ONOJA JAMES PAUL

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I am an experienced and results-oriented HR and project management professional with over 12 years relevant experience in Compensation and Benefits and Project Management. I can function effectively as a strategic business partner, administrative expert and change champion. I have strong analytical, numerical and conceptual skills with proven ability to initiate, plan, develop, execute, monitor, control, lead and implement innovative projects and change within an organization. I am also a team builder and team player with proven leadership and management abilities as well as good interpersonal skills. My background in computer science with strong flair for numbers has equipped me with capabilities to work very well with financial and technical oriented projects and achieve targets on time. I fully understand the values of human resources that drive organizations and have been involved in the formulation and implementation of human resources projects (with specialist focus on Total Rewards).

EDUCATION

University of Lagos

Master of Information Technology (MIT) 2008-2010

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) Computer Science

(Second Class Upper Division) 1995-2000

Christian Mission in Mary Land Secondary School, Ayangba, Kogi State

West Africa Senior School Certificate 1989-1994

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIP

Project Management Professional Certification (PMP Certified) 2014

Associate - Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (ACIPM) 2013

Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification 2013

ITIL IT Service Management (ITIL) 2009

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ericsson Nigeria Limited

Project Planner August, 2013 – Date

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

To assist customer project managers (CPM) in the coordination of project activities from initial concept through to completion.

Ensure all project documentation are maintained and in line with the companies procedures in Eridoc and Sitehandler.

Creating and maintain project schedules using Microsoft project.

Gather actual data, update project schedule and develop reliable schedule forecast (with support from project team) using the earned value management (EVM) framework.

Receive PIFO via Sitehandler, the One Entry Form, plan in SAP and route to project finance manager (PFM) for quality check and onward release.

Monitor and analyze project effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative tools.

Assist PFM in project closure activities in SAP.

Coordinate and send out customer project evaluation (CPE) to the customer for project evaluations.

Prepare and present regular internal and external project reports for management.

Download customer project list (CPL) raw data from SAP and forward to the CPMs. Receive from CPM the CPL template, make all necessary correction and route for approvals.

Weekly review of project financial report (PFR) received from PFM to ensure that enhanced planned cost quality (EPCQ), reserves for unrealized costs (RUC), work in progress (WIP), are correct and make all necessary adjustment when necessary.

Monitor Project Personnel and maintenance of Equipment.

Update and issue weekly and monthly meetings, addressing status of project, and any additional changes which have been specified by the stakeholders.

Recommend and implement modifications to improve effectiveness and attain project milestones.

Plan, coordinate and monitor activities of assigned projects to develop and implement procedures, processes and systems. This ensures quality and result oriented key performance indicator (KPI).

Prepare short and long-term resource allocation plans based on input from all key players and team members.

Oversee schedules, risk management plans, and provide serious deviations warnings hindering project results.

Identify changes in work scope in the project plan.

Ensure to take appropriate planning measures with all CPMs to reassess, renegotiate and amend scope of work responsibilities, proposals, contracts and budgets.

Ensure to convey required project data and information to CPMs.

Evaluate and analyze with team risks and issues compromising project results and develop plans to mitigate them.

Lead development of baseline schedule and support CPM in Integrated Baseline Review (IBR).

Communicating with clients and various departments to ensure validity of data and integrity of the overall project schedule, which also includes deviations to the original agreed schedule.

Ericsson Nigeria Limited

Compensation and Benefits Specialist-Anglophone Countries August, 2011 – July 2013

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Manage annual salary and incentive planning and administration with global and local HR Managers.

Contribute to the development of global Compensation & Benefit policies and practices meeting the requirements and needs of the region.

Drive consistency on Compensation, Benefits, and Salary structures across countries, leveraging job evaluation, Job sizing – Pay scale.

Administration and management of stock purchase plan for the region.

Conduction of Compensation & Benefit survey and market information collection to maintain equitable compensation and benefits system.

Managing, structuring and matching of Compensation & Benefits (i.e. Salary matching, benefits matching…) across the region (including that of mergers and acquisitions).

Ensures the competitiveness, fairness and compliance of compensation and benefits policies and practices in order to attract, engage and retain employees.

Ensures and drive consistency on Compensation, Benefits, and Salary structures across countries, leveraging Job evaluation, Job sizing – Pay scale.

Coordinates effort to streamline and harmonize Compensation & Benefits processes (Salary Planning, Stock, Bonus…).

Processing and administering incentive scheme (LIS, STV, and SIP).

Conducts Compensation & Benefits survey and market information collection to maintain equitable compensation and benefits system across region.

Participates in the design, management and administration of local health and welfare, disability, pension and social security plans.

Administration of pension fund (social security for some countries) across the region.

Management and administration of medical Schemes (HMO) across the region.

Provide Generalist HR support, especially around tax, insurance and contracts

Provide support for Global Mobility Services (GMS) across Sub-Sahara Africa.

Effective champion of GMS programs/processes in SSA to ensure compliance (Ericsson policies, tax, immigration, and legal) and service excellence.

Expatriate Medical and Ticketing administration.

Expatriate Payroll Administration and Management.

Participate actively in RSSA Compensation & Benefits review and build relationships with HR networks in the region.

Outsourcing Staff Administration and Management

Processing of long service gratuity scheme across the region according to the company policy

Manage the human resource information system (SAP HRMS), ensure data integrity and comply with privacy regulations.

Administration of HR tools i.e. SAP HRMS - Signum assignment (Creation, Termination and Extension), change of position title, change of cost center, change of organization unit, time sheet reporting status change and reporting.

Headcount administration and management.

Implementation of the Compensation & Benefit strategy and processes in the region, and working within Ericsson Corporate frameworks.

Ensure the competitiveness, fairness and compliance of compensation and benefits policies and practices in order to attract, engage and retain employees.

Payroll preparation and administration across region:

Ensure proper maintenance and administration of the payroll system.

Ensure that all payrolls related inputs are submitted and processed promptly.

Update and ensure integrity of staff compensation details on ERP payroll system.

Process salaries and other benefits accurately and promptly.

Processing salary increases and adjustments.

Collation and computation of overtime and shift allowance due for employees.

Review all payroll related inputs and check for accuracy - Performs a first line review of input of overtime allowances, shift allowances, callout allowances, etc. into the payroll system.

Payroll Reconciliation - Compute all end of services entitlements or indebtedness - Ensure resigned staff are not included in payroll

Compute final entitlement or exit benefits based on exit (retirement, resignation and termination) date.

Review/ validate payroll-related schedules against relevant monthly payroll instructions.

Compute, prepare and print out schedules of statutory and other third party deductions (i.e. g PAYE, pension contributions, Employee Compensation Scheme) report from the payroll report, check for accuracy, prepare and forward payment instruction to Finance department.

Tax preparation, deduction and administration (PAYE) based on Country’s tax policy.

Facilitate the process of salary and pension account opening for all new staff.

Loan deductions and management - administration of staff loans and deductions.

Co-ordinate the processing of staff Tax Clearance Certificates (TCCs - ETCC)

Track and handle payroll related queries/disputes

Manage the relationship between the company and banks effectively to ensure that employees receive optimal rates for consumer products.

Leave administration across the region based on the company policy.

Act as an internal advisor and educate the local HR teams and global business HR teams to ensure Compensation & Benefit policies and processes meets business needs.

Attending to other HR related issues.

Ericsson Nigeria Limited

Compensation and Benefits Consultant December, 2009 – July 2011

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Manage annual salary and incentive planning and administration with global and local HR Managers.

Administration of pension fund (social security for some countries) across the region.

Contribute to the development of global Compensation & Benefit policies and practices meeting the requirements and needs of the region.

Drive consistency on Compensation, Benefits, and Salary structures across countries, leveraging job evaluation, Job sizing – Pay scale.

Processing and administering incentive scheme (LIS, STV, and SIP).

Administration of stock purchase plan.

Conduction of Compensation & Benefits survey and market information collection to maintain equitable compensation and benefits system.

Management and administration of medical Schemes (HMO) across the region.

Processing of long service gratuity scheme across the region according to the company policy

Manage executive regional compensation analysis, recommendations and reporting.

Participate in the design, management and administration of local health and welfare, pension plans.

Manage the human resource information system (SAP HRMS), ensure data integrity and comply with privacy regulations.

Administration of HR tools i.e. SAP HRMS - Signum assignment (Creation, Termination and Extension), Change of Position title, Change of Cost center, Change of organization unit, Time sheet reporting status change, reporting, e.t.c.

Headcount administration and management.

Participate actively in RSSA Compensation & Benefit review and build relationships with HR networks in the region.

Implementation of the Compensation & Benefit strategy and processes in the Region, and working within Ericsson Corporate frameworks.

Payroll preparation and administration across region.

Ensure the competitiveness, fairness and compliance of compensation and benefits policies and practices in order to attract, engage and retain employees.

Leave administration across the region based on the company policy.

Act as an internal advisor and educate the local HR teams and global business HR teams to ensure Compensation & Benefit policies and processes meets business needs.

Attending to other HR related issues.

Adecco Nigeria Limited

Payroll / IT Officer 2007- December 2009

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Compensation and Benefits

Leave administration

Payroll preparation and administration (Including Expatriate salary and expenses)

Ensure that all payrolls related inputs, payment and invoices are submitted and processed promptly.

Review all payroll related inputs and check for accuracy - Input payroll

Instructions into the payroll system - Performs a first line review of input

of overtime allowances, shift allowances, callout allowances, etc. into the

payroll system.

Payroll Reconciliation - Compute all end of services entitlements or indebtedness - Ensure resigned staff are not included in payroll - Compute entitlement based on resignation date - Reconcile all salary-related general ledger accounts - Assist in the preparation of Salaries unit annual budget.

Run the payroll software Known as Visual Payroll for Company's Staff and Our Clients. - Uploading new employees into the payroll system - Review cost center changes, all deductions and check for accuracy of payroll - Print out the pay slips for all staff.

Loan deductions and management

Prepare transfer instructions to respective banks (payment could also be via online bank transfer), attaching the relevant schedule of payment - Advice and resolve all payroll related problems, complaints and ensure prompt resolution.

Expat salary and expenses administration (CERPA form processing expenses, visa expenses, overtime, and other expat expenses). Payment could either be in Naira or foreign currencies.

Process increment and adjustment salaries of members of staff.

Administration of pension fund

Ensure that all staff RSA pension PIN and their respective PFC are updated in the payroll system.

Reviews input of statutory deductions (NSITF, PENSION, NHF)

Print out schedules of statutory deductions (i.e. NSITF, Pension etc) report from the payroll system, check for accuracy and prepare payment instruction to the various PFC account (STANBIC IBTC, ARM, e.t.c.)

Tax preparation, deduction and administration (PAYE)

Administration and management of medical Schemes (HMO)

Staff claims and allowances administration

Processing and administering incentive scheme (Bonus, profit sharing) payments

Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests

Processing of long service gratuity scheme

IT

Troubleshooting, interpreting problems and providing technical support for hardware, software, and systems.

Ensure IT facilities meet the needs of individual and projects.

To ensure system, application and data are availability on desktops and laptops.

To ensure optimization of Office Automation resources deployed by IS.

Installation & Implementation and usage of the Accounting and Payroll software such as

Sage Line 50, Database and Visual Payroll Software.

Administration and management of the Company’s web site.

Administration and management of the Company’s mail server.

Scheduling upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems. And managing crisis situation, which may involve complex technical hardware and software.

Network Administration, Maintenance and Management.

Installation, configuration, and administration of operating systems (Windows NT, Windows 2000 professional, Windows 2000 server Family, Windows XP, e. t. c.)

Multisoft Consulting, Lagos

Head Technical Support 2003-2007

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Troubleshooting, interpreting problems and providing technical support for hardware, software, and systems.

Installation & Implementation and usage of the Accounting software (such as Accpac, Tally, Simply Accounting, Cash Book)

Database Programming, Installation, Administration and Maintenance (Access, Pervasive.SQL, SQL).

Ensure IT facilities meet the needs of clients, individual and projects.

Evaluating client’s needs and system functionality.

Provide technical assistance, support, and advice to customers and other users.

Answering telephone calls, analyzing problems by using automated diagnostic programs, and resolve recurring difficulties.

Also works as a Help-desk technicians dealing directly with customer issues.

Lead and coordinate the development and implementation of integrated, strategic IT plans and policies for the Company.

SAGEM SA, Enugu

(French Company responsible for the National Identical Card Project)

Local Government Technical Assistant 2002-2003

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Ensuring an effective and efficient operational environment for the relational database management system (SQL, Access, e.t.c.) supporting the ID card application system.

Training the Ado-hoc staff on the use of mobile registration workstation (Morpho-Touch) used in capturing portrait photograph) and finger thumb printing.

Assembling, Installation and Maintenance of the all the Equipment and materials for the National ID card project.

Management of the Local Government Area during the period of registration or enrolment.

Payment of all Ado-Hoc Staff recruited for the project.

RELEVANT SKILLS / SPECIALTIES

Specialties

HR Administration/Transaction/Operations

Employee/Industrial Relations

Compensation Management

Benefits Administration

Payroll Management (Including tax management across countries)

Expatriate Management

Skills

High level of numerical ability, Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

High level of initiative and customer focus.

Interpersonal skills, maintains good relationships internally and externally.

Able to balance understanding of the big picture with an appreciation for local considerations and processes.

Strong PC skills (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/Internet/Email/Project/SAP)

Training skill

Self-motivated, with drive to achieve results (result oriented).

Adaptability and flexibility.

Ability to function and operate at all levels within the organization.

Ability to function and operate as part of a team, appreciation of and ability to adhere to organization’s core values.

HOBBIES: Reading and learning; Offering consultancy services in Compensation & Benefits; Payroll Taxes and IT (including software engineering)

BIODATA: Date of birth: 28th August, 1974, male, married.

CONTACT DETAILS

Address: 3, Olawepo Woleola Street, Graceland estate, Federal Site & Services Scheme, Isheri-Olofin, Alimosho LGA, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.

Mobile contact: +234-803-***-****, +234-704-***-****, +234-802-***-****

E-mail Addresses: acwt4g@r.postjobfree.com and acwt4g@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin profile: ng.linkedin.com/pub/james-paul-onoja/26/b2a/323

REFEREES

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