SUMMARY:

• Solid PeopleSoft 9.2 (PUM17), 9.x, & 8.x Global Functional/Technical Project Management, HCM Application Consulting and Change Management Lead skills
• Extensive key experience as a Contracted Functional/Technical Project Lead Manager with 26 years of Federal, Private, Higher Ed (Campus Solutions) and Public sector exposure to the (ERP) HRMS and 18 years in the PeopleSoft HCM Suite of Applications.
• Candidate holds a Secret Security Clearance.
• This candidate also has excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively influence and negotiate to meet set goals and objectives for a given Project. ( Implementations, Upgrades, Mergers and Decommissioning )
• An outstanding and committed consultant, this candidate has an extensive variety of experiences in the PeopleSoft arena. Serving as lead manager on most projects, this consultant has also provided hands on expertise when needed. Allocated both as a Functional and Technical Lead Consultant, this candidate has thorough knowledge of many Human Capital Management (HCM) Procedures and System modules as well as tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 PUM 18, Fluid Interface PUM 18, FSCM 9.0 Integration

Modules: Core HR, Payroll N.A., Global Payroll, Time & Labor, Absence Management, Benefits Administration, Base Benefits, eBenefits, TAM/CG, eApps, eProfile, ePay, ESS/MSS, Compensation Planning, Planning Careers, Workforce Administration, Position Management, Labor Administration, ELM, Portal and Fluid Interface.

Tools : PeopleTools 8.55, PeopleCode, Approval Workflow Engine (AWE), Crystal Reports, nVision,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta,GA

Responsibilities:

• Human Capital Management 9.2 Upgrade Tester/Training Consultant
• Responsibilities include creating testing and training material for PeopleSoft 9.2 Image 18 for HCM and Fluid Interface.
• Created testing and training schedules that reflect the business process and procedures for all transactions within the company’s Payroll, Human Resources and Benefit integrations.
• Worked with Corporate Representatives, IT Quality Assurance Manager and Training Manager, to ensure accuracy of testing and training material prior to upload to the SharePoint repository.
• Worked with End users and Field HR administrators to facilitate training and testing of the Application and its processes for each site.

.Confidential,Cleveland,TN

HCM 9.2 PeopleSoft Functional Lead Upgrade Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Human Capital Management 9.2 Upgrade/Merger Consultant
• Responsibilities include merger analysis of international company locations, upgrade and implementation of new PeopleSoft HCM applications to include onboarding applications such as New Hire Templates, Manage Hires Processes, Position Management, Taleo and Kronos Integration within Workforce Administration, Benefits Administration, N/A Payroll and Global Payroll for International Company Divisions.
• Developed new business processes flows and procedures for Company Global Regions (North America, South America, Central Asia, Europe and South East Asia)
• Provided HCM 9.2 Training for Workforce Administration, Onboarding Applications, Benefits and Payroll Processing.
• Aiding in the decommissioning of the TAM & CAG application and transition into the Oracle Taleo enterprise onboarding application.

Confidential,Lexington,KY 

HCM 9.2 PeopleSoft Functional Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Human Capital Management 9.2 Functional/Technical Lead
• Responsibilities included Fit/Gap Sessions, Business Process reengineering and mapping, configuration and SDLC Testing for Benefits Administration, NA Payroll, eBen (FSC - Family Status Changes) Compensation (Total Rewards-Internal/External, Merit Increases based on Performance Ratings), eComp (Ad-Hoc Salary Changes, and Promotions).
• Configured and Calculated Retro-Benefit Deduction/Programs
• Configured ACA (Affordable Care Act) Eligibility Tables

Confidential,St. Louis,MO

HCM 9.2 PeopleSoft Functional Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Human Capital Management 9.2 Functional Configuration Lead.
• Responsibilities included Fit/Gap evaluation, configuration and testing of PeopleSoft 9.2 N/A Payroll Application for various locations in the sphere of client. This included additional client sites located in IN, MI, and DC.
• Analysis of payroll data from the client system that has been uploaded into the PeopleSoft Payroll application.
• Calculated to check variances in the areas of Earnings, Deductions and Taxes based on the current payroll configuration Feedback on variances were prepared and communicated to the client for action on data cleanup, possible system configuration changes and data error discussion for future payroll calculations for each site.

Confidential

 Ben Admin

• Human Capital Management 9.2 Functional/Technical Q/A & Testing Lead for; Responsibilities include organizing and initiating testing for the NSJH Project to include Staten Island moving from Infinium to PeopleSoft 9.2 for North American Payroll, Human Resources, EIH, CG/TAM, Compensation and Benefits Administration to include the Timekeeping System Kronos 6.3 ( Decommissioning ) transition to PeopleSoft 9.2 T&L.
• Duties include detailed QA phase preparation & execution of Test Plans, Cases, and Test Tracking tools for Issues, and Defects.
• Facilitates weekly project testing status meetings with provided matrices and reports that support the overall testing strategy and execution for the project.
• Supports each team module during each phase of the application being tested. This would include and not limited to Configuration, System Test, Integration, and Parallel, to include Interfaces, Reports and external applications.

ConfidentialmAtlanta,GA

 Testing Lead

• Human Capital Management 9.1 Functional/Technical Testing Lead for; Responsibilities included 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).
• Detailed duties include the testing of two consolidated companies acquired by Rock-Tenn, and Outlining Business processes, Validation processes, and Tracking processes for custom independent systems to function with PeopleSoft North American Payroll.
• Testing includes Uploading, Submitting, and Transferring time files from third party time keeping systems into a custom staging table in order to transfer to N/A Payroll Pay-Sheets.
• Once completed, the time keeping data (rates, earnings code conversions and dollar amounts) is then calculated and validated for accuracy. Several iterations of this process is ran and tested for accuracy.

Confidential,Houston,TX

Functional Lead

• HCM 9.1 Functional/Technical Time & Labor, N/A Payroll and Absence Management Lead Upgrade Consultant.
• Review of the current PeopleSoft 9.1 Systems Configuration in preparation for an upgrade of Bi-Weekly Employees to release 9.1. In addition, configuration and BP review of the current monthly employee base reporting time on the 9.1 release.
• Milestones include a detailed completion of the following phases: Analysis, Design, Construct and Testing; with detailed FD’s, Issues, and Solutions. Moreover, evaluated the current business processes and developed recommendations for additional items for the Bi-Weekly population. In addition, focused on the development and testing of limited customizations while working with third party time collection systems (Time-link).
• Lastly, worked with the N/A Payroll lead and Absence Management Client Leads to reconfigure and initiate testing of absence entries, rules verification and finally payroll uploads of time and absence entries.

Confidential,Columbus,OH

 Labor Lead

• Human Capital Management 9.1 Upgrade Functional Lead for; Duties include a review of the current PeopleSoft 8.9 Systems Configuration in preparation for an upgrade to the new release of PeopleSoft 9.1. In addition, milestone included the completion of a detailed analysis of business processes and third party time collection and interface systems in order to provide recommendations for the best method to replace many of the customizations with the new vanilla application.
• Facilitated and lead upgrade Fit/Gap Sessions with the client in order to meet the business current requirements with the PeopleSoft 9.1 application; currently documenting these requirements and gaps in a presentation format so that the business users can identify detailed decisions pending in order to finalize the Assessment Phase.

Confidential,Miami,FL

 Lead Consultant

• Human Capital Management 9.1 Upgrade Functional Lead for; Duties Included Analysis and Recommendations, Configuration, Testing, and Validation through results of the PeopleSoft Time & Labor, Core HR, Workflow, Portal, Approvals and Delegations. In addition, lead the team in troubleshooting specified error messages, logging of cases, and communication with Oracle Consulting on product patches and fixes.
• Evaluated PeopleTools 8.51 items to include EOAW (Approvals and Delegations), Workflow Registry and Security Items linked to Portal and User Profiles. These evaluations lead to the configuration of the PeopleTools items used in Security, Workflow and Approvals for various applications within the PeopleSoft HCM product.

Confidential,Washington,DC

Technical Upgrade Lead Consultant

• Functional and Technical Upgrade evaluation of the current PeopleSoft System. Moreover, this evaluation included applications such as PeopleSoft Core HR, Time and Labor, Manager and Employee Self Service, Candidate Gateway, Talent Acquisition, PeopleTools 8.51, with App Designer and Integration Broker.
• Trained the End Client on New Functionality in various applications including and not limited to Human Resources, Benefits Administration, Application Designer, Integration Broker, Time and Labor, Security, and Approvals.

Confidential,Clemson

 Lead Consultant

• Upgrade Assessment Human Capital Management 9.1.
• Evaluation of the current PeopleSoft 8.9 system to determine what advantages upgrading to 9.1 applications would enhance the University’s core areas. In addition, our team was tasked with giving recommendation based on the applications capabilities in light of the current business processes and State requirement processes with the University.
• Moreover, the findings and recommendations for the following applications were presented to the CFO and CIO: Time & Labor ( from Kronos ), North American Payroll, Absence Management, Benefits Administration and Profile Management.

Confidential,Omaha,NE

Technical Human Resources Upgrade Lead

• HCM 9.1 Upgrade Functional Lead for; Duties included Project Management, to include the setting of project schedule dates for the HR application, to also include resource leveling and dollars.
• Functional/Technical Support and evaluation of two sets of Compare Reports (8.0-8.9 and 8.9-9.1) for the HR Suite.
• Reviewed all Custom Objects, Reports, and Processes to determine if the 9.1 application will require decommission of these items.
• Determined Fit/Gap session dates and conducting the evaluation sessions of the current HCM Applications for Upgrade from 8.0 to 9.1; this included: the Workforce Administration Suite and the following Modules- Labor Administration to include Grievances and Discipline, Monitor Workforce Suite to include- Position Management, Talent Acquisition and Candidate Gateway, Person Model, Biographic information, Company Property, Tuition Reimbursements, Compensation Adjustment Notices, Training and Compliance, Compliance Reporting, Identity Management, and Stock Options.
• Testing included FUT (Functional Unit Testing), User Acceptance Testing and Integration Testing of customizations, reports, queries and processes that have been developed out of the Fit/Gap Sessions conducted.

Confidential,Bowling Green,OH

Functional Lead

• PeopleSoft HCM Functional/Technical Time & Labor, Human Resources, Benefits Administration, North American Payroll and Student Records Lead.
• Performed Fit/Gap Evaluation of current HCM Applications for upgrade from 8.9 to 9.1; with the additional implementation of PeopleSoft Time & Labor 9.1.
• Responsibility also includes, Business Process Reengineering, Customization reevaluation of the current application changes to determine if the 9.1 application will allow for decommission of various bolt-On and custom changes.
• Facilitated various Fit/Gap Sessions, and Build (Configuration) session with the client in order to provided various options and standard practice methods for implementing the Time and Labor Product.

Confidential 

Technical Lead Global Payroll

• Remote production support for an upgrade of the PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 to 9.1 Application.
• This included validation of configuration changes, testing and troubleshooting various application problems within the new application.

Confidential,Oakland,CA

Technical Time & Labor & Payroll Lead

• Duties included a Lifecycle Upgrade of the HCM Suite from PeopleSoft 8.8 to PeopleSoft 9.0 to include Fit/Gap, Configuration, Unit Testing, UAT through Parallel.
• Area of responsibility included Demo Presentation of the new functionality of Time & Labor & Payroll North America 9.0 System.
• Facilitated Fit/Gap Analysis sessions in the base configuration and processing tables as well as the Web Based Service Tables (Manager Self-Service) for T&L and NA, while creating a detailed customization carry forward or leave behind document to determine how best to use the delivered functionality without customization for 6 Union/Bargaining Units configured around 6 pay groups.
• Created a To Be Document that represented what the Time & Labor Configured system will resemble once configured; completed a Configuration Document from a technical view to assist the technical team in determining bolt on custom pages that will be carried forward into the new version; completed a Testing Execution Plan and a Time & Labor & Payroll Desk & Manager Procedures’ Document to assist in the validation of the company’s business processes with the new system.
• Moreover, completed a detail review of current Time & Labor Rules and Custom Rules that will be used in Time Administration processing. Configured, and tested each rule program in its current state to determine if further coding would be needed in TA processing.
• Lastly, completed the configuration of PeopleSoft’s Labor Administration to facilitate Union/Bargaining Unit contracts, Candidate Gateway Testing and interfaces, and completed GL processing to ensure that data for expenses were moved to the Financials AP application.

Confidential

HCM Functional Compensation

• HCM 9.0 Functional Compensation/e-Comp Lead for Duties included an Assessment and Fit-Gap of the Organization’s Compensation model.
• Project consists of evaluation and change management of the current compensation plans and salary grade structure.
• Reviews included were executive level jobs and non-exempt level positions, to include third party interfaced systems.

Confidential 

HCM Functional/Technical Absence Management Lead

• HCM 9.0 Functional/Technical Absence Management Lead for Duties included a 6 Week Assessment and Fit-Gap for the enterprise. These duties included an in depth evaluation of the application as it fits into the framework of the organization.
• Facilitated discovery working session with key leaders in the company’s industry; and worked toward creating an as is and to be picture for each business in order to determine if the organization as a whole would benefit from the delivered Absence Management application.

Confidential, Palm Beach,FL

 Testing Lead

• Current responsibilities include Implementation and Test Management activates relating to Operational and Project level functions. These activities include facilitating testing management workshops, change management workshops, change/issue log management, communication plans and schedules, change management plans, project change requests, application change requests, and steering committee preparation and presentations.
• In addition, facilitating and monitoring testing activities for the HCM and FMS suite. This includes HR-Person Model, Payroll, Benefits Administration (401K, 403B and Vendors), Absence Management, TAM, Commitment Accounting, Commitment Control, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, eProcurement and Allocations; also creating testing plans, creating testing calendars, script tracking logs, and procedures for the 9.0 implementation.

Confidential

Functional Lead

• Responsibilities included insuring the timely implementation of PeopleSoft 9.0 HCM systems. This responsibility includes: analysis, Configuration, Testing, Reports and Interfaces relating to the HCM system.
• Led session work-streams to include: Base Core HR & Global Payroll, which involved managing approved business process requirements, customizations, legacy system data conversion and various other work-streams proposals that affect the HR system.
• International HR & Payroll, which involved managing country specific items for France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece, Canada and Spain within the PeopleSoft Global Human Resources systems. Manager/Employee Self-Service for e-Compensation Manager, and e-Profile; These responsibilities include prototyping and demonstrations of the configured product, while approving security strategy for self-service, portal, reporting and any other dependencies relating to self-service.
• Security, responsibilities include facilitating security discussions to formulate and present al Security Strategy that determines the creation of security profiles, company, country and departmental level security, role definitions and access as well as the configuration for components for HCM with follow-up through user acceptance testing. Other Focus Groups include: HR Help Desk, Data conversion, Interfaces, Global Payroll, On-boarding (TAM, CAG), T&L implementation, Reports, and Workflow.

Confidential 

Project Functional Lead

• Hands on upgrade, configuration and project team management of the PeopleSoft HCM/Campus Solution Applications; which included: Time & Labor, Human Resources and North American Payroll.
• Detailed responsibilities included future state meetings, project plan management, decision making on configuration direction, naming conventions, set-up of prototype to include department structure, security structures for both human resources and time & labor, workgroup structure, rules configuration, plans and programs, time & labor additions to current payroll tables, demo effects on transfers, terminations, union employees and hires in the time & labor system; status changes in the human resources system and its effects in the North American payroll system and Time & Labor groups.

Confidential 

Project Manager

• Facilitation and discussion of project oriented tasks, managing internal project staff and external consultants in the upgrade of the PeopleSoft/Oracle HCM 8.9 Suite which included: Talent Acquisition, Core Human Resources and its applications, North American Payroll and Benefits Administration.
• Additional responsibilities included hands on Functional upgrade post production support and configuration and application to include: Candidate Activity, Requisitions, Non-Employees, Hires, Rehires, Terminations, Transfers, Partial Position Management Benefits Activity with Vendors and Employees, Payroll processing, Check and Direct Deposit preparation, GL interface activity and Year End Tax Preparation guidance.
• Demonstrated excellent knowledge of the 8.9 application, including e-applications for self-service in preparation for the next phase of the upgrade by completing a project plan to include instillation of the e-performance and e-compensation application
• Prepared the client by completing a configuration model and plan for the Candidate Gateway application as well the Time and Labor applications for 8.9 HCM.

Confidential

Technical Upgrade Testing Lead

• Designated as the Functional-Technical Upgrade Lead consultant- current responsibilities included the functional portion of the upgrade from HCM 8.3 to 8.9.
• Detailed responsibilities include, system mapping, process redesign, patches/fixes application, Q/A Test Script creation and execution for Global HR, N/A Payroll, Benefits Administration and Talent Acquisition Manger and e-Compensation for HCM 8.9.
• Day to day activities include issue resolutions by Functional and Technical Work in four key areas of the application- Functionality, Technical Design, Process Flow and Customization. This involved aiding the end-user in the New Functionality-Demo and Technical Design of new requested modifications.
• In addition, conduct weekly team staff meetings, module meetings and IT update meetings with client staff and end users. Demonstrate with great detailed knowledge each of the applications capabilities functionally while answering questions in relations to the client’s business process- a “how to session” to aid in the resolution of problems that may be encountered with using the demo-application and with each module test database used as a staging area for each upgrade database.

Confidential

 Talent Acquisition Manager 

• Designated as the Time & Labor-Talent Acquisition Functional Lead for; responsibilities included Creation, Planning and Execution of a team project plan in order to implement the HCM application modules for the first time in 8.9. This endeavor included the creation of staffing percentages of time with date milestones for each area - analysis, implementation, testing and support; which encompassed what has been set forth in the project charter.
• In addition, daily activities included Requirement Analysis, Table Configuration and Documentation (Current State and Future 8.9 state for these two applications.
• Issue resolution was also addressed by test case creation and execution to ensure that the client understood the how to process of each of the application; conducted training and Demonstration of the application via the Demo Databases to ensure the client was comfortable with the daily processing of the application. All were instrumental in the success and go-live of the PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 application for T&L and Talent Acquisition Manager.