Job Summary

Must have:

Core SAP SuccessFactors & Payroll Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in SAP Payroll, with strong hands-on expertise in SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP)
• In-depth knowledge of SAP HCM Payroll schemas, rules, PCRs, wage types, and payroll drivers
• Strong experience in End-to-End Payroll processing including:
• Payroll run, retro calculations, off-cycle payroll
• Payroll reconciliation and control
• Year-end activities and statutory reporting
• Solid understanding of Employee Central (EC) data model and its impact on payroll processing
• Expertise in EC–ECP replication, including:
• Employee master data replication
• Organisational data, compensation, time-related data
• Error handling and monitoring
• Strong understanding of time valuation and its impact on payroll, including wage type generation
• Experience with EC Time data replication to ECP and troubleshooting replication issues
• Knowledge of time-related infotypes and payroll relevance in ECP
• Ability to analyse and resolve time evaluation and payroll discrepancies caused by time data
• Understanding of overtime, premium pay, and time-related allowances in payroll
• Experience supporting time testing cycles during UAT, payroll parallel runs, and go-live
• Ability to work closely with HR, Time, and Payroll stakeholders to ensure end-to-end time-to-pay accuracy

Key Responsibilities

Country & Compliance Knowledge

• Strong experience in country-specific payroll configuration (specifically for DACH countries)
• Deep understanding of local statutory requirements, tax, social insurance, and legal reporting
• Experience managing multi-country or global payroll landscapes
• Ability to interpret payroll legislation and translate it into system configuration

Skill Requirements

Payroll Control Centre (PCC) & Monitoring

• Hands-on experience with Payroll Control Centre (PCC):
• Configuration of KPIs, policies, and validation rules
• Payroll alerts and monitoring
• Strong experience with Payroll Reconciliation, audits, and compliance checks

Integration & Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of SAP integrations related to payroll:
• EC to ECP
• ECP to FI/GL posting
• Third-party integrations (banks, tax authorities, benefit providers)
• Knowledge of SAP HCM Time Management and its integration with payroll (advantageous)

Optional, (but will be working on these elements during the support role.)

In-depth knowledge ofIn-depth knowledge of Employee Central Time Management components, including:

• Time Types
• Time Profiles
• Work Schedules
• Holiday Calendars
• Time Recording Variants
• Experience working with complex work schedules, shifts, public holidays, and country-specific time rules
• Experience configuring and supporting absence and attendance management in EC Time
• Familiarity with SAP Cloud Integration (CPI) is a plus
• Experience with IDocs, BAdIs, user exits, and enhancement frameworks

Other Requirements

Experience: 15+ yrs (similar to Bharath)

Location: India