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Radha Yanala

Summary

Over 5+ years of professional experience as a Kronos Business Analyst/Consultant and good knowledge in WFC, timekeeping, and WC. Highly knowledgeable in Kronos support, labor management, business analysis, documentation, software configuration, scenario testing and deployment (including change management) as well as implementing, upgrading, and maintaining Kronos in various versions. Strong business analysis skills and a sound understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) utilizing Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology. Responsible for budgeting, revenue forecasting, key performance indicators, goal setting, results reporting, variance analysis and performance metrics. Requirement gathering, and analysis based on the discussions with the Part & Repairs Business. Utilize inbound interface using Workforce Integration Manager to load demographic data into Kronos. Create centralized system for outbound interfaces using PL SQL code. The same will be used Payroll and other outbound interfaces.  Skilled in the areas of writing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Specifications Document (FSD) and System Requirement Specifications (SRS).

Computer System Experience

OS                          :               Windows NT, Unix (Solaris)

Database             :               Oracle, SQL

Languages           :               SQL, PL-SQL, UML

Application        :               Kronos

EDUCATION:

Master of engineering 

Oklahoma Christian university                                                                 GPA 3.3/4                                May 2016

Bachelor of Technology Computer Science                                          GPA 3.5/4            Sep 2007-Apr 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

Xoriant, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                               Feb 18 - Present

Kronos Business Analyst                                                                                                                    

Project I:  FORD -Application Deployment and Launch Support

Description

Kronos Consultant Responsibilities encompassed:

·         Processing payroll, benefits administration/human resources, and provided Workers Compensation claim administration, all of which resulting in highly efficient and smooth flowing payroll operations using Kronos Timekeeper.

·         Implement new Kronos WFC 8.0.13 for the company's payroll & timekeeping system/ project assistant for new benefits portal.

Contribution:

·         Delivered instructional documents on KRONOS Workforce.

·         Timekeeper that significantly reduced issues for end users.

·         Installed and configured WFC 5.1 including service packs to Database.

·         Analysed and resolved department and employee issues related to employee scheduling, wage and hour and union contract memorandum of agreement Took manual forecasting process and embedded into Opportunity Management flow.

·         Enabled business to cascade forecasts at all levels and communicate change through one single repository in CRM streamlining senior sales management communication to Finance.

·         Identify business rules for data migration and Perform data administration through data models and metadata.

·         Developed and rewrote multiple Interfaces utilizing Kronos Workforce Integration Manager (WIM).

·         Developed Kronos Custom Reports using Visual Studio in an Oracle Database Environment for large scale companies (100,000 + employees including international employees)

Environment       

Kronos 8.0.13

Consultadd, Pennsylvania                                                                                                     Jan 17- Feb 18

Kronos Application Analyst                                                                                                                   

Project: GLATFELTER- Application implementation and maintenance 

Description

·         Prepared and led quarterly business reviews including revenue forecasting

·         Created and customized data analysis tools such as Kronos Workforce Genies and hyperfinds.

·         Created Interfaces (Employee Demographics, Census, Accruals, Labor levels and Time Detail) using Kronos Connect interfacing with Lawson HR/Payroll and Epic Clinical Systems.

Contribution

·         Analysed existing client systems, interface requirements, business process and operational needs.

·         Development of design documents based on function document requirements.

·         Worked closely with Business Analyst to provide the most efficient configuration System Administrator of Kronos Workforce Timekeeper 6.1 and 6.3, Advanced Scheduler (including Self-Scheduling) and TTE (Telephone Time Entry) System.

·         Working as a Kronos Application consultant to Support the Kronos Workforce Central.

·         Upgrade to  Work Force Central (WFC) 7.0, from 6.1 product. Implemented Force Central Product suite  Time and attendance, Scheduling and Payroll.

Environment

Kronos 7.0.9

TCS, India                                                       

Kronos Business Analyst                                                                                                           Aug 2011 – Apr 2015

Project I               Business Analyst

Description

·         Experience using Kronos, MS Access, SQL, and Crystal Reports for reporting and data analysis.

·         Interacting with the Payroll coordinators to gather the requirements and implement them in the Kronos.

·         Monitoring servers during their Payroll days to ensure the smooth payroll run.

·         Created Technical designs (High level/Low level) for the interfaces between Mainframe, PeopleSoft, Java and Kronos Labor scheduling systems.

·         Regularly consult/lead/contribute to the standard costing, inventory and P&L forecasting activities performed by the Cost Accounting team.

·         Involved in generation and execution of SQL queries with the Payroll coordinators to gather the requirements and implement them in the Kronos.

·         Project planning and assigning resources for various stages like development / testing.

·         Responsible for deliverables to customers in all states from requirement to post production support.

·         Created and scheduled Sessions based on demand, run on time and run only once using Informatica Server Manager.           

Contribution

·         Designs and develops the logical and physical data models to support the Data Marts and the Data Warehouse.

·         Understand the complexities in design and to simplify the design wherever applicable.

·         Kronos configuration and setup, WFC (Workforce Central)/WFAN (Workforce Analytics) Workforce analytics - creating reports in MicroStrategy desktop, building, executing, validating.

·         Kronos timekeeping and attendance - auditing store schedules after auto-scheduling shifts.

·         Upgraded environment from 6.3.1 to 6.3.10.

·         Build the initial information collection and forecasting models for the project.

Created test cases for customers.

·         To analyze the newly released versions and compare to the existing environment and present the stats to the customer to use the benefits of new releases.

·         Analyzed the differences between Kronos 6.3 and 7 based on environment and explained to Customer. Created test cases for customers.

·         Managed the information collection and forecasting process for the test reporting phase

·         Reconcile between hours out of Kronos to hours out of Oracle assuring hours balance.

·         Review the inbound interface error list out of Oracle and make the necessary corrections.

·         Reviewed Stored Procedures for reports and wrote test queries against the source system (SQL Server) to match the results with the actual report against the Data mart (Oracle).

·         Effectively designed, configured, tested, debugged, documented and maintained complex Kronos applications to satisfy requirements for version 6.0 to 6.3.

Environment

Kronos 6.3

Project II              Business analyst

Description       

·         Analyze the newly released versions and compare to the existing environment and present the stats to the customer to use the benefits of new releases.

·         Analyzed the differences between Kronos 6.3 and 7 based on environment and explained to Customer.

·         Created test cases for customers.

·         Managed the information collection and forecasting process for the test reporting phase.

·         Reconcile between hours out of Kronos to hours out of Oracle assuring hours balance.

·         Review the inbound interface error list out of Oracle and make the necessary corrections.

·         Reviewed Stored Procedures for reports and wrote test queries against the source system (SQL Server) to match the results with the actual report against the Data mart (Oracle).

·         Effectively designed, configured, tested, debugged, documented and maintained complex Kronos applications to satisfy requirements for version 6.0 to 6.3.

Contribution 

·         As a Kronos Consultant, I work on implementing all building blocks of the Workforce Time and Attendance module as well configure the web server and app servers for the Kronos environment.

·         Interfacing with Business Users, Kronos Vendors and developers to provide support for Kronos Workforce Design and develop relational databases/reports for data collection and analysis based on end users' needs.

·         Responsible for implementing and configuring various Time and Attendance.

·         Maintain clock communication servers, monitoring clock activity and balancing of clocks for timekeeping operations.

·         Conduct Kronos testing on new configurations, upgrades, and processes.

·         Maintain updated policies and procedures for time keeping and attendance processes and implemented in kronos.