Sap hr professional

Hassan A.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Over * years of experience as a SAP HR professional with over 6 years as a SAP HR functional consultant and about 1 year of SAP HR technical lead. Hands-on capabilities include: Business analysis, blueprinting, configuring, testing and go-live support for Organizational Management, Compensation Management, Personnel Development, Personnel Administration, Benefits Administration and Recruitment. Experienced with the following ERP Packages: SAP R/3, 6.0 ECC, 5.0 ECC and 4.7 enterprise.

• 4 full cycle implementations in SAP-HR TM, PA, PD, BN, OM, PY, ESS & MSS Modules. HR integration with Project Systems, Production Planning CATS, Plant Maintenance, BW and third party systems.

• Experienced in processing payroll through the Lawson payroll and KRONOS timekeeping systems.

• Gathered and analyzed business requirements from Payroll Business Owners, document the functional/technical requirements as well as develop and recommend solutions and identify any potential process changes affected.

• Configured functional design for new projects and enhancements to existing projects within SAP payroll module

• Provided production support for SAP Payroll by utilizing troubleshooting skills.

• Created plans and lead QA/test activities for all configuration/development activities.

• Developed user support documentation and provide training and coaching to end users

• Provided production support/ fixes to SAP FICO modules within established software systems.

• Expertise to correct problems and recommend solutions to problems.

• Support end users and other client staff.

• Engaged in problem resolution for SAP FICO related issues.

• Expertise in Organizational Management (OM) module ; experience in Organizational Planning, maintaining Relationships, Matrix Organization designing, Maintenance of Infotypes and number ranges, Integrating Tools.

• Expertise in Personnel Management module ; worked in the following areas Personnel Administration (PA), Personnel Development (PD), Recruitment (RC), Appraisal, Payroll (PY) Data and Maintenance of HR Master Data.

• Defined areas in Master Data, configured Gross/Net Payroll, created Personnel Actions, Jobs/Positions/Org. Worked on Units definitions and Infotypes/Info groups creation and maintenance, Wage Types, Pay Scale Types and Areas, Pay Scale groups and Levels.

• Thorough knowledge and experience in Personnel Development (PD); created and maintained the following areas ; Appraisals, Career/Succession Planning, Individual/Group Development, Profiles, Qualifications Catalog.

• Expertise in configuration and maintenance of Recruitment (RC); hands-on experience in configuring and maintaining the following fields ; Applicant Master Data, Applicant Actions, Bulk Processing, Vacancies and Advertisements, Applicant Selection Procedure, Applicant Activities, Integration with Personnel Administration by transferring applicant data.

• Expertise in Payroll (PY) module ; created, configured and maintained the following fields ; Wage Types, Taxes, Partial Period Remuneration, Processing Classes, Evaluation Classes, Processing Time Data, Payments and Deductions, Schemas, PCRs, Functions, Benefits (BN) and Payroll (PY) Integration, Garnishments, Factoring, Cumulating and storage, Postings to Accounting, Third Party Remittance, Off-Cycle Processing and Reports.

• Hands-on experience in Time Management (TM) module ; configured and maintained the following areas ; Work Schedule, Personnel Time Events, Shift Planning, Time Evaluation, Time Recording like Substitutions, Absences, Absence Counting, Absence Quotas, Leave Entitlement, Overtime, Availability, CATS, Schemas, PCRs, Functions, Counting Rules, Deduction Rules and Reports.

• Experience in creating, configuring and maintaining Benefits (BN) Area ; Benefit Area, Plan Attributes, Plan Types and Status, Health, Insurance Plans, Dependent coverage Options, Employee/Employer Contribution rules.

• Analyzed business operations pertaining to the configuration, development and implementation of HR system.

• Strong knowledge of finance and company accounting.

• Willingness to learn and grow with the new Business Processes and Technology. Proven Team player with strong attention to detail and client focus. Outstanding analytical and trouble shooting abilities with good interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.

SAP HR EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Altria Group, Inc. USA Feb’ 07 –July’ 09 SAP HR Functional Lead

TXU Energy, USA June’05-Jan’07 SAP HR Functional Analyst

Procter & Gamble Co., USA Jan’04-May’05 SAP HR Functional Consultant

Shell, USA March’ 02 –Dec’ 03 SAP HR Techno-Functional Consultant

TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES

ERP Package: SAP R/3, 6.0 ECC, 5.0 ECC and 4.7 enterprise

Operating Systems: Window 2003/XP

Packages: MS-Office

EXPERIENCE HISTORY

Altria Group, Inc. Virginia, U.S.A Feb’ 07 –July’ 09

Altria Group, Inc. (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.), based in Henrico County, Virginia, is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc., Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and Ste Michelle Wine Estates, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations.

Title: SAP HR Functional Lead

Softwares: Lawson Payroll & Benefits and Kronos Time Management & ESS

Environment: 6.0 ECC

Summary: My responsibilities as a functional lead included to ensure each functional area was incorporated in the best practice design. I worked with HR Leadership to obtain sign-off for HR process design, policies and procedures by stake holders from all the business segments. I built solutions in HR according to the client’s business requirements. I closely worked with the technical team to translate business requirements for indirect procurement. I documented the new systems and processes for the client. Assisted in gap analysis between client requirement and SAP functionality, reviewed and adopted new functionality in SAP. I reviewed the client’s process requirements, and suggested further enhancements and improvements. I initially created an organizational plan, the entire functional structure representing the enterprise. I installed OM first and then moved on to the other modules (Personnel Administration (PA), Time Management (TM), & Payroll (PY)). I created jobs, positions, and maintained the related info types.

Details & Responsibilities:

Role: As a functional lead, I configured the Time Management (TM) module. I held discussions with the consulting team concerning overall design to implement the requirements given by the client. My responsibilities for Time Management(TM) included creating Calendar for Public holidays along with employees work schedule, break schedule daily work schedule, periodic work schedule etc. My role included configuring and maintaining the Time info types, worked on time schema and PCRS. Successfully configured Payroll (PY) modules for the client.

Expert of SAP HR Payroll system that includes full payroll calculation cycle from master data entries to year end processing. Expert in wage type creation, fico posting configuration, third party remittance configuration, and year end form wage types mapping, payroll posting reconciliation. Detailed understanding and practical experience working with SAP payroll (PY)schema, payroll rules, wage type creation, wage type valuation based on constant valuation, payroll control record creation.

Payroll (PY)

• Involved in configuration of payroll

• Configured the payroll area feature ABKRS

• Assigned different pay scale types and levels for different employee groups and subgroups using feature TARIF to default the values.

• Integrated Time Evaluation data and wage types into payroll processing.

• Maintained recurring payments/ deduction and additional payments.

• Defined and assigned Date Modifiers, Period Modifiers and Generated Payroll periods.

• Configured Payroll procedures using IMG by defining the parameters of payroll module payroll periods, period modifiers, date modifiers and payroll past period etc.

• Defined employee subgroup and personnel sub area groups for the primary wage type and defined wage type permissibility for PS and ESG in basic pay.

• Defined Payscale structure by defining pay scale types, areas and levels.

• Defined entry permissibility for info type and defined wage type characteristics.

• Customized schemas, sub-schemas and rules for payroll data processing.

• Created wage type catalog and checked wage type group for Basic pay.

• Worked in payroll averages, retroactive accounting, wage type valuation, absence valuation factoring and accruals.

• Set up wage type catalog – create wage types, assign to wage type groups, processing class.

• Configured cumulation periods, cumulation wage types, and deduction wage types.

• Extensive knowledge of IT0221's

• Experienced in payroll driver RPCALCU0 and Schema U000.

• Assist Payroll result ADJT using subtype NAMC, YANA, and YAWA (IT-221).

• Assisted on clearing Claims relating to Year End Process.

• Supported Year End Tax activities (W2, 1099R, 1042S).

• Involved in benefits configuration.

• Completed Year End configuration relating to mapping new Wage types to the required form fields, Payroll Calendars, PY/FICO posting calendar and end- to- end testing.

• Run payroll reconciliation reports to assist balance at quarter/year end (RPCPRRU0).

• Created the payroll area (T549A), using period and date modifier.

• Configured / maintained payroll calendar (T549Q), wage types (T512W), pay-scale data.

• Maintained tax related processing classes and number ranges for wagetypes.

• Configured the Tax related Infotypes such as Residence Tax(IT207), Work Tax Area(IT208), Unemployment State (IT209), Internal Data required for Payroll Processing.

• Detail knowledge of the entire payroll process from end to end.

• Involved in parallel testing and product support.

• Involved in benefits integration.

• Wrote detailed conceptual designs

• Configured the HR-FI/CO postings of wage types.

• Provided production support/ fixes to SAP FICO modules within established software systems.

• Expertise to correct problems and recommend solutions to problems.

• Support end users and other client staff.

• Created plans and lead QA/test activities for all configuration/development activities and prod support.

• Integrated the benefits plans with wage types in payroll.

• Involved in BSI Tax factory setup for the assignments of tax deduction and withholding of taxes to flow automatically through the Lawson Payroll system.

• Involved in mapping of tax Authorities and Tax Types.

• Involved in Setting up of unemployment rates in BSI as an override.

• Maintained up to date knowledge of the ADP GlobalView template.

• Provided assistance and liaise with the Product Manager & Project teams to design any non standard changes to the ADP GlobalView template.

• Designed, documented, quoted, implemented, tested and trained any post live change requests (scope changes).

• Minimised ADP's exposure to risk while focusing on appropriate application of the g2 & ADP GlobalView template to maximise value to the client.

• Liaised with the ADP Project Manager (Consulting) assigned to the project and Team Leaders (Configuration), providing regular status updates and early warning of any slippage/ problems.

In R/3, I processed the US Sales & Use tax calculations within the SD, MM and FI modules.

1. Customer Pricing procedure: RVAXUD (SD)

2. Tax Procedure: TAXUSX (SD, MM and FI)

• Configured the communication

• Tested the external system tax data retrieval

• Activated the Tax Interface System

• Configured the External Tax Document

• Defined the tax jurisdiction code structure

• Customized Master Data Tax Classifications (SD)

• Customized Master Data Tax Indicators (MM)

• Maintained Master Data (SD)

• Maintained Master data (MM)

• Sett up tax codes

• Sett up SD condition records

• Configured Tax Per Document – Max Tax

Time Management (TM)

• Created Public holiday calendar.

• Created Work Schedule, Break Schedule, Daily Work Schedule, Periodic Work Schedule, Work Schedule Rule.

• Configured and Maintained Time infotypes, IT2000, IT2001, IT2002, IT2003, IT2005, IT2006, IT2007, IT2011, IT2012 etc.

• Configured the IMG Settings (Work Schedules, Absences, Attendances and Quotas) required for time management Infotypes.

• Worked on rules for variants as per the company’s requirement.

• Worked on the time evaluation report RPTIME00.

• Configured table T555Y, T555Z and T510S.

• Modified the PCRS and Schema TMO4.

• Created counting and deduction rules and its assignment.

• Defined Absence/Attendance types and counting rules (T556c).

• Configured Absence Quotas and maintained the quota type selection group using the feature QUOMO.

• Configured the Absence Quota generation through both RPTQTA00 and time evaluation schema.

Benefits (BN)

• Defined Benefit Areas, Benefit Providers and Plan Attributes, Worked with the features BAREA, BENGR, BSTAT.

• Configured Benefit Plan Types and Benefit Plan Status.

• Configured the Flexible Spending Account (FSAs)

• Configured the benefit module by setting up of benefit plans such as Health plans, Insurance plans and saving plan.

• Worked on features like ELIGR, CSTV1, COVGR, CRDV1

• Used the reports like RPLBEN04, RPLBEN03, RPLBEN05

• Analyzed and configured the Benefits module to implement health plans, insurance plans, and saving plans .

• Defined benefit areas (BAREA), benefit providers and the basic settings for the plans.

• Defined the general data for various plans and options that represent the coverage choices an employee can make within a plan.

• Created wage types for all benefits plans to enable Benefits-Payroll integration.

• Defined different cost formulas and cost formula calculation rules for health plans and insurance plans.

• Configured the key IT 0171 and features BAREA, BENGR and BSTAT for benefit programs.

• Configured Vesting and investments for the savings plan.

• Defined Evidence of Insurability conditions for health and Insurance plans.

• Defined the dependent coverage that is used in health plans.

• Configured the enrolments, termination, and eligibility of the employees into the benefits plans.

• Created and assigned the wage types to the respective benefit plans which are used in the payroll process for both full time and monthly and semi monthly employees.

• Provided knowledge transfer to the users, functional and technical team.

• Configured 2 health plans under COBRA plan.

• Worked on standard benefit reports: HRBEN0071: for eligible employees, HRBEN0072: for participation.

• Involved in Benefits Integration with PA module using relevant Wage types.

ESS and MSS:

• Defined absences for processing, Rule Group.

• Maintained features like IVWID, EDTIN, EDPDF.

• Assigned workflow template to each Absence Type.

• Assigned Employee Groups to view Team Calendar.

• Maintained Personnel Change Requests for different scenarios.

• Assigned Company’s Logo in smart forms for Salary Statement.

• Designed Enterprise Portal Static Screens for each functionality as a Prototype.

• Prepared Functional Specifications for Workflow and ABAP developments required for Reports, RFCs and custom EP Screens.

• Mentor for ABAP, Workflow and EP Teams during development and testing of the applications as Business requirements.

• Set up the test data in DEV for ESS/MSS for internal testing.

• Documentation of Configuration, Test Cases and End User Training Manuals.

• Conducted Training Workshops and assisted client’s associates.

• Provided production support to Business Users during Go-live and post Go-live.

• Assisted Basis/Technical team on below activities :

• Creation of ESS users and roles.

• Assignment of roles to the users as per their position in the organization.

• Auto assignment of users to the respective employees in IT0105/0001 through a custom program.

TXU Energy, Dallas, TX, USA June’05-Jan’07

TXU Energy is a leading competitive retailer that provides electricity service to Texans in deregulated energy markets. Serving 2.2 million customers in Texas, they are the state's largest electricity provider and have been serving customers for over 100 years.

Title: SAP HR Functional Analyst (Phase 1&2)

Summary: As a SAP-HR Functional Analyst, I worked in a team consisting of HR functional and technical consultants in the configuration effort. I performed competent SAP Human Resources (HR) duties on a full-time basis, working as an integral part of the SAP HR team through Phase 1 & 2. I provided assistance in supervising Organizational Management OM & (PA) Personnel Administration configuration and other team members who performed configuration and unit testing. This team had the responsibility to provide Human Resources with a high level of service and support for SAP HR on a national basis. I was also involved in Time Management (TM) and Payroll (PY) implementation in the 2nd phase of the project.

For this Energy Company SAP HR implementation, I created new personnel areas and personnel subareas, employee groups and subgroups. Involved in creating employee number assignments for internal and external ranges. Modified SAP features configuration according to user requirements. Modified PA screens according to user requirements for the client. Successfully created new Personnel Administration menus, actions and dynamic actions according to user requirements. Involved in creating user groups and info sets for Ad Hoc Query, SAP ABAP Query. Created environment for SAP HR OM structure, new objects, relationships, new evaluation path, customer actions. Built of SAP HR PA/OM integration. Performed batch input for master data upload. Performed unit testing for configuration and development according to prepared scripts and created test scripts for my own configuration. Developed ABAP program for Organizational management PCH logical data base with some additional data feed from PA.

Successfully completed Energy Company’s SAP HR Payroll (PY) implementation. Created new wage types according to user requirements, created evaluation wage types based on constant evaluation, Created new absence types with absence evaluation in payroll. Configured the vacation quota. Developed new work schedules according to business requirements. Performed unit testing for configuration and development according to prepared scripts and created test scripts for my own configuration.

Details and Responsibilities:

• Played a key role in assisting to build organizational change principles.

• Conducted GAP analysis on HR process and practices. Lead a team towards mapping lacunas and designing alternatives for HR processes. Played an active role as a catalyst to encapsulate industry HR best practices.

• Congregated end-user requirements in blueprint phase, analyzed and defining HR process flows and suggested methods and procedures related to an SAP implementation.

• Led meetings and SAP demonstrations with key operating unit personnel and corporate senior management to report findings and recommend strategic plan for configuration, testing and go-live.

• Configured the initial organizational structure or Root Organizational Unit. Set up Org Units, Positions and Jobs using Expert Mode and Simple Maintenance.

• Performed baseline and final configuration for the Personnel Development module. This included the Qualifications Catalog, Performance Appraisals and Career and Succession Planning.

• Designed and performed unit testing for Organizational Management (OM) and Personnel Administration (PA).

• Identified and evaluated Payroll systems, suggested best practices and developed procedures that meet user requirements

• Maintained object types, number ranges and infotypes in basic settings. Configured appraisal system as per the requirement of the enterprise. Involved in creation of infotypes by using transaction code PM01. Created qualified sub-profile entries for several planning objects in Mass data maintenance.

• Involved in transfer of qualifications and appraisals from personnel administration and recruitment components in Infotype 0024 and 0025 for integration process setup.

• Defined profile view and maintained the appraisal system component. Setup control parameter for individual planning. Worked with integration tools like RHINTE00 for transfer of Organizational Assignment.

Softwares: Kronos Payroll & Time Management

Payroll (PY)

• Design and development of master data-payroll interface

• Set up calculation for different payments in X012 for various union contract groups.

• Defined personnel calculation rules to conform to the employee union rules.

• Configured Wage Types and maintained Processing classes and specifications.

• Involved in extensive testing of the configured payroll areas, pay scale areas.

• Trouble shoot red line errors on Payroll Processing (RPCCALCU0).

• Assist Payroll result ADJT using subtype NAMC, YANA, and YAWA (IT-221).

• Assisted on clearing Claims relating to Year End Process.

• Completed Year End configuration relating to mapping new Wage types to the required form fields, Payroll Calendars, PY/FICO posting calendar and end- to- end testing.

• Run payroll reconciliation reports to assist balance at quarter/year end (RPCPRRU0).

• Created the payroll area (T549A), using period and date modifier.

• Configured / maintained payroll calendar (T549Q), wage types (T512W), pay-scale data.

• Maintained tax related processing classes and number ranges for wagetypes.

• Configured the Tax related Infotypes such as Residence Tax(IT207), Work Tax Area(IT208), Unemployment State (IT209), Internal Data required for Payroll Processing.

• Detail knowledge of the entire payroll process from end to end.

• Experience with Kronos softwares including: Workforce HR, Workforce Payroll, Workforce tax flier & Kronos essentials.

Time Management (TM)

• Defined attendance, absences, substitutions, overtime and availability as per the requirement. Created absence types like casual/sick/annual leaves and quotas.

• Defined the deduction rules, rounding rules and counting rules for the absence and attendance quota types. Involved in creation of public holiday/factory calendar, work schedule/ planned work schedule. Worked on the configuration and implementation of the FMLA Workbench.

• Handled absence valuations, time wage type valuations, factoring and averaging issues. Worked on time evaluation report RPTIME00 and time evaluation schemas TM04 and TM01.

• Configured schemas and Personnel calculation rules as per the requirements. Configured Work Schedules Rules according to Client requirements using tables T550A T551C and T508A and maintained the feature SCHKZ.

• Configured and tested CATS activities. Implemented various user parameters for Time sheet, customized data entry screen and customized reports to display time sheet data.

• Configured Absence Quotas and maintained the quota type selection group using the feature QUOMO. Configured the Absence Quota generation through both RPTQTA00 and time evaluation schema.

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration (Major in Human Resource Management) Purdue University, USA Dec’01

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