SAP SuccessFactors Performance, Goals & Compensation Training
SAP SuccessFactors Performance, Goals and Compensation training teaches you to implement the performance and reward cycle.
- 40 hours
- Beginner
- Live online
- C_THR82_2505 / C_THR86_2505
What is SAP SuccessFactors Performance, Goals & Compensation Training?
SAP SuccessFactors Performance, Goals and Compensation training teaches you to implement the performance and reward cycle. On performance you configure goal plans and cascading, performance form templates, rating scales, route maps, 360 reviews, continuous performance management and calibration. On compensation you configure compensation plan templates, eligibility, budgets and guidelines, worksheets and approval, statements, variable pay and the integration back to Employee Central.
What you get
- Configure goal plans with cascading and weighting
- Build performance form templates with competencies and rating scales
- Design route maps and run a full review cycle
- Implement continuous performance management and 360 reviews
Who this course is for
New to the field
- HR and reward professionals moving into systems
- SuccessFactors consultants adding talent modules
- HRIS analysts owning the annual cycle
Working professionals
- Consultants on an HR transformation
- Compensation and benefits teams
- Anyone targeting the performance or compensation exams
Prerequisites
- HR, performance management or reward experience helps.
- No SAP or coding experience required.
What you will be able to do
- Configure goal plans with cascading and weighting
- Build performance form templates with competencies and rating scales
- Design route maps and run a full review cycle
- Implement continuous performance management and 360 reviews
- Facilitate calibration sessions and apply distribution guidelines
- Configure compensation plans, budgets, guidelines and worksheets
- Set up variable pay, statements and integration to EC and payroll
Salary range
- India
- 6-24 LPA
- United States
- 95k-140k
Market ranges for SuccessFactors Talent Consultant, not a guarantee. Actual pay depends on experience, location and employer.
Curriculum
Goal management
Set goals the system can actually measure and roll up.
- Goal plan templates and XML structure
- Goal fields, categories and weightings
- Cascading and aligning goals
- Goal library and SMART goal guidance
- Team goals and shared goals
- Goal execution and progress tracking
- Permissions across manager and employee
- Reporting on goal completion
Performance form templates
Configure the review form the whole organisation will use.
- Performance template structure and sections
- Competency libraries and job-specific competencies
- Rating scales and rating calculation
- Weighting between goals and competencies
- Custom sections and summary sections
- Text replacement and instructions
- Writing assistant and coaching advisor
- Localisation and multi-language forms
Route maps and the review cycle
Move the form through the people who need to touch it.
- Route map steps: employee, manager, second level
- Iterative and collaborative steps
- Modify stage and signature stage
- Due dates, reminders and escalation
- Mass form launch and eligibility
- Late joiners, leavers and transfers mid-cycle
- Form troubleshooting and moving stuck forms
- Cycle communication planning
Continuous performance and 360
Support feedback beyond the annual form, which is where most organisations are heading.
- Continuous performance management: activities and achievements
- One-on-one meetings and check-ins
- Feedback requests and giving feedback
- Linking continuous performance to the form
- 360 review templates and rater groups
- Rater nomination and approval
- 360 report configuration
- Anonymity and confidentiality settings
Calibration
Make ratings consistent and defensible across managers.
- Calibration templates and sessions
- Calibration views: grid, bin, list
- Facilitator and participant roles
- Rating distribution guidelines
- Executive review and finalisation
- Calibrating performance and potential
- Linking calibration results to compensation
- Governance and audit of calibration decisions
Compensation planning
Configure the annual pay cycle that follows performance.
- Compensation plan templates
- Eligibility rules and eligible population
- Budgets: percentage, amount, hierarchy based
- Guidelines and guideline formulas
- Worksheet design and fields
- Currency conversion and pay ranges
- Manager planning experience
- Approval route maps and locking
Variable pay, statements and integration
Finish the reward cycle and publish it to employees.
- Variable pay plan setup
- Business goals and bonus calculation
- Individual and business performance factors
- Compensation statements and letters
- Publishing results to employees
- Integration with Employee Central compensation info
- Integration to payroll
- Reporting and pay equity analysis
Projects you will build
Performance cycle build
Configure a goal plan and performance template with weighted sections and a multi-step route map, then run a form from launch to signature.
Calibration session
Set up a calibration template with a rating distribution guideline, run a session across a manager group and finalise adjusted ratings.
Compensation cycle
Build a compensation plan with eligibility, budgets and guidelines, run manager planning on a worksheet, approve it and publish statements.
Tools you will use
- Form template management
- Performance and goal template configuration, including XML where the UI does not reach.
- Route maps
- Step configuration for both performance forms and compensation worksheets.
- Calibration
- Session setup, grid and bin views and distribution guidelines.
- Compensation worksheets
- Budget, guideline and manager planning configuration.
- Statements and letters
- Compensation statement templates and publication to employees.
- Reporting
- Cycle completion, rating distribution and compensation spend analytics.
Certification
- Exam
- SAP Certified Associate, SuccessFactors Performance and Goals, and Compensation
- Code
- C_THR82_2505 / C_THR86_2505
- Level
- Associate
- Exam fee
- US$560 per exam
What learners say
Route maps and mid-cycle joiners are the two things that break every performance cycle. Both were covered honestly here.
Guideline formulas and budget hierarchies finally made sense. Our comp cycle runs far more smoothly now.
Calibration was taught as a facilitation problem as well as a configuration one, which is exactly right.
Fees and training modes
Choose how you want to learn. No-cost EMI is available on the live and 1-to-1 modes.
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Live Online Training
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Interactive live batches, weekday or weekend, with the full cohort and lifetime recordings.
Fastest
1-to-1 Training
₹49,000
Fixed for every course, no-cost EMI
Private one-on-one coaching at a pace and schedule you set.
Affordable
Self-paced Training
₹9,000
One-time fee, lowest-cost option
Learn on your own time with recorded sessions and the same materials.
Refunds and cancellations are covered in our refund policy.
What a day looks like
- Cycle monitoring
- During a cycle, chasing completion and unsticking forms or worksheets that are blocked.
- Configuration
- A template change, a new eligibility rule or a guideline adjustment agreed with the reward team.
- HR partnership
- Working with HR on rating distribution or budget allocation questions before they become escalations.
- Data checks
- Reconciling eligible populations and budgets against Employee Central data.
- Publication
- Preparing statements and coordinating the communication of outcomes to employees.
Training a team?
We run this course as private corporate training, tailored to your systems and scheduled around your team. Tell us your group size and what you need to cover.
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Why are performance and compensation taught together?
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Is there XML configuration?
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Does it cover variable pay?
Is there practice access?
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