Role / Job Title: SF-Payroll Lead Work Location: Watford/Northampton Hybrid Working Details: 3 days/week The Role: Role plays a central part in transforming the client's HR & Payroll landscape, enabling faster, compliant, and more digital payroll operations. A trusted EC Payroll SME- guiding the customer through their payroll modernization journey and ensuring measurable improvements in accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. This role is mission-critical in SAP SuccessFactors program. Your Responsibilities: Leading end-to-end design of SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP), ensuring alignment with EC core HR and overall HCM architecture. Define and validate end-to-end payroll process flows including time, payroll, posting and payment Oversee integration design between EC & ECP using PTP (Point-to-Point), middleware where required. Lead payroll data migration strategy: legacy payroll elements, wage types, employee master, tax data, balances. Develop and execute test strategy for payroll cycles: unit testing, SIT, UAT, regression, parallel payroll runs. Act as primary payroll SME for business stakeholders, HR, Finance, and technical teams Lead workshops, requirement gathering, gap analysis, and solution walkthroughs. Your Profile: Essential Skills / Knowledge / Experience: 12-15 years' experience in SAP Payroll, with at least 2-3 end-to-end UK-ECP implementations. Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, schemas, rules, and retroactive accounting Hands-on experience with EC Payroll, Payroll Control Center, Pay Statement, Banking, Finance Posting, Time data replication. Strong command over SAP HCM Payroll schemas/rules and ECP extensions. Knowledge of SAP CPI, BIB, EC replication frameworks, and HCM integration add-ons. Strong analytical and debugging skills using Payroll log, PC_PAYRESULT, SLG1, etc. Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll Certification. Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience: Familiarity with SAP Activate methodology and agile project delivery. Multi-vendor payroll ecosystems (ADP, SD Worx, NGA, etc.) migration SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll Certification. TPBN1_UKTJ
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SF-Payroll Lead