Aravind Balu
Summary
A seasoned Technical Solutions Lead with a proven track record at Wipro, I excel in SAP SuccessFactors, particularly in Employee Central and Onboarding modules. My strategic business analysis and technical architecture expertise have driven significant improvements in project execution and customer support, showcasing robust problem-solving and leadership skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Solutions Lead
Wipro
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Key Subject Matter Expert in Onboarding, Employee Central modules.
- Role Based Permissions specialist for a key divestiture engagement with complex RBP/security design.
- Leading the overall offshore team for a key Divestiture engagement of a British Multinational Electricity & Gas utility company.
- Proposed important and robust governance model to streamline and minimise impact to the divestiture programme.
- Ensured end user training is carried out during the transition phase to roll out smooth cutover.
- Key point of contact for the SuccessFactors cutover and active member at the management handover meetings during the massive cutover.
Lead Consultant
Wipro
02.2022 - 01.2023
- Played a Lead role in the Onboarding module Squad in a multi squad "JoinToLeave" (JTL) programme.
- The focus was to improve colleague experience for the onboarding/offboarding process.
- Designed solutions for key processes to simplify offboarding.
- The programme was executed in Agile Methodology which enabled faster realisation.
- Worked closely with the Scrum Master, Product Owners, System Admins to prioritise User Stories & deliver in Sprints.
Senior Consultant
Wipro
03.2021 - 02.2022
- Involved in a Logical separation of SuccessFactors instance for a British Multinational Electricity & Gas utility company.
- Worked on Employee Central - Business rules, Process Impacts, Workflows, Validations.
- Created test strategy plan and test users to execute Unit testing, System Integration testing and support business with User Acceptance testing.
- Owner of the RBP design, build, test execution which involved complex technical aspects to ensure logical separation of a company within the same SuccessFactors Instance.
- Worked with GRC, ServiceNow teams to coordinate a smooth Roles & Access setup across different systems during this Divestiture.
Consultant
Wipro
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Worked as an Employee Central+Onboarding consultant in a migration of Onboarding 1.0 to Onboarding programme.
- Closely worked with Onboarding 1.0 team to gather the process to map the same with Onboarding.
- Successfully deployed a hybrid model for Onboarding 1.0 & Onboarding 2.0 to coexist in the same SuccessFactors instance.
- Created new EC fields that has to share the same data model with Onboarding.
- Developed the process documentation on New hires, Crossboarding, Rehire scenarios.
- Created custom integration to support a complex design for Crossboarding which involved Integration Centre and Intelligent Services.
- Built the Onboarding solution in a way not to impact the existing business process in EC/Platform.
- Worked on creating new Roles, Permissions and appropriate target population to facilitate access to Onboarding.
- Demonstrated the solution in a phased manner to the business stakeholders like Product Owners, System Admins, HR Process owners, Design Authority, Solution Architects.
- Planned and executed a smooth cutover with minimal disruption to business/end users during the off business hours.
Consultant
Wipro
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Worked on Enhancements & Change Requests from the customer.
- Worked on Employee Central Change Requests.
- Worked on Notifications, Business rule validations, Legal names mapping remediation, Realignment of Competencies, Removal of Workflow, Employee Self Service, Enabling Business Unit Object, Standard Nationality field across modules RCM, ONB, EC., Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) campaign requirements in EC.
Associate Consultant
Wipro
10.2017 - 01.2019
- Delivered high-quality presentations showcasing key findings and recommendations to both internal stakeholders and clients regarding SuccessFactors Half yearly release notes.
- Managed multiple projects under Flex shared service model simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail, organization, and adherence to deadlines.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to devise effective strategies and action plans for clients' businesses.
- Resolved L1, L2 Incidents and recommended standard best practices suggested by SAP.
- Worked on Employee Central & RBP issues.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Anna University
Chennai, India05-2017
Skills
- Technical/Functional skills:
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
- SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
- SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics
- SuccessFactors Role Based Permissions
- SAP Cloud Platform Integration
Certification
SuccessFactors Employee Central
SuccessFactors Onboarding
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
Technical Solutions Lead
Wipro
01.2023 - 01.2025
Lead Consultant
Wipro
02.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Consultant
Wipro
03.2021 - 02.2022
Consultant
Wipro
02.2020 - 03.2021
Consultant
Wipro
01.2019 - 02.2020
Associate Consultant
Wipro
10.2017 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Anna University
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