifiers, date modifiers and payroll past period etc.
• Defined employee subgroup and personnel sub area groups for the primary wage type and defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG in basic pay.
• Define Payscale structure: define pay scale types/areas/levels for exempt, non-exempt & Union employees.
• Defined entry permissibility for info type and defined wage type characteristics.
• Customized schemas, sub-schemas and rules for payroll data processing.
• Created wage type catalog and checked wage type group for Basic pay.
• Work on payroll averages, retroactive accounting, wage type valuation, absence valuation factoring & accruals.
• Create counting classes for absence valuation.
• Configure Special Vacation schedule in Time & solve Absence/Overtime issues for US & Canada employees.
• Configure Master Data & Payroll to process garnishments. Maintain the infotypes 194,195 & 216 for processing garnishments.
• Create remittance rules as per the client’s requirements.
• Create pay scale grouping for allowances and created wage types for Recurring and deductions (0014) and Additional payments (0015).
• Work with different info-types required to run payroll (008, 009, 0011, 0014, 0015, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210).
• Create the Payroll area, generated payroll periods using period and date modifiers, and assigned a control record to each payroll accounting area.
• Configure / maintain the features ABKRS for default payroll area, LGMST for default wage types, TARIF for default pay-scale data.
• Create Wage types, Wage type groups for recurring payments and deductions, additional payments infotypes, Wage type permissibility for all ESG, PSG groups.
• Configure Features to default the Wage Model and Payroll area.
• Configure Payroll Structure and Wage type structure.
• Configure wage types for basic pay, additional payments and recurring payments.
• Work with LSMW to upload data to SAP for PY Infotypes and handled mid year go-live.

Benefits

• Perform Mapping and created documentation of "As Is" administrative business processes.
• Analyzed business and system needs, requirements and processes.
• Define benefit area, benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans.
• Defined various benefit plan types and plan status as per the client requirements.
• Configured Health plans, Insurance Plans, COBRA, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Savings Plan Pension plans and Miscellaneous Plans.
• Defined employee groupings: parameter groupings, salary groupings and age groupings.
• Defined cost variants, cost rules, eligibility variants and eligibility rules.
• Configured features BAREA, BSTAT and BENGR
• Responsible for the Integration of Benefits with Payroll.
• Assigned templates to form types in COBRA Plans.
• Configured different employee criteria groupings like age, salary and seniority groups.
• Worked with features CSTV1, CRDV1, COVGR, EECGR, and ERCGR.
• Configured IMG settings for health plans, insurance plans, savings plan (401K plan) and COBRA plans.
• Maintained the benefit plan premiums through cost variants and cost rules.
• Defined various dependent options for each plan category.
• Defined prerequisite and co-requisite plans.
• Defined various Adjustment groupings for different adjustment reasons and also defined their permissibility.
• Configured first program groupings and second program groupings for better administration of employees while performing enrollment.
• Configured different eligibility rules through eligibility groupings and eligibility variants.
• Configured IMG settings for deciding the eligibility dynamically.
• Defined termination rules through termination groupings and termination variants.
• Defined Evidence of Insurability (EOI) conditions for health and insurance plans.
• Defined different cost formulas and calculation rules for health plans and insurance plans.
• Maintained the benefit administration process: enrollment, maintenance, and termination of participation using features BENGR, BSTAT, CSTV1, ELIGR, and TRMTY.
• Created documentation and performed end user .
• Worked with LSMW to upload data to SAP for Benefit Infotypes.

Time Management

• Involved in Business Blue Printing for the client as per requirement.
• Configure the IMG setting (work schedules, absences, attendances & quotas) required for Time Management.
• Create holidays and assign to a factory calendar, new break schedules daily and period work schedules.
• Defined attendance and absence types according to requirement of client.
• Maintained features QUOMO, TMSTA and WWEEK.
• Configured Time Types, Processing Types (T555Y), and Time wage type selection rules (T510S).
• Defined separate processing types, processing classes for user defined requirements.
• Setting up absence evaluation rule in table T554C.
• Configured data entry profiles for the cross application time sheet (CATS) for employee time data.
• Time Evaluation processing: use schemas to generate time evaluation reports & automatic update of into-types
• Worked with LSMW to upload data to SAP for Time Infotypes.

Personnel Administration & Organizational Management

• Create/configure the Enterprise structure (Personnel Area, and Personnel Sub Area) and the Personnel Structure (Employee Group, Employee Sub group).
• Assign personnel areas to company codes, subgroups to employee groups, personnel sub areas to personnel areas. Assign Employee Subgroup grouping for Collective Agreement Provision & Personnel Calculation Rules.
• Configure Info groups & assign them to personnel actions to facilitate entry of structured data on employees for complex HR processes. Maintained feature IGMOD to setup info groups based on organizational assignment.
• Configure Actions with country reassignment feature to implement expatriate / repatriate functionality.
• Create dynamic actions to populate info type 0041, Date specifications for certain actions.
• Define Country Specific-Info types and maintained info type attributes.
• Configure menus for PA30 and PA40 Transactions as per customer requirements.
• Create Hiring Action that includes all Payroll relevant info types.
• Configure/create subtypes for the standard info types. Create custom info types & setup the time constraint.
• Maintain Feature NUMKR to setup internal / external number ranges for employees & organization unit objects.
• Configure wage type models and feature LGMST to default basic pay wage types in info type 0008, Setup feature TARIF to default pay scale type/pay scale area/planned compensation indicator in info type 0008, and setup feature ABKRS to default payroll accounting area in organizational assignment info type 0001.
• Maintain HR Master Data of the employee using transaction PA30. Maintained Organizational Structure (Transaction PPOME) and info types 1000, 1001, 1005, 1008, 1013 etc.
• Define wage types permissibility for info types. Defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG groupings.
• Set up Wage Types for Basic Pay (info type 0008), Recurring Payments / Deductions (info type 0014), Union dues, Additional payments (info type 0015). Define wage types for indirect valuation using indirect valuation modules ANSAL & TARIF.
• Generate pay scale structure by defining pay scale areas, pay scale types and levels.
• Configure objects: Organization Units, Jobs, Positions and Tasks. Maintain number ranges for org units
• Create public holidays, holiday calendars, break schedules, work schedules and work schedule rules.
• Develop specifications for conversion programs and coordinated with the ABAP team for data field mappings and to ensure the smooth functioning of the same.
• Work with LSMW to upload data to SAP for OM & PA Infotypes.

Employee Self-Service (ESS) & Manager Self-Service (MSS):

• Define/maintain portal users, Roles, Work sets, Pages for ESS. Define catalog/services for ESS; create SAP users for ESS. Communication infotype-0105. Create the ‘Who’s Who service structure.
• Configure Benefits Open Enrollments, Health Plans, Insurance Plans, Savings Plans, Spending Accounts, Credit Plans, Eligibility, Termination, Inbound and Outbound Interfaces and Payroll Integration
• Configure CATS for ESS functionality and IMG settings for Manager Self Service module (SIMG SPORT)

Confidential, Collegeville, PA

Sr. SAP HR/HCM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Applied TUB’s and maintained SUI rates.
• Worked extensively on BSI Tax Factory.
• Involved in Production Support for Payroll, Time Management, Personnel Administration, Organization Management, Benefits, and exposure to ESS
• Configure Tax combo for new tax type for Penn and assign to GL account and Third Party Remittance
• Map wage types to Symbolic accounts and Post to G/L accounts as Expense or Balance sheet
• Delimited tax types and setup tax types LST for PA Authorities
• Configuration of new projects and on-going maintenance in SAP HCM modules
• Create new wage types for Blackberry deductions, map with GL account and modify remuneration form
• Define new tax authorities, setup of tax types and SUI rates in SAP and BSI
• Review SAP OSS notes and Coordinate with BASIS in applying OSS note to resolve SAP bugs.
• Update FedLevy rates and IRS rates
• Unit testing: Time Evaluation, Quotas, Work Schedules, Calendars, CATS & Absence/Attendance Types
• Create new banks, Zip codes in SAP
• Configure hourly rates for Payscale groups and Payscale Levels and also for Union employees.
• Maintain Posting dates for various Company codes after upgrade
• Configure Payroll schedules and Calendars. Configure new Benefit Plans.
• Resolve issues against CATS entry by Time Administrators for employees and Time Evaluation
• Create New relationships for employees and Managers to approve their T&E
• Assist user’s in resolving issues in ESS for Paycheck and changing Tax information
• Impact analysis for HRSP’s and testing of functionality after HRSP’s were applied
• Perform Requirements gathering and configuration for new Benefit Plan
• Update Benefit Cost rules and Variants for Medical, Dental Plans etc… for Open Enrollment 2010
• Work with Benefits Open Enrollment with ESS MSS
• Work with US customized Payroll schema Z000 and Time schema &ZM04
• Create new Personnel Subareas and configure all the tables for Time Management
• Coordinate with Technical team ABAP, give Functional Specs for Customized reports for Time Management
• Perform Year-end activities for Payroll & Benefits. Resolve Postup grade issues in Ad-hoc Queries & Time Mgt

Confidential, Marietta, GA

Lead SAP HR/HCM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on complete life cycle project from ‘Kick off’ to ‘go live’ in the sub modules Payroll, Time Management, Personnel Administration, Benefits, ESS MSS, Travel, Enterprise Compensation, Testing and .
• Worked on Business Process Mapping, Payroll, Benefits, Time Management, Taxes (details upon request)

Confidential

Lead SAP HR/HCM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded SAPR/3 4.6 to ECC 6.0, Production Support and yearend activities; with extensive Configuration duties.
• Worked on Payroll, Benefits, Time Management, Personnel Administration & Organizational Management,