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Neenah

Neenah, Wisconsin, United States

Neenah

» Collaborate with product teams and stakeholders to define IT project vision and strategy based on business goals and strategic initiatives; developed creative and profitable solutions. » Partnered with multiple vendor and internal teams to determine the highest value based on estimates and market/team impact.» Determine communication plan for team and system changes for multiple levels of stakeholder groups from support teams to executive leadership.» Mentor IT and business team members on process, communication, strategy and growth.» Lead business teams in determining change and communication plans and manage plan execution.» Create test scripts and scenarios for jeweler feedback. Participated in on-site training and evaluation sessions with jewelers to obtain feedback while building a relationship for the product. Manage ongoing communication and feedback loop with all feedback participants as the product progressed.» Act as product owner for new initiatives by determining design, process and impacted stakeholders to transition to team members for execution.

Neenah

» Verified scope and prioritize work across multiple stakeholder groups.» Member of core team to implement updated company values. Determined objectives and drafted a project and communication plan for each impacted employee group with multiple methods and metrics to determine feedback and measure the success of communications.» Mentored other business analysts on process and growth opportunities.» Managed forecast, communications and acceptance criteria for multiple development teams for web applications.» Managed backlog for multiple development teams with prioritization, user story and acceptance criteria.» Coordinated multiple vendor changes with business stakeholders and development teams.» Assisted development team and business stakeholders with questions and recommendations on all current applications.» Defined user stories, acceptance criteria and process changes for Salesforce implementation team.

Neenah, Wi

» Determined scope and details of varying project levels working with multiple cross functional teams.» Collaborated with development and quality teams to ensure value is being implemented in a sustainable way.» Assisted in functional testing of projects in multiple Jewelers Mutual core and digital applications.» Assisted teams as Scrum Master when needed.» Manage timeline and requirements for security, reporting, financial and system changes.» Aided in design with new partner and web content requirements.

Neenah, Wi

» Resolved high visibility confidential business system and payroll changes while maintaining communication to multiple levels of the organization of impact.» Determined legal requirements for projects, determine system design, implement, and test for multiple applications. » Presented data to impacted stakeholder groups and work with communication team to draft discussion points, timing and method of communication.

» Launched Workday lead teams to execute for setup configuration and development, testing, reports and training for payroll and HRIS teams.» Provided leadership and support to the payroll team with day to day activities, projects and initiatives.» Accountable for the preparation and distribution of the organization’s hourly and salaried payrolls for North America locations.» Responsible for vendor management of US tax payer.» Established and holds payroll team members accountable for maintaining service level agreements.» Managed payroll functions for accuracy, timely completion, and compliance with corporate policies and procedures.» Collaborated with peers on identifying annual team goals to align with the Human Capital Strategy initiatives.» Recommended and created consistency in pay policies and practices.

» Acted as liaison between the technical HRIS team and the corporate/field HR teams on projects by maintaining a full understanding of system functionality and use. » Designed communication plan for Workday/PeopleSoft/Kronos application functionality. Designed, scripted and completed all training documentation and videos for all employee groups on application functionality.» Implementation lead for setup, security and business processes in multiple HR applications.» Identified opportunities for leveraging system functionality.» Lead delivery of end user training sessions and trained multiple plant HR team members for messaging and functionality training.» Served as functional analyst lead on complex system change requests from multiple business partners. » Managed workload and project assignment for functional team members.» Implemented Kronos attendance functionality at union and non-union locations, completing initial requirements, design, setup, testing, documentation and training. Functionally test system changes including fixes, enhancements, modifications and upgrades. Completed multiple divestitures by gathering detailed data on current processes and supported setup on programs and systems during the transition. Executed acquisition by transitioning location’s data and practices to implement on Bemis current systems and trained location staff on systems and procedures. Completed design, setup and training.

See Lead HR Systems Analyst for details.

See Lead HR Systems Analyst for details.

See Lead HR Systems Analyst for details.

See Lead HR Systems Analyst for details.

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