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RANJENI THANGAVEL

RANJENI THANGAVEL

Coppell,TX

Summary

Seasoned Payroll Specialist bringing 4+ years' of experience in Time & Labor and Absence management and processing methods. Proven history of achievement and innovation coupled with outstanding work ethic, commitment and loyalty. Worked extensively on HRIS error reports by balancing all vouchers. Provided Time & Labor support for monthly and semi-monthly employees. Highly adept with key strengths in payroll administration functions, including discrepancy research, regulatory guidelines adherence, complex processing procedures and program management.

Additionally, I have experience in supporting mortgage and health care systems.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Payroll Analyst

University of Texas @ Tyler
04.2022 - Current
  • Streamlined payroll processes for increased efficiency, implementing automated systems and software solutions.
  • Enhanced payroll accuracy by conducting thorough audits and ensuring proper documentation of all transactions.
  • Verify deductions, taxes, and earnings for data accuracy of the UT Tyler payroll.
  • Generate HRIS Error Report and fix the errors by cross verifying the data in Peoplesoft, and make sure all the out of balance vouchers are posted & balanced
  • Maintain employee’s data (hires & terms, earnings deductions, garnishments, recreation, and meal plan deductions) processing via manual entry and uploads
  • Process Time & Labor batch process for the campus and escalate if there is an issue.
  • Create queries and run them to find if any employee fell off from the enrollment process and process them manually and upload
  • Created Payrun IDs in UAT testing for monthly and semi- monthly employees and report the results to the manager
  • Generated a new work schedule for transferring UT Tyler police employees to an 12hour work schedule and work in accordance with resolving the issues
  • Collaborate with other analysts to plan, modify, and customize the HRIS for accuracy within a reasonable timeframe
  • Maintained spreadsheets for various scenarios for PUM testing and Fluid timesheet implementation and prepared documents for training for the monthly and semi-monthly employees
  • Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
  • Maintained strict confidentiality of all payroll information and records.
  • Performed auditing on the UT Tyler Payroll Deductions for Out of State taxes, Parking Permits, Garnishments, and any other changes adjustments that impact gross- net calculations.
  • Confirmed compliance with all applicable federal, state and local payroll laws and regulations.


UT Tyler Police Upgrade


  • Performed as the main point of contact for the schedule upgrade from 8 hour to 12 hour schedule.
  • Developed Testing plan in UAT and recommended possible solution.
  • Analyzed all critical issues with the UT SIS before the implementation of Go- Live.
  • Wrote documentations and provided training and post- production support for the UT Tyler police department.


PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Fluid upgrade


  • Worked as the Business liaison for the upgrade project from PeopleSoft 9.2 Fluid for Time & Labor.
  • Performed fit gap analysis, development of testing plan, managing issues and recommending solid solutions
  • Performed the new 9.2 set ups and configurations
  • Implemented the Approval Workflow Engine (AWE) for Time & Labor Approvals
  • Addressed all critical issues by working with Oracle Support to meet the Project Go-Live
  • Provides Production Support as the functional analyst for HCM 9.2 system

Systems Analyst

Inspire Closing Services
07.2020 - 11.2021
  • Coordinated for internal Timekeeping activities inclusive, timely timesheet entry, processing in ADP timekeeping systems
  • Design Templates for the process and update the documents so the team is kept informed and ready to implement the changes
  • Wrote test cases and test scenarios for upgrades and change requests
  • Report to the Payroll Supervisor in case of bugs and provide gap analysis
  • Prioritizing the enhancement requests based on the functional committee needs
  • Escalate the missing data report to the manager if it cannot be rectified at my level
  • Organized and Gathered requirements and updated the team upon the client expectations
  • Worked with the Team and the Scrum Master to negotiate MVP for delivery.

Scrum Master/Enterprise Delivery Analyst

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
09.2018 - 04.2019
  • Acted as a scrum master and Collaborated with the product owner to refine the business rules of the user stories and work with the product managers to define requirements for dependencies on every process
  • Derived the product backlogs with the product owner and reviewed/monitored the backlogs at every scrum meeting
  • My role as an Enterprise Delivery Analyst was to create and monitor the process of monthly deliverables for multiple products
  • Wrote SQL queries also compared the data using Pivot Tables (MS Excel), to validate and verify that the data loaded is accurate
  • Consulted with the IT Personnel to determine business, functional and technical requirements for specified deliverables were accurate and timely
  • Provided post implementation support for error/missing files and performed root cause analysis and fixed post implementation issues
  • Escalated the issue to the account manager as per escalation procedures if the issue could not be resolved at our level.

Payroll Support Analyst

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
07.2008 - 07.2012
  • Provided support in the monthly and bi-weekly payroll processing for Exempt and Non-Exempt employees
  • Ability to analyze timesheet, prepare and present to leadership
  • Strong attention to details and exceptional follows up skill
  • Ability to analyze time & labor exception reports and follow instructions in a cross functional team
  • Post implementation support for overtime employees and assist in late hour timesheets for semi-monthly employees
  • Monitored the payroll batch as a part of production support
  • Review system logs and generate utilization reports
  • Fix the issue if job fails and restart accordingly by working with the IBM team in USA
  • Escalated the payroll issues to the Business Analyst as per the escalation procedure if the issues are not fixed at our level
  • Assist in activity tracking, monitoring, analysis and reporting
  • ETL load failures due to resource constraints, missing/ invalid data/ files and provide detailed level analysis of the failure to the development team
  • Provided end-end Support on Peoplesoft 8.0, 9.1 payroll production support like (Paycalc errors, missing emp data, missing files…)
  • Supported SharePoint Site Administrator using SP OOB reporting tools
  • Transition to onsite at the end of the shift with detailed report of the job status
  • Recommended improvements for the Organization's use of software applications and created technical Document.

Education

Master of Science - Engineering Technology

Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Coimbatore, India

Skills

> TECHNICAL :

  • Knowledge Domain - PeopleSoft 90 - 92
  • PeopleSoft Functional - Payroll for North America Payroll Administration, Time & labor and Absence set ups, Garnishments, Deductions, Auditing, Time reporter set up ( based on paygroup)
  • Training Documentations - New Hire - Payroll, UTT police schedule (84- hour), Overtime & Straight comp payouts, Exception reports
  • HRIS - HRIS error reports, Balance vouchers, payments, entitlements and deductions
  • Software Applications - Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook)
  • TESTING - PUM testing, Fluid Timesheet implementation
  • Excellent reporting, documentation & analytical skills

> SOFT - SKILLS

  • Optimistic - (positive outlook even during heavy workload and stressful times Mindset to remain self motivated to produce high results)
  • Problem-solver - (good at evaluating a situation and providing solutions, new ideas, procedures, or methods for business enhancement)
  • Excellent communication & presentation skills
  • Possess strong leadership & management skills with an in-depth knowledge of database and project management skills
  • Thorough attention to detail with exceptional prioritization skills

Timeline

Payroll Analyst

University of Texas @ Tyler
04.2022 - Current

Systems Analyst

Inspire Closing Services
07.2020 - 11.2021

Scrum Master/Enterprise Delivery Analyst

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
09.2018 - 04.2019

Payroll Support Analyst

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
07.2008 - 07.2012

Master of Science - Engineering Technology

Coimbatore Institute of Technology
RANJENI THANGAVEL