Mike Joyal Email & Phone Number

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Software development of HRIS platform designed for complex HR and Payroll environments.

Toronto Ontario

- Responsible for planning, design implementation, and maintenance of the HR System which includes, but not limited to, Core HR, Payroll, Benefits, Pension, and Employee Self Service. - Responsible for planning, design implementation, and maintenance of the various integrations and interfaces with the institution’s ERP systems to support near real-time Identity Management and Financial data exchange- Manages Payroll and HRIS teams, totaling 9 people- Responsible for planning, design implementation, and maintenance of the various integrations and interfaces with external and third party stakeholders, such as Pension Provider, Canada Revenue Agency, Canada Savings Bonds, Bank for Payroll Deposit, and specialized Benefit Providers.- Analyze current business processes and requirements within HR to align HR Systems technology with Humber strategic initiatives. - Advise leaders with regards to current and future system capabilities, as well as trends in HR Information System technologies.- Represent HR on cross-functional teams through consulting and functional assistance for ongoing administration of HRIS system modules, as well as interdisciplinary reporting capabilities.- Manages and directs HRIS-related vendor relationships; monitors and manages the performance of third party vendors and service providers (quality, delivery, and cost). - Promote ongoing efficiencies through increased automation, process improvement and systems implementations. - Manage all aspects of employee and pay data to ensure high levels of data quality and security.- Create and implement audit procedures and mechanisms to ensure access and data integrity.- Ensure that key Year End activities, including reconciliation, data correction and government reporting (for T4, T4A, EHT, Salary Disclosure) are performed and reported accurately and on time.

Cambridge, Canada

Manager in charge of applications used in supporting day to day operations. Main applications are HR/Payroll system (Now Solutions emPath), Help Desk, Main web site maintenance, and application security.Main duties:• Manage programmers and analysts responsible• Managed conversion from Ceridian to emPath• Sat on IT Security council and implemented Bill 98 recommendations• Recommending future solutions and technology• Perform staff evaluations

Toronto, Canada Area

Supporting users of fully web enabled HR/Payroll (Now Solutions emPath).Main duties:• Supporting users on HR/Payroll product• Analyzing custom modifications• Implementing custom modifications• Organizing software/data upgrades• Recommending future solutions and technology• Converted from an Oracle to a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database

Kitchener, Canada Area

Supporting users of College HR/Payroll system based on client/server architecture (Ross; Now Solutions emPath).Main duties:• Supporting users on HR/Payroll product• Analyzing custom modifications• Implementing custom modifications• Organizing software/data upgrades• Recommending future solutions and technology• Implemented upgrade from Client/Server application to fully web enabled HR/Payroll product for five colleges

Toronto, Canada Area

Developing and maintaining software targeted for investment products.Main duties:• participation in the Detailed Design phase• participation in the Development and Unit Testing phases• participation in the Implementation phaseTechnology:• Mainframe environment: COBOL II, DB2, TSO/ISPF, JCL, Expediter, CA-Easytrieve Plus 6.2• PC environment: Windows NT, Office 98 products

Montreal, Canada Area

From September 1999 to May 2000, contract web developer for a college. The web site in question is a tool where students can post their resumes and view job offers, and where recruiters can post job offers and view resumes.Main duties:• requirements gathering• team coordination• cost estimation• Web development and testing.Technology:• PC environment: HTML, ASP, VBScript, MS-SQL, Windows 98, SQL Server

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From January to September 1999, assigned as senior programmer-analyst developing software for the client side of a client/server pay phone maintenance and collections system for Bell Canada. Areas of specialization are real-time transaction development and SQL query optimization.Main duties:• participation in the Detailed Design phase• participation in the Development and Unit Testing phases• participation in the Implementation phaseTechnology and Methodology:• Mainframe environment: COBOL II, DB2, TSO/ISPF, JCL, File-Aid, Expediter, Changeman, Syncsort• PC environment: Windows 95, Word, Excel, SQL Server, Microsoft Transaction Server (server side), VisualBasicV • Methodology: Bell Canada's IPMP methodology

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From January 1996 to December 1998, assigned as a senior analyst leading a team of developers enhancing and maintaining Stentor's national toll and data billing platforms for large business customers (Vnet, Vision, Hyperstream, and Vlan). Areas of specialization are customer care and toll billing.Main duties:• participation in the Product Specification Agreement (PSA) phase • participation in the Product Requirement Document (PRD) phase• task planning• team lead of up to four people• participation in the Detailed Design phase• participation in the Development and Unit Testing phases• participation in the System Testing and Acceptance Testing phases• participation in the Implementation phase• training and presentations• database architecture• Y2K remediationTechnology and Methodology:• Mainframe environment: COBOL II, IMS, DB2, TSO/ISPF, JCL, File-Aid, Expediter, Endevor, Syncsort• PC environment: Windows 95, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visual Basic (VBE), Lotus Notes (user), Exceed, VISIO, APS Intersolv• Methodology: Bell Canada's IPMP methodology

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From June 1995 to January 1996: assigned to Telebec as an analyst in charge of Production support of their toll-billing platform. Area of specialization is toll rejection analysis.Main duties:• production support• problem and functional analysis• team lead of two peopleTechnology:• Mainframe environment: COBOL II, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, JCL, File-Aid, Syncsort• PC environment: Word, Excel

Montreal, Canada Area

1. Last assignment as a team leader in charge of development of the Customer Inquiry Graphical User Interface (GUI) effort, using a three tiered client-server platform, on a project implementing large scale billing and customer care software for a Southern New England Telephone. Areas of specialization are customer care and toll billing. Duration: 5 months• PC environment: Visual Basic, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer, Word, Excel• Methodology: LPS Methodology from AMS 2. Previously assigned as a team leader in charge of the customer profile subsystem of a Stentor's national toll and data billing platforms for large business customers (Vnet and Hyperstream). Also developed a GUI prototype during tenure as team leader on this assignment. Areas of specialization are customer care, toll and data billing. Duration: 16 months• Mainframe environment: COBOL II, IMS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, File-Aid, Syncsort• PC environment: Smalltalk, Park Place Visual Works, Envy development manager, Word, Excel• Methodology: LPS Methodology from AMS 3. Other assignments involved work on administrative tax role and tax accounting package for the city of Montreal; implementing a personnel administration system for Veteran's affairs Canada. Main duties included: maintenance; requirements analysis; mainframe application development; programming, testing, implementation and documentation of new software modules; customization of existing software. Duration: 3 years• Mainframe Environment: COBOL II, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, JCL, File-Aid• PC Environment: MicroFocus COBOL, SPF2, Word, Excel• Methodology: LPS Methodology from AMS