M. Kumar Sr. SAP HCM Functional Consultant

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Professional Summary

** ***** ** ********** ** delivering enterprise scale solutions in SAP HCM for renowned organizations for the Business growth. I have an extensive Consulting Experience, having been involved in numerous Global projects covering many industry and service sectors. Has extensive experience in working using the Offshore-Onsite model. Broad experience in Functional configuration of Personal Administration (PA), Organizational Management (OM), Payroll (PY), Positive & Negative Time Management (PT/TM). Sub Modules of SAP HR/HCM. Expertise in Integration of various Time and Payroll sub modules like PA-OM and TM-PY. Good working knowledge of ESS/MSS (SAP Portal), interfaces,Benefits and Travel Management.

Functional Experience:

Thorough knowledge of the different stages of a project and a well-developed aptitude for meeting deadlines, recognizing potential bottlenecks and taking the required corrective action.

Excellent communication, interpersonal skills with strong analytical ability and problem solving capability.

Able to resolve conflicts and negotiate win- win outcomes.

SAP HCM Skills

Strong knowledge in the configuration of quotas: entitlement (earned and accrued), deductions, payouts and quota compensation

Involved in the multi-country Full life-cycle implementations of US-Payroll, CA-Payroll, SG-Payroll, MY-Payroll and Time Management

Strong knowledge of Time Manager’s Workplace, Familiarity with interfaces from external time collection systems such as Kronos, TKD, e-OT, e-Leave PeopleSoft(People First) KABA, Time Soft, AMS, LMS & Mobile Apps

Strong knowledge on Positive Time Management (Employee has to "Clock-in and Clock-out" each day. Strong knowledge in the configuration of work schedules, absence/attendance types, wage type generation, substitutions and Cross Application Time Sheets (CATS) and Shift Planning ( Roster Setups)

Worked extensively with Master Data, Wage types and their valuation, Payroll Data, Retroactive Accounting, Payments and Deductions, Taxes, Garnishments, Benefits Integration and Posting Payroll Results to FI

Worked with custom rules, schemas for SAP Payroll & Time to fulfill business requirements

Worked with the US Payroll schema's and sub- schema's U000, UTX0 and UT00 payroll driver RPCALCU0 and posting payroll results to accounting.

Involved in Integration testing, payroll Parallel Testing

Experience in configuring in Garnishment, Posting, US Payroll schemas sub-schemas, Personnel Calculation Rules, Off-cycle Payroll, Retro Calculation, month end Accruals, Process Models, overpayments and claims, Tax, 940, 941, SUI, W2 and Year End Activities

Expertise in integration process in SAP/BSI interfacing to calculate Net Payroll

Technical & Professional Skills

Knowledge

Description

SAP System/Version

4.6c, EHP5, EHP6, NWBC

ECC 7.2, 6.0 and 4.7 Enterprise

Technical - Data Load Tools

Workflow

ESS/MSS

User Exit

LSMW

Non-SAP - Operating System

Microsoft Office Inclusive MPP & Visio Drawing

Windows 10, 8, 7,Vista,XP,2003 & 2000

Non-SAP – 3rd Party Devices

KABA & Kronos Interfaces

Professional Experience – Project Details

Vectra Infosys Inc - Feb 2016 to Current

Role : Senior SAP HCM Payroll Consultant

Modules : Payroll & Time Management

Client Profile :

Beacon Systems specializes in engaging Platinum level SAP consultants to assist clients in their SAP implementations, enhancements, upgrades and production support needs.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Payroll Administration

Configured system for credit reduction States to print form 940 Schedule A and updated rates & Upgraded BSI TF to 10.0d and applied bulletins

Configure BSI TF 10.0d and SAP system for Nexus Reciprocity States and override taxes in IT0234, Fixed BSI TF 10.0d message 4101– cannot process duplicate resident State FED in tax model &

Maintained unemployment state rates to BSI TF 10.od and as well in SAP system

Fixed GL expense account 8362 for GL posting to Finance

Reviewed, verified HR Tubs &BSI TF10 regulatory bulletins up to 45 & make sure they are in sync

Wrote rule to avoid double deduction in ER contribution in off-cycle payroll for HSA plan for EE who are on Short Term Disability, ER deduction should take place only in regular payroll run

Developed Functional Design document to delimit IT0014 after overpaid bonus amount is recovered & Configured system for auto recovery of overpayments and delimiting IT0014-WT4570

Provided functional support on a 24/7 basis for critical SAP applications including Tax, Garnishments and other deductions

Time Management - Positive

Implementation of Time Management Module according to Client requirements for Fulltime & Contract Employees

Worked on Customized Time Schema by copying the Standard Schema TM04, for Global Implementation by using Standard & Customized PCRS, relative functions, inclusive of Quota Generation

Worked on Absence Management & Worked on Inbound & Outbound Interfaces

Encora Inc. - Feb 2015 to Jan 2016

Role : Senior SAP HCM Payroll Consultant

Modules : Payroll, Time Management, ESS/MSS & Benefits

Client Profile :

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has charted steady growth for the past 80 years to establish itself as a leading bank in Singapore having territories in Western Europe and North America

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Payroll Administration

Maintained wage types for Basic Pay and various Garnishments, and Deductions

Manage year end processes and tax obligations including IRS Form W2 Reporting for individual employees, IRS Form 1042 Reporting, and IRS Form 1099Misc Reporting.

Coordinate internal and external payroll audits, Analyze audit results and recommend improvement to policy, practice, and/or procedure as a result of audit findings.

Evaluate benefit plans including 401k and Deferred Comp to ensure compliance with established company accounting procedures and reliable accounting practices. Defined payment models for recurring payments of phone reimbursement and deduction models to collect loan amount from employees

Defined Garnishment documents and orders for child support and IRS Tax levies

The WT /411 was not getting calculated, to resolve, fixed tax model with a new tax combination

Maintained constant values for State min wages and recovery percentage of over payment for 50 states

Analyzed and reconfigured various Tax Models to resolve Tax related issues

Identified Wage Types, configured symbolic accounts and linked to GL for FI posting

Resolved issue with 941 for SUI ceiling changed from $9,500 to $7,000, happened in second quarter after limit reached. Manual entries were made in tax reporter, so that WT /710 is reported as $7,000

Designed Payslip with the 3rd Payroll Interface System

Adjusted taxable earnings for FICA taxes (Social Security & Medicare) to adjust Payroll results

Used Tax Reporter for Quarterly & Annual filing of 941, 940 & W-2 & created federal/local reports

Adjusted Payroll results with IT221 and subtype, ADJT, YAWA(with tax) & YANA(w/o tax)

Adjusted retroactive Payroll results thru Year End Adjustment Workbench for prior quarter & Provided production support and supported Year End activities to include W2, W2C

Time Management & ESS/MSS

The solution is built on a global platform customized for country-specific legal compliance and SAP best practices

Designed SAP Cross Applications Time Sheet (CATS)

Worked on Customized Time Schema by copying the Standard Schema TM04, for Global Implementation by using Standard & Customized PCRS, relative functions, inclusive of Quota

Global Implementation of SAP HR module and deployment of ESS/MSS using NWBC

Interface Time data from Kronos Clocks into SAP HR using SAP PI

Implementation of Time Recording and Approval application on Portal

Implementation and enhancements of Time Schemas to accommodate business process

Benefits

Configured the benefit module by setting up of benefit plans such as health plans, insurance plans and savings plans.

Defined benefit areas, benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans.

Maintained features-BENGR, BSTAT, ELIGR and TRMTY for enrollment maintenance and termination.

Defined and maintained dependents and beneficiaries, benefits plan types and status.

Defined benefit event groups, events and permitted changes for events.

Created wage types for all benefits plans to enable benefit-payroll integration.

Defined health plans general data, dependent coverage options, flexible benefit plan, and general cost variant, dependent coverage options and cost rules.

Rolling Arrays Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore - July 2012 to Jan 2015

Role : Senior SAP HCM Payroll Consultant

Modules : Payroll, Time Management, ESS/MSS, PA & OM

Client Profile :

Al-Futtaim's acquisition of RCL, world-renowned for its department and specialty stores such as Toys "R" Us, Robinsons, John Little, Marks & Spencer, Principles, Trucco, River Island and Fat Face in Singapore & Malaysia.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Maintained Taxability models, Tax authority, and Tax combinations

Maintaining the different schemas and personnel calculation rules required by the payroll driver RPCALCU0.

Handled Third party postings related to Off Cycle Payroll run.

Analyzed and defined 2 Period modifiers, 2 Date modifiers and generated 5 years Payroll periods

Configured payroll procedures by defining the parameters of payroll module- payroll periods, period modifiers, date modifiers, defined deduction frequencies, payment models, limits on deduction and deduction base wage types.

Complete benefits analysis, payroll reconciliation, report preparation, review and evaluate specific deductions/benefits and assist in the maintenance of general or subsidiary ledgers.

Implementation of Positive Time Management Module according to Client requirements for Fulltime, Part-time, Hourly Backend Staff & Frontend Staff. Used a Third Party Device KABA (German Software) – Time attendance device interfaced to SAP

Worked on Customized Time Schema for Global Implementation and PCRS, relative functions, inclusive of Quota Generation

Implemented Public Holiday Leave Scheme & Roaster Planning by Portal

Designed SAP Cross Applications Time Sheet (CATS)

Role : SAP HCM Consultant

Modules : Time Management – Mobile Apps

Client Profile :

SMOE Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, is a recognized leader in the engineering, construction, oil and gas industry.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Implementation of Leave Management System in SAP via Portal & Mobile Apps

OT Approval and Leave application by Mobile Apps

Role : SAP HCM Consultant

Modules : Payroll & Time Management

Client Profile :

The KTC Group is one of Singapore’s A1 Civil Engineering enterprises having the distinction of contributing to several iconic infrastructure and construction projects.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Implementation of an Interface Program AMS according to Client requirements for Bargainable & Non Bargainable staff

Implementation of Positive Time Management Module integrated to FLEET SYTEM and OVERTIME generation and Payment setting up various logics in V_T510S table

Proficient in Balancing Functions using an Automated Time & Attendance System & Manual Timecards

Employee Maintenance within Regulations of Wage and Overtime Law

Travel and expense report generation through ESS portal. Traveler or request raiser enters the trip in the ESS Portal which goes to approver (Manger) for Approval. After the approval, Traveler or request raiser will create the expense report and upload the receipts and submit for verifiers

Customized the Standard Singapore Country Grouping Payroll

Maintain iViews, Worksets, Pages, Portal Roles, and assign them to Users.

Implementation of Various Payroll Applications; GL Interface and Payroll Import Procedures

Maintenance of Payroll Related G/L Reconciliation and Journal Entries

Role : SAP HCM Consultant - Rapid Deployment Solutions

Modules : Payroll

Client Profile :

CYS Global Remit Pte Ltd is a foreign exchange and remittance specialist. They have been licensed by the Singapore Central Bank - Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) since 1989 to be in the remittance business.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Worked on CPF, SDF and CDAC (Chinese Development Assistance Council)., Additional Wage types

Tax Capping based on the Age., CPF for Locals and Non Locals

Advance Payments/Festival Advance for Chinese New Year – Setup as AWS

National Reserve Service – Configuration settings

Standard Payroll Setup as Singapore Country Grouping

Role : SAP HR Consultant

Modules : Time Management

Client Profile :

STMicroelectronics is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies with net revenues of US$ 9.73 billion in 2011. ST serves customers across the spectrum of electronics applications with innovative semiconductor solutions with a strong presence in in Philippines & Singapore

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Implementation of Positive Time Management Module according to Client requirements

Work with all levels of management and staff for process and change management

Worked on rules for variants as per the company’s requirement & Configured table T555Y, T555Z and T510S

Configured the Absence Quota generation through both RPTQTA00 and time evaluation schema

Hands-on experience in Time Management (TM) module; configured and maintained the following areas - Work Schedule, Personnel Time Events, Shift Planning, Time Evaluation, Time Recording like Substitutions, Absences, Absence Counting, Absence Quotas, Leave Entitlement, Overtime, Counting Rules (T556c)., Deduction Rules and Reports

RCBN - ObTech Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, PFCE, Malaysia - Nov 2011 to Jun 2012

Role : SAP Consultant

Modules : Payroll, Time Management, Personnel Administration &

Organizational Management

Client Profile :

PFC Engineering (PFCE) focuses on the workings of the plant, excellent engineering skills and a wide range of services.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Conducted Blue Print workshop for Project and Preparation of Business Blueprint according to Client requirements

Defined employee subgroup and personnel sub area groups for the primary wage type and defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG in basic pay

Set up wage type catalog – create wage types, assign to wage type groups, processing class. Responsible for creating Public Holiday Calendar, Daily Work Schedule, Period Work Schedule along with Rules

Configured the features TMSTA,SCHKZ & defining Payroll area by using Feature ABKRS

Configured 2 Mechanisms of time recording as available

1. Positive time recording: Actual times are recorded this method completely records all

actual times, that is, all transactions such as actual working times, absences, and so on

2. Negative time recording: Deviations from a work schedule are recorded

Maintained the infotypes for data recording: Planned Working Time (0007), Time recording infotype (0050) & infotypes like Planned working Time (0007), Absences (2001), Attendances (2002), Absence Quotas (2006), Attendance Quotas (2007) Etc.

Customized schemas, sub-schemas and rules for Time Management (Positive and Negative), Payroll data processing

Used time evaluation driver RPTIME00 to form time wage types and time balances on a daily basis Configuration of overtime, using Schema’s (TM04 and TW15), PCR’S (To01, To02)

Configured payroll related data for third party payments

Defined and generated features such as LGMST for default wage types PINCH for default administrator, TARIF for default for pay scale data

Worked with arrears processing, set priorities for arrears, maintain arrears, percentage deductions for retro calculation and recovery of arrears

Changing the Retro accounting, Net calculation and payment assignment for concurrent employee

MJ Technologies, Johnson Matthey (USA), Malaysia - Aug 2010 to Oct 2011

Role : SAP HR Consultant

Modules : Payroll, Time Management, Personnel Administration &

Organizational Management

Client Profile :

Johnson Matthey is a specialty chemicals company focused on its core skills in catalysis, precious metals, fine chemicals and process technology.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Plan and execute for various project phases including feasibility, scope analysis, requirements gathering, configuration, testing, data conversion, training, cutover and support

Defined employee groups, subgroups, personnel area and personnel sub area based on employee type

Integrated Time Evaluation data and wage types into payroll processing

Defined Pay scale structure by defining pay scale types, areas and levels

Customized schemas, sub-schemas and rules for payroll data processing

Defined and assigned Date Modifiers, Period Modifiers and Generated Payroll periods

Worked in payroll averages, retroactive accounting, wage type valuation, Absence valuation factoring and accruals

Configured and maintained Time Infotypes IT2001, IT2002, IT2003, IT2011 & IT2013

Configured IMG Settings (Work Schedules, Absences, Attendances and Quotas) required for time management Infotypes

Defined set base entitlement, Deduction rules, counting rules

Configured Time Quota Generation

Worked on payroll periods and paydates. Created wage type catalogs and defined permissibility characteristics for each wage type. Defined wage type models and default wage types

Defined the deduction rules, rounding rules and counting rules for the absence and attendance quota types. Involved in creation of public holiday/factory calendar, work schedule/ planned work schedule. Worked on the configuration and implementation of the FMLA Workbench

Handled absence valuations, time wage type valuations, factoring and averaging issues

Maintained the Feature SCHKZ, TMSTA & QUOMO

Naizak E – Services, Bahrain - Dec 2008 to July 2010

Role : SAP HR Support Consultant

Modules : Personnel Administration& Organizational Management

Client Profile :

Naizak E – Services, Naizak is an IT solutions integrator that caters to the specific uptime and robustness requirements of industry clients throughout the Middle East.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Personnel Administration Customization:

Creation of enterprise structure to fit the company needs including personnel area, personnel sub-area, employee group and employee sub-group

Customizing the personnel actions as per Global Templates. (E.g. Hiring, Leave of Absence, Rehiring, Promotion etc.)

Maintaining the employee master data by using PA30 and PA40. Maintained personal data, organizational data, basic settings PA40 for hiring of employees and responsible for hiring actions, creating new personal actions, personal data org- assignment, planned working time and basic pay

Enhanced SAP standard Infotypes to meet user needs

Date types for date monitoring, date specifications, Infotypes for hire date, service dates and termination date

Organization Management Customization:

Creation and maintain objects like organizational units, jobs, positions, persons, work centers, and integrated all of these into the enterprises organizational plan using expert mode and simple maintenance

Creation of relationships among all the organizational units

Creating tasks and assigning to jobs and positions

Creation of organization units as per client requirement

Acculogix - Dozo Technologies, India - Jan 2008 to Nov 2008

Role : SAP HR Consultant

Modules : Time Management

Client Profile :

Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) is one of India's leading natural gas distribution companies.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Supporting internal SAP system as well as other HR systems interfacing with SAP to legacy system

Involved in resolving the Tickets created by Users while they are running payroll system

Working closely with Time Keepers & Payroll team and assisting during the regular Time Keeping Periods & Payroll runs, helped with off-cycle payroll runs and miscellaneous payments

Perform functional design for new enhancements to existing projects

Prepared Administrator user support documentation and provided training to end users

Design and document functional and integration test scripts, run tests and document test results during functional testing phase of SAP R/3 4.5B implementation project, as well as for conversion to SAP R/3 4.6C

Defined set base entitlement, Deduction rules, counting rules

Created wage type for over time and defined generation rules

Configuration, Quality Assurance Testing, and Documentation of the Time Management module

Integrated Time Evaluation data and wage types into payroll processing

Involved in Configuration of organizational Management, Personnel Administration and assisted in configuration of Positive Time Management

Making solution proposals with client side Business Heads and Configuration team. Configured and Set up Enterprise Structure, Personnel Structure to fit company needs

Maintained and set up Default Number Ranges using Feature NUMKR

NIIT Technologies, India - Jul 2006 to Dec 2007

Role : SAP HR Trainee Consultant

Modules : Organizational Management & Personnel Administration

Client Profile :

NIIT Technologies services clients in travel and transportation, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and media verticals.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Utilized feature PLOGI to integrate organizational management with personnel administration in order to automatically transfer data between modules

Incorporated with personnel administration using the reports RHINTE00, RHINTE10, RHINTE30, and RHINTE20

Created a new Enterprise Structure according to the business requirements

Maintained new Personnel Structure from the Administrative and Organizational Perspective

Performed various personnel actions, specifically, hiring employees, performing organizational reassignment, change in pay

Configured Personnel Area Groupings and Employee Groupings. Assigned Personnel Area to Company Code

Configuration of Employee/Personnel Groupings for Personnel Calculation Rule

Developed Infotypes for Disciplinary actions; Sports information of the Employee

Configured Personnel Administration and Payroll Accounts for applicants to manage the master and time data

Go live and post implementation support

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