SVETLANA BLIDMAN

Independent SAP HCM/ SF Payroll Principal Consultant

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Houston TX

Expert Business Analyst and Project Manager

Versatile, results-driven professional with 20+ years of comprehensive experience developing exceptional relationships with clients. peers and senior leadership to provide sustainable business solutions. Superb project leadership abilities and personnel management skills. Proven problem solving and analytical skills, a fast-learning curve, and ability to adapt to evolving industry trends. Exceptional Project Manager successful at directing large IT solutions requiring fast-paced execution.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

20 years in SAP HCM/ Payroll modules in Aerospace and Defense, Oil and Gas Industry, Transportation, Public Sector, Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing, Retail and Communications.

Principal Consultant/Implementation Specialist/Lead/Project Manager using ASAP implementation methodology involving Business Process Analysis, Blueprints, Building Business Process Procedures, Gap Analysis, Design, Unit Testing, System Testing, Data Conversion, Cutover activities, and Go Live Support.

Expertise implementing Success Factors EC Payroll.

7 years as an IT Project/Program Manager responsible for the management of complex multi-function IT initiatives between Business Teams, IT stakeholders, System Integrators and external vendors. Overall responsible for the project/programs including scoping and requirements gathering, Project plans, Testing plans, Cutover plans, and post-implementation support.

Experience implementing Integration between SAP HCM and Success Factors and configuration in SF Employee Platform and Recruiting Modules.

Excellent working knowledge of SAP IMG and configuration tasks Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, CATS, Benefits Administration, Payroll, Time Administration, Training and Event Management, Travel Management, Employee Self-Service, Managers Self Service, Success Factors and SF Integration.

7 full life cycle implementations (multiple phases), responsible for the development process from requirement gathering thru realization and final delivery.

Expertise in Microsoft Project, including baselining, resource leveling and tracking performance to plan

Worked extensively with Tax model maintenance, Benefit Plans, Month-end accruals and Wage types in all the Projects; Time and Payroll Schemas and Personnel Calculation Rules; ABAP Query, HR Forms. Experience in Interfacing Payroll / Benefits information to third party providers

Experience with Tax Reporter and year-end processing of W-2s (PU19),

EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

HCL • LyondellBasell, Houston TX September 2019 – Apr 2020

Principal Consultant – HCM Test Lead, Functional Lead, Cutover Manager

LYB SuccessFactors and Payroll implementation for 1600 Salaried and Hourly ASI Companies employees.

Migration of US ASI employees’ master data from Legacy/ ADP to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to include them into LYB Payroll with the rest of US based LYB employees.

Planned functional and integration test phases, conversions and cutover activities to production for ASI Payroll Implementation.

Owned and managed the hour-by-hour of detail planning needed to execute the cutover which included:

Technical steps for environment build (transports), manual configuration, data conversions and interfaces.

Gathering, validation and migration of ADP Payroll data (Garnishments, Tax data), Time data, and Benefits (Health and 401K) data into SAP ECC Payroll for ASI employees.

Validation and point-to-point integration of SuccessFactors ASI employee HR master data into SAP ECC Payroll system.

Closely monitored production cutover execution progress and resolved issues.

Developed contingency plans for Cutover with go/no go check point.

Owned, managed and executed the Testing Track in SAP HCM Payroll & Time implementation of ASI Companies. Executed 172 Test Scripts as part of Functional Test, and 31 Test Scripts as part of Parallel Test I and Test II. Maintained Testing Matrix of all configuration changes, interfaces, RICEF changes.

Experience in running SAP Payroll Process, including subsequent activities like Bank Transfer and Posting to Accounting along with other HR Transactions.

Deep experience in developing/designing and executing test scripts in SAP HCM Payroll and Time using HP ALM.

Possess a strong knowledge of the USA Taxes and BSI Tax Factory processes. Configuration changes for new Tax Authorities and new Wage Types. Tested Positive Pay files, Check Extract files with ADP and ACH files with the JPMorgan Bank. Created new House Banks configuration.

Accenture • Sasol, Houston TX March 2019 – June 2019

Principal Consultant supported Sasol HCM SAP Payroll System.

Maintained State Unemployment Insurance experience rates for 2019 for several states.

Configured additional HR Administrators for Lake Charles employees.

Changed Processing Class for Auto Allowance Wage Type to be taxable and reportable.

Configured Hourly Rates for Union employees driven by the change in the Union Contract.

Configured Union Dues for Union employees driven by the change in the Union Contract.

Created a Wage Type for Identity Guard deduction. Created a new HR Payee and assigned to a new Vendor.

Changed permissibility of several Wage Types for IT0014.

Updated various HR Actions.

Created HCM End to End Test scripts to be used in Regression testing.

San Francisco Unified School District, Houston TX/ San Francisco CA February 2018 – February 2019

Replaced Peoplesoft system with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll solution for 10000+ employees

American Air Filter Company, Houston TX/ Louisville KY

Replaced Paychex system with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll solution for 3200 employees

Principal Consultant, EC Payroll Lead, Technical Architect/ Cutover Manager for SF Employee Central Implementation.

Managed the following aspects of the project:

Maintained Project Plan for EC Payroll Implementation

Project scoping, Project Kick-off, Pre-implementation studies and workshops

Prepared High-Level Business Processes overview and documentation

Provided Best Practices recommendations for EC Payroll implementation

Business Requirements gathering and Detail Design documentation

ECP Workbooks preparation, review and approval

Gap Analysis, Configuration and testing of EC Payroll and Payroll Control Center

Performed configuration in EC Payroll for all aspects of Gross to Net Payroll Calculations

Conducted Integration Testing between Employee Central, Workforce and Cloud Benefits solution

Performed configuration for SF point to point integration between EC and EC Payroll

Worked closely with ADP on integrating EC Payroll and ADP so ADP could provide check printing and distribution, direct deposit distribution and Tax Reporting.

Conducted User Testing and Parallel Testing

Planned functional and integration test phases, conversions and cutover activities to production.

Owned and managed cutover activities to Production which included:

Technical steps for environment build (transports), manual configuration, data conversions and interfaces.

Gathering, validation and migration of Legacy (Peoplesoft and Paychex) employee HR and Payroll data. These data included the loads of Garnishments, Health and 401K benefits, and Tax Information into EC Payroll.

Gathering, validation and migration of Time data from Work Force system into EC Payroll, and Benefits data from Benefit Focus system into EC Payroll.

Validation and point-to-point integration of SuccessFactors HR employee master data into EC Payroll system.

Closely monitored production cutover execution progress, resolved issues, determined black out period for cutover.

Fluor Corp, Houston TX/ Aliso Viejo CA June 2016 – January 2018

Project Manager/ Cutover Manager to support Fluor's global projects and ongoing operations. Human Resources have implemented a global employee data management strategy for 45000 employees. The strategy included global standard data definitions and improved work processes to manage the complete employee life cycle. Examples: expatriate administration, project staffing, employee movement, manager self-service and HR reporting/workforce analytics for employees in 55 countries.

Managed all phases of HCM Evolution Project which consisted of:

HR Data Standardization to consolidate HR Actions globally for US and foreign countries and global Smart Forms.

Employee Self Service Portal implementation.

HR Generalists Self Service Portal implementation.

Managers Self Service Portal implementation.

Managed 40+ resources for large scale HR Renewal 2.0 ESS/MSS/HRSS/Forms Portal Implementation including Basis Lead, Functional Lead, Development Lead and QA Lead. Managed all phases of the project - Development, Quality Assurance, Change Management, Production Implementation, Training, Support.

Collected accurate estimates of all phases of project implementation – development, QA testing, User Acceptance testing and Organizational Change Management (OCM) activities for input to the project plan. Maintained 1,800+ Task MS Project Plan

Developed an overall Test Strategy document for the team.

Managed cutover activities for HR Data Standardization project and for ESS, HRSS and MSS implementations.

Ensured constant alignment between IT Team and HR Business Team by coordinating and assigning project tasks priorities.

Conducted weekly meetings with members of development team, QA team and HR Business team to foster open communication and ensure ongoing success.

Developed weekly executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.

Conducted blueprinting sessions for gathering requirements to identify Configuration and RICEF's needed by HR and IT.

Documented the progress of IT development and HR Business participation in a weekly status reports and provided them to the PMO office.

Member of Advisory Board. Participated in Advisory Board meetings with leadership to ensure successful delivery of the project and provided input into issue resolution when they came up.

Responsible for confirming project readiness prior to moving to the next project phase.

Participated in the project review meetings and provided assessment on the project’s overall health and status.

Partnered with HR business users to build holistic business requirements and provided strategic direction on IT solutions to solve HR business challenges.

Sysco Corp, Houston TX Dec 2014 – June 2016

SAP HCM Functional Lead/ Project Manager, QA Test Lead, Success Factors Integration Consultant

Provide Functional support in PA, OM, Time Management and Benefits areas.

Functional Lead on HCM Mini Master Implementation for Sysco Canada 5500 employees to provide them with access to SF Employee Platform and Learning Management system. Implementation required installation of French-Canadian language.

Provided management and functional guidance to Deloitte SAP Team on developing requirements and implementation of Mini Master interfaces for Sysco Ireland, Northern Ireland, Bahamas, and US based Specialty Foods 10000 employees.

Managed cutover activities for Mini Master implementations for Sysco Canada, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Bahamas and Specialty Food employees. Developed back out/contingency plans for Cutover with go/no go check point along with readiness assessments

Experience implementing multiple SAP HCM and SuccessFactors modules including SuccessFactors Employee Profile (EP), SuccessFactors Recruiting Management, SuccessFactors Onboarding (OB), SuccessFactors Learning Management System (LMS).

Provided functional guidance to technical team in developing the integration between ECC and SuccessFactors BizX for Employee Profile, Recruiting Vacancy to Requisition, Recruiting Requisition to Hire, Onboarding and Learning Management implementation. Performed configuration for SAP HCM and SF integration.

Led, managed and mentored a team of 4 technical developers in their development effort to integrate SF and SAP HCM and deploy a hybrid (On-Premise/ Cloud) solution. Developed viable implementation plans.

Performed functional and system integration testing of all the integrations between Success Factors platform and SAP HCM. Tracked defects using HPQC system. Worked closely with developers on resolving issues.

Worked with Infosys developers by providing functional guidance, validated and approved developer’s configuration, reviewed and approved test cases, validated and approved developers’ transports.

Managed Easy Reporter Implementation and Rollout Initiative of SpinifexIT Easy Reporter. Developed and executed implementation plans. Developed Users Security in Easy Reporting. Created step-by-step job aids to guide users in learning the new reporting tool. Trained Super Users.

Aera Energy, Bakersfield CA Jun 2014 – May 2015

SAP HCM/ Payroll Functional / Lead Consultant

Lead Functional consultant to provide Functional support in Payroll, Time Management and Benefits areas.

Researched and resolved an issue with month-end accrual process. Documented an overview of the month-end accrual process, corrected wage types processing class ‘79’.

Created configuration in benefits and payroll to implement Health Savings Account (HSA) functionality:

oDefined new high deductible medical plans, plan options and coverages, new HSA plan, wage types,

oIncluded the employee deduction, contribution and employer contribution on the pay advice,

oWorked with taxability model to properly tax HSA Employee and Employer contribution for state of CA by creating new tax classes, tax type combinations and tax models.

Configured new Period Work Schedules for employees rotating day and night shifts every 20 weeks and every 24 weeks, new Work Schedule Rules and Work Schedules.

Corrected an overflow issue on the Pay Advice.

Implemented configuration to resolve an issue with Wage Type ‘In Lieu Holiday Pay Term’ not showing correctly on Pay Advice by modifying personnel calculation rule.

Resolved an issue with Wage Type ‘In Lieu Holiday Pay Term’ not reducing the appropriate absence quota.

Deloitte Consulting LLP Jan 2014 – May 2014

Specialist Master/ Manager

Received training in Workday HCM Core and Practical Release 21.

Received training in Project Management.

FMC Technologies Corporation, Houston TX Apr 2012 – Oct 2013

SAP HCM Functional Lead/ Project Manager/ QA Test Lead

Lead functional consultant to provide functional support in HR/ Payroll area which includes HR, CATS, Time and Payroll.

Project Manager on BW implementation of Ceridian historical HR, Benefits and Payroll information loads, and ADP Payroll information loads into SAP Business Warehouse managing 3 developers. Developed practical implementation plans by resource.

Worked collaboratively with clients and stakeholders - both external and internal - to research, analyze, validate and document business requirements, and to ensure that those requirements clearly reflect true business needs.

Managed, mentored and developed 5 technical developers for development effort of interfaces, reports and dialog modules for Payroll Modernization project – integration project with ADP and Kronos using inbound and outbound interfaces.

Designed and documented detailed Functional Specifications for the Conversion of SAP data to ADP Pay Force, new SAP to ADP Pass Thru Interface, SAP to ADP ePIP Interface, SAP to 401K Fidelity interface and SAP to Aon Hewitt interface.

Performed QA and User Test of all the Interface and Conversion Programs. Created test cases and worked closely with the ADP implementation team during Parallel Test process, identified deltas and corrected issues with the Wage Types and Pass Thru interface to ADP.

Configured new Wage Types, new currency USD4 to support storing and passing rates with 4 decimal points to ADP and Aon Hewitt.

Configured Personnel Administration Actions, Dynamic Actions and Info Groups in PA.

Configured Organization Management Actions to create and maintain Positions.

Configured new Payroll Areas and the feature to default them in Personnel Administration.

Configured Personnel Calculation rules to correct OT calculation for employees in California.

Maintained various features, personnel calculation rules and schemas.

Designed a custom process to support automatic processing of Leave of Absence actions in SAP from Aon Hewitt and subsequent process of sending Leave of Absence information to ADP Payroll system.

Aera Energy, Bakersfield CA Dec 2011 – August 2012

SAP HCM/ Payroll Functional / Lead Consultant

Lead functional consultant to provide Functional support in Payroll and Time Management areas.

Worked with configuration for Posting to FI and Third-Party Remittance. Analyzed and corrected configuration settings for Employer Debt Repayment Tax WT /411 for states of FL and CA.

Worked with Tax Schema ZTX0, corrected Tax Configuration for Employer Debt Repayment Tax WT /411 to be processed correctly through Payroll Driver and Payroll Schema and stored correctly in Payroll Clusters.

Added configuration to PE51 (HR Form Editor). Configured new Pay Advice for Bonus Payment form to include pre-tax and after-tax Bonus contribution information from Savings Plans info type. Added feature configuration to display new Pay Advice for Bonus Payment in ESS.

Configured new Period Work Schedule, set Work Schedule Rules and Work Schedules and generated new Work Schedules.

Configured new Process Models for regular payroll to process 4 payroll areas. The process models were configured to send email messages to Payroll Department.

Analyzed Payroll to Benefits Integration configuration and corrected an issue with health insurance benefits deductions (feature MODDE) not taking place every pay period.

Designed and documented detailed Functional Specifications for the interfaces from SAP to 401K Fidelity both inbound and outbound.

Configured a mechanism to split the Wage Type /401 and /410 amount into various wage types based on Tax level and Tax authority.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), San Diego CA Jun 2008 – Apr 2012

Project Manager/ SAP HCM Functional Lead

Provided functional support and project management in HCM area which included HR, SETS (Time Entry system), CATS, Time and Payroll modules for 38000 SAIC employees.

Supervised an Offshore resources team of 5 while testing their work in Development and QA environments.

Managed team of 3 Onshore technical developers for development effort of interfaces, reports and dialog modules.

Project manager overseeing the project to reclassify Shift Premium as Other Direct Cost. Performed analysis, wrote complex Functional Specifications and performed configuration for the same project. Delivered progress report to IT Management team.

Project manager on Payroll Modernization project with ADP overseeing the changes in SAP system required for Payroll integration project with ADP. Delivered progress report to IT Management team.

Configured new Labor Codes, Attendance Types, Time Types and Wage Types required for Payroll integration project with ADP.

Updated Time and Payroll Schemas. Modified and created new Personnel Rules for Payroll Modernization project with ADP.

Designed and documented detailed Functional Specifications for the new SAP to ADP Interface. Performed Unit and QA Test of the Interface.

Participated in the Parallel Test process to identify deltas and correct issues with the Wage Types.

Performed, tested and implemented the following configuration in Time Entry system, CATS and Time for Canada, UK and India:

oConfigured New Labor Codes, Attendance types and Time Types for Sick Leave, Vacation Leave, Compassionate Care Leave, Family Emergency Leave

oConfigured New Labor Codes, Attendance types and Time Types for Premium at 2.0, Premium at 1.5, Premium at 1.0, Regular, Uncompensated, Billable Uncompensated

Performed configuration changes to modify dates in Payroll for 2009 and 2010 holiday processing.

ATT Services, St. Louis MO Dec 2005 – Jun 2008

SAP HCM Functional Lead, Sr. SAP HCM/ Payroll Consultant

Supported ATT SAP HCM solution for 200,000 employees and 200,000 contractors.

Functional and Technical Lead Developer for Non-eLink Resource Project to incorporate over 200,000 contractors and non-SAP paid employees’ information into SAP R/3. Loaded HR Master data associated with these resources into SAP R/3. Developed, designed, tested and implemented Master Data conversion programs and an interface for PA and OM side.

Key player in 2008 Common Compensation project that provided a single compensation structure for the Bell South, Southwestern Bell and ATT US-based management populations (over 70,000 employees). Created high level and detail design documents, configured SAP Pay Scale structures, performed conversion of old Jobs and Positions, executed Job Reclassification action to re-assign management employees into new Pay structures.

Participated in the transition of the ATT PeopleSoft domestic HR/Payroll systems and operations into eLink Payroll system.

Created Functional and Technical requirements for processes and design needed in core HR SAP system due to implementation of SAP Real Estate Module. These processes were implemented to more efficiently and accurately report an employee/work location relationship and each employee’s occupancy frequency of work site. Configured Actions, Dynamic Actions, created custom tables, wrote Conversion Programs to load Buildings, Floors and Workstations from Real Estate.

Provided Year-End support working in Tax Reporter with W2 and W2c forms.

Designed, developed and implemented a complex process that extracts information from PCL4 clusters and loads all W2Cs created from Tax Reporter into a custom infotype for viewing and printing on the WEB via ESS services.

PowerWell Services, Houston, TX Mar 2006 – Sep 2006

SAP HCM Functional Lead, Sr. SAP HCM/ Payroll Functional Consultant

Provided Functional support in Personnel Administration and Org Management areas for Global HR implementation in 40 countries including UK, France and Germany.

Configured an enterprise structure to include the establishment of Company codes, Personnel areas, Personnel subareas, Employee groups, Employee subgroups

Configured Hire, Leave of Absence and Transfer Actions.

Configured Hire, Promotion, Demotion and Transfer Actions to capture annual Bonus Level participation.

Prepared complex Functional specifications for FRICE objects (Custom Reports, Interface Programs, Conversion Programs, 3rd Party Applications, USER Exits, and Custom Infotypes for SAP HR Modules).

Reviewed, planned and implemented HRSPs.

Amtrak, Washington DC Nov 2002 – Dec 2005

SAP HCM Technical Lead, Sr. SAP HR/ Payroll Consultant

Technical Lead Consultant for a full life-cycle implementation of a 4.6C HCM solution, which involved planning, design, build and production cutover of the R/3 system.

Established, maintained and monitored a set of ABAP Development Standards to be followed according to SAP Best Practices.

Developed SAP standards manual that addressed functional requirements, technical specifications, test plans, QA testing, naming conventions, and procedures addressing email and FTP techniques. Conducted code review and walk-throughs of HR/ Payroll ABAP development. Created a project plan for the technical development effort.

Customized CATS functionality by developing and testing User Exits required to process Time Data. Extensive experience configuring CATS, designing Enhancements to the CATS transaction, and designing complex Interfaces against the CATS Database both inbound from Kronos and outbound to Project Systems.

Designed and developed a process for extracting check, advice, and statement data from PCL2 clusters and sending them to JP Morgan Bank for printing.

Acme Brick Company, Fort Worth, TX Jul 2002 – Nov 2002

Sr. SAP HR/ Payroll Consultant

Upgrade Project from R/3 3.1I to R/3 4.6C.

In preparation for an upgrade developed, tested and implemented a series of programs to purge time, payroll and employee extraneous information and delimit related Organizational Management data to improve system performance.

Prepared and implemented Testing Strategy for cycle, unit, integration testing. Responsible for SAP version upgrade from 3.1I to 4.6C. Review of the custom and standard programs, analysis of the programs in 4.6C and possible impacts on the existing functionality of SAP HR system.

Designed, developed, tested and implemented a custom Dialog Module program that provides an Interface for users to enter Infotype 2010 (Remuneration Info) in a fast and efficient manner.

Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA Dec 2001 – Jul 2002

Sr. SAP HR/ Payroll Consultant

Implemented EPAN - web-based application used by HR, Payroll and Benefits departments to process, change, and confirm Partners Action Notices and pass this information to SAP for 28000 Starbucks employees.

Designed and managed an automated load into SAP from an Access Visual Basic application of HR Merit Increase, Promotion/ Demotion, Separation and Personal Change Actions utilizing Call Transaction and BDC processing. Designed detailed Business Rules for SAP Inbound Interface. Unit Tested, String Tested, Quality Assurance Tested, and Performance tested the load. Created extensive test scripts.

Managed a team of business analysts in the design and the implementation of the EPAN application.

Designed, developed, tested and implemented a Load program to outsource Benefits for Starbucks Canadian partners to a Towers Perrin system. The program produced demographic, salary history and benefit plans history information.

Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, CA Jun 2001- Dec 2001

Sr. SAP HR/ Payroll Consultant

Implemented Global HRMS SAP HR PA/PD Project.

Designed, developed, tested and implemented a significant custom application within SAP HR to allow Bechtel HR and Payroll administration to capture details of employees National Assignments (length of stay, relocation and per diem information) and to provide this information to Payroll. Created 6 Custom Infotypes with 16 Screens (Module Pools) with Tabstrip Controls and a set of 18 Custom Tables to support this enhancement for multiple countries. This custom application was implemented without defects.

Designed custom authorization object to implement security and process flow for different user groups (HR and Payroll administrators) for SAP custom application.

Southwestern Bell Communications, St. Louis, MO Nov 2000- Jun 2001

Sr. SAP HR/ Payroll Consultant

Implemented ePCR – web-based application designed for entry of HR Personnel Actions via the company Intranet into SAP R/3 HR.

Responsible for object–oriented analysis and design of the application.

Designed and developed a massive set of 52 SAP Custom tables necessary to support ePCR application.

Extensively worked in Business Object Builder, and Business Object Repository (BOR).

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Sector, Atlanta, GA Oct 1998– Nov 2000

Technical Lead, Sr. SAP HR/ Payroll Consultant

ERP project - implementation of SAP R/3 HR, Time and Payroll modules.

Technical lead consultant on SAP HR, Time and Payroll implementation. Instrumental in the data mapping, data cleansing and data transformation between Legacy systems Tesseract and PEPOLS and SAP Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Time and Payroll Master Data during development and Go-Live.

Mentored less experienced programmers at Lockheed Martin during conversion and go-live.

Prepared Functional requirements, Technical requirements, High level design, Detail design documents and performed unit, integration, and parallel testing.

Loaded Absence and Attendance types into Time Infotypes 2001 and 2002 from Kronos using BAPI BAPI_PTMGREXTATTABS_INSERT.

Education: MS, Engineering & Computer Science, University for Waterway Communications, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia.

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