Russ Wagner 403-400-4721
SAP certified ABAP/4 programmer Calgary, Alberta
Profile
An SAP certified ABAP/4 programmer with over 12 years of experience in SAP including multiple implementations, upgrades, and the ongoing duties of maintenance and support.
A highly driven, results-orientated with 20 years of proven success in computer software, computer hardware, customer service, and support.
Expert knowledge levels in accounting, point-of-sale, inventory control, and management reporting systems.
Participated in multiple implementations and upgrades, as well as provided ongoing service and support as part of a sustainment team.
Technical
HR ABAP developer, part of a HR implementation (net payroll).
Canadian payroll interfaces to/from Ceridian (master data, transactional data, and GL posting).
Canadian and US payroll interfaces to/from ADP (master data, transactional data, and GL posting).
Various inbound / outbound interfaces in HR, FI, AR, AP and PS.
SAPScripts and Smartforms (HR cheque, SD order confirmation, quotation, picklist).
Custom reports in HR, AR and CATS (ALV and Standard List).
Custom Infotypes (Incentive Compensation, Employment History, Bonus History).
Numerous HR and CATS user exits.
Employee benefits extracts (Great West Life, Morneau, EDS, Sun Life) using PU12.
BAdI’s (disable Org. Structure button, add buttons to FBLxN tranx’s, 401K contribution override, benefits calculations, start dates, and participation dates).
Payroll function to calculate monthly, quarterly, and yearly commissions to be included in payroll results.
Implementing the Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) module (including Excel/SAP integration).
C# (Visual Studio) web services for data validation using SAP’s .Net Connector and SOA.
Experience/Project Work
Industry: Oil & Gas
Project Description/Scope: SAP Implementation
Role: SAP HCM Technical Developer Duration: 8 months – Present
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Numerous HR BAdI’s, including: Screen modifications to infotype screens, LTD coverage amounts, Benefits calculations, benefit start and participation dates.
Great West Life interface.
Smartforms/SAPScript: Order Confirmation, Quotation, Picklist, consignment fill-up order, HR cheque.
Conversion: Load certificates and training documents (.pdf’s, .tiff’s, .doc’s) into infotype 0024 (qualifications).
Mentor junior developers.
Industry: Transporter
Project Description/Scope: SAP Implementation
Role: SAP HCM/Payroll Technical Developer Duration: 12 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Canadian payroll interfaces to Ceridian Insync (master data and transactional data payroll data).
Inbound interface from Ceridian to create ‘parked’ GL documents.
Custom Infotype – Incentive Compensations, Employment History, Bonus History.
Custom HR user-exits including, Infotype 0002 (personal data) override begda with hire date not birth date. CATS prevent posting to multiple cost objects on line entry, prevent posting to home cost centre or blocked cost centre’s. Override/modify time sheet defaults. Display Vacation, Banked O/T and Flex time on CATS entry screen. Activity type override. Disable “Org.
Structure’ button on infotype 0001.
Modified various reports to allow execution in ESS/MSS.
Industry: Energy
Project Description/Scope: SAP Implementation
Role: SAP HCM/Payroll Technical Developer Duration: 12 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Canadian and US payroll interfaces to ADP (master data and transactional data)
Custom Infotype – Incentive Compensations (using transaction PM01).
Custom HR user-exits.
Industry: Chemicals- Calgary, Alberta
Project Description/Scope: SAP version: ECC 5.0
Role: SAP HCMTechnical Developer Duration: 3 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Modified to employee benefits extracts (Morneau, EDS, Sun Life) as part of the creation of a new company division (new SAP client).
Industry: Utility
Project Description/Scope: SAP version: 4.6C and ECC 6.0
Role: SAP Technical Developer Duration: 24 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
HR Employee Master Data Interface for Ceridian/InSync (external payroll provider). Basic pay (infotype 0008) and benefits (infotype 0171) information (among other’s) using logical database PNP, macros, and clusters.
SAP’s EH&S (environmental health & safety) module.
Work consisted of two components. One: Create an Excel form (VBA) that incident reporters can use off-line to file reports. Two: Write an ABAP program using SAP’s Desktop Office Integration (ABAP Objects) that can read the form, collect the data, validate it, and then create incident/accident logs (CBIH82) based on that information.
Inventory replenishment program (MM).
Gave FI, CO, and MM support.
Industry: Telecommunications
Project Description/Scope: SAP version: 4.6C
Role: SAP HCM Technical Developer Duration: 5 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
HR Function (PE04) for the calculation of monthly, quarterly and yearly commissions.
HR BAdI (PE18/19) for checking/over-riding 410k contributions limits.
Industry: Technology Services
Project Description/Scope: SAP version: 4.7 Enterprise
Role: Senior Consultant Duration: 10 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
ABAP Team (Enhancements and Interfaces). Review functional specifications, creation of technical specifications, estimations of effort, resource assignment, and progress monitoring.
Contributed to the creation of a number of work products including Business Charter, Technical Requirements Plan, Documented Requirements for Custom Development, Documented User Interface requirements.
Project Planning using Microsoft’s Office Project (task assignment, resource assignment and leveling).
Rated “Significantly Exceeds Expectations” in performance review by Managing Director and Project Manager.
Industry: Energy
Project Description/Scope: SAP version: 4.7 Enterprise
Role: Plant and Field Support Duration: 19 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
SAP Microsoft Office Desktop Integration (DOI). ABAP programmatic creation of an Excel Inspection spreadsheet that is used in the field by inspectors, then uploaded into SAP.
Web Application Development and Sustainment (ITS and Web Studio) Equipment Tracking and Maintenance.
Administration of INTools, PCMS (Plants condition and maintenance systems), LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) systems. Configuration, maintenance, users, security.
Visual Basic programming of interfaces between various non-SAP Enterprise systems.
Industry: Energy
Project Description/Scope: SAP version: 4.6B to 4.7 Enterprise
Role: SAP Developer Duration: 5 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
SAP Enterprise Upgrade (from 4.6B) FI/MM modules.
Resolve SPAU entries.
Correct FI/MM processes failing as a result of upgrade.
Industry: Utility
Project Description/Scope: SAP Implementation
Role: SAP technical developer Duration: 3 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Backfill for vacationing PS technical members.
Year-end asset Disaggregation
PS project reports using report painter (drill-down reporting).
Industry: Utilities
Project Description/Scope: SAP Implementation
Role: Consultant Duration: 10 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Document achieving with IXOS software (bar-coded reports and SAPScript).
User-exits for customized functionality with purchase orders.
Industry: IT Services
Project Description/Scope: SAP Implementation
Role: Consultant – ABAP/4 Programmer: Level 3 Duration: 3 years 8 months
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Creation, completion and maintenance of complex programs including:
Reports (including ALV – abap list viewer).
Dataloads for the one-time import of legacy data into SAP (BDC, call transaction, LSMW).
Interfaces with legacy systems for periodic processing (BDC, call transaction, LSMW).
SAPscript documents (such as customer statements, invoices, reports and shop papers).
Modifications of existing SAP delivered reporting and data selection programs (print programs).
Bar-coding and graphics within SAPscript.
Table creation and maintenance.
Dialog programming.
Field exits, user exits.
OSS notes, SAP repairs (fixes) and enhancements.
EDI configuration and sustainment (with Sterlings ‘Gentran’).
ALE configuration and Idoc processing.
Typical sustainment duties (program modifications and fixes).
3.1H to 4.5B upgrade (SPAU and SPDD).
Primary modules included FI, SD, MM, PS and PM within versions 3.1H, 4.5B, 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5/6
Non SAP Experience:
Industry: Services- Calgary, AB
Role: General Manager Duration: 8 years
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Designed, developed, documented and maintained ‘The Retail Companion’ Point-of-Sale Software. A windows based computer program which acts as a front-end from general merchandise sales.
Compatible data interchange with a number of off-the-shelf accounting programs including, MYOB, QuickBooks, Peachtree, and others.
Industry: IT Services- Calgary, AB
Role: General Manager Duration: 6 years
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Sales, installation, training, support and service of Retail Point-of-Sale, Inventory Control, Accounting, and Financial reporting systems.
Industry: IT Services- Calgary, AB
Role: General Manager Duration: 6 years
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Sales and support of hospitality systems to hotels and restaurants.
Education & Certification
Matriculated Diploma, Crescent Heights High School
Certification:
SAP Partner Academy Certified – ABAP/4 Development Workbench
Cert. ID: 0000767916 06/98
C#, ASP, XML, SOAP, .Net, Web Services, VBA, VB: Self-study
PS-CD: Public Sector Collections and Disbursements (IPS51/PSCD 4.72).
IS-MW: Industry Solution Migration Workbench (IUTW90/FI-CA).
CRM Base Customizing: Customer Relation Management (CR100).
Interaction Center: Interaction Center WebClient in CRM (CR410).
SAP .Net Connector: .Net (dot-net) Connector Programming in C# (Windows/Web-based) (BIT528).
Oracle DBA Certification: Mount Royal College-132 hrs, incl. Data Modeling & Design, Introduction to SQL PL/SQL Plus, Extended Data Retrieval & PL/SQL programming.
SAP BW: SAP Global Training Center Dallas (3 weeks – Feb. 2001).
BW200 – BW Overview, BW205 – BW Reporting.
BW209 – BW Web Reporting, BW210 – BW Configuration
BW220 – BW Extraction
SAP EDI/Idoc: PricewaterhouseCoopers Training Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Electronic Data Interchange/Intermediate Doc. (5 day-Oct. 99).
SAP HR 350: Programming in HR Release 4.0 (3 day – March/99).
C++: Introduction to C++ UBC (6 week [nights] – January/99).
SAP ABAP Workbench 4.0: Introduction to ABAP Workbench Release 4.0 (2 day – Jan./99).
Interax Corp.: Myers-Briggs Communications Workshop (2 day – Oct./98).
OmniLogic “Omnium”
Methodology Training Strategies in Successful SAP Implementations (1 week-June/98).
OmniLogic Boot Camp Introduction to SAP Functionality in FI, CO, SD, MM (2 week).
Citizenship: Canada
Mobility: Willing to travel
Languages: Written and spoken fluency in English
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