• Experienced client-serving professional with over 16 years of consulting experience in PeopleSoft application implementation, Quality Management, PMO, Change Management, Presales, Project Management and Business Process Improvement.
• Successfully implemented different types of ERP projects like end-to-end implementation, Upgrade, Global Rollout, Conversion and ASM Application Support and Maintenance projects for clients from diversified industries like Technology, Financial Services, Transportation, Manufacturing and Power generation.
• Experienced in developing PMO for the projects enabling successful implementation of multiple projects by developing standard processes and status monitoring artifacts and processes.
• Hands on experience as a CSM Certified Scrum Master. Involved in People Management and facilitating SCRUM meetings and facilitating in maintaining the SCRUM Artifacts.
• Extensively worked in PeopleSoft HCM Core HR, CGW, TAM, Work Force Administration, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration, eBenefits, Performance Management, ePerformance Management, eProfile, eProfile Manager Desktop, eCompensation, Manage Competencies, Employee Self Services, Manager Self Services, North American Payroll, Time Labor, ELM and Variable Base Compensation, Integrated Talent Management Manage Profiles, ePerformance Management, Planning Careers and Succession, ELM as related to Talent Management , Financial Modules - AP, AR and GL.
• Hands on experience in requirement gathering, AS-IS Process analysis, TO-BE Process analysis, fit/gap analysis, functional design, functional testing and end-to-end integration, UAT testing, Cut-Over and post production support.
• Worked in different types of projects Global HR Implementation, Re-Implementation, Upgrade and Post Production Support projects.
• Seven complete PeopleSoft HCM end-to-end implementation life cycles experience.
• Extensive hands on experience in all the stages of project life cycle: Presales, Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring Controlling and Closing.
• Hands on experience in all the stages of Project Management methodologies implementing PeopleSoft applications: Analysis, Design, Development and Testing, Deployment, Post Production Support.
• Strong knowledge in SDLC phases and strong Agile Experience SCRUM .
• Hands on experience with Six Sigma methodologies adopted in end-to-end process integration and improvement.
• Hands on experience in Post implementation Change Management activities.
• Experienced in managing the projects executed using offshore/onsite model.
• Managed the projects to implement Performance Appraisal System, Total Quality Management and Six Sigma in Public Sector Organizations.
• Hands on experience managing projects in both IT AND Non-IT Organizations from Not-for-Profit, Public and Private Sectors.
• Successfully managed the Microfinance projects like Self Help Groups SHGs as a tool of poverty alleviation and women empowerment initiated by Indian State Government.
• Progressively developed in the career from Freelance Management Consultant, Functional Consultant, Project Lead, Project Manager and to Senior Advisory Consultant.
• Strong understanding of Oracle Applications Architecture and was responsible for conversion from PeopleSoft to Oracle Financials.
• Expertise in PeopleCode using dedicated cursors and also implemented modal transfer's concept.
• Expertise in Application Designer, PeopleCode, SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision, Datamover, Process Scheduler, PS-Query and Application Engine, File layouts, Component Interfaces.
• Well versed with Version Upgradation of PeopleSoft tools and application upgrade. Proficient in Module Development, Upgrade, Interfacing, Conversion, Data Migration and Report Writing using PeopleCode and PeopleTools 8.0/7.x.
• Excellent in the creation of complex database reports using SQR 3.x/4.x/6.5, PS/Query, Crystal and N/Vision.
• Core Competency in Relational Database Concepts and in depth understanding of technologies such as Multi tier Client/Server, Security, workflow, Internationalization and Localization.
• Accomplished in successfully customizing modules based on organizational needs and requirements by following the main strategy while designing the application i.e., online consideration, performance and modularity for reuse.
• Strong Interpersonal Skills including listening, negotiation and presentation skills.

Strong Team Building and leadership skills.

• PROJECT MGMT METHODOLOGIES: SDLC PMBOK , Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS: MS Project, Visio, Excel, Power point, Share point, Quality Center
• PEOPLESOFT MODULES: PeopleSoft HCM Core HR, PeopleSoft e-Procurement/EPM/CRM/Financials/Supply Chain Management/HR Modules with main emphasis on Travel Expenses, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Projects, Contracts, Commitment Control, Purchasing, AM and Grants etc
• CGW, TAM, Work Force Administration, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration, Performance Management, Manage Competencies, ePerformance Management, eProfile, eProfile Manager Desktop, eBenefits, eCompensation, Employee Self Services, Manager Self Services, North American Payroll, Time Labor, ELM and Variable Base Compensation, knowledge in Java.
• Versions: 9.1, 9.0, 8.9, 8.8, 8.3, 7.02.
• PEOPLETOOLS: Application Designer, Workflow and PS Query
• Versions 8.50, 8.49, 8.48, 8.47, 8.45, 8.42, 8.17, 6.5
• REPORTING TOOLS: PS Query, XML Publisher
• TESTING TOOL: Test Director, Quality Center.
• TICKET TRACKING TOOLS: Clarity and Remedy
• DATABASES: Oracle 9.x, MS SQL Server
• OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows NT, Windows 95/98/2000, UNIX

Work experience

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PeopleSoft Project Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

PeopleSoft Onsite Manager

Environment : PeopleSoft Application version 9.2, PeopleTools 8.53

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Monitoring three ERP implementation projects.
• Advised and monitored in solving the inter Project or Work stream dependencies.
• Develop WBS keeping Applications at the higher level, with detailed Scope, Resource Planning, and Scheduling with LOE for each task and also defining the Scope, Schedule and Cost base lines.
• Introduce Change Control process and developed Change Request template.
• Hands on experience using SharePoint for file and Document Management, and collaboration among the employees.
• Involved in micro management of the project tasks by monitoring and tracking the tasks in all the stages of SDLC.
• Implementation Lead for Business Process for Putaway Process INPPPTWY for assinging stocks.
• Undo Fulfillment of 9.1 has been improved so that when mistakes and cancellations happen in OM PS Inv is enabled to move Order to previous fulfillment status and adjust quantities in order to reverse fulfillment step.
• Webservices Integration is enabled for mobile devices to give more flexibility of entering and retrieving work order data from Handheld devices.
• Search criteria enhancement for Inter-unit transfers to update and cancel frozen Transfers.
• Replenishment process methods for Business Units.
• Provide Weekly status report on the progress of the project against the baseline to the project owners.
• Ran the Hot Topics meetings with all the Project Managers / Delivery Managers of the Work streams and monitored the critical issues in all the work streams.
• Assist other Project Managers in understanding and monitoring the inter-dependencies among the work streams.
• Develop a detailed Communication Management Plan developed a template to capture and monitor the communication flow.
• Monitored and Micro managed series of projects in the PeopleSoft implementation projects.
• Worked with Project Managers to identify Risks and Issues.
• Worked with Project Managers to identify and eliminate redundancies and duplications of efforts across the project.
• Assessed and advised on improving process and methodologies of current project management implications.
• Set common set of standard methodologies, processes, documents and templates for managing the projects.
• Daily and Weekly status monitoring.
• Performance reports of the multiple projects at the program level to the Sponsors.
• Involved in Six sigma implementation in the PeopleSoft implementation projects. Managed the projects by identifying and solving defect opportunities.
• Involved in Resource forecasting, planning and managing across the projects.
• Strong understanding of project management concepts and team dynamics.
• Extensively used Sharepoint for project Management, tracking and documentation.

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PeopleSoft Onsite Manager

• Responsibilities: Change Manager for PeopleSoft Financials Upgrade from 9.0 to 9.2
• Monitored and Micro managed series of phases in the PeopleSoft Upgrade projects
• Worked with Philips to Request feedback from Stakeholders and Change
• Management Working Group on any known impacts of the Upgrade for various Onyx, CCP and Billing groups.
• Reviewed the list of prioritized Change Requests and prioritize Change Request requires higher level Approval otherwise approves or reject.
• Change Request escalations based on severity of issues.
• Change requestor Technical or functional assessment of 9.2 new features.
• Involved in developing Scope and Schedule baselines.
• Involved in defining project Scope and in developing WBS Work Breakdown Structure .
• Involved in defining and controlling project Schedule.
• Worked with Philips Project Managers to identify Risks and Issues. Identify and eliminate redundancies and duplications of efforts across the project.
• Developed Project Charter, Project Management plan.
• Successfully managed project issues, conflicts, risks, and delivered projects within budget and scope.
• Assessed and advised on improving process and methodologies of current project management implications.
• Set common set of standard methodologies, processes, documents and templates for managing the projects.
• Daily and Weekly status monitoring and Performance reports of the multiple projects at the program level to the Sponsors.
• Involved in Six sigma implementation in the PeopleSoft implementation projects. Managed the projects by identifying and solving defect opportunities.
• Involved in Resource forecasting, planning and managing across the projects.
• Strong understanding of project management concepts and team dynamics. Provide overall technical upgrade guidance to the project
• Trained Philips DBAs in PS Admin/PS Functional team
• Led integration with non-ps systems using IB Nodes and Routings and successfully completed configuration for 9.2

Confidential

Peoplesoft Consultant

• Responsibilities: Major Role is Upgrade and Post Upgrade of PeopleSoft HR from 8.9 to 9.1 PeopleSoft HCM Core HR, CGW, TAM, Work Force Administration, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration, eBenefits, Performance Management, ePerformance Management, eProfile, eProfile Manager Desktop, Manage Competencies, Employee Self Services, Manager Self Services, North American Payroll, Time Labor, ELM and Variable Base Compensation, Integrated Talent Management Manage Profiles, ePerformance Management, Planning Careers and Succession Planning, ELM as related to Talent Management .
• Successfully managed projects that are high in complexity, size and scope.
• Developed Project Charter, Project Management plan.
• Involved in developing Scope and Schedule baselines.
• Implementation of ITAM module with Integration with CG4 and Altiris for scanning and deployment of new computers for department, job and department data from HR to ITAM modules.
• Involved in defining project Scope and in developing WBS Work Breakdown Structure .
• Major part of Change Management Working Group .
• Prioritized the Change Requests based on type, complexity and need.
• Successfully managed project issues, conflicts, risks, and delivered projects within budget and scope.
• Adopted Waterfall and Agile SCRUM Project Management Methodology in implementing and supporting PeopleSoft Projects.
• Developed client specific business processes for post-production support AMS and implementation projects.
• Developed templates for all the deliverables to be maintained at every stage of the Process.
• Experienced in developing Communication Plan for effective communication among all the stakeholders across the project.
• Developed Templates for Performance reporting and developed performance reports for the weekly status reports for the Executive team.
• Experienced in human resource planning, training and directing both internal and external resources to achieve business solutions within project guidelines.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Lead

Environment: PeopleSoft v 9.1 Projects, Grants, Commitment Control, eProcurement, AR and Billing, Travel Expense, Contracts and GL modules. P/S Query, SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision, PeopleTools 8.44/49, Application Engine, Integration Tools, Oracle , Tivoli, Change Assistant. Description: As Techno-Functional Analyst managed technical team -designed and executed Project Plans for implementation, upgrade and support of PeopleSoft application and developed a new strategy of Production Issues based on current issues and enhancements needed to improve system stability.

Responsibilities:

• Implemented application customizations based on fit-gap analysis and enhancements for Projects, Grants, Commitment Control Billing, Projects, AR, AP, AM, Travel Expense, Contracts and GL modules.
• Worked with HR Transaction Tables Personal Data,Person table,Job Table,Employment table
• Experience in managing the expectation of all users and finance teams.
• Involved in creating the Project plan and prepared the check list for production.
• Involved in process study, Fit-Gap Analysis and To-Be Process study.
• Worked closely with the IT Department users in conducting training and handling the issues while testing the system.
• Gathered and documented the requirements by conducted workshops, face to face interactions with the Customers

Upgrade:

• Designed, Created and executed Project Plans for implementation and upgrades of PeopleSoft application along with Oracle upgrade to 10g.
• Worked on PeopleSoft Tools Upgrade from 8.44 to 8.49 and application from 8.4 to 9.0 starting from planning upgrade plan, creating templates in Change Assistant, running all scripts manually and doing compare reports, functional testing and configuring new versions with current customizations.
• Used Change Assistant created template and ran manual and automated scripts and finished whole cycle of upgrade.
• Worked on fit-gap analysis from 8.4 to 9.0 application upgrade.
• Involved in applying patches, fixes and reapplying several customizations as part of the application upgrade.

HRMS:

• Worked as interface with Financial and HRMS teams and worked on interface program to pull data from HR tables like Personal info, payroll along with chartfields and bank info so when into financial expenses when employees try to charge their expenses data should be in synch in HR and FMS.
• Worked on interface between financials and HR transaction tables -Pay group table, Country table, Department table, Compensation Rate Code table, Salary Plan table / Salary Grade Table / Salary Step table, Location table, Personal Data table, Person table, Job Table.
• Worked on changes to accounting dates in the HR feeds as actual payroll entries will have Budget date and accounting date already set to the check date.
• As Functional Consultant Worked on ChartField Configuration Process and Involved in setup of new Payment Predictor Method to send the Partial Payments and over payments to the Customer specified by Users.
• As Functional Consultant I set-up calendar 2008 and manage accounting periods for all modules and Set-up new Invoice format for Billing Invoice printing.
• As Functional Consultant Created new aging buckets for AR and Customized AR Aging reports according to customer.
• As a Production Support Involved in troubleshooting and fixing of abended processes when on-call including nights/weekends.
• As a Production Support Worked on improving performance for lots of Project, Contract, Grants, Billing and AR jobs.
• As a Production Support Carried out root-cause analysis for the issues logged holding similar patterns to eliminate the errors in the system.
• Fit-Gap: Enhanced Consolidations provides incremental processing of entities, thereby reducing processing time during the critical period-end close. Incremental processing of consolidations recognizes lower level tree nodes that were previously processed when running the current consolidation.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Production Support Lead

• Environment: PeopleSoft v 8.8/ 9.0 Time and Expenses , Accounts Receivable, Billing, Projects, Grants, Contracts, GL, AP P/S Query, SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision, PeopleTools 8.43, Application Engine, Integration Tools, Oracle
• As Functional Team Lead managed team of 6 and also offshore team in China for development and developed a new strategy of Production Issues based on current issues and enhancements needed to improve system stability.
• Most recent responsibility is as a Project Support Lead in planning and implementing PeopleSoft One Globe System involving more than 200 users.
• Responsible to assist business users for different modules like Time Expenses, Projects, Contracts, Billing and AR and GL modules by working on their logged tickets and providing resolutions with the least wait time.
• Involved in gathering requirements from business owners and in preparing Functional specs and technical specs Supported
• Fixed Issues with T E timesheets issues, billing worksheets, payment and maintenance worksheets in AR and Billing.
• Involved in Upgrade from 8.44 to 8.49 and 8.8 to 9.0 starting from planning upgrade plan, creating templates in Change Assistant, running all scripts manually and doing compare reports, functional testing and configuring new versions with current customizations.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Business Analyst/Developer

• Environment: PeopleSoft v 7.5 Accounts Receivable, Billing, Grants, Projects, Contracts, GL, AP and Expenses, Budgets P/S Query, SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision, PeopleTools 8.45, Application Engine, Integration Tools, Oracle
• In Massport we have Financial Accounting and Reporting System FARS Group in IT department. The purpose of FARS is to provide a secure, efficient and easy-to-use single point of reference for Massport's critical financial information.
• As a Business Analyst involved in gathering requirements business owners and in preparing Functional specs and technical specs for very complex and critical reports need for FARS Group.
• Developed FARS Financial reports from scratch including page design and report layout.
• Fixed issues with processing of time and expense reports.
• Performed Upgrades from 8.4 to 8.9 using Change Assistant and applied fixes.
• Developed lot of Dynamic Prompt table fields on pages using Run-time Parameters with data existing at different levels in Tree Manager.
• Developed complex reports having combination of PeopleSoft Data - roll-up by Business Line and Facility Info Non-PeopleSoft
• Supported Travel and Expenses issues for in-house Massport project including expenses of sub-contractor and also employees.
• Design and Development of reports at Journal and Account Level.
• Involved in migration and security of Projects.
• Handled Deliverables starting from Analyzing Designing Development Testing Training Users Go Live Support.
• Production Support Massport PeopleSoft Financial Application day to day including Core Application Issues, Performance, Printing and Database locking Issues.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Business Support Lead

• In Keane Global Connect project, was responsible for all the deliverables at various stages of the SDLC up to GO-LIVE stage and for giving Production Support.
• Environment: PeopleSoft v 8.8 Expenses , Accounts Receivable, Billing, Grants, Projects, Contracts, GL, AP P/S Query, SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision, PeopleTools 8.4x, Application Engine, Integration Tools, DB2
• As Business Process Support Lead developed a PS Bundles/Fixes upgrade strategy based on current version and need to upgrade or whether we should customize with individual patches to improve system stability.
• Accounts Receivable - Customization of AR Update to fix Duplicate Group Id error and more issues.
• Fixed lot of issues with Lock-Box flow is we have custom interface which loads into payment tables and then we Retrieve lockbox and process payment
• Fixed reconcile AR issues as Variance Operating Cash Unapplied Cash was an issue for 2 years for users which I fixed.
• Fixed lot of issues when AR Update populates Error Flag with Entries out of balance, Accounting Period close etc.
• Customized Aging Reports and worked extensively on Aging Id's.
• Customized the Payment Predictor process AR PREDICT in Accounts Receivable module to suit the clients requirement of only one payment worksheet to be generated after payment predictor's Auto Maintenance process while the SP2 delivered process generated a single worksheet for each customer. The fix later came up in AR 8.4 SP1 Bundle 1.
• Resource Management Fixed Errors on assignment exceptions and supported interface programs.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Project Lead/Manager

• Environment: PeopleSoft v 8/8.8 Accounts Receivable, Billing, Projects, Contracts, GL, AP and AM P/S Query, SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision, PeopleTools 8.12/8.4x, Application Engine, Integration Tools, SQL Server 2000
• Field Mapping of different Feeder Systems with PeopleSoft.
• Involved in analysis, design, development, enhancement and maintenance of PeopleSoft Financials/SCM Billing, AR utilizing PeopleSoft version 8.4 tools including Application designer, Application Engine, PeopleCode, SQR etc.
• Extensively worked on creating the functional and technical specifications, user manuals for the reporting team.
• Involved in design and development of Billing Interface SQR that reads data file containing information about like Items, Patient Name, Claim Number as a part of open Item to be loaded after considering the entry type and verifying the customer and items in the system and it also calculates rates and review eligible customer date and status.
• Designed, developed and implemented Interface Program for Applying Cash in AR, which comes in flat file.
• Worked on Contracts pages by updating message CD values in Contract table.
• Built and maintained queries within Contracts Module to assist users in retrieving information on request.
• Coordinates and runs Contract Module interfaces relating to contracts-billing process.
• Worked on revenue recognition process for amount-based contracts and billing process for amount-based and rate-based contracts
• Written a Program, which reads the data from the flat files and dumps the data into the custom Interface tables and after running the custom Process that converts the data into Projects
• Worked on Journal Generator to fix most of problems for out of balance in GL.
• Involved in customizing depreciation Program AMSEC101.SQR in AM

Confidential

PeopleSoft Techno-functional Consultant Concurrent with position at Concentra

• Environment: PeopleSoft v 8.4 Accounts Receivable, Billing, P/S Query, SQR, PeopleTools, Oracle 9i, Application Engine, Mass Change, Integration Broker.
• Used Integration Broker for sending and receiving messages.
• Was involved in monitoring Integration Broker Message Queue's.
• Fixed Message Queue's Errors and also messages stuck in new and cancel status.
• Modified Scan Interval for the Publication Subscribe dispatcher in Application Server configuration file psappsrv.cfg to clear memory queue of PSSUBDSP process.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Techno-functional Consultant

• Environment: PeopleSoft v 7.52/8.16 General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Billing, P/S Query, SQR,
• Crystal Reports, nVision, PeopleTools, Oracle 8, Application Engine, Mass Change, Upgrade Assistant
• This project evaluates and Implement business unit functions in following areas General Ledger, Account Receivables and Billing, Accounts, Inventory, Order Management, Account Payables and PeopleTools Upgrade from 7.0 to 8.16, Application Upgrade and Custom Upgrade.
• Performed PeopleTools upgrade from version 7.0 to 8.16 by running various SQL and DMS scripts like REL 7.5.SQL, PT75TLS.DMS, PT9TOOLS.DMS, REL810.SQL, REL811.SQL, REL812.SQL, REL813.SQL, REL814.SQL and verification testing of SQR's
• Performed Application Upgrade by running Compare Reports and Comparison Copy Process in which we have created a sample database of production for the upgrade and applied patches on the sample database and modified the fields, records, pages, PeopleCode, components, menu's, PeopleCode, sqr's and Process Definition etc
• Involved in Converting Panel to Pages using Utilities and applied object changes in records and fields.
• Involved in enabling and updating Security Definitions for Pages, Components and Menu
• Involved in testing the Application Data after upgrade from 7.0 to 8.16.
• Performed Custom Upgrade by upgrading UHC customized sqr's, application engine programs, menus, component, pages, fields, records, PeopleCode, DMS Scripts and Unix Shell scripts.
• Created the batch compares by using file comparison software visualdiff.
• Main role was upgrading SQRs like Distribute Statements, Statement Generation, Invoice scheduling tool, Generate Invoice Schedule, Automated Cobra Interface and populating cobra interface.
• Designed and developed Eligibility Proforma SQR from scratch, which successfully creates PDF File on web and sends output to report repository.
• Involved in analysis, design reviews and development of Chartfield Account Derivation SQR
• Involved in moving objects from test environments to production environment using Application Upgrader.
• Performed system upgrades from 7.0 to 8.16 and identify and apply fixes

Confidential

PeopleSoft Developer

• Environment: PeopleSoft 6.0, Oracle 7.3, Developer 2000, Java, Windows 95/98.
• Involved in the study, analysis, development, testing, and maintenance of financial application systems such as Financial Accounting System, Lease Hire Purchase System and Fixed Deposit System using Oracle 7.3, Developer 2000 and Java.
• Participated on the analysis team responsible for the feasibility study on the migration of the current applications to ERP domain PeopleSoft 6.0 .