Summary

• More than ten years of ERP Experience in PeopleSoft with multiple full life-cycle implementation experience including Global Roll-outs.
• Have extensive experience in complete software development life cycle including project initiation, requirement gathering and analysis, estimation, design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance.
• Fast Learner, Innovative, Excellent Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experienced in HCM Domain with excellent knowledge in HR, Global Payroll, North American Payroll, Payroll Interface, e-Pay and Benefits.
• Industry expertise includes Technology, Financial/Banking Sector and Communication Sectors.
• Excellent Product knowledge for PeopleSoft applications
• Experienced in Financial Modules - Accounts Payable, Asset Management and General Ledger
• Excellent Leadership skills and Communication skills especially in handling issues, providing resolutions and reporting project status to the senior level management/steering committees on an ongoing basis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE :

• Domain : HCM HR, Global Payroll, Payroll for North America, Payroll Interface, e-Pay and Benefits
• Industries : Technology/e-commerce Sector, Financial/Banking Sector, Communication Sector
• PeopleSoft Functional : PeopleSoft HRMS 9.2 HR, Global Payroll, Payroll for North America, Benefits, e-Pay, e-Profile
• PeopleSoft Technical : People Tools 8.53,8.49, 8.47, 8.46, 8.42, 8.40 , People Code, Application Engine, Component Interface, File Layout, Excel to CI, Process Scheduler, Security, SQR, Application Package
• Operating System : Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, DOS, UNIX, Mainframes z/OS, Solaris
• Languages : C, C , Java, PeopleCode, SQR, COBOL, SQL and JCL, VB Macro
• DBMS : Oracle, DB2, Sybase
• Project Mgmt Tools : Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Rational Portfolio Manager
• Other Tools : Quest STAT Software Configuration Management Tool for PeopleSoft

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

Employer : Amazon.com

• Designation : Functional Analyst
• Team : PeopleSoft HRIS Delivery
• Environment : People Tools 8.53, Oracle 11g, Linux
• ERP Package : PeopleSoft HCM 9.2
• The project involves delivery of ERP solution for HR Systems supporting HR, Payroll and Benefits team multiple countries across the globe. My responsibilities include perform feasibility, requirement gathering, Requirement analysis and options, functional design, functional testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, user training for the implementation of software applications using PeopleSoft HCM 9.2.

Responsibilities

• Interact with internal and external business customers to understand and document their business processes and requirements.
• Develop Strong relationships with business users in all HCM Functional areas HR, Payroll, Benefits, Time and Attendance, Compliance, Recruiting
• Conducted requirement and design walkthrough presentations to discuss the current state and new business process.
• Develop Project estimates, Work Breakdown, Process Flow and System Impact.
• Work with cross-functional team to deliver the changes required for successful project implementation.
• Created business requirements documents, system configuration documents, detailed functional specification documents, test plans and test cases, user training documents and implementation documentation as necessary.
• Work with development team to design and implement system modifications, works with QA team to get the product tested and therefore ensure successful delivery of the work products.
• Coordinate work across diverse teams globally, including vendors that support HR/Payroll business functions.
• Develop functional test plans and execute functional testing.
• Develop System Integration Plan, align and partner with all stakeholders to perform system integration testing, prepare test results and sign-off on system integration testing.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, help business teams develop UAT Plan and guide business users in testing.
• Work with Payroll/Benefits/HR Teams to handle change management and make sure requirement communication/training conducted for the successful completion of the project.
• Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback to the team.
• Work on cross-functional projects with groups such as HR, Payroll, Benefits, Stock and Recruiting teams.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Mentor junior team members

Confidential

Role : Functional Analyst

The goal of this project is to deliver a standard and automated solution, to extract employee data directly from PeopleSoft, and to transmit the output file to the HR/payroll/benefits vendors based on a pre-defined schedule, with no human intervention. Conducted Requirement workshop with Recruiting, HR and Payroll Teams to identify and document the current business process. Conducted Vendor meetings to understand and document vendor system capabilities. Worked with vendor to define business requirements for Vendor system. Documented the current business process, opportunity of improvement/automation and provided options with estimates and timelines in Analysis and Options Document.

Confidential

Role : Functional Analyst

This is a critical and high priority compliance project for enhancing variable compensation pay for California. Analyzed the legal requirements, conducted requirement analysis workshop with payroll and HR, Created Overall System Flow, Future State, Identified system and Process Change. The project has major financial impact and hence prioritized the solutions to meet the compliance requirements. Designed configurable and scalable solution to store breakup of additional pay to meet the requirement.

Confidential

Role : Functional Lead

This is a strategic project aimed at expanding Amazon's business to new countries. The goal of this project is to enable expansion of HR/Payroll system to Czech Republic and Poland, deliver a standard and automated solution, to extract employee data directly from PeopleSoft, and to transmit the output file to the HR/payroll/benefits vendors based on a pre-defined schedule, with no human intervention. Conducted workshops with business users and vendors to understand and document Czech Republic and Poland business process. Created Analysis and options document which included the business process, the options for process and system improvements and estimates/timelines. Helped business team to prioritize the options and system changes, maintain data quality and improve business process. Designed solutions to standardize pay groups and automated master file to vendor. Worked with Vendor to define and optimize file layout and data scenarios/use cases. Designed Configurable and Reusable Solution to handle multiple job rows and retro processing options. Reviewed technical design, Unit Test Results, QA Test Plan and Results. Conducted Functional Testing, Create System Integration Plan and Test Cases, worked with vendor to conduct System Integration Testing and provided SIT Sign-Off. Worked with HR/Payroll users to create UAT Plan and conduct UAT Testing/Sign-Off. Created Standard Operation Procedure, HR and Payroll User Guide and conducted user training. During the project developed an excel based tool that will generate data scenarios for master file and create test cases, create test employees and Excel to CI datasheet to upload test cases. Managed Project Schedule, Vendor relationship, Open Items, Issues and Risks.

Confidential

Role : Functional Lead

• This is a strategic project to enable hiring of seasonal workers directly by Amazon and involved end to end business process like Recruiting, Onboarding, Provisioning, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking and Exits. Lead the team of 3 FAs, 4 developers, 3 QA Testers
• Created end to end flow to provide clear picture to all the teams and stakeholders about the overall flow and impact/changes needed for In-House Staffing. Created Project Approach Document explaining new hire process and termination process options which gave good platform for all the teams involved to understand impact on their systems. Included the Pros/Cons for each option which helped to drive to a solution faster. Identified changes required in each system and assigned ownership so that individual team can take those items and build solutions. Conducted workshops with ERC Onboarding, Exits team, Benefits, My Time and Payroll and agreed on the approach to handle In-House Staffing employees. Automated several manual processes like W4, Direct Deposit, Pay Cards, Quick Pay on termination etc. Worked with Payroll, ERC and Legal to refine the New Hire Forms, Direct Deposit and W4. Redesigned the PS delivered direct deposit page to simplify the user experience and reduce complexity. This helped us to build Pay Card functionality quickly. Coordinated with various teams to identify the impact, developed test scenarios and followed up to make sure the downstream systems are tested properly to handle McCormick employees. Created functional spec for New Hire forms, Towers Watson Interface, Vanguard Interface, and Taleo Integration. Reviewed Functional Design, Technical Designs, Unit Test Results and QA Test Plan/Results for all changes in the project. Created Project Plan and Test Plan for conducting System Integration Testing. Coordinated and followed up with Taleo, ERC, MyTime, Payroll, ATMT, Lenel, OBA, FCLM etc. Worked with each team to define the test scenarios and create test scenarios and test the results. Identified and fixed many issues with downstream system during SIT which helped us to go-live with zero production issues.

Confidential

Role : Project Manager/Functional Analyst

The project involves Global Payroll Configuration and EU Time-Off tool configuration to enable setting up of new company in Germany. Global configuration involved setting up of Company, Pay Group, Social Insurance, Accident Insurance, Codesets, Holiday Calendar, Events and Holidays, Additional Leaves and Leave Policy for the new company. Another goal of the initiative was to document this step and train HRIS Operations to handle similar request in future.

Confidential

Role : Project Manager/ Functional Analyst

The project involves automation of Visa Expiration Notification. Responsible for Project Management, Business Requirement Analysis, Functional Design, Review development and QA Testing, Functional Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Change Management and Production Deployment. The project involves implementation of the solution for 10 countries: USA, Japan, UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, France, Spain, South Africa and Republic of Ireland . The project request was for 4 countries, reached out to all countries that use visa functionality in PeopleSoft and implemented the solution. Designed and delivered reusable framework solution with configurable email template, users, tickets, visa type rules and frequency/rules of notification.

Confidential

Role : Functional Analyst

The project involves creation of payroll interface file for China. I joined the team during QA Testing. Reviewed QA Testing Plans and Results, developed UAT Plan and guided China Payroll Teams for completion of UAT , Parallel Testing and Production Deployment.

Confidential

Designation : Senior Analyst/Developer

Confidential

• Environment : PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.0, People Tools 8.49, Oracle 10g, Solaris
• Tools : People Tools 8.49, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interface, File Layout, Excel to CI, Process Scheduler, PS/Query, Security, Workflow, Application Workflow Engine, Application Package, SQR, COBOL, Crystal Report
• ERP Package : PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 HR, Global Payroll
• The project involves implementation of PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.0 for multiple countries across the globe
• As Senior Analyst, perform analysis, design, development, customizations and implementation of software applications using PeopleSoft Global Payroll

Key Contributions

• Global Payroll Implementation for India, United Kingdom and Hong Kong
• Configuration of Payroll Elements for Hong Kong Implementation
• Strong expertise on PeopleSoft Global Payroll module including configuration of Elements, Organizational Calendar, Processing framework and Calendars
• Participate in strategic decision meeting and design reviews
• Designed the conversion strategies and lead the conversion activities for Payroll Implementation
• Work with business users for requirement Gathering and Design for PeopleSoft Global Payroll
• Conducted requirement and design walkthrough presentations to discuss the current state and new business process for Global Payroll Implementations.
• Performed requirement analysis and designed solutions for Payroll Implementations
• Develop and test new applications using PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.0 /Linux/Oracle environment
• Reviewed the development and performed system testing for PeopleSoft Global Payroll
• Designed data model for OBI reports for UK Implementation.
• Provide design for interfaces using Java and test the solutions. Help the team to understand PeopleSoft data models and develop solutions.
• Provide requirement, Design and Test reports in OBI. Help the OBI developer to develop the reports for Global Payroll Implementation.
• Scoping, Estimation and Project Planning
• Collaborate with internal and external clients to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Mentor junior programmers

Confidential

Designation : Package Solution Consultant

Confidential

Role : Project Lead

• Environment : PeopleSoft HRMS 9.1, People Tools 8.50, Oracle 11g, Solaris
• Tools : People Tools 8.50, People Code, Application Engine, Component Interface, File Layout, Excel to CI, Process Scheduler, PS/Query, Security, Workflow, Application Workflow Engine, Application Package, SQR
• ERP Package : PeopleSoft HRMS 9.1 HR, Benefits, North American Payroll, e-Pay, e-Profile
• The project involves upgrade of PeopleSoft 8.8 to PeopleSoft 9.1 involving PeopleSoft HR, Benefits and Payroll. The project also involves implementation of PeopleSoft self-service. The system is heavily customized with around 400 custom programs, seven bolt-on applications for compensation, manager self service, time and attendance, recruitment and major customizations.
• As project Lead, responsible for managing delivery of the project on schedule and to provide weekly project status to client Technology Director.
• Liaison between technology and HR operation to streamline their existing batch processes to attain maximum efficiency
• Led the entire technical team to gather requirement and conducted technical fit gap assessment during the define phase.
• Collaborated with AXA business/technology owners in finalizing the technical scope and requirement for the project.
• Managed overall development and quality assurance QA efforts associated with upgrade and customization of PeopleSoft ERP applications.

Confidential

Role : Senior Consultant

• Duration/Size : May 2008 till May 2010, Team Size 12
• Environment : PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.0, People Tools 8.49, Oracle 10g, Solaris
• Tools : People Tools 8.49, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interface, File Layout, Excel to CI, Process Scheduler, PS/Query, Security, Workflow, Application Workflow Engine, Application Package, SQR, COBOL, Crystal Report
• ERP Package : PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 HR, Global Payroll
• The project involves implementation of PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.0 across Asia, Europe, USA and India. PeopleSoft HR is implemented for all regions. PeopleSoft Global Payroll is implemented in 3 regions Singapore, Japan and USA .
• Worked as senior application consultant and managed small projects independently for implementation and Post Implementation releases.

Key Contributions

• Worked on major applications such as GS File Upload Process, ADP Outbound Processing, GL Process, Management Chargeback Process, Salary Freeze Process, Payroll, Configuration Migrations etc.
• Managed and Coordinated Post Implementation Activities from Tokyo for the PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.0
• Managed the project plan for implementation of Maintenance Packs and coordinated the activities between DBA, PeopleSoft Admin, Developers, Functional Team and business users
• Managed and coordinated the implementation of STAT for PeopleSoft Software Configuration management.
• Work with business users to prioritize/scoping of Production Issues, develop and manage project plan including scoping, design, estimation, testing and sign-off and production implementation.
• Requirement Gathering and Design for PeopleSoft Global payroll Releases.
• Co-ordinate the development activities with consultants from multiple vendors and team in US and India

Confidential

Role : Onsite Team Lead

• Environment : PeopleSoft Financials 8.9, PeopleTools 8.47, Oracle 9i, Solaris
• Tools : People Tools 8.47, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interface, File Layout, Excel to CI, Process Scheduler, PS/Query, Security, Workflow, Application Workflow Engine, Application Package, SQR, COBOL, Crystal Report
• ERP Package : PeopleSoft FSCM 8.9 Asset Management, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Billing, Project Costing, Travel and Expenses, Purchasing
• Sprint merged with Nextel in 2005. The project was to merge and upgrade Sprint PeopleSoft FSCM
• PS 8.4, DB2, Mainframe and Nextel PeopleSoft FSCM PS 8.4, Oracle, UNIX to PeopleSoft FSCM 8.9. Worked as technical consultant during the initial analysis phase and then promoted as team lead from design/development phase of the project
• Worked as Onsite Team Lead from client site for the during system testing, UAT, Production Implementation and post implementation support for Sprint Nextel PeopleSoft FSCM 8.9

Key Contributions

• Manage, track and report the status of activities performed by the application support team.
• Mentor the team in India and provide technical advice on complex issues
• Create Requirement Specification, Design document and estimation for enhancement request
• Provide status report to clients and IBM Managements
• Led the IBM team and was responsible for Asset Management, Accounts Payable, General Ledger modules with Team strength of 8 members. Appreciated by IBM and management for timely delivery of all the projects.
• Work with project manager on the schedules, resources and work assignments.
• Assign the development for AM/AP/GL modules to team members help them to solve any issue, guide new team members to understand Sprint specific process, co-ordinate with clients on any clarification/issue.
• Monitor the progress provide daily status to IBM management and clients. and ensure timely deliverables adhering to quality standards
• Coordinated the efforts for fixing the system test/UAT defects.
• Played the role of SME for Asset Management, General Ledger, Accounts Payable modules. Also handled the modules Project Costing, Accounts Receivables and Billing for short period of time.
• Review the code/unit test results.
• Handled change requests and system test/UAT defects and ensured timely response.
• Propose solution to client to improve the business process by employing PeopleSoft delivered solutions instead of old customizations there by reducing the cost of maintenance.
• Worked as technical consultant during the analysis phase and was promoted as team lead during the design phase
• Worked many of the Sprint customizations like Asset Management Custom Asset Loader, Asset Management Location Extract, General Ledger Custom Journal Loader, Project General Customization for Project Costing etc.

Confidential

Role : PeopleSoft Technical Consultant

Environment : PeopleSoft FSCM 8.4, People Tools 8.42, 8.46, z/OS, UNIX, DB2

• Sprint has implemented PeopleSoft for the modules EPM, Account Payables, Account Receivables, Billing, Deduction Management, and General Ledger, Budgets, Asset Management, Project Costing, Purchasing, Inventory, eProcurement and Service Procurement. PeopleSoft FSCM 8.4 implemented with DB2 as Database on Mainframe z/OS . These PeopleSoft modules are highly customized and IBM is involved in enhancing maintaining them.
• Role: Technical Consultant for Sprint PeopleSoft FSCM Application Development and Maintenance Project.

Key Contributions:

• Performed the role SME for PeopleSoft Accounts Payable.
• Delivered all the assigned tasks within deadline and high quality.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of PeopleSoft Finance Modules and Technical experience in Sprint ERP and other leading-edge products to deliver solutions to customer.
• Provide time critical support to PeopleSoft Accounts Payable module as Subject matter Expert SME , which has huge volume of data and processing happening each day.
• Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements
• Translate customer requirements into Technical requirements and design documents.
• Perform Development, Unit Testing and Deploy PeopleSoft solution to the enhancement requests.
• Create and schedule batch process using JCL and Mainframe utilities for executing the PeopleSoft solution in Mainframe Environment.
• Resolve production issues within specific timelines.
• Analyze and resolve Maintenance Service Calls.
• Help new team members to understand Sprint PeopleSoft Financials Application and mentor them in Sprint Specific Technologies.