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Managed Kronos WorkForce Central & iSeries Time and Attendance applications for 12,000 employees and 1,000 end users in more than 400 U.S. locations. Worked on multiple Payroll projects while supporting PeopleSoft Payroll application. Applied all PeopleSoft tax updates and managed W2 year-end process.Streamlined, standardized and documented best practices increasing efficiency throughout organization; Integrated five Time & Attendance systems down to two, eliminating older legacy systems and saving over $50,000 annually in support and infrastructure costs; Requirements gathering and documentation of Union Contracts/Memorandums of Agreement; Established data audits to ensure accuracy and data integrity; Kronos 4500 biometric Time clock configuration, set up, installation and troubleshooting; Application configuration including hyperfinds, labor levels, function access profiles, labor level sets, genies, percent allocations, adjustment rules, wage profiles, pay code definition/profiles; Designed and implemented person imports and payroll exports for various Kronos applications with Oracle HCM system during conversion from PeopleSoft using lookup tables to translate information where required; Coordinated testing, created training documentation and conducted end user training classes; Provided exceptional technical and functional end user support; Supplied all exports of Payroll data from PeopleSoft to Oracle conversion team including garnishments, tax data, tax balances, etc. Exports pulled using SQL query; Responsible for administration/support of PeopleSoft 8.3 Payroll system as well as all interfaces including general ledger, sales commissions, accounts payable, tax reporting and check printing; Implemented outsourcing of Benefits with development of PeopleSoft interfaces to Aon Hewitt for 9,000 employees. Managed cross functional team to ensure coordination of dates and tasks; Provided query reporting to all levels of organization for Payroll information.

Designed and managed Shared Services Payroll department (staff of 15) and PeopleSoft Financial Systems Support group (staff of 2). Project Leader for PeopleSoft Payroll upgrade (version 8.3). Led special projects including system transition through 3 sales/mergers, salaried conversion from semi-monthly to bi-weekly and divestiture of 4,000 employees due to sale of subsidiary; Converted 3,500 Stroehmann Bakeries employees from Ceridian to PeopleSoft HCM during acquisition; Managed/coordinated user participation in evaluation, testing, training and implementation; Managed processing of Corporate salaried payroll and centralized garnishment processing; Managed tax reporting for eleven EINs, Ceridian interface for outsourced payments, monthly journal entries and G/L account reconciliations; Coordinated changeover to Citibank for all subsidiaries; Centralized payroll processing for 10,000 employees into Shared Services arena; Assisted Accounting department in all system related issues during monthly closing of books; Coordinated, maintained and supported all system interfaces to General Ledger; Monitored and enhanced system integrity relating to data and tables; Developed, designed and enhanced nVision and Query reports.

Project Leader for PeopleSoft Payroll upgrades. Managed/Coordinated user participation in evaluation, testing, training and implementation. Worked closely with IT group to establish priorities, optimize resources and ensure that production issues were resolved quickly and efficiently. Provided training on all PeopleSoft systems and reporting as needed including nVision and query tool. Implemented Sales system interface to General Ledger. Maintained and supported all interfaces to General Ledger. Balanced and posted journal entries.

Participated in design and development of PeopleSoft HRIS system including hierarchical organizational structure and required system customizations. Led PeopleSoft Payroll implementation for Baking Business converting approximately 12,000 employees with annual payroll of $450+ million. Designed customized front end time entry screen. Established common payroll practices and procedures among all Baking companies and market areas. Defined data mapping, test plans and conversion timelines.