SUMMARY:

Highly knowledgeable SAP HR Time Management Consultant with extensive knowledge of implementing and supporting both Time Management and CATS. Over 11 years of hands - on SAP experience, focusing on Time Management, Payroll, and CATS. Experience includes four full life-cycle rollouts of SAP HR, both Private and Public Sectors. SAP version experience includes ECC 6.0 plus Concurrent Employment. I possess an excellent knowledge of all phases of ASAP and Business Process Re-Engineering, and am an effective communicator.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

• Possess extensive knowledge of Time Management business processes
• Experienced in requirements gathering, configuration, documenting processes, creating requirements documents (functional and technical), testing (unit, cycle, and parallel)
• Experience conducting Requirements Workshops, end-user training and documenting processes
• Goal-oriented and ability to handle multiple tasks
• Expert configuration knowledge of all phases of the Time Management module and CATS, including:
• Holiday Calendars
• Work Schedules
• Absences and Attendances
• Absence Quotas
• Time Accounts
• Time Management Schemas and Rules
• Time Evaluation
• CATS profiles for individual and multiple employees
• CATS feeds to HR, FICO, and PS
• Roles and Authorizations

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Proficient in software including SAP ECC 6.0, MS Office and MS Project
• Extensive knowledge of Time Management schema and rule writing
• Broad functional experience in both Time Management and Payroll on mainframe platforms
• Strong analysis, client interaction, and problem solving skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Time Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted clients through two full cycle SAP implementations, including Blueprinting, Realization, Testing and Go-Live phases
• Clients included a local government unit and a large medical center
• Designed and built both CATS and Time Management modules to meet the clients complex needs
• Created specifications to successfully interface Kronos to SAP
• Providing knowledge transfer for clients
• Created WRICEF specifications to meet the clients requirements

Confidential

Time Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisting client in supporting day to day business needs including work schedules, quotas, time entry and production support issues.
• Testing and validating SAP Support Pack installation
• Providing knowledge transfer for client
• Troubleshooting recent system customization issues

Confidential

Time Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in Integration Testing of data converted from PeopleSoft to SAP
• Helped with data validation
• Reviewed existing test scripts and created new scripts to reduce testing gaps
• Assisted testers with executing test scripts

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Solution Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a diverse group of client functional resources to gather requirements during the blueprint phase
• Conducted requirements gathering workshops
• Configured SAP Time Management, including holiday calendar, work schedules, absences and attendances, time evaluation schema & rules
• Created CATS templates for both salaried and hourly employees for use via both SAP GUI and Employee Self Service
• Configured most leave quota requirements (both annual and continuous) for multiple regional requirements
• Wrote functional specifications for conversions and forms, including an Adobe interactive time sheet that could be used both online and as a paper timesheet
• Assisted developers in creating technical specifications
• Performed unit testing of both configuration and Confidential items
• Created Business Process Procedures for all Time Management functions
• Responsible for providing functional knowledge as well as manage client relationships within context

Confidential, West Lafayette, IN

Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implemented using Accelerated SAP methodology
• Worked with SAP ECC 6.0 with Concurrent Employment
• Was a member of the working group that evaluated and selected ERP’s, including SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle
• Conducted requirements gathering workshops, focusing on Time Management issues such as absences and attendances
• Created Time Wage Types for absences and attendances
• Created Absence Quotas for both hourly and salaried employees, both annual and continuous
• Implemented FMLA Workbench and trained users how to process FMLA
• Responsible for designing and documenting SAP HR Time Management specifications
• Completed Realization Phase tasks including configuration, schema and rule writing, and writing report, interface, conversion and extension functional requirements
• Created CATS profiles for use by Time Administrators across multiple units and locations
• Defined security roles for access to Time Management functionality
• Worked with developers to complete technical requirements and test deliverables
• Participated in creating test cases for HR integration testing and delivering technical documentation as well as for end-user documentation
• Assisted trainers in developing and delivering end-user functional training
• Led team to define and create an interface between Time Clocks Plus and CATS for one of the university’s business units.
• Shared systems knowledge with team members such as how to find information on SAP Support Packs
• After successful implementation, worked to support both Time Management and Payroll
• Served as lead for year-end processing using SAP Tax Reporter
• Prior to SAP project, worked production support for existing mainframe legacy payroll system

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Applications Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supported Mainframe Confidential Payroll system that paid 43,000 state employees
• Managed a staff of three Senior Systems Analysts
• Served as working manager performing numerous tasks including new development, maintenance, creating test system and on-call

Confidential, Irving, TX

Programmer Analyst, Senior Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to Confidential ’s SAP Implementation Team as Time Management Configurer
• Worked all phases of systems implementation
• Implemented using SAP R/3 3.1
• Handled the tasks of requirements gathering and performing blueprinting workshops
• Responsible for designing and documenting SAP HR Time Management specifications
• Completed Realization Phase tasks including configuration, schema and rule writing, and writing report, interface, conversion and extension functional requirements
• Worked with developers to complete technical requirements and test deliverables
• Participated in creating test cases for HR integration testing
• Prior to SAP project, served as production support for legacy mainframe payroll system