SUMMARY:

• With 12+ years of experience at Confidential, Confidential, Confidential and Confidential, my primary focus has been acting as a functional consultant implementing Oracle Human Resource Management Systems Applications.
• I have a significant experience in end to end implementation which includes project management, budgeting, requirements gathering, requirement analysis, FIT /GAP analysis, design functional specifications, configuring/customizing, testing, end user training, and post - implementation support.
• Expertise on HR, Payroll, Oracle Advanced Benefits, Compensation Workbench, Oracle Time and Labor and SSHR in implementation roles which includes Project Monitoring, Project Reporting, and Delivery Management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Core HR Expert
• Payroll Expert
• SSHR Expert
• Approvals Management Expert
• Oracle Advanced Benefits Expert
• Compensation Workbench Good
• Oracle Time and Labor Good
• Oracle Fast Formulae Expert
• Benefits Open Enrollment Expert
• SQL, PL/SQL Expert
• HRMS Table Relations Expert
• HRMS APIs and conversions Expert

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mansfield, TX

HCM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Kishore is Functional Consultant for HR, Payroll, Advanced Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation modules.
• Work with Management, Business Users and third party vendors to understand the requirements and guide the team on designing and mapping the requirements to Fusion HCM system.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• Support Open enrollment, bi-weekly paycheck run, employee’s absence process, etc...
• Support day-to-day HR and Payroll activities like new Departments, Elements, Fast formula changes, inbound data loaders, adhoc BI reports, etc…
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Migrated Worker and payroll data using FBL, HDL and payroll batch loader.
• Prepare the documentation for Business Requirements, Functional specifications, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the business users and Management.
• Prepared the User Guides and the Processing guides for the client.
• Configured the high level Benefits in the system, Life Events, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Eligibility Profiles, Collapsing Rules, etc...
• Configured compensation plans for Annual reviews, Bonuses, Stock Options, Service incentives, etc...
• Configured formula based approval and alternate approvals for compensation.
• Developed Fast Formulas for Benefits and Compensation like Eligibility rules, coverage calculations, Post-Election edit rules, Compensation default Override rules, etc.
• Developed Benefits extracts for different vendors.
• Responsible for Unit Testing, conducted CRPs for the client.

Confidential, Houston, TX

HRMS Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Kishore lead the project and Functional Consultant role for Advanced Benefits, Time and Labor modules.
• Work with Management, Business Users and third party vendors to understand the requirements and guide the team on designing and mapping the requirements to Oracle EBS system.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Prepare the documentation for Business Requirements, Functional specifications, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the business users and Management.
• Prepared the functional specifications for the customizations needed for the client.
• Review the documentation prepared by team and get the signoffs from Management and business users.
• Prepared the User Guides and the Processing guides for the client.
• Configured the high level Benefits in the system, Life Events, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Eligibility Profiles, Collapsing Rules, etc...
• Developed Fast Formulas for Benefits and Time entry rules.
• Implement Change orders based on the changes in the requirements.
• Developed Benefits 834 5010 file format Pl/Sql interfaces for different vendors, Inbound/Outbound and BEE process interfaces such as Employee demographic info, Benefit deductions to ADP.
• Responsible for Unit Testing.
• Testing Oracle HRMS patches RUP 9.
• Participate in weekly status calls with client
• Conducted CRPs for the client.
• Requirement Analysis and client problem identification matched to Oracle module functionality.

Confidential

Fusion HCM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Functional requirement discussions, analysis, solution design and configurations.
• Configured Work structures, Payroll Costing, Payroll components like elements, balances, etc.
• Configured Benefits such as Life Events, Eligibility Profiles, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Rates, Elements, Extracts, etc. for multiple vendors.
• Helped to prepare functional design Document for different functional requirements.
• Prepared the functional specifications for custom Fast Formulas, reports and extracts needed for the client.
• Migrated employee, assignment, elements, work structures, Absence balances, Contacts data from legacy system to Fusion HCM system using FBL and HDL.’
• Written Benefits fast formulas for eligibility, Person Selection, coverage calculations, Postelection Edit, Dependent Eligibility, Coverage and Rate Dates,etc..
• Written Payroll calculation, element skip rules, Compensation default override values,
• Involved in User Interface functional testing.
• Created OTBI reports, Payroll Extracts, HCM Extracts to feed the information to third party systems and downstream systems.
• Prepared the User Guides and the Processing guides for the client.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Project Lead and HCM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business requirements to be a part of the FUD (Functional Upgrade Doc), and FDD (Functional Design Doc).
• Data migration from legacy system to Fusion HCM
• Prepared a plan to migrate HCM data from Oracle 11i to Fusion HCM and key stakeholder in completing the task.
• Designed and configured HR core objects Enterprise, Divisions, Legal Entities, Business Units, Locations, Departments, Jobs, Payrolls, Salary Bases, Elements, etc..
• Configured Benefits such as Life Events, Eligibility Profiles, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Rates, Elements, Extracts, etc.. for multiple vendors.
• Designed Payroll solution for different countries like US, Singapore, HongKong, UAE, etc..
• Configured Legal Employers, Tax Reporting Units, Payroll Statutory units, Payrolls, Earning Elements, Supplemental Earnings, Voluntary & Involuntary Deductions, Pre-Tax elements, Employer Liabilities, etc.
• Written Fast Formulas for Payroll calculation, Element skip rules, Benefits eligibility, Person Selection, Coverage calculations, Postelection Edit, Dependent Eligibility, Coverage and Rate Dates, etc..
• Configured and managed end-to-end payroll processing, includes Retro payroll, Payroll process, Pre-payments, Payroll archive, Check writer, NACHA, Costing process, etc…
• Managed Weekly / Bi-weekly, Monthly payroll process activities, Month end, Quarterly and Year end activites.
• Designed and configured Compensation objects for Annual reviews, Bonuses, Stocks, Service Incentives and Management Incentives.
• Configured Profile Content Types, Content Items, Profile Types, Profile Rating models, Talent Reviews and Templates.
• Configured Review Periods, Goal Plans, Goal Plan Sets, Goal Libraries, Mass Assign Goals processes, Eligibility Profiles and scheduled processes.
• Configured Performance Document Templates, Questionnaires, Performance Roles, Process Flows, Templates, Tasks, etc.
• Prepared the Test Ware Design Document, Function Design Documents for different Functionality.
• Created HR and Benefits extracts using HCM extracts and OTBI report to create data feeds for downstream and Benefit Vendors.
• Involved in preparation of Test Cases, Test Scripts for the Core HR, Compensation, Benefits and different localization specific Test wares.
• Involved in User Interface functional testing.
• Involved in the Functional uptake discussion, which involves not only the impact of a particular functionality on the product, but also the various changes associated with it. These sessions also include the various areas which have to be changed to cater to these ‘functionality’ changes.
• Guiding client in change management execution and keeping all the internal stakeholders informed.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Project Planning, Monitoring and Control and Solution reviews
• Review and monitoring Projects Status, handling escalations, issues, risks, manage customer relationship

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

Project Lead and HCM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Data migration from legacy system to Fusion HCM
• Configured Benefits such as Life Events, Eligibility Profiles, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Rates, Elements, Extracts, etc.. for multiple vendors.
• Written Benefits fast formulas for eligibility, Person Selection, coverage calculations, Postelection Edit, Dependent Eligibility, Coverage and Rate Dates,etc..
• Involved in User Interface functional testing.
• Involved in the Functional uptake discussion, which involves not only the impact of a particular functionality on the product, but also the various changes associated with it. These sessions also include the various areas which has to be changed to cater to these ‘functionality’ changes.
• Configured Legal Employers, Tax Reporting Units, Payroll Statutory units, Payrolls, Earning Elements, Supplemental Earnings, Voluntary & Involuntary Deductions, Pre-Tax elements, Employer Liabilities, etc.
• Helped to prepare functional design Document for different functionality of Fusion HCM Modules and implications, Employment Model, Person Model, Job and Employment architecture and 3-tier model, Payroll Flow template, Payroll related setups (Payroll definition, Object groups, Org payment methods, Payment types, Fast formula, third party payment methods, Run Types, Balance Def, element classification, HCM Extract, Payroll work areas etc.)
• Prepared the functional specifications for the custom Fast Formulas, reports and extracts needed for the client.
• Review the documentation prepared by team and get the signoffs from Management and business users.
• Migrated employee, assignment, elements, work structures data from Oracle EBS 11i to Fusion HCM system using FBL and HDL.’
• Created OTBI reports, Payroll Extracts, HCM Extracts to feed the information to third party systems and downstream systems.
• Navigation Demo for the business testing scenarios and CRPs.
• Prepared the User Guides and the Processing guides for the client.
• Guiding client in change management execution and keeping all the internal stakeholders informed.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Project Planning, Monitoring and Control.
• Review and monitoring Projects Status, handling escalations, issues, risks, manage customer relationship (Sr. Executives level)
• Solution reviews, Resource Management and Review project deliverable

Confidential

Project Manager and HCM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Manage business stakeholders, plan and manage steering committee meeting
• Guiding client in change management execution and keeping all the internal stakeholders informed.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• Work with Management, Business Users and third party vendors to understand the requirements and guide the team on designing and mapping the requirements to Fusion HCM system.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Prepare the documentation for Business Requirements, Functional specifications, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the business users and Management.
• Designed Payroll for US and configured payroll for different group of employees.
• Configured Legal Employers, Tax Reporting Units, Payroll Statutory units, Payrolls, Earning Elements, Supplemental Earnings, Voluntary & Involuntary Deductions, Pre-Tax elements, Employer Liabilities, etc.
• Prepared the functional specifications for the custom Fast Formulas, reports and extracts needed for the client.
• Review the documentation prepared by team and get the signoffs from Management and business users.
• Navigation Demo for the business testing scenarios and CRPs.
• Prepared the User Guides and the Processing guides for the client.
• Implemented HR, Self Service, Payroll, Benefits and Compensation Workbench.
• Configured Payroll components such as Geographies, Legal entities, Tax Units, Payrolls, Salary Bases, Elements, Fast formulas, Payment methods, Custom payslip, reports, extracts, etc..
• Configured the high level Benefits in the system, Life Events, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Eligibility Profiles, Collapsing Rules, etc...
• Developed Fast Formulas for Payroll, Benefits, Compensation and Absence Management.
• Provide support to Benefits Open enrollment activities on new system for Confidential US, such as new medical/dental/insurance offerings and rate changes and configure the changes in the system.
• Solutions design for Confidential US, Philippines, Bratislava and Romania.
• Project Planning, Monitoring, Control and Solution reviews
• Review and monitoring Projects Status, handling escalations, issues, risks, manage customer relationship (Sr. Executives level)
• Resource Management
• Review project deliverable

Module Lead and HRMS Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Kishore played Module Lead role for Oracle HR system and Functional Consultant role for HR, Compensation Workbench, Advanced Benefits, Payroll, Accruals and Absence Management.
• Kishore managed 4 functional consultants, 6 developers and 3 QA resources and being a functional consultant, worked on functional consultant activities also.
• Work with Management, Business Users and third party vendors to understand the requirements and guide the team on designing and mapping the requirements to Oracle EBS system.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Prepare the documentation for Business Requirements, Functional specifications, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the business users and Management.
• Prepared the functional specifications for the customizations needed for the client.
• Review the documentation prepared by team and get the signoffs from Management and business users.
• Navigation Demo for the business testing scenarios.
• Prepared the User Guides and the Processing guides for the client.
• Provide support to Benefits Open enrollment activities for TJX Companies US and Annual Open Enrollment changes, such as new medical/dental/insurance offerings and rate changes and configure the changes in the system.
• Implemented HR, Self Service, Approvals Management (AME), Advanced Benefits and Compensation Workbench for TJX Companies - Canada.
• Design and map the TJX Companies - Canada benefits offerings to the Oracle EBS System and configure.
• Configured the high level Benefits in the system, Life Events, Programs, Plan Types, Options, Plans, Eligibility Profiles, Collapsing Rules, etc...
• Developed Fast Formulas for Benefits, Payroll, Compensation and Absence Management.
• Support Benefits Administrative enrollment activities for Canada for employee’s initial enrollments on new system.
• Supporting Canada Open enrollment, which is the first Open enrollment activity for the TJX Companies - Canada.
• Re-engineer all the documentation as per the TJX project standards.
• Implement Change orders based on the changes in the requirements.
• Cut over-activities to roll all the setups and rice items into Production.
• Developed Benefits 834 4010 / 5010 file format Pl/Sql interfaces for different vendors, Inbound/Outbound and BEE process interfaces such as Employee demographic info, Payroll deductions, Payroll info to/from third party systems, Time card Info etc...
• Guiding the team members and explain the issue resolution steps to give them a start to handle the issue.
• Responsible for Customizations requiring proficiency in Approvals Management (AME) as this functionality is used in the customization of one of the processes in HRSSA Workflow.
• Documenting the resolution steps to the support issues
• Responsible for Unit Testing.
• Testing Oracle HRMS patches RUP 5, RUP 6.
• Participate in weekly status calls with client
• Conducted CRPs for the client.
• Requirement Analysis and client problem identification matched to Oracle module functionality.

Implementation Manager and Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Kishore was the project manager for a team of 3 functional consultants and 5 developers.
• Played a lead role for HR, Payroll, SSHR and OLM modules and Functional consultant role for iExpense modules too.
• Conduct Requirements gathering sessions with Management and business users who work at different offices Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, for capturing requirements.
• Manage requirement analysis sessions with project team and perform FIT / GAP analysis to determine requirement scope and RICE items.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• Document current and future process flows.
• Prepare the documentation for Business Process, Requirements Gathering (BR30), Configuration Document (BR100), Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the client.
• Design and Build the system as per the requirements.
• Perform Configurations as per the design for HR, Payroll, Self Service, Learning Management, Approvals Management and OAB modules
• Re-engineer all the documentation as per the Great Eastern project standards.
• Conduct System Test and UAT cycles and get sign-offs from the client.
• Implement Change orders based on the changes in the requirements.
• Cut over-activities to roll all the setups and rice items into Production.
• Go-Live and Post Go-Live support.
• Handle critical situations efficiently when requirements change on the fly in Production.
• Test all the developed RICE items
• Work closely with the technical team to translate the business requirements into technical requirements.
• Prepare the documentation of test scenarios for CRP.
• Configure the CRP instance
• Played a critical role in rolling out the RICE items and preparing for CRP.

Project Lead and HRMS Techno Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Kishore has played the role of a Project Lead
• Conduct Requirements gathering sessions with Management and business users for capturing requirements.
• Manage requirement analysis sessions with project team and perform FIT / GAP analysis to determine requirement scope and RICE items.
• Prepare project estimations, project budgeting, project schedules and resource allocations and execute projects successfully within budget and estimated timeframe.
• Design and Build the changes into the current system
• Conduct CRP sessions to demonstrate the client requirements built into the Oracle application.
• Prepare the documentation for Requirements Gathering (BR30), Configuration Document (BR100) and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the client.
• UAT sign-offs
• Go-Live and Post Go-Live support.
• Implemented end-to-end customized bonus system independently, includes custom forms and XML reports development.
• Responsible for all functional setups in HR, Payroll, Learning Management, SSHR and AME modules.
• Responsible for Customizations requiring proficiency in Approvals Management (AME) as this functionality is used in the customization of one of the processes in HRSSA Workflow.
• Documenting the resolution steps to the support issues
• Responsible for Unit Testing.
• Participate in weekly status calls with client
• Configured Various Payroll Elements
• Created Fast Formulas and developed custom pl/sql packages required by fast formulas.
• Prepared the specification documents for Conversions and the different customizations and custom objects.

Confidential

Oracle Developer

Responsibilities:

• Kishore has played the role of an Oracle HR and Payroll Functional consultant - Offsite
• Going through the Requirements Gathering phase and capturing the requirements in the requirements gathering workshops.
• Requirements & FIT/GAP Analysis.
• Analyze HR and Payroll integration with third party systems and determine the eligibility requirements.
• Design the Process flows after the requirements gathering.
• Prepare the Configuration Document (BR100)
• Configure the high level functionality in the system and create the Proof of concept.
• Conduct CRPs/Road shows for the client across the globe in different countries by web conferences.
• Implement the entire solution in the next phase.
• Involved in Payroll Year End process

Metropolitan Sewer District

Responsibilities:

• Kishore was HR and Payroll Functional Lead.
• Executed the Cut-over plan without any issues. Go live went smooth without even a single issue.
• Conducted CRPs for the client.
• Requirement Analysis and client problem identification matched to Oracle module functionality.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Configure the modules HR, Payroll, Self Service and Approvals Management
• Prepared the functional specifications for the customizations needed for the client.
• Configured the HR, Payroll and OTL system in Oracle applications.
• Navigation Demo for the business testing scenarios.
• Prepare and Perform the Unit Test scripts for Oracle HR, Payroll and Oracle Time and Labor.
• Prepared the User Guide and the Processing guides for the client.
• Post go-live support for one month.

Oracle Developer

Responsibilities:

• Kishore was HR, Payroll, iRecruitment and Advanced Benefits Functional Lead.
• Requirement Analysis and client problem identification matched to Oracle module functionality.
• FIT/GAP Analysis of out of the box functionality identifying necessary customizations and workarounds.
• Prepared the functional specifications for the customizations needed for the client.
• Configured the Time and Labor system in Oracle applications.
• Guiding the team members and explain the issue resolution steps to give them a start to handle the issue.
• Developed conversion programs, pl/sql inbound/outbound interfaces, workflow components.
• Responsible for all the Workflow related components in this project which include the customization of seeded HRMS Workflow HRSSA.
• Responsible for Customizations requiring proficiency in Approvals Management (AME) as this functionality is used in the customization of one of the processes in HRSSA Workflow.
• Supported the XML Publisher Report layouts for the output coming from an interface using the eText-Outbound as the output layout for the template being designed in XML Publisher.
• Documenting the resolution steps to the support issues
• Responsible for Unit Testing.
• Reviewing the code developed by Team members.
• Preparing/Reviewing the Technical and Migration Documents for the Developed Objects.
• Participate in weekly status calls with client
• Executed the Cut-over plan without any issues. Go live went smooth without even a single issue.
• Conducted CRPs for the client.
• Navigation Demo for the business testing scenarios.
• Prepared the User Guide and the Processing guides for the client.
• Provide OAB support for the existing implementation

HRMS Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead offsite Conversions and Fast Formulas teams
• Prepared functional, technical specifications and setup documents.
• Converted historical employee and benefits data from legacy system to Oracle system.
• Converted Payroll Initial Balances.
• Developed pl/sql packages and Fast Formulas for Payroll and CWB.
• Involved into Core HR and Payroll Functional setups.
• Developed pl/sql outbound/inbound interfaces.
• Customized the APIs with Business process and Row level User Hooks.
• Involved into form personalization
• Development of Appraisal Approval Workflow and Vacancy Approval Workflow components which include the customization of HRSSA Workflow.

Oracle HR and Payroll Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conduct web conference sessions for Requirements gathering
• Perform FIT / GAP analysis to determine the RICE items.
• Prepare the documentation for Requirements Gathering (BR30), Configuration Document (BR100) and Test case documents and get sign-offs from the client.
• Design and Build the system as per the requirements.
• Re-engineer all the documentation as per the NOV project standards.
• Conduct System Test and UAT cycles and get sign-offs from the client.
• Implement Change orders based on the changes in the requirements.
• Converted historical employee data from legacy system to Oracle system.
• Developed pl/sql outbound/inbound interfaces for Core HR and US Benefits modules.
• Developed pl/sql programs for BEE.

HRMS Technical consultant

Responsibilities:

• Converted historical employee data from legacy system to Oracle system.
• Involved into Core HR, OLM and Payroll Functional setups.
• Development of Objectives and Success Factors Conversion using WEBADI tool
• Developed pl/sql outbound/inbound interfaces for Core HR and US Benefits modules.
• Developed program to create Users and assign responsibilities.

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the historical data conversion of the data to the system.
• Involved in design and development of Customized reports and Forms

HRMS Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the historical data conversion of the data to the system.
• Involved in doing functional setups.
• Development of Objectives and Success Factors Conversion using WEBADI tool
• Customized the APIs with Business process and Row level User Hooks.
• Involved in writing simple Payroll fast formulas.
• Involved in design and development of various workflows, customized reports and interfaces

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in design and development of Customized Forms & reports
• I nvolved in development and design of Reports, planning the value sets for the concurrent program parameters and in registering the reports in applications.