Faisal Riaz - SAP®, PMI-PMP®

Experience

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  SigmaTec Solutions Pvt. Limited

  Feb 2006 - Sept 2008

  HRIS Data Analyst

  PeopleSoft HRMS 8.1, Oracle, SQL , ASP.Net, C#, MS Excel •Implement and support PeopleSoft 8 HRMS, create link with database and perform data migration •Link Pakistan site office with USA HQ to exchange personnel management, timesheet and payroll.

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  CIC

  Sept 2008 - Mar 2009

  Integration Analyst

  Kronos, Bullhorn ATS, iCims, CRM, Time sheets, MS Excel, SFTP, ASP.Net, Crystal Reports •Deliver bullhorn ATS (Saas) application for complete recruitment lifecycle, job posting, vendor management, application pipeline, parsing, data migration and reports. •Train offshore/ onsite staff on applications and document best practices. •Integrate Bullhorn with iCims, job portal, CRM, Kronos and in-house application for report generation.

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  Oxfam America

  Apr 2009 - Dec 2012

  Senior PeopleSoft HCM Data Consultant

  PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0, Benefitfocus, ASP.Net, C#, Oracle 8i, MS Access, MS Excel, Crystal Reports, Dell Boomi, Samba, Linux •Develop benefit programs align to company Health and Welfare plans with back-to-back integration.•Develop complete organization chart with reporting hierarchy, incumbent, salary grades and job leveling.•Define PeopleSoft transactions to integrate with Customer Portal maintain protocols, forms and web services.•Deliver entire project documents - FSD, BRD, testing, user and training manuals •Support project meetings to enable cross-team communication, provide accurate and timely project status and escalate project risks to stakeholder. Show less

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  Shell

  Dec 2012 - Oct 2013

  SAP HCM Consultant

  SAP E-Recruiting, SAP HCM ECC 5.0, SAP Query builder, iCims, MS Visio, MS Excel, Snagit, SDK•Lead project activities, lead technical meetings with stakeholder and submit Weekly progress reports.•Convert customer functional requirement to technical project plan including timelines and budget.•Deliver SAP recruiting portal configurations and installations, data transfer, requisitions, Templates, notifications and offer letter. •Achieve integration with HCM PA/OM and provide L2 & L3 support services Show less

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  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

  Nov 2013 - Feb 2015

  HR Cloud System Analyst

  SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, HCM, payroll, SAP HCI, SAP Solman, XML, iCim, MS Excel•Deliver pre-sales activity for SAP Successfactors and PTO presentations in comparison with Workday, fieldglass and Oracle HCM applications.•Plan conversion strategy from SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 HCM to SAP Successfactors, leading realization session with user for fit/gap workshop, suggest process improvement and eliminate redundant processes.•Lead SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and PMGM configuration in-house saving 28% of project budget. Show less

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  Nike

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

  SAP SuccessFactors HRIS Consultant

  SAP SuccessFactors (EC, PMGM, RMK, LMS, BRIO Reports), S/4 HANA HCM, payroll, SAP HCI, Solman, XML, TrelloAchievements:•Lead SuccessFactors Global implementation for EMEA and USA region in 6 languages (English, Arabic, German) with HCM integration for 6500 headcounts.•Develop strategy for sequential rollouts in 12 countries with parallel payroll runs and contingency plan. •Convert project scope to technical project plan considering project budget listing milestone, timelines, activities, resource balancing and precedents.•Migrate and convert legacy data to CSV format, execute data preparation and cleansing for system upload.•Lead UAT testing workshops and maintain quality assurance to meet KPIs, limiting volume testing.•Deliver custom data-driven BRIO reports integrating with sales (POS) and Data warehouse application•Achieve the transition from legacy software balancing the BAU and project work of development team•Plan end-to-end payroll integration on SAP HCI/ CPI and eliminate replication failure risks with adaptable solution.•Deliver the cutover plan with 0% blackout period. Show less

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  DIFC

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2017

  Lead SAP SuccessFactors-HCI Analyst (EC/PMGM)

  SAP SuccessFactors (EC, PMGM, RMK, Succession, Reports), S/4HANA HCM, payroll, HCI, Solman, SSO, SFTP, XML Achievements:•Architect and plan entire SAP SuccessFactors solution, integration strategy, customization and service delivery. •Deliver Subject matter expertise to customer and perform configuration of entire SAP SuccessFactors from kick-off.•Achieved 100% testing goals with error free system configuration.•Develop product growth roadmap align to planned future releases in coordination with business goals. •Develop complexly integrated organizational structure and position hierarchy for three (3) legal entities.•Successfully design and implement product support desk services using Solution Manager.•Orchestrate SAP payroll process and cutoff department processing time by 35% introducing off-cycle payroll. •Facilitate HR Director rewriting HR process enabling industry best practices, self-services and HR processes. •Successfully migrated data from legacy application, perform data cleansing and analyze missing data.•Develop end-to-end support model with continuous improvement roadmap and train application system admin. Show less

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  Fujitsu

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  SAP Project Lead (S4Hana/SuccessFactors/HCI)

  SAP Successfactors (EC, Timeoff, Payslip, Doc generation, reporting), SAP S/4 HANA, SAP HCI, SQL, SFTP, MS Project, Visio, XML, MS ExcelAchievements:•Lead SAP Successfactors product pre-sales activity and project team orientation presentation translating the sale to winning project.•Architect and plan entire SAP solution for SuccessFactors, Hana Cloud artifacts, third party integration and process.•Facilitate HR Director rewriting HR process enabling industry best practices, self-services and HR processes.•Mediator between customer and integrator (Fujitsu) to miscommunications and arising conflicts. •Successfully recruit and manage team of Seven (7) SAP consultants for SAP SuccessFactors Greenfield project with external Payroll Integration solution.•Develop company organization structure, position hierarchy and pay components from scratch with coordination with business owner.•Complete the system configuration and A/B testing in record 2 months ahead from release project plan using RDS method.•Resolve integration conflicts between client site and HQ introducing innovative secure channel solution to maintain data confidentiality.•Successfully migrated data from legacy application, attain missing data, plan 2nd wave to complete user information•Develop end-to-end support model with continuous improvement roadmap and train application system admin. Show less

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  Sharjah Asset Management Holding LLC

  May 2017 - Oct 2020

  SAP Program Transformation Manager

  •Retrieved SAP S4/Hana project from failure and saved $1.2M technology Investment for 7 legal entities.•GoLive 8 Months deferred SAP Successfactors payroll integration failed project in record 1.5 months for 7 Business Units and 2500 users.•Establish centralized PMO office and Project management practices for Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.•Exclusively handled 5 IT projects at one time with distributed team of 30+ consultant and 3 Project managers.•Launch 3 years E-Business strategy roadmap including Capital Projection, IT Asset sharing, Digital footprint, priority & sequence forecast, Business Process Automation, Customer Engagement, Data Collection, Pilot workshops, IT Governance, SMART workplace, SMART technology enablement, Business continuity and SAP ecosystem growth. •Save SAP Successfactors 100% budget on implementation and by providing in-house technical support for 3 years. •Achieve 97% ICT scorecard for 2018 and 2019 for Application and Infrastructure with circa 95% services uptime. •Successfully Implemented UAE VAT in record 1 Month for SAP FI, MM, ReFX •Prepare and delivered AED 12M Capex/Opex budget of ICT (App/ Infra) with successful saving of 19% beyond target•Save 29% on yearly Support contracts, AMS services and licenses by Partnership Consolidation and Lean approach. •Successfully delivered 8 End-to-end projects in 2019, with 4 FINTECH solutions with Bank integration. •Slashed L1/L2 support incidents by 65% in record 2 months by setting up help desk tools.•Secure 41% saving on SAP S4/Hana Appliance procurement using lean licensing method with 5 years retention.•Milestone Data innovation enabling OpenText RPA, AI and SMART services. •Prepare for ISO 9001/ 27001 ISMS certifications leading with audit assignment and GRC recommendations.•Rejuvenate vendor partnership by maintaining strong collaboration with Account Managers.•Member of ERP committee, Digital transformation board & business development Show less

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  Qatar Chemical Company

  Nov 2020 - now

  SAP Enterprise Transformation Program/ HRIS Catalyst