Veronica Peters
Verified Expert in Engineering
HR Information Systems Specialist and Developer
Veronica is an experienced HR information systems specialist with over 20 years of experience working with large global organizations on designing, managing, and implementing HR solutions. Having worked as an HR architect, program manager, and technical project manager, she is an expert in SAP HR, Workday, and SAP SuccessFactors. Veronica has an in-depth understanding of HR processes, systems, solution design, vendor management data, and on-premise to SaaS systems integrations.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, CornerStone, Kronos, SAP HR, Technology Management, IT Project Management, HRIS, HR Integration
The most amazing...
...project I've managed successfully involved implementing an HR system in 120 countries within time and budget constraints.
Work Experience
HR Project Manager
Menzies Aviation
- Acted as SAP SuccessFactors project manager for a global aviation company, leading a team of consultants to implement and roll out an employee central across the landscape.
- Created project plans and liaised with respective local leads to plan the individual regional plans.
- Led workshops to gather information to design the perfect solution and led a team of business, functional, and technical resources to identify requirements.
- Organized the various testing phases of unit testing, system testing, and UAT, regularly reporting on burn rate calculation, time approvals, and billing processes to stakeholders.
- Planned, prepared, and implemented training materials for end users and the support team.
Workday Technical Project Manager
ABB Switzerland
- Handled HR systems and implemented Workday and HR integrations. The systems implemented included Workday, SAP, CornerStone, and SAP S/4HANA, and I leveraged the SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) suite and SAP Fieldglass.
- Managed a team of technical and functional vendor resources to design and implement a robust integration landscape for HR data and solutions.
- Liaised with HR leaders to identify and agree on functionalities in scope.
- Reviewed and processed contracts with vendors to sign off statements of work.
- Worked with vendors and HR support to create resource plans.
- Planned test phases and detailed sessions for a data migration strategy.
- Acted as the HR integrations architect, identifying, designing, and creating the HR systems landscape.
HR and Finance Project Manager
GE Aerospace
- Acted as the SAP project manager for GE Aviation Asia, handling SAP HR and finance implementations and solutions for Singapore and Malaysia.
- Planned and executed vendors' RFP selection process. I liaised with stakeholders to secure resources, manage expectations around project deliverables, and support readiness.
- Handled project planning and technical resource allocation. I created and managed project budgets and requirement gathering for blueprint phases. I then supervised the cutover and hypercare periods.
- Managed build phases across multiple systems and coordinated test phases, including unit, SIT, and UAT.
- Designed and managed end user training and knowledge transfer to the support team.
Experience
SAP HCM Upgrade for British American Tobacco
This project involved working with stakeholders to determine the global HR system strategy for over 120 countries. It entailed moving four global regions and numerous SAP systems into a single SAP system. I organized the vendors' RFP selection process and managed the project across several geographies, with stakeholders, users, vendors, and various IT resources scattered across several countries and varying time zones. I also handled the project's IT budget and resources, performed quality assurance of the design and technical build, and managed a 3rd-party implementation team of 20 to deliver the functional and technical build of the project. I coordinated UAT and effectively managed end user training and knowledge transfer to the support team.
Education
Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Edinburgh Business School - Edinburgh, Scotland
Skills
Tools
SAP SuccessFactors, Kronos
Languages
HTML
Paradigms
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Other
SAP HR, Technology Management, IT Project Management, HRIS, HR Integration, Data HR Migration, Cutover, Test Management, Absence Management, Workday, CornerStone, Business Administration, Administration, Integration, Data, Architecture, SAP HCM, SAP ERP
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