Peoplesoft HCM 9.0/9.2 with 5 plus years experience

Sandhya Gopalakrishnan

Phone: 890-***-**** E mail Id: ************@*****.***

Summary

Around 5.5 years of PeopleSoft technical experience in development, customization and

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testing in PeopleSoft HRMS.

Experience in developing and customizing PeopleSoft applications using Application

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Designer, Component Interfaces, Application Engine, SQR, Process Scheduler, and PS

Query.

An effective team player with quality of leadership, high adaptability, quick to learn, and

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possess excellent communication skills.

Educational Qualification

Course Specialization University / Year

Institution

Master of Computational Engg. Amrita Vishwa 2005 2007

Technology And Networking, Vidyapeetham, Amrita

Computer Science Institute of Technology,

Dept. Coimbatore.

Bachelor of Computer Science and College of Engineering, 2000

Technology Technology Chengannur, 2004

Cochin University of

Science and

Technology.

Skill Set

Windows 2000/NT/XP, UNIX, z/OS

Operating Systems

Applications/Technical skills Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP, 2007,

Internet Explorer, PeopleSoft Enterprise

Performance Management (EPM) &

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

systems, PeopleSoft HCM 8.9/9.0/9.2,

PeopleTools 8.49.18/8.50, Citrix, Oracle

SQL Server, SQL developer, SQL Plus,

PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA).

DBMS SQL Server, Oracle SQL Server

ERP Tools Development Tools: Application Designer,

PeopleCode, Application Engine, Process

Schedulers, PeopleTools Portal.

Reporting Tools: SQR, PS Query, Crystal

Reports and XML Publisher.

Business Domains Life Sciences Worked in a HRMS

Implementation project for a leading Life

Scinces and Pharmaceutical compancy.

Retail Supported HRMS applications of a

leading Retail Company.

Employment Summary

Employer From To

Cognizant Technology Jan 2011 May 2014

Solutions

UST Global Jan 2008 April 2010

Project Summary

Project Name PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Upgrade and

Support

Company/Client Cognizant / Staples

Role ERP Consultant

Project Description HCM 9.0 to 9.2 Upgrade. Also, Enhancement

and production support for 9.2 system

Responsibilities/Activities Contributed as developer and team member

to the HCM upgrade from 9.0 to 9.2 and had

active role in interaction with the users and

their specifications.

Created new and customized existing

PeopleSoft objects (Pages, Page Groups,

Menus, People Code, Process Definition) and

applied Security

Involved in the development of SQR’s related

to the modified payroll system in 9.2.

Assigned to upgrade custom PeopleCode 9.0

to 9.2.

Converted numerous custom SQRs and

PeopleSoft delivered SQRs according to 9.2

requirements.

Developed and executed several Unix

Scripts, SQL queries in the conversion stage

of Project.

Involved in creating jobs and scheduling it

through third party scheduler and resolved

any troubleshooting issues related to batch

jobs.

Worked with the Client testing team and the

users and helped them out in the testing

process of different SQR’s.

Provided user support and training for the

new upgraded system.

Handled complete and accurate

documentation for all the new processes and

interfaces of 9.2.

Conducted meetings with the Users and the

testing team and involved in discussing their

problems and helped them out in finding the

proper solutions for their requirements.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Project Name PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 Development and

Production Support

Company/Client Cognizant / Staples

Role ERP Consultant

Project Description Enhancement and production support for

Staples HCM 9.0 system

Responsibilities/Activities Involved in Design, Development, Testing, and

Enhancement of PeopleSoft HRMS for HR

and Payroll modules.

Developed new interfaces and modified

existing ones based on specific client

requirements.

Involved in online changes to the delivered

pages, components, menus and translate

values.

Developed new SQRs interfaces for

Peoplesoft to Kronos daily data transfers for

multiple countries.

Developed and modified People Code to

implement specific business rules and

validations to enable the system to perform the

business process.

Developed and modified application engine

programs for sending email notifications with

hired/terminations list on daily basis for

multiple countries.

Developed Run Control Pages as per

requirements and attached to menu to run

SQRs for the developed sqrs.

Extensively used process scheduler and third

party scheduler for conditional Scheduling of

successive process for setting up the reports

to run at specific time and implementation of

batch processes.

Modified, designed, configured and built fields,

records, sub records, setting up keys to

records, assign table edits like prompt table.

Involved in Unit testing of people soft delivered

and modified functionality & customized SQR

programs using HR, Benefits and Payroll

Modules.

Involved in discussions with the Users and the

testing team regarding any issues raised after

each enhancement and helped them out in

finding the proper solutions for their

requirements.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Project Name PeopleSoft AZLearn System

Company/Client Cognizant / Astra Zeneca

Role HRMS Techno functional Consultant

Project Description Support for AstraZeneca training system

AZLEARN System for AZ learnings/trainings.

Responsibilities/Activities Handled support for AZLearn for AstraZeneca.

Managed support mailbox which involved

resolving any issues related to AZLearn

system.

Involved in resolving data issues for multiple

countries related to any of their employee

trainings.

Involved in online changes of specific country

setup data.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Project Name PeopleSoft HR1 System

Company/Client Cognizant / Astra Zeneca

Role HRMS Techno functional

Consultant

Data Management Role

Project Description Enhancement and Support for AstraZeneca HR

system.

Responsibilities/Activities Involved in production support of the AZ HR

system.

Managed different mailboxes for HR data

management and HR Core data issues.

Worked on enhancements for interface

programs for migrating data from other

systems to PeopleSoft.

Used File Layout Definition to get data from the

legacy system to peoplesoft tables.

Managed and monitored process scheduler for

any issues while scheduled

interfaces/processes ran and resolved the

issues.

Handled patches & bundles for the process of

enhancements.

Developed/Modified various PS queries in order

to help the client day to day activity.

Developed reports using SQR, Crystal and PS

Query.

Involved in setup of SetID table, Company

Information, Establishments, Location,

Department, Salary plan and Job Code tables

for HRMS System.

Involved in creating monthly reports and

sending it through email to different country HR

heads.

Involved in writing and running Test

cases/scripts.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Project Name HRMS Customizations and Enhancements

Company/Client UST Global / DANA

Role PeopleSoft HRMS Technical

Consultant

Project Description Customizations and Enhancements for E

Recruitment and Absence Management

modules.

Responsibilities/Activities Involved in E recruitment module

enhancements.

Contributor in Fit/Gap analysis, data mapping

and preparation of Business Requirements

document, Technical Design document and

user manuals to meet project specific

standards.

Designed and developed various

customizations and enhancements for

Absence Management module.

Setting up Run Control and Process Scheduler

routines for new batch processes and SQR

programs.

Prepared Technical Specification Documents

and User Training documents detailing all

modifications and customizations to

PeopleSoft objects.

Created & executed unit test plans for the

issues fixed and verified the code in different

Scenarios.

Conducted End User Training for the

enhancements and customization.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Project Name Orion (Internal Project)

Company/Client UST – Global

Role PeopleSoft HRMS Technical

Consultant

Project Description UST Global HR functions run on ORION, a

PeopleSoft ERP system which is used for

automating the HR and Finance processes.

Major modules of Orion HR includes:

Compensation Management, Performance

Management, Talent Acquisition Management,

Enterprise Learning, etc. Current version of

Orion has got lot of features developed to

support Organization’s business process.

Responsibilities/Activities Designed and developed various

customizations and enhancements for different

modules of PeopleSoft HRMS: E Learning, E

performance.

Designed and developed several new Queries

(using PS Query and Crystal Reports),

Component Interfaces and Application

Engines.

Analyzed the PS Queries, Application Engines,

and PeopleCode and fixed the issues.

Created and modified pages, record definitions,

menus using Application Designer.

Customization as well as new enhancement in

the existing system based on requirements.

Setting up Run Control and Process Scheduler

routines for new batch processes.

Prepared Technical and Functional

Specification Documents, User Manuals and

Training documents detailing all modifications

or customizations to PeopleSoft objects.

Created & executed unit test plans for the

issues fixed and verified the code in different

Scenarios.

Knowledge Transfer on the system and

processes to the new team members.

End User Training for the enhancements.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Project Name HRMS Implementation and Support

Company/Client UST Global / 3I – Infotech

Role PeopleSoft HRMS Technical

Consultant

Project Description Implementation and Support for Core HR –

Separation and Joining Processes, E

Recruitment and Absence Management module.

Responsibilities/Activities Involved in implementation of Core HR Module –

Joining and Separation Processes.

Involved in preparation of Business

Requirements document, Technical Design

document and user manuals to meet project

specific standards.

Resolved technical requests raised by Client as

fix.

Prepared the test cases for the issues fixed and

verified the code in different scenarios.

Executed test cases and test data to validate

requirements.

Interacting with clients and onsite team.

Location(s) Chennai, TN, India

Personal Details

First Name : Sandhya Gopalakrishnan

Last Name : Ayyathodiyil

Date of Birth : February 23, 1983

Gender : Female

Current Location : Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Visa Status : L2 Visa with EAD work

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