Padmaja Battani

630-***-****

E-mail: abhvz8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

She has about 14 years of experience in the analysis, design and

development of business and financial applications in the ERP/client server

environments. Over 10 years of functional/technical experience in

PeopleSoft 7.5/8.0/8.4/8.9/9.0 HCM, Payroll, Ben Admin, Workforce Admin, e-

Recruit, TAM/CGW, e-Benefits, Time & Labor modules. Has extensive

experience in performing business process analysis, requirement management

and mapping, fit/gap analysis, gathering requirements, integration, UAT

testing and training. Comprehensive knowledge with SQRs, Crystal Reports,

and nVision reports.

Technical Skills

Platforms IBM PC, HP 3000, Pentium, IBM Main Frame

Operating Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP and UNIX

Systems

Languages SQL, SQR, PL/SQL, PeopleCode, COBOL, C, C++ and HTML

GUI Visual Basic, T-SQL

RDBMS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 and MS Access

People Tools Application Designer, Application Engine, People

Code, Data Mover, Import Manager, Mass Change,

E-applications, Object Security, Process Scheduler

Manager, Security Administrator, Tree Manager, Work

Flow, Query and nVision.

Reports SQR and Crystal Reports 10

Others MS Office, Visio, MS Project, Win Runner, Ultra

Edit, Visual InterDev and Macromedia Dream Weaver,

Toad 8.5

Experience Summary

EDC, ON Aug 09 - Present

Lead Peoplesoft Business Analyst

. Work with the business users to gather requirements for the Peoplesoft

Benefits and HR Enhancement Projects. Review and analyze the business

needs for developing the Business Requirement Specifications.

. Create functional design documents for configuring Peoplesoft

benefits, workforce admin, recruiting and payroll set up tables

. Configure and set up core benefit tables and payroll tables as per

business requirements.

. Conduct fit-gap analysis and document the analysis for Benefit report

enhancements.

. Design data conversion strategies and develop data mapping

specifications for the use of technical team. Validate data

conversions and ensure data integrity.

. Create test plans, documentation and conduct testing process. Review

test plans, procedures and test cases to ensure that products being

tested meet functional requirements.

. Provide core support for Peoplesoft to HR functions including Manager

Self-Service, Employee Self-Service and Attendance Taking. Train

business users on Peoplesoft process and functionality, develop

training documents.

Environment: Peoplesoft 8.8 /9.0, People Tools 8.48, e-Recruit, TAM & CGW,

Workforce Admin, Ben Admin, Excel to CI, Oracle 9i, TOAD, Crystal Reports,

SQL

Integrys, WI Jan 08 - Jul 09

Sr Peoplesoft Functional Consultant

. Responsible for fit gap analysis, functional design, development and

implementation of HCM, Payroll, eRecruit, Talent Acquisition

Management (TAM), ePay and Benefit Administration modules for the

Peoplesoft ERP consolidation and upgrade project (Version 9).

. Work extensively with the business users to gather requirements.

Reviewed and analyzed the business needs for developing the 210

documents (Requirement Assessment documents).

. Design and develop business process flows for vendor interfaces,

process applicant data, create requirement and requisitions, benefit

events and annual enrollment etc.

. Create the functional design documents for configuring pay groups,

earnings codes, special accumulators, deduction codes, health, life,

savings, leave, disability and FSA plans. Design and define functional

specifications for several benefits, workforce admin and recruiting

customizations.

. Design and configure new benefit programs, create eligibility and

event rules for benefit plan level and benefit program level usage.

. Responsible for designing data conversion strategies and developed

several data mapping specifications for the use of technical team.

Involved in validating company, pay group health, life, savings plan

conversions for the consolidated employee population.

. Design and develop New Hire interface process flowing through

Applicant Data. Define related functional specifications for

customizations on the various recruiting component.

. Responsible for designing various Interface file specifications for

payroll, recruiting, health, 401(K) and ESOP, Disease Management

vendors.

. Liaison between functional team, technical developers, users in

resolving program and functionality problems, recommending best

suitable options. Provided status to team leads and project managers

and managed associated project plans.

. Develop unit test plans, documentation and also involved in testing

process. Reviewed test plans, procedures and test cases to ensure that

products being tested meet functional requirements/design

specifications.

. Involve in conversion, system, and integrated system testing providing

support to the business users in test case scripts, execution and

documenting test evidences.

. Developed user guide documents, provided training on Peoplesoft

functionality, processes.

Environment: Peoplesoft 8.0 /8.9/9.0, People Tools 8.48, e-Recruit,

Payroll, TAM/CGW, Workforce Admin, Ben Admin, Oracle 9i, TOAD, Crystal

Reports, SQL

Freddie Mac, VA Sept 07 - Dec 07

Sr Peoplesoft Functional Consultant

. Identify and gather business needs and then translating the

requirements into highly detailed functional system specifications for

Peoplesoft HRMS upgrade from 8.0 to 8.9.

. Document functional specifications as per the business requirements

for eRecruit, TAM/ CGW, eBenefits modules.

. Act as primary liaison between customer and IT project team for the

eRecruit, eTime projects

. Develop and execute comprehensive, often technical, test plans for

assigned projects

. Identify/communicate project risks and recommend solutions managing

client expectations and scope

. Develop subject matter expertise with the applications and surrounding

business processes. Prepare eRecruit Short Bytes for Division

Controllers and Internal Applicants for the Freddie Mac University

(FMU)

. Provide business user support and work closely with the Talent

Acquisition team to ensure ongoing support and development of the

Recruiting Technologies

. Document process flows for 'to be' process (eRecruit) - Create

Position Number, Update/Inactivate Position Number, Create a Job

Opening etc

. Develop test plans and test scripts for UAT and led the business users

in all aspects of testing including documenting the test evidences.

. Design and develop training materials for employees and Managers in

Human Resources and Recruiting.

. Design detailed functional solution specifications for system

modifications, data conversions.

Environment: Peoplesoft 8.0 /8.9, People Tools 8.48, e-Recruit, TAM/CGW, e-

Performance, Ben Admn, Oracle 9i, TOAD, Crystal Reports, SQL

Johnson Controls, WI Jun 07 - Aug 07

Sr Peoplesoft HR Functional Consultant

1. Responsible for fit gap analysis, functional design and development of

Peoplesoft HCM, eRecruit, TAM (Candidate Gateway) and Benefit

Administration modules.

2. Defined and created Resume and Recruitment Templates. Designed Interview

Evaluation Templates as per the requirements

3. Designed and set up new Benefit plans, Benefit Programs, Eligibility

Rules, Events Rules and Event Classes as per the business requirements.

4. Identified and developed correction procedures for Base Benefits data

errors that would cause problems in Benefit Administration processes.

5. Designed and developed new and modified enrollment and confirmation

statements.

6. Provided knowledge transfer and training to the end users to maintain

processes and reports. Develop test plans and test scripts for UAT and

led the business users in all aspects of testing including documenting

the test evidences

Environment: Peoplesoft 8.9, People Tools 8.48, e-Applications, Oracle 10g,

Crystal Reports, SQR

Peel Region, ON June 05 - Apr 07

Peoplesoft Functional Consultant/ Lead

1. Worked with Human Resources and Payroll departments to analyze and

document the current business processes and communicate the

functionalities / features that would be required in the Peoplesoft

upgrade.

2. Involved in researching and implementing new Peoplesoft enhancements and

functionalities in the HR, Payroll, eRecruit, eBenefits and eRecruit

modules.

3. Analyzed the business needs and proposed technical solutions to meet the

objectives. Defined changes to be made to the existing system to meet the

new business functionalities. Developed, reviewed and evaluated project

strategies.

4. Responsible for requirement gathering, analyzing the specs and designing

functional/ technical specifications for the Reporting Team. Designed,

developed and reviewed several payroll, benefits and eRecruit reports.

5. Worked with the business users on the configuration/annual enrollment

process using automated benefits within Peoplesoft. Recommend solutions

for open enrollment processes. Finalized annual enrollment and

investigated any exceptions.

6. Design and develop business process flows for interfaces process

applicant data, create requirement and requisitions, benefit events and

annual enrollment etc.

7. Work on defining rating models, performance and evaluation criteria,

create review identifiers as per the business needs.

8. Liaison between functional team, technical developers, users in

resolving program and functionality problems. Provided status to team

leads and project managers and managed associated project plans.

9. As a member of Production Support Team, involved in Troubleshooting and

fixing the issues. Created and updated number of SQL Queries to

investigate and resolve trouble tickets.

10. Extensively worked on creating the specifications, user manuals for the

reporting team. Analyzed operational reporting requirements and designed

technical specifications.

11. Converted and modified PS Queries (ver 8.0) to run them in 8.8/8.9

environments. Designed and developed Ad-hoc Queries and Reports as per

user requirements.

12. Involved in gathering functional requirements for designing and

developing Time & Labor reports for the Peel Police. Worked on data

conversion/migration strategies. Developed training and communications

material for knowledge-transfer sessions.

13. Responsible for the post-project maintenance and provided applicable

user training. Also responsible for security testing for the users.

Environment: PeopleSoft 8.8/8.9, PS Query, nVision e-Applications, Success

Factors, Oracle 10g, TOAD, Crystal Reports, SQR

AON, On, Feb 04 - May 05

Peoplesoft HR Analyst

. Responsible for Functional designing and development of HR, Payroll,

ePerformance, eRecruit and eBenefits modules.

. Gathering and documenting requirements for the different HR, Payroll

functional areas and process definitions.

. Defined and created several Resume and Recruitment Templates.

Configured Peoplesoft Objects like Recruitment Template Settings page,

eRecruit Homepage, Options page, HR_RESUME_COMPS etc.

. Helped improve Benefit Production efficiency by automating business

processes

. Designed and developed ad-hoc Queries and Reports as per user

requirements.

. Responsible for analyzing the business requirements and designing

technical specifications for developing reports as per user

requirements.

. Developed functional and technical project management documents and

report customizations.

. Responsible for researching and implementing new PeopleSoft

enhancements and functionality, test case inventory, test case script

creation, integration and UAT testing.

Environment: PeopleSoft 8.x, E-applications Oracle 8.0, PL/SQL, Crystal

Reports, nVision, SQR

EDS-CIBC, Toronto Jan 03 - Jan 04

Peoplesoft Functional Analyst

. Was responsible for fit gap analysis, Functional design and developments

using HR, Payroll, Benefits, Recruit Workforce and Financial modules.

14. Responsibilities included fit-gap analysis, meeting with the users to

gather requirements, interacting with them to get their feed back,

participating in knowledge-transfer sessions and providing applicable

training.

15. Analyzed the user specifications, designed and developed a number of

reports like US - CIBC Loans by Deduction Type, US - Employee

Contributions by Deduction Type, US - Aetna Deductions, US - Payment

Information, US - Delta Deductions, US - Kaiser North Deductions for the

Finance department

16. Responsible for designing the technical specifications for the

customization of Peoplesoft Records, Pages and other Components, designed

data conversion specifications.

17. Documented report requirements, report modifications and user

specifications, test case scripts.

18. Exclusively worked on designing and developing various reports to

maintain ETSP (Employee Transition Support Program) details like Bridging

by Allocation Transit, Outplacement Report, Training Report, and

Severance Report.

19. Developed a number of procedures and SQL statements using DB2 Command

Center to create and maintain SQR, Crystal Reports.

20. Designed and developed a number of PS Queries, Ad-hoc Reports, Crystal

Reports, SQRs, Records and Views for the users.

Environment: PeopleSoft 8.x, PeopleTools, E-applications, PS/Query, IBM

DB2, Crystal Reports 9.2, Crystal Query Designer, SQR

Rogers Communications, ON Sept 01 - Dec 02

Peoplesoft Consultant

. This Project was designed and developed using PeopleSoft 7.5/8.0 to

design the PeopleSoft HR, Payroll and Benefit Systems involved in Human

Resources. Worked with the Human Resources/ Payroll departments to design

and document the business processes.

. Was responsible for Designing Benefit Information, Defining Benefit

plans, Customizing Benefit programs with the Benefit/Deduction Program

Table Group, Benefit programs for Health Plans, life and AD/D plans,

Dental Plans, Managing CORBA and Measure Cost Effectiveness, Establishing

rate and Calculation Rules.

. Responsible for Designing the Payroll System, Payroll Taxes, Setting up

Employee Payroll Data, Calculating Pay, Defining Payroll Taxes and

Customizing Payroll and Tax Reports.

. Used PeopleTools extensively, Application Designer of Ver. 7.5/8.0 to

modify existing tables and Create some new record definitions, customized

existing Panels, and developed new Panels to provide GUI to the users

with more extended functionality.

. Developed necessary functional and technical project management documents

including testing and training plans for functional team.

. Liaison between functional team, technical developers and database

administrators, users and management.

. Extensively used SQR and Crystal Reports to modify the PeopleSoft

delivered reports, and created new reports - for Direct Deposit, Federal

Credit Union Interface, etc.

. Involved in researching and implementing new PeopleSoft enhancements and

functionality.

Environment: PeopleSoft 7.5 / 8.x, PeopleTools, PeopleCode, Crystal

Reports, SQR, Application Designer, Application Engine, Security

Administrator, E-applications, PS/Query.

CIBC, ON May 00 - Sept 01

Peoplesoft Consultant

. Data conversion, Implementation, generated the flat files from tables

then used Import

Manager, SQR, and SQL Plus to insert the data into Peoplesoft

21. Responsible for the implementation of modules HR, Payroll, Base

Benefits. Participated in knowledge-transfer sessions on Peoplesoft

HR/Payroll functions and processes.

22. Developed interfaces to upload legacy data into PeopleSoft database,

post conversion data fixes.

23. Used People Tools extensively, Application Designer to modify existing

tables and create some new record definitions, customized existing

Panels.

24. PeopleCode was used to provide the business functionality and was

involved in adding new code and modifying the existing code to meet the

user requirements. Application reviewer and PeopleSoft Trace Utilities

were used to debug the applications.

25. Documented system modifications; coordinated user installations,

testing and training. Created client-specific reports using PSQuery,

Crystal Reports, and SQR.

26. Assisted in the testing/training/documentation and support of systems,

to ensure an accurate and effective system.

27. Involved in troubleshooting and researching HRMS system problems.

Environment: PeopleSoft 7.5, People Tools, PeopleCode, Crystal Reports,

SQR, Application Designer, Security Administrator, PS/Query.

Non-Peoplesoft Projects

Aug 98 - Aug 96

As a Programmer/Analyst worked on several MF COBOL and Visual Basic

Projects for the following clients:

Katsi Canada, Toronto

ADN International PTE Ltd, Singapore

SOFTECH, Singapore

SYBEX Infosis Pvt. Ltd

Environment / Tools: Windows' NT, Visual Basic (5.0/6.0) with MS SQL

Server, ADO, Crystal Reports, COBOL, Forms, ActiveX Controls, ActiveX

documents etc.

Education Masters Degree in English Literature

Postgraduate diploma in Computer Applications

Training on IBM Mainframe

Peoplesoft Benefit Administration 8.8 from Oracle University

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