SAP HCM / Payroll Test Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Manage the planning, coordination, and execution of all testing activities related to an SAP SuccessFactors Payroll implementation.

• Establish the comprehensive testing strategy, governance framework, test cycles, and ensure readiness for end-to-end deployment.

• Lead payroll parallel testing efforts, including planning cycles, coordinating payroll execution and reconciliation, performing variance analysis, and offering production-readiness support.

• Collaborate with functional teams, technical teams, and client payroll subject matter experts (SMEs) to guarantee comprehensive coverage for functional, integration, regression, and payroll-specific testing.

• Create and oversee test strategies, plans, scopes, schedules, as well as entry and exit criteria.

• Facilitate testing coordination among payroll functional, HCM functional, technical, integration, conversion, and business teams.

• Establish and manage cycles for functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, and payroll-specific testing.

• Oversee the development of test scenarios, scripts, test data, expected outcomes, and ensure requirements traceability.

• Track test progress, defects, risks, dependencies, and overall readiness.

• Facilitate defect triage and coordinate the resolution of issues.

• Provide updates on test status, risks, and readiness reports to leadership.

• Define parameters for parallel test cycles, employee populations, data requirements, reconciliation methods, and acceptance criteria.

• Coordinate payroll execution in both legacy and new SAP payroll systems for side-by-side comparisons.

• Lead the reconciliation and variance analysis across gross-to-net calculations, earnings, deductions, taxes, and employer contributions.

• Develop processes for categorizing, documenting, and addressing payroll variances.

• Monitor payroll results across cycles and furnish leadership with data to assess production readiness.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of experience leading testing efforts for SAP HCM and/or SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) implementations.

• Proven track record in planning and executing payroll parallel testing.

• Comprehensive understanding of end-to-end payroll processing and payroll outcomes.

• Experience in reconciling payroll discrepancies between legacy and target systems.

• Ability to differentiate between expected variances and genuine defects, including those related to configuration, integration, conversion, or calculation.

• Experience managing multiple test cycles, conducting defect triage, regression testing, and readiness assessments.

• Strong grasp of dependencies across payroll, HR data, time management, benefits, integrations, conversions, and downstream processes.

• Experience in coordinating among functional, technical, business, and third-party teams during complex testing activities.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

• Possess U.S. work authorization that does not currently or will not in the future require visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• A collaborative and supportive community.

• Opportunities for hands-on experience.

• Access to certifications.

• Industry-specific training.

• Benefits information available through Accenture Federal Services benefits resources.

• Reasonable accommodations for disabilities or religious observances.

• Equal employment opportunities.

• Veteran employment opportunities.