SUMMARY

• Over all 12+ years of industry experience and 10+ working as a Kronos Consultant performing roles from solution feasibility analysis, Integration, customer discussion and requirement gathering, resource and time estimation.
• 3+ Year of experience in Extracting, Transforming and Loading of Data from Excel, Flat file, Oracle to MS SQL Server by using BCP and DTS Import/Export utility, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
• Experience on project management for the annual HR year - end processes that involved IT, HRIS, HCBAT, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Tax, HR, Health & Wellness, Total Rewards, vendors, and communications to employee facing COE’s and internal communications venues.
• Developed and Architect the process, procedures and training materials for the Kronos Cloud Hosted Operations team, this information was shared out to other Organizations and was housed at a central repository to be used for reference.
• Experience on various Kronos modules like Workforce Timekeeper, Accruals, Activities, Leave, Attendance, Advanced Scheduler, Forecaster and Fusion CRM.
• Workforce Integration Manager (WIM): Developing interfaces, deploying in hosted environment and defining pay tables.
• Manages support for Analytics, Attendance, Advance Scheduling, Time Clocks, day to day operations and pay issues.
• Partner with business regarding HR/HRIS projects, manage project process, lead meetings and drive timelines.
• Heavy involvement in configuration & customizations, including WIM, Navigator processes, Attestation, Time-Off Requests, Delegation, HRIS, Advanced Scheduling, SDM (Record Manager), Accruals, Cutover Plans, System documentation.
• Installations and Integration of utilizing applications, which include: KRONOS Workforce Central v. 5.x-8.0, Stromberg, eTime, Kronos Mobile & Real Time Software products. Also experience working on Kronos mobile application.
• Worked on environment configurations necessary to successfully develop, deploy and maintain Kronos interfaces integrating HRMS and Clocks like Kronos 4500 and 9000.
• Install, support and configure Kronos applications to include Workforce Central Scheduler for Healthcare and Optimized Scheduler, Workforce Central Timekeeper.
• Configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as pay rules, customer reporting, attendance rules, and automated alerts.
• Hands-on experience Integration and configuring various Time and Attendance Installations utilizing applications, which include: KRONOS Workforce Central v. 5.x-8.0, Stromberg, ETime, Kronos Mobile & Real Time Software products. Also experience working on Kronos mobile application.
• Report data analysis, scoping and design. Created about 50 RDL reports (SSRS) in different formats, mainly with Tablix/Matrix and Line/Column/Bar chars.
• Expertise with Time Card Management, Employee Accrual Maintenance, LOA, Security Access and Process profiles for Managers and Integration of Kronos with Oracle HR system.
• Have experience on Human Capital Management 9.1 Functional/Technical Testing Lead to organizing and initiating testing for the (i2p Project) Infinium to PeopleSoft 9.1 Upgrade for North American Payroll and three independent interfaced third-party Payroll, Recruitment and Time Keeping Systems (Infinium, Kronos and Workbrain).
• Tested, troubleshot and analyzed Taleo for current package and service upgrades, adding and configuring new functionality as it became available.
• Experience in Oracle Cloud JD Edwards One-Click Provisioning, manual Installation, configuration and administration.
• Work extensively in the UAT phase; reviewing test cases, writing UAT test cases, tracking the UAT logs on a daily basis.
• Determines payroll liabilities by calculating employee federal and state income and social security taxes and employer's social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments.
• Good at manage hosting plans for Azure Infrastructure, implementing and deploying workloads on Azure virtual machines (VMs).
• Worked on creating Custom Azure Templates for quick deployments and advanced PowerShell scripting.
• Functional expertise in various SAP HRMS modules like PA, OM, E-Recruiting, ESS/MSS, Talent Management and Time Management.
• Establishes, maintains and/or participates in the development of Workday and Lawson System values, user codes, system structure and parameters, system security and hierarchy, report writer characteristics, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

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

Tools: Knowledge: Workbrain, ADP Etime, PayRoll, RDL, SAP (Flex, Ad Hoc, SE16N), Workday, JD Edwards, Lawson, Taleo, Clocks, HP Mercury Quick, Test Pro (QTP 8.x/9.x/10.x), Rational Quality Management (RQM 2.x), Rational Robot 2001, RPD, Rational ReqPro, JdEdward, Win Runner 6.x/7.x, Rational Clear Case, Clear Quest and Bugzilla.

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

Languages: Java, C, C++, JAVA Script, .NET, SQL and Python.

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

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

Database: Oracle, MS SQLServer, UDB DB2, MySQL, MS Access, PCF, Azure(SAAS, PAAS).

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Windows.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, BOSTON, MA

SR. KRONOS CONSULTANT

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.
• Support worldwide business initiative to unify timekeeping applications of hourly employees in the US for best practices to one timekeeping application Kronos Cloud version 8.0 and transfer data to Payroll Hybris SAP and ADP.
• Lead and support small to medium scale HR Service Delivery impacting projects and process migration work including coordination or events with other teams and processes.
• Work on environment configurations necessary to successfully develop, deploy and maintain Kronos WFC 8 interfaces Integration HRMS (PeopleSoft), and Clocks like Kronos 4500 and 9000.
• We develop & establish accommodate a huge range of functions with KNX bus system.
• Work 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.
• Involve in the production support activities for Kronos 8 application in Time and attendance, Absence management and Accruals modules.
• Experience in writing Stored Procedures, Views, and Functions in SQL using Oracle SQL Developer for data to SSRS reports.
• Familiar with WFC Version 6.0. 6.1, 7.0 7.2/7.3 cloud solution, Provide virtual support to new and existing Kronos clients.
• Act as first level support for HRIS/HRMS system related issues, imports, exports, and act as liaison with Kronos 8 to resolve issues.
• Work on the Carryover balances loading to employees kronos through interface design in Oracle which populates kronos interface tables.
• QA test configuration of work rules and pay rules for ERP implementation upgrade to WFC 8.
• 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.
• Recommend and help implement improvements to QA policies, procedures and standards.
• Post all delivery tickets and receivers daily in Red Prairie (JDA) WMS. Utilizes WMS Integration software and JDA systems on a daily basis.
• Knowledge of HRIS Systems - ADP, Kronos, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, Workday.
• Manage the administration of employee time and attendance, advance scheduling, expense reports, and payroll for 500+ employees.
• Used SQL Server Integration services SSIS to create the ETL Packages and configured packages with parameters to acquire values at runtime.
• Created Build definition and Release definition for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
• Develop Connect scheduling interface to build Kronos WIM schedules from KNI.
• Responsible for all aspects of timekeeping maintenance and attendance tracking for salaried, hourly and contingent workers.
• Implement the WFM Suite in Cloud environments.
• Involve in implementation of advanced scheduler for employees of particular sites to reduce unnecessary costs of manual processing and possible employee relation's issue when schedule is not processed properly by the manager.
• Install, support and configure Kronos applications to include Workforce Central Scheduler for Healthcare and Optimized Scheduler, Workforce Central Timekeeper.
• Make modifications to existing pay rules and work rule using Kronos 8.
• Coordinates meeting with vendors for new upgrades to HRIS applications which include Kronos, Ultipro and Cognos.
• Design, build, test and deliver custom solutions when necessary to accommodate client requirements. This includes custom reports, workflows, web pages, and SQL processes.
• 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.
• Develop Test Strategy, Test plan, Test cases, Test scripts and other project documentation in HP Quality Center.
• Perform SIT (System Integration Testing) and UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
• Develop Connect scheduling interface to build Kronos WFC 8 schedules from 3rd party software.
• Manage 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.
• Provide support for ongoing Kronos WFC timekeeping, ADP payroll, and Kronos HR systems.
• Maintaining all vendor documentation in a current status, this is critical to the smooth operation of the VMO.
• Coordination across the Integration systems on all the testing phases and also tracking & managing testing artifacts within Quality Center tool.
• Integrate and Configure Kronos with Workday systems using Application server.
• Consult with Velocity on multiple PeopleSoft HCM/FSCM 9.1 upgrades. Clients included Darden Restaurants and Educational testing Service (ETS).
• Integrate Kronos SME with Workbrain to imported/exported data from Workbrain system to Kronos.
• Triaged and troubleshot issues with imports, exports, software and certain hardware related to Kronos and Workbrain systems.
• Write technical specifications for modifications to the JD Edwards Enterprise One AR module to meet business and audit requirements.
• Track and managed defects along with analyzing data and provided reports with UAT Scripts.
• Configuration and maintenance of Data Collection Manager (DCM) for communication with over 250 Kronos wireless clocks.
• Perform SAP hybris cross-training and managed integrations among SAP HR, SAP Financial and SAP Materials Management/Production Planning related functions.

Confidential, TRENTON, NJ

KRONOS CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Performing analysis for developing Time Attendance/Payroll system, subsequent migration from MS Excel to automated system.
• Design, build, test and deliver custom solutions when necessary to accommodate client requirements. This includes custom reports, workflows, web pages, and SQL processes.
• Manages staff responsible for inputting new claims, processing payments, conducting billing research with Molina healthcare Clint.
• Involved in setting up Time off Requests to be used by Employee Self Service and at the 4500 terminals.
• Evaluated independent Kronos solutions and made insightful recommendations on a Kronos V8 cloud based central solution.
• Worked with many of the different WFC modules which included; Pay Policies, Advance Scheduler, Accruals, Attendance, HRIS, Leave, Device Communication Manager, Workforce Device Manager, Kronos Connect, Workforce Integration Manager.
• Involve in Integrations and Maintenance of eTime (Timekeeping system), Employee Self-Service, and Manager Self-Service (with workflows), including setup of modules, execution of required changes, reporting, auditing, problem resolution, security, and overall functionality of the system.
• Researched, wrote, and edited test procedures used for upgrades; Modules include HR/Payroll, timekeeper, leave, attendance, WDM, WIM, scheduler, and analytics.
• Maintain HR/HRIS Service Center Email box, allocate service delivery tickets to appropriate agents for timely resolution.
• Successfully Upgraded SQL Server 2008 and 2012 to SQL Server 2014.
• Used SQL Server Integration services to create the ETL Packages.
• Used various Transformations and destination components in SQL Server Integration Services.
• We installed, programmed and parameterized by fully qualified system integrators in KNX.
• Worked in close partnership and collaboration with Centers of Expertise (COE’s) and HR team members across the globe.
• Responsibilities include support, analysis, change management, and implementation across the core WFC, Time and attendance, absence management, device manager, data collection manager, SDM, and WIM modules in both the WFC 7.0 environments.
• Tracked employee's attendance, schedules as well as their benefit time off through the Kronos Time Keeping system. worked on Taleo system, as well as designing enhancements in such as Taleo Scheduling Center, Candidate Communication Agent, and eOffer
• Help HR and Payroll departments transition outdated time and attendance systems to Kronos electronic system.
• Creating a scheduled RDL report for the time admins to identify and take action on time off requests for which there was no action taken by interface program.
• Perform Data Collection/Workforce Data Manager administration configuring and managing clock communications on DCM/ WDM.
• Troubleshot and solved all problems in software and configuration in WFC suite specializing in Workforce Scheduler (WFS) in addition to Workforce Time Keeper.
• Assisted in the successful implementation of new Infor-Lawson Smart Office (LSO) ERP software that helped makes business functions run more efficiently.
• Administer and maintain the Jd Edward modules, HR Payroll, General Ledger, just to name a few as all modules were used, in a clustered environment.
• Configured Leave of absence, reasons, eligibility, documents, and Leave rules from HR practices, making recommendations for Kronos SME Timekeeping system best practices.
• Conducted "train the trainer" workshops for division payroll staff one Kronos Time and Attendance System.
• Partnered with the client as the WorkBrain functional expert and lead clients through WorkBrain implementation activities.
• Setup Azure Virtual Appliances (VMs) to meet security requirements as software based appliance functions.
• Resolving clock issues for the client stores and maintaining the clocks by configuring the Device Groups and Devices.
• Propose and implement a balancing process to confirm pay code/hours totals between Kronos and pay files created for Infor-Lawson Payroll process to reduce/eliminate errors in employee paycheck.
• Provide production support to WFC, WFA, Leave, and Process Manager.
• Maintained and administered the Kronos/ eTime application with knowledge of SQL.
• Provided continuing support and configuration of Enterprise eTime system.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

KRONOS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Propose and implement a balancing process to confirm pay code/hours totals between Kronos and pay files created for SAP Payroll process in order to reduce/eliminate errors in employee paycheck.
• Performs Kronos upgrades, tests on newly developed pay rules, troubleshoots existing pay rule configurations.
• Administer time and attendance systems transaction flow including transmitting employee time and updates of employee access and table maintenance.
• Created and modified configuration setup including but not limited to Access Profile, Payrules, Scheduler and Advanced Scheduler.
• Delivered the comprehensive Functional Specifications and System Design Specifications (SDS) and System Requirement Specification (SRS).
• Translate business priorities to CoE have to deliver quality HR solutions in areas of organizational design, talent management, compensation, HR data and talent acquisition.
• Worked with the Subject Matter Experts (SME's) from different business areas to gather User and business requirements, translated them into functional and technical requirements.
• Created Use Cases and used MS Visio/UML to model Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and business for the applications design.
• Completed post-implementation audits of Lawson financial systems for healthcare, retail and public-sector clients documenting suggestions for improvements for the future.
• Interacting with the Payroll coordinators to gather the requirements and implement them in the Kronos.
• Implemented Kronos applications on various mobile platforms; worked with Work Force Device Manager (WDM).
• Perform technical configuration, interface, reporting, and other application technical tasks for Kronos Workforce Central.
• Implement and Management of high-performance production CLUSTERED SQL Server database instances using Active - Passive nodes, and Active-Active nodes clustering.
• Extensive experience WFM solution concepts such as Benefits, Time & Attendance, Entitlements Time & Attendance, Entitlements, accruals and employee scheduling.
• Make configuration changes based on the business requirements for WFC, WAT and other Kronos modules. Hands on experience on Backup and restore Azure services.
• Involve in Processing of Document and Reporting with Jd Edward.
• Facilitated and implemented in tandem with the Lawson HRMS and BAS teams as necessary regarding the testing of new SAP modules, DCNs, reports, uploads, and SAP scripts.
• Maintained and input complicated HR records into SAP 4.6.
• Performed GAP and Risk analysis of existing system and evaluated benefits of new system.
• Responsible in reviewing high-volume timekeeping data using Kronos Timekeeping System.
• Performed SIT (System Integration Testing) and UAT (User Acceptance Testing).

Confidential, Seattle, WA

KRONOS BUSINESS ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Designed, configured, tested, debugged, documented and maintained complex Kronos applications to satisfy requirements.
• Analyzing work of Workforce Device Manager (time clocks), WIM interfaces inbound (employee data) and outbound (payroll hours/wage), pay rules, accruals, reports, wage profiles, etc.
• Worked on environment configurations necessary to successfully develop, deploy and maintain Kronos interfaces integrating HRMS, and Clocks like Kronos 4500.
• Supported, configured, and tested Kronos pay rules, work rules, pay codes, zones, and security profiles.
• Implemented and configuring Kronos scheduler, accruals and attendance modules.
• Provided Supporting in the development of interfaces, deploying in hosted environment and defining Pay Tables of WIM.
• Handled all SQL administration related issues which includes, Installing, Configuring and troubleshooting Always-On, Replication, Mirroring, Clustering and Log shipping issues.
• Work closely with HR and Payroll Department on resolving HR and Payroll issues concerning Kronos Interface Manager and outbound Payroll file issues.
• Fixed major issues with Employee missing accruals, accrual mismatch and Carryover balances by providing the data fixes.
• Gathered new Kronos business requirements, developing and testing Kronos pay rules, pay codes, work rules, Function Access Profiles, Data Access Profiles, Labor Level Sets, Shift Guarantee's Holiday Rules and much more.

Confidential

Kronos Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Applied Kronos service packs from 4.0 evaluating and making all necessary modifications to custom written Kronos programs and files to ensure compatibility with new releases/service packs to bring Kronos up to date with current release.
• Propose and implement a balancing process to confirm pay code/hours totals between Kronos and pay files created for SAP Payroll process in order to reduce/eliminate errors in employee paycheck.
• Performs Kronos upgrades, tests on newly developed pay rules, troubleshoots existing pay rule configurations.
• Implemented Kronos applications on various mobile platforms; worked with Work Force Device Manager (WDM).
• Involved in support, analysis, change management, and implementation across the core WFC, calculated accruals, absence management, device manager, data collection & advanced scheduling.
• Created Interfaces (Employee Demographics, Census, Accruals, Labor levels and Time Detail) using Kronos Connect interface with Lawson HR/Payroll and Epic Clinical Systems.
• Extensive experience WFM solution concepts such as Benefits, Time & Attendance, Entitlements Time & Attendance, Entitlements, accruals and employee scheduling.
• Make configuration changes java based on the business requirements for WFC, WAT and other Kronos modules.
• Responsible in reviewing high-volume timekeeping data using Kronos Timekeeping System.
• Prepared the requirement documents to configure the Workforce Timekeeper.
• Conducting Dress Rehearsal, Functional Testing, UAT, Regression and Health Checks.

Confidential

Business Development Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated JAD sessions and design meetings with the Stakeholders, SME's and Leads of Interfaces.
• Involved in collecting the business requirements to set rules for proper data transfer from Data Source to Data Target in Data Mapping.
• Involved with database team related to Data Modeling, System/Data Analysis, Design and Development for both OLTP and Data warehousing environments and performed numerous SQL queries.
• Wrote PL/SQL statement and stored procedures in Oracle for extracting as well as writing data.
• Used SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) methodologies like the RUP and the waterfall.
• Analyzed data integrity issues and records within the SAP HR portal, which required careful selection, classification, and compilation of information from several sources.
• Created business requirement documents and integrated the requirements and underlying platform functionality.