Senior SAP Employee Central Payroll Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Lead the gathering of requirements and the design of solutions for payroll processes.

• Configure and sustain SAP ECP, which includes managing wage types, schemas, calculation rules, and other payroll parameters.

• Analyze the integration between Employee Central and ECP, pinpointing and resolving any data replication inconsistencies.

• Investigate incidents and calculation discrepancies, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend solutions.

• Evaluate the implications of legal changes, business rules, and system updates.

• Draft functional specifications and assist the ABAP team in the development of enhancements and integrations.

• Plan and carry out functional, integration, regression, and payroll results comparison tests.

• Provide support for payroll processing, payroll closing and posting cycles, as well as activities related to go-live and stabilization.

• Generate functional documentation and offer guidance to users and team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience with SAP Payroll, particularly hands-on experience with SAP Employee Central Payroll.

• Involvement in ECP implementation or support projects, demonstrating the ability to manage complex demands independently.

• Comprehensive understanding of wage types, calculation schemas, Personnel Calculation Rules (PCRs), retroactivity, and payroll log analysis.

• Familiarity with personnel master data and its influence on payroll processing.

• Experience in integrating SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central with ECP, including replication, monitoring, and error management.

• Capable of translating business needs into functional solutions and development specifications.

• Proven experience in designing and executing test scenarios and validating outcomes.

• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the capability to collaborate directly with users, technical teams, and other project stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• SAP certification in Employee Central Payroll and/or Employee Central is advantageous.

• Familiarity with Brazilian payroll processes, including vacation, termination, 13th-month salary, statutory charges, and legal obligations such as eSocial is beneficial.

• Knowledge of Payroll Control Center (PCC) is advantageous.

• Experience with SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration and interfaces with benefits, timekeeping, finance, and banking systems is a plus.

• Understanding of ABAP for code reading, debugging, and supporting problem analysis is advantageous.

• Experience transitioning from SAP HCM Payroll to ECP is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Open-ended engagement as a member of the consulting team.

• Remote work opportunities.

• Engagement as an independent contractor.