PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experience of more than 13 years in HR which includes 11+ years of SAP HCM experience on end - to-end implementations, support, upgrades and integration projects with analysis, configuration, development, and customizations. 
• SAP HCM Functional Consultant with 2 full cycle implementation experience
• Experienced with different kind of industries for SAP R/3 implementation and support in Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Energy, Oil, and Public Sectors.
• Subject Matter Expert in Payroll, and Time Management (Positive and negative) Benefits, Organizational management, Personnel Administration (PA), ESS&MSS and Training and Event management.
• Certified in SuccessFactors Employee Central and SuccessFactors Compensation modules.
• Good Experience with US payroll end to end support including yearend activities. Worked on tax updates and handled critical posting issues and other third-party remittance, Off cycle issues.
• Extensive configuration and customization experience with gross to net payroll accounting and subsequent activities including but not limited to payroll and time schemas, rules, operations, functions, features, payroll master data, wage type setup and valuation, payments and deductions, payroll areas, regular and off-cycle payroll processing, process models, time management, leave management, salary factoring, remuneration statements and checks, banking, tax calculations, tax reporter, payroll and statutory reporting, garnishments, third party processing and interfaces, arrears and claims processing, payroll results adjustment, posting to accounting, month-end accruals, BSI setup and configuration, integration to finance, time and benefits.
• Excellent experience with Time management for Time recording and absence, over time related configuration and support issues.
• Extensively worked on Benefit related interfaces: Cigna, Mercer, Walgreens, VSP, Highmark, UCCI, Ceridian, Medicare and Keystone.
• Worked on Affordable Care Act(ACA) interface.
• Worked on annual Compensation process for merit increases and annual bonus setup
• Coordination with business users on any incidents, requests, issues related testing.
• Expertise in Business process analysis, blue printing, configuring, customizing, and go-live support.
• Knowledge of all aspects of SAP development including design, coordination, implementation, debugging, testing, and support.
• Excellent exposure in writing & reviewing functional specifications.
• Excellent experience in defining test strategies, creation of test plans and test cases.
• Extensive experience in various testing efforts like system integration and functional.
• Experience in testing tools like QC ALM, QTP.
• Extensively worked on Ad-hoc queries, reports and batch data processing using BDC, LSMW, Reports, Interfaces, SAP Scripts, Smart Forms Cross Applications Components - ALE, IDOCs and HR Workflow.
• Internally trained in Workday and involved with data conversion activities SAP HR as a legacy system
• Excellent interpersonal and communicational skills.
• Customizing of complete payroll module of the client as per the business processes.
• Wage Types, Processing Time Data, Payments and Deductions, Schemas, Functions, Personnel Calculation Rules, processing classes, cumulation classes Internal Tables, Cumulating, Storage, Deductions, Taxes, Benefits/Payroll Integration, Garnishments, Bank Transfers/Direct Deposits, Third Party Remittance and Off-Cycle Processing.
• Configuration of deduction priorities and arrears, deduction models, limits on deductions, set up wage type cumulations 
• Taxes: Tax Tables, Tax info types, Tax related processing classes, Tax Areas, Tax Authorities, and Taxability models for US Payroll.
• Applied various TUBS, Cyclic and Regulatory Bulletins in BSI.
• Configuration of Tax Company, tax overrides and unemployment rates in both BSI and SAP. Application and testing of BSI Tubs. Subsequent maintenance of tax models, enhancements related to customer tax classes and customer tax modifiers. Tax set up for expatriates. Configuration of wage types for manual payroll adjustments using IT221. 
• Off-cycle workbench related configuration, set up process models.
• Set up payroll posting to financial accounting, postings based on employee grouping, fixed cost center postings, configuration of third party remittance (taxes, garnishments etc) 
• Set up payroll forms for remuneration statement and payroll journal. 
• Experience in Year-End Tax Process of the US Payroll (Gross and Net)..
• Tax reporter configuration (PU19) and provide support for W2 printing for various states in US (processing claims, yearend adjustments, W2 printing, SSA filing, MMREF File formats), Quarterly tax reports for Federal and various states. 
• Enhancement to Payroll schema (customer copy of U000,ULK9and U500), payroll related features based on client needs, set up new schemas and rules and develop custom functions and operations to handle customer specific payroll calculation
• Configuration of various Holiday calendars
• Setting daily and periodic work schedules, setting defaults schedule, working week and time management status in IT0007
• Configuration of Time types, generation of wage types and set up integration with Payroll
• Set up Absence Quotas / entitlement and Absence Catalog, and linked the absences that reduces the corresponding quotas. Set up deduction and counting rules
• Set up substitutions, attendance quotas and attendance types
• Worked with TM00 and TM04 Time Evaluation schemas, created custom rules and schemas to handle OT calculation (Daily and Weekly calculation depending on Union Contracts)
• Setting Rotational schedules and generating labor filler codes in time schema, generation of unpaid time where the hours employees are paid current
• Helped design custom ABAP codes for generating quota accrual. Dynamically populated Quota records during hiring action. Used function call in dynamic action to determine the quota entitlement
• In PA used LOA actions to track the status changes for leaves like STD and LTD. Based on action reasons dynamically created IT14 records for payments and absences in IT 2001
• Designing interfaces with Third Party Time Recording systems (LMS, Kronos) to support the Time Management in SAP (updating employee remuneration infotype, absence infotype etc). Worked with interfaces between time clocks an SAP to feed time punches for Time evaluation
• Set up CATS screens and profiles, Integration of CATS with Time infotypes
• Worked on CATS userexit to add checks and provide additional functionality for Job upgrades.
• Defined various Premium types and created custom rules in both time and payroll to handle the correct payments
• Worked with the ESS team on designing the Time entry screen and the approval process
• Designed and Developed various Time related reports reading Time clusters
• Worked on Benefits inbound/outbound interfaces, MetLife and Mercer deductions, Fidelity, Westport and Savings Bonds deductions, Payroll deductions to be taken and some indicative data and outbound interfaces, such as Eligibility files, Fidelity and weekly and monthly FSA file to Mercer
• Analyzed and Configured health, insurance, savings plans (401k) and the existing 401K savings plans, Non-qualified Plans Reconfigured 401K Plans, and Non-Qualified Plans, correcting errors in employee and employer contribution rules and configuration of the limit.
• Create/Update interface functional specifications as needed 
• Customized the Health, Insurance, Savings & Miscellaneous plans to suit the company business process and also defined Rules to carry EE deduction and ER contribution. 
• Defined qualification events, coverage, eligibility and termination cost coverage variants. 
• Configured dynamic eligibility in health plans. Extensively used features for default values. 
• Worked on open enrolment for yearly benefit elections changes
• Creation of basic personnel procedures by customizing personnel actions within master data administration, such as hiring employees, and entering the data required for employees who leave the enterprise.
• Flexible planning and the setting up of human resources sub areas at the different organizational levels such as Enterprise structure, Personnel structure, Pay scale structure, and the wage type structure.
• Configured Dynamic actions to meet the Business functionalities and easy maintenance of SAP Application
• Creation of Organizational structure in simple maintenance, created Jobs, Position, Reporting structure, Account assignment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hillsboro, Oregon

SAP HCM Consultant

• Worked on US compensation project (Interface: US Workers compensation data to Corvel)
• Provided mapping and tested the Benefits (RSP) interfaces: Fidelity, Aon Hewitt, Mercer etc.
• Assisted in preparation of test environment and performs testing with support of SAP & Fidelity team members, Testing Demographic and Benefits files sent to Fidelity
• Define test scripts and provide support to business through 3 rounds of testing with benefits provider (Fidelity).
• Responsible for Business validation of data and assists with data validation of files and in SAP.
• Worked on the HSA Remit interface and assisted business users team on testing.
• Reconcile employee contributions reported to benefit providers for Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings, and Savings and Retirement accounts to wage type reports and identify any discrepancy.
• Unit and integration test the benefit interfaces with 3rd party providers
• Worked on rollouts project Macau and Jordan.
• Worked on GPAY projects (Netherlands, Chile and Argentina) and coordinated with Informatica and ADP teams on Testing and the Defects.
• Worked on compensation module and participated in testing in 2x Pay and Merit increases.
• Worked on SuccessFactor integrations.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

SAP HCM Time and Payroll Consultant

• Resolving day-to-day OM, PA, Benefits and Payroll support issues related to system functionality, performance, efficiency, and training within area of responsibility.
• Worked on SAP HR module includes OM, PA, Benefits, ESS/MSS, and Payroll & Time.
• Work with the Business Analyst to identify their requirements, design enhancements and functionality to help meet user requirements.
• Responsible for reviewing the developers Technical Design Document (TDD) to ensure all requirements have been met
• Analyze the new inbound/outbound interfaces, design and help technical team
• Provided mapping and tested the Benefits interfaces: Cigna, Mercer, Walgreens, VSP, Highmark, UCCI, Ceridian
• Assisted with Open Enrollment and Benefit administration for retirees, including survivor information
• Designed and configured Pay Structure for Non Bargaining Unit and Bargaining Unit employees (wage progression and COLA adjustments), Wage Progression for Bargaining Unit Insurance Rate Calculation and Retiree BU Insurance Rate Calculation & Conversion
• Created and executed UAT testing Scripts
• Assisted in preparation of test environment and performs testing with support of SAP & ADP team members, Testing Demographic and Benefits files sent to ADP
• Collaborated with other team members to resolve issues encounter during testing
• Defined public holiday classes according to the client's requirements.
• Worked on USA holiday calendars based on province and modifying the personnel work schedules, solved issues on absence quotas, vacation.
• Counting rules were defined for absence counting.
• Defined the leave quotas based on employee group and employee subgroup by using the Info type2006 (Absence Quota).
• Customized the time evaluation schema for generating holiday hours depending on the work schedule.
• Revised custom schema ZM00, time evaluation using time events as per the requirements.
• Configured CATS profiles according to the requirements
• Am responsible for the implementation of the required interfaces, designed solution and the contributing to the implementation where ever possible guiding the team in the right path.
• Responsible for US Year End SAP Payroll Activities.
• Responsible to Work Request/Change Request Management for Time and Payroll solutions.
• Responsible for for the Payroll and Tax Related Problems.
• Involved in the Up-gradation of BSI Tax factory from 9.0 to 10.0 
• Support packs testing and analysis of SAP OSS notes applicable to release and current production functionality and make sure no breaks.
• Worked with the compensation team on the yearend Merit cycle process and payroll integration.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

SAP HCM Time and Payroll Consultant

• Responsible for production issues (OM, PA, Benefits, Time and Payroll).
• Responsible for reviewing the unit test plans and the quality assurance plans to ensure all requirements have been met
• Extensively used automated test tools like and QTP, QC ALM for Functional and Regression Testing.
• Experience in automation of personal administration, payroll and Time modules in Performed integration testing work as necessary to ensure that new functionality or enhancements do not adversely affect existing functionality
• Configuration and Design of Benefit Plan Types, Eligibility and Benefit Plans/Coverage/Costs accounting for domestic partner coverage premiums and recording of imputed income, out of area employee benefits, and executive benefit options
• Maintained Dependent and Beneficiary information
• Created wage types for Benefits Integration to Payroll
• Automatic Plans configuration: Employee Assistance Program, Basic AD&D, Basic LTD, Basic Long Term Care for those who make $75k or more, Basic Life
• Configuration of ten Benefits Providers: Health Net, Guardian, Prudential, Lincoln Financial, UNUM, ING, Compysch, John Hancock, PrePaid Legal, US Savings Bonds
• Designed and configured the following voluntary Benefits: Accident, Additional Life, Voluntary Term Life, Critical Illness, Cancer Protection, Universal Life and Premier Disability Income
• Designed emergency data voluntarily provided by the employee such as health conditions and current medications
• Involvement of Payroll catalog definition and worked with Earnings, deductions, gross up & year end adjustment wage types.
• Carried out Unit & Integration testing.
• Configured wage types required for Year-end Adjustments and done Adjustments using IT0221 subtype YANA and YAWA.
• Created new wage types, Tax Combo and assigned to taxability model for new created specification for Processing Class 71 to make FUTA calculation only
• Customized the Tax-locator Functionality
• BSI TUBS and SUI Rate Table Maintenance
• Responsible for implementing the HRSP/CLCs notes quarter wise and during the yearend.
• Analysis of the notes, Testing and Application of HRSP/CLC’s.
• Solved an issue regarding the calculation of wrong taxes because of wrong tax type combination for the tax authority.
• Worked on Position budget control with the FI team.
• Worked on issues relating to Postings of payroll results to FI.
• Worked with the compensation team on the yearend Merit cycle process and payroll integration.

Confidential, Stockholm, Sweden

SAP HCM Consultant

• Customizing SAP System according to Client Requirements.
• Worked on OM, PA, Recruitment, ESS and MSS Enhancements.
• Time Management with Time Evaluation Enhancements - for countries where Time Management functionality is already being used.
• Unit Testing & Integration Testing.
• Assisting in User Acceptance Testing.
• Preparation of Configuration Document.
• Worked on Solution Manager to create the Design Documents,
• Unit Test Scripts
• Conducted Business walk through to the Business users and making them feel comfortable system before AT start.
• Was being SPOC for SAP HCM (OM, PA, Time, ESS and MSS)related queries

Confidential

SAP HCM Consultant

• Involved in team work planning, issue resolution, deadlines coordination and deliverables quality validation in line with service level agreements.
• Coordinated maintenance of issue log and monthly review meetings on project progress.
• Liaised with internal team such as ABAP/Basis/Functional to ensure that clients incident and service request requirements are understood and timeframes are adhered to.

Confidential

SAP HCM Consultant

• Checking the functionality and configuration of the older version (4.7(Enterprise) with that of the upgraded version (ECC 6.0).
• Preparing a test scenario covering all transactions of the older system in tune with the business process.
• Meeting deadline dates for testing and clearing the HR related scenarios. To clearly indicate the functionality of the new system with that of the old system.
• Training the end users and handholding after go-live.
• Proposing functional enhancements for more benefits.

Confidential

SAP HCM Consultant

• Blue Print: Mapped the existing Business Processes with the Business Process Structure in the SAP system. Finalized the Business Requirements design for the various modules to be implemented.
• HR Structures: Creation and assignment of the Enterprise, Personnel & Payscale Structures of the company
• Organizational Management: Creation of Organizational structure in simple maintenance, created Jobs, Position, Reporting structure, Account assignment.
• Personnel Administration: Creation of info groups, info type configuration, screen modifications, Actions, Master Data creation, Personal Data, contract data, Pay roll data, Date monitoring,, Organisational Data
• In Payroll data of PA module create customer wage types using wage type catalogs, configured Basic Pay by defining EE Subgroup Grouping for PCR and Coll.Agrmt.Prov, Pay Scale Types, Check Pay Scale Areas, Pay Scale Groups and Levels and also defined Wage Type Permissibility for each PS and ESG for Basic Pay as well as for Recurring payment / deductions, additional payments and Remuneration Information.
• Time Management: Define Public Holiday Classes, Personnel Sub Area Groupings for Work Schedules & Daily Work Schedule, Daily Work Schedules, Period Work Schedules, Day Types, Work Schedule Rules & Work schedules, Define Attendances and Absences types, PSA Grouping of Attendances & Absences, Define Absence Quotas types, ESG & PSA grouping of Time Quotas, Set Up Automatic Accrual of Absence Quotas using report RPTQTA00, configured custom defined counting rules & deduction rules.
• In International payroll configured the entire module by writing various personnel calculation rules, features, and programs.
• Copied the std schema X000 to Z000 to suit the SEEF’S requirement.
• Posted the payroll results into FI/CO Module by maintaining Feature PPMOD and assigning symbolic accts to wage types and then assigning the symbolic accts to employee acct determination and G/L accounts.
• Configured the remuneration statement form ZN01 as per the requirement of SEEF.

Confidential

SAP HCM Consultant

• Understanding Client requirements
• Configuring the modules as per Client Requirements
• Integration of HR module with FI
• Reconfiguring of changes for Payroll
• Unit and Integration Testing and validations.
• Training Core Team.

Confidential

Business Analyst

• Mapping the business processes (AS-IS)
• Blueprint documentation.
• Understanding the Client Requirements
• Configuration of HR module (OM, PA, Negative time management, International Payroll )
• Unit and Integration Testing and validations.
• Conducting the Core team training on Business Processes configured