PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Total 16 years of experience of which 13 plus years as SAP HCM Functional consultant in both public and private sectors.
• Worked with big five consulting firms.
• Experience in project scoping, recruiting and execution.
• Experience in identifying changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external stakeholders to reassess and amend the scope of work requirements, budget and timeline.
• Team Lead/member for SAP R/3 modules for design, configuration, master data, customizing, trouble shooting, and translation of legacy systems into SAP.
• Involved in 9 SAP HCM implementations out of which are 6 full life cycle implementations.
• Strong understanding of all aspects of the Human Resources business process and translation of business requirements into SAP solutions.
• Ability to bridge the gap between Technical and Functional teams in IT/SAP HR Projects and have the ability to deliver fromAS IS to TO BE state.
• Global HR Implementation experience with multiple country configurations.
• ASAP methodology for Scope Study, Questionnaires, Blueprint, and Realization phase and Go-live.
• Experience in interfacing with different Application tracking System like Resumix, Taleo, AIMS etc.,
• Involved in all aspects of project work: Design, Configuration, Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing, Documentation, Data Conversion/Migration, End User Training and Support.
• Compiled requirements for system enhancements and translated into solutions.
• Experienced in Configuration and Implementation of SAP HR Module in areas of Personnel Administration (PA), Concurrent and Global Employment, Personnel Development (PD), Organization Management (OM), Benefit (BN) and Compensation Management (CM) modules.
• Successfully conducted OCM activities in various projects.
• Developed and successfully executed the cutover plan for multiple clients.
• Experience in business process and system functionality in Payroll, Time, Travel, E-Recruitment, E-Learning, ESS/ MSS, Manager's Desktop and Security modules.
• Knowledge in ABAP and ability in Debug standard and custom programs/Reports.
• Experience is developing/using LSMW and other data conversion standard tools.
• Experience in ESS on ITS server.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities during implementation.
• Knowledge of Ad Hoc query and SAP Query reporting tools to extract and analyze system data.
• Experience in post implementation support.
• Ability to assume a variety of project roles.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Systems : ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0 R/3 4.7C, 4.6C,4.5.
Operating Systems : UNIX, Windows NT / XP, Windows 2000.
Portal / Web Server : Enterprise Portal 5.0 / 6.0, ITS.
Applications : MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Visio.
Tools : ASAP, MS Project, and SAP Solution Manager
Programming Languages : ABAP/4, C, C++, and SQL.
Database Systems : Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server.

EDUCATION :

• Masters in Business Administration
• Masters in Commerce (Accounting and Finance)

CERTIFICATIONS :

• Diploma in RDBMS from Software Solutions Integrated Limited (SSIL).
• Post Graduate Diploma In Computer Applications (PGDCA).
• SAP Payroll configuration for Sapient College, Singapore.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

Client : Confidential, VA
Duration : August 2010 to April 2012
Role : Functional Team Lead

Responsibilities & Details:
As a functional lead, I was responsible to deliver HCM Sub modules, Concurrent Employment, SRM Integration and HCM Data Conversions. My responsibilities were to work with business owners to identify project requirements and define best business practices, analyze gaps and define enhancements. I was responsible for facilitating, coordinating and allocate various tasks to the team, planning and tracking of project deliverables, timely reporting of key project milestones and any issues / risks that may surface to the higher management in charge. I was responsible for delivery of clear, complete and precise business processes procedures (BPP), functional design documents (FDD), performing system configuration, testing and user training.

Accomplishments:

• Manage relationship with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables
• Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project\'s objectives, and motivate the project team to achieve them; create a project environment that enables peak performance by team members.
• Conducted workshops, Blueprint, Configuration of various HCM Modules.
• Identified WRICEF Objects, prioritized WRICEF Objects and provided estimates to the management.
• Designed and executed conversion strategy and cutover plan at various levels.
• Designed/Assisted in configuration of OM, PA, BN, SRM Integration, HCM Data Conversions.
• Worked closely with SRM team and successfully integrated the OM module with SRM module.
• Configured the complex Concurrent and Dual employment configurations.
• Successfully converted/Migrated and tested 42,000 employee/retiree records to SAP System from AMS system.
• Designed functional specifications for enhancement, interfaces, User exits, Reports, Workflows and Custom I-views.
• Involved in design, built, testing of Payroll and Time modules
• Involved in designing Authorization roles for HCM business users.
• Successfully managed to deliver 280 WRICEF objects to the customer by working closely with onsite and off shore development team.
• Monitored day-to-day activities and addressed the issues with the client.

Client : Confidential, TX
Duration : June 2009 to July 2010
Role : Functional Lead HCM Modules

Responsibilities & Details:
Handled Project Management. Lead the team in configuration and customizations for the client's business processes in PA, OM, BN, Third Party Interfaces, Reports and HCM Data Conversions. Involved in design, built, testing of Payroll and Time modules.

My responsibilities were to work with business owners to identify requirements and define best business practices, analyze gaps and define enhancements. I was responsible for facilitating, coordinating and allocate various tasks to the team, planning and tracking of project deliverables, timely reporting of key project milestones and any issues / risks that may surface to the higher management in charge. I was responsible for delivery of clear, complete and precise business processes procedures (BPP), functional design documents (FDD), performing system configuration, testing and user training.

Accomplishments:

• Involved in designing and configuring OM, PA, BN, E-Recruitment and Third Party interfaces and Reports.
• Created functional design documents for various HCM Sub-modules
• Involved in design, built, testing of Payroll and Time modules
• Designed and Configured Enterprise Structure, Personnel Structure, Pay Structure, Organization structure.
• Created custom relationships in Organization Management.
• Involved in Designing Authorization roles for HCM business users.
• Designed and Configured Dotted line, delegate, HR administrator relationships in OM.
• Created test scripts and participated in User Testing and Integration Testing.
• Defined Custom evaluation path to Map Specific requirements for MSS.
• Designed/Assist authorization roles for business users.
• Assist with E-recruitment design and impelmentation.
• Developed an LSMW programs and converted HCM data successfully.
• Designed and executed cutover plan successfully.
• Monitoring day-to-day activities and addressed the issues with the client. Provided post-production functional support.

Client : Confidential, OR
Duration : August 2008 to June 2009
Role : Functional Lead HCM Modules

Responsibilities & Details:
This was an escalation project for SAP North America. As a functional lead my responsibility was to review he current blueprint and update as needed, configured/Assisted OM,PA,PD, PY,TM,modules, Reviewed/Validated work performed and configured the system per the design changes.

Blue Print, Configuration, Customizations per client's business processes in OM, PA, PD and involved/assist in Blueprint, Configuration, Testing in PY and TM modules. Designed HCM Conversions strategy, Created LSMW Programs, Enhancements, Third Party Interfaces and Reports.

Accomplishments:

• Validated and reconfigured the Enterprise structure, Personnel structure for all bargaining units.
• Re-configured the Pay structure per the design change from the previous implementer.
• Configured and customized the system per business requirements by creating features, dynamic actions, routines, user exits, enhancements to the standard screens, created custom infotypes, Modified menus, Frame works, evaluation paths, Z-tables, Z-codes etc.
• Involved in design, built, testing of Payroll and Time modules
• Setup Qualification catalog and Appraisals for Performance management.
• Created test scripts and participated in User Testing and Integration Testing.
• Conducted User training for Personnel Administration and Organizational Management. Responsible for providing documentation and knowledge transfer to super users.
• Designed and Lead SAP HCM Data Migration process.
• Created functional specificaitons and designed documents for various WRICEF objects.
• Co-ordinated with onsite development team and successfully implemented all enhancements.
• Monitored day-to-day activities and addressed the issues with the client.
• Post-implementation support.

Client : Confidential
Duration : March 2008 to August 2008
Role : Global Functional Team Member (PA , Modules)

Responsibilities & Details:
The project encompassed a global company with its subsidiary companies located in numerous countries. Developed the integrated business processes models for HR processes for Personnel Administration module, Functional design documents (FDD), performed system configuration, testing etc.

Accomplishments:

• Developed business requirements, business process mapping, functional design and technical specifications to the legacy system interfaces.
• Delivered functional specifications for each business process.
• As a global team member, reviewed, analyze and advised the global team members with the design related issues.
• Participated in testing and go-live efforts for North America release.

Client : Confidential, TX
Duration : January 2006 to March 2008
Role : Functional Lead HCM Modules

Responsibilities & Details:
As a functional lead, I was responsible for OM, PA, PD and HCM Data Conversions. I was responsible for hands on configuring the OM, PA and BN modules and for delivery of clear, complete and precise business processes procedures (BPP), functional design documents (FDD), performed system configuration, testing and user training.

Configured and customized client's business processes in OM, PA, BN. Designed HCM Conversions strategy, created LSMW Programs, Enhancements, Third Party Interfaces and Reports. Involved in PY and TM solution desing processes.

Accomplishments:

• Standardized HR processes and procedures for the organization.
• Automated/centralized HR services.
• Leveraged the investment in SAP to take better advantage of its self-service functionality as well as to create a more integrated technology platform.

Role description: Designed/Built/Tested OM/PA/BN and HCM Data Conversion

• Successfully finished Design, Built phases, Testing & Conversion phases.
• Involved in design, built, testing of Payroll and Time modules
• Activity definitions, Process design and Complete design for CRP and POC sessions.
• Complete Design and Conversion Strategy for Conversion.
• Designed the Organizational Hierarchy as per Business requirements.
• Complete Knowledge transfer for OM,PA and BN module. Prepared How to guides for OM, PA and BN Modules on Critical Business transactions.
• Successful performed OM/PA integration RHINTEXX reports.
• Design and Configuration of Custom Evaluation paths and Relationship. Created/modified wage types and characteristics relevant to Personnel Administration module.
• Interface functional design for SAP to Third Party Systems.

Retiree Project:

• Converted retiree master data to SAP system.
• Created custom infotypes for Retiree Health and Life Benefits. Enhanced IT376 and IT0021 to maintain the survivor information.
• Created custom reports for retirees.Created the functional design documents for Pension interfaces with differed pension systems.
• Created functional design documents for Retiree Benefit Providers.

Post Go-live support

• Managed trouble tickets, change requests and work flow under the Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Single point contact to the customer at onsite for resolving issues within stiff deadline.
• Gave the functional and technical support to solve the trouble tickets and change requests.
• Post go-live support for Benefits, PA, and OM.

Client : Confidential, CA
Duration : January 2005 to January 2006
Role : Functional Lead

Responsibilities & Details:

Organizational Management:

• Created & Maintenance of Objects like Organization Units, Jobs, Positions, Cost Centers, and establishing Relationships between objects.
• Configured evaluations paths per customer requirements.
• Created new OM info type for object position.
• Configured worker compensation and Customized the worker compensation report as per client requirement.
• Created interfaces to the Job Applications, Budget planning system (Legacy systems).
• Development of reports for better management of Human Resource with SAP R/3 using reporting tools like Adhoc Query, SAP & HR Query, HIS. These reports involve OM and Benefits.

Benefits:

• Configured health plans, insurance plans, Saving plans and credit plans based on the bargaining units. Created Plan attributes, Configured the Benefit Administration including definition of Cost Groups, Credit Groups, and Coverage Groups.
• Maintenance and Modification of Features like BAREA, BEGNR, BSTAT, CSTV1, COVGR and infotypes. Integrated Benefits module with Payroll module.
• Modified the user exits PBEN0002, PBEN0004 and PBEN0008 for the county requirement.
• Configured FSA Accounts and definitions required for the administration of the county.
• Domestic partner functionality.
• Status change functionality (work/ life events) that supported current and new Benefit plan year.
• Customized Benefit Enrollment, Confirmation and Cobra forms.
• Configured Short Term Disability (STD) and Long Term Disability (LTD).
• Created functional specifications for the interfaces for the health insurance, life insurance and Pension Trust providers and tested the interface with insurance companies.
• Configured the ESS settings for Benefits Module.
• Post implementation support.

Other activities:

• Involved in design, built, testing of Payroll and Time modules
• Created functional design documents for OM and BN modules.
• Involved in HCM data conversion activities at parallel testing and Go-Live.

Client : Confidential
Duration : March 2002 to December 2004
Role : Functional consultant

Responsibilities & Details:

• Involved in discussions with the key users on the existing business processes.
• Preparation of blue print document, Development of functional specifications.
• Created Health Plans, Insurance plans, saving plans and related plan attributes.
• Configured the Benefit Administration including definition of Cost Groups, Credit Groups, and Coverage Groups.
• Maintenance and Modification of Features like BAREA CSTV1, COVGR, BEGNR, BSTAT and ELIGR.
• Integrated Benefits with the Payroll module.
• Maintained user exits as per the customer requirement.
• Customized the Benefit System - plans/Health / Insurance / Savings / Miscellaneous plans to suit the company business process.
• Status change functionality (work/ life events) that supported current and new Benefit plan year.
• Conducted unit testing and End user training. Managed all HR functional requirements of the modules and its integration activities, providing technical advice and support to the team members.
• Worked on inbound and outbound interfaces with Health/Life/Savings Plans vendors and third party systems (pension).
• Responsible for Functional specifications for all Benefit interfaces.
• Configured Employee Self Service for Personal details, Benefit enrollment, Pay details etc.,
• Conducted Unit Testing and Integration testing.
• Documented the IMG Configuration.
• Trained end-users on the Benefit enrollment procedures.
• Worked with global team (Philippine, Indonesia, India and Malaysia)
• Implemented ESS on ITS Server.
• Post implementation support.

Client : Confidential
Duration : February 2001 to January 2002
Role : Functional consultant

Responsibilities & Details:
Involved in Study & Analysis of AS IS - TO BE conditions & carrying out Business processes re-engineering as required. Gathered & analyzed varied Business Requirements & Defined the TO - BE processes. Identified Gaps & finalized Business Blueprint. Customized Personnel Management sub modules, Personnel Administration (PA), Organizational Management (OM)) and Benefits modules.

Enterprise Structure

• Defined Personnel Areas, Sub Areas, and EE Groups & Employee sub groups including assignment.

Personnel Administration and Personnel Development

• Customization of Master Data Info types 0000, 0001, 0002, 0006, 0007, 00008 according to company requirement. Created Enterprise (Personnel Areas, PSAs) & Personnel (EE Groups, ESGs) structure.
• Created defaults for Master Data configuration using features ABKRS, PINCH, VDSK1 and TARIF for Master Data Info Types.
• Configuration of dynamic action
• Configuration of required Info types, Personnel Actions, Info groups.
• Organizational Info group Modifier, and Administrator & Administrator Groups etc. in PA.
• Create & Maintenance of Objects like Organization Units, Jobs, Positions, Cost Centers, and their establishing Relationships between objects. Creating evaluations paths.
• Setup Qualification catalog and Appraisals for Performance management.
• Reporting: Development of reports for better management of Human Resource with SAP R/3 using reporting tools like Ado Query, SAP & HR Query.
• Knowledge transfer.
• Post implementation support.

Documentation

• Unit Test, Integration Test and Parallel Test Plan Documentation.
• Enterprise structure configuration documents.
• PA configuration documents.

Client: Confidential
Duration : January 2000 to February 2001
Role : Functional consultant PA Module

Responsibilities & Details:

• SAP PA Enhancements & Interfaces, Dynamic Actions (T588z).
• Single point contact to the customer at onsite for resolving issues within stiff deadline for Training & Event Management, Recruitment, Organizational Management & Time Management.
• Managed trouble tickets, change requests and work flow under the Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Resource planning & recruitment based on client requirements.
• Monitored day-to-day activities.
• Ensured adherence to client's procedures in Trouble ticket resolution.
• Given the functional and technical support to solve the trouble tickets and change requests.
• Worked with global team in India. Post implementation support.

Client: Confidential
Duration : June 1996 to December 1999
Role : HR Generalist

Responsibilities & Details:

• Implementation of Human Resource training and development process.
• Implementation of new organization designs and role accountability.
• Designed and conducted orientation program for new recruits on company philosophy, culture, mission, company policies and procedures.
• Successfully organized numerous company functions, including involving external suppliers and creating internal interest and participation. Conducted and given seminars.
• Played a key role as a team member in evaluating and enhancing existing HR Systems and implementing new systems in support of HR key business goals.
• Processed Automation via Design of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to automate the Recruitment function & Design of a Proficiency Testing System (PTS) for Applicant Testing.