SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of Implementation, Roll - out and Production Support experience in KronosWorkforce Timekeeper as a Kronos Consultant.
• Experience in managing the data using WIM and Kronos Connect in different interfaces platform (ADP) and familiar with WFC Version 8.0 and expert with Kronos Workforce Central Versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.0.
• Expertise with Time Card Management, Employee Accrual Maintenance, LOA, Security Access and Process profiles for Managers and Integration of Kronos with Oracle HR system.
• Working as Kronos ERP Analyst at CCA, developing Kronos Project Design Documents for various modules like WFC, Absence Management and Attendance Management.
• Extensive Experience on various Kronos modules like Workforce Timekeeper (WTK), Accruals, Activities, Advanced Scheduler, forecasting, Attendance and Kronos Workforce Central upgrade.
• Install, support and configure Kronos applications to include Workforce Central Scheduler for Healthcare and Optimized Scheduler, Workforce Central Timekeeper.
• Extensive experience on various Kronos modules like Workforce Timekeeper, Accruals, Activities, Advanced Scheduler, forecasting, Attendance and Kronos Workforce Central upgrade.
• Familiarity with several other Timekeeping systems including Kronos Time and Attendance, Stromberg Time and Attendance as well as Kronos Workforce Timekeeper versions 5x to 7.0, 8.0 implementation and support.
• Researched, wrote, and edited test procedures used for upgrades; Modules include HR/Payroll, Timekeeper, Leave, Attendance, DCM, Connect, WIM, Scheduler, and Analytics.
• Expertise in Attendance History Import, Attendance Point Balance for time clock, PTO update based on Perfect Attendance, redistributes Shutdown Pay and Time to Vacation Pay and Time.
• Work collaboratively with team members to achieve common goals, while maintaining responsibilities and commitments.
• Expertise in UML (class diagrams, object diagrams, GAP Analysis, use case diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and collaboration diagrams) as a data analysis methodology for application functionality designs.
• Payroll processing for a large Clients and serve as Kronos timekeeper administrator. Set-up of new user access in Kronos Timekeeping system. Provide payroll analysis of trend-based data.
• Expertise in broad range of technologies, including business process tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, MS Access, MS Visio, technical assessment tools, Data Warehousing concepts and web design and development.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing legacy migration solutions, upgrade and integration solutions for Kronos Workforce suite of applications.
• Experience in Workforce Process Manager, Kronos workflow tool that allows the creation of triggering events and step-by-step business process flows within the Workforce Central suite of applications as well as with other customer applications that is done by using SOAP/ XML APIs.
• Advanced understanding and experience with Kronos 6.0-8.0 WFC products and Implementation & configuration to include Workforce Timekeeper, Workforce Connect 6.0, Advance Scheduler, Leave &Attendance, Accruals, Analytics and Device Manager.
• Experience in upgradation from 6.2 to 6.3, 6.3 to 7.0 and 7.0 to 8.0 in Kronos module. Strong experience in Development and maintenance of various DMC systems including Lawson, Workforce Integration Manager to develop interfaces and translation tables.
• Hands-on experience implementing and configuring various Time and Attendance Installations utilizing applications, which include: KRONOS Workforce Central v5.x-7.0, Stromberg, E Time, Kronos Mobile & Real Time Software products. Also experience working on Kronos mobile application.
• Experience with Kronos 6.0-8.0 WFC products and Implementation & configuration to include Workforce Timekeeper, Workforce Connect 6.0, Advance Scheduler, Leave &Attendance, Accruals, Analytics and Device Manager (4500 Terminals) and Experience in up gradation from 6.2 to 6.3, 6.3 to 7.0 and 7.0 to 8.0 in Kronos module.
• Experienced with integration application that is directly integrated to Kronos using APIs.
• Experienced with implementation of Kronos Workforce Central (WFC), Kronos Workforce Management (WFM) Timekeeper, Scheduler, Accruals, HR, Payroll, Paycode, and Pay Roles.
• Configuration of Workforce Timekeeper Pay Rules, Accruals, Wage Profile, Schedule Rules and Adjustment Rule, per DSR, in Kronos WFC v 6.3 and currently 8.0. and configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as Pay Rules, Customer Reporting, Attendance Rules and Automated Alerts.
• Adapt with creation/maintenance of Kronos pay rule configuration, timecard calculation interpretation, schedules (basic scheduling) and experience in Partnering with, HR, payroll, operations and other functions for business requirements, system design and implementation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lexington, MA

Sr Kronos Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducting assessments to define and document current business practices and policies, educate how the Kronos product will impact business practice as well as process.
• Extensively worked on various Kronos modules like workforce timekeeper, accruals, activities, advanced scheduler, forecasting, attendance and Kronos workforce central upgrade.
• Performed analysis work within Workforce Device Manager (time clocks), WIM interfaces inbound (employee data) and outbound (payroll hours/wage), pay rules, accruals, reports, wage profiles, etc.
• Worked with WFM solution concepts such as Benefits, Time & Attendance, Entitlements, accruals and employee scheduling. Performed Data Collection/Workforce Data Manager administration configuring and managing clock communications on DCM/ WDM. Experienced with Installations and implementation of Kronos Workforce Central (WFC) V6.0- 8.0, KronosWorkforce Management (WFM) Timekeeper, Scheduler, Accruals, HR, Pay code, Payrolls and time.
• Hands on experience working in Kronos My Time, Kronos My Scheduling (KronosSchedules or Schedule optimization) and Kronos Navigator. Experience with DBMS concepts creating and modifying live and materialized views.
• Configuration of shift differentials, accruals and holiday schedule for union employees. Performed Data Collection/Workforce Data Manager administration configuring and managing clock communications on DCM/ WDM. Experienced with Installations and implementation of Kronos Workforce Central (WFC) V6.0- 8.0, Kronos Workforce Management (WFM) Timekeeper, Scheduler, Accruals, HR, Pay code, Payrolls and time.
• Configuration of shift differentials, accruals and holiday schedule for union employees. Create testing workbooks, which includes scenarios and expected results to ensure a successful test phase. Create various interfaces into and out of the Kronos product. Worked on Creation/maintenance of Kronos pay rule configuration, timecard calculation interpretation, schedules (basic scheduling).
• Implemented ADP E-Time/Kronos Workforce core v3.x - v8.x, Navigator, Leave, Calculated accruals, Attendance, Activities, Advance Scheduler, Timecard Attestation, Calendar, Time Off Request, Org Maps & Jobs, Process Manager, WIM - Workforce Integration Manager, and Setup Data Manager. Experience working with Global Time Off (GTOR), Navigator and Classic view.
• Monitor Help Desk/Tech Support Activities assign call tickets as required. Coordinate the Helpdesk support staff by defining and establishing schedules, setting priorities, providing support/direction and dealing with administrative issues as needed.
• Provide production support to WFC, WFA, Leave, and Process Manager. Utilized technical ability to create, maintain, and support Kronos WIM Interfaces. Created complex Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions (UDF), Indexes, Tables, Views and other T-SQL code and SQL joins for applications following SQL code standards.
• Configuration of Workforce Timekeeper Pay Rules, Accruals, Wage Profile, Schedule Rules and Adjustment Rule, per DSR, in Kronos WFC v 6.3 and currently 8.0. Create testing workbooks, which includes scenarios and expected results to ensure a successful test phase.
• Create various interfaces into and out of the Kronos product. Worked on Creation/maintenance of Kronos pay rule configuration, timecard calculation interpretation, schedules (basic scheduling).
• Implemented ADP E-Time/Kronos Workforce core v3.x - v8.x, Navigator, Leave, Calculated accruals, Attendance, Activities, Advance Scheduler, Timecard Attestation, Calendar, Time Off Request, Org Maps & Jobs, Process Manager, WIM - Workforce Integration Manager, and Setup Data Manager.
• Provide production support to WFC, WFA, Leave, and Process Manager. Utilized technical ability to create, maintain, and support Kronos WIM Interfaces. Created complex Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions (UDF), Indexes, Tables, Views and other T-SQL code and SQL joins for applications following SQL code standards.
• Configuration of Workforce Timekeeper Pay Rules, Accruals, Wage Profile, Schedule Rules and Adjustment Rule, per DSR, in Kronos WFC v 6.3 and currently 8.0.
• Configure Kronos pay rules, pay codes, function access profiles, attendance, accruals, and display profiles - UAT testing and Unit testing - provide the material.
• Testing Lead devising test scripts for Pay Rules, Person Import, Payroll Export, Punch Import, Punch Export and Schedule Export. Configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as Pay Rules, Customer Reporting, Attendance Rules and Automated Alerts. Responsible for Identifying required pay code Profiles, work rule Profiles and Labor Level Sets.
• Responsible for developing Kronos Payrules, Workrules, Paycode Profiles, Paycodes, Wage Profiles, FAP's, Schedules, Labor Levels, Labor Level sets, and configuring Kronos 4500 and 480 devices utilizing WDM and DCM. Developed designed documentation for the configuration of the software based on discovery and union contracts.
• Created and/or modified many KRONOS WFC / KRONOS WIM Interfaces. People Import update and Timecard/Schedule Inquiry (iSeries MQ web-service XML calls to KRONOSWFC). Various phases of the project life cycle to fulfill client's requirement of data needs.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Kronos Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for configuration planning for Workday functionality, requirement analysis, data privacy, data validation, testing of business processes and integrations, payroll and hypercare as part of full life cycle implementation.
• Gathered and designed global and local requirements for Workday BPs for Core HR functionality including Hire, Change Job, Termination, Propose Compensation, Termination, Reorganization, International Assignment, Time Tracking, etc. based on the blueprint documentation.
• Documenting HR related documents such as blueprint documentation, project charter, statement of purpose (SOPs), etc. Configured changes to business processes in Workday based on change requests.
• Partnered with CIO and other stakeholders and governance team to evaluate current Workday security across all Workday Modules, and optimize the overall Workday security and configuration model.
• Involved with QA team on regular basis Developed and owned overall Test Plan. Reviewed test plans and test documents (Test Scenarios / Test Strategy / Test Cases) to ensure all requirements are covered in test scenarios.
• Made security changes in Workday, create new roles, and permission list. Setup new users or make modification to existing user's access by assigning roles within Workday.
• Created test scenarios for testing all in scope Business Processes like Hire, Job Change, Promote, Transfer, Terminate, Compensation, global processes, Access Testing, Talent and Performance, Employee Self Service process, Manager Self-service processes, etc.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Identify and develop trusted advisor relationship with project stakeholders, sponsors and university stakeholders.
• Used specific test scenarios and conducted testing in Lawson and Workday for Payroll testing due to Payroll engines being replaced by Workday Payroll.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team, Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication.
• Provide regular and accurate updates and escalations to the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Committee.
• Demonstrates a good understanding of information/data security technologies, trends, interdependencies and challenges within the not-for-profit, government or higher industry
• Ensure that projects are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards, manage project issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline.
• Installed and configured Marketo AppExchange app to automate and measure demand generation campaigns that generate more high-quality leads.
• Responsible for end to end testing for all in scope Business processes (hire, job change, terminate, etc.), Talent & Performance, Onboarding, Compensation, Payroll, Expenses and Timekeeping modules along with testing of Payroll module, Payroll integrations for other countries, PICOF, Automated integrations like Benefit Focus, Concur - Travel Expense Integration, Peoplesoft Financial Integrations, Active Directory.
• Configure and run calculated fields, custom reports, advanced reports, EIBs and Core connectors as required.
• Responsible for test data setup and developing test cases for all Workday Integration testing of inbound and outbound interfaces to and from Workday modules and other third-party systems like SAP, AON Hewitt, Benefit Focus, etc.
• Developed the organizational change management and communications methodology and tools. Provided coaching and to team members.
• Developed specific test cases for Global and Local Compensation Governance testing, Access Testing, SSO testing.
• Lead Workday Testing which includes System, Integration and End to End Testing, Parallel Acceptance Testing, Access Testing, UAT.
• Lead and responsible for defect Management process and maintain the test scenarios, requirement traceability matrix in SharePoint and logged and tracked defects in SharePoint.
• Done Workday compensation packages including salary, bonus, allowance, commission and merit plans for multiple countries including merit and bonus plan processing.
• Engaged with requirements gathering, assessments, interfaces, application configuration and support for Kronos Workforce Management Systems Conducted user interviews with various stakeholders and documented business (BRD) and functional requirements (FRD).
• Involved in generation and execution of SQL queries with the Payroll coordinators to gather the requirements and implement them in the Kronos.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Kronos Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Researched, wrote, and edited test procedures used for upgrades; Modules include HR/Payroll, Timekeeper, Leave, Attendance, WDM, WIM, Scheduler, and Analytics.
• Engaged with requirements gathering, assessments, interfaces, application configuration and support for Kronos Workforce Management Systems Conducted user interviews with various stakeholders and documented business (BRD) and functional requirements (FRD).
• Evaluate requirements, write specifications for, develop, test and deploy interfaces through WIM 7.0 using extensive and complex calculations and database queries and commands.
• Responsible for developing Kronos Pay rules, Work rules, pay code Profiles, Pay code, Wage Profiles, FAP's, Display profiles, Assignment Rules, Schedules, Labor Levels, Labor Level sets, and configuring Kronos 4500 devices utilizing WDM and DCM.
• As a Kronos Consultant, I work on implementing all building blocks of the Workforce Time and Attendance module.
• Partnered with management and Kronos Administrators to reduce issues from the KronosTimekeeping system and to improve interfaces with ongoing assessments.
• Familiar with WFM solution concepts such as Benefits, Time & Attendance, Entitlements, accruals and employee scheduling.
• Experience in Implementing and configuring Kronos Scheduler, Accruals and Attendance modules.
• Developing Interface from Kronos Workforce Timekeeper to HMS payroll for Attendance reporting.
• Implementation of Advanced Scheduler for Employees of sites to reduce unnecessary costs of manual processing and possible employee relations issue when schedule is not processed properly by the manager.
• Configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as Pay Rules, Customer Reporting, Attendance Rules and Automated Alerts.
• Implement Kronos best practices to ensure efficient time-keeping for managers, employees, and payroll staff.
• Involved in the production support activities for Kronos application in Time and attendance, Absence management and Accruals modules.
• Have developed and implemented a view in Kronos to calculate the Total number of hours worked in a year for all the employees and registering it in Oracle.
• Setting up all pay rules, time codes, security groups and all other configuration items in the application.

Confidential, York, PA

Kronos Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Kronos Pay Rules, Pay Codes, Work Rules, Wage Profiles, Labor Levels, Schedules and Shifts as required by HR/PR.
• Authentication issues including integrating with customer authentication systems, client side, communication and java plug in issues, database connectivity and performance, system environment issues and system settings, integration with customers external systems, JBoss application server errors and failures, systemic performance issues, system security and secure communication, workflow notifications and integration with external mail systems.
• Performed upgrade to Kronos WFC V5.2 to include Attendance and Leave Modules.
• Assist with other payroll processing duties on an as needed basis.
• Exchanged the Data from the Kronos to the other tools like SAP by using the Workforce connect.
• Involved in the up gradation from the older version to the newer version.
• Worked on various elements of Kronos Workforce Timekeeper such as Pay Rules, Work Rules Configuration, Hyperfind Queries, Configuration and Performance.
• Independently configured the Kronos Workforce Central time-keeping system to ensure accurate time-keeping through maintenance of pay rules, schedule groups, security profiles, labor levels, and accrual profiles.
• Have worked on creating and managing Pay rules, pay code distributions, work rules, breaks and all related building block components for Pay policies.
• Have involved in the configuration of Holidays, access profiles, display profiles and have understanding of core user essential functions including Time card maintenance, Hyperfind queries, reports, exceptions, schedules.
• Have developed and implemented a view in Kronos to calculate the Total number of hours worked in a year for all the employees and registering it in Oracle.
• Have independently handled the production support issues/tasks raised by the business users and from the ticketing system.
• Effectively communicated with operations leadership, payroll, human resources, and KronosEnd users to resolve Kronos timekeeping and scheduling problems.
• Have worked on HR Employee information maintenance from Ultipro system to Oracle and from Oracle to Kronos.