PROFILE:

Solutions Consultant with more than 15+ years of experience in Information Technology with core specialization in implementing Finance, HR, DW and CRM Applications. An engaged leader who prides himself on strong leadership, project delivery and results. Experience at executive and senior management levels in strategic planning and execution, P&L, cross functional team development and mentoring, business and technology leadership, program and project management, solution architecture, system/product development, transformation and service delivery expertise.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION INCLUDE:

• SaaS, ERP, and CRM
• PeopleSoft - Oracle Finance and Human Resources Applications (7.X - 9.X)
• SuccessFactors - Employee Central, Compensation Management, Performance/Goal Management, Succession Management, Recruitment
• SAP HCM (PA, OM, Time, Payroll, ESS/MSS) ECC 6 EHP5 (Certified by SAP)
• Confidential ERP/CRM
• Kenexa 2x BrassRing, 2x OnBoarding
• SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Controls & Audit for IT Applications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SuccessFactors Compensation Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead for planning, alignment and execution of SuccessFactors implementation projects
• Hands-on configuration for SuccessFactors Employee Central, Performance/Goals and Compensation/Variable Pay modules
• Consult with clients to scope, design, document, implement and deliver Cloud solutions
• Manage project budgets and ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
• Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior management levels
• Working coherently with the internal SAP team on delivering an integrated HCM Project Portfolio - SAP HCM integrated with SuccessFactors Modules
• Responsible for recruitment, selection and onboarding of key implementation resources
• Maintain exceptional client relations to ensure a smooth implementation

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Leading the implementation and delivery of SuccessFactors portfolio of projects
• Solution Architect for SuccessFactors Integration with ERP systems like SAP HCM, PeopleSoft 9.X, and other HRMS suite
• Configuration and design of SuccessFactors Employee Central module
• Configuration and design of SuccessFactors Compensation and Variable Pay module
• Participating in the development of project timelines deliverables
• Leading HR and Talent Management process workshops for clients

SuccessFactors Compensation Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Leading the implementation and delivery of SuccessFactors Compensation Management module as a work stream of PeopleSoft 8.9 to 9.1 Upgrade Project
• Leading the design of SuccessFactors Compensation functionality - Variable Comp (Short Term Incentive Plan), Long Term Incentive Plan, and Merit for Salaried, Union/Non-Union employees under Collective Agreements
• Leading the design of SuccessFactors Compensation Statement and BizX Reporting tool utilizing Online Report Builder/Adhoc Reporting/Analytics
• Responsible for ensuring PeopleSoft and SuccessFactors integration for employee data load and Job/Payroll data load
• Managing the SuccessFactors Systems Integration team to ensure successfully delivery to committed schedule/budget in Fixed Fee Contract
• Creating and maintaining the project plan, monitoring progress and reporting status to the Steering Committee
• Participating in the development of project deliverables, and ensuring acceptable quality

IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Leading the implementation and delivery of Kenexa Talent Management/Acquisition and Onboarding solution
• Leading the design of Candidate Gateways - External, Internal, Campus, Agency
• Integrating the Talent Management system with PeopleSoft, LMS (Sumtotal) and Performance Management Solution (Successfactors)
• Member of design team tasked with building of Requisition forms, Candidate forms, Interview forms, New Hire templates, and Tracking Logic
• Business process mapping onto the Talent Management System for - Candidate Hiring, Candidate Profile, Job Openings, Job Screen, Job Search Filters, Generation of Offer Letters, Job Assessments
• Managing Vendor relationships and IT resources to ensure timely and effective delivery of the projects
• Managing a team of IT Analysts, IT Developers, and IT Specialists responsible for delivering the individual tasks.

Director, Finance, Legal, and Compliance Systems

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Formulating and implementing the technology vision for Finance, Legal and Compliance systems to meet the current needs of the business that fits within the strategic IT direction of the corporation
• Ensuring projects are managed and delivered using the Lean Six Sigma methodology.
• Managing Vendor relationships and IT resources to ensure timely and effective delivery of the projects
• Managing a team of business and systems support analysts who execute the various project tasks.

Confidential

Project Manager, PeopleSoft/Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Built effective relationships with the client to be responsive to their requirements
• Evaluate all requests for work effort and cost. Worked with staff to prepare detailed estimates as required as per CMMI Asset Library guidelines
• Liaison with the Change Management Board to prioritize all requests, based on cost/benefit analysis
• Overseeing and monitoring applications development activities through all phases of the System Development Life Cycle
• Responsible for providing effective resolution of issues that arise during the development/support process
• Manage changes to project scope via the change control process
• Ensuring all adequate systems documentation is kept current for all production systems for the Configuration Management Database
• Establish and Maintain Development and Staging Environments
• Develop, publish and enforce standardized development practices as per the CMMI process improvement guidelines
• Making sure all Change Management Activities are SOX compliant
• Documentation of SOX Key controls for Finance Processes and Security Framework
• Working with the Resource Manager to assign appropriate resources in support of the projects.
• Directing a staff of systems professionals in multiple locations, maximizing the use of their skills and abilities
• Provide mentoring and develop training plans for each staff member to facilitate individual growth and ensure skills are available to support future technologies
• Ensuring all areas of support have adequately trained backup
• Applying Confidential portfolio management techniques to applications using Rational Portfolio Manager

Confidential

Professional Services Implementation Manager

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsible for the successful implementation of Confidential ’s processes, solutions and products per Confidential ’s Professional Services Methodology. Confidential ’s product portfolio comprised of:
• Customer Relationship Management (Sales Force Automation, Marketing Automation, Customer Support and Service, Incentive Management, Partner Relationship Management)
• Financials/ERP (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Revenue Recognition, Budgeting, Multi-currency, Order Management and Fulfillment, Time and Billing, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Drop Shipment/Special Order, Standard and Customized Reports)
• Ecommerce (Database Driven Web Site/Web Store, Front- and Back-Office Integration, Affiliate Marketing, Customer Acquisition, Customer and Partner Self-Service, Web Site Analytics)
• Employee Management and Productivity (Role-based Dashboards, Group Calendaring and Collaboration, Employee Records, Expense Reporting, Purchase Requisitions, Employee Self-Service)
• Analyzed customers’ business requirements, needs and objectives and map them to the Confidential processes
• Assessment of customer implementation needs and developing innovative solutions to solve their problem and implement these solutions to the customer’s satisfaction. This involved hands on configuration of the Confidential modules
• Providing On-Site Implementation and Workflow discovery sessions
• Translated customer business requirements into workable solutions
• Worked with sales teams to capture requirements for customers Statement of Work
• Managing a project load of 6-8 customer implementation jobs at one time
• Maintain knowledge sharing documentation for internal Knowledge Base database

Confidential

Financial Management Systems Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing operational, functional and technical support to the Finance users located globally for PeopleSoft GL 8.4, Inea Analyst & Web Manager, and Confidential On-Demand plus in house applications (Profit and Loss Close, Financial Business Rules System, Financial Management & Statutory Reporting System)
• Ongoing configuration and setup for all new and existing business units in PeopleSoft and related security requirements
• SOX Controls specialist on Peoplesoft and Financial Management Systems - designing, testing and implementing internal controls through a combination of manual, standard, configurable, security and monitoring key controls and processes using COBIT Framework. Documented the Internal Control Summary and Design Effective Walkthroughs for the identified Key Controls for Financial Assertion
• Maintained and created CMM deliverables, gathering & documenting of detailed Business Specs, Commitment to Deliver, Master test plan and test execution of the detailed Business Specs
• Prepared Journal Entries for Month-End figures and reconciliation of balances in different systems and tables
• Designed business processes to meet requirements and translate them into software modification or configuration changes. Participated in the development of business specifications that accurately reflect the Banks requirements for standardized reporting solutions
• Collaborated with business units to extract data to meet reporting requirements and year-end audit requirements
• Lead G/L conversion projects for newly acquired entities across all platforms
• Made enhancements to customized SQR’s being used for daily reporting and end of day balance reporting and reconciliation
• Testing of fixes, patches and customizations as part of the defect management process
• Participated in the rolling out of a centralized Finance Operations help desk solution - Peregrine
• Worked with the training team to create task guides to in corporate them into the PeopleSoft Web-Based Learning Assistant

Confidential

Manager, PeopleSoft Operations Accounting Support

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day to day operations and application support of the back office Accounting system comprised of Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and General Ledger
• Responsible for designing and maintaining the Chart of Accounts and Combination Chartfield and Structure
• Designed the business process flow thru for seven Hotels (NY, SF, CHI, DAL, NOR, KC)
• Exporting Peoplesoft data into the corporate reporting system Hyperion. Made sure that month-end figures between General Ledger system and Reporting system are reconciled
• Used Report Books, Reports, Excelrtv, Database, Consolidation tools in Hyperion Enterprise
• Provide day to day operations guidance for Hyperion, Accpac, Infinium/Frameworks accountings systems
• Creating back-end jobs in SQL Server for system integrity and everyday common inquiries
• Work with Corporate Accounting to make sure that correct figures are reported at Month-End, Year-End, Quarter-End, and Forecast
• Modified the Account Rollup tree and Department Trees using the Tree Manager to stay up to date with the Chart of Accounts
• Create nVision reports and layouts for General Ledger statements (Summary Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Departmental Statistics, Budget, Budget Forecasting, Month-End Summary, Minor Op. Depts)
• Responsible for setting up users as Requestors, Receivers, Buyers in Purchasing
• Modify and create Crystal Reports for Purchasing and Accounts Payable
• Security Administration in Peoplesoft and SQL 7 with respect to giving users the right to Menus, Panels, Tables, and Reports
• Responsible for Vendors, Vendor Locations, Sales Tax, Use Tax, USA State Tax(s) with regards to purchasing
• Conducted end user training sessions for Query, nVision, PO, AP and GL
• Automated the 1099 Process for Withholding Vendors
• Made sure the Accounts Payable Open Liability and Aged Liability was always in sync with GL
• Extensively worked with Paycycle Manager to clear up Express Paycycles and Restarting a Check Run
• Customized the Payroll to GL Reconciliation Process for different versions of ADP TimeSaver
• Responsible for Payroll Journal Entries and Payroll Allocation between different departments
• Responsible for HR ChartKeys and HR Chartfield combinations with regards to Employee Benefits, Management Salaries, Hourly Salaries, Leased Labor, etc.

Confidential

Data Transformation Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Assist in development/implementation of integrating partners within Baker Street’s Internet Hosted Supply Chain Management Solution streetworksTM by defining the integrated business processes and creating maps using Mercator to transform received data to desired partner formats