Group Technical Architect

Job Summary

Must have: Core SAP Success Factors & Payroll Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in SAP Payroll, with strong hands-on expertise in Success Factors Employee Central Payroll (ECP)

• In-depth knowledge of SAP HCM Payroll schemas, rules, PCRs, wage types, and payroll drivers

• Strong experience in End-to-End Payroll processing including:

• Payroll run, retro calculations, off-cycle payroll

• Payroll reconciliation and control

• Year-end activities and statutory reporting

• Solid understanding of Employee Central (EC) data model and its impact on payroll processing

• Expertise in EC–ECP replication, including:

• Employee master data replication

• Organisational data, compensation, time-related data

• Error handling and monitoring

• Strong understanding of time valuation and its impact on payroll, including wage type generation

• Experience with EC Time data replication to ECP and troubleshooting replication issues

• Knowledge of time-related infotypes and payroll relevance in ECP

• Ability to analyse and resolve time evaluation and payroll discrepancies caused by time data

• Understanding of overtime, premium pay, and time-related allowances in payroll

• Experience supporting time testing cycles during UAT, payroll parallel runs, and go-live

• Ability to work closely with HR, Time, and Payroll stakeholders to ensure end-to-end time-to-pay accuracy

Key Responsibilities

Country & Compliance Knowledge

• Strong experience in country-specific payroll configuration (specifically for DACH countries)

• Deep understanding of local statutory requirements, tax, social insurance, and legal reporting

• Experience managing multi-country or global payroll landscapes

• Ability to interpret payroll legislation and translate it into system configuration

Skill Requirements

Payroll Control Centre (PCC) & Monitoring

• Hands-on experience with Payroll Control Centre (PCC):

• Configuration of KPIs, policies, and validation rules

• Payroll alerts and monitoring

• Strong experience with Payroll Reconciliation, audits, and compliance checks

Integration & Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of SAP integrations related to payroll:

• EC to ECP

• ECP to FI/GL posting

• Third-party integrations (banks, tax authorities, benefit providers)

• Knowledge of SAP HCM Time Management and its integration with payroll (advantageous)

Optional, (but will be working on these elements during the support role.)

In-depth knowledge of In-depth knowledge of Employee Central Time Management components, including:

• Time Types

• Time Profiles

• Work Schedules

• Holiday Calendars

• Time Recording Variants

• Experience working with complex work schedules, shifts, public holidays, and country-specific time rules

• Experience configuring and supporting absence and attendance management in EC Time

• Familiarity with SAP Cloud Integration (CPI) is a plus

• Experience with IDocs, BAd Is, user exits, and enhancement frameworks

Other Requirements

Experience: 15+ yrs (similar to Bharath)Location: India