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Richard returned to this client, working as a business / test analyst on a number of European focussed HR initiatives (project highlights worked on allowing his skills and experience to be fully utilised – working with EU/US business stakeholders to gather and document requirements, system and integration testing, through to collaborating with US technical teams for deployments):* Oracle ERP expansion projects into Austria and The Netherlands (added and tested country specific functionalities; HR, Compensation and Benefits, Bonus Schemes and Integrations to the new payroll vendor systems)* Yearly Oracle HCM system Roll Up Patch (RUP) projects (included impact analysis, and regression testing of new/existing functionalities and customizations)* Seconded to the HR Information Systems team, providing IT services to the wider HR business (maintenance of the Oracle solution, fulfilling security access requests, conducting SOX security audits)* Kronos v6/v8 Workforce Management project(s) for UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Austria, Poland and Germany (focussed on the development and manual testing of Oracle HCM to Kronos integration)* EIS Reporting upgrade projects (included regression testing of the new report tool functionalities and existing reports)* Pay Lifecycle Improvement project (gathered requirements, developed and implemented new Oracle solutions for: HR data discrepancy reporting, additional Polish compensation components, Polish Absence Management recording, automated the German Holiday/Christmas Payment bonus schemes solution)* General Data Protection Regulations project (HR system Ex employee Person Data Removal - testing of the new Oracle functionality and custom extensions)* Pan EU Payroll implementation project, involved the consolidation of six countries to one payroll provider (worked on the HR/Kronos/GL/Payslip business and data requirements , non-functional requirements, and system and integration testing)

Richard worked in London on a SaaS HR/Payroll implementation project for a retail organisation. Aspects of the role involved working with the business and Implementation Partner on the UK payroll work stream:* Interfaces (outbound/inbound) - producing various functional specifications (Car Leasing, Pensions, Payroll to GL, Childcare Vouchers)* Data Migration – documenting approach, analysing/mapping the payroll business objects* Reporting - ratifying reporting requirements with payroll SMEs, producing the reporting approach and functional specifications

Richard worked on an ERP upgrade/business transformation project for a local government organisation. The role entailed:* Assisting with various project cutover tasks* Providing post go live support to HR Service Centre users* Producing the HR standard operating procedures guide

Richard continued to provide post transition business as usual support for the previous HR/Payroll transformation project. The role entailed:* Supporting the European (German, Ireland, Poland and UK) users with functional/technical related queries* Resolving the business as usual related incident tickets* Raising/Progressing the monthly cycle of Requests For Change (RFC); gathering/analyzing the requirements; producing functional specifications; testing the proposed solution, deploying the solution into the Live environment

Richard worked in Watford on a business transformation/ERP implementation project (within a Shared Service model) for a FMCGs organisation. The role involved working as a business analyst on the HR/Payroll stream:* Reviewing/Analysing the existing business/functional requirements (with test preparation in mind)* Producing the Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test Scenarios/Cases/Data, and Scripts in HP Quality Centre * Executing the System Integration Testing scripts in HP Quality Centre tool (logging/re-testing defects as appropriate)* Redeveloping/Data Preparing/Supporting the UAT scripts/environment/testers* Attending various test management defect report/review meetings to communicate progress* Data Preparing/Testing the User Provisioning interface (between the ERP system and IBM TIM – Identity and Access Management)* Analysing/Documenting the data migration requirements, and the various solution options/approach* Creating the data migration strategy/approach* Creating the user support documentation* Coordinating the team of HR Administrators during the interim pre transition manual data load period (Stores to Payroll)* Resolving the ERP system hyper-care support issues for Stores, Distribution and Head Office users* Working on new system and MI reporting enhancement requests (raising RFC documentation; gathering/analyzing the requirement; producing functional specifications; testing the delivered solution, deploying the solution to the Live environment* Facilitating the upgrade of the ERP system to the next release (regression testing; User impact analysis, UAT Test Preparation/Execution, Defect Resolution etc)

Richard worked in Swindon on an Oracle Release 12 E-Business Suite implementation project for a public sector organisation. It involved working as lead business analyst (within the Stabilisation Team) for the HR/Payroll business areas within a HR Shared Service model. The role entailed:* Working with the Research Councils already live with Oracle HR/Payroll to collate their HR/Payroll Stabilisation Issues Log* Facilitating the issue resolution (by working directly with the business users, project and system support teams)* Walking through the existing HR/Payroll business processes; Pre-Payroll/Payroll/Post Payroll ProcessingEnd of Year/Start of Year/In Year Payroll Processing (including EDI – file transmission)* Establishing process improvement opportunities* Re-documenting the To-Be HR/Payroll processes in MS Visio* Drafting the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the above processes

Richard worked in Central London on a business transformation/ERP upgrade/implementation project for a UK food retailer. The project involved implementing Oracle iRecruitment/HCM and Oracle Discoverer/6i Reports (with interfaces to existing business systems) within a HR Shared Service model. The lead business analyst role entailed:* Facilitating business process workshops to determine the ‘As Is’ business processes* Gathering and documenting the business/data requirements* Analysing the Gap/Fit between business requirements and the ERP solution* Documenting the ‘To Be’ HR Shared Service model business processes in MS Visio* Developing the Conference Room Pilot (CRP) test objectives/scenarios/scripts in the HP Quality Centre tool* Facilitating the CRP sessions* Producing various customisation and reporting functional specifications, and ‘option’ papers* Producing the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Regression Test (REG), Business Process Test (BPT), and User Acceptance Test (UAT) approaches/plans* Modifying the Requirements Matrix, to facilitate the development of the Test Scenarios/Cases/Data, and Scripts * Executing the FAT scripts in the HP Quality Centre tool (logging/re-testing defects as appropriate)* Managing/Supporting the test analysis team during the REG, BPT, and UAT test phases (including attendance of defect/issue review meetings)* Providing post transition hyper-care support and assistance to the Business and Application Support and Development teams

Richard strengthened his career as an Oracle business consultant by working on a number of implementation projects for IT Convergence, including clients:* Cummins Engines (Belgium/Netherlands) - Oracle HCM* Teletech (Glasgow UK) - Oracle HCM* IT Convergence (internal), (Madison, US) - Oracle HCM