Srinivas Prabhu

Senior SAP HCM Functional Consultant

USA Contact No: +1-972-352-3468

Prabhukandlur@gmail.com

Experience Summary:

  · SAP Certified Application Associate - SuccessFactors Employee Central (C_THR81_1502)

  · Around 16 years of total experience including SAP-HCM Functional Consulting , Core HR

(Compensation & Benefits) and Payroll operations (from business side).

  · About 10 years of experience in SAP HR module. Hands on capabilities include:

blueprinting, configuration, testing and go-live support for Organizational Management,

Personnel Administration, TIME Management, ESS/MSS, HR Forms and Processes and

Global Employment Management.

  · About 5 years extensive work experience in HR interfaces – in-bound and out-bound.

Handled multiple complex interfaces to and from SAP HCM.

  · Completed 2 end to end implementations of SAP HCM (for PA, OM, Global Employment

Management, TIME, ESS/MSS, and HR Forms & Processes).

  · Played a vital role in implementation of Quotas in SAP TIME Management in one of the

projects.

  · Worked on 3 major conversions from Legacy systems to SAP HCM (as part of Mergers &

Acquisitions).

  · Key contributor in multi country SAP HCM rollout projects.

  · Strong understanding of project management or software development lifecycle

methodologies ASAP, Waterfall & Agile (Scrum Framework).

  · Over 6 years of experience in Core HR (Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations,

Induction & Orientation, Employee Onboarding etc. ).

  · Excellent understanding of all aspects of the Human Resources business processes with

experience in gathering and analyzing business requirements for conceptual design.

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Skills:

Certification: SAP Certified Application Associate - SuccessFactors Employee Central

(C_THR81_1502).

SAP– HCM Module (PA, OM, TIME, Global Employment Management, ESS/MSS, HR Forms

and Processes).

SAP Solutions Manager – Business Blue Print Module and ChaRM Module for Change requests.

Tools used:

Caliber and Star Team – Requirement Management and documents’

Repository tool.

EMC - Documentum – File Archival / Repository Tool

EMC – Documentum| eRoom – Common Document Repository System for SAP interfaces and

reports

SharePoint – used as a restricted shared folder for meetings and project documents

HP Quality Center – Testing and ticketing tool.

HP QTP (Quick Test Professional) – a Mass Upload and testing Tool.

HP Service Manager SM9 – Ticketing Tool – used the modules such as Service Management,

Incident Management, Change Management etc.

HP PPM (Project and Portfolio Management) – a Project management Tool.

MS-Office 2013 –

MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-Access, MS-PowerPoint, MS-One Note, MS-Project and MS-Visio.

Operating Systems:

Windows 2000/NT/Win-7, Win-8, MS DOS

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PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Organization

Designation / Role

Client

Location

: Infosys Ltd.

: Lead Consultant

: PepsiCo Inc.

Sept 11 - till date

: Plano, TX, USA

Responsibilities / Tasks handled:

  Ø Design, build, test and deploy SAP HCM solutions, especially RICEFWs’ (Reports,

Interfaces, Enhancements, and Forms) design and development.

  Ø Identify and address client needs: actively participate in client discussions and meetings;

  Ø Project Management for small and mid-sized projects for customer (Work Intake Projects)

- overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution,

monitoring, controlling and closure of a project – Tools used: HP PMP (Project and

Portfolio Management), MS-Project.

  Ø Managing a team of 5 onshore and 5 offshore IT professionals geographically dispersed

in the U.S. and India.

  Ø Key contribution in ECC Upgrade projects – EhP 4 to EhP 5 and EhP 5 to EhP 7 – handled

multiple customizations due to new changes as part of EhP upgrades.

  Ø Functional SME / POC for all HRSP related questions / issues for PA, OM, ESS/MSS, and

Global Employment.

  Ø Responsible for HRSP – Impact Analysis and Review; Testing post application of Support

Packs / Legal change notes.

  Ø Active participation in Yearend activities.

  Ø Actively involved in UAE Rollout Project.

  Ø Functional SME / POC for PA, OM, Global Employment Management, TIME, ESS/MSS,

HR Forms and Processes.

  Ø Worked extensively on HR Interfaces – Inbound and Outbound. Designed multiple

complex interfaces to and from SAP HCM.

  Ø Responsible for requirements’ gathering; building functional design document, field

mapping documents (for interfaces), config documents etc. for the new enhancements;

walkthrough the design with key stakeholders; configure the system per the requirement,

conduct multiple tests in different environments; coordinate with business / HR

Operations in User Acceptance Testing; Migrate the changes to Production; support hyper

care.

  Ø Coordinate with multiple Teams (such as Business Team, HR Operations Team, Technical

Team, Middleware Team, ECG Team, Vendor Business Team, Vendor Technical Team,

Scheduling Team etc.) while building the new RICEFW Objects (i.e. interfaces / Reports).

  Ø Responsible for supporting the periodical production outages.

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  Ø Monitor Payroll and TIME Jobs; Coordinate with the Scheduling / ControlM /

Middleware / ECG Teams, Vendors and business - in case of any issues.

  Ø Coordinate with benefits’ vendors such as Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, and Towers Watson for

401K, ESOPs, Canada benefits etc.

  Ø Point of Contact for Kenexa, RTI systems on new hire interfaces’ issues / questions.

  Ø Responsible for KRONOS file monitoring for TIME data (about 70+ files every week) and

other in-house TIME feeders on TIME data.

  Ø Supported ESS/MSS, HR Forms and Processes’ production issues.

Organization

Location

Designation / Role

Client

: Infosys Ltd.

: Senior Consultant

: BNSF Railways

Responsibilities / Tasks handling:

Functional SME for SAP HCM Testing -

  Ø Drive the Regression Testing and Integration Testing for all SAP projects with the help of

professional Testers to ensure that proposed changes are going to production

environment without any issues.

  Ø Communicate the project status to the team members, to the customer, and to the

management on a regular basis (through weekly meetings).

  Ø Build Detailed Test Plans for every project and ensure project standards are followed in

every stage of the project.

  Ø Leading and managing the project test efforts (test plan, test execution strategy, status

reports).

  Ø Performed System, Integration, and Regression testing in QA environment.

Solution Manager – Business Blueprint – Documents’ Migration to SolMan –

  Ø Strong knowledge of HP Quality Center and the structure of test artifacts (test cases,

scripts, results and defects) within the tool.

July 10 – Sept 11

: Fort Worth, TX, USA

  Ø Achieve SAP Solution Manager (Solman) documentation cleanup for HR mega processes

(HR, LSO and eRecruitment) with the help of 6 Consultants.

  Ø Direct the Team members in creating / cleaning up of the structure (Mega process,

business scenario, business area etc.) in Solution Manager per customer business

requirements.

  Ø Coordinate with the client stake holders to collate the different versions of the same

document and then compile it and make it one final document.

  Ø Conduct the knowledge sharing sessions to the new joinees on the team to bring them

up to speed with the project requirements and accordingly complete the deliverables per

defined project timelines.

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Organization

: Infosys Ltd.

Designation / Role

Client

Location

: Senior Consultant

: AT&T Inc.

: Saint Louis, MO, USA

Description of the Project :

This project involves providing production support to AT&T’s SAP HR systems. The primary

business objective is to streamline the various mergers at AT&T and ensure that the HR/Payroll

operations are functioning smoothly. The project also involved handling enhancements to

existing functionalities and setup.

Responsibilities / Tasks handled:

  Ø Played active role in different mergers / conversion projects.

o AT&T merger with Bellsouth – employee conversion from AT&T legacy systems

to SAP HCM.

o Cingular merger with AT&T - employee conversion from Cingular legacy systems

to SAP HCM.

  Ø Point of Contact for Personnel Administration, Organizational Management and TIME

Management modules in SAP HR at AT&T.

  Ø Partner with BPO to understand the business requirements and develop the system per

client’s needs.

  Ø Analyze the Business Requirements and Functional Requirements to configure the system

per client’s need.

  Ø Build High Level Design, Detailed Design, Unit Test Plan and code / configure the

changes per the requirement.

  Ø Work closely with QA (Quality Assurance) Team during system testing / regression

testing to make sure that the code/config is working fine in all environments.

  Ø Conduct knowledge sharing sessions with offshore and onsite teams to share the project

learning.

  Ø Worked on a conversion project to bring contractors into SAP HCM system –

o Did all required config in PA, OM and TIME modules.

o HR data conversion for contractors using tools and CATT (mass upload script).

  Ø Played a vital role in implementation of Quotas in SAP TIME Management.

  Ø Wrote multiple CATTs for mass upload employee master data and org data – for regular

day-to-day activities and during the conversion.

  Ø Managed a team of 8 people located in the US and India - handling PA, OM, TIME and HR

ABAP.

July 06 – July 10

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Organization

Location

Designation / Role

Client

: Infosys Ltd.

: Officer – US Payroll

Feb 06 – July 06

: US-Payroll (Infosys internal)

: Bengaluru, India

Responsibilities / Tasks handled:

  Ø Payroll Processing: Compiling the inputs received from various depts. like HRD (Salary

Advice), Attendance Dept. (Info. on Leaves and Attendances), India Loans Team (India

Loan deductions, if any), Insurance Agency (on insurance deduction, if any) etc. whi le

processing the payroll and send the details to Payroll Service Provider ADP inc. to do the

tax calculations and make the payment to the respective employees.

  Ø Responsible for Loans & Advances - Process the Car Loan and Salary Advances based on

the request from the employee and as per the company’s policy.

  Ø Conduct the briefing session on US Payroll requirements for the employees who travel

from India to US on deputation – Explaining the Payroll specific things that employee has

to complete once he/she lands in US.

  Ø Coordinate with HRD and other business enabler functions for Payroll related activities.

  Ø Involve in month end, quarter end and yearend activities.

Organization

Designation / Role

Client

Location

: Infosys Ltd.

: Officer – C&B

Mar 00 – Jan 06

: Compensation & Benefits in HRD (Infosys HR)

: Bengaluru, India

Responsibilities / Tasks handled:

  Ø Management of SAP-HR Systems; identify requirements for new functionalities in SAPHR

system and drive development and implementation of the same.

  Ø Put in place checklists for ensuring accuracy, test new functionalities and train the team

to use the same.

  Ø Work closely with the IS team on C&B systems’ enhancements / implementation.

  Ø Single point of contact for other C&B systems like EDS (Employee Data Sheet), e-Docket,

e-Separation, e-Confirmation etc.

  Ø Ensure that the salary advices for India, USA and Non-US Countries are sent to finance

on time for processing the payroll.

  Ø Take part in C&B programs like Compensation Review, Role change exercise, Promotion

exercise, Variable Payout exercise, Bonus Payout exercise etc.

  Ø Ensure that exit process is completed as per the defined guidelines and relieving letter is

issued after completing the separation clearance formalities (termination formalities).

  Ø Mechanization of manual process – Automated the Employee Letter Generation via

eLetter system (Automated Letter Generation System).

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  Ø Partner with DCHR/BPHR/GeoHR/Finance to design and deploy the processes.

  Ø Coordinate with the internal auditors and external / SOX Auditors during the periodical

audits.

  Ø Process improvement; drive automation. Documentation of the activities/processes.

  Ø Support adhoc data requests and monthly, quarterly and annual data requests.

Train, coach team. Conduct knowledge sharing sessions.

STRENGTHS:

  · Strong functional background with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

  · Quick Learner, Very Committed and able to work under pressure.

  · A good Team Player, Professional attitude and a firm personality.

  · Strong Analytical Ability, Detail Oriented.

  · Leadership and People Management Skills.

Education:

  · Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management

Amity University

  · Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

National Academy of Computer Education

  · Bachelors in Commerce

Mangalore University

Certifications:

SAP Certified Application Associate - SuccessFactors Employee Central (C_THR81_1502).

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