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VISHNUKANTH GRANDHE

SuccessFactors Employee Central Certified

SAP HCM / SF FUNCTIONAL ANALYST

Email : acz580@r.postjobfree.com Mobile : +1-240-***-****

SUMMARY

10+ Years of total IT experience as SAP HCM Functional Consultant.

Very good business process knowledge in SAP HR modules of US Benefits, US payroll, Personnel Administration (PA), Organizational Management (OM),Personnel Development, Talent Management, E-recruitment, ESS & MSS.

Played key roles in Analysis and Design of full life cycle implementation, and global support projects, and 2 upgrade projects in overall 7 SAP Projects till now.

Involved in Life cycle implementations involving Requirement gathering and analysis, Business Process Re-engineering, Business Blue-print, Configuration, Development, Testing, Training and production support Environment.

Good Exposure in US employees benefits open enrollment, initial enrollment, Adoption and child enrollment and ESPP enrolment process with portal integration.

Expertise on ALE/IDOC process configurations and developing new interfaces, transferring the data files from SAP to 3rd party systems and Non –SAP systems.

Participated in Open SAP Run Simple HR with Success Factors Employee Central (EC).

Worked as an ABAP consultant for 3 years. Good exposure on RICEFW Components Reports, Dialog Programming, ALV, Function Modules, Interfaces, SAP Scripts/Smart Forms, Workflows, User Exits, OSS Notes, Enhancement Framework, BAPI & BADI's, LSMW.

Good team player with excellent communication, ability to work under Pressure, self-motivated and able to work independently as well as in team.

Experience in off shore and On-Site model of projects.

Excellent inter personal and Leadership skills.

SAP HR Skill Set:

Expertise in US Benefits, Payroll, T.M, ESS & MSS, E-recruitment, O.M, P.A and PD.

Expertise in handling SAP outbound/ inbound interfaces related to third party systems like SABA, Taleo, Orgplus, Excentive, Pension, CWT and Kronos systems.

Configured PH Calendars, Work Schedules, Groupings, Absences, Attendances types and wage types.

Extensively handled employees ESS leave request, MSS leave approval notification issues through PTRAQ transactions.

Good Expertise in personnel enterprise structure and personnel structure configurations.

Having good exposure to integrate with different sub modules like OM with PA, OM with PD and OM with nakisa org structure linkup with ESS and MSS portal.

Configured Payroll Areas (T549A) and assigned relevant Period Parameters (T549R), Date Modifiers (T549L) and created Control Records (PA03).

Configured and maintained the Master Data as per the Client requirement.

Good exposure in implementation of success factor Employee Central such as configuration of Corporate, Succession, Country specific Corporate and Succession Data Models for Foundation and Employee Data Objects.

Expertise in Success Factors BizX HCM Suite configuration for Onboarding, Role based permissions and Admin user ID settings, Proxy settings, Notification settings, Pick list Management etc

Involved in configuration of MDF objects including custom MDF object and configuration business rules.

Hands on Experience in ADP and Ceridian Payroll interfaces - Tables/Fields validation, Data mapping and testing the process.

Handled UK pension interface migration from Informatica system to SAP PI in Middle ware system process and Supported UK pension interface weekly file formats.

Good knowledge in US Payroll schema & Personnel Calculation rules (PCR).

Maintained Processing classes, Cumulation and Evaluation classes for wage types according to business requirement.

Configured Master Data according to client requirement.

Configured Compensation management as per the client requirement & uploaded Salary Ranges through LSMW’s Process.

Strong knowledge and work experience on SAP ALE/IDOC’s interface process like Inbound and Outbound.

Experienced in Unit testing (UT), functional testing (FT), UAT scripts and regression testing in rollout projects and main releases and upgrade projects.

Good experience with Time reports like Time Statement, CATS reports, B2 cluster reports and other standard SAP attendance/absences reports.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client : STATE STREET

Company : Teckpros LLC, USA

Role : Sr. SAP HCM Analyst

Duration : Sep 2016 – Till Date

Description:

State Street, is an American worldwide financial service holding company. State Street was founded in 1792 and is the second oldest financial institution in the United States of America. The company’s headquarters are at One Lincoln Street in Boston and it has offices in 29 countries around the World. State Street is organized into three main divisions like custodian bank, Investment management and investment research and trading services to institutional investors.

Gathered business requirements for middle ware teams, proposed the solutions to the critical business impact issues.

Handling Adhoc Query reporting issues & Created new adhoc queries as per the requirement.

Configured Wage Type Structures (OH11 & T512w).

Configured basic pay (0008), additional payments & deductions (0015) and recurring payments & deductions (0014) info types of wage types by copying model wage types and maintained WT tables.

Maintained the Processing Classes, Cumulating Classes and Evaluation Classes for Wage Types as needed (V_512w_D).

Created Control Records (PA03) for each Payroll area with configurations of retroactive accounting.

Configured Garnishments components- Garnishment Document (IT0194), Garnishment Order (IT0195).

Involved in 2017 open enrollment process and configured new health plan, Savings plan and Insurance Plan rates.

Provided daily HCM job monitoring status to business for over 20 regular HR jobs and over 30 Interface HR jobs.

Assigned wage type attributes to symbolic accounts for FI posting. Posting program used with RPCIPE00 for FI posting.

Client : Advanced Energy - Fort Collins, CO.

Company : Teckpros LLC,USA

Role : SAP HCM Functional Analyst

Duration : April 2016 – August 2016

Description:

Advanced Energy is a global leader in reliable power conversion solutions used in thin-film plasma manufacturing processes and solar energy generation. Thin films are an important part of many of the products we encounter every day, such as cell phones, computers, cars, window glass, and solar panels. Building thin films requires highly specialized power conversion, control, and delivery.

Involved in Benefit files transmission to different Benefits providers like UHG, Delta Dental etc.…

Resolved AQDB (Accenture Quick Document Builder) issues, SM37 production batch job issues and supported talent management issues.

Configured Org Units, Jobs and Positions using different methods like Expert Mode, General and Simple Maintenance.

Maintained relationships (T778V) between Org Units, jobs and Positions.

Supported escalated enrollment cases by validating benefits enrollment 834 files.

Configuration of various features such as ABKRS for defaulting payroll area, LGMST for defaulting wage types, TARIF for defaulting pay-scale data.

Experience in planning, writing and executing test cases and test scripts, based on business requirements using HP Mercury Quality Center (HPQC) - Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defect Mitigation.

Configuration of various features such as ABKRS for defaulting payroll area, LGMST for defaulting wage types, TARIF for defaulting pay-scale data.

Handling leave request approval, non-employee creation, employee’s contract extends though HCM process Forms workflow issues.

Defined the program groupings (BENGR and BSTAT), Employee eligibility grouping (ELIGR) for the benefit plans, the participation termination grouping for the employees (TRMTY).

Client : VODAFONE,UK

Company : VODAFONE Pvt Ltd, Pune

Role : Sr. SAP HCM Functional Analyst

Duration : November 2013 – Feb 2016

Description:

Vodafone headquarters in London and with its registered office in Newbury, Berkshire. It is the world's 2nd-largest mobile telecommunications company. EVO “Evolution Vodafone” is empowering over 86,000 employees with the information and tools they need to deliver reliable, innovative, and Cost-competitive mobile services to customers worldwide.

Supported Vodafone payroll interface issues for all the Vodafone markets. Based on the country driver program, scheduled different jobs at redwood (External tool) level to process payroll files to respective third party systems.

Handled complex HR interface issues & involved in the Major HR full load and delta load files transmission from SAP to legacy systems.

Resolved production issues related to kronos time data interface to SAP (Inbound) & SAP master data changes to kronos (Outbound).

Handled enchantment projects for Krono’s interface (Inbound/ outbound) in SAP Level. To develop the new requirements for these two interfaces we have used ABAP program language in SAP. We have used some transaction codes like PA61, AL11 ( Placing the XML files) in format of idoc’s.

Interacted with SAP PI team to migrate these inbound / outbound weekly files to Krono’s system. Developed and scheduled weekly job for transmitting kronos interface files to target system.

Have involved interface integrations from SAP to SAP-PI and SAP PI to kronos systems.

Developed the SAP Outbound interface for kronos system to send Employee master data.

Involved in gathering requirements for Kronos inbound interface to upload the time data from kronos to SAP system.

Involved in End to end testing and Transition to HR business users.

Involved and resolved kronos interface issues when upgrading the SAP ECC 6.0 system to EHP6 and 7 versions.

Configured PH Calendars, Work Schedules, Groupings, Absences, Attendances types and wage types for all EVO Markets.

Handled Talent management & PD Rating (performance Dialogue) issues for Vodafone employees.

Resolved the defects during EVO releases & Involved in major interface regression testing.

Interacted with middle ware team’s SAP PI, Informatica and Ab initio teams for complex interface file transfer issues.

Supported SAP interfaces from SAP to legacy systems like SABA, Taleo, Excentive, Org plus and CWT interfaces.

Resolved and supported high priority SEV 2 issues with proper analysis.

Actively involved in major release KT sessions and Performed OAT for new interfaces.

Supported all the major EVO interfaces without any escalations from business and delivered.

Gathered business requirements for middle ware teams, proposed the solutions to the critical business impact issues.

Handled Adhoc Query reporting issues & Created new adhoc queries as per the requirement.

Handled leave request approval, non-employee creation, employees contract extends though HCM process Forms workflow issues.

Actively involved in Transition plan on the major EVO business process and SAP HR interfaces.

Resolved ESS & MSS Time approval incidents for Greek and Check Republic OPCO’s.

Supported EVO employees ESS Reportees and Personal data related issues.

Supported Taleo Recruitment issues and ESS Org plus incidents for internal Candidates.

Worked on different countries leave absences, time quota generated inbound and outbound interfaces.

Worked with Idoc monitoring & redwood teams to generate the idoc's to 3rd party systems through SAP XI, Informatica, Ab initio systems.

Maintained O.M Info Types according to requirement.

Maintained Evaluation path according to client requirement.

Integration with different sub modules like, OM with PA, OM with PD…. etc.

Client : Advanced Energy - Fort Collins, CO.

Company : GAVS Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai

Role : Sr. SAP HCM Functional Analyst

Duration : July 2011 – July 2013

Description:

Advanced Energy is a global leader in reliable power conversion solutions used in thin-film plasma manufacturing processes and solar energy generation. Thin films are an important part of many of the products we encounter every day, such as cell phones, computers, cars, window glass, and solar panels. Building thin films requires highly specialized power conversion, control, and delivery. AE global manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Canada, China, and Korea.

Handled couple of Benefits interfaces for transferring the data to 3rd party vendors.

Successfully completed regression testing for Critical Ceridian Payroll interface.

Successfully implemented HR process like Hiring, pay scale and wage types configurations for new AE Switzerland, Korea and Bend locations.

Successfully implemented open enrollment process for my previous clients and successfully processed all the benefits provide through SAP HR Benefits interfaces.

Good exposure in configuration of US benefits 401k, 401C catch up (Pension) and Roth plans and also configured these Benefit plans for my previous clients.

Successfully implemented and Supported 2012 & 2013 Benefits Open Enrollment projects (Benefit Plan Rate changes & Contribution Limit Changes and Testing) for Advanced Energy employees.

Configured Enterprise structure and Personnel Structures.

Configured Customized Personal Actions as per the client requirements (PA40 & T529A).

Customization Procedures and User Interface by modifying and creating the Info type groups and Info type menus.

Configured the Salary groups, Contribution rules, First and Second Programming Groups for ESPP enrollment.

Handled the three major data migration uploads in AE which include 2011, 2012 Employee’s Salaries, Appraisal’s, Recurring and Additional payments.

Handled 2012 November ESPP configurations, Cobra FSA and SU01 Email automation projects for AE and received the appreciations mails from client.

Worked on ALE distribution model Process to transfer the employee master data from ECC SAP system to E-recruitment system.

Handled E-recruitment candidate’s and Requisition approval issues through work flow.

Enhanced Candidate creation program for transferring the data between ECC and E-recruitment systems and scheduled Batch job.

Configured the new Pay rates (T510, T710) and Created LSMW’s and uploaded the Planned Compensation records on all active jobs.

Created the new Adhoc Queries for client requirement to see employee tier categories, work locations and view the benefits related information.

Helped and supported new HR end users, to maintain the employee’s information effectively in SAP System.

Supporting to portal and Security teams for resolving the production issues.

Configured new disqualification reasons and Lead Recruiters in E-recruitment.

Client : International Paper Aon Hewitt, The Woodlands, TX

Company : CSC India Pvt Ltd, Chennai

Role : SAP HR Functional Analyst

Duration : Oct 2009 to Jul 2011

Description:

Hewitt is recognized by FORTUNE as one of America’s Most Admired Companies. Since 1940, they have helped their clients and their employees succeed together by anticipating and solving for their most complex benefits, talent, and financial challenges. Hewitt’s reputation for excellence sets the standard for HR consulting and outsourcing companies.

Worked on SUI (State unemployment Insurance), applied the requests from users both in SAP and BSI Tax Factory.

Provided manual JVs for the employees who got errored out during regular payroll run.

HR Support Packs Testing i.e. hot packs are supplied by SAP every quarter as part of the regular maintenance activities. Testing of pre and post Hot packs scenario before and after they are applied to each instance. This is done to ensure that when the Notes are applied they do not impact the objects negatively.

Worked with different systems like HPFE, Work brain, CATS through which time files will be sent via Mainframes into SAP and there by solved the issues related to the time files.

Handled all production support activities and development activities for IP Company which is one of the Hewitt’s major clients in manufacturing industry.

Good exposure and configured 401k pretax and post-tax plans. Handled SAP HCM production issues related 401k pretax and post-tax related issues.

Supported 401k savings and 401k catch up plans related portal issues during open enrollment period.

Involved in POC and prepared blue print documents for 401k plan outsourcing file formats with Transamerica Retirement Solutions.

Analyzed and understood the user requirements and provided solutions.

Gathered business requirements from IP end users and prepare the BRD documents and configured the benefit plan rates for all the US benefit plans and provided the solutions to benefits interfaces.

Supported ESS Portal issues like Updating the Personal information, Enrolling the Benefit planes and W2 form -TAX filings issues to IP User’s.

Creation of intervals for Personal numbers and feature NUMKR.

Configured Benefit ratifications for Annual enrollment planes like Health, Medical dental and saving and insurance plans.

Worked on wage type configuration, where all the Domestic Plan wage types are made taxable.

Supported upgrade team, during IP up gradation from 4.6C to ECC 6.0.

Gathered requirements from the users and created Pay Scale Groups.

Created a Mass Wage Increase rate updates on custom table Z7PAYSCALE_TRANS.

Worked on GL posting into FI System issues.

Client : Delphi Troy, Michigan.

Company : CSC India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Role : SAP HR Techno Functional consultant

Duration : Jun 2008 to Sep 2009

Description:

Delphi is a leading global supplier of mobile electronics and transportation systems, including power train, safety, steering, thermal, and controls & security systems, electrical/electronic architecture, and in-car entertainment technologies. Engineered to meet and exceed the rigorous standards of the automotive industry, Delphi technology is also found in computing, communications, consumer electronics, energy and medical applications. Headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

Developed the new Dacor financial inbound interface for METLIFE Requirement through (ALE/ IDOC Process).

Successfully Changed Dacor financial Outbound Interface for GXS (ALE/IDOC process).

Discussed with users daily regarding issues and follow ups.

Discussed with the users according to the requirement (Criticality) of issues.

Defined Enterprise structures, Personnel structures, payroll area and Organization Structure.

Maintained relationships (T778V) between Org Units, jobs and Positions.

Configured feature used to default payroll area (ABKRS).

Client : ABB, UK.

Company : AG Technologies Pvt Ltd, Mumbai

Role : Associate Consultant

Duration : Feb 2008 to Jun 2008

Description:

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impacts. ABB Finland has the Marine delivers system solutions for ships (both power plants and Azipod). ABB Turbo charging is focused on the after sales market.

Developed and changed the objects as per the business requirement.

Developed and Documented as per the standards followed by the client for various developments.

Interacted with Onsite Coordinators to get the clear business requirements of the assigned objects.

Worked on File Interfaces to fetch the data from SAP and either to download to Presentation Server or Application Server according to the requirements.

Involved in requirement gathering and technical designs.

Coordinating with onsite team in resolving the technical issues.

Client : ABB, Norway.

Company : AG Technologies Pvt Ltd, Mumbai

Role : Associate Consultant

Duration : April 2007 to Feb 2008

Description:

ABB is one of the world’s leading engineering companies; The ABB group of companies operates in around 100 counties and employs about 108,000 people. ABB Norway help’s to the customer to use electrical power effectively and to increase industrial productivity in a sustainable way.

ABB is a leading supplier of industrial robotshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot - also providing robot software, peripheral equipment, modular manufacturing cells and assembly, painting and finishing, picking, packing, palletizing and machine tending.

Understood the business functionality from the functional specs and involved in preparing of Technical Specifications.

Adhered the programming standards and the software quality processes throughout the development phase.

Worked on FRICE Objects like (Interactive reports, BDC, Scripts and Enhancements)

Developed functional specifications, technical specifications and test plans for HR conversion objects.

Developed custom tables & Function Modules as per the BIW Requirement.

Successfully performed mock testing process and day-in life activities by testing the whole end to end business process scenarios and complex interfaces all across the landscape.

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