KISHAN POTHARAJULA

510-378-5208
radhakishan@yahoo.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

SAP SuccessFactors Certified Consultant having more then 17 + years of HCM consulting
experience in the area of SAP HCM On-Premise and SAP Cloud-based solution Employee
Central and the SuccessFactors Talent Management suite.

 Completed 14 full cycle implementation of SAP HCM module including PA, OM, PY,
TM, Benefits and Compensation Management modules and business process analysis,
design, blue printing, configuration, testing and production support.

 Completed 6 full cycle implementation of Sucessfactors modules, (People profile,

Employee Central, Performance & Goal management, Continues Performance
Management, Compensation, Succession, Workforce analytics& Reporting and
Onboaring modules.

 Strong experience of Success Factors Admin and Employee Central which includes
Foundation Objects, Succession and Corporate data models, Picklist management,
Reporting Events, Workflows, Position Management Propagation functionality, Time
Off, Accruals etc..

 Strong exposure in designing solutions as per Business requirement, Strong

understanding of SuccessFactors Role-based Permissions.

 Well versed in the various process of the implementation project like Client
requirements gatherings, Iterations, Workbook preparation, Customization, Testing
and Data conversion etc.

 Excellent understanding of all aspects of the Human Resources business process with
experience in requirement gathering and analysing business requirements for
conceptual design.

 Experienced in defining business requirements and performing fit gap analysis

between client requirements and SuccessFactors Solution.

 Hands on expertise in Proof of Concepts, Work allocation, Coordination within a Team

and across the teams (Onsite - Offshore), Managing Resources and Final Project
Delivery.

 Ability to learn and adapt new business processes, Ability to easily identify solutions,
manage complex situations and act as an IT-Business Liaison.

 Strong functional background with excellent communication and interpersonal skills

facilitate the communication of detailed technical information and providing technical
assistance to customers, systems, and management and/or external sources.

 Understand and explain features and benefits of the SAP product line as it relates to
business needs.

 Strong Project Management experience

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICAITONS

Master of Business Administration from Acharya Nagarjuna University, INDIA.

Post-Graduation diploma in Computer Application from FACE Computers, INDIA.
 SAP- Certifications: SuccessFactors Employee Central and Onboarding
 SAP- Certifications: Performance and Goals, Calibration and CPM
 Employee Central Academy (course code THR81)
 Performance and Goals Academy (course code THR82)
 Onboarding Academy (course code THR91)
 Compensation Academy (course code THR86)
 Workforce Analytics & Planning Academy (course code THR89)

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS.

PG&E Utilities San Francisco CA:

Sr. SAP SuccessFactors Solution Consultant (12/14 to Present)

Responsibilities:

 Facilitated client discovery session to align organizational strategies with technical solutions
while effectively positioning the value of HCM and SAP/SuccessFactors solutions
 Plan, design, development and document business requirements for new system
functionality, Development of functional and technical specifications and user
documentation and recording the business process in Success Factors derived workbook
configuration sheet.
 Lead weekly customer project meetings and serve as primary point of contact throughout
the implementation process
 Worked in all phases of project from business prerequisites gathering, business process
examination, applied outline, blueprinting, design, testing, and production support.
 Created deliverables including the preparation of requirements documentation for business
processes, functional requirements, documentation of reports, interfaces, and
enhancements

PM&GM/ Calibration/CPM.

 Created Goal Management and Performance Management (PMGM) templates

 Uploaded various goals and permission for cascading goals.
 Designing templates for performance and goal management with approved workflows and
multiple questionnaires to be filled in.
 Creating route map and associating them with performance templates
 Worked on goal execution, email notifications, execution map and status report
 Responsible making changes to existing data elements using Picklist management
 Provided application support for SuccessFactors Talent Management Software
 Worked on Integration with SAP HCM for Employee data, Configured People profile
 Development form, Performance form, Performance Rating Scales, goals, route map setup,
Core competencies, Role specific competencies, Calibration & Email notification setup
 Configured Role base permissions ( Roles and Groups configured)Configured Rating Scales,
Route Maps, Launching forms, Configured Live Employee Profiles, XML and Data models

Onboarding:

 Configured Standard Hiring Forms ( US Federal Forms I9&W4, Direct Deposit, Emergency
Contact, New employee import, Integration between SAP Recruitment and Onboarding,
Activate Features for Onboarding in Super Admin system.
 Configured Corporate Structure, Data Dictionary, Data Lists and Provisioning List and
Configured custom Panels, configured workflow for Form I-9 Onboarding, and onboarding
Security roles..
 Configuring Basic organization settings in Provisioning and Super Admin. Instance
fundamental settings – Passwords, Home Page, Welcome Menu, Company information,
Employee documents.
 Configured Administrator tools and Admin Privileges, Setting up organization Logos.
 Managing Data User Records with Employee Data File, Permissions, Password Policies, Email
Notifications.
 Responded rapidly to end-user questions and concerns. Helped them understand the SAP
and Success Factors landscape and migration challenges.

Succession Planning:

Design Position file and define the color and labels and configured different employee profiles
(Leadership profiles, Talent assessment profiles) Edit Live Profiles Portlet, Labels, Order of Profile
and scorecards items. & Descriptions. Configured Role based permissions.

Lam Research Corporation Fremont CA.

Sr. SAP HCM and SuccessFactors Consultant (08/11-11/14)

Responsibilities:

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central:

 Served as primary SuccessFactors resource and liaison between technical, functional, and
client staff on 20 projects: full life cycle implementations of SFSF and post production
support;

 Lead detailed integration discovery/design sessions with cross-functional client teams and
senior business executives to document existing IT landscape and design integrations with
SAP SuccessFactors EC.

 Configuration of foundation objects like legal entity, location, division, department etc
and MDF objects.
 Configuration of other objects including personal, employment and generic objects.
Worked extensively in XML files like corporate data model, succession data model,
country specific succession data models for meeting the business requirements.
 Setting up a new account in Provisioning and Creation of Super Admin and providing
access & privileges to all users as per the requirement.
 Setting up the Corporate Data Model for all foundation objects and maintenance of
associations between objects as per the business requirements.
 Configured recurring and deduction portlet, and written few validation using business rules.
 Configured Dependents portlet, and workflow configuration based on requirement.
 Updated national Ids for 40 countries (exported Country specific SD , insert new and
imported in provisioning )
 Written separation business rule and workflow routed to empl HR manager / HRBP.
 Configuration of foundation objects like legal entity, location, division, department etc
and MDF objects. Configuration of other objects including personal, employment and
generic objects.
 Setting up the Corporate Data Model for all foundation objects and maintenance of
associations between objects as per the business requirements.
 Configured Succession Data Model for all Portlets , Imported relevant Pick list for Portlets
and Foundation objects. Configured Event-Reason, Derivation Rules and Setting up event-
reason derivation rules.

SAP HCM Payroll:

 Day-to-day support includes troubleshooting the Payroll issues, Investigate causes of

problems by analyzing payroll result and master data and fixing, testing, and production
transport co-ordination and related activities and
 Lead for Implementation of Asia Pacific National Payrolls (Korea. Singapore, Japan)
 Writing PCR Rules, Schema, Functions and Pay slip configuration and YTD balance load

Bechtel Corporation Glendale PH through SRI ERP Consulting Inc.,

Sr. SAP HCM Payroll lead (08/2010 – 07/2011)

Responsibilities:

 Provide HR system integration solution. Responsible for system configuration in SAP global
HR (ECC 6.0) - Personal Administration, Organizational Management, Payroll, Time
management, CATS, ESS, MSS, Compensation Management (ECM).
 Technical Lead ESS/MSS global implementation project and Enhancement pack 5 upgrade
project.
 Work with internal customers, external consultants, technical staff and other stakeholders
to identify requirements, assess available technologies, and recommend solution options.
 Provided functional system analysis and technical support in SAP Payroll and other cross-
functional system interfaces and third party vendor integration.
 Responds to SAP Payroll production issues.
 Proposes solutions and tests corrective action with Payroll staff.
 Provide training and mentor users on HR system functionalities in SAP HR module and query
reporting
 Provide HR system integration solution. Responsible for system configuration in SAP
SuccessFactors Employee Central, Compensation Management, Performance and Goals,
third Party Payroll integration.

SAP HCM Payroll:

 I was involved in the SAP HR Payroll Implementation activities: Business blueprint phase and
Configuration of US and Asia Pacific Payroll, Key User Trainings, Prepared power point
presentations, Also served as Project Manager (Shadow) includes meeting with internal
client, understanding their requirements, managing team, handling any kind of escalations,
looking out different alternatives for any problem and advising best solutions.

PDL Biopharama Inc. Redwood City CA

Sr. SAP Payroll and Time Consultant (01/2006 to 07/2010

Responsibilities:

 I was involved in the SAP HR PA, OM, Time management and Payroll Implementation
projects: invloved Business blueprint phase and Configuration of US Payroll, Key User
Trainings, Prepared power point presentations, Also served as Project Manager (Shadow)
includes meeting with internal client, understanding their requirements, managing off-shore
team, handling any kind of escalations, looking out different alternatives for any problem
and advising best solutions.
 Payroll Module :Customized Payroll Schemas and modified few of Personal calculation rules
using rule editor according to Company rules and Created wage types and assigning various
processing and evaluation classes.
 Created wage type catalogs and defined permissibility characteristics for each wage type.
Maintained tax related processing classes and checking tax authorities and tax types
maintained tax areas and defined tax models.
 Configure and report generation: tax reporting – and Forms.
 Integrated with Financial Accounting: Defining employee grouping/account assignment,
defining symbolic accounts, assigned to GL accounts, defining wage type posting attributes
and account assignment.
 Defined pay scale types and areas for each personal area. Defined pay scales, levels and
standard pay increase.
 Defined deduction frequencies, payment models, pay periods, limits on deductions and
deduction base wage types. Customize Off-Cycle payroll reasons & assigning to off-cycle
payroll reason categories.
 Coordinated in preparation of HR user specific manuals and HR end user training.
 Post implementation support in payroll module, including Responds to SAP Payroll
production issues and Researches causes of problems.
 Proposes and tests corrective action with Payroll staff.
 Creates required transports to fix problems and works with management and end users to
effect changes.

Cadbury Schweppes (Dr. Pepper)

SAP HCM Functional Consultant (05/2005 – 12/2005)

Responsibilities:

 As a HCM Consultant I was responsible for requirement gathering, creating functional

specification and configuration for Benefits and Payroll modules.
 Configured Benefits Administration module and Payroll Integration:
 Configured the benefit Areas, provider, dependent, benefit plan, benefit status, benefit plan
type, health plan, and Insurance plan. (Basic life, AD&D, Optional life, LTD.)
 Configured the cost formula, Employer cost. Copied the model Wage type to Client Wage
type. Defined coverage Option, employee criteria group. Defined age group, salary group.
Assigned deduction Model entered Wage type to plans. Configured the saving, 401K plan.

Payroll and Benefits integration:

 Modified Payroll Schema, Created new Rules for Time processing, Processing Additional
Payments and Deductions and over time computation and special processing on shift on RD,
and modified leave compensation Rule. Created new technical wage types and processing
classes as per requirement. And modified Partial period factor rule to accommodate
absence valuation.
 Wrote Functional specifications for Krones and SAP to Load Hours and Over time and other
payments This inbound program provides the Payroll Department with the ability to upload
time data from a spreadsheet directly into info type 2010, And developed SAP Query’s as
per user requirement.
 Updated the pay scale information in SAP, which is created new bands that will replace old
band information. These new bands will the same for the US and Canadian HR/Payroll
system.

PowerSeraya Ltd Singapore

SAP HR Payroll and Time Consultant (09/2003 – 12/2004)

Responsibilities:

As a Payroll Consultant involved in the following HR Payroll Implementation activities:

Business blueprint phase and Configuration of Singapore Payroll, Key User Trainings, Prepared
power point presentations,.
Also responsible for the following HR module activities.

 Conducted business process workshops for HR team

 Analyzed customer requirements, establishing design of integrated system and wrote
blueprint for Organizational Management, Personnel Administration
 Configured PA/Time/Payroll including Organizational Structure, Personnel Structure, pay
structures, dialog, time and absence wage types, taxes, transfer to FI/CO and third-party
remittance
 Customized Payroll Schemas and modified few of Personal calculation rules using rule editor
according to Company rules
 Created wage type catalogs and defined permissibility characteristics for each wage type.
Maintained tax related processing classes and checking tax authorities and tax types
maintained tax areas and defined tax models.
 Designed custom personnel calculation rules for quota accrual in time evaluation
Coordinated data integration between time evaluation and payroll
Effectively transferred knowledge to customer

Singapore Power Ltd

HCM Techno functional Analyst (06/2000 – 08/2003)

Responsibilities:

As a SAP HR Techo-Functional Analyst where performed the following duties

Organizational Assignment:
 Enhancing Organization Management Model, Customize Organization and Staffing, Set up
workflow in Organization management, added customer Object types and relationships,
Customize the hierarchy frame work, Define units. Define jobs, positions and job categories,
tasks & their relationships in HRP1000 & 1001db tables, staff assignments, Integration of new
info type.
 Defined pay scale types, group levels and salary ranges and defined pay roll periods and pay
dates for each Pay Roll accounting area. Defined and maintained Processing classes,
Evaluation classes and their specifications for maintaining wage types through logical
views.Creating and checking wage type catalog, defining employee sub group groupings and
employee sub area groupings for primary wage type and defining wage type permissibility for
recurring payments and deductions and leave compensation. Modified PCR for overtime
calculations.
 Analyzing and troubleshooting for Production Support in Payroll Module
 Defined various work schedules like daily, period and monthly work schedules including
break schedules. Defined various work schedule rules. Defined Attendance types, Absences
types, Illness types, Substitutions types, Overtimes and Availability types as per the client
requirements.
 Maintained IT0007 planned working time. Define rule for generating absence quotas & set up
accrual using RPTQTA00. Define deduction rules for quotas. Maintained IT2001 (absences),
IT005 (leave Quota), IT2003 (substitutions) and IT2010 (Overtime).
 HR Reports (PY, OM):
 Modified Logged changes in info type, Employee Assessment for Long Service Awards,
Modified Payroll Audit Report.