SAP Senior Lead Configuration Payroll Consultant

Responsibilities:  

·         Design and Completed Global and Country Specific Payroll Template Documentation for 39 International Companies.

·         Configured US payroll, garnishment and benefits modules for International Implementation.

·         Developed SAP HR solutions to support business requirements.

·         Identify gaps and escalate to project manager
Research, recommend, and apply new technologies.

·         Involved in Global Landscape design.

·         Verified configuration templates completeness in the IMG Enterprise Structure.

·         Conduct training classes on writing configuration scripts.

·         Identify required data for conversion

·         Report issues to Project Manager (timescale, configuration issues).

·         Experience with Payroll schema/rules, wage type configuration, third party remittance, posting of payroll result to FI, payroll related programs, process model, processing BDC sessions, tax reporter, and BSI Tax Software maintenance.

·         Experience with benefits configuration, integration with payroll, enrollment, termination, and open enrollment.

Responsibilities:

• Worked undergoing SAP Implementation converting 464,000 employees to SAP HR module on ECC 6.0
• Involved with the PA, PD, OM and TM, ESS, and Payroll modules.
• Responsibilities include, among others, requirement gathering, and creating blue print document, defining business and systems strategy, developing system requirements.
• Responsible for writing test scripts.
• Tested detailed functional designs for business solution components.
• Canada, Guam, Virgin Island and Puerto Rico go live date April 2008.
• Setup local taxes for new stores and maintenance for existing local SUI taxes as needed.
• Ensured Canadian Payroll taxes were in compliances for Federal/Provincial taxes by updating Tax tubs.
• Proficiency in using Mercury Quality Center for Test Scripts, Test
  runs and Defect Management.
• Ensure that test schedules and plans are followed and executed properly. Ensure assigned testing system problems are documented, assigned, communicated, and appropriately resolved, including tracking reports for software and hardware validation.
• Verify that all scheduled processing in the test environment is completed in accordance with schedules.
• Prepared year processing for Canadian payroll.
• Setup Payroll schemas and rules.
•  Prepared Year end Closing Procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Train SAP Users Gross to Net payroll processing.     
• Develop training material and train end-users on the ECC 6.0
• Responsible for creating test scripts
• Responsible for developing a test case that could be executed to find out the bugs. it contains test case id, test case description, test case procedure, test input, expected result and actual result
• Responsible training users on the CATS application
• Supported Payroll department for their day-to-day issues and service requests.
• Assist with documenting new work instruction procedures
• Trained users on processing payroll for USA and Canadian Payrolls
• Maintain metrics and key performance indicators which assess the value delivered through training and business process improvement.
• Validated test results from test scripts
• Assisted with parallel testing
• Responsible for training user on Garnishment Module.
• Trained on SAP Benefits Module
• Day to day support, maintenance and troubleshooting for SAP HR Payroll

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for year-end closing for USA and Canadian accounts.
• Responsible for setting up local taxes for new stores and maintenance for existing local SUI taxes as needed.
• Assisted in yearend closing of filing federal, state and local taxes and ensure W2s were mailed on time.
• Conducted a year end audit for the state of New York.
• Researched, processed and mailed W2-‘s and T4’s per associate request and updated Vantive Case Management System.
• Maintained store transfer reports, audit reports, and manual checks to ensure taxes are withheld correctly.
• Created spreadsheets for W-2 year end balancing.
• Processed W4 and state withholding tax forms using IBM Tesseract system.
• Payroll Tax Funding to Third Party on daily basis (ADP)
• Researched, processed and mailed W2-‘s and T4’s per associate request and updated Vantive Case Management System.
• Power of Attorney of Payroll Accounts
• Processed T-4 corrections
• Prepared Year End T-4 Statement of  Remuneration and T-4 Summary
• Prepared Year End Revenue Quebec RL-1,2 Summary and Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions
• Prepared Year-End Ontario EHT Annual Return
• Prepared Manitoba Annual Report
• Prepared T4-A Summary
• Prepared N4R  Statement of Amount Paid or Credit to Non-Residents of Canada

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for upgrade of SAP 3.6 to 4.6 HR/Payroll system
• Created Payroll Test scripts.
• Process Third Party accounts.
• Served as liaison between system users and technical support group.
• Process payroll to ensure integrity of system upgrades.
• Assist with Garnishment module.
• Configured Wage Types
• Troubleshoot errors in parallel runs and fixed system errors
• Updated and created new tax models, wrote new payroll rules and functions, modified schemas.

Responsibilities:

• Process bi-weekly payroll Gross to Net for 600+ hourly and 4500 salaried using SAP payroll systems.
• Process time using Web time entry, Excel spreadsheets and Kronsos Work Force Central to SAP system.
• Maintain employee records by utilization of SAP and Clarify Case Management
• Process terminations, severance, leave absences, garnishments and relocations.
• Process off cycle checks
• Transmit direct deposit to Wachovia
• Conducted SAP Introduction/Navigation classes.
• Blueprinted for Business processes.
• Validate test results for system releases and upgrade.
• Release and Exit payroll for processing to gross to Net.
• Successful completion of Pay Frequency project converting   weekly to bi-weekly payroll. Responsibilities included Setup new payroll areas, setup payment model for union dues deduction,  reconfigured payroll areas to meet new requirements for garnishment and benefits, modification to payroll schema,  data clean up, parallel testing and go live.
• Involved in parallel testing and pre-notification process.
• Involved in process and improvement payroll process
• Assist in open enrollment for benefits.
• Updated training manuals.
• Configured Wages Types for Info types 8, 14, and 15 as required by Business change.
• Involved in SAP R/3.4 to 4.6c upgrade for HR module.
• Involved in SAP R/3.3f to 4.6b upgrade for HR module.
• Assisted 9 years of year-end closing for Canadian payroll
• Managed case loads in call center for internal and external customers.
• Active participant in creating the Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery plan for SAP