Candidates About

Sujit Sukumar

Professional Summary:

·         6+ years of implementation, rollout and production support experience in KRONOS Workforce Timekeeper as application consultant.

·         Extensively worked on Data integration tools like Connect & WIM also versed in integration of systems between HRMS and various Payroll systems

·         Expertise in end to end projectdesigning and estimating of Kronos requirements

·          Excellent experience in pre go live, go live and post implementation support

·         Provided many creative systematic solutions to client payroll constraints or labor costing challenges and industry experience including manufacturing and retail.

·         Workforce Time Keeper: Expertise knowledge of the product with various configurations and pay rules, System Settings knowledge and tuning, Pay Rules and work rules configuration, HyperFindQueries, configuration and performance tuning, Genies creating and troubleshooting, Event Manager, Crystal Reports, Pay Codes, Holiday Credit Rules, Workforce Schedule Editor

·         Workforce Integration Manager:  Developing interfaces, deploying in hosted environment and defining pay tables

·         Workforce Device Manager: Configuring clocks, Devices and Device groups, Data collection Manager

·         Workforce Attendance Manager: Setting up attendance policies, discipline levels and employee interaction with policies

·         Workforce Record Manager: Record retention policies - setup & maintenance, using setup data manager for migration between two instances

·         Create and manage project files to provide historical reference for the retention, protection, retrieval, and transfer of records.

·         Ability to work efficiently in both independent and team work environments

·         Excellent communicative, interpersonal, intuitive, analysis and leadership skills to perform precisely and deliver timely results and willing to relocate anywhere.

Projects:

Client: Glico, Chevy Chase, MD                                                                   July 2014– Present  

Role: Kronos Work Force Consultant                                                                  

Responsibilities:

·         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

·         Provide audit for the client system for better stability and uptime of the system with enabling various logs of WFC and also collecting verbose logs.

·         Resolving clock issues for the client stores and maintaining the clocks by configuring the Device Groups and Devices

·         Train the associates and internal customers at all levels of the company on Kronos features and functionality 

·         Continuously looking for areas to improve the Kronos processes, configuration and user experience for a more efficient and accurate timekeeping solution

·         Highlight to users possible areas of inconsistency with pay practices and conditions to ensure the accuracy of employee compensation.

·         Propose and implement a balancing process to confirm pay code/hours totals between Kronos and payfiles created for SAP Payroll process in order to reduce/eliminate errors in employee paycheck.

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

·         Gathered the requirements from the customer for their pay policies.

·         Installing Kronos Workforce Central 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3, Kronos Connect 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3, DCM and Process manager on the client servers.

·         Prepared the requirement documents to configure the Workforce Timekeeper.

·         Troubleshooting installation and Configuration issues and provide customer support during UAT.

Environment: Kronos Workforce Central 6.x, Kronos Connect 6.x

Client: Target, Minneapolis, MN                                                             Jan 2013 – June 2014                                                                                                 Role: Kronos Application Consultant                                                                                                 

·         Leads Kronos Support and Implementation teams to all the sites of Target across USA

·         Configure new functionality within Kronos to support changing business needs such as pay rules, customer reporting, attendance rules, and automated alerts

·         Analyze and implement new requirements according to the new developments across the sites

·         Coordinate between vendor and Wells Fargo regarding any solution requirements

·         Manage both offshore and on shore teams

·         Monitor system performance and clearly communicate any issues with Kronos technical support or internal IT resources to ensure timely resolution

·         Compile reports, statements, and summaries related to time-keeping and submit them to appropriate internal customers

·         Assist payroll staff with identifying potential cost-saving opportunities via Kronos configuration options and Best Practices 

Environment: Kronos 5.x and 6.x

Client: Coca Cola, Atlanta, GA                                                 October 2011 - December 2012

Role:  KronosDeveloper

Responsibilities:

·         Implement Kronos best practices to ensure efficient time-keeping for managers, employees, and payroll staff.

·         Providing Hosting Support & Application Support as a part of my job, I work on various issues related to product such as Kronos Core concepts, WIM, Navigator as well as the Workflow notifications.

·         Along with System Settings knowledge and tuning, Pay Rules and work rules configuration, HyperFindQueries, configuration and performance tuning, Genies creating and troubleshooting, Event Manager, Crystal Reports, Pay Codes, Holiday Credit Rules etc.

·         Authentication issues including integrating with customer authentication systems, client side, communication and java plug in issues, database connectivity and performance, system environment issues and system settings, integration with customers external systems, JBoss application server errors and failures, systemic performance issues, system security and secure communication, workflow notifications and integration with external mail systems

·         Provided Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for various customer problems, to the stakeholders as a part of my job.

·         Independently configured the Kronos Workforce Central time-keeping system to ensure accurate time-keeping through maintenance of pay rules, schedule groups, security profiles, labor levels, and accrual profiles.

·         Assist with other payroll processing duties on an as needed basis. 

·         Exchanged the Data from the Kronos to the other tools like SAP by using the Workforce connect.

·         Involved in the up gradation from the older version to the newer version.                                                

Environment: WTK 6.0-6.3

Client: Tech Mahindra, Chennai, India                                        June 2009 - September 2011

Role: Kronos Developer

Responsibilities:

·         Implementation, Roll out and Post Implementation Support

·         Involved in implementation team from blueprint to Go-live.

·         Assisting HP AMS team in ticket resolving.

·         Workforce Device Manager, Workforce Integration Manager

·         Provide support for the Employee import

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

·         Assist the team on the up gradation of the Kronos version and service pack installations

·         Provide support to the supervisors with the dashboard tools like approvals of the TOR and other approvals

·         Supporting users with the data entry methods

·         Monitor the system and its integration with other ERP systems and the data flow between the systems

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Engineering, GITAM, Vizag, India.