Career Summary

• 8+ years of extensive experience in implementation, configuration, customization, maintenance and Support of SAP HR module using ASAP methodology with emphasis on Personnel Administration (PA), Recruitment, Benefits, Organization Management (OM), Time Management (TM), Training & Event Management, Payroll (PY) and HCM-ESS, MSS
• Extensive experience in Organizational Management and Personnel Administration
• Successfully configured COBRA for Benefits
• Extensive experience in Time Configuration, Time Evaluation, Time Schema, CATS
• Good experience in different Time recording methods
• Time Evaluation setups, interpreting IT0050 and IT0007. Pair Formation using RPTIME00 Driver, formatting results of Time Evaluation and Rule Processing
• Extensive Knowledge in configuring Training and Event Management
• Very good knowledge on Payroll and the configuration steps
• Have sound knowledge on BSI Interfaces
• Worked on ADP Interfaces
• Experience in US Taxation
• Involved in integration of HR with FI modules
• Good understanding in configuring and administering ESS and MSS
• Knowledge of SAP Portals, adobe forms and I-views
• Have Good knowledge in using HP (Mercury) Quality Center. Have used all the four modules, which are Requirements, Test Plan (Manual as well as Automated), Test Lab and Defects. Also, have sound knowledge in Traceability, Reports & Graphs and Live analysis graphs
• Experienced in Unit Testing, Parallel testing, Integration Testing & System Testing, writing Test Scripts, Test cases
• Interacted with the ABAP developers by preparing functional specifications required and delivering them using the functional design documentation (FDD)
• Ability in the design of the functional requirements for the interface extraction and cross functional integration
• Involved in Blueprint designing, Realization, Final Preparation, Go Live and support Phases in SAP
• Experience in the development of Business Process Model, End User Training, Documentation and Knowledge Transfer
• Handled multiple offshore and onsite planning, execution and production support projects simultaneously
• Responsible for interacting with business partners to identify information needs and business requirements for reports

SAP Work Experience

Confidential, Middletown, PA
SAP HR Functional Consultant

Payroll

• Handled integration issues of HR with FICO
• Created different payroll areas by creating date and period modifiers. Generated payroll periods and their check dates for each payroll area
• Define TAX ID numbers for the federal/state/local tax authorities and maintain the tax related processing class and group up wage types in tax related wage types
• Maintained the info regarding different tax departments and maintain these departments and employees info based on different type of taxes

Time Management

• Maintained the HR master data using some customized Info types related to Leaves and Processing levels
• Assigned new holidays to the already existing Holiday calendars for new identified holidays
• Made changes to the existing Work schedules by using two different daily work schedules with reference to a period work schedule, taking the break schedule into consideration
• Created absence types and defined rules to count absences and rules to round them
• Created new evaluation rules and the counting classes to evaluate the absences
• Created new Leave Types (customized solution) utilized globally updating the IT 9800
• Monitored the batch program which run automatically to route the Leave from IT 9800 to IT 2001 requested via portal for the employees
• Worked with the Workflow team and the translation team to see the levels of leave approval routed properly to the direct manager and upper level managers
• Modified CATS Profile for the absence type and also Wage type routing to IT 2010 for time entry without clock times and TM04 schema to evaluate the time
• Modified the existing customized Quota rules and the overtime block rules based on the new enhancement changes
• Defined deduction rules for absence quotas and assigned these rules to the counting rules
• Gathered the information on which fields to be provided for the Payroll from SAP
• Delivered the Leave accrual information based on the FDDS
• Adjusted the overtime wage types of IT2010 updated from the Interface, maintained the groupings in customized tables

Functional Testing

• Wrote Test Scenarios for UAT and End-to-End, Functional Testing
• Was involved in testing the integration of the Personnel Administration component to Organization Management.
• Tested the test data on the PA30, PA40, PP01, and SE16 & SM30
• Tested customized Personal actions like on boarding employees, Employee movements including Transfer, demotion, promotion and reclassification within and out of organizational unit
• Created the Master data for HR and employees and validated all the functionality on the Portal
• Defect tracking and status update through quality center
• Created custom evaluations using Adobe Smart Forms, sent completed data back to standard SAP appraisal functionality
• Tested functional modules like OM, PA, Payroll, Benefits and Time Management
• Tested the Payroll Process for Benefit Integration & checked for accurate calculations

Confidential, Northbrook, IL
SAP HR Functional Consultant

Time Management

• Defined Various Work Schedule rules and defaults for each PS & ES Groupings using feature SCHKZ
• Created the Attendance, Absence types and Time types and also defined their characteristics
• Defined Holidays and created holiday calendars and the factory calendars
• Created work schedule rules and all objects that make up the work schedule rules
• Grouped employee subgroups and Personal subareas for various reasons and defined all time modifiers
• Created absence quotas & set up the rules to accrue the quotas for time evaluation & non time evaluation
• Used both clock times and Non clock times to capture the time. Used CATS and Kronos clocking systems to capture the attendances and absences
• Collaborated with the ABAP developers and the QA team to develop and test new functionality and enhancements related to CATS
• Created 2 CATS profiles and modified their characteristics to suit the client needs

Training and Event Management

• Created BusinessEventGroups, Types and Events. Created locations for the business events, booking employees provided in the Business Events, Uploaded records, trainings details
• Handled tickets and change requests inTraining&EventManagement
• Configured Training & Event Management for Training Programs Catalogue, training need determination, demand determination for training programs, In-house & External training programs, planning & scheduling, training Calendar, nominations for training ,resource booking, Resource reservation , booking for training program cancellations , training prerequisites (if any),training Appraisal & attendee Appraisal

Recruitment

• Configured advertisement media, media instruments and Media Instrument Addresses
• Created applicant groups and also unsolicited groups for mass walk-ins
• Created various contracts for all types of employees
• Integrated web applications and Configured ESS (Employee Self Service)

Benefits

• Benefits integration to payroll
• Defined Benefit Providers, Areas, Plan Types, Status, employee eligibility and Default plans in Benefits
• Created Benefit Areas, Enrollments, Health Plans, Insurance Plans, Savings Plans, Spending Accounts, Credit Plans, Eligibility, Termination, COBRA, Reports
• Involved in Pre Go-Live

Confidential, Sacramento, CA
SAP HR Functional Consultant

Payroll

• Deleted older versions of tax reporter related programs
• Added adobe forms functionality for tax reporting process
• Defined the HR creditors & associated rules with them governing the way they are paid
• Changed the rules for garnishment calculations and maintained the HR accumulators to use and the rules that apply to them
• Participated extensively in Unit testing, UAT and integrated testing
• Used HP Quality center for testing and responsible for writing Test Scripts, executing and solving the Defects

Time Management

• Handled different tickets related to Time management, ESS and MSS
• Defined various work schedule rules and default for each PS & ES groupings using feature SCHKZ
• Grouped employee subgroups and Personal sub areas for all time modifiers
• Created valuation rules and the counting classes to evaluate the absences
• Defined Holiday Calendar, Assigned holidays to Calendar, Added Movable holidays
• Created absence types and defined rules to count absences and rules to round them
• Created CATS profiles and created customer specific fields

Confidential, Portland, ME
SAP HR Functional Consultant

• Worked on Time Management, PA, OM, Payroll (US and Canada), Training &Event Management and Benefits
• Worked on enhancements and new user requirements
• Involved in assisting end users with their issues
• Worked on SAP HR Master Data
• Worked on Portal (ESS /MSS)- with ECC 5.0 and Portal 6.0 with My Sap ERP 1.0 Business Package
• Created Functional Specs, Conceptual design and detail design documents for ESS /MSS/PA/OM based on the business requirements
• Created and defined portal Users, Roles, Work sets, Pages and I-views for ESS and MSS
• Created various custom views for both ESS and MSS
• Configured the IMG settings (work schedules, absences, attendances and quotas) required for Time management
• Used time evaluation schemas TM00 and TM04 and corresponding personnel calculation rules and functions within, to handle various business requirements
• Configured Cross Application Time Sheets (CATS) for time capture
• Configured all Time Types, Processing Types and Wage Types
• Configured Attendance/Absence types, Attendance and Absence Quotas with differing validity and deduction periods, accrual rules etc.
• Worked with Time related Info types 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013
• Created Rounding rules and counting rules for attendance and absence valuation
• Configured different data entry profiles for the Cross Application Time Sheets (CATS) for employee entering data into Time sheets and worked with Info types: 0001, 0002 and 0007 in relation to CATS
• Analyzed and created many Test Scripts. Used HP quality center to load and execute the test scripts for the purpose of Unit testing and user acceptance testing

Payroll

• Defined Pay Roll periods and Pay dates for each Pay Roll accounting area
• Defined and maintained Processing classes, Evaluation classes and their specifications for maintaining wage types through logical views
• Created wage type and checked wage type group for additional payments, and recurring payments and defined their characteristics
• Defined tax companies, assigned them to personnel areas and federal/state/ county employer ID number
• Configured adobe forms to generate W-2, W-4, and remuneration statements in PDF file
• Created forms for notice, answer letters and assigned forms to letter types
• Created number ranges for garnishment transfers and vendor sub groups

Confidential, Seattle, WA
SAP HR Functional Consultant

PA and OM

• Implementation and Support of SAP HR Module
• Involved in data gathering of the business process flows and suggested changes to configuration document
• Detailed discussion of the current business processes, mapping the existing business process to SAP
• Involved inCustomizing areas of Personnel Administration, Master data and OM
• Assisted in configuring the Enterprise structure by defining Personnel areas and Sub areas
• Configured the Organizational structure by setting up organizational units, jobs, positions, assigning tasks to jobs and positions, and Reporting Structure

Time Management

• Defined Attendance, Absences, Substitutions, Overtime and Availability as per the Customer requirements
• Worked on setting up of the Daily work schedule (DWS), Holiday Calendar, Period work schedule (PWS)
• Customized the work schedule rules and defaults for PS & ES groupings using feature SCHKZ as per the client requirements
• Customized Attendance/Absence storing table T554S

Payroll

• Worked on payments, basic pay (info type 0008,edited basic pay, pay scale reclassification, Time Management aspects in payroll, Integration with payroll
• Configured Payroll control record, Payroll status (0003), payroll area, retroactive accounting and Off-cycle work bench
• Prepared Test Cases for parallel testing and identified problems and resolved issues

Confidential, Chicago, IL
SAP HR Functional Consultant

• Expanded the Enterprise structure of the enterprise by adding Personnel areas and Personnel sub areas to current structure
• Created new Info group for a new personnel action to transfer Inactive employees
• Set up integration with Personnel Administration, Organization Management and maintained the Objects like the Organization unit, Jobs, Positions, Persons, Work center
• Maintained and created relationships between Organizational units, Positions, Jobs and assigned cost centers to departments
• Maintained OM info types and defined Time constraints to control the system reactions
• Creating customer specific actions and reason codes for Master data
• Maintained the HR master data using the info types
• Transferred the time records between applications, entry of time data through R/3 Cross application Timesheets
• Adjusted the wage types and subtypes of IT2010 for the individual requirements in the customizing system
• Used IT2013 to change only accrual entitlements that are increased by time evaluation
• Defined Public Holiday Calendar, Assigned holidays to Calendar, Added Movable holidays
• Defined daily work schedules, with planned working time calculated the planned hours for one day, taking the break schedule into consideration
• Created period work schedules by specifying the sequence of daily work schedules for a work schedule for one or more weeks
• Did day processing settings for time data and assigned time identifiers for time pairs
• Created absence types and defined rules to count absences and rules to round them
• Determined entry screens and time constraint classes
• Created absence quotas & set up the rules to accrue the quotas for non time evaluation
• Created valuation rules and the counting classes to valuate the absences
• Created and assigned person-related valuation bases in time Wage type valuation
• Defined overtime for an employee using feature LIMIT (sub features limie, limis, limiz)
• Modified and created rules and sub schemas for the TM04 schema
• Worked on time evaluation driver RPTIME00 and customized time evaluation schemas
• Created CATS profiles and created customer specific fields
• Used CATS for time entry without clock times and TM04 schema to evaluate the time
• Handled different tickets related to Time management, ESS and MSS
• Created Users in ESS, MSS and assigned them to SAP users and maintained the ESS Settings

Confidential, Gurgaon, India
SAP HR Trainee

Personnel Administration

• Configuration experience with Personnel Administration, Enterprise Structure, Information Groups, Actions, Master Data Setup and Conversion, Menus, Info type Screen Modifications, personnel actions and dynamic actions
• Customized different personnel actions like hiring, re-hire, termination, and set their respective info types

Organizational Management

• Maintained the Organization Structure through Simple Maintenance, Expert Mode and Organization, and Staffing.
• Created organizational units, jobs and positions
• Maintained number ranges, info types and relationships
• Edited organizational plan, created tasks, maintained matrix organizations and OM reports
• Integrated OM components with PA components T77S0 used RHINTE20 to check the consistency between PA and OM
• Maintained organization plan as per workflow requirement

Confidential, Chennai, India
SAP HR Trainee

• The Scope of the Project included implementation of SAP HR sub-modules OM, PA, BN and TM
• Worked on all phases of the project business blueprint, realization, go-live and support of SAP HR and Benefits Implementation
• Organizational Management (OM)-Designed & developed staffing assignments based on occupied, vacant, and temporary positions
• Personal Administration (PA)-Designed & Developed Headcount and Personnel Actions of Employee Entries, Leavers, Full-time, Part-Time employees etc
• Benefits (BN)-Development of Benefits for Cost & Participating Analysis based on Benefit Areas
• Time Management (TM)-Design & Development of Time and Labor for Productivity, Overtime, Illness and Leave taken reporting

Certifications

SAP Certified Application Associate-Human Capital Management with SAP ERP 6.0 EHP4

Technical Skills

ERP Applications: SAP HCM/HR 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0
Database skills: MS Access
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7, Unix
Microsoft Packages: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project
Languages: C, C++, SQL
Testing Tools: HP (Mercury) Quality Center

Education

B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Confidential, Jallandhar