Experience Summary:

• 10 years' experience including Project Management and Consulting,
• SAP HCM EHP 6 Certified
• Handling of Implementations, development, Configuration, Production Support, Roll outs and Training.
• Implementation of complete life cycle of HR project from Project design phase, mapping customer requirement in SAP, continuing with configuration, testing and implementation of various HR modules till supporting the end users in various sub modules of HR.
• Specialization in Personnel Administration Master data, Payroll functions , Postive and negative time management, CATS, Personnel development Qualifications, Appraisal management, Succession planning and integration with PA, Organizational management including integration with cost centers in CO module and Integration with Finance GL accounts.
• Knowledge of the country specific Payroll US, India, Saudi Arabia and International .
• Worked extensively with Wage types and their valuation.
• Knowledge on other application areas: Employee Self Service and Travel Management.
• Has extensive configuration experience as a team lead in managing HR implementation experience in version ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0
• Implemented and handled projects under ASAP methodology.
• Designed and conducted courses for the Users from the clients.
• Good communication, configuration and project management skills.
• Developed SAP HCM Rapid deployment solutions, which are qualified by SAP.
• Expert in configuring Structural authorizations
• Having knowledge to debugg ABAP programs.
• Expertise in proving solution for non standards in SAP
• Having extensive experience in Client Handling and Team Handling.
• Good Knowledge of SAP Success Factors Employee Central and its integration to SAP HR
• Knowledge of the field mapping from SAP HR Personnel Administration, Organizational Management SAP Success Factors Employee Central
• Experienced writing Benefits, PA, OM and US Payroll Interfaces Functional Design Documents.
• Experienced with Postive and Negative time management and CATS.
• Worked with HR Forms Remuneration, Payroll journal, etc. using T Code PE51
• Experienced in HPQC tool
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting experience related to HCM issues.
• Onsite/offshore functional and business analyst role.
• Liaise with technical/developer team to implement the functional specifications
• Resolving development support issues through the Root Cause Analysis methodology

Skill Sets:

• ERP Human Resource: SAP, Success factors
• SAP Modules: HR/HCM, Employee Central
• HCM Sub-modules: Compensation Management, Benefits, Personnel Administration, Payroll, Organization Management, Time Management, Performance Management including Goals Appraisals , Employee Self Service ESS , Manager Self Service MSS , Training and Event Management, FMLA Workbench, SAP Travel Expense Management.
• SAP Forms
• SAP Rapid Deployment Solution using Solution Builder.
• Productivity Tools MS Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access , Visio, Project, Lotus Notes and MS Project
• Testing Tools: HPQC Other Skills: ASAP Methodology, SAP Tutor, Solution Manager and Solution Builder
• SDLC: ASAP Methodology

SAP HCM Modules:

Personnel Administration:

• Personnel actions, Maintain Master data, Configuration and Customization of Info type Menu, Payroll data Pay Scale and Wage type Structures , Organizational Assignments and Integration of PA/OM.
• Country Specific employee master data maintenance
• Customized Infotypes Non SAP Standard.
• Payroll area
• Control Records
• Infotype Characteristics
• Infotype Time Constraints
• Employee Photo upload Single and Bulk

Organization Management:

• Organization Structures,
• Reporting Structures and relationships,
• Evaluation Paths
• Simple and Detail Maintenance
• Structural graphic
• Integration of PA/PD.
• Customized Objects
• Object Number range
• Structural Authorizations

Time Management:

• Positive and negative time management,
• Interfaces with third party attendance machines, CATS.
• Absences and Absence Quotas Sick leave, Earned Leaves, Casual Leaves, Maternity and Paternity Leaves FMLA etc.
• Shifts Planning and Substitutions.
• Leave application process through ESS / MSS

Payroll:

• Wage Types Standard and Customized
• Processing, Cumulating and Evaluation class maintenance
• Annual salary concept
• Country specific wage components
• Payroll Periods
• Payment dates
• Pay scale structure
• Salary Ranges
• Wage type to Symbolic accounts
• Off cycle payment and Payroll
• Monthly, Weekly and Bi weekly Payroll runs
• Postings to FI CO

Benefits:

• Benefit Area
• Benefits program selections

Health Plans

• Insurance Plans
• Saving Plans
• Annual Enrolment etc
• Vendor outbound programs.

ESS/MSS

• Employee search
• Personal data
• Bank Information
• Payslip
• Benefits enrolment
• Leave
• CATS
• E Separation

Professional History:

Confidential

Role: SAP HCM Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Business Analyst and the client to identify their requirements, Design enhancements and functionality to help meet user requirements.
• Prepared the Functional Design Document followed by Detail Design Documents.
• Delivered the high quality solutions based on the user requirements and SAP solutions possibilities.
• Customized Actions and Info groups, and assigned the info groups to personnel actions.
• Administration of Master data Infotypes using transactions PA30 and PA40.
• Configured pay scale structure. Defined administrators for personnel areas using PINCH Feature.
• Created Holiday Calendar as per business requirement.
• Configuring Periodic work schedule, work schedule rule and variants.
• Configuring absence types, and quota deduction, absence counting rules.
• Defined various work schedule rules and defaults for each PS ES groupings using feature SCHKZ. Generated Work Schedules.
• Worked on Deferred Holiday PCR changes. Worked on CATS user exit modifications.
• Worked on periodic Review periods for Hour Union employees.
• Worked with various interfaces and reports, and written Functional design documents for FMLA plans.
• Performed unit testing in Development System. Performed integration testing in Quality System.
• Created Test Scripts, Training and Configuration documents as well as other documentation to assist the Client for future maintenance and support.
• Attended regular/periodic team meetings to review project status and project specific plans.
• Worked on LSMW and BDC programs. Worked on Tower Watson Third Party Interfaces.
• Responsible for solving production issues. Coordinating with Offshore team for various work requests.
• Had regular meeting with Business on new requirements.
• Maintained features ABKRS, TARIF and LGMST.
• Configured Wage types for IT0008, 0014 and 0015.
• Configured Absence valuation for Paid/Unpaid Absences.
• Configured IT0267 for off cycle payments.

Confidential

Role: SAP HCM Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Business Requirements Gathering and analyze them for mapping into SAP system
• Solution Design/Propose and/or Support Process Definition / Changes
• Configuration and unit testing for new Enhancements /Change in Functionality
• Configured new WTs, action types and action reason codes.
• Enhancement Packs analysis and test them for business impact on client system applications
• Review benefits plans and year end enrollment
• Benefit plan changes and creation of new plans.
• Configure the new tax authorities and set up them for tax deductions
• Analyze the new inbound/outbound interfaces, design and help technical team develop them and test the interfaces
• Change and configure the remuneration statement forms using PE51
• Suggest and propose business process improvement changes.
• Client interaction and liaise with ABAP/PI/Basis technical teams to complete development of the new enhancement changes, interfaces and reports
• Design new custom reports in Personnel Administration, Time management modules
• Review the business process of the client and suggest business process reengineering
• Resolve ESS/MSS issues and implement new solution with portal/technical team.
• Provide Production Support- resolving the production system issues/problems
• Test ESS/MSS portal changes
• Support for Integration and User-Acceptance Testing
• Payroll monitoring and resolve payroll issues arising during payroll run
• Post payroll processing issues resolution
• Customization of Time management: Work schedules, Leaves deduction and quotas, interfaces with third party attendance machines, Time sheets update through CATS in ESS Portal and Shift Planning.
• Knowledge transfer and prepare the necessary documents

Confidential

Role: SAP HCM Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working on Multiple Projects within Human Resources, Finance Accounting and Payroll Department in the areas of SAP HCM.
• Gathered Business Requirements and Specs
• Held Business Requirements Workshops and Session
• Lead the analysis and design on the HR MSS/ESS and Cloud.
• Solely Performed/Lead the testing on web based applications and web services
• Created Test Strategy plan and Manage Test Documentation
• Create Test Cases ,Test Scripts, Test Matrix and Defect Tracking
• Worked closely with Technical IT Staff to resolve the defects.
• Perform Manual Testing, Portal Testing, Report Testing, Security Testing, GL Mapping Test, Unit Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing
• Testing all SAP HCM Portal functionally on the ESS/MSS and confirming that is working with the backend- fixes.
• Created/Building Organizational Change Management OCM Plans and working with Project managers to build them in their project plans
• Responsible for tracking managing the Stakeholder engagement plans ,building managing the communications plan, and commutations with the Stakeholders and Users
• Used Project Management Schedule Tool MS Project
• Worked as a Team Lead to Performed and Manage the Manual and Automated testing
• Developed Training Manuals, Material and Training sessions
• Held UAT Workshops

Confidential

Role: SAP HCM Lead Consultant / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Preparing project plan and scope using MS Project
• Conducting review meetings.
• Controlling the project as per the scope and budget.
• Coordinating the Off-shore and On-site team
• In time communicating to Stake holders.
• Maintaining healthy relationships between the client and the resources.
• Tracking the time lines.
• Taking care of further ongoing support from Off shore
• Customization of Organization management in Depots structure
• Developed special GL indicator program with the assistance of Abaper
• Held UAT Workshops
• Developed Training Manuals, Material and Training sessions
• Configured payroll payments based on 26 days concept.
• Implemented as per ASAP methodology
• Implemented HR as per depots structure.
• Integrated with FI module, which is already implemented.

Confidential

Role: SAP HCM Lead Consultant / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Preparing project plan and scope.
• Conducting review meetings.
• Controlling the project
• Coordinating the Off-shore and On-site team
• In time communicating to Stake holders.
• Maintaining healthy relationships between the client and the resources.
• Tracking the time lines.
• Part of SAP-development team, involved in Configuration, customization, conducting training programs preparing documents like Business Process Procedures, Unit Test Scripts etc.
• Overtime, Travel approval process.
• Attendance incentives as per hot zone and cold zone.
• Custom screen for employee to input trip details in depth.
• Canteen management integrated the canteen vendor machine to SAP for canteen slip and deduction from employees monthly.
• Integration with time attendance machines with raw flat file. 24/7 shifts concept.
• Implementation ESS / MSS for 500 employee with remote locations.
• Leave approval process typical leave approval process with three levels approval.
• Travel request and approval process.
• Training requests
• Payslips Customized as per client requirement Two payslips in one page.
• Statutory reports
• Income tax
• Provident fund
• Employee state insurance.
• Employee own data change
• Typical Leave process.
• Creating of symbolic accounts
• Integration with finance