Brenda has over twenty-five years experience in Financial Accounting, and Human Resources including Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Benefits and Project Costing. In addition she has fourteen years technical and functional experience implementing PeopleSoft HCM and FMS. She is a PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 HCM Certified Expert. She has worked for clients within the information services, banking, telecommunications, health care, manufacturing, service and higher education industries as well as U.S. Federal State and Local Government. Brenda has performed several technical and functional roles within the PeopleSoft implementation lifecycle including fit gap analysis, conversion, interface design, systems testing, application development, functional application setup and post-live production support for both HCM and FMS modules, including Benefits Administration, North American Payroll including Canadian Payroll , Payroll Interface, Base Benefits, COBRA Administration, Time and Labor, FSA Administration, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Purchasing.
| PeopleSoft Instructor Provided instruction for various PeopleSoft technical and functional courses, including Application Engine, Query, Intro to HCM, Application Security and PeopleTools I and II. Assisted with creation of courseware for several PeopleSoft applications including Commitment Accounting, Payroll for North America, Application Engine and Human Resources. Senior Consultant - Provided both technical and functional consulting services for several PeopleSoft Modules, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, Global Human Resources, NA Payroll, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration and Time and Labor. Clients included retail, financial services, public sector, education, health care and higher education. Client contract responsibilities included the following:
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Upgrade Technical Design - Global Human Resources, Payroll, Base Benefits
- Created test scripts to test the customizations and interfaces after the upgrade process. Created technical design documents for various customizations that were consolidated as a result of the upgrade and consolidation of divisions into one central payroll processing department. Designed a custom system to manage garnishment documents and payments that were outsourced to a 3rd party provider.
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 Implementation Technical Development
- Developed various interfaces using App Engine, Component Interface and SQR technology. Served as tech lead for the project to automate ESS access provisioning. Provided technical support for conversion, cutover and post-production phases. Coordinated the integration between HCM and Finance for the Financial system upgrade from 8.9 to 9.0, including integration broker, Voucher Build processes, GL Interface and creating custom code to insert new job rows for the department restructure. Assisted in the creation of the security matrix and wrote security procedures for the Security Admin team.
- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 Time and Labor Health Check Technical Review
- Reviewed the Time and Labor rules for a major retail company. Recommended ways to improve processing time by creating views for custom rules. Conducted proof of concept testing and reviewed results.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 to 9.1 Upgrade Global Core Human Resources Technical and Functional Fit Gap and Testing
- Conducted a fit gap review on the CORE HR module between versions 8.9 and 9.1 for an international manufacturing company conducting business in 63 countries. Created a complete list of customizations and reviewed against new functionality. Reviewed new product functionality and recommended the use of new features to eliminate existing customizations. Created test plans to test the retrofit of customizations that could not be accomplished with new functionality.
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- PeopleSoft FSCM 9.0 Tools 8.49 Implementation Technical Conversion and Development - G/L, A/M, A/R, Billing, e-Procurement, Purchasing, Grants, Projects
- Responsible for the conversion of A/R, Billing, e-Procurement, Purchasing and Projects modules, including the creation of Technical Design Documents, program build using Component Interfaces and App Engine programs, unit test of all programs and actual execution of conversion programs in a test environment. Created various customizations and interfaces for Billing, e-Procurement and General Ledger using Component Interfaces, App Engine programs and App Messaging. Worked with the functional SME's on the configuration of A/R, Billing, e-Procurement and Purchasing.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 Time and Labor 3rd Party Time Collection Device Integration Technical design
- Participated in information collection sessions to create an outbound interface between PeopleSoft and Kronos using flat file integration. Information included employee time reporter data and leave accrual information. Assisted in the preparation of functional and technical design documents. Reviewed the setup of the delivered app messages. Assisted in the creation of Time Collection ID's and Time Collection Group ID's as well as Message Nodes.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.3 to 9.0 Upgrade Technical and functional support Provided both functional and technical assistance to upgrade custom components from version 8.3 to 9.0. This included modifying existing SQR's, App Engines, and Crystal Reports to function with new table structures. Rebuilt custom views and tables to accommodate the new version. Applied COBOL modifications. Managed Portal Registry and Portal Security for all the custom components. Created a new application to handle comments within Time and Labor, including creating new tables, modifying existing custom tables, writing new PeopleCode and creating new programs. Reviewed upgrade scripts to determine where values were being set during conversion to fix problems. Modified the App Engine programs as necessary. Modified custom Time and Labor rules that used deprecated records. Validated existing setups in Time and Labor, Payroll, COBRA and benefits. Assist with the integration testing, and investigated problems and errors. Worked with the client to change their business processes in COBRA to accommodate the new Economic Stimulus Act.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.8 to 9.0 Upgrade to ADP Payroll Interface Technical and Functional Support
- Provided functional set up assistance for the upgrade of the Payroll interface product from version 8.8 to 9.0. Reviewed the Upgrade reports and made the various changes to the setup tables to fix invalid record/field references caused by the upgrade. Made changes to custom views that could not be built due to table structure changes in the upgrade. Created new field definitions that were required for the new file definitions. Created new interface file definitions to match the new requirements with ADP. Made various changes in App Designer to custom tables created for the client in 8.8. Built tables in database. Also wrote several custom views to accommodate client's needs. Tested payroll interface runs and made changes as needed.
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- PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM 7.5 to 9.0 Upgrade Technical Fit Gap
- Conducted Fit-Gap Needs Assessment for a major retail company. Prepared and presented new features documents and demonstrations to highlight the key changes in the North American Payroll, Time and Labor, General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable modules between version 7.5 and version 9.0. Conducted Fit-Gap sessions using developed Business Needs Assessment Questionnaires. Reviewed customizations and identified ways to increase product use and decrease customization. Presented findings in a formal Business Needs Assessment document.
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- PeopleSoft FMS 8.9 Ptools 8.47 Treasury Management, Cash Management Technical Development
- Performed modifications to APP Engine Programs and Application Packages using PeopleCode. Created the custom payment file that transmits wire transfers to the bank. Performed customizations on field lengths to accommodate the various check lengths used by different banks for account reconciliation. Executed SQL trace to determine where various fields are being populated within the Payment Cycle. Used this information to create custom code to manipulate field lengths to match the specific requirements for each bank.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 Go-Live Support -Human Resources, North American Payroll, COBRA
- Provided support for post implementation payroll issues. Developed a solution for adjusting FICA and FUTA taxable gross balances that were overstated on the first payroll run due to an incorrect benefit setup. This included creating a deduction code to be used for the adjustment, extracting the adjusting data from the system, uploading transactions into the general deduction tables and processing the adjustment. Also provided troubleshooting for various post go-live COBRA issues.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.8 Acquisition - Human Resources, Payroll Interface: Assisted with the set up and testing of new organization structures to set up an acquired company within the HR and Benefits System. This included creating new companies, business units and departments, creating new payroll interface mappings, and transferring employees to the newly created entities. Also tested the export from the HR system to the Payroll System through the Payroll Interface, ensuring the accuracy of mapping as well as new benefit calculations. Created new interface files to be sent to benefits vendors.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 Upgrade - Human Resources, North American Payroll
- Conducted functional unit testing for both US and Canadian payroll, including testing custom processes and interfaces. Assisted in the planning and execution of parallel payroll testing, including database validation testing prior to the start of parallel. Compared files from the 8.3 production system with those upgraded to the new 8.9 system using an access database. Provided assistance in debugging problems converting non-employees and retirees.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 Upgrade Human Resources Person Model Provided assistance with the set up of person types for a large University, including determining how to categorize existing EMPLID's as either employees, contractors or persons of interest. Worked with the security administrator to set up security for Person's of Interest with Job records.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 Implementation - Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits Administration
- Coordinated the conversion of mid-year payroll balances, ensuring that one W-2 could be printed from the new PeopleSoft system. Loaded payroll balance files and validated data loads against legacy system data. Reconciled earnings, deductions and taxes against current payroll system. Created Component interfaces to enter new hires into the system. Validated the setup of Payroll and Benefits Administration. Assisted in troubleshooting issues with time data interface, general ledger interface, payroll processing and benefits administration processing.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 Implementation Technical Development Human Resources, Payroll
- Created a reusable conversion template for Work Force Administration using the Person Model, Payroll and Time and Labor. This included creating a detailed conversion process guide that included table structures, table-loading sequences, and detailed run instructions. Provided technical specs for the coding of custom App Engine programs to load customer data. Configured delivered Component Interfaces to load several tables. Tested conversion programs, including creating test files, debugging App Engine programs and writing new App Engine programs using file layout.
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| Senior Consultant - Provided both technical and functional consulting for the PeopleSoft division of CSC. Clients included manufacturing, local government, financial institutions and higher education. Performed the following assignments:
- PeopleSoft HCM 8.3 Implementation Technical Development
- Designed, built and tested an employee self-service scheduling application that interfaced with HR. Built pages, configured message agent and workflow.Confidential
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- PeopleSoft HCM 7.5 Upgrade Technical Payroll testing support
- Performed parallel payroll testing for an institution of higher learning. Wrote SQR's to compare results from prior PeopleSoft version to the new upgraded version.
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- PeopleSoft HCM and FMS 7.5 Technical Production Support
- Held the role of technical lead responsible for testing and implementing tax updates for Payroll and Open Enrollment for Benefits Administration. Responsible for applying and testing maintenance bundles for the PeopleSoft Financial Suite, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing and Asset Management. Wrote SQR to validate test results against current results. Analyzed delivered changes to COBOL, applied changes to customized code, and tested results.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 7.5 Technical Production Support
- Applications Architect for post-live production environment. Designed and implemented testing, and database strategies for Payroll tax updates. Created and executed a disaster recovery plan for Payroll. Provided technical support to retrofit customized COBOL programs affected by Tax Updates and fixes.
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- PeopleSoft HCM and FMS 7.5 Implementation - Technical Conversion
- Technical conversion lead for an implementation. Wrote the conversion programs required to convert Payroll, HR, Benefits, General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable data using SQR. Executed a successful conversion. Assisted in the functional set up of Benefits Administration.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 7.0 Upgrade Technical Testing Support
- Technical resource for conversion and parallel testing. Coordinated the update of inbound and outbound interfaces, including scheduling and data mapping. Provided technical and functional support for parallel testing, including writing SQR to compare results as well as track issues, and assist in issue resolution. Created and executed test cases using Mercury tools WinRunner and LoadRunner
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- PeopleSoft HCM 6.0 - Human Resources, Payroll Interface
- Member of the functional design team. Performed a fit/gap analysis for an implementation from an in-house system to PeopleSoft Version 6.0. Identified business processes that could be enhanced and defined customizations required to meet business process needs. Conducted design labs to determine foundation table values.
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- PeopleSoft HCM 5.12 Implementation - Human Resources, COBRA Processing, Benefits Administration
- Designed, configured, tested, and implemented the COBRA processing module. Created and executed test cases for user acceptance testing. Assisted with the set up of Benefits Administration, troubleshooting problems that the client was experiencing in processing due to incorrect setup.
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Responsible for the maintenance and support of the Payroll Accounting System using the SAP product including the setup of GL Accounts and fund accounting allocation. Prepared Federal, State and Local Tax reports using Tax Reporter. Wrote custom reports using Wage Type Reporter, Ad-Hoc Query and the Payroll Reconciliation Report.
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