SUMMARY:

• I have 8+ years of Experience as a Kronos Consultant, Analyst and Kronos Developer with many Kronos modules like Workforce Timekeeper, Accruals, Activities, Leave, Attendance, Analytics, Advanced Scheduler, scheduler and Forecaster.
• Advanced understanding and experience with Kronos 6.0 - 8.1 WFC products and Implementation & configuration to include Workforce Analytics, Workforce Timekeeper, Workforce Connect 6.0, Advance Scheduler (with Attestation Toolkit Leave, payrule, Pay rates) Time & Attendance (T&A), Accruals and Device Manager (4500Terminals) and Experience in upgradation from 7.0 to 8.1 in Kronos module.
• Subject Matter Expert in numerous Oracle Applications including Pay Force, reporting and Portal.
• Expertise with the projects related application upgrades and maintaining corporate human resources, payroll applications
• Experience with implementation of E-profile and e-payroll for employee self-services.
• Good Experience with knowledgeable in Kronos support, labor management, business analysis, documentation, software configuration, scenario testing and deployment (including change management) as well as implementing, upgrading, and maintaining Kronos with vast experience in Kronos Configuration and Support.
• Expertise in UML (class diagrams, object diagrams, GAP Analysis, use case diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and collaboration diagrams) as a data analysis methodology for application functionality designs.
• Gathered user requirements from clients and facilitate information to our QA team to ensure that test plans are composed and executed properly.
• Experience Researched, wrote, and edited test procedures used for upgrades, Modules include Timekeeper, Leave, Attendance, WDM, WIM, Scheduler, and Analytics.
• Experience with Installed, configured, and test KRONOS Workforce Central which includes expertise in Workforce Forecasting, Scheduling, & Time Capture, Workforce Timekeeper, Accruals.
• Expertise in defining and documenting Business process flows and "As-Is" & "To-Be" processes.
• Experience in data collection from multiple sources, interpretation, presentation, and management of reporting and decision making.
• Expertise in creating Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), and Functional Requirements Documentation (FRD).
• Expertise in project management activities like defining/managing project scope, planning various activities for execution, estimating business value/impact and providing adhoc reports.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, presentation skills, analytical problem resolution skills, leadership, strategic planning, organizational and Interpersonal skills.
• Experience in working with cross functional and cross-cultural team environments, different levels of management and liaison between system users, management and development teams.
• Expertise to see the issue in the big picture, analyze the functioning of the system as a whole, break it down into smaller elements, identify bottlenecks, develop unique custom solutions.
• Experience in Business Process Automation/Improvement, Business Process Re-engineering and Business Transformation and analyzing the complex modules and business processes.
• Expert in conducting requirement gathering sessions, feasibility & Impact Analysis, Cost & Benefit Analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Risk analysis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Kronos: Kronos V4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Workforce Timekeeper, Accruals, Activities, Leave, Time & Attendance, Advanced Scheduler, HR, Payroll, Paycode, Payrule, HRIS, Workrule, Enrollment, Benefits, Forecaster and Kronos workforce central, Attestation, Labor Levels, Labor Accounts, Holiday setup, Overtime, Access Profiles, Display, Profiles.

Kronos Version Navigator: Workforce Timekeeper, Kronos Workforce Dimensions, Mobile and Tablets, Kronos Cloud, Advanced Reports, Advanced Scheduler, Process Designer, Integrated Manager.

Tools: Workbrain, ADP Etime, Payroll, SOX Compliance, RDL, SAP, Workday, JD Edwards, Lawson, Taleo, Clocks, HP Mercury Quick, Test Pro, Rational Quality Management, RPD, JdEdward, Win Runner 6.x/7.x, Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest and Bugzilla

Oracle E: Business Suite, AP, PO, AR, AOL, I expense, I procurement, HRMS, Payroll.

Languages: Java, .NET, JAVA Script, SQL and PL/SQL, Python.

Oracle Tools: 11g/10g, Oracle Workflow Builder, Oracle Reports Builder, BI Publisher.

Testing Tools: Atlassian, Jira, ANT, Waterfall, UML, Agile/Agile Scrum.

Database: Oracle, MS SQLServer, UDB DB2, MS Access, Azure

OS: UNIX, Linux, Windows.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. KROnos Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for configuration planning for Kronos functionality, requirement analysis, data privacy, data validation, testing of business processes and integrations, payroll and hypercare as part of full life cycle implementation.
• Resolving clock issues for the client sites and maintaining the clocks by configuring the Device Groups and Devices.
• Configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as pay rules, customer reporting, attendance rules, and automated alerts.
• Configured Leave of absence, reasons, eligibility, documents, and Leave rules from HR practices, making recommendations for Kronos system best practices.
• Maintain clock communication servers, monitoring clock activity and balancing of clocks for timekeeping operations.
• Provided support for ongoing Kronos Workforce timekeeping, Oracle payroll, and Kronos HR systems.
• Responsible for organizing, managing and executing Global UAT projects and driving the completion of project deliverables within established timelines.
• Made security changes in Kronos, create new roles, and permission list. Setup new users or make modification to existing user's access by assigning roles within Kronos.
• Created custom Crystal Reports and installed into the report’s module of eTime application which aided in the business analysis of labor costs.
• Responsible for the successful implementation of the various components of Time and Labor Management Account Implementation projects through the effective execution of Oracle implementation methodology using excellent functional, technical and project management knowledge and skills.
• Implemented Kronos Workforce core v8.1, Navigator, Leave, Calculated accruals, Attendance, Activities, Advance Scheduler, Timecard Attestation, Calendar, Time Off Request, Org Maps & Jobs, Process Manager, WIM - Workforce Integration Manager, and Setup Data Manager.
• Analyzed and documented all business needs, work and pay policies for Kronos WFC software suite and played main role in subsequent configuration and testing.
• Installed Kronos Workforce Central 8.1, Kronos Connect, DCM and Process manager on the client servers as well as setup and In-depth testing of general ledger interface to payroll.
• Performed software upgrades to KRONOS multiple time clocks and maintained KRONOS pay rules, codes, work rules, wage profiles, labor levels, schedules and shifts as required by HR/PR.
• Helped troubleshoot issues and pending upgrade to the KRONOS Workforce Manager application.
• Involved in planning and defining the system requirements to Wire Frame with Use Case, Use Case Scenario and Use Case Narrative using the UML (Unified Modeling Language) methodologies.
• Worked on implementing all the building blocks of Work force Time Keeper and Attendance module as well to configure the web server and app servers for the Kronos environment.
• Researched, wrote, and edited test procedures used for upgrades; Modules include HR/Payroll, Timekeeper, Leave, Attendance, DCM, Connect, WIM, Scheduler, and Analytics.
• Integrated external systems with Kronos WIM and Connect.
• Responsible for analysis and QA testing on system upgrades and new module implementations for the Kronos Workforce Management Suite.
• Troubleshooting the Kronos configuration and 4500/Kronos InTouch issues.

Confidential, New YORK

Kronos Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform configuration, re-configurations, upgrades, enhancements, implementation, maintenance and user acceptance testing activities within Workforce Central v7.
• Created and modified configuration setup including but not limited to Access Profile, Pay rules, Scheduler and Advanced Scheduler
• Upgrade the workforce Analytics, Advanced, Scheduling and Accruals Modules
• Created new org map for better functionality and navigation for users.
• Responsible for the performance and reliability of the Kronos system.
• Involved in the design/development and Testing of Address Interface and Termination Interface which sends the active address information data, terminated employee's data from PeopleSoft system to Kronos.
• Ran analysis of current pay rules existing in Oracle and translating current rules to configuration requirements (accruals, holidays, work groups, units Lawrence Transportation, Transportation (Union)
• Configuration of Navigators and modules to upgrade from Kronos v7 to v8 for navigation.
• Created and/or modified many KRONOS WFC / KRONOS WIM interfaces.
• Participating in the weekly project meetings along with the business and providing QA updates.
• Performed analysis of current pay rules, work rules, scheduler, and accruals translating it to the new configuration requirements.
• Assisted in maintenance of Kronos Connect interfaces for multiple diverse.
• Working as a Subject Matter Expertise and Kronos Work Force Central (WFC) Application Support for Basic and Advanced Scheduler, Timekeeping, Payroll, Human Resources, Workforce Analytics and Attendance.
• Production support of Kronos included analysis work of WIM interfaces inbound (employee data) and outbound (payroll hours/wage), pay rules, work rules, scheduler, accruals, reports, wage profiles.
• Manages support for Analytics, Attendance, Advance Scheduling, Time Clocks, day to day operations and pay issues.
• Worked with Kronos to apply the patches for analytics/ETLs.
• Managed the implementation of Kronos 7.0 system nationwide. Help HR and payroll department transition outdated time and attendance systems to Kronos electronic system.
• Involved in conducting Accrual Programming/Balance Audit and Correct Issues.
• Managed Kronos Production Items list including current issues and new enhancement requests.
• Responsible for evaluating requirements, write specifications for, develop, test and deploy
• Interfaces through WIM 7.0 using extensive and complex calculations and database queries and commands.

Confidential

Kronos Developer

Responsibilities:

• Ensure Kronos WFC and Sage FAS Premier Depreciation applications, logical access, and environments comply with SOX and respond to internal and external Audit requests.
• Supported business initiative to unify timekeeping applications of hourly employees for best practices to timekeeping application Kronos Cloud version 8.0 and transfer data to Payroll Hybris SAP and ADP.
• Implement the Kronos 8.0 and WFM Suite in Cloud environments.
• Worked on environment configurations necessary to successfully develop, deploy and maintain Kronos WFC 8 interfaces Integration HRMS (PeopleSoft), and Clocks like Kronos 4500.
• Worked on creating and managing Pay rules, pay code distributions, work rules, breaks and all related block components for Pay policies.
• Expertise with Advance Scheduler that is included with Workforce Timekeeper and Experience with paper prototypes, User Interface (UI) storyboards and UI specifications.
• Involved in the production support activities for Kronos 8 application in Time & attendance, Absence management and Accruals modules.
• Managed the administration of employee time & attendance, advance scheduling, expense reports, and payroll for 500+ employees.
• Developed Connect scheduling interface to build Kronos WIM schedules from KNI.
• Configuration and maintenance of Data Collection Manager (DCM) for communication with over 250 Kronos wireless clocks.
• Act as first level support for HRIS/HRMS system related issues, imports, exports, and act as liaison with Kronos 8 to resolve issues.
• QA test configuration of work rules and pay rules for ERP implementation upgrade to WFC8.
• Oversee QA testing activities for all Kronos HR and Timekeeper application related initiatives.
• Provide analysis and QA testing on system upgrades and new module implementations for the Kronos Workforce Management Suite.
• Install, support and configure Kronos applications to include Workforce Central Scheduler for Healthcare and Optimized Scheduler, Workforce Central Timekeeper.
• Experience in writing Stored Procedures, Views, and Functions in SQL using Oracle SQL Developer for data to SSRS reports.
• Write queries using SQL analyze and validate test results and data, QA data and close cases in Siebel.
• Identify two or more consecutive absence exceptions for any employee for a selected range of dates and create an RDL report.
• Developed Test Strategy, Test plan, Test cases, Test scripts and other project documentation in HP Quality Center.
• Developed Connect scheduling interface to build Kronos WFC 8 schedules from 3rd party software.
• Managed a complete overlay of HR employee data after the client had abandoned HR maintenance for well over a year, all in a production environment with ongoing payrolls.
• Provided support for ongoing Kronos WFC timekeeping, ADP payroll, and Kronos HR systems.
• Wrote technical specifications for modifications to the JD Edwards Enterprise One AR module to meet business and audit requirements.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated JAD sessions and design meetings with the Stakeholders, SME's and Leads of Interfaces.
• Performed requirements modeling and developed the analysis diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state diagrams, data models, and use-case realizations using RUP tools in Agile.
• Involved in collecting the business requirements to set rules for proper data transfer from Data Source to Data Target in Data Mapping.
• Worked on multiple project teams of technical professionals through all phases of the SDLC using technologies including Oracle, Erwin, Data Stage, Data Warehousing, Web sphere and Congo's.
• Involved in planning and defining the system requirements to Wire Frame with Use Case, Use Case Scenario and Use Case Narrative using the UML (Unified Modeling Language) methodologies.
• Wrote PL/SQL statement and stored procedures in Oracle for extracting as well as writing data.
• Analyzed and generated standard system reports to monitor the database was accurate and complete to ensure that downstream systems such as royalty, copyright, distribution was working properly.
• Gathered necessary information to create and support business review documents for the Head of the Finance/Royalty Department.
• Performed user acceptance testing for better results and documented those detailed results.
• Involved in gathering high level requirements and developed scope of the project.
• Performed the different requirement analysis, impact analysis and documented the requirements.
• Involved with all the different phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies throughout the project life cycle.
• Regular interactions with internal team for any requirement clarifications.
• Coordinated sprints, from iteration planning through daily scrum, and iteration reviews and retrospectives.