SUMMARY:

• Sr. IT SAP Project Manager PMI certified professional with experience in implementing ERP (including SAP, SFSF, WD, WFS, and ADP etc.) applications; has cross functional experience including Engineering, Operations, Technical Applications, SOX & Audit, R&D, and Marketing for 15+ years. Strong at helping organizations align their HCM, Payroll, and FI strategies with their business strategy through technology applications. Deep knowledge of End - to-End HR, Payroll and Financial business processes. Successfully lead teams to deliver quality products on time and budget. Broad global experience with industry sector including healthcare, pharma, oil & gas, utility, chemical distribution, food, aviation, retail, automotive, manufacturing, government and school boardsKey Skills and Tools
• PM SAP ECC RFP HR Transformation BPC S/4 HANA SFSF SLAs PMO Waterfall ADP
• SDLC Global ERP QA/QC Testing Outsourcing KPI R/3 Workday Jira SOX FI/CO WFS
• PMBOK Strategic Assessment BW Functional Configuration Metrics Payroll STLC Hybrid
• Agile M&A Vendor Management Cut over Hyper-care HRMS PI Advisory MS Project
• Successfully led large global teams in complex M&A integrations including project planning, budgeting ($10+M), staffing, delivery, communication and scope management. Developed targeted project proposals, oral presentations, and timeline determinations.
• Developed integrated global delivery models for 45 countries including offshore functional and development support; global SAP implementations, country roll-outs, and post-production support.
• Managed large scale ($3.2+M) software and version upgrades; implemented multiple full life cycles within ERP platforms (SAP, WD, and SFSF). Experience with reporting, integration to FI/CO
• Realized > $2.6M in savings for potential fines and loss of funds by analyzing existing payroll processes, payroll audits, SOX controls, data integrity analysis and data governance that improved quality and efficiency
• Strong in development of Business Process models and procedures; experience working with PMBOK, ASAP, waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies. Well versed in documentation of blue print, test strategy, lessons learned, etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. SAP IT Project Manager

Confidential, Washington DC

Responsibilities:

• Leading the implementation of SAP Financial and budget application tool (BPC), as well as implementing S/4 HANA. The role includes standard IT project management tasks; managing project to completion; managing the process of definition and development of detailed requirements; develop, establish and maintain project management standards and procedures and I am also responsible for defining project guidelines, obtaining business and information technology sponsor approvals, and coordinating resources necessary to successfully complete the project within scope, budget, and schedule.
• Sr. Global Project Manager- Confidential, Nashville TN: Leading the ECC upgrade to EHP7 and BW upgrade to S/4 HANA platform; involved with requirements gathering, working with external vendors, managing 20 resources and budget of $1.5M. Responsible for managing the budget and budget forecasting, keeping to the schedule and stay up to date on current projects in flight including all of SAP applications
• Sr. Project Manager- Confidential Water Technologies, Pittsburgh PA: Led the implementation of Full suite SuccessFactors, including EC, RCM, ONB, T&A (via Work Force Software), Variable Comp, Merit, PM/GM, and Global Reporting. Facilitated and managed workshops, blue print sessions, testing effort, go-live and cut over activities. Provided regular communications to the Project team, executive briefings and led the steering committee discussions. Managed all SuccessFactors work efforts, deliverables, and budget ($1.2M); managed development of 26 integration objects as well as 3rd party payroll outsourcing and the related RICE objects.

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• PM Role; wins of additional $200K project for testing; managed the implementation and testing effort of T&A Workforce software implementation in Cloud along with PeopleSoft GL; cut down testing time by 30% to meet the go-live date.
• PMO for implementation of SuccessFactors, including EC, Variable Comp, and Merit. Managed HRA and payroll process flows. Facilitated and managed workshops, blue print sessions, testing effort, go-live and cut over activities. Managed budget of $1.2M, and accounted for additional wins of $500K in next phases of work.

Project Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• PM Role for data implementation; QA/QC, reviewing client data specs; leading implementation of ACA Compass for multiple clients. Managed budget of $1.8M. Led ACA projects sales to existing and new clients, resulting in additional wins of $350K. Worked with various data sources to pull legacy data from, including Oracle, PeopleSoft, and Sybase etc.

Project Manager

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Responsibilities:

• Managed assessment of reporting capabilities and strategies based within SAP for data analytics, KPIs and metrics. Devised new KPIs for executive summary resulting in cost savings of $750K per year.

Project Manager

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Engaged as HCM Security Lead for implementation of SAP GRC and Subject Matter Expert (SME). Managed budget of $2.32M, and accounted for additional wins of $1.7M for follow on projects.

Project Manager

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• PM for the implementation of Workday HCM software suite. Managed budget of $3.63M, and accounted for additional wins of $2.5M in new projects

Project Manager

Confidential, Berwyn, PA

Responsibilities:

• The project involved audit of payroll system and existing processes (SAP, WD outsourcing to Safeguard), testing, and providing Controls recommendations, which led to process and performance improvement and subsequent technology enhancements. Helped to save the company in audit fines to the tune of $750K and projected loss of funds to the tune of $1.6M

Project Manager

Confidential, Washington DC

Responsibilities:

• Managed the implementation of SuccessFactors Recruiting and Onboarding suite for Confidential, resulting in reducing time to hire process for new hire.

Project Manager

Confidential, Syracuse, NY

Responsibilities:

• Managed SDLC for SAP Overpayment Recovery Module. PMO for the implementation of Overpayment Recovery and Claims Adjustment Process; harmonized W2 process. Managed budget of $3.5M; helped recover $4.5M as claims from employees and vendors.

PMO Lead

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Global SAP Implementation to upgrade legacy SAP to ECC. Managed SAP Benefit Implementation for US, CA, UK, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America- 45 countries in all

Payroll Lead

Confidential, New Haven CT

Responsibilities:

• SAP HCM Team Lead to oversee the work of all HR modules. Managed requirements gathering, Blue Printing, and Functional specs preparation; including off shore functional and ABAP teams.

Payroll Lead

Confidential, Redmond, WA

Responsibilities:

• Lead SAP Payroll Configurator that designed and built the system, including all phases of ASAP methodology. Led the integration of Payroll with FI/CO, Time, T&E, Benefit and Comp modules. Led all aspects of testing. Managed project scope (Confirm and control)

Payroll Lead

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Led the implementation and support for the SAP Payroll and Benefits module. As SME, managed testing cycles and the instructional design team for developing and delivering global for SAP. Liaised with Confidential business team and other 3rd party vendors to design Business Processes. Managed client communication on project status to steering committee and key team members

Project Lead

Confidential, Albuquerque, NM

Responsibilities:

• My Involvement during Production support included supporting the end users in already existing functionalities in SAP Payroll, Benefits, PA, OM, and CATS; helping with the divestiture and spin off

HR Lead

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• As SAP HR Lead I worked with various stake holders and c-suite executives to gather requirements for divestitures for SAP modules like OM, PA, Benefits, Payroll, and Time etc. Worked on the spin-off and carving out the SAP needs for the divestiture.