Uday Gummula

9+ years of overall professional experience in corporate industry. SAP SuccessFactors Certified Consultant around 5.6 years dedicated to SAP SuccessFactors Implementation experience with Employee Central Core (EC), Time Off and Support experience on Time Sheet. Knowledge of Time Tracking (CICO) and Benefit modules.

Hands-on experience in 4 Success Factors implementations that includes and numerous support and hyper-care projects for global clients across various industries. Acted as the Primary representative and SME for the Employee Central and Time Off modules, managing project activities from kickoff through UAT, ensuring alignment with business goals and system readiness. Strong expertise in Core Employee profile, Foundational Object, Position Management, Employee Data, HR Transactions and Time-off.

Successfully implemented EC & Time Off for 14 countries in complete journey, configuring holiday calendars, work schedules, time types, time accounts, accrual rules, carry forward, and complex business rules. Proficient in Role-Based Permissions (RBP), Dynamic Group configuration. Adept in SAP Activate Methodology (Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy) and Rapid Deployment Solutions (Start, Deploy, Run), ensuring efficient project execution and stakeholder engagement.

Provided global support across time zones, working closely with business teams and consultants worldwide. Strong leadership and collaboration skills; experienced in both individual contributors. Highly proficient in workbook preparation, requirement gathering, system testing, data conversion, and go-live activities, contributing to seamless project rollouts.

SAP SF Senior Consultant - INK IT Solutions Australia Pty Ltd (SAP Gold Partner) - Complete Remote

(2024-12)

Worked as a CAS Consultant for SAP Labs as an External Partner from INK IT. Acted as a Primary representative for EC and Time off Projects.

• Leading workshops with stakeholders to understand their current HR processes (As-Is) and defining how they will work in SuccessFactors (To-Be)
• Gap Analysis: Identifying discrepancies between standard SuccessFactors' functionality and the client's specific business requirements
• Documentation: Creating detailed Configuration Workbooks and Functional Design Documents (FDD) that serve as the blueprint for the building
• Translated business requirements into technical specifications and executed hands on configuration of Employee Central and Time Off
• Successfully conducted Unit Testing and Iterative Testing to validate system build against Configuration Workbooks, ensuring 100% alignment with client requirements
• Managed the end-to-end Realize Phase, moving from blueprinting to a fully functional instance while maintaining system integrity across Role-Based Permissions (RBP)
• Involved in cutover planning by creating a minute-by-minute plan for the Go-Live weekend (freezing data, final uploads, and moving configuration to the Production environment)
• Production Support: Providing Hypercare (on-call support) for 2 weeks after go-live to resolve immediate issues
• Provided Admin Training to the client's HRIS team on how to maintain the system after the consultants leave
• Assisted the client in creating training materials (manuals, videos, or Quick Reference Guides) for managers and employees
• Trained and mentored Juniors on Core HR configurations and Consulting activities
• Resolved customer tickets which include service request and change requests with respective to SLA

Consultant - Deloitte USI - Hyderabad

(2024-08 - 2024-11)

• Handled EC Core support tickets for large scale projects
• Acted as a Secondary lead for the Jeld Wen Project
• Participated in Transition activities for (Jeld wen) and Handled reverse KT calls with the client and Vendors
• Configured the Role Based Permissions by creating Permission Group, Roles and assignment based on requirement
• Import and export of Employee data and MDF data
• Assisted Juniors on Tickets and other issues
• Provided KT for new team mates
• Involved in release activities
• Worked on system configuration issues

Associate Consultant – SAP SF - HRSC Strategies Consulting India Pvt Ltd (SAP Gold Partner) - Remote

(2021-04 - 2024-07)

• Implemented Foundation Objects, Employee data, Position Management and HR Transactions
• Configured Corporate Data Model and Succession Data Models
• Configured Country Specific Corporate Data Model and Country Specific Succession Data Models
• Created and Configured MDF Custom Objects
• Worked on configuring Employee files/people profile and customizing of Employee Central Portlets like personal info, Job info, Comp info etc. using Manage Business Configurations
• Configured the Role Based Permissions by creating Permission Group, Roles and assignment based on requirement. And Picklist configuration
• Worked on Associations and Workflows
• Worked on Business rules for defaulting values, trigger workflows, Auto assignment codes etc
• Import and export of Employee data and MDF data
• Worked on recurring/non-recurring pay components in comp portlet
• Development of Test Scripts and execution of test scripts
• Maintained workbook for clients
• Supporting the client during UAT and Data Migration
• Worked on Time off process. (Holiday Calendar, Work schedule, Time Types, Time Account Types, Time Profiles, Accrual Rules Take Rule, PEP Rule, Termination and Hire Rule etc
• Configured Takes Rules for Hajj Leave, Exam Leaves, Iddah Leaves and Death Leaves for Saudi
• Configured Accrual Rules for Annual Leaves based upon seniority using Lookup functionality
• Involved in Internal Time-off and Payroll RDS (Rapid Deployment Solutions) Projects for Saudi Region

US IT Recruiter - Source Mantra Transforming IT Consulting

(2019-10 - 2021-01)

Talent Acquisition Executive - IIC - Indotronix International Corporation

(2018-02 - 2019-10)

B-Tech - Mechanical Engineering - Kommuri Pratap Reddy Institute of Technology (2017-05)