Compensation
Salary reviews that managers complete on time, with numbers HR can trust.
Plan templates and worksheets, eligibility and guideline rules, budgets, route maps and compensation statements.
SAP SuccessFactors consultant
Alexander Shumakov
Compensation, Variable Pay and Performance & Goals, from the first workshop to an annual cycle that pays people correctly.
I design, configure and support these three modules end to end, with hands-on Employee Central Core: implementations, annual cycles and changes after go-live.
“When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
- PMGM
- Where are we heading, and how do we measure progress?
- CMP
- How do we decide pay fairly, within the rules and the budget?
- VP
- How do results turn into a bonus?
10+years in SAP HR and HCM
7+years in SAP SuccessFactors
3SAP certifications: Compensation, PMGM, EC Core
4working languages: EN · PL · RU · UK
Expertise
Three core modules, one connected cycle
Clear goals give direction.Meaningful feedback guides progress.Fair rewards reinforce both.
Performance & Goals sets the goals and captures the ratings; Compensation and Variable Pay turn them into increases and bonuses. I lead all three and work daily in Employee Central, which supplies the job and pay data.
Variable Pay
Bonus payouts that follow the plan rules exactly and are easy to explain.
Bonus plans on business and individual results, payout calculation and testing, bonus statements and yearly plan rollover.
Performance & Goals
Goals and ratings that are ready to drive pay decisions.
Goal plans, performance forms, route maps, competencies and role-based permissions.
Why companies connect them
ManagersClear grounds for every rating, increase and bonus decision.
EmployeesKnow what is expected and how their contribution is rewarded.
The companyPuts the reward budget behind its own priorities.
The system applies the rules consistently. Agreeing the goals, rating criteria and payout rules is the work we do together in workshops.
Employee Central Core
ECConfiguration support, workflows and permissions, data issues and CPI integration testing.
Succession & Development
SDTalent processes that build on performance and goal data.
Toolkit
Business rulesTemplate XMLRoute maps
Role-based permissionsStory reportsCPI monitoring & testing
UAT & go-liveWorkbooks & specificationsServiceNow · Jira
Services
How I can help your project
Implementation
New Compensation, Variable Pay or Performance & Goals rollouts: workshops, design, build, testing and deployment.
design workbook · configured templates · test scripts · UAT support
Annual cycle readiness
The yearly compensation or bonus cycle ready before managers start planning: template rollover, eligibility and guidelines, worksheets and statements tested end to end.
cycle checklist · tested worksheets · launch support
Support and change requests
Post-go-live support: ticket analysis, impact assessment, configuration changes and permission fixes, handled end to end.
root-cause analysis · change with impact notes · documentation
Workshops and documentation
Discovery sessions on salary, bonus, LTI and recognition. Specifications, admin guides and knowledge transfer for HR and HRIS teams.
workshop materials · specifications · admin guides
Ways to work together
Freelance on a B2B contract: a full project, part-time support around your cycle, or a defined piece of work. Remote across the EU, on-site visits by agreement.
Experience
From SAP HR operations to leading SuccessFactors projects
SAP HCM since 2011, SuccessFactors since 2017.
Oct 2025 – now NOW
SAP SuccessFactors Expert
Freelance · Wrocław
- Implementation, configuration and ongoing support with a focus on Compensation, Variable Pay, PMGM and Employee Central.
- Post-go-live enhancements, annual cycles and business process optimisation.
Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
SAP SF Business Architecture Associate Manager
Accenture · Gdańsk
- Lead consultant for PMGM and Compensation implementation projects.
- Full-cycle implementations: system design, build, test and deployment.
- Employee Central Core configuration support and CPI integration testing for EC data flows.
Nov 2020 – Aug 2023
SAP SuccessFactors Consultant
Zalaris Consulting Poland · Gdańsk
- EC Core, PMGM and Compensation support for international clients.
- Support tickets end to end: analysis, configuration, testing and communication.
- Change requests with impact analysis; documentation and knowledge transfer for client teams.
Sep 2017 – Jan 2020
SAP SuccessFactors Consultant, freelance
SAPRun · Gdańsk
- Workshops and discovery sessions with clients on salary, bonus, LTI and recognition.
- Demo environments and prototype configurations for Compensation and PMGM; workbook documentation.
- Test execution, UAT and production deployment support. Started with SAP on-premise HCM support.
Mar 2013 – Aug 2017
SAP HCM Specialist
EPAM Systems · Kyiv
- Global SAP HR support in Personnel Administration and Organisational Management; incident and data issue analysis.
Sep 2011 – Feb 2013
SAP HR Administrator
Nestlé Ukraine · Kyiv
- HR actions in SAP HCM in line with legal requirements; organisational data and employee lifecycle records.
Credentials
Certified in the modules I deliver
SAP certifications
2023
Employee Central Core
SAP Certified Application Associate
2020
SuccessFactors Compensation
SAP Certified Application Associate
2018
SuccessFactors Performance and Goals
SAP Certified Application Associate
Education
2004
MSc in Management
Zaporizhzhia State University
Training
- 2025Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- 2024SAP SuccessFactors EC: Advanced Configuration & Support Scenarios
- 2024SAP EC & CPI Integration Monitoring
- 2021Agile Project Planning
- 2021GDPR & Data Privacy
- 2017ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management
Languages
Russian
C2
Ukrainian
C2
Polish
C1
English
B2
German
A1
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