SAP HCM and Success factors certified Consultant
Suneetha Venati
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Career Objective
To work in a stimulating and challenging environment that would improve my professional skills recognize individual contribution and lead to career growth in the field SAP HR.
SUMMARY
Suneetha Venati is a Certified HCM consultant and Successfactors .Has more than 12 + years of total experience out of which around 11 years of rich experience in SAP Implementation and Support projects and curve out projects and Successfactors support Experience. Experience includes system configuration, analyzing technical developments, system testing and user testing, documentation, and post go-live support.
Experience in 11 SAP HCM Production Support and SAP Implementation, 1 SAP upgrade project. Consulting responsibilities includes Business process mapping, system Configuration, Integration testing and User training.
Involved in all aspects of Full life cycle implementation using ASAP Methodology which includes Project scoping, Requirement gathering, Blueprinting, Gap Analysis, Configuration, customization, Integration & User Acceptance Testing, Documentation, Data onversion/Migration, LSMW, End User Training and Support in SAP R/3 versions: 4.7, ECC 6.0 and EHP5.
SAP HCM expertise includes configuration of Organization Management, Personal Administration,USA /CA /Inida /Singapore/ Middle east payroll, ESS / MSS, Talent Management.
Certified and experienced (support and implementation)in Success factors, experience includes Recruitment Employee Central, Compensation Management, PGMG, LMS and RCM .
Expert in Functional Specifications, testing, end user training, documentation and support activities.
Experience in troubleshooting issues, and making changes in configuration where applicable and working with ABAP developer for code changes to resolve errors and smooth functioning of the application.
Experience in testing support pack and enhancement pack for HCM (PA, OM, PY,TM,) modules. Along with fixing issues either by system configuration/ and applying specific notes suggested by SAP.
Experience in Solution Manager module of SAP for issue login, maintaining documentation, changing status, and following through different stage before the transports are moved to production and issue is being closed.
Thorough knowledge of the different stages of a project and well developed aptitude for meeting deadlines, recognizing potential bottlenecks and taking the required corrective action.
Strengths include strong understanding of the business processes, and translation of business requirements into SAP solutions in the most cost effective and client servicing manner.
Experience in analyzing Function Modules, BDC programs and preparation of functional specifications and coordinating with technical consultants for developments
Well versed with ASAP Implementation methodology and documentation Worked with tools Remedy tool, Solution Manager and Service manager for logging in Problem tickets.
Experience in giving end user training in SAP OM, PA, ESS/MSS, CATS and Travel Management and Successfactors Modules.
Prepared BRDs (Business Requirement Document), FRDs (Functional Requirement document) and BPPs (Business Process Procedures) according to client requirements.
Excellent communication, problem solving and analytical skills and Expertise in preparing presentations and demos.
Experienced in preparing Test Documentation, Test Plans, Test lab, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Software Requirement Specifications, Integration Test Specifications and Test Scripts, QTP,HPQC,SAP TAO testing, solution manager (Charm process ) .
Good understanding of industry best business practices and business requirements to effectively use the functionality of the SAP Modules.
Education:
Master of Business Administration (Systems/HR) – 2001
Bachelor of Science – 1997
Certification’s: SAP (S id - S0015793422)
SAP Certified Application Associate - Human Capital Management (C_THR12_66)
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (C_THR81_1505)
SAP SuccessFactors PM and GM (C_THR82_1411)
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding (C_THR91_1505)
Certified ITIL ( Information Technology Infrastructure Library Technology)
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
Project:10
Client : AIP Aerospace ( Coast Composites Inc )
Project type : SAP HCM -Time Implementation
Duration : April 2016 to Till Date
Job type : Contract
Responsibilities
RCM, LMS Implementation and Negative Time management implementation for Coast composites Inc and Brown Aerospace(Coast composites Inc and Brown Aerospace acquired by AIP Aerospace)
RCM
• Experienced in Bizxpert Methodology and created various business process to be executed in
SuccessFactors.
• Implementing SAP Success Factors module with Recruitment Management, Employee Profile,
Recruiting marketing and OnBoarding.
Project: 9
Client : Canadian pacific railway
Project type : SAP HCM -Implementation/Support/HANA upgrade testing
(Canada /US payroll ) and Success factors Support
Duration : June 2013 to April 2016
Responsibilities
US /Canada Payroll
•Business analysis,configuration and Support of US/Canada Payroll.
•Created new PS area and PS level as per the collective agreements .
•Configured T510, T510d, and T710 tables for union/ Management rate changes on a regularly
basic after ratification
•Created control record and configuring payroll procedures by defining payroll periods, period modifiers and payroll past retro accounting period, pay scale structure for different employee
subgroups and personnel sub areas.
•Defined payroll periods and date modifiers for each pay roll accounting area on end of the year .
•Created different wage types and defining their characteristics, and their valuation rules for the
payroll accounting.
•Configured Benefits Integration to US /CA PY.
•Configured Advance, Bonus payments, Over payment recovery for Off-cycle Payroll.
•US Tax : state withholding tax reciprocal agreements and RRB and unemployment rates updating and worked SUI.
•Worked on 401(k) Configuration change to match ER on pre-tax .
•Worked with developer on Year End non- discrimination reports and tested the results for each
scenario.
•BSI 10 Upgrade and BSI TUB's updating on every quarter .
•Very good work experience in US taxation and SAP and BSI server integration.
•US Benefits :Affordable care act forms (1095C and 1094C Forms)
•Canada Year-End ( T4 /RL forms) and US tax reporter (W-2,1099R,Form 941- Employer's
Quarterly,Federal Tax Return and NY quarterly payroll taxes forms)
•Good Experience Yearend adjustments through IT0221 with tax calculation (creates subtype
YAWA) or without tax calculations (creates subtype YANA).
•Implementation of Support packs and OSS notes.
•Online selection (IT3228) ESS W-2 form configuration
•User support for T4 /W-2 forms printing.
•Strong Experience in FICO,Third party remittance, Data medium exchange -Bank Transfer
cheque printing .
•Good Experience US /Canada Garnishments and ROE, WCB.
•Strong business acumen with solution oriented aptitude.
•Year End / HRSP project, including configuration and test planning & execution.
•Hands of experience on ALM (HPQC Test Execution), Solution manager (ChaRM & Q-Gate) and
HP Overview Service Desk.
•Configuration of payroll including schema and Rule writing.
•Configuration of Remuneration Statement .
•Implementation of Savings plan (401 K) programs including SAP configuration and
•interfaces development to and from providers (UHC, Metlife,Hartford, Wells Fargo,BCBS, CMA
( external time capturing to SAP ),Manulife).
•Involved in HRSP support packs testing
•Supporting security issues related to HCM authorization roles
Successfactors:
•Supported Success factors PMGM/LMS/Compensation/Recruitment
•Define business requirements and perform fit gap analysis between client requirements and
standard Success Factors Employee Central Solution
•Translate Business requirements into System Configuration Objects and create Solution Design
for Success Factors compensation management in compliance with the Best Practices
•System configuration in accordance with Solution Design & Configuration Workbook / Business
Blueprint .
Project: 8
Client : Cameron International (www.c-a-m.com )
Project type : SAP HCM -Implementation/Support/Testing/Upgrade the system version
from 4.7 to ECC 6.0 (EhP6)
Duration : April 2011 to March 2013
Responsibilities
Implemented Canada and US payroll .
•Participated in the requirement gathering and the preparation of Process definition documents
(PDD)
•Existing Pay-Codes were analyzed for different payroll processing requirement.
•Created Payroll Areas to accommodate different pay period, pay frequency and payment dates
•Configured different Basic Pay wage types for different employee groups
•Created spreadsheets to gather data for each existing pay-code/deduction code to map them to
SAP wage types.
•Wage Types (Payments & Deductions) were created to match all the legacy pay codes.
•Worked US taxation and SAP and BSI server integration
•Configured the features LGMST, TARIF and ABKRS to default the Basic Pay.
•Wage type, Pay Scale Type and Area, and Payroll Accounting Area, respectively.
•Configured Year end activities and WBC.
•Garnishment documents /order types were created. Service charges rules were enforced
through configuration.
•Off-Cycle reason-codes and wage types were configured.
•Customized Remuneration statement as per existing pay stub.
•Defined employee grouping’s for account determination, created Symbolic Accounts required
for postings to accounting
•Posting to Financial Accounting: Defining employee grouping/account assignment, defining
symbolic accounts, defining wage type posting attributes and account assignment
•Configured House Banks with Accounts and Payment methods for each company code.
•Helped Master data load team to identify the info types and fields for data mapping
•Prepared a mapping document for YTD load of payroll result from legacy system.
•Implemented Indian payroll,supported Singapore payroll and Dubai(Middle east )payroll .
•Provided training to the supper users and prepared user manuals.
•Traveled Singapore for Business process workshop and user training.
•Participated in Integration and Smoke testing.
•Prepared Functional specs for custom reports.
Time management:
•Implemented Positive and Negative Time for Letourneau (www.letourneau-inc.com).
•Participated in the requirement gathering, Performed GAP analysis between client requirements
and SAP R/3 and made determinations on efficient alternatives
•Creating public holidays, holiday calendars, break schedules, work schedules, variants and work
schedule rules.
•Maintaining features SCHKZ, WWEEK, TMSTA, and QUOMO.
•Define time Quotas and assigned wage types for the quotas to be compensated.
•Defined Absence and attendance types.
•Required configuration for absence quotas generation (report RPTQTA00.)
•Worked Time Evaluation without Clock Times by copying the schema TM04
•Worked Time Evaluation with Clock Times by copying the schema TM00
•Configured Overtime and STD/LTD and Vacation pay through Quota compensation ( IT0416)
•Configure the different data entry profile for the Cross Application Time Sheets (CATS) for
employee entering data into CATS.
•Configured ESS/MSS for Time entry and Time approval Leave request and Leave approval.
•Prepared Testing scenarios, Configured documents and supper User manuals .
•Worked Kronos time capture system for Letourneau .
•Given ESS/MSS training for 500 employees in India location .
Testing:
•Conducted and coordinated User Acceptance testing for payroll.
•Planed and conducted the payroll parallel testing all payroll areas.
•Assisted in producing different possible scenarios’ for scenario testing.
•Fine tuned taxability models after analyzing parallel testing results to fix taxes.
•Traveled US for understand the US HTR Functionality and prepared test scenarios for
Automation testing and supporting for Automation testing team.
•Worked HPQC Manual testing for US Payroll and PA, Time management.
I have good experience system version upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0 (EhP6), I was part of SAP HCM carve-out activates .
Project: 7
Client : City of Burnaby, CANADA
Project type : SAP HCM-Support/post Implementation
Duration : January 2009 to November 2009
Responsibilities
•Manage as-is and to-be workshops and provide detailed scope of solutions for
Time upgrade
•Created new work schedules
•Performed Troubleshooting and Problem resolution for identified issues and
problems related to SAP HCM(Canada payroll, Time management)
•Co-ordinator while human resource support packs applied & for Yearend
activities
•Troubleshoot and improve existing configuration in the area of Personnel
Administration.
•Participated in the HR support packs Compensation QA testing.
•Enhancement of existing SAP HCM program modifications, due to new business
requirements.
•Collaborate with business owners to perform quality testing for break/fix and
enhancements.
•Issue and process tickets a timely in fashion and provide feedback to the client
Project: 6
Client :DIESL
Company : Tata Consultancy Service(TCS).
Project type : SAP HCM-India payroll Implementation
Duration : August 2007 to Jan 2008
Responsibilities
Business Blue-Printing:
Implemented Personnel Administration, Negative Time management and India Payroll.
•Extensively used the AS IS and TO BE Process Study and provided the solutions best suited for
implementation. Performed GAP analysis between client requirements.
•Involved in gathering requirements from the business users.
•Involved in the workshops with business users.
•Prepared and delivered the blueprint document.
•Responsible for identifying the technical modifications required for the interfaces and other
customized elements and creating functional specifications for the same.
•Assisted in the Integration Testing Process of the Configured Modules.
•Involved in documentation and the preparation of Process definition documents (PDD)
•Worked with dynamic actions and Infotypes tables.
•Maintained the number ranges for organizational units.
•Involved in integration with the personal administration using reports (RHINTE00, RHINTE10,
RHINTE 20, and RHINTE 30).
•Configuration of Dynamic actions and maintenance of data structures and features
•Used LSMW to upload data from legacy system into ECC
Project: 5
Client : TTML (Tata Tele service Maharashtra Ltd)
Company : Tata Consultancy Service
Project type : SAP HCM-Support
Duration : April 2007 to July 2007
Responsibilities
•Provided support of Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Time management,
ESS, MSS, Personnel Development and Travel Management.
•Gathered business requirements, analyzed processes and implemented changes.
•Troubleshoot issues; provide resolution to problems faced by the users, and Production support
for SAP HR Team.
•Interact & co-ordinate with cross functional teams on various issues.
•Status meeting: Regular status meeting within the Team, Weekly Status meeting to the Client
and Project Manager
•Responsible for the Service Level Agreements and the deadlines / deliverables for special
projects agreed with the client.
•Client communication/meeting & presentations to the senior management of the client on the
proposed new solutions & enhancements related to Human Resources
•Creating Functional Specifications for specific custom reports, Configure and customized the
new business developments
•Defined and executed Unit testing and Integration test scenarios.
Project: 4
Project Title : SERP
Client : SHELL (Oil Company)
Company : Wipro Technologies
Project type : SAP HCM-Implementation
Duration : Oct 2006 to March 2007
Responsibilities
Implemented Personnel Administration, CATS (crass application time sheet).
Analyzed CATS model of company and clients requirements.
•Studied clients AS-IS business process with TO-BE requirements, implemented SAP
functionalities to arrive at opportunities for change, configuration, enhancements and gap
analysis.
•Developed Business Process Procedures, Configuration Documents, Unit and Integration test
scripts.
•Created functional specifications for CATS enhancements
•Created Business Process Documents and coordinated development of training documentation
for super users.
•Configured Data Entry profiles and Field Selection and Configured CATS Time Entry for ESS
Project: 3
Client : Honeywell
Company : CARITOR INDIA (P) Ltd
Project type : SAP HCM- Implementation
Duration : Sep 2005 to Sep 2006
Responsibilities
Involved in implementation of Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, and Canada payroll.
PAYROLL:
•Created the payroll area, generated payroll periods using payroll and date modifiers, and
assigned a control record to each payroll accounting area.
•Configured basic pay, annual salary additional payments, and recurring payments
•Wage types configured as per client requirement.
•Configured Off-cycle for Bonus
•Configured Year End Tax Forms like T4, T4A, T4-NR
•Configuration for Posting of Payroll results to FI.
•Test and documented the configuration.
•Involved in Document preparation for test scripts and scenarios.
•To work closely with the technical team in the design Payslip and client specific reports.
•Co-ordinate end user acceptance process
Project: 2
Project Name : Anand
Client : Mawana Sugar limited, Oil India
Company : CARITOR INDIA (P) Ltd Bangalore.
Role : SAP HCM Consultant
Duration : April 2004 to August 2005
Responsibilities
PA / OM/PY
•Analyzed the client business process for mapping and documenting with respect to SAP
processes and procedures.
•Customized the Enterprise Structure by creating the Personnel Area & Sub-area, Assigned it to
the corresponding Company code, Defined Employee Grouping & Sub-Groupings.
•Configured individual personnel numbers for the various assignments given to employees and
set default number ranges with the feature NUMKR.
•Involved in creation of Infotypes by using the transaction code PM01 and Customizing the
existing Infotypes like Bank Details. Customized and Maintained the Screen Header of the
Infotypes.
•Created personnel action and reasons for actions as per the enterprise requirement.
•Configuration changes for various Actions involved in the life cycle of an employee. (Hire till
Termination) and customized the info groups for each of the actions.
•Created Organizational structure through expert mode, defined various objects like Org unit,
Job, Position, and work center.
Project: 1
Company : RELIANCE INFOCOMMLTD.
Designation : SAP HCM Business Analyst /Super user
Duration : Oct 2002-March 2004
Responsibilities
•Comprehend HR/Payroll policies, processes and government regulations to write testing scripts to test new functionalities in Payroll including Personnel Administration (New hire, Separation, position change etc)
•Preparing Organizational Management chart and Reporting chart.
•Performed unit testing, analyzed results
•Communicating with all employees regarding payroll changes and adjustments.
•Involved in end-to-end testing.
Generalist HR role experience
Company : Indosoft
Designation : Jr. Executive HR
Duration : July 2001-Sep 2002
Responsibilities
•Handled recruitments form executive to senior level positions
•Coordinate telephone and personal interviews between clients and candidate
•Maintaining database
•Successfully sourced resumes using advanced Internet sourcing, Negotiate compensation
packages with all potential hires, Presented prescreened candidates to hiring managers..