Specialist - SAP-
Required Experience & Skills
SAP HCM Expertise
- 10+ years of SAP HCM experience with a strong focus on:
- Organizational Management (OM)
- Personnel Administration (PA)
- US Payroll
- Benefits Administration
- Proven experience supporting ECC to S/4HANA Brownfield conversions
Payroll & Compliance
- In‑depth knowledge of US payroll statutory and tax compliance
- Strong hands‑on experience with payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, and posting logic
- Experience validating payroll results across system conversions
Consulting & Client Engagement
- Strong client‑facing skills with experience working in program governance and migration assurance roles
- Ability to communicate risks, impacts, and remediation strategies clearly to business stakeholders
- Experience working under strict cutover timelines and compliance expectations
Preferred Experience
- HCM for S/4HANA) and ECC to S/4 migration exposure
- SAP Payroll Control Centre (PCC) experience
- Experience supporting regulated or audit‑intensive environments
- SAP HCM certification(s)
Value Delivered to the Client
- Ensures payroll accuracy and statutory compliance during S/4HANA conversion
- Minimizes business disruption by retaining proven ECC HCM processes
- Reduces migration risk through structured validation and reconciliation
- Provides experienced leadership across critical HR and payroll functions
Key Responsibilities
Brownfield Migration Leadership
- Serve as the functional lead for the SAP HCM workstream in an ECC to S/4HANA brownfield conversion
- Assess existing SAP ECC HCM configurations and determine retain vs. remediate vs. retire decisions
- Lead impact analysis for S/4HANA simplification items and HCM technical adaptations
OM, PA & Organizational Continuity
- Validate existing organizational structures, positions, jobs, and reporting relationships post‑conversion
- Ensure personnel administration processes and infotypes function as‑is or with minimal remediation
- Support testing and validation of personnel actions and cross‑module dependencies
US Payroll Assurance
- Ensure end‑to‑end US Payroll continuity with zero disruption during and after migration, including:
- Payroll schemas, PCRs, and wage types
- Federal, State, and Local tax configuration
- Retroactive payroll, off‑cycle payments, and year‑end processing
- Lead payroll parallel runs to confirm ECC vs. S/4HANA result parity
Benefits Administration Continuity
- Validate existing benefits configurations, including:
- Health, welfare, retirement, and insurance plans
- Enrolment rules and life event processing
- Integrations with third‑party benefits providers
- Ensure open enrolment and ongoing eligibility processing are unaffected by the migration
Testing & Validation
- Lead and coordinate:
- Unit testing and integration testing for SAP HCM
- Payroll comparison and reconciliation cycles
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with client HR and Payroll teams
- Ensure defects are analysed with a migration‑first mindset (no unnecessary redesign)
Integration & Data Integrity
- Validate HCM integrations with:
- Finance (FI/CO) for payroll postings
- Time Management systems
- SAP SuccessFactors or third‑party HR applications
- Support data consistency checks and reconciliation for master and transactional HCM data
Governance, Audit & Documentation
- Deliver audit‑ready migration documentation, including:
- Configuration validation reports
- Payroll reconciliation evidence
- Test execution and sign‑off artifacts
- Ensure compliance with US statutory, SOX, and internal audit requirements throughout the migration
SAP HCM Expertise
- 10+ years of SAP HCM experience with a strong focus on:
- Organizational Management (OM)
- Personnel Administration (PA)
- US Payroll
- Benefits Administration
- Proven experience supporting ECC to S/4HANA Brownfield conversions
Payroll & Compliance
- In‑depth knowledge of US payroll statutory and tax compliance
- Strong hands‑on experience with payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, and posting logic
- Experience validating payroll results across system conversions
Consulting & Client Engagement
- Strong client‑facing skills with experience working in program governance and migration assurance roles
- Ability to communicate risks, impacts, and remediation strategies clearly to business stakeholders
- Experience working under strict cutover timelines and compliance expectations