Ashimiyu Remmy Durodola

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Profile Summary

Dedicated professional with several years of process improvement analysis

and management experience in various projects as a Project Manager and

Functional lead with deep skills in Business process analysis, Requirements

Gatherings, Vendor assessment, HR Data Management & Transformation, HR

Outsourcing, Project Lifecycle Management, Software Architecture and

Development Management. Managed and participated in many successful full-

life cycle implementations and upgrades of bespoke development and off the

shelf technology, leveraging functional, industry and ERP knowledge to

develop value propositions, define project scope, budgets and schedules to

balance business needs, budgets and risks. Estimated work effort,

skills/resource requirements and developed high level as well as detailed

project plans. Additionally as a Project Manager, Mentor and Career

Counselor, I ensured professional development of staff through on-going

coaching, mentoring, individual strength and development assessment,

performance reviews and internal communication.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NYU Medical Center Langone

HR Upgrade and Optimization Process Manager

09/12 - 6/13

Worked on a PeopleSoft version 9.1 HCM upgrade and optimization project as

subject matter expert and Process Manager on Core HR, Talent Acquisition

Manager, Candidate Gateway, Profile Management, Faculty Events, and

eCompensation, Base Benefits, Manager and Employee Self Service.

Facilitated the discovery session to document the current Business

processes.

Gathered business requirements, running workshops on new functionalities

and provided business processes standard suggestions and options to the

client team help develop more robust and efficient future business

processes.

Worked on gathering requirements on Employee and Manager Self Service

modules and designing the business process for clients to request a

requisition for open position, compensation, promotion and transfer of

direct reports.

Lead a team of 6 Business Analysts that turned the requirements into

functional and technical specifications as required

Helping redesign the Foundation Tables including SetIDs, Business Units,

Departments to better utilize position management, Commitment Accounting

and optimize the delivered integration with Finance

Led, reviewed, and recommended the decommissioning of the PeopleSoft 8.9

customizations in light of new functionalities in 9.1.

Led workshop for client in-house analysts to have a better understanding of

new pages, menu and navigations including the setup tables.

Helped redesign workflow to route transactions for approval processing and

to send notifications that a transaction was approved, rejected,

successful, or completed

The Cox Upgrade Project

TAM Upgrade Functional Lead

1/12 -9/12

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Led the PeopleSoft 8.9 to 9.1 Talent Acquisition Manager and Candidate

Gateway upgrade.

Facilitated preview workshop sessions to introduce and demo the new

PeopleSoft 9.1 functionalities.

Led and conducted fit/gap and design sessions.

Wrote functional specs and reviewed current customizations

Made recommendations as which ones to decommission in light of new

functionalities.

Managed the execution of functional cutover tasks with client team staff.

Worked with technical staff to troubleshoot issues with setup, installation

tables, and Integration Broker.

Developed templates for emails and notifications as requested.

Worked closely with the third party vendor to add a resume parser to

Candidate Gateway as part of the upgrade.

Developed the Configuration workbook and helped updated the Training

documentation and Job Aids

The Weather Channel Upgrade Project

TAM Upgrade Functional Lead

10/11 - 1/12

Collected business requirements and lead fit gap sessions during the

PeopleSoft 8.8 to 9.1 Upgrade.

Created functional specification documentation for technical team estimates

and development.

Worked closely with the development team to ensure customizations are built

to specifications.

Configured all corresponding setup tables.

Wrote test scripts and scenarios and co-ordinate testing cycles and teams.

Developed training materials and train recruiters, administrators and

generalists on Talent Acquisition Manager and Candidate Gateway.

Saint Paul Public School Upgrade Project

HR Upgrade Functional Lead

07/11 - 10/11

Provided functional expertise during the PeopleSoft 8.8 to 9.1 Upgrade.

Led discovery sessions to gather, analyze, review current business process,

customizations and user requirements for upgrade from 8.8 to 9.1.

Identified gaps in version 9.1 business process and recommended work-around

and solutions.

Suggested reconfiguration of Department table structures to ensure optimal

implementation of Position Management functionality.

Facilitated Business process re-engineering to eliminate major

customizations.

OSER-UW Interface Project

Business Process /Project Manager

11/10 - 07/11

Managed the Interface Project between State of WI Office of Employee

Relations' Wiscjobs system and University of Wisconsin's PeopleSoft TAM to

ensure all state mandatory statutes are followed for classified

recruitments.

Ensured on time and within budget project execution in a complex

environment where major landscape changes and software upgrade was

undertaken in parallel with implementation

Reviewed and refined client's methodology with focus on value added

activities.

Conducted Requirement gathering and Fit Gap sessions and coordinated

Workshop with UW Classified experts and OSER functional teams and technical

teams to select the most appropriate technology for real time updates in

both systems.

Provided high-level estimates on various work efforts and managed the

resource loading to ensure time and cost are within agreed plan and budget.

Managed technical resources and various cross functional team during the

implementation.

Provides clear, concise status reports on a weekly basis to all appropriate

leadership audience and raised risks, identified impact and suggested

possible solutions all in a timely manner.

UW HR Project - Release II (TAM)

TAM Manager (Accenture)

03/10 - 11/10

Provided PeopleSoft functional consulting expertise to client team to

implement the TAM/Recruiting Module across 26 different campuses.

Conducted Requirement gathering and Fit Gap sessions and coordinated

Workshop with the Process Advisory Group

Provided high-level estimates on various work efforts and assists with the

resource loading to ensure time and cost are within agreed plan and budget.

Managed technical resources and various cross functional team during the

implementation.

Provided clear, concise status reports on a weekly basis to all appropriate

leadership audience and raised risks, identified impact and suggested

possible solutions all in a timely manner

Configured Approval workflows to meet client unique needs

Helped with Customizing Recruiting/TAM functionality to meet the business

requirements by configuring the Recruiting Solutions Templates, Job

Families, Recruiting Locations, screening levels, Question and Answer Sets

UW HR Project Release 1

HR Implementation Manager (Accenture)

08/09 - 02/10

. Worked on a PeopleSoft version 9.0 HCM roll out implementation project as

subject matter expert with on Core HR

. Assisted in gathering business requirements, running workshops on

different campuses and worked with client teams focused on current

business processes, systems and documentation.

. Responsible for delivering five requirements documents and configuration

documentation for some of the customizations.

. Assisted in preparing Core HCM Configuration documentation for Setup

HRMS core Installation, Foundation and Common Definition tables in v9.0.

. Responsible for writing complex functional specification requirements

documents for online customizations, reports to HR Module and Pay plan

increases batch process for both classified and Un-Classified employees.

. Assisted the training team as a SME in developing training documentation

templates.

. Worked on gathering requirements on Employee and Manager Self Service

modules and designing the business process for clients to request a

requisition for open position, compensation, promotion and transfer of

direct reports

. Responsible for writing and collating test scripts for use in System

Testing and User Acceptance Testing.

. Participated in testing at various stages of implementation including

Unit test, System test and User Acceptance test.

. Worked collaboratively with team members to explain issues identified

and to define acceptable resolutions

Unilever

Country Deployment Work-stream Project Manager (Accenture)

12/08 - 08/09

. Led a team of 12 Application Analyst to deliver successful phased roll-

out to different countries and region

. Provided HR subject matter expertise throughout the implementation.

. Assisted CRT to define capability requirements and conceptual design.

. Review and approve functional designs from a Team Lead perspective for

custom PeopleSoft objects, reports, and interfaces.

. Provided high-level estimates on work efforts and resource loading to

ensure time and cost are within agreed plan and budget

. Managed the effort between the Development and Testing teams for

completion of the custom objects.

. Involved in the design, creation and implementation of Roles, Permission

List, User Profiles, Department trees and Query Security for various

country roll-outs.

. Defined unit and product test scenarios and scripts and manage the

Product Testing effort and issue resolution during User Acceptance

Testing.

. Facilitated knowledge transfer sessions to the Accenture Application

Management (Production Support) Team

. Coordinated deployment efforts for the PS Development and Application

Management teams

. Manages the design, build and test effort for a group (8) PeopleSoft

Modifications including Reports, Online pages and Interfaces that are

related to a specific module or country roll out.

. Mentored direct reports

Unilever-Absence Mgmt Project

Absence Management Functional Lead (Accenture)

05/08- 12/08

. Provided PeopleSoft functional consulting expertise to client team to

implement the Absence Management Module for 5 different countries each

with different requirements.

. Complete tasks in an efficient and timely manner reporting progress to

the implementation Managers and Lead Manager.

. Managed scope, and customer expectations on the implementation of Absence

Management module.

. Provides high-level estimates on various work efforts.

. Assisted with the resource loading to ensure time and cost are within

agreed plan and budget.

. Managed people and various cross functional team during the

implementation.

. Handled scope creeps through the documented Change Request management

process.

. Monitored the program/project from initiation through delivery, liaising

with client team.

. Provided clear, concise status reports on a weekly basis to all

appropriate leadership audience.

. Raised risks, identified impact and suggested possible solutions all in a

timely manner.

Project Vie-

Functional Designer/Test Lead (Accenture)

11/07- 04/08

. Reviewed requirement documents use cases, design specifications, project

plans and Technical documentation in order to prepare test plans.

. Assisted in building an automated testing strategy.

. Created Test Approach and Test plan.

. Accurately communicate test summary and fix plan to the client team.

. Analyzed requirements and suggested the optimal solution to the client

team.

. Created Functional designs for various PeopleSoft HR modifications per

specification agreed to by the client team.

. Worked with the security team in creation and implementation of Roles,

Permission List and User Profiles.

. Assisted the Development Team with the development of modifications by

answering any questions they might have regarding the design.

. Assisted other team members as appropriate and distributed the workload

evenly across the team.

Project Vie- Self Service Roll-Out Project

Techno-Functional Designer (Accenture)

08/07- 11/07

. Assisted other team members as appropriate and distributed the workload

evenly across the team

. Assisted in the fit/gap analysis to identify necessary changes and

suggested workarounds for overall current business process improvement.

. Created technical specifications for the development of custom objects

and programs, based on desired functionalities.

. Converted user requirements into technical requirements for developers,

along with working with programmers throughout the development process to

clarify requirements.

. Participated in testing at various stages of implementation including

Unit test, System test and UAT testing.

. Prepared test summary reports certifying the application for production

use.

. Followed documented quality assurance procedures to ensure that all

solutions meet company standards and end user requirements.

. Coordinated the Knowledge transfers sessions for the Application

Management team to aid in thorough production support.

Project Vie- Germany Project

Quality Assurance Analyst (Accenture)

06/07- 08/07

. Coordinated the Knowledge transfers sessions for the Application

Management team to aid in thorough production support

. Conducted unit test and ensured that the modifications are built to

specification and met all appropriate standards.

. Created test scripts based on functional designs for product testing.

. Identified and Documented defects in Quality Center.

. Liaised with the developer to resolve issues.

. Adhered to team's policies and guidelines.

. Accurately communicated status to the team lead on a regular basis.

. Completed assignments on schedule within budget with high quality.

HCM 8.9 Upgrade Project

Business Analyst 08/06- 04/07

THE UPGRADE PROJECT

Royal Philips North America decided to have all of their employees under

one system one version and decided to upgrade from PeopleSoft 8.8 to 8.9

. Conducted upgrade planning sessions to gather, analyze and review

business process and user requirement for upgrade from 8.8 to 8.9.

. Performed fit-gap analysis, along with researching, recommending and

implementing technology/process solutions using compare report and

release notes.

. Created technical specifications for the development of custom objects

and programs, based on desired functionalities reported and analyzed

during Joint Application Development sessions.

. Converted user requirements into technical requirements for development

engineers, along with working with engineers throughout the development

process to clarify requirements.

. Participated in the functional, integration, parallel (delayed parallel),

performance, and stress testing of the customized report functionality.

. Created test plan to include scope, test case identification, defined

expected results.

. Participated in user acceptance training and assisted in the development

of the training manual.

. Reported and researched test defects and compared processes between PS8.8

source and PS89 target databases.

. Researched QA problems and recommended solutions including program

modifications or apply PS Updates/Fixes as recommended via the customer

connection.

. Performed necessary follow up with business partners to ensure new or

modified system functionality is performing satisfactorily and the

business requirements have been met.

. Provided production support for end users of TAM and Core HCM.

PMS 8.8 IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT

Business Analyst

10/05 - 8/06

A leading medical equipment manufacturing firm was experiencing rapid

growth given the rate of acquisitions was in need of an ERP solution to

support the growth and streamline it current business processes. The

company decided to implement PeopleSoft version 8.8.

. Ensured that the user requirements business process flow charts were

thoroughly and accurately documented.

. Performed fit-gap analysis, presented options, solutions and process

flowchart for overall business process improvement.

. Conducted iterative Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions for

assigned HR Modules and attended other sessions to facilitate smooth

system integration with other modules.

. Configured setup and transaction tables and defined company default

values and processing rules for PS HCM 8.8.

. Participated in testing at various stages of implementation including

Unit test, System test and User Acceptance test.

. Worked collaboratively with team members to explain issues identified and

to define acceptable resolutions.

. Provided support to the user team in terms of best ways to use the

application to address the business needs and how to manage specific

situations and exceptions within the boundaries of the system.

. Reviewed user documentation & training materials for accuracy.

PROJECT HICE

Business Analyst

07/04 - 09/05

A French Oil/Mining company decided to move its African businesses based in

Gabon and Nigeria from a legacy system to an ERP suite. Total Africa

decided on PeopleSoft 8.8 implementation effort .The implementation

encompassed the PeopleSoft HR and Payroll functionality.

. Gathered validated and analyzed client's business requirements by

liaising with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to produce functional

specifications.

. Assisted in the fit/gap analysis to identify necessary changes and

suggested workarounds for overall current business process improvement.

. Developed specifications for data mapping and migration of data from

legacy system to PeopleSoft.

. Configured setup and transaction tables and defined company default

values and processing rules for PS HCM 8.8(recruitment, workforce admin

and competency modules).

. Assisted in design, creation and implementation of Roles, Permission

List, User Profiles, Department trees and Query Security

. Designed, developed and implemented test plans and scripts using detailed

business requirements.

. Coordinated & participated in testing at various stages of implementation

including Unit, System, Parallel and User Acceptance testing.

. Developed user training manual for the competency module.

. Liaised with development team to resolve post-production bugs and

documented status in the Issue Tracker

THE EDGE PROJECT

Quality Assurance Analyst

04/03 - 07/04

A leading Global pharmaceutical company was need of upgrading system to

better support their Sales workforce and better track the sample drug in

the market to meet FDA compliance. The company decided on implementing

Seibel CRM (Sales)

. Reviewed and analyzed system requirements for testability for the

implementation of Seibel CRM (Sales).

. Worked with the Business Analysts to clarify testing requirements.

. Designed, developed and implemented test plan and, scripts using the

detailed business requirements.

. Participated in testing at various stages of implementation including

Unit test, Functional test, Integration test, Parallel (delayed

parallel), performance/stress test, and User Acceptance test.

. Analyzed expected result and actual results to determine the resolution

required for test defects.

. Worked in a team responsible for testing the functionality of new and

enhancement to on-line batch objects in Seibel to ensure the integrity of

data before migration to production.

. Complied with the standards in the software life cycle and follows the

strategies, plans and procedures while meeting project milestones and

deadlines.

. Worked closely with QA Manager and Project Manager in managing Test

schedules, setting priorities and managing deadlines and testing issues.

. Worked closely with end users and business owners in reviewing documents

and getting Sign off on all QA testing documents.

THE CWINS Project

Information System Analyst

09/00 - 03/03

Bellsouth, a leading Telecommunications company created a center of a 400

people dedicated to care for the needs of its competitive local exchange

carrier to facilitate and expedite the FCC approval for Bellsouth to get

into the Local long distance business. Bellsouth needed to have real-time

reports to be able to identify potential pitfalls and other opportunities

for continuous improvements

. Responsible for insuring quality via testing software for business

applications, web projects, and report data validation.

. Provided initial analysis for data discrepancies, resolving within level

of expertise and authority, escalating more complex issues to the

appropriate departments.

. Created Reports to be used for monthly accessibility reports for

statistical analysis for key measurements of the entire CWINS markets.

. Ran, analyzed, and maintained report for, call volumes, service levels,

open tickets, data entry accuracy, categorization of calls,

identification of customer segments and forecast call volumes

. Updated necessary tracking and reporting systems to ensure that group

statistics can be tracked managed and measured.

. Reviewed data and query results for anomalies and identified trends,

defects and pattern in data and analyze underlying processing that causes

defects or patterns to form.

. Analyzed reports to identify opportunities for continuous improvements.

EDUCATION

B.Science. Computer Science. Southern Polytechnic State University 2002

Masters, Business Administration. Kennesaw State University 2013

(Graduating July 2013)

PeopleSoft HRMS Certified Consultant

Certification, HIT Pro

HIT Pro, Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist

HIT Pro, Implementation Manager

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