ravikanth pagadala, Solution Architect (Time & PY)

ravikanth pagadala

Solution Architect (Time & PY)

Accenture

Location
United States
Education
Bachelor's degree, Engineering
Experience
32 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 0 Months

Solution Architect (Time & PY) at Accenture
  • United States
  • My current job since March 2009

• Captured Business process requirements
• Conducted Workshops for Client team on FMLA WB
• Configured FMLA WB for US state and Federal law
• Activated Badi PT_FMLA for Eligibility Hrs
• Automatic email Alerts to FMLA and absence coordinators
• Developed Custom report for FMLA tracking
• Time Evaluation schema enhancements
• Global Template for 9 Countries

SAP HR Lead/Solution Architect/Project Manager at Saudi Business Machines
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2011

• SAP HCM Certified with 20 years of HR systems experience of which almost 14years of strong experience in implementation and customization of SAP R/3 HR functional & BW experience. Extensive experience in Time Management(Schema Writing, CATS, Mobile Time entry) PA, Talent CORE(Nakisa, E-rec, LSO), Organizational Management, Payroll(US, South Africa, International, Saudi, UAE, Qatar, Swiss, Germany, Australia), Success factors, HCM P& F, HR Renewal 1.0, ECM, Travel (Trip) management, Benefits, Training and Events Management, MSS ESS. E-recruitment and EP 7.1. Experience in ADM, ASAP methodologies and Worked with SAP Integration tools like Mercury Test Director 7.2 (Mercury Interactive), Clarify and ARS, ARIS.
• (5+Years)Lead SAP HR / HCM projects involving strategy, implementation support and worked on in house SAP HCM estimators
• Proven knowledge in other Modules and Process like SAP PM, OTC, OTP, SAP PP, SAP MDM
• Prudent Technical and Functional knowledge (contracts & procurement processes, development & configuration, training design and delivery, cutover planning, dry run, data migration, technical architecture, testing, knowledge transfer, etc.)

Time/Payroll/ECM/ADP lead at Accenture
  • United States
  • February 2008 to February 2009

Comcast is the largest US provider of cable services, and one of the world's leading communications companies. . I was involved from All phases of project till go live. The payroll and time implementation included 100, 000 employees.

Modules: Time Management, Mobile time entry (Symbol), ADP, Payroll Interfaces & ECM ECC 6.0, EhP3, EP 7.0

Accomplishments:
Time Mgt:
• Blue print, Time Management system Design and Schema /Rules Configuration
• Customized and written PCR's for Overtime, callout, Standby, Shift differentials, Tower Pay, Double time business Rules for Unions
• Performed system testing for full Time & payroll functionality and tested More than 4500 test conditions
• Supported Mobile time entry (Symbol Device)
• Complete CATS implementation with User exits
• Designed complete conversion of Legacy data for Time and Payroll into new system.
• User Training, Manuel, Time Hand Book
• Post Implementation Support: Fixed More than 300 Time defects
• Designed specifications to enter Mass time entry for CATS
• Designed specifications for Vacation Accruals.
• Hands on ABAP debugging skills for custom reports and Schema


Payroll/ADP
• Coordinated with ADP implementing Interfaces provided by ADP(Through transports) for US Garnishments, Print checks, W2
• Payroll Interface design for Vendors like Wage works
• Configured Payroll Features LGMST, TARIFF, ABKRS
• FI/HR Configuration
• Written rules for Absence Valuation
• Pre DME, DME, Posting
ECM
• Create and monitor budgets on the basis of your organizational structure.
• Performed top-down budgeting
• Implemented BP compensation Specialist.
• Implemented Business Add-In HRECM00_CALCBASE, HRECM00_MATR_MBOAPPR, HRECM00_MATRIX_SEGM
• Design & Configured Comp Administration

Team lead & HR SME at Accenture
  • United States
  • January 2007 to January 2008

Wyeth, Malvern, PA Jan, 2007to Jan 2008
Team lead & HR SME
Modules: Benefits Outsourcing (Mercer), Time Eval (Kronos), PY, HR/BW Objects, PA
ECC 6.0 T&E, EP 7.0, HR, BW 3.5
Accomplishments:
Benefits:
• Preparation of Project plan, Requirements Gathering
• Business Process Modifications for H&I, 401K & FSA plans
• Tech specs for Inbound & Outbound Interfaces
• Functional & Technical designs for all Inbound & Out bound programs
• Unit test, Integration Test, Transmission test(isoft)
• Involved in Creation of Directories & folders for all Inbound & Outbound programs
• Automated Background Jobs autosys.
• Turnoff old vendor activities
• Reconciliation & Sign off activities
• Supporting the H&I, 401K & FSA plans After Go-live

Time Mgt/BSI/ PY support
• Holiday calendar, Time Eval Schema, Kronos
• Designed Tech specs for Absence management to integrate with Third party vendor
• PDay rules, Sick Rules
• PY Support, PA Local Tax
• BSI Tax Factory Upgrade for 7.0 to 8.0
• IGMOD feature changes
• Dynamic Actions & Mail settting Configuration

Travel Expenses:

• Travel & Expenses (T&E) enhancements
• Migration of my Workplace to EP 7 for T&E
• Custom I views for Trip approvals

Solution Architect PA/OM/Time/ECM/Self-Services at Accenture
  • United States
  • September 2006 to January 2007

EMC, Boston, MA Sep 2006 to Jan 2007
Solution Architect PA/OM/Time/ECM/Self-Services
Accomplishments:
• Involved in Design and Business requirement gatherings for Workflow and PCR's
• Involved in Designing Expatriate Management process
• Created functional designs for Workflow objects.
• Designed and Configured of IGMOD feature for 57 Countries.
• Gathered 57 Countries Various Vacation Polices & generation
• Involved in Designing Country Specific Info types for 57 Countries.
• Designed &Created MSS and ESS portal roles.
• Designed and Configured Dotted line, delegate, HR administrator relationships in OM
• Defined Custom evaluation path to Map Specific requirements for MSS
• Installed and activated Business Package Compensation Portal Specialist role

Solution Architect – Time & OM Subject Matter Expert at Accenture
  • United States
  • May 2005 to September 2006

Nortel Networks, Cary, NC May, 2005 to Sep, 2006
Solution Architect - Time & OM Subject Matter Expert

FT/HRE Transmission Programme (Global Roll out for 58 Countries)
Role: OM - Solution Architect
TM - Lead Configurer
Break-fix Lead
ECC 5.0, my ERP 2004, EP 6
Accomplishments:
• Successfully finished Design, Built phases, Testing & Conversion phases went Go-live in AUG, 2006
• Activity definitions, Process design and Complete design for CRP and POC sessions
• Complete Design and Conversion Strategy for OM objects and Relationships.
• Redesigned the current Organizational Hierarchy as per Business requirements
• Complete Knowledge transfer for OM & TM module .Prepared How to guides for Time & OM modules for Critical Business transactions
• Integrated OM with MSS, ESS
• Successful performed OM/PA integration RHINTEXX reports
• Design and Configuration of Custom Evaluation paths and Relationship.
• Involved design of interface functional design for SAP to OSM (Third party tool for Organizational Structure Publishing)
• Involved in Design and Configuring Time recording settings for all countries viz: Work schedules, Absences, Quotas
• Involved in Configuration Time Evaluation Schema for 58 Countries with various rules like, Vacation Accrual, Grandfather, Age & Service day calculations.
• Build/Break-fix /Post Go live: TM/OM
• Monitored SIR control Process through Clarify
• Updated the configuration Design affected by SIR's
• Resolved TM / OM tickets
• Resolved Major post go-live Issues.

Gross Payroll lead & CM Configurer at Accenture
  • United States
  • June 2004 to February 2005

Accomplishments:
• Configuration of SAP Compensation Administration Components like Compensation Packages, Guidelines, Eligibility, Adjustments
• Configuration of Gross payroll attributes Basic Pay, Additional Payments, Recurring Payments and Employee Remuneration Info wage types, Features for 48 countries
• Involved in MSS configuration for Compensation Administration
• Components
• Involved in Unit test, product test, Assembly test and SIR Management Process.
• RICEF for Compensation Administration Component.
• Extensively used ADM methodologies
• Configured Entire Work Schedules for 48 cuntries

HR Lead Consultant at Accenture
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2003 to March 2004

DODSAL, UAE Dec, 2004 to March, 03
HR Lead Consultant

Accomplishments:
• Customized PA, TIME, RECRUITMENT & PAYROLL Modules
• Customized Hiring actions thru Recruitment module.
• Customized Payroll schema (X000) as per Client requirement.
• Configured CATS and Capturing Over time for Clients project sites
• Customized Country Specific Info types Visa tracking and PTA details as per Clients need.
• User manuals, training & Workshops.

SAP Consultant at Tata Consulting Services
  • India
  • April 2003 to November 2003

Eli Lilly, GBIP Onsite/Offshore Model (SNAC ) Apr 2003 to Nov 2003
Senior HCM Consultant

Accomplishments:
• PA Enhancements & Interfaces, Dynamic Actions (T588z)
• FIT, RIT for test cases& Scripts in Mercury Test Director 7.01
• Managing trouble tickets, change requests and work flow under the Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Single point contact from offshore to the customer at onsite for resolving issues within stiff deadline for Modules Training & Event Management, Recruitment, Organizational Management & Time
• Give the functional and technical support to solve the trouble tickets and change requests
• Worked on supporting Tools like Remedy, Test Director,
• Documentum and my Elvis for giving offshore support.
• SAP Workplace was implemented at client and gave the best support in solving client requirement

Sr Consultant at Zensar Technologies
  • South Africa
  • October 2002 to April 2003

City Power - Johannesburg Nov 2002 to Apr 2003
Senior Consultant

Accomplishments:
• Negative Time recording, Work schedules, Absences quota generation based on service conditions, Time Evaluation (RPTIME)
• Customized IT 2001, 2006, 2013, 2010, 416 as per business needs
• Written & Customized PCR’s for RPTIME Schema (ZTIM/TMO4)
• Absence Valuation, deduction & Counting rules
• Used reports RPTKOKOO.
• Integration with other module Payroll & Training and event Management
• Change Management, Detailed Functional Specs, BPP's.
• Post Implementation Support
• Integration with other HR modules
• Org. Structure made with Simple maintenance
• Defined orgunits, jobs, positions as per customer needs
• Customized Evaluation paths
• Account assignments (cost centers), Reporting structure
• Integration with PA&PD Modules
• Basic Recruitment System

Travel (Trip) expenses:
• Defined Trip rules, activity types, priorities.
• Customized TRIP processing viz: Approve, Settle, advances
• Trip schemas
• Transfer to HR payroll accounting
• Involved 1 Up manager Workflow request for Travel request

Senior HR Consultant at MICRONET SOLUTIONS
  • United States
  • July 2002 to October 2002

SAPHR PY & BEN Support & Enhancements
Role: Team Member
SAP 4.6 C
• Matching Grants Programs
• Gross Payroll Configuration
• NDT Out bound Programs

SAP HR Consultant at FutureTech Consultants
  • India
  • January 2000 to June 2002

• Trained in SAP and involved in Support projects
• QADDCO, QATAR

Technical Officer at CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
  • India
  • February 1992 to December 1999

• Assisting management in preparation of organization structure/chart and manpower requirement/planning.
• Improvised recruitment procedures of the company
• Adopted new technologies in plastics and transferred the skills trainees.
• Involved in CAD/CAM/CAE Projects
• Assisting management in formulating the policies/programs/rules to be adopted for the recruitment, training, promotion, wage/salary structure, disciplinary action etc.,
• Shift planning, Reconciliation of materials, Job order planning, process optimization.
• Formulation and implementation of induction program for new incumbents.
• Personal counseling systems were adopted to reduce grievances of employees.
• Training programs were formulated and conducted to impart training to workmen and supervisory category personnel in the plant and in reputed training institutes to improve their skills.
• Management representative for ISO9002.Invovled in getting accreditation BIS, NABL for testing laboratories
• Implemented incentive schemes/special awards/promotional opportunity schemes, work-study, performance appraisal systems, team formation to discuss and solve problems of employees relating to their work.
• -Implementation of various welfare schemes such as establishment and maintenance of training centers for family members of employees to impart vocational training.
• Interact to government, non-government and local authorities for conducting workshops, seminars in the area of plastics (SIDBI, IDBI, and DST).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Engineering
  • at TATYASAHEB KORE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
  • June 1991

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