SAP Payroll Consultant

Position: SAP Payroll Consultant
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract

We are seeking an experienced SAP Payroll Consultant to support end-to-end payroll processes, configuration, enhancements, and production support within the SAP HCM or SAP SuccessFactors environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong functional expertise, hands-on configuration capability, and deep understanding of statutory and compliance requirements across relevant payroll regions (US, Canada, Global, or EC Payroll).

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Configuration & Support

• Configure and maintain SAP Payroll schemas, rules, wage types, PCRs, calendars, and pay period settings.
• Manage off-cycle payroll, retroactive accounting, garnishments, taxes, benefits integration, and payroll control processes.
• Support payroll posting to FI/CO, GL reconciliation, and finance integration activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve payroll issues including master data, time data, and results discrepancies.

End-to-End Payroll Processing

• Execute payroll runs, pre-payroll checks, error resolution, and post-processing activities.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance for all payroll cycles (monthly, bi-weekly, weekly).
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, Benefits, and IT teams to ensure seamless processing.

Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure compliance with tax regulations, labor laws, and year-end statutory requirements (W-2, W-4, 1099, T4, etc., based on region).
• Support SAP Payroll reporting: wage type reporter, payroll clusters, audit reports, and custom reporting requirements.

Integrations

• Work with interfaces between SAP Payroll and third-party vendors (ADP, Benefit Providers, Time Systems, Banking, etc.).
• Maintain and troubleshoot IDocs, ALE, BAPIs, and API integrations with SuccessFactors or external systems.

Documentation & Stakeholder Interaction

• Prepare functional designs, configuration documents, test scripts, and user training materials.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into system solutions.
• Participate in UAT, regression testing, parallel payroll testing, and cutover activities.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in SAP Payroll (US).
• Deep expertise in schemas, rules, time evaluation (if relevant), and payroll technical architecture.
• Strong understanding of statutory payroll requirements and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with payroll posting, Finance integration, and cluster results analysis.
• Ability to analyze payroll logs, root-cause issues, and recommend long-term fixes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) or hybrid SAP HCM + SF EC environments.
• Knowledge of SAP Time Management (TM) or Workforce Time & Attendance systems.
• Familiarity with BADI enhancements, user exits, and payroll-related ABAP debugging.
• Experience in large-scale payroll transformation or cloud migration projects.
• SAP HCM or SuccessFactors certification (Payroll, EC, ECP).