Harvey Popik

ac1a87@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Mr. Popik has over twenty-five (25+) years of functional HRMS/HCM, Payroll Project experience. He also has over twelve (12+) years of PeopleSoft experience in the implementation and upgrading of PeopleSoft releases 5 through 9.2 in both commercial and public sector versions. Harvey has extensive experience as a Functional Lead Analyst, Project Lead and Project Manager for 10+years. His key area of strength is HRMS/HCM and Payroll (U.S. & Canada). Harvey is also experienced with Federal, Multi State and Canadian Provincial Taxes.

Harvey has extensive business process reengineering and change management experience in the Payroll, Base Benefits, and Human Resources areas to improve system operations. In his most recent experience, Harvey has successfully completed Full Life Cycle Implementation and upgrade projects in PeopleSoft Version 9.2 and has worked on a re-implementation, upgrade to PeopleSoft HCM, Time and Labor, Payroll Version 9.2. Mr. Popik is also experienced and knowledgeable in testing for both Implementations and upgrades and has used Test Director..Harvey has implementation experience doing a conversion from ADP System to PeopleSoft Payroll System,

Harvey’s activities of specialization include Project Management, fit gap analysis, business process reengineering necessary to eliminate customizations, functional specification development, setup/configuration of system tables for HCM (Payroll, Base Benefits, Workforce Admin), training, testing and implementation. He has experience working in variety of industries including: manufacturing, banking and financial services, both public and higher education, City and provincial governments, energy, hospitals, airlines and retailing.

Skills Summary

PeopleSoft

HRMS / HCM

Payroll

Manager Self Service

HR – Workforce Admin

Position Management

Base Benefits

Employee Self Service

e-Pay

E-Profile

Additional Skills

Best Practices

Fit Gap Analysis

Implementation

Business Requirement Gathering

Business Process Reengineering

Setup / Configuration

Testing & Quality Assurance

Upgrade

Business Analyst

Project Manager

Consulting Experience

PeopleSoft HCM, Payroll, Benefits Project Manager Version 9.1 Implementation and upgrade to Version to 9.2 (new features available in PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 (pivot grids, activity guides).

International Transmission Corporation, Novi, Michigan

Current assignment

January 2013 - Current Date (Retired as company was recently acquired by another company for $13 billion.

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Led business process re- engineering for the implementation of the Version 9.1 HCM, Base Benefits, Payroll System and the upgrade to Version 9.2

Led the Requirements Definition for HCM, Payroll and Benefits for Entergy, the new Company being acquired. The basic HCM Workforce Administration module and Position management module plus Payroll, Benefits were included. Also Unions were added to the company.

Led the fit Gap analysis for HCM, Payroll and Benefits for the upgrade to Version 9.2.

Led the preparation of functional specifications for HCM, Payroll and Benefits.

Led the Configuration of HCM, Payroll and Benefit tables .

Prepared the Testing plan and led the preparation of Test Scripts for HCM, Payroll and Benefits.

Led the user acceptance testing for the implementation and upgrade to Version 9.2

Go live occurred and was successful.

Led the implementation of the Company Directory at ITC for Version 9.2

PeopleSoft HCM, Benefits, Payroll Project manager Version 9.1 Implementation for 35,000 Employees

Capital One Bank, Richmond, Virginia

January 2012- December 2012

.Conversion From ADP System Payroll to in house PeopleSoft Version 9.1 HCM Payroll implementation and operation

Led business process re- engineering for the implementation of the Version 9.1 HCM / Payroll System.

Led the development and documentation of training manuals for: Human Resources, Payroll System.

Led the training of end users in System operation of HCM,,Payroll Version 9.1 System.

Led the development of HCM, Payroll test material for use in user system acceptance testing.

Lead in quality assurance activities of the new PeopleSoft HCM,, Payroll 9.1 System.

Led and liaised with functional users and technical staff during system testing on a team of 25 business Analyst and technical developers.

PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Project Manager Version 9.1 Upgrade

Kelly Services, Troy, Michigan

July, 2011 – December 2011

Lead for functional maintenance support to the PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Version 8.9.

Provided Managerial and functional support for Implementing Tax Bundle Updates to Versions 8.9 and 9.1

Participated as a Project manager in a Proof of Concept test with ORACLE Corp to duplicate Kelly’s existing PeopleSoft Payroll on proposed new ORACLE hardware and compare the time differences between the two hardware configurations.

Led Post go live Maintenance and support for HCM Payroll 9.1 operations for after go live in August 2011

PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Project Lead version 9.1 Upgrade

British Columbia Government, Victoria, British Columbia

January 2011–June, 2011

Prepared a system navigation document to highlight the new HCM, Base Benefits, Payroll navigation in Version 9.1, which is significantly different than previous version 8.9

Performed business process re- engineering for the re-implementation upgrade of a Version 9.1 HCM, Base Benefits, Payroll System.

Prepared functional Specifications and implemented Employee and Manager Self Service.

Prepared functional Specifications for the new re-engineered PeopleSoft HCM, Base Benefits, Payroll Version 9.1 System.

Prepared HCM, Benefits, Payroll test scripts for use in user system acceptance testing

PeopleSoft HCM Benefits Payroll Project Lead Version 9.0

Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio

May – December, 2010

Post go live Maintenance and support for HCM Payroll operations for after go live in January 2010 System.

Implementing Leave Accrual Processing.

Reconfigured Payroll to General Ledger Interface

Developed documentation and training manuals for: Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, Position Management

PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Project Lead version 9.0

Service Corporation International, Houston, Texas

January, 2010 to April 2010

Investigated Payroll errors generated during N/A Payroll calculation and took remedial action to eliminate the

Errors

Provided Maintenance and support for N/A Payroll operations.

Developed a work plan for reducing the number of Customizations to PeopleSoft HCM N/A Payroll Version 9.0

Developed functional process definitions documentation for modifications and enhancements to N/ A

Payroll. Activities included Statutory Holiday standardization in Canada and Payroll Advices.

PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Business Analyst version 9.0 Implementation

Norquest College, Edmonton, Alberta

September, 2009 – December, 2009

Responsible for change management in Human Resources Organization Development.

Developed documentation and training manuals for:

Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, Employee Self Serve, Manager Self Serve, E- Benefits, E Pay, Position Management and E Profile

PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Project Manager version 9.0

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

April 2009 to August, 2009

Developed a work plan for reducing the number of customizations at the University of Alberta

Participated in a Security review of the University of Alberta and revised Permission Lists and Roles

Implemented Garnishment processing at the University of Alberta as delivered by PeopleSoft Version 9.0

Developed a Project Plan for the integration of PeopleSoft HCM Payroll to the PeopleSoft Accounts Payable System for payment of all related Payroll payments to vendors including Taxes, Benefit Providers and General Deduction vendors.

Developed a project plan for implementing Rapid Time Entry of Time and Labor input.

PS Enterprise HCM functional production support of PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Version 9.0

Citizens Bank in Providence, Rhode Island

January, 2009 – April, 2009

Investigated Payroll errors generated during Payroll calculation and took remedial action to eliminate the errors

Developed a work plan for reducing the number of Customizations to PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Version 9.0

Provided Maintenance and support for HCM N/A Payroll operations.

PS Enterprise HCM New implementation of PeopleSoft HCM Benefits, Payroll 9.0 System.

Lead HCM Payroll Consultant

La Petite Academy Inc, Chicago, Illinois

June, 2008 to December, 2008

.Conversion From ADP System Payroll to in house PeopleSoft Version 9.1 HCM Payroll implementation and operation

Leading an implementation of PeopleSoft HCM, Benefits, Payroll Version 9.0

Performed a requirements definition for Payroll.

Prepared a fit gap analysis between existing mainframe system and PeopleSoft 9.0 system.

Configured tables for Payroll

PS Enterprise HCM 9.0 Re-implementation Upgrade – Lead HCM, Payroll Consultant

Robert Half Inc., Pleasanton, CA

January 2008 – June 2008

Functional lead of a re-implementation upgrade to PeopleSoft HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll Version 9.0 System

Performed a requirements definition for HCM Benefits, Time and Labor and Payroll. System

Prepared a fit gap analysis between existing system and PeopleSoft 9.0 system.

Conducted demos of the new version 9.0 PeopleSoft HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll System.

Reconfigured HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor and Payroll tables for North American Payroll, both Canada and the United States.

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Payroll (North America) 8.9 Implementation – Lead

Piggly Wiggly Stores, Charleston, SC

August 2007– December 2007

Lead an implementation of PeopleSoft HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll Version 8.9 System

Performed a requirements definition for HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor and Payroll System

Prepared a fit gap analysis between existing mainframe system and PeopleSoft 8.9 system.

Configured tables for HCM Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll System

Developed test scripts for HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll

Conducted system acceptance testing

Trained users in System operation

PS Enterprise HCM/Payroll (North America) 8.9 Upgrade – Project Lead

PNM (Power New Mexico), Albuquerque, NM

March 2007– July 2007

Prepared a system navigation document to highlight the new HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll navigation in Version 8.9, which is significantly different than previous version 8.3

Performed business process re- engineering for the re-implementation upgrade of a Version 8.9 HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll and ePay System.

Prepared functional Payroll Specifications for the new re-engineered PeopleSoft HCM Benefits, Time and Labor Payroll Version 8.9 System.

Prepared HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll test scripts for use in user system acceptance testing.

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Payroll (North America) 8.9 Upgrade – Project Lead

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

June 2006– February 2007

Conducted a review and analysis of the existing PeopleSoft Version 8.3 HCM, Benefits, and Payroll system to determine scope of work for the project and identify system problems that needed to be addressed.

Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new PeopleSoft delivered functionality could be used to eliminate customizations. The review included a demonstration of the new delivered PeopleSoft HCM version 8.9 vanilla systems.

Prepared a system navigation document to highlight the new HCM, Benefits Payroll navigation in Version 8.9, which is significantly different than previous versions.

Prepared system test templates and examples of various test cases to facilitate the involvement of users in developing testing scripts for both unit and integration testing of the system. Performed testing of the system in concert with HCM, Benefits and Payroll staff to ensure the system operation and performance met or exceeded user requirements.

Conducted system integration testing and training in readiness for system implementation. Also included were interfaces to General Ledger and Benefit providers. System was successfully developed and implemented on schedule and within budget.

Participated in the implementation of the Person Model introduced with Version 8.9

Implemented Contingent employee processing at the University.

Implemented Recruit Workforce Module.

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Time and Labor, Payroll (North America) 8.9 Implementation – Lead Functional Consultant

Lennar Homes, Miami, FL

July 2005–May 2006

Participated in the requirements definition, fit gap analysis and table configuration of a PeopleSoft Version 8.9 HCM, Base Benefits, Time and Labor and Payroll implementation.

PS Enterprise HCM/Payroll (North America) 8.8 Functional Production Support – Functional Consultant

AXA Insurance, New York, NY

March 2005–June 2005

Provided functional production support for Version 8.8 HCM, Benefits, Payroll System. Axa is in the process of outsourcing their North American (United States and Canada) HCM Payroll version 8.8 system to consulting off shore to India and my role is to train the developers on the functionality of HCM, Benefits, and North American Payroll system

Trained consultants with all interfaces with Benefit Carriers and General ledger

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Payroll 8.0 Functional Production Support – Lead Functional Consultant

NEC Solutions, San Jose, CA

November 2004–February 2005

Conducted initiatives and prepared responses to Request for Proposals.

Provided functional production support to the Version 8 HCM Base Benefits, Payroll modules for NEC Electronics.

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Payroll 8.8 Functional Production Support – Functional Consultant

Imperial Chemical Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ

April 2004–June 2004

Performed a fit gap analysis of the existing HCM, Benefits and North American Payroll systems to confirm system requirements. Prepared system test templates and examples of various test cases to facilitate the involvement of users in developing test scripts for both unit and integration testing of the system.

Performed testing of the system in concert with HRMS, Base Benefits and Payroll staff to ensure the system operation and performance met or exceeded user requirements.

Conducted system integration testing and assisted in preparation of training material in readiness for the PeopleSoft Version 8.8 implementation. The system configuration was Global HCM Base Benefits and North American Payroll. Countries involved in the upgrade were England, France, Holland, Japan, South East Asia, Germany, United States and Canada.

PS Enterprise HCM 8.8 North American/Payroll (both United States and Canada) – Lead Consultant

Wild Oats, Inc., Boulder, CO

June 2003–February 2004

Conducted a review and analysis of the existing HCM, Benefits, and Payroll system to determine scope of work for the project and identify system problems that needed to be addressed.

Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new PeopleSoft delivered functionality could be used to eliminate customizations. The review included a demonstration of the new delivered PeopleSoft version 8.8 vanilla systems.

Prepared a system navigation document to highlight the new HCM, Benefits and Payroll navigation in Version 8.8, which is significantly different than previous versions.

Prepared system test templates and examples of various test cases to facilitate the involvement of users in developing testing scripts for both unit and integration testing of the system. Performed testing of the system in concert with HCM, Benefits and Payroll staff to ensure the system operation and performance met or exceeded user requirements.

Implemented Kronos as the time capture system.

Conducted system integration testing and training in readiness for system implementation. Also included were interfaces to General Ledger and Benefit providers. System was successfully developed and implemented on schedule and within budget.

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Payroll 8.3(both United States and Canada) – Functional Consultant

General Electric, Fort Myers, FL

June 2002–April 2003

Worked as a functional HRMS Payroll lead consultant performing business process re- engineering for the implementation of a Version 8.3 HRMS Benefits Administration, Payroll System.

Conducted a requirements definition and prepared a fit/ gap analysis document and configured system tables.

Developed testing strategy and approach for user acceptance testing of the HRMS Base Benefits, Payroll System. Also, developed test script template and scenario development for final acceptance testing of the System

Developed a Dependency Detail Worksheet for processing Additional Pay and performed user acceptance testing in readiness for implementation.

Developed and configured Benefits tables and tested the configuration.

PS Enterprise HCM, Benefits, Payroll 8.3 – Functional Lead Consultant

Kmart, Troy, MI

January 2002–April 2002

Conducted a review and evaluation of the existing system to determine scope of work for the project and identify system problems that needed to be addressed during the upgrade. Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new PeopleSoft delivered functionality could be used to eliminate customizations that had been performed in the initial implementation of the PeopleSoft system.

The fit gap sessions included a review and demonstration of the new delivered PeopleSoft version 8.3 vanilla system.

Prepared system test templates and examples of various test cases to facilitate the involvement of users in developing testing scripts for both unit and integration testing of the system. Performed testing of the system in concert with staff to ensure the system operation and performance met or exceeded user requirements.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll – Functional Lead Consultant

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

July 2001–September 2001

Conducted a review and evaluation of the existing system to determine the scope of work for the Project and identified system problems that needed to be addressed during the new implementation.

Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new delivered PeopleSoft functionality could meet the user defined requirements and to eliminate customizations.

The fit gap sessions included a review and demonstration of the new system.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll– Consultant

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, Houston, Texas

April 2001–June 2001

Developed testing strategy and approach for user acceptance testing of the HRMS, Benefits, and Payroll System.

Developed test script template and scenario development for final acceptance testing of the System.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll (Canadian and United States) – Functional Lead Consultant

General Motors, Detroit, MI

August 2000–March 2001

Responsible for the change management and end user acceptance testing of the new system.

Involved parallel testing and verification of results of system tests. Conducted end user training in readiness for system implementation.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll– Project Manager

Wells Fargo Bank, Minneapolis, MN

October 1999–July 2000

Led the team of 15 that included functional representatives, user representatives and technical resources.

Developed an initial project plan for the upgrade which included time frames, contingencies, resources, responsibilities and estimated costs.

The upgrade objective was to use the new functionality offered with the new release to eliminate the large amount of customizations performed in the existing system.

Activities included challenging the current practices and to use best of breed practices delivered by PeopleSoft. .Also developed documentation in support of the new business environment created by the new system.

Developed testing strategy and approach for user acceptance testing of the HRMS, Benefits and Payroll System.

Also, developed test script template and scenario development for final acceptance testing of the System.

Responsible for the change management and end user acceptance testing of the new system involving parallel testing and verification of results of system tests.

Conducted end user training in readiness for system implementation.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll (Canadian and United States) – Project Manager

Air Canada, Montreal, Quebec

June 1999–September 1999

Responsible for the new development and maintenance activities of a new Implementation for 27,000 employees.

The existing system development was over budget and late when I joined the project.

Headed a team of 15 business and technical consultants. Developed an initial project plan for the implementation, which included time frames, contingencies, resources, responsibilities, and estimated costs. Introduced a method of tracking and prioritizing modifications and enhancements to the system.

Revised the project scope to facilitate implementation of the system.

The project was successfully implemented and it meets both management and user expectations.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll – Functional Lead Consultant

Hewitt Associates, Chicago, IL

October 1998–May 1999

Conducted a review and evaluation of the existing system to determine the scope of work for the Project and identified system problems that needed to be addressed during the new implementation.

Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new delivered PeopleSoft functionality could meet the user defined requirements.

The fit gap sessions included a review and demonstration of the new system.

PS Enterprise HRMS, Benefits, Payroll – Functional Lead Consultant

Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, WA

April 1998–September 1998

Conducted a review and evaluation of the existing system to determine the scope of work for the Project and identified system problems that needed to be addressed during the new implementation.

Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new delivered PeopleSoft functionality could meet the user defined requirements.

The fit gap sessions included a review and demonstration of the new system Participated in the conversion from the old mainframe legacy system to PeopleSoft.

PS Enterprise HRMS Payroll (Canadian) – Lead Consultant

Syncrude, Fort McMurray, Alberta

June 1997–March 1998

Acted as a consultant and served as the HRMS Payroll Supervisor for a 300 million dollar operation.

Consulting activities included a review and analysis of the existing system with a view towards streamlining and enhancing the Payroll System to include numerous Human Resource Department requests for information.

PS Enterprise HRMS Payroll (Canadian) – Lead Consultant

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

January 1997–May 1997

Conducted a review and evaluation of the existing system to determine the scope of work for the Project and identified system problems that needed to be addressed during the new implementation.

Conducted a fit gap analysis to determine if the new delivered PeopleSoft functionality could meet the user defined requirements.

The fit gap sessions included a review and demonstration of the new system.

PS Enterprise HRMS Payroll (Canadian) – Consultant

IBM, Edmonton, Alberta

January 1996–December 1996

PeopleSoft consultant specializing in HRMS Payroll implementations.

Conducted numerous System demonstrations to prospective clients and responded to various Requests for Proposals.

PS Enterprise HRMS Payroll (Canadian) – Project Manager/Functional HRMS Business Consultant

Edmonton Public Schools, Edmonton, Alberta

February 1993–November 1995

Acted as the HRMS Payroll Manager supervising 26 staff members and responsible for a payroll of 10,000 employees and 300 million dollars.

Also, acted as a business consultant responsible for the development of modern HRMS and financial reporting systems.

Led the development of a business plan for the migration of all computer applications from an IBM environment to a client server environment.

Developed a Request for Proposal for a new integrated Human Resource and Payroll System and selected and implemented Public Sector PeopleSoft.

Developed a Request for Proposal and selection criteria for the implementation of a new financial system.

City of Edmonton (Canadian) – Director Corporate Information Systems

Edmonton, Alberta

August 1977–December 1992

Directed the design development and implementation of corporate information systems.

Served as the Project Manager for the development of the Manpower Payroll Information System, the Accounts Payable and Receivable systems.

Directed the development of policies and procedures, maintenance and support of the Corporate Information Systems.

Education

Brigham Young University, B.S., Business Administration

Minors in Accounting, Economics,Statistics

Certified in PeopleSoft General Ledger Accounting and Accounts payable

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