Role: SAP Payroll Integration & Techno-Functional Lead
Location: 100% Remote
Job Description:
- We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Payroll Functional Lead Consultant to lead a large-scale, complex U.S. payroll implementation or application maintenance. The role is strategic, requiring end-to-end ownership of the payroll solution design, ensuring alignment with business requirements, operational needs, and compliance standards.
- Need Payroll Integration Lead experience, although this is primarily a functional role, the candidate must have strong hands-on technical configuration and implementation experience to perform the required work.
- Candidate must have practical experience with payroll configuration and integration activities, rather than only functional or coordination experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & own the design of the payroll solution, meeting strategic, operational, and compliance objectives.
- Facilitate requirement-gathering workshops with business stakeholders to define and document payroll needs.
- Collaborate with payroll configurators to ensure configuration aligns with approved solutions and business requirements.
- Partner with integration leads to ensure seamless integration between payroll and related systems (e.g., SAP FI, Time Management, Benefits, Compensation, third-party vendors).
Oversee the full payroll implementation lifecycle, including:
- Solution build and configuration, Parallel payroll runs, System Integration Testing (SIT)
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Cutover planning and execution
- Post-go-live support
Provide functional expertise in:
- Gross-to-net calculations
- Tax reporting and BSI
- Tax Factory integration
- Garnishments and levy management
- Year-end processing and accrual setup
- Troubleshoot payroll issues, apply support packs, and develop custom rules/operations as needed.
- Maintain payroll catalogs (wage types, off-cycle payroll, etc.).
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders, manage risks, and drive resolution strategies.
- Ensure project milestones are met on time and with high quality
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Minimum 12+ years of hands-on experience in SAP Payroll (ECP or HCM), with a strong focus on U.S. Payroll.
- Proven success in leading and delivering complex payroll implementations, including full lifecycle experience.
- Strong SAP Payroll expertise and deep understanding of U.S. payroll regulations.
- Leadership and stakeholder management skills to coordinate cross-functional teams.
- Ability to deliver scalable, compliant, and high-quality payroll solutions in a dynamic, global environment