SUMMARY:

• Organizational Management - Organizational Plan (Organizational Structures, Reporting Structures, Relationships, Organizational Units, Positions, Jobs, Work Center Indexes and Task Catalogs), Simple Maintenance (PPO** Transactions), Detail Maintenance (PO** Transactions), Structural Graphics, Evaluations and Reports, Integration of PA/PD, Personnel Cost Planning (Simulations and Comparisons)
• Work Force Requirements (Vacancies), Advertisements, Recruitment Instruments/Media, Recording Applicant Data, Optical Archiving Applicant Documents, Applicant Administration, Administration of the Selection Procedure, Applicant Selection for Vacancies, Applicant Tracking and Applicant Hiring, Web Applicants and ESS (Employment Self-Service)
• Gross Payroll - Wage Types, Processing Time Data, Payments and Deductions, Schemas, Functions, Personnel Calculation Rules, Internal Tables, Factoring, WT Cumulating and Storage.
• Deductions, Taxes (Including Railroad Taxes and Tier Level Taxing), Benefits/Payroll Integration, Garnishments, Bank Transfers/Direct Deposits, General Ledger, Third Party Remittance, Off-Cycle Processing, BSI Third-Party Tool (Tax Tables), BSI Tax Updates, SUI Changes, Reconciliations, ‘PU12’ Interface Workbench Tool and FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act)
• Work Schedules, Time Recording (Substitutions, Absences, Absence Counting, Absence Quotas, Leave Entitlement, FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) Workbench, Overtime, Availability, Reaction to overlapping time infotypes - Collision Checks), and Time Evaluation, CATS (Data Entry Profiles), ESS, Time Manager's Workplace (SAP Enterprise, Version 4.7) and the Time Evaluation Schemas (TM00, with clock times and TM04, without clock times.)
• Global Benefit Areas, Enrollments, Health Plans, Insurance Plans, Savings Plans, Spending Accounts, Credit Plans, Eligibility, Termination, COBRA, Reports, Functional Specifications, Mapping Documents, Inbound and Outbound Interfaces, ESS, MSS and Payroll Integration for Full Time Employees and Retirees.
• Budgeting in Compensation Administration: Creating Budgets and Allocating Budget Amounts, Linking Budgets to Financial Objects, Releasing/Copying Budgets and Budget Structures; Job Pricing - Job Evaluation, Pay Grade/Levels, Pay Scale Structures, Salary and Market Surveys. Compensation Plans: Fixed, Variable and Stock Plans, Fixed, Matrix, User-Defined Guidelines and Guidelines Integration.
• Personnel Cost Planning Requirements and Wage Elements; Eligibility: Defining Groups, Rules and Integration; Defining Compensation Wage Types and Valuation of Compensation Wage Types; Standard Pay Increase; Matrix Calculation Rules and Adjustments

SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE:

3.1 - ECC 6.0 with Enhancement Pack(s) - EhP4, EhP5, EhP6 & EhP7 - HCM Module

SAP’s Solution Manager and SuccessFactors (Recently Trained)

RWD’s InfoPak and uPerform, Org. Publisher, ServiceNow Production Support Ticket System, HRAspire, Crystal Reports, WinShuttle and other third-party tools.

HP (Mercury)’s Test Director and ALM Quality Center

Microsoft Office - MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Project, MS PowerPoint and MS Visio

Ceridian, ADP, Paychex, Pay Liberty and other Payroll Software

KABA, Kronos, LMS, Adicom and other Time Management Software

Deltek's System I and Costpoint Government Contracting Software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP HCM Project Manager

Confidential, Chattanooga Plant, TN

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain Business and System documentation for transparency
• Work with the HCM Business Area Leader to make transparent through explicit documentation the, business processes, business applications (SAP system landscape), system information (SAP batch jobs, SAP interfaces) and the interrelationship among all of these attributes of the Business Architecture.
• Ensure that the HCM Business Area Leaders are aware of the Business Architecture and the implication of the architecture to enable or constrain changes in business strategy.
• Create Application (SAP HCM System) Lifecycle Plans
• Work with the HCM Business Area Leader to ensure that a multiyear lifecycle plan is created to support level 3 processes that includes milestones for all known system version or functional upgrades and sunset and successor system implementation.
• Assess and Manage SAP HCM Business Process / System Requirements and HCM Business User satisfaction
• Work with the HCM business area leaders to determine, for a given business process, the current level of performance satisfaction and risk with current process and systems. Create with the HCM business area requirements plans for continuous improvement of the process and system.
• Identify Automated Solutions which support HCM business process maturity or improvement
• For a given HCM business process, work with the business to identify, document, and analyze business process risk and opportunity costs associated with current process and system
• Identify from the VWAG Master Construction Plans (MCP) the current and or future generation of Group Solutions as potential successors for the current processes and systems.
• For a given business process, work with the business to create business case documentation (with standard template) to evaluate scenarios to replace or adapt current processes or systems.
• Facilitate the Acquisition and Maintenance of Application Software
• Work with the business to specify the appropriate system controls within the design of the application and facilitate the process of acquiring and defining maintenance guidelines for the application.
• Work with the business to facilitate the development of end-user training based on the SAP HCM business processes, which the acquired application is geared to support.
• Manage SAP HCM Process and System Implementation Projects
• Technical Project Leader for the implementation of the new MCP systems or upgrades through the change control process.
• Ensure that the system implementation projects follow the VWGoA ITPO Project Management standards including insuring that all required documentation are current and accurate.
• Responsible of requirements validation with the areas of responsibility
• Responsible for the functional requirement definitions and for some projects responsible of the system configuration or programming
• Responsible for the PMO of the assigned project (tracking, status reporting)

Confidential, Hickory, NC

Responsibilities:

• Perform any and all necessary SAP HCM configuration changes for break/fix support and for new projects or enhancements
• Provide additional SAP Global HCM support to teams in Europe, US, Asia Pacific and Middle East as the Team Lead.
• Utilize my integration experience with SAP and multi-national HCM, Payroll and Benefit interfaces as well as my management experience to be an effective Team Leader.
• Produce detailed functional specifications based on business requirements.
• Provide direction to others as the Team Lead.
• Prioritize, lead and manage dynamic activities and tasks.
• Work with development team members on Development (ABAP/Technical) items as Team Lead.
• Make Time Management configuration changes including Time Evaluation (Schema Changes) as Team Lead
• Lead Implementation of SuccessFactors LMS Product working with SAP SuccessFactors consultant.
• Lead all ESS and MSS break/fix efforts through SAP Portal
• Make Personnel Administration configuration changes for any break/fixes and for new projects as the Team Lead
• Make configuration and non-configuration Organizational Management changes (including P* Transactions) for any break/fixes and for new projects as the Team Lead
• Worked with Transaction ‘PU12’ - ADP (Outsourced Payroll Provider) and made any configuration changes or updates as the Team Lead
• Make Benefits Configuration changes for any break/fixes and for new projects as the Team Lead.

Confidential, Cherry Hill, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing current configuration with the Payroll, Benefits, Business Transition Team and Core HR department’s personnel in a Productive environment to identify what configuration may be missing or needs to be changed to produce the expected results and providing recommendations based on SAP’s Best Practices based on workarounds with the intent to rid the business of workaround and to properly use SAP Standard Functionality
• Participating in a SAP/BSI upgrade project to sync SAP and BSI so that Confidential can upgrade to the BSI Version 10
• Participating in full end to end regression testing for the SAP/BSI project
• Providing training to the Payroll, Benefits, Business Transition Team and Core HR department to streamline their business processes.
• Created a project plan to monitor deadlines and milestones with the multiple projects that are in Scope
• Participating in a back pay resolution for employees due to previous payroll correctness.
• Creating tickets based on the resolutions provided when solutions are found to end the workarounds to use SAP Best Practice
• Reviewing existing tickets to propose solutions to the business and to recommend what actions are needed to be taken by the IT Department (SWAT Team) to resolve the issue and close the ticket.

Confidential, Norfolk, VA

Responsibilities:

• Participating in a successful implementation of the 2014 benefits structure changes as well as interface and data conversion implementations as the client transitions to a new Medical provider for 2014.
• Assisted the HR staff with data mapping for interfaces, any configuration changes that were needed, and performed testing.
• Worked production support HCM tickets/incidents to resolution as they were assigned to me utilizing Service Manager Tool.

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Responsibilities:

• Provided additional SAP Global HCM support to teams in Brazil, US and India as the Team Lead.
• Utilized my integration experience with SAP and multi-national HCM, Payroll and Benefit interfaces to be an effective Team Leader.
• Produced detailed functional specifications based on business requirements.
• Provided direction to others as the Team Lead.
• Prioritized, lead and managed dynamic activities and tasks.
• Worked with development team members on Development (ABAP/Technical) items as the HR Team Lead.
• Worked with Time Management including Time Evaluation as the HR Team Lead

Confidential, Greensboro, NC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management of specific tasks within the SAP Practice particularly within the HCM space but not limited to HCM.
• Business Blueprinting Project for the SAPHCM BenefitsModule.
• Lead, Conductedandfacilitatedblueprintingsessionswithclient’s end-users from the Business (Customer) to gather business requirements.
• Reviewed the business’ current business processes and their system’s functionality to provide AS-IS to be scenarios as well as to analyze any Gaps in Functionality between SAP and their legacy system revolving around their business requirements.
• Leveraged my experience and extensive configurationskillsofSAP HCM Benefits Module to address concerns, propose solutions and to provide basic SAP Education to the Client and Customer as well as to complete the Gap Analysis.
• Facilitateddemosessionsfor thebenefitsmoduleincluding Hiring, Enrolling using Adjustment Reasons, Default and Automatic Enrollments, Open Enrollment, Terminating Enrollments, Direct Benefits Infotype creation and maintenance, Termination Processes, COBRA functionality and Retirement processes for the Applicants, Employees and Retirees.
• Presented and Proposed Standard Benefits Processes, Reports, Transactions, various Benefit Workbenches, Payroll Integration and Ad-hoc Query Functionality.
• Developedendtoendbusiness process scenarios for Hire to Fire/Retire.
• Communicated the process of SAPHCM BenefitsInterfacing to/fromVendors.
• Proposed solutions for very complex and comprehensive non-union/unionbenefitprogramsfor their ActiveEmployees,Retirees, SurvivingSpousesandDependents.
• Responsible for the management of specific tasks within the SAP Practice particularly within the HCM space but not limited to HCM.
• Applies specialized SAP knowledge in performance of SAP project work assignments.
• Responsible for the oversight of consultants during specific project engagements to ensure that scope, schedule and budget targets are being met.
• Assists in the sales engagement processes to provide technical credibility for HCM solution offerings and provides technical screening in the on-boarding process.
• Maintains competency within the SAP HCM Module (Subject Matter Expert - SME).
• Receives comprehensive training around procedures & controls from the Delivery Management team and ensures the compliance with said controls and procedures.
• Functions as part of a delivery team providing guidance and leadership to consultant teams when needed.
• Assists Engagement Manager with other resources to assist them in achieving proficiency on projects.
• Responsible for Technical screens of prospective consultants.
• Monitors scope, schedule and budget of project engagements.
• Assists with preparation of presentations and other supporting materials to demonstrate subject matter competency to potential clients; presents materials and participates in discussions with clients.
• Functions as part of a business development team to support solution development, prepares estimates, development solutions, and attends client meetings.
• Identifies opportunities to increase revenue and introduces Delivery Management team to new opportunities with clients, as applicable.
• Assists in the development and document pertinent methodologies associated with projects.
• Maintains target gross profit margins on project engagements as directed by Senior Management. Seeks guidance from Managers to assist in maintaining targets.
• Looks for methods to increase efficiency of technical aspects of project execution with goal of reducing costs, improving product quality or shortening project schedules.
• Provides timely and accurate reporting to Engagement Managers.
• Responsible for mentoring/training of new vendors in the SAP Practice methodologies and monitors performance of vendors during project engagements.

Confidential, Beaverton, OR

Responsibilities:

• Participated and Completed Payroll Parallel Testing Activities for US Payroll through Four Cycles with 99.5% accuracy over exceeding the client’s goal of 99%.
• Preparing client for Dry Run/Cutover Activities for Global Payroll Go-Live after Mock Conversions were completed for Global Payroll Project.
• Providing basic US Payroll and HCM knowledge to Business Analysts based on current SAP configuration by Implementation Partner (Wipro), SAP HCM Transactions, SAP HCM Tables, etc. to provide the SAP knowledge to the Business Analysts to be prepare them for Go-Live.

Confidential, Jackson, MI

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Business Blueprint Workshops for Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Benefits, Compensation Management and Recruitment
• Performed Full Implementation of HCM Organizational Management (OM) integrating with Personnel Administration (PA) using the Implementation Guide (IMG) via (SPRO) and Direct Table Maintenance (SM30).
• Performed Full Implementation of HCM Personnel Administration (PA) integrating with Organizational Management (OM) using the Implementation Guide (IMG) via (SPRO) and Direct Table Maintenance (SM30).
• Configured and Fully Implemented the US Enterprise Structure (Personnel Area and Personnel Subareas), Personnel Structure (Employee Groups, Employee Subgroups and Payroll Areas), Organizational Structure (OM Objects) and Pay Scale Structure (Pay Scale Area, Types, Grades, Groups and Levels - Table ‘T710’) using the Implementation Guide (IMG) via (SPRO) and Direct Table Maintenance (SM30).
• Created Jobs, Positions, Organizational Units, created the appropriate Object (IT1000) and the respective Relationships to other objects (IT1001) as well as other OM Infotypes.
• Benefits - Configured Health, Savings, Credit and Insurance Plans to accommodate ADP Interface.
• Performed work using Master Data Infotypes, IDOCS and configuration for PU12 (Interface Toolbox) to create Payroll Interface for ADP.
• Changed several features to set defaults, i.e. ABKRS, SCHKZ, WERKS, VDSK1, etc.
• Performed unit testing in Development System.
• Performed integration testing in Quality System with loaded conversion data via Standard IDOCs and LSMW along with the end users for User Acceptance Testing.
• Assisted client with Creating Test Scripts, Training Materials, Business Process Plans, Configuration documents as well as other documentation to assist the Client for future maintenance and support using uPerform Tool and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
• Conducted Client Training using the Train the Trainer Approach
• Performing Go-Live Support for any break/fix and troubleshooting activities as necessary.
• Assist with production support for any break/fix and troubleshooting activities as necessary for HR or Payroll in their current US SAP Instance
• Work with Organizational Structure (Table HRP1000) to re-organize after acquisition (Lion Oil)
• Providing Consulting Services to provide Client with SAP’s Best Practices for future enhancements, accordingly, based on my knowledge, skills and documented Best Practices.

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

• Reconciling Net Payroll Results generated via Ceridian’s HRDE Tool through SAP interfacing between actual results and expected results.
• Gathering necessary Master Data from SAP (Ad hoc Queries and various table entries) and Ceridian (Payroll Latitude’s Power Queries and from the Ceridian Mainframe)
• Creating complex Excel Spreadsheets to capture any deltas between what is an expected and actual result using multiple calculation formulas and other formulas i.e. VLOOKUP, ABS, etc.
• Calculating and comparing Taxes, Pre and Post Taxed Deductions and Garnishment information using SAP, Ceridian, vendor files and paper files.
• Proving that employees have been paid correctly or incorrectly and providing all supporting documentation of findings.
• Providing Consulting Services to provide Client with SAP’s and Ceridian’s Best Practices for future enhancements, accordingly, based on my knowledge, skills and documented Best Practices.

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

Responsibilities:

• Providing consulting services in the areas of SAP HR/HCM Module including, but not limited to Benefits Administration, CATS, Organizational Management, Time Management, Payroll and Personnel Administration in a Production environment.
• Providing support for any break/fix and troubleshooting activities as necessary for HR and/or Payroll end-users in the SAP HR Module.
• Changing configuration in the IMG, when necessary, to resolve any production support issues.
• Performing all unit testing (DEV) and also integration testing (QAS) of any configuration changes made by me.
• Performing Year-End Activities for Payroll and Finance
• Performing SAP Support Packages Application Testing and Validation
• Creating Test Scripts and performing ‘End to End’ Regression Testing including, but not limited to running and testing all HR Actions, Time Recording and Evaluation, Payroll and benefit deductions.
• Testing the system after BSI Tax Table Updates (TUBS) including SUI changes and other testing as required per test scripts for regression testing in Payroll.
• Resolve all production support issues that may occur using a ticket tracking system.
• Lead all work effort performed in Benefits Administration, ESS (Portals), Organizational Management, Time Management, Payroll and Personnel Administration in a Production environment leading a team of 10.
• Lead all work efforts supporting HR/Finance end-users in Production Support roles for the SAP HR Module.
• Lead all efforts in changing configuration in the IMG, when necessary.
• Lead and supervised all unit testing and integration testing efforts made by my IT Team.
• Lead all efforts in performing Year-End Activities for Payroll
• Lead all efforts in performing SAP Support Packages Application Testing and Validation
• Lead all efforts in performing ‘End to End’ Year-End Processes including running and testing all HR Actions, entering Time, Running Payroll and benefit deductions.
• Lead all efforts in performing BSI Tax Table Updates including testing TUBS, SUI changes and other testing as required.

Confidential, Mobile, AL

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Business Blueprint Workshops for Personnel Administration, Time Management, Organizational Management, Compensation Management and Recruitment
• Performed Full Implementation of HR Personnel Administration including Organizational Management
• Configured and Fully Implemented the US Enterprise Structure (Personnel Area and Personnel Subareas), Personnel Structure (Employee Groups, Employee Subgroups and Payroll Areas), Organizational Structure (OM Objects) and Pay Scale Structure (Pay Scale Area, Types, Grades, Groups and Levels - Tables ‘T510’ and ‘T710’)
• Created Jobs, Positions, Organizational Units, created the appropriate Object (IT1000) and its respective Relationship to other objects (IT1001)
• Changed several features to set defaults, i.e. ABKRS, SCHKZ, WERKS, etc.
• Performed unit testing in Development System
• Performed integration testing in Quality System with scrambled conversion data.
• Created Test Scripts, Training and Configuration documents as well as other documentation to assist the Client for future maintenance and support.
• Conducted Client Training (Train the Trainer)

Confidential, Renton, WA

Responsibilities:

• Performed work in Benefits Administration, Organizational Management, Time Management, Payroll and Master Data in a Production environment.
• Performed work in a Production Support role supporting the SAP HR Module for any break/fix and troubleshooting activities as necessary.
• Changed existing configuration in IMG to correct incorrect configuration when necessary.
• Utilized Process Models when running payrolls for 15 payroll areas.
• Performed unit testing and integration testing in a Production environment.
• Wrote Functional Specifications for Reports, Forms and Interfaces as needed by client mostly for Benefits Administration.
• Performed Year-End Activities for Payroll
• Performed End to End Year-End Processes including running and testing all HR Actions and entering Time and Running Payroll through to Check Printing.
• Performs BSI Tax Table Updates - Testing TUBS and SUI updates and other testing as required.
• Performed work in a Production Support role for any break/fix and troubleshooting activities as necessary supporting the SAP HR Modules including Time Management and Payroll
• Created Time and Payroll Wage Types as necessary
• Changed table configuration in the IMG as necessary
• Changed Payroll Schema and Time Schema, Operations, Functions, sub-schemas, Rules as needed
• Performed worked on all types of miscellaneous production support issues that may arise from end-users.
• Troubleshot any aspect of the SAP HR Module that was not working properly
• Performed many other duties as assigned or required by Management.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Performed work in Benefits Administration, Organizational Management, Payroll and Master Data in a Production environment.
• Changed existing configuration in IMG to correct incorrect configuration.
• Performed unit testing and integration testing in a Production environment.
• Wrote Functional Specifications for Reports, Forms and Interfaces as needed by client.
• Worked with Concurrent Employment employees.
• Performed Full Implementation of Benefits Administration
• Configured and Fully Implemented Canadian and US Benefits.
• Performed unit testing and integration testing with conversion data.