Vignaeswaran Brahatheesvaren

• Expert in implementing UKG Pro WFM functional modules: Timekeeping, Scheduling, Accruals, Attendance, and WDM.
• Conducted workforce assessments, led fit-gap analyses, and facilitated client workshops to define solution scope and direction.
• Proficient in translating business requirements into effective, long-term system configurations.
• Implemented change management practices and led deployment processes to ensure smooth transitions and high user adoption.
• Designed and implemented the process for managing Change Requests (CRs) and support incidents, ensuring timely resolution and minimal disruption to business operations.
• Created techno-functional documentation for EMD, Accruals, Scheduling, and Payroll integrations.
• Strong in data analytics, leveraging insights to support decision-making, optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with multiple teams to ensure seamless data transitions across integrated systems.
• Gathered and documented current state of enterprise architecture, business processes, and systems.
• Coordinated with client and project teams to create detailed implementation and rollout plans.
• Supported large-scale logistics and supply chain transformation initiatives, including shipping, tracking, and distribution processes.
• Assisted in integration of order management, invoicing, and warehouse operations with ERP systems.
• Participated in RFP analysis and responses, aligning client requirements with technical and functional solutions.
• Partnered with stakeholders to identify process automation and efficiency opportunities.
• Participated in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) by preparing test scenarios, validating results, and logging issues.
• Created knowledge transfer and training documentation to support client readiness.
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants to ensure seamless collaboration between development and business teams.
• Actively contributed to performance improvements by identifying bottlenecks in processes and recommending optimization strategies.
• Supported development activities by reviewing functional requirements, clarifying business needs, and coordinating with technical teams for timely delivery.
• Encouraged cross-team collaboration, ensuring alignment between business, functional, and technical stakeholders.
• Provided input to continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring solutions remained scalable and sustainable post-implementation.

People Planning Implementation Specialist, INGKA Group Digital

• Currently working in UKG Dimensions Rollout for Ingka Countries.
• Gathering the functional requirements from the Ingka Country and converting the Requirements to Solution Design Documents.
• Actively worked on the Employee Master Data Integration, Payroll Integration by Integrating it with SuccessFactors for Master data and Global View for the Payroll.
• Co-ordinating with Cross capability teams for implementations.
• Developed Integrations to consume the Schedule from Invision, Verint (Scheduling Systems) to UKG Application.
• Developing Configurations inside the UKG and other WFM Tools.
• Developed Integrations for the Accrual import from the Global view systems.
• Coordinated with UKG Vendor to rollout the Single Sign on Implementation.
• Explaining the Business Logics to Product team and ensuring to follow the best practices.
• Created document (Confluence) for each Integration by attaching the technical API Level details with sample data.
• Explore the API's, create sample payloads and share it as Postman , Hopscotch collections within the team.
• Created Techno-Functional documentation for each Integration.
• Coordinated with Payroll Team to implement the logics and explaining the data from the Timekeeping systems.
• Working along with Country team for the UAT Testing.
• Establish and Following the Best practices of Global Standard.
• Conducted Trainings for the Junior System Engineer

People Planning Domain, INGKA Group Digital

People Planning Application Specialist

• Gathering and analyzing requirements for new implementation requests from different INGKA markets.
• Implemented new sites in the INGKA kronos Countries
• Working in a INKGA Global team. Co-ordinate with the INGKA Countries for the change request management, providing best support in the HR Systems.
• Created Paycodes, Pay policies, Accrual Policies based on the requirement from Ingka Countries.
• Design and develop solution to satisfy the different country legal requirements from People Planning perspective.
• Member of the Change control board.
• Implementing the Change request through the Agile methodologies and have good experience in Sprint planning.
• Identify, analyze and resolve tickets for both infrastructure and application issues.
• Resolving the issues raised by the users within the SLA (Service level agreement). Ticketing Tools like ServiceNow, BMC Remedy.
• Prioritize issues raised and resolve it accordingly. Provide technical support for production cycle jobs and troubleshoots issues.
• Installation of the Kronos application in the lower and production environments.
• Patch installations , testing of the applied patch in the Kronos UAT and Production environment.
• Infrastructure Maintenance and troubleshooting of the Kronos server related issues.
• Coordinating escalation and resolution of major service issues.
• Providing the Unit and Integration test results to the business and get it approved.
• Moving the changes from testing environment to Production through SDM, WIM.
• Kronos Version Upgrade from 8.1.1 to 8.1.4 .
• Implemented GDPR for European Countries.
• Successfully migrated the the Kronos On-premises solution to Kronos Cloud and was part of the Ingka Cloud migration team.
• Responsible for monitoring the changes after the Go-live into production.
• Providing Payroll support and coordinating with different downstream HR systems to resolve the issues related to Payroll.
• Developed scripts to automatically delete the archived folders based on Retention Policy.
• Developed and Integrated Kronos with Google Cloud Platform.
• Establish “Best Practices” and plan for continuous improvement of processes.
• Established the Deployment Process for INGKA countries.
• Worked on other HR Systems like Workday, Verint, Invision.

Kronos Technical Consultant

GE is using Kronos application for the timekeeping purpose. Used by more than 90K employees across all the business of GE. It uses T&A, Vouchering and activity modules. Employees mainly use Kronos clocks for entering the time .We support application, infrastructure and end user concerns. We monitor upstream, downstream data flow to other applications. Involved in Pay policies modules, Accrual Modules, Clock Configurations, Common setup, Attendance Module and Payroll of Kronos Application.

The work to be performed is as follows:

• Creation of new configurations in Kronos V7.
• Creation of new stored procedure, packages and WIM interfaces for Accrual load, Payroll process and Employee Self service.
• Created Employee groups and Hyperfind queries as per client requirements as per requirements.
• WIM interface creation.
• Creation of new Clock devices, Device manager configurations.

Responsibilities:

• Creating the design document in the environment
• Configuration of Data access Profiles and accrual profiles.
• Configuring the pay rule building blocks and subsequent building blocks.
• WIM interface creation.
• Creation of new Forecast map
• Monitoring the Kronos clocks and resolving in case of issues.

• Researched, tested and implemented various client feature requests to deliver internal content management systems and content delivery applications.
• Performed troubleshooting of technical issues within production environment.
• Regularly updated knowledge of latest industry trends in web development and related technologies.
• Coded, tested, debugged and monitored websites for US clients.
• Developed back-end components to connect applications with web services.