Manikandan Kanagavel PMP, CSM

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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

** ***** ** ************ ** Experience in ERP – (PeopleSoft 9.2/8.x/7.5).

Extensive experience in managing team and delivering project in maintaining PeopleSoft HRMS system and in upgrading PeopleSoft system.

PMP certified Manager and Certified ScrumMaster®.

Demonstrated successes include global deployments, managing large teams involving implementation and support of enterprise and custom products in multi shore engagements.

Possess strong functional knowledge in Core HR, Self Service, Base Benefit, Ben Admin, eBenefits, eRecruit modules, Payroll, TAM & ELM.

Have experienced the full PeopleSoft upgrade project life cycle in multiple projects, namely Anthem PS from 9.0 to 9.2, Ascension from PS 9.0 to 9.2, WaMu PS HRMS from 8.8 to 9.0, 3M PS HRMS from 7.5 to 8.8 and MetLife PS HRMS from 7.5 to 8 sp1.

Demonstrated quick learning skill and got many client appreciations during Mainframe based PeopleSoft support and knowledge transfer.

PeopleSoft 8.x Technology certified consultant, technically sound in People Tools such as PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component interface, SQR, Application Package, etc.

Experience involves wide variety of industries including Banking, manufacturing, HealthCare and Life science.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

ERP

PeopleSoft 7.5, 8.x & 9.2

Modules

Core HR, Self Service, eRecruit, Compensation, Base Benefits, Ben Admin and Global Payroll.

ERP Tools

PeopleTools 7.5 and 8.x (Application Designer, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interface, Application Messaging, ExceltoCI, Application Package, Integration broker, Workflow Designer, Security Administrator, Utilities, PSQuery, nVision, Import Manager, Upgrade Assistant, Process Scheduler and File Layout), SQR, Mainframe, JCL, Crystal Report 8,TAM,ELM

Databases

DB2, SQL Server 7.0, Oracle11g.

Programming Languages

C, C++, VB

Other Utilities

MS Office, MS project, Quest STAT, Clear Quest, ServiceNow, Phire, Mercury Quality center, AUTOCAD, IDEAS and ANSYS.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Name of the Company

Latest role

From

To

Ascension Ministry service center

ERP program Manager

Feb 2017

Till date

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Senior Manager

Sept 2016

Feb 2017

UST Global

PeopleSoft Project Manager

March 2013

Aug 2016

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Manager - Projects

June 2001

March 2013

EDUCATION

Degree

College/University

Master Of Science( MS) in Software Engineering

BITS Pilani, Pilani, India

Bachelor Degree (B.E) in Mechanical Engineering

Anna university, Chennai, India

CERTIFICATIONS:

. PMP and Certified ScrumMaster®

PeopleSoft 8.x Technology Certified Consultant

PeopleSoft HRMS Functional and Technical Training - by Pricewater House Coopers.

ACCLODATES

Won Cognizant’s “Above and Beyond award” in 2009.

Won Washington Mutual Bank’s “Consultant of the quarter award” in 2007 quarter.

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Data of Birth: Dec 20th, 1978

Gender: Male

Work authorization: US Citizen

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROJECT PROFILE 1

Project Title

Ascension – PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade and Automation kitting

Duration

Feb 2017 – Till date

Location

Indianapolis, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HCM 9,2. RPA Automation tools kitting

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Ascension is the largest Catholic health system in the world and the largest non-profit health system in the United States with facilities in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Ascension manages its Human Resources Management System in PeopleSoft HCM. Project scope is upgrade PeopleSoft HCM and Financial systems to 9.2 version.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As ERP Program Manager worked with Ascension IT team to build upgrade plan minimizing business risks using my earlier experience.

Conducted multiple cross functional business team meetings to set expectation and prepared the team to validate existing and new functionalities of PeopleSoft 9.2.

Guided team to consolidate PeopleSoft test scripts into one repository which increased quality of testing and reporting during testing.

By proper planning and focused communication ensured PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade go-live was one of the smooth upgrade for Ascension MSC.

Developed strategies and templates for MSC automation team to build training kitting for RPA tools such as Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism and Pega.

PROJECT PROFILE 2

Project Title

Anthem - PeopleSoft HCM upgrade and MSM

Duration

March 2013 – Feb 2017

Location

Indianapolis, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HCM 9,2, PeopleTools 8.53

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Anthem, Inc. is one of the largest health benefits companies in the United States. Anthem manages its Human Resources Management System in PeopleSoft HCM. Project scope is maintaining PeopleSoft HCM system, upgrade to 9.2 version.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As PeopleSoft onshore manager managed multi shore development team maintaining PeopleSoft HCM system by providing short term and long-term solutions for issues.

Involve in solution design with HR business and SME on critical projects and provide latest & efficient options.

As PeopleSoft IT lead on Oracle fusion co-existence project successfully implemented Goal management in Oracle cloud.

Conducted weekly status meeting with HR stakeholders and periodic meetings with vendor management teams to set expectations.

As project lead of PeopleSoft 9.2 Upgrade, plan and successfully delivered multiple phases of highly customized application.

Managed multiple projects in HR system, plan and coordinated with cross functional teams ensured successful delivery across complex integrated HR system.

Forecast and create resource planning to handle multiple parallel projects and regular maintenance.

PROJECT PROFILE 3

Project Title

AZengage Data Migration

Duration

Dec 2011 – March 2013

Location

Delaware, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9, PeopleTools 8.49.25

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven, integrated biopharmaceutical company. AstraZeneca manage his Human Resources Management System in PeopleSoft (HR.1). AZ wants to move his current HCM system from HR.1 to SAP hosting. Project scope is to support data migration, provide data mapping to new system and reconcile migrate data.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As Data migration manager provided directions to handle multiple country data migration simultaneously and set expectation as multiple project teams involved.

Did functional analysis and designed the changes to maintain custom non-employee module (ERMO) in PeopleSoft. Co-ordinate with business analysts and downstream systems to work around the impacts.

Monitor the team and conducted weekly status meeting with AZ stakeholders.

Developed scripts to migrate UK global payroll data and provided mapping details with SAP system.

Coordinated with AZ business team to reconcile migrated data during data migration cycles.

Brainstorm and provided PeopleSoft (HR.1) data archival approach aligning with organization policy.

PROJECT PROFILE 4

Project Title

AMFC- PeopleSoft AVM

Duration

Sep 2010 – Nov 2011

Location

Philadelphia, USA

Chennai, India (First 4 months)

Technology

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9, PeopleTools 8.47.12

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies (AMFC) comprises the largest organization of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching 6.5 million lives nationwide. AMFC uses Oracle PeopleSoft to maintain its organization’s data. The scope of the project is to maintain PeopleSoft by fixing persisting issues and enhancing the features as per business requirement.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As delivery manager, defined enhancement process and change management process using Cognizant standard templates to accept and deliver enhancements requests.

Coordinated with AMFC business users and offshore counter parts on requirement gathering, fixing issues, developing enhancement requests, applying PeopleSoft bundles & Maintenance packs, etc.

Created technical specifications for complex requirements and guided team members. Ensured timeliness and quality in delivery.

Created project plan and mapped data from legacy system to implement PeopleSoft delivered Disciplinary actions (Sub-part in Labor Administration).Demonstrated and trained business stakeholders on ExceltoCI tool, as business team wants to upload disciplinary action data due to its sensitive.

Created plan and co-ordinated with AMFC development team to apply 13 Finance maintenance packs to keep the environment up-to-date without impacting current developments.

Performed assessment of HCM system and suggested additional features which AMFC could utilize. Also provided demonstration to business team on Manager Self Service module highlighting features which could eliminate their current manual process.

PROJECT PROFILE 5

Project Title

AMFC- eBenefits implementation

Duration

April 2010 – Aug 2010

Location

Chennai, India

Technology

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9, PeopleTools 8.47.12

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies to maintain its organization’s human resources data has implemented Oracle PeopleSoft and its HRMS modules. AMFC has been utilizing the business process and features delivered in Base benefit and Ben Admin module. This project involves implementation of eBenefits module in AMFC’s current HRMS system and also development of associated interfaces for its benefit vendors.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As project lead, created the project plan based on AMFC's charter and using Cognizant's application implementation methodology (AIMAZON) detailing the schedule, activity list, quality requirement and change management process.

Project being completely executed from offshore conducted regular meetings with AMFC stakeholders, obtain clarification on business requirement and provided support during UAT.

Managed and monitor team activities to meet planned delivery dates and quality.

Guided team on functional and technical challenges.

Conducted training sessions for team to understand business process of Benefits and eBenefits modules.

PROJECT PROFILE 6

Project Title

CSAA – Technical assessment of PeopleSoft HCM

Duration

Dec 2009 – March 2010

Location

Chennai, India

Technology

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9, PeopleTools 8.47.12

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

California State Automobile Association (CSAA) provides automotive, travel, and financial services to 4.3 million members in North America. CSAA has implemented PeopleSoft Core HR, Ben Admin, NA Payroll, T&L, eProfile & eBen. The scope of the project is to evaluate the health of CSAA’s PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 application.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As a technical lead, analyzed configuration setups, security structure and customizations to locate prim issues.

Recommended customization approach to avoid customization of configuration tables, however achieving the required functionality to integrate with 3rd party systems, such as Taleo.

Provided suggestion to minimum the number of permission lists and roles by categorizing and organizing the security process, after analyzing the current security structure and process.

Analyzed data of configuration tables such as Business unit, Department, Job code, location, etc and key transaction tables such as JOB and found data integration issues due to customizations. Suggested steps to improve data management.

Recommended Portfolio Rationalization and upgrade assessment to leverage efficient usage of the application.

PROJECT PROFILE 7

Project Title

Health Net – PeopleSoft AO

Duration

Nov 2008 – Dec 2009

Location

Rancho Cordova, California, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0, PeopleTools 8.48.09

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Health Net, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated managed care organization in the United States. Health Net has implemented Core HR, Self Service, NA Payroll, Time & Labor, and Benefits in PeopleSoft 9.0 HCM. The scope of the project is to maintain PeopleSoft HCM by fixing persisting issues and enhancing the features as per business requirement.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

As onshore delivery manager, handled the project team from KT phase to steady state phase exceeding clients’ expectations.

In short duration acquired Mainframe knowledge and received KT from SME.

Defined and mentored team on processes which aids to maintain stringent SLAs.

Efficiently handled issues on Core HR and Benefits modules and assisted Health Net Business analyst on timely deployment of enhancements.

Worked at onsite from Nov 2008 to July 2009. Worked from offshore from July 2009 to Dec 2009.

PROJECT PROFILE 8

Project Title

Washington Mutual Bank – PeopleSoft Upgrade

Duration

Feb 2008 – Nov 2008

Location

Seattle, Washington, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 & 9.0, PeopleTools 8.48

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Washington Mutual bank (WaMu) currently implements PeopleSoft 8.8 HRMS. The scope of the project is to upgrade the PeopleSoft HRMS from 8.8 to 9.0 and minimize the customization by utilizing delivered functionality.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

Performed key role in assisting client in developing systematic upgrade plan. Assigned the role of team lead, successfully managed and aligned the upgrade tasks between 12 offshore members and 2 onsite members.

Played important role in assisting business analysts during fit gap phase in analyzing and adopting new features in PeopleSoft 9.0.

Mentored the team in retrofitting different PeopleSoft objects and designed the approach for retrofitting. Maintained timely and quality delivery of retrofit objects as per the project plan.

PROJECT PROFILE 9

Project Title

Washington Mutual Bank – PeopleSoft AVM

Duration

Oct 2006 – Feb 2008

Location

Seattle, Washington, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8, PeopleTools 8.43 & 8.48.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

WaMu has implemented Core HR, Self Service, Payroll, Time & Labor, Recruiting and Benefits in PeopleSoft 8.8 HRMS. The scope of the project is to maintain PeopleSoft HRMS by fixing persisting issues and enhancing the features as per business requirement.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

Conducted complete study of WaMu’s HRMS system and created knowledge transition documents for different modules based on various client interactions and thorough system study.

Coordinated with client and offshore counter parts for fixing issues, developing enhancement requests, applying PeopleSoft bundles, etc. Created technical specifications for complex requirements and guided team members. Ensured timeliness and quality in delivery while maintaining the contract SLA.

Worked in close association with client during PeopleTools upgrade from 8.43 to 8.48.

Received WaMu’s Quarterly Award for outstanding contributions and transition to steady state in PeopleSoft HRMS project.

PROJECT PROFILE 10

Project Title

3M – PeopleSoft HRMS Globalization

Duration

May 2004 – Oct 2006

Location

St Paul, Minnesota, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 & 8.9, PeopleTools 8.47, Application Engine, Component Interface, Application Package and Integration broker, Global Payroll.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3M’s Human resource management system is live in PeopleSoft 8.8 in USA and Canada. 3M being a global player has its presence in 63 countries. The scope of the project ‘PeopleSoft HRMS Globalization’ is to bring most of its major countries under one Human resource management system, namely PeopleSoft 8.8. The present PeopleSoft system is enhanced and customized to meet the business rules of different countries. Development is done to make this versatile human resource system to integrate with various legacy systems.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

Worked in 5 successful major rollouts of PeopleSoft to various countries. As a technical analyst played a vital role in the development of country specific customizations.

Primarily responsible for successful implementation of eRecruit and HR admin modules for Global countries.

Developed synchronous messaging between PeopleSoft 8.8 and 8.9 eRecruit application using Integration broker. Designed an Application engine error-handling standard, which is used across all custom application engine processes to report the process errors.

Designed and developed many country specific mass compensation processes using application Engine and Component interface.

Applied local language translations on PeopleSoft Objects for Brazil, Portugal and Spain.

Played the role of SME for production support enhancements and issues.

PROJECT PROFILE 11

Project Title

3M – PeopleSoft HRMS Upgrade

Duration

June 2003 – April 2004

Location

St Paul, Minnesota, USA

Technology

PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 & 7.5, PeopleTools 8.43, Application Engine, Component Interface, SQR 6.1.4.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3M is live with PeopleSoft7.5 HRMS. The scope of this project is to upgrade the PeopleSoft HRMS from 7.5 to 8.8. The project also includes the implementation of eRecruit and eBenefits modules of PeopleSoft.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

Converted PeopleSoft 7.5 Database agent and Message agent into PeopleSoft 8.8 Application Engine programs.

Designed and converted 9 Database agents and 3 SQR into one Application Engine process - Par poster, which is used to process all Manager self-service transactions and populate core HR tables.

Involved in running upgrade assistant.

PROJECT PROFILE 12

Project Title

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company – PeopleSoft Upgrade

Duration

June 2001 – May 2003

Location

Chennai, India

Technology

PeopleSoft HRMS 7.5 and 8 sp1, PeopleTools, Import Manager, Upgrade Assistant

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to individual and group customers. The scope of the project is to upgrade the current HRMS 7.51 version to the new web application architecture of HRMS 8.3 for HR and Base Benefits, Benefits Administration, Payroll, Time and Labor and Pension Administration.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PROJECT

Played vital role in Customization assessment of PeopleSoft HRMS 7.5 Benefit Administration module.

Involved in re-applying the customized PeopleSoft objects such as Components, Pages, Records, etc.

Analyzed the customization done in HRMS 7.5 Benefit Administration module, by comparing the 7.5 vanilla and 7.5 customized by PeopleSoft. The customization is reapplied with 8 sp1 vanilla functionality.

Developed the customized SQR for billing advice generation, which generates the billing advice for the month. It extracts data from HRMS and Project module and populates them into the custom billing tables.

Involved in testing the upgraded system to ensure that all functionality of the current system find a place in the new system and have experience working with upgrade assistance.

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