John Toler
Verified Expert in Engineering
HCM Systems Expert and Developer
Greeley, PA, United States
Toptal member since February 17, 2025
John has 25 years of experience in human capital management (HCM) and business systems operations analysis in all areas of payroll, benefits, HR, and accounting. He has overseen corporate-wide organizational changes to workforce management and is an expert in tools like PeopleSoft, Kronos, and Workday. John has worked on HCM and ERP system conversions and implementation projects leveraging Agile methodologies, with expertise spanning the entire SDLC to post-go-live support.
Portfolio
Experience
- Analysis - 20 years
- Microsoft 365 - 20 years
- PeopleSoft - 20 years
- Workforce Management (WFM) - 10 years
- APIs - 10 years
- Workday - 10 years
- Kronos - 10 years
- Microsoft Project - 7 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Kronos, PeopleSoft, Workday, Microsoft Project, Visio, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Power BI Desktop, APIs, SQL
The most amazing...
...work I've done is migrate data from three platforms to a single HCM and create an SQR—reconciling an enterprise payroll of 220 data fields and 30,000 employees.
Work Experience
Senior Business Analyst
U.S. Department of State
- Created a structured query report (SQR) to reconcile enterprise payroll for 220 payroll data fields comprising 30,000 employees.
- Managed four staff resources, technical writers, and senior trainers.
- Oversaw all analysis of conversion data to include configuration assurance for payroll, benefits, and HR.
Experience
Corporate-wide Workforce Management
KEY ACTIVITIES
• Gathered business requirements and compared them to new corporate-wide standardizations.
• Reviewed union and non-union collective bargaining agreements to support corporate-wide organizational changes.
• Analyzed current business processes to include configuration analysis and impacts on worksites.
• Assessed the current processes' work rules, pay rules, labor levels, and payroll processes.
• Held business requirement meetings with the site HR, payroll, and general manager.
• Facilitated meetings with the site HR, payroll, and general manager, providing project updates and key milestones.
Skills
Tools
Microsoft Project, Kronos, Visio, Power BI Desktop, PeopleTools
Platforms
SharePoint
Languages
SQL, PeopleCode
Paradigms
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Storage
Data Validation
Other
PeopleSoft, Microsoft 365, Analysis, Workforce Management (WFM), Workday, APIs, Excel 365, Quality Assurance (QA), System Integration Testing (SIT), Training, User Documentation, Test Documentation
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