Project Functional Consultant
Resume:
Vanitha Narayana Cell : 716-***-****
Consultant - PeopleSoft HRMS Home : 972-***-****
Email: ********.**@*****.***
Background 10 years of experience in PeopleSoft HRMS. Handled various
roles as Senior Functional Consultant, Functional Consultant,
Project Lead and Functional Team Lead. My expertise is across
HRMS V.8.0 Sp 1 to V9.0
PeopleSoft . Product Customization & Development
Experience . Product Implementation
. Upgrade from V8.8 to V9.0
. Production Support
. Project Lead for a development & support project
. Multi country roll out
. Payroll Interface
. Mentor Colleagues
. Conduct Functional Trainings
Products . Core HR Modules . Payroll for North America . Base Benefits
(HRMS) . Benefits Administration . Self Services (e-Recruit,
e-Benefits, e-Compensation, e-Pay,
e-Development, e-Profile, e-Profile Manager Desktop)
Technical . Application Designer . PS Query
Skills
Exposure to Databases: . Oracle . SQL Server . DB2 .
SQL skills rating: 7 (out of 10)
Operating Systems: . Windows . Unix
Other tools: HP Open View, Bugzilla, Test Director, Microsoft
Visio, Livelink
Functional . Study the current system
Skills . AS-IS process documentation
. Fit-gap analysis
. Process Redesigning
. TO-BE process documentation
. Functional design documentation
. Co-ordination with the technical team to detail the functional
specifications
. Exhaustive & regression testing
. Identify issues(if any) during testing, capture the test
results & communicate to the
concerned
. Business users co-ordination across stages of the project life
cycle
Time Inc PS HCM V9.0 project Jun'10 - Jul'10
Environment HRMS: Core HR modules, NA Payroll, Base Benefits, Time & Labor, Self
Service Modules(eProfile, ePay, ePerformance, eCompensation, eComp
Mgr, eProfile Mgr)
Scope: Documentation of user manuals for HCM 9.0 system
Functional Consultant
. Understand the existing user manuals on HCM 8.9 system
. Interact with business users to understand the business process followed
by each of these groups
. Modify the manuals specific to each module & business user groups as per
HCM 9.0 system
. Identify deviations/bugs & report to the concerned
. Validated & ensured that the instructions provided in the manuals are
accurate as per the HCM 9.0 system
. Regular status updates communicated to the concerned
Belo Corp PS HRMS V8.8 SP1 project Apr'09 - May'10
Environment HRMS: Workforce Administration, NA Payroll, Position Management,
Base Benefits, Self Service Modules(eProfile, eCompensation,
eBenefits, ePay, ePerformance, eProfile Mgr, eComp Mgr)
Scope: Application of Maintenance Pack and HIPAA functionality
implementation
Functional Consultant
. End to end functional testing to ensure the maintenance packs, bundles &
patches applied to the system have not broken any functionality & the
system works as per the requirements
. Regular updates/follow-ups with the concerned on testing and issues
identified (if any). Captured them in the bug tracker tool
. Extensively used the livelink application for tracking the test cases,
test results, status reports and other related documentation
. Actively participated in the planning & execution of user acceptance
testing
. Grouping of test scripts based on the functionality & dependencies
. Assigned the grouped test scripts to the business users
. Supported the UAT process by assisting the users when required
. Co-ordinate between technical team & the users to resolve issues during
UAT
. Setup the required security to ensure the UAT testers have permission to
only change their password in test environment other than having their
existing access to menus & pages
. Designed a checklist of test scenarios to be used for testing the
maintenance pack project migration across environments & to the
production system
. Performed testing as per the checklist across environments after the
migration
. Research & analysis on the HIPAA 834 functionality implementation
. Co-ordination with vendors & business users for requirement gathering
. Designed the approach, process flow & configuration documents
. Performed fit gap analysis & created the functional design documentations
. Created the test scripts specific to each third party vendor
. Performed functional testing, tracked bugs in the bug tracker system
. Co-ordination with the vendors for vendor testing
. Analyse & provide solutions for the gaps identified by the vendors
. Gather approval from business users specific to each vendor files
. Successfully completed for three major vendors
. Activities in progress for the remaining three vendors who provide
services for small population of employees
Citizen's Bank PS HCM conversion to V9.0 project Jan'09 - Mar'09
Environment HRMS: Workforce Administration, Time & Labor, NA Payroll, Payroll
Interface, Recruit Workforce
Scope: Conversion of legacy system HR data to PS HCM V9.0
Functional Consultant
. Coordinate with the business user to collate the legacy system's HR data
. Compare the data element values between legacy system & PS HCM
. Analyze the possible mapping to PS system along with the implications.
Based on the outcome, map them to the appropriate PS HCM V9.0
fields/records
. Identify any issues to map the data & provide alternate solutions
. Update the mapping document for each data element with the related PS
field/record, field type, field length, any dependencies, any
customizations required to capture the data in this field etc
. Participate in regular meeting with the business users. Walk them through
the mapping document, discuss & resolve the issues
NYSE PS HRMS upgrade & multi country rollout project May'08 - Nov'08
Environment HRMS: Core HR Modules like Workforce Administration, Position
Management, Base Benefits, Time & Labor, NA Payroll, e-Recruit,
Payroll Interface, Customized Total Cash Planning Module for
Belgium, France, Netherlands, UK, AEMS UK, AEMS France, Portugal
countries
Scope: Upgrade from PS HRMS V8.8 to V9.0 and Multi country rollout
of V9.0
Lead Functional Consultant
. Reviewed team members deliverables & communicated with concerned stake
holders on the updates
. Guided the team on business processes, fit-gap analysis process,
documentation methodologies, on creating detailed test scripts and on
client specific standards
. Mentored both the technical & functional team on the functional aspects.
Scope of the training was specific to the modules being implemented in
this project.
. The project rollout was planned in multiple phases with modules split
across the phases. Initial focus was on Core HR modules, NA Payroll &
Base Benefits
. Prepared exhaustive documentation on the foundation tables' setups,
country specific setups with screenshots & detailed sample data. These
were shared with the business users as guide for the preliminary system
setups to be done for each country rollout
. Reviewed the documentation & understand the as-is processes
. Fit-gap analysis, mapping the processes to V9.0 functionalities for the
modules across countries, provided the alternate solutions for the gaps
. Analyzed the payroll interface formats provided by the payroll vendors &
their responses to the questionnaires w.r.t the files/payroll interface
processing/details on the payroll system maintained by the vendor etc
. Mapping of PS fields with details like field
name/type/length/position/record name etc to that of the payroll vendor
file formats for each country.
. Identified the potential gaps for further analysis in field mapping
exercise & provided alternate options
. Configured the V9.0 environment with country specific table setups &
security like Permission Lists, Roles, User Profiles & other security
setups for each country. Extensive testing of these setups to ensure they
are as per the requirement. This environment was to be used by the
business users across countries
. Created functional specifications for reports/interfaces/online
changes/letters/application engines/notifications/payroll interfaces
across modules/countries & coordinated with the technical team
. Prepared detailed system test scripts & tested the
customizations/developments
. Performed exhaustive fit-gap analysis, functional design documentation
specific to person model in v9.0
. Created multiple transactions, test scripts & performed thorough testing
in v9.0. Detailed documentation on transactions/record reference changes
in v9.0, shared it with the team & provided adequate hands on training
. Configured the V9.0 environment with setups specific to the legacy
systems data as part of data conversion
Option One Mortgage Corp PS HRMS & Fin Development & Support Project
Jul'07 - May'08
Environment HRMS: Core HR Modules, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration, NA
Payroll, Time & Labor
Finance: General Ledger, Payables, Asset Management, Receivables,
Billing
Scope: Development & Production Support to PS HRMS V8.3 & Production
Support to Fin 8.8 Sp1
Lead Functional Consultant
. Liaison as a contact point for all the concerned stake holders &
accountable for the team activities. Planned and tracked the team's
tasks. Ensured the deliverables assigned are completed as per the overall
project plan
. Project management tasks like team members effort tracking, generation of
management reports on time, adherence to quality processes and
requirements, emphasized on team work, all team management activities
. Successfully spearheaded the team for system documentations like SMTD &
contribution to internal COE (Centre of Excellence) with case studies
specific to the project & project learnings
. Reviewed the requirement specs, create test scripts, perform the testing,
capture test results & communicate on the status to the business users.
Also performed regression testing during Benefits OE (Open Enrollment)
cycle
. Commendations: "Feather In My Cap" award in recognition of my
contribution to Benefits OE - 2008 project for ensuring quality
deliverable of all the OE tasks as per schedule
Albertsons Inc PS HRMS Enhancements & Production Support Project
Aug'05 - Jul'07
Environment HRMS: Core HR, Base Benefits, Benefits Administration, NA Payroll,
Time & Labor, Self Services
Scope: Development & Production Support to PS HRMS V8.8
Functional Consultant
. Participated in multiple sub projects like data migration from legacy
systems, regular tax updates, year on year Benefits open enrollments,
various customizations & enhancements as an ongoing process
. Gather business requirements from business users for online
functionalities, reports, interfaces, workflows, notifications,
application engines, component interface across the modules
. Created exhaustive test scripts & performed end to end functional
testing
. Use of PS Queries & SQLs to setup test base/ to retrieve employee data
as per test requirements
. Regular updates & follow-ups with the concerned on testing and issues
identified (if any). Captured the test results in Bugzilla & HPOV
tools
. Functional analysis of production issues related to Core HR, Base
Benefits, Benefits Administration modules
. Assisted the business users for their data analysis by generating
reports. E.g. Employee list with specific job & payroll criteria,
those enrolled to benefit plans & their deduction details, changes to
employees' job information etc. This required close co-ordination with
them to gather the requirement.
. Ensured services provided are as per the SLAs defined. Contributed
towards documentation of Benefits module functionality at Albertsons
and knowledge sharing with the team members
. Client commendations:
- For my contribution to the Benefits ASRE project. This was to take
care of employees movement between different benefit plans
organization wide
- For my contribution in the wage progression go live project which
was considered as the most complicated design implemented on the
client's PS system
- Individual and team appreciation from the client for successfully
implementing the maintenance pack project on time without any
slippages and meeting tough deadlines
- 'Feather In My Cap' award given by Wipro management for my
contribution towards Maintenance Pack Project implementation and
for mentoring the project team members
Countrywide Financials PS Financials V8.8 Testing Project Nov'04 -
Jul'05
Environment Finance: General Ledger, Payables, Asset Management, Receivables,
Billing
Scope: Testing services to the client's PS Financials V8.8
Functional Consultant
Requirements documents review, test scripts creation for all interfaces,
upload the test scripts to Test Director, execute these scripts, provide
regular updates to client on test results, defects tracking in Test
Director and re test the fixed defects prior to formal closure.
Pre Sales Support For the prospective clients Sep'04 - Oct'04
Functional Consultant
. Compiled detailed questionnaires for client interviews; collated the
information about their current systems; analyzed the production
support call logs; prepared matrices like total calls per month,
average time taken for closure of calls, total no. of open calls etc;
resource planning for the client system; identify the challenges &
solutions; propose team framework with onsite offsite resource mix
using 'Application Assessment Model' tool
. Commendation: Individual Performance Award for contribution to Pre
Sales activities of prospective client
Tesco HSC PS HRMS V8.3 Implementation Jul'04 - Sep'04
Environment HRMS: Core HR Modules, Self Services Modules
Scope: Implementation of PS HRMS V8.3 core modules as part of Phase
I rollout
Functional Consultant
Understanding & study of the HR processes; business process mapping, fit-
gap analysis, provide solutions for the gaps. Facilitate discussions among
the business users to finalize on the proposed solutions; documentation of
AS-IS & TO-BE processes; regular updates on project status; training the
end users on PS business processes flow & workflow concepts; conceptualize
& design of the user manuals.
IBM Oct'03 - Jul'04
General Motors PS HRMS upgradation project Apr'04 - Jul'04
Environment HRMS: Core HR Modules, NA Payroll, Benefits, Self Services Modules
Scope: Upgrade to PS HRMS V8.8
Functional Consultant
Design & deployment of interfaces, batch programs, reports; deployment of
eComp and myAuth (full custom modules); analysis of V7.5 code to identify
gaps between the versions w.r.t the record structure, page layouts,
component references etc which impact the system; documented in the
functional & technical specifications.
Sprint Project PS Financials & SCM enhancement & support project Oct'03
- Apr'04
Environment Finance: General Ledger, Payables, Asset Management, Receivables,
Billing, sPro, ePro
Scope: PS Financials & SCM enhancement & support
Functional Consultant
Knowledge gathering of the functional/technical aspects of sPro & ePro
modules; documented in the Application Information Document, Application
Support Control Plan; ensured client approval on these documents; worked on
the tickets and enhancement requests; trained the offsite support team on
the module functionalities, customizations, coding standards used by the
client etc.
Sasken Communications Implementation & Maintenance of PS HRMS V8 Sp1
Sep'00 - Oct'03
Environment HRMS: Core HR modules, Track Global Assignment, Self Service Modules
Scope: First Go Live modules implementation of PS HRMS V8.0 Sp 1
Functional Consultant
Implementation & Maintenance Phases
Study of existing HR processes; Business process mapping; fit-gap analysis;
provide solutions for the gaps; documentation of AS-IS & TO-BE processes;
design test cases; unit testing & integration testing; PS Queries & SQLs;
participation in the data migration activities from the legacy systems to
PS; security management; conducting training sessions to end-users on PS
workflows & business processes; designed user manuals; tracking & closure
of bugs; identification & implementation of enhancements; tracking of
project milestones; regular status updates
HR Executive
Responsible for maintenance of employee data in the MIS internal system.
Regular update to employee's personal & job information; analysis of
employee data; generating of monthly/quarterly/annual reports as per
management requirements. Ensured employee database is always updated &
accurate; constant interaction with middle level managers by providing
required analysis & reporting on employee data.
Karvy Consultants Services Nov'99 - Sep'00
HR Executive
Existing sub systems study across departments; identify the gaps in the
current systems, design the centralized MIS to ensure that it captures
information pertaining to all these systems along with fixing the gaps.
Mapping them to the proposed system. Design the reports to be generated in
MIS which will help the top management in decision making.
Education MBA (MIS), BBM(Finance)
Honors Diploma in Software Engineering
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