Commands strong interpersonal communication skills, while working in a fast-paced environment, with an assertive, productive, and self-starter attitude. Work well independently and as part of a larger team. Results-oriented individual with the specialized training and dedication to successfully adapt to the ever-changing field.

§  Kronos Workforce Central

§  Crystal Reports

§  MS Excel

§  Application Integration

§  Financial Reporting

§  MS PowerPoint

§  Data Conversion

§  Technical Documentation and Training

§  MS Access

1/2015 – 2/2016 Axsium Group Toronto, ON

Functional Kronos Consultant

§  Primary Kronos functional resource for a successful company with over 7,000 employees upgrading from Kronos Workforce Central v6.2 to v8.4

§  Assisted with development of testing plans and supported end-to-end system testing efforts

§  Consulted with clients to understand needs, assess current workflows, and configure the product to optimize functionality

§  Documented and implemented change requests; assisted managed services in troubleshooting and resolving client issues on various versions of Kronos

11/2013 – 1/2015 Collins Consulting, Inc. Schaumburg, IL

Programmer Client Server C – consultant position for Abbott Laboratories

§  Implemented the attendance module for the Abbott Nutrition locations including discovery of policies such as occurrence based, the type of tracking periods such as rolling 365 days, and best practice of historical data. Programming of the necessary building blocks including exceptions events, punch events, pay code based events, patterns, actions, perfect attendance, and attendance profiles. Created the necessary interfaces via WIM to import historical data in addition to the daily employee interface between COBOL to Kronos Oracle v11 DB. Provided knowledge transfer to management and payroll staff.

§  Converted Abbott Nutrition sites from iSeries to WFC v6.2.15 researching old configuration to new, identifying the differences between the two platforms, confirmation of parallels between the two systems, programming all the building blocks associated to the creation of pay rules and introducing the usage of schedule groups. Created customized training documentation including manuals and power point presentations per site specifications.

§  Single point of contact in troubleshooting import kick-outs, process management issues, and level II BMC Remedy help desk tickets. Programmed requirements for DCR’s, VCR’s, and SOW’s per site requests. Offered remote end user assistance as needed. Identified security leaks in FAP’s, lack of CA Meal Premium configuration, and recouping unused licenses.

§  Participated in applying upgrades and patches to WFC including UAT. Solely support over 300 4500 devices including troubleshooting all clock issues, application of firmware, programming of the building blocks for each device,  introduced SmartView’s, and punch restrictions.

6/2012 – 11/2013 Sims Metal Management Chicago, IL

Kronos Administrator

§  Supported, troubleshot, and programmed over 150 inTouch and 4500 clocks via WDM including application of firmware, programming of the key pad, and punch restrictions.

§  Solely created quarterly Kronos newsletters, customized Kronos manuals per regional unit, and assisted establishing best practices procedures for payroll personnel. Routinely taught WebEx classes on various Kronos subject matters to supervisors throughout the U.S.

§  Conducted a 2+ year accrual audit for over 3000 semi-monthly and weekly employees, adjusted accruals to reconcile against paid out amounts recorded in ADP resulting in recouping over $200,000. Routinely created specialized reports for auditing.

9/2011 – 6/2012 Brilliant Financial Staffing Chicago, IL

Kronos Application Consultant – consultant position for Sims Metal Management

§  Overhauled labor level jargon from UltiPro to ADP including new labor levels, labor level entries, labor level sets, employee groups, hyperfinds, and connect link logic using WIM.

§  Revamped security streamlining function access profiles, display profiles, workforce genie profiles, customizing workforce genie building blocks, hyperfind profiles, pay code edit and view profiles, labor level transfer sets, and work rule profiles.

§  Solely managed and completed regional conversions for 30 manufacturing sites throughout the U.S. from ADP Etime to Workforce Central Suite v6.1 including but not limited to fixed rules, pay rules, work rules, pay code distribution, combination rules, zones, overtimes, breaks, bonus/deductions, shift premium calculations, pay code distributions, exceptions, holidays, fixed rules, labor levels, access profiles, employee groups, labor level transfer sets, punch round rules, hyperfinds, notifications, document templates, leave types, attendance actions, and programming of over 50 clocks. Accountable for verifying and entry of parallel data between Kronos and ADP.

§  Implemented adjustment rules, percent allocation rules, and wage profiles to automate union vacation rates and department transfer rates.

§  Cleaned up inactive user id’s resulting in an increase of 26% additional licensing availability.

9/2004 – 3/2011 Rio Tinto Chicago, IL

Kronos Systems Analyst II

·         Assisted with a nationwide manufacturing plant conversion from older Kronos versions to Workforce Central Suite including Connect, DCM, Event Manager, Scheduler, and customized reports. Familiar with Leave & Absence Manager and Workforce Activities. Setup includes creation of access profiles, accruals, comments, display preferences, events, holidays, labor levels, pay codes, pay code distribution, pay rules, rate progression table, shifts, time clock/TouchID setup, wage profiles, and work rules. Ensured that objectives were accomplished in accordance with outlined project deadlines.

·         Created, troubleshot, modified customized Crystal Reports v8.5 and 10.5 on an Oracle 8i and 10g database. Managed client report expectations including preparation of pay-period ending reports and analyses including charts and graphs as requested. Responded to routine and ad hoc requests for payroll and financial reports and information.

·         Provided 2^nd level help desk support. Identified, resolved, and documented calls pertaining to Access, Adobe, Crystal Reports, Excel, Internet Explorer, Java, Kronos, networking, time clock/TouchID issues, and Word.

·         Conducted periodic audits of payroll systems, processes and data, as well as perform other projects as needed. Interprets administrative, union policies, and procedures for employees for each site location across the U.S. Ensured site locations complied with all SOX requirements.

·         Assisted with developing, deploying, and maintaining a Kronos disaster recovery plan.

·         Responsible for procurement of Kronos equipment and licensing per site location; produced quarterly asset control reports.

10/2003 – 8/2004 Robert Half Technology Hoffman Estates, IL

Application Consultant – temp to hire position for Pechiney (aka Rio Tinto)

§  Customized over 100 Kronos reports for finance, accounting, human resources, and sales per plant specifications across the U.S. utilizing Crystal Reports.

§  Corrected out of the box Kronos standard reports. Modified existing reports resulting in a reduction of office costs and licensing. Increased report speed and accuracy from an hour to less than 5 minutes.

·         Various Kronos Workforce Central Certificates v4.2 to v8 functional & technical courses including Activities, Analytics, Attendance, Device Manager, Integration Manager, and Scheduler

·         Perpetual student; coursework includes finance, accounting, human resources, operations, payroll, purchasing, Crystal Reports, and specialty systems such as ADP, Kronos, Lawson, and TempWorks.

·         Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) with expertise in teaching beginner-to-expert levels in multiple applications, including MS Access, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Visual Studio, and MS Word