Tony Sheppard
Senior European Advisor | Dublin, Ireland
Tony is a versatile consultant with more than 15 years experience in information systems in a variety of business sectors. He worked as a functional and technical consultant leading global products to interface ADP’s outsourced payroll services world-wide with ERP systems from SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. Tony also worked several years in product development for ADP.
Highlights
- Expert in HR and payroll integration, especially ADP, SAP and PeopleSoft.
- Nearly 20 years experience in information systems in a variety of business sectors.
- Experienced and highly competent Project Manager both in implementation and development.
- While with ADP Employer Services, worked as a functional and technical lead leading a global product to interface ADP's outsourced payroll services world-wide with ERP systems from SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. Subsequently worked on several successful client implementations of this product.
- Strong knowledge of UK and Irish Payroll, having worked for three years for ADP UK both in product development and AG, their consulting arm.
- Long and successful track record working with large multinationals on local, Pan-European and multinational projects, including JPMC, Morgan Stanley, AOL, Avaya, Unilever, Renault and Hilti.
Accomplishments
- Ceridian Multinational Services: Functional and technical specialist for the development of a SAP HCM / payroll integration for payroll systems in France, Germany, Spain and UK.
- Avaya: Irish and UK functional specialist for the pilot SAP-ADP Connection project in Europe.
- JPMC: Project managed and consulted on the PeopleSoft ADP Connection implementation for Europe and ASIAPAC.
- Marsh & McLennan: Project managed and implemented PeopleSoft ADP Connection as part of the roll-out of their UK payroll.
- Morgan Stanley: Projected managed the Inland Revenue EDI component of their UK payroll implementation.
- AOL: UK functional specialist for European SAP-ADP Connection implementation project.
- HSE (Health Service Executive, Ireland): Scoped and project managed a Service Support solution, which was put in place to allow more than 300 technical analysts to support over 10,000 internal customers.
- Automobile Association (UK): Implementation consultant and business analyst, on a consolidated Service Desk solution, including processes for Incident, Problem and Change.
- DFSA (Department of Family and Social Affairs, Ireland): Project managed the implementation of a consolidated Service Desk solution, aggregating data from the disparate systems it replaced.
Competencies
StrategicHRIT Strategy and Roadmap Development Business Case Development Business Process Development Change Management Program/Project Management Data Exchange Management Quality Assurance Management Service Management Application Management |
FunctionalPayroll Management Master Data Management Data Alignment between HR and Payroll Systems European Payrolls Global HCM Data Requirements Global Payroll Data Requirements |
TechnicalHRIS Systems (PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle, ADP) Data Modelling Data Conversion Database Design Relational Databases System Integration Software Development Life-Cycle XML/XSLT Unix scripting (KSH/CSH/BSH) MS SQL / PL SQL MS EXCEL, PROJECT, ACCESS, SQL-SERVER, POWERPOINT, ACTIVE DIRECTORY LANDesk Service Desk, Service-Now.com Programming Languages (Java Script, Perl, Rexx) |
Publications
Credentials
- BA (First Class Honors) from Southampton University
- ITIL V2 Foundation, Prince2 Project Management Foundation
- Fluent in English, some knowledge of German and basic French and Spanish
