HCM Project Manager (Workday & SAP) - Self Employed - Toronto, ON
(2011-03)
Workday Project Manager/Consultant - National Bank of Canada (aka Canadian Western Bank) - Edmonton, AB
(2018-04 - 2025-10)
Provided leadership and direction for the multi-phase implementation of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Benefits, Recruitment, Talent and Advanced Compensation alongside the deployment partners.
- Managed the full lifecycle deployment of Workday for three phases of partner company implementation from the Architect, Configure, Test, Deploy phase and all the way through sustainment.
- Managed the planning of the sustainment phase for all deployed Workday modules.
- Provided consulting and subject matter expertise on Workday to ensure successful delivery of the project. Developed concepts, requirements, design alternatives, work effort estimates and project schedules.
- Functional/Configuration Lead for the deployment of Workday to onboard partner companies across the nation.
- Provided support for configuration and testing of the end-to-end Workday solution.
- Managed the delivery of Workday for all scoped modules.
Workday Project Manager - AstraZeneca Canada - Toronto, ON
(2014-05 - 2017-12)
Managed the implementation of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, and Absence across multiple phases. The first phase entailed managing the Canada implementation of Workday HCM, by working collaboratively with the solution implementer. The second phase involved managing the Request for Proposal (RFP) process as well as implementation of Workday Payroll and Absence, North America wide (Canada, US and Puerto Rico).
- End-to-End accountability of the successful implementation of Workday in Canada across all functional areas through partnership with local and global stakeholders through the entire project lifecycle from initial scoping to project close.
- Developed and managed detailed project plan, project charter and budget in order to meet the project timelines and objectives.
- Defined and managed resource forecasting, work stream structures and engagement plan across HR, Finance and IT to deliver the project.
- Managed cross functional disciplines to ensure delivery of projects.
- Led C-level project sponsor meetings, providing executive summary of project status, escalating key risks and issues.
- Provided consulting and subject matter expertise on Workday to ensure successful delivery of the project.
- Managed change management processes (internal and external), including change impact assessment to identify training and communication requirements.
- Led Workday test planning and execution on a global basis.
- Managed the RFP process for selecting an HCM and Payroll solution as well outsourcing service providers.
- Led and documented business requirements, streamline workflows, evaluate existing HR processes, and recommend new systems/workflow processes in order to optimize efficiencies.
SAP Payroll Test Manager - Canada Pacific Rail - Calgary, AB
(2013-10 - 2014-02)
- Designed and developed test strategy, test plans and test scripts from functional design documents.
- Developed test scenarios, test data and mapped to business requirements for SAP HR.
- Led planning and testing execution efforts for Systems Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
- Played key role in payroll parallel test effort with data setup, simulation and validation.
- Assigned and tracked tasks for execution cycle and directed team to ensure daily targets are met.
- Collaborated with Project Teams for timely defect resolution and retest.
SAP Payroll Project Manager - Weatherford Canada - Calgary, AB
(2012-11 - 2013-05)
Managed the end-to-end implementation of decommissioning SAP Payroll/Time and transitioning to Ceridian payroll/time.
- Led feasibility study to determine the viability of integrating Canada's payroll and time & attendance system (which was on SAP) into another business entity's system.
- Led 10 project resources through requirements, testing, training and deployment stages of the project.
- Developed and managed detailed project plan, project charter and budget in order to meet the project timelines and objectives.
- Defined and managed resource forecasting, work stream structures and engagement plan across HR, Finance and IT to deliver the project.
- Managed change management processes, including developing training and communication plans.
- Defined to-be business processes, capabilities and application of key technologies.
- Led planning and testing execution efforts for Systems Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Parallel Testing.
- Designed and developed test strategy, test plans and test scripts from functional design documents.
- Developed test scenarios, test data and mapped to business requirements for transition of payroll services from SAP HR to Ceridian.
- Implemented process improvements and automation to integrate the payroll and time & attendance systems.
SAP HCM Project Manager - Research in Motion/Blackberry - Waterloo, ON
(2012-02 - 2012-08)
Managed the assessment of the client's customized SAP PA, Benefits, Time and Payroll modules (including RICEFW objects) and compare the setup against SAP's out-of-the-box standard configuration.
- Managed the end-to-end implementation roll out with SAP Canada to decommission the custom setup and bring the SAP HR system back to standard.
- Ensured successful delivery of HR projects as defined within the project timeline, budget and scope parameters.
- Developed and managed detailed project plan, project charter and budget in order to meet the project timelines and objectives.
- Defined and managed resource forecasting, work stream structures and engagement plan across HR and IT to deliver the project.
- Managed cross functional disciplines to ensure delivery of projects.
- Led C-level project sponsor meetings, providing executive summary of project status, escalating key risks and issues.
- Provided consulting and subject matter expert (SME) support on SAP HR to ensure successful delivery of the project.
- Managed change management processes, including identify training and communication requirements.
- Managed the project change request process as well as develop conversion strategies.
- Led blueprinting sessions, streamline workflows, evaluate existing HR processes, and recommend new systems/workflow processes in order to optimize HR efficiencies.
SAP/Workday Lead - Sun Life Financial - Toronto, ON
(2011-03 - 2011-12)
Led the transition and implementation of Workday HCM and SAP Payroll with ADP.
- Documented all gaps and work with the client and development team to determine gap resolutions.
- Managed testing effort of ADP Payroll as well as Workday with teams from North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions.
- Led requirements sessions and evaluated existing HCM/Payroll processes in order to recommend new workflow processes in Workday and SAP to optimize efficiencies.
- Developed requirements documents and functional specification documents for Workday and SAP.
- Developed end user training materials and also conducted training sessions.
- Managed testing effort of Workday and SAP Payroll through development of test strategy and test plans for system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and parallel testing.
HCM Project Manager - Capgemini LLC - Toronto, ON
(2008-08 - 2011-02)
Led and managed SAP HCM/Payroll system integration projects for large Canadian Retail and Utilities clients.
- Managed the project plan and team members comprised of internal and external resources.
- Engaged in all components of planning, executing and closing with emphasis on Project Planning & Scheduling, Status Reporting, Issue Management, Risk Management, Scope management and Resource management.
- Managed up to 20 SAP functional and technical resources (onshore and offshore).
- Managed project budget ranging from $500K to $2.5 million.
- Provided collaborative leadership to teams comprised of both onshore and offshore resources as well as client resources.
- Led executive steering committee meetings for updates on project schedule, resources, scope change and overall project status.
- Led the delivery of SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) scoping workshops including, Workforce Management, Organization Management, Benefits Management and Talent Management.
- Designed human resource transition, transformation and deployment strategies as well as implemented performance monitoring.
- Led Request for Proposal development, employee transition management, Benefits and Compensation Analysis, Labor Contract Negotiations, Employee Training and Management Development Program design and facilitation.
- Interpreted business requirements, mapped current and future state business processes to SAP HCM and developed plans to address functional gaps.
- Facilitated requirements workshops for the development of business designs for Benefits Management, Payroll, Time Evaluation, Compensation Management and Talent Management and prepared design documents for the implementation of SAP.
- Conceptualized, developed and integrated advanced training for union/non-union, technical and management personnel.
