SAP SuccessFactors ECP Technical Consultant (2 Positions)
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Contract: 12-Month Contract
Location: Anywhere in Australia or New Zealand (Remote/Flexible)
Mandatory Requirement: Australian or New Zealand Payroll Experience
About the Company
Our client is a large enterprise organisation operating across multiple regions and supporting a complex workforce environment. They are committed to delivering reliable, compliant, and business-critical payroll services through modern HR and payroll technology platforms.
About the Role
We are seeking experienced SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Technical Consultants to join a high-performing payroll and technology team. These are hands-on technical positions focused primarily on supporting New Zealand payroll operations, while also contributing to payroll support activities across other geographies as required.
This role is critical in ensuring payroll stability, compliance, data integrity, and system availability within a complex enterprise environment where payroll accuracy and operational continuity are essential. The advertisement structure follows the approach used in
Key Responsibilities
SAP SuccessFactors ECP Support
- Act as the subject matter expert for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP).
- Provide production support, troubleshooting, and operational management of payroll systems.
- Maintain stable, secure, and compliant payroll environments.
- Support payroll processing activities and resolve complex payroll issues.
Configuration & Change Management
- Perform payroll and system configuration changes.
- Manage transports and production deployment activities.
- Support system upgrades, releases, testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure adherence to governance, compliance, and change management processes.
Payroll Operations
- Support New Zealand payroll processing and compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with payroll teams to ensure accurate and timely payroll execution.
- Monitor system health, payroll integrity, and operational performance.
- Participate in critical payroll run activities and provide after-hours support when required.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work closely with payroll teams, business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and global support teams.
- Investigate and resolve production incidents and integration issues.
- Contribute to operational excellence across payroll and HR technology functions.
Essential Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Strong hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP).
- Deep understanding of Australian and/or New Zealand payroll legislation, compliance, and payroll operations.
- Proven experience supporting complex production payroll environments.
- Experience with payroll configuration, system administration, and transport management.
- Strong ABAP development and debugging skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot payroll, integration, and production support issues.
- Experience maintaining data integrity and system reliability within business-critical environments.
- Knowledge of ITIL, DevOps, Agile, or SAFe methodologies.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Desirable Skills
- SAP SuccessFactors experience beyond Employee Central Payroll.
- Experience with SuccessFactors implementations, upgrades, and release management.
- Understanding of HR processes and employee lifecycle management.
- Experience working in regulated, financial services, government, or other highly controlled environments.
- Knowledge of enterprise governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.
Qualifications
Preferred:
- SAP SuccessFactors Certification
- SAP Payroll Certification
Advantageous:
- Certified Payroll Technician (CPT)
- Certified Payroll Practitioner (CPP)
- ITIL Certification
- DevOps Certification
- SAFe Certification
Ideal Candidate
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Recent hands-on SAP SuccessFactors ECP production support experience.
- Strong New Zealand and/or Australian payroll expertise.
- The ability to work independently in a complex enterprise environment.
- Experience supporting critical payroll operations where compliance and accuracy are paramount.
- A track record of managing incidents, transports, configuration changes, and production support activities.
Candidates with only high-level SuccessFactors exposure and limited Employee Central Payroll support experience are unlikely to be suitable.
What's on Offer
- Long-term 12-month contract opportunity.
- Remote working flexibility from anywhere in Australia or New Zealand.
- Opportunity to work within a complex, enterprise-scale payroll environment.
- Exposure to global payroll operations and leading HR technology platforms.
How to Apply
If you are an experienced SAP SuccessFactors ECP Consultant with strong Australian or New Zealand payroll expertise, we would love to hear from you.
Farbar Siddiq
📱 0489 922 211
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