EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Extensive IT experience with over 18 years of experience implementing, designing, and developing IT solutions.
• Currently seeking a challenging opportunity as a senior IT functional consultant with an extraordinary team.
• Extensive system life cycle experience on several major PeopleSoft HRMS implementations.
• Vast experience of PeopleSoft Core-HRMS, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits Administration and eApps.
• Worked as PM and Functional Lead for HR, Payroll and Benefits applications at a number of clients across United States.
• Client base covers a wide variety of organizations including Health Care, Banking, and Govt.
• Extensive Federal Govt, experience
• Responsibilities included providing ongoing support to internal business users of the Benefits module of PeopleSoft.
• Significant experience in ERP development, deployment and delivery including PeopleSoft, Oracle Apps and ADP.
• Experience managing global ERP integration teams to efficiently deliver projects on time, provide technical direction, devising appropriate strategy and delivering the project within the budget.
• Assumed progressive responsibilities as a functional analyst and have executed high profile ERP projects.
• Extensive experience delivering back-end integration of complex Legacy systems.
• Knowledge of full life cycle software development methodology SDLC , Performance Tuning, Process Improvement and PeopleSoft Debugging.
• Extensive experience participating in the Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Upgrade and support of Human Resources, Payroll Benefits.
• Extensive experience delivering orals presentations for prospective clients.
• Experience using UPK for Documentation and creating Test Scripts
• Extensive experience using HP Quality Center for Manual Testing.
• Experience using OATS for Load testing and regression testing of PeopleSoft.

FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• PeopleSoft Skills: Human Resources Base Benefits Benefits Administration eBenefits Payroll Compensation
• ERP: PeopleSoft HRMS 6 / 7/ 7.5 / 8.x, 9.0, 9.1 Oracle Apps, Kronos TKCS, Authoria and ADP Apps, SQR.
• Test Tools: HP Quality Center, IBM Clear Quest, Share Point, OATS, UPK
• GUI: Developer 2000 Forms 4.5/5.0/6i, Visio, Monarch and Niku.
• Languages Others: MS Office, Power Point, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and DOS.
• Databases: Oracle, SQL base, SQL Server, DB2, UDB and MS Access.
• Operating Systems: Windows2000, XP, Windows NT, UNIX and DOS
• Additional Skills: Fit/Gap Analysis Testing Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Functional HCM Lead, Production Support Analyst

• Serve as functional lead for HR, Base Benefits, NA Payroll, RDE and e Apps
• First level support for any production support issues.
• Served as Functional Lead and assisted in the enhancement of RDE Remote Data Entry tool, which enables US Courts to submit electronically critical personal actions PAR , i.e., Hires, Terms, Promotions. Designed to eliminate paper driven process, reduce processing time and create an audit trail.
• Serve as a liaison between the business customer and BTOD in the development of new IT system requirements.
• Work with business in documenting new requirements for interfaces etc.
• Handle efforts to identify new system requirements
• Create functional and technical design documents
• Assist with help desk operations
• Conduct training/communications efforts as needed
• Lead test planning and execution efforts as needed
• Support reporting design and testing efforts activities as needed
• Create status reports, manage project work plan, manage risks/issues, develop executive and senior management briefings
• Working with Payroll users in updating pay sheets and calculating salaries for a specific pay period.
• Executed UPK to create test scripts for system updates, fixes, upgrades and enhancements for PeopleSoft 9.1 application.
• Used HP Quality Center for manual testing at transaction level for PeopleSoft.
• Responsible for implementing payroll tax updates including testing and coordinating with different teams.
• Supported Payroll Pay sheet, Paycalc, Pay Confirm Processes and worked on issues related to payroll.
• Worked on trouble shooting PeopleSoft payroll error messages.
• Worked on customizations delivered with Tax Update and Maintenance Packs on Payroll for North America Application.

Confidential

HCM Core Lead and Benefits Administration, Payroll

• Served as functional lead for HR, Base Benefits, and Benefits Administration.
• Set up new Benefit Programs, Plans for DC Govt and various agencies.
• Assisted in producing detailed test scripts for the configuration and setup of Ben Admin.
• Set-up Open Enrollment 2013 for DC Govt for 32000 employees and 13 Benefit Programs
• Work with the Payroll team to configure payroll for NA
• Worked with developers to transmit interfaces to vendors in 5010 format
• Experience with EDI, Interfacing with insurance carriers, Open Enrollment
• Co-ordinate Open Enrollment for 2013, update new Benefit Plans, Rates, create new Benefit Program.
• Used Toad and PS query for audit purposes and spot check results for accuracy, also wrote specs for client to develop custom queries for client.
• Assisted in producing detailed test scripts for the configuration and setup of Ben Admin.
• Work with the Payroll team to configure payroll for NA
• Point of Contact for Payroll issues
• Validating results for Unit and Integration testing and participated in the UAT Sessions.
• Worked on customizations delivered with Tax Update on Payroll for North America Application.
• Worked on researching and providing the solutions for any TL and Payroll process issues.
• Work with developers to migrate existing interfaces from legacy to new version of PeopleSoft for HR, Benefits and Payroll.
• Worked with developers to convert existing interfaces from SQR's to App Engine programs.
• Extensively used OATS for automated test scripts for direct database/SQL testing

Confidential

HCM Core Upgrade Lead, Benefits Administration and NA Payroll

• Upgrade to HCM 9.1.
• Served as functional lead for Core HR, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration and Payroll.
• Used UPK System process documentation for fit-gap analysis
• Assisted the team in developing knowledge of Core HR setups and Benefits Administration.
• Substantial enhancement to Ben Admin creates new events, modify event rules and increase the available event choices to employees to access thru eBen.
• Automate Ben Admin to run at a given time every day.
• Created new Plan Types/Ben Plans and created new eligibility for the Plan Type/Ben Plan combination.
• Coordinated and conducted review sessions with the various teams for the configuration and fit/gap documentation.
• Created functional specification documents that were used as a guide by developers to program the customizations.
• Assisted in producing detailed test scripts for the configuration and setup of Ben Admin.
• Work with the Payroll team to configure Payroll for NA.
• Worked on customizations delivered with Tax Update on Payroll for North America Application.
• Worked on Year end data validation and reconciliations.
• Ran On and Off Cycle payrolls for all the US Employees
• Work with developers to migrate existing interfaces from legacy to new version of PeopleSoft for HR, Benefits and Payroll.
• Worked with developers to convert existing interfaces from SQR's to App Engine programs.
• Used UPK to create User Acceptance Test scripts to help test PeopleSoft applications prior to go-live.
• Wrote test scripts for benefits for IST, IPT and UAT.
• Used HP Quality Center for manual testing at transaction level for PeopleSoft.

Confidential

HCM Core Upgrade Lead and Benefits Administration

• Implementation of HCM 9.1.
• Assisted the client in preparing the project plan and tasks along with the resource and timeline estimates for implementing eApps.
• Used UPK System process documentation for fit-gap analysis
• Used UPK to build and tailor documentation, instructor-led training materials for UCOP
• Served as functional lead for HR, Base Benefits, and Benefits Administration.
• Coordinated and conducted review sessions with the various teams for the configuration and fit/gap documentation.
• Created functional specification documents that were used as a guide by developers to program the customizations.

Confidential

PM HCM Core Upgrade, Benefits Administration and Payroll

• Upgrade of HCM Core HR and Benefits Administration.
• Assisted the client in creating the project plan along with appropriate tasks, timelines and resource allocation for HCM upgrade from 8.8 to 9.1
• Served as functional lead for HR, Base Benefits, and Benefits Administration.
• Assisted the team in developing knowledge of Core HR setups NA Payroll and Benefits Administration.
• Coordinated and conducted review sessions with the various teams for the Business Requirements and fit/gap documentation.
• Created functional specification documents that were used as a guide by developers to program the customizations.
• Assisted in producing detailed test scripts for the configuration and setup of Ben Admin and Hr for Me.
• Helped capital One with OE of 2012 for all associates and Deferred Comp enrollment for Sr. Executives.
• Extensively used OATS for automated test scripts for direct database/SQL testing
• Executed UPK to create test scripts for system updates, fixes, upgrades and enhancements for PeopleSoft 9.1 application.
• Used HP Quality Center for manual testing at transaction level for PeopleSoft.
• Working with Payroll users in updating pay sheets and calculating salaries for a specific pay period. Supported Payroll Pay sheet, Paycalc, Pay Confirm Processes and worked on issues related to payroll.
• Worked on customizations delivered with Tax Update on Payroll for North America Application.
• Worked on Year end data validation and reconciliations.
• Responsible for implementing payroll tax updates including testing and coordinating with different teams.
• Worked on trouble shooting PeopleSoft error messages.

Confidential

Program Manager

• Production Support of Core HR, Benefits Administration and eBenefits and Payroll.
• Served as Functional Lead for Core HR, Payroll, Base Benefits, and Benefits Administration for Best Western and ASU.
• Coordinated and conducted review sessions with the various teams for the configuration and fit/gap documentation.
• Created functional specification documents that were used as a guide by developers to program the customizations.
• Constructed various benefits programs, associated eligibility rules, and event rules for the system.
• Designed customizations to be retro-fitted, creating testing strategies, test scripts and performing testing, conducting training and creating training documentation.
• Extensively used HP Quality Center to create test scenarios, test scripts and document test results.
• Supported Siebel CRM

Confidential

Program Manager

• Implementation and Production Support of HR, Payroll, Benefits Administration and eBenefits.
• Created the project plan along with appropriate tasks, timelines and resource allocation for eBenefits implementation and Open Enrollment.
• Assisted the client in preparing the project plan and tasks along with the resource and timeline estimates for implementing eApps.
• Served as functional lead for HR, Base Benefits, and Benefits Administration.
• Assisted the team in developing knowledge of Core HR setups and Benefits Administration.
• Coordinated and conducted review sessions with the various teams for the configuration and fit/gap documentation.
• Created functional specification documents that were used as a guide by developers to program the customizations.
• Constructed various benefits programs, associated eligibility rules, and event rules for the system.
• Assisted the client in technical design specifications for the various customizations related to PeopleSoft functionality.
• Created number of Business Solutions design documents for various business process associated with Benefits Administration, Leave Accrual etc.

Confidential

Implementation Consultant

• Responsible to scope, plan, prioritize, delegate and assign work assignments to achieve product deliverables on schedule.
• Effectively and efficiently manage the day-to-day operations of a large team.
• Identify potential obstacles and challenges and manage through for a successful release.
• Ensure the offshore teams create, specify, and monitor project metrics that helps to determine quality and productivity of work done for each project.
• Ensure that all team members are appropriately trained and have access to required information and tools to succeed in their position.
• Responsible for product and business model conception, technology, architecture, and hiring.
• Create a work environment that fosters employee satisfaction and productivity.

Confidential

Authoria Integration Consultant

Sapient

• Authoria and PeopleSoft Benefits Administration.
• Designed the mapping, interface requirements and system test work efforts required to introduce Authoria at Kaiser. This was a separate track on a HRMS project designed to convert from Tesseract to PeopleSoft 8.9.The work effort included the creation and establishment of production support procedures for post go-live.
• Conducted testing on issues and changes administered to 3rd party inbound and outbound interfaces.
• Coordinated Authoria project effort in accordance with the overall HRMS project designed to convert the SCAL region from Tesseract to PeopleSoft 8.9.
• Ensured personalized data was accurately and correctly extracted from PeopleSoft for display in Authoria by employees and HR agents by moving Authoria content validation process from a local database checkout to string testing in a fully integrated environment.
• Introduced use of standardized functional design templates, and instituted structured walk through process, improving quality of documents by 75 .
• Worked with the technical lead to get the customizations design and completion. Reviewed functional and technical specifications with other leads.
• Created testing strategy documents for unit, system and Integration testing for Authoria.
• Assisted the testing team in creating the appropriate test scenarios and coordinated the client and testing team work.

Confidential

HRMS Integration Consultant

Aldon Business Systems

• Integrating Global Systems.
• Conducted an analysis on the Benefits Administration configuration.
• Determined that the current configuration was not processing employee's benefits as required by the formal business processes.
• Facilitated changes to the configuration.
• Assisted with the in progress implementation of the U.S. population.
• Monitored the process, corrected errors and verified results.
• Created process documents for super-users to reference for their day-to-day maintenance of the Benefits Administration processes.
• Assisted in producing detailed test scripts for the configuration and setup of Ben Admin and eBenefits.
• Worked with a mentoring consulting team to accomplish this deliverable.

Confidential

Technical Specialist

• Benefits Functional lead.
• Coordinated with management and IT professionals, the functionality of the Benefit Administration setup with the newly revised plan structure.
• Created procedure documents to assist the Benefit Administration Specialists with event coordination, report maintenance and system setup in relation to Open Enrollment 2003.
• Created number of Business Solutions design documents for various business process associated with Benefits Administration, Leave Accrual etc.
• Created test plans and test cases to test functionality of system.
• Conducted testing on issues and changes administered to 3rd party inbound and outbound interfaces.
• Led the team in Implementing Authoria and Recruit soft.
• Worked on post implementation enhancements to the PeopleSoft HRMS System. Involved in maintenance and troubleshooting the application in a Production support capacity.
• Worked with the tech team to make customizations, modify existing customizations, install fixes, patches and troubleshoot program bugs and performance issues.

Confidential

Project Manager

• Conversion and Implementation HRMS.
• Provide back-up coverage for application support as needed.
• Worked with project team to troubleshoot the most complex technical issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Worked with end users and the tech team to develop conversion programs to transfer the legacy data to PeopleSoft Administration tables, which includes reformatting, validating, prompt table verification, Error handling routines for database action failures, validation logic failures etc.
• Worked with the tech team in auditing the application and help specify the type of SQL queries required for total controls verification for number of records processed on the source and destination sides, number of records rejected, etc.
• Worked with the tech team to convert data for other teams like System Testing, Modifications and Interfaces.
• Conducted all project related activities, including analysis and preparation of documentation and presentations.
• Set up internal standards and methodology for the City.
• Identified opportunities for application/support enhancements.
• Conducted and prepared information relevant to client meetings.
• Worked with the tech team in stabilizing the Database and providing Production Support for the user community.
• Assisted in developing proposals to management on project time frames and resources needed.
• Provided guidance to development staff in trouble-shooting application data problems and in debugging software.
• Communicated with all levels of the organization to gain a comprehensive view of exact user needs.
• Constructed application prototypes for user review and acceptance.
• Met with business owners and analysts functional to review project requirements and develop and/or refine the total scope of the project.

Confidential

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

• Implementation of HRMS/Financials.
• Led efforts to successfully merge acquiring business operations, which required integrating a 6.0 HRMS system into a 7.5 HRMS system. The resulting combined operations doubled the size of the company.
• Set up all current benefit plans for new Company, so continuation of those plans can occur throughout the end of the year.
• Conducted High Level Fit/Gap analysis for HR, Benefits Administration.
• Provided functional analysis to various end-users.
• Involved in designing benefit programs.
• Provided technical/functional support to HR Systems end users.
• Project managing medium to large systems projects KRONOS .
• Developed reports to meet end-user need.
• Assisted the client in planning, resource allocation, and design and test strategies for the projects.
• Worked on Business Process Design and requirements associated with PeopleSoft.

Confidential

Programmer/Developer

• Implementation of HRMS.
• Worked as a Technical/Functional Consultant in PeopleSoft HRMS modules.
• Gathered HR program business requirements Developed SQR processes and reports for HR, Benefits and Payroll.
• Gathered user-requirements and developed technical documentation and testing strategy.
• Involved in interfaces and conversion programs to get data from third party applications.
• Analyzed, designed and developed various SQR's like Garnishment Reports, General Deductions Report, Termination Report, Severance Report, New Hire Report, Quarter to Date Labor Hours Report and Employee Benefits Report.
• Provided technical support to users, diagnose, analyze and recommend solutions to software problems assist team members and give walk-through of developments.

Confidential

Sr. Programmer/Developer

• Implementation of HRMS/Financials.
• Was an active member of the conversion team, checked for data integrity on the legacy system and validated all data that was imported into the Database.
• Involved in testing the PeopleSoft system.
• Responsible for application support and new requests from HRMS, Benefits Payroll.
• Designed and Developed Interface programs necessary to move data from Legacy System into Css HRizon tables using SQR as the primary tool.
• Developed reports using SQR against benefits tables, human resource tables Payroll.
• Worked with the conversion of Financials from the Legacy System to Oracle Apps.