Hariharan Murugan is a seasoned IT professional with over 23 years of industry experience and is a Senior Manager with Deloitte Consulting (Offices of the US in India). He carries excellent planning, project leadership, program management, consulting and analytical skills and has rich cross-functional business process acumen. During his international assignments in the US for several years, he has advised multiple Fortune 500 global clients on their HR and Payroll business processes, post-merger integrations, acquisitions and organic growth.He has extensive experience in presales, business development, requirements elicitation, business packaged software fit-gap analysis, blueprinting & architecting solution design and configuration of Oracle ERP and Workforce Management packages such as Kronos / UKG Workforce Central / Dimensions and Infor Workbrain.He has led and managed multicultural project teams and has liaised with cross-functional teams in several ERP implementations for major global customers. Adopting distributed agile principles, he has advised and spearheaded large HCM WFM digital transformation programs involving Kronos / UKG, Infor Workbrain, SAP and Oracle ERP for major retailers, CPG companies, manufacturers and energy & utilities service providers across the globe.His functional expertise spans across the Hire-to-Retire business processes (Core HR, Payroll, Learning Management, Performance Management, Time & Labor Management, Absence & Attendance Management, Accruals / Entitlements, Labor Forecasting and Scheduling) in the Human Capital Management domain. His past engagements also include HRMS, Supply Chain and Financials implementations on Oracle ERP.During his career, he has played several lead roles including Functional Lead Consultant, Country Lead, SME, Solution Architect, Implementation Lead, Project Manager and Functional QA lead in multiple engagements.Specialties: Excellent written and verbal business communication, Analytical, Consulting, Presales, Business Development, Project / Program Management, Agile Methods, Stakeholder Management, Process Improvement, Knowledge Management, Employee Engagement, Recruitment, Mentoring, ERP Implementation, HR Digital Transformation, Payroll, Oracle, SAP, Kronos, UKG, Infor Workbrain, Retail, CPG, Logistics, Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities