SAP SuccessFactors EC Payroll Consultant

Overview

This role supports digital transformation initiatives for clients in the services, utilities, energy, and resources sectors. Responsibilities focus on analyzing business processes, designing ERP solution architecture, leading integrations and data migration, and ensuring performance, compliance, and security across complex implementations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex business processes to identify optimization opportunities and draft detailed requirement specifications aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Define and develop solution architecture, steering customization and integration efforts based on business analysis.
• Design and implement advanced ERP platform customizations, leveraging platform capabilities and limitations; develop critical software applications with the development team.
• Develop and implement complex integration workflows to connect ERP with external applications, while leading large-scale data migration strategies to ensure data integrity.
• Implement advanced performance optimization strategies focused on scalability, reliability, and user experience; lead compliance initiatives through audits to uphold security protocols and industry standards.
• Create detailed documentation for complex ERP customizations and lead training workshops tailored to different user groups to ensure effective knowledge transfer.

Your Contribution to the Team

• Serve as an expert in ERP systems, architecture, and advanced customization techniques.
• Design complex integration solutions and guide large-scale data migrations.
• Apply proactive problem-solving to streamline complex requirements.
• Align technical solutions with business goals and market trends.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of compliance requirements, security protocols, and performance optimization methodologies.
• Bring sector-specific expertise to support high-quality project delivery.

Required Skill and Experience

• Serve as the SME for SAP Payroll, guiding solution design and implementation.
• Lead hands-on configuration and deployment of Employee Central Payroll.
• Liaise with clients for workshops, solution presentations, POCs, and approvals.
• Estimate efforts for proposed solutions and own delivery outcomes.
• Recommend innovative, best-practice-based solutions aligned with SAP standards.
• Develop business process documentation and functional specifications.
• Conduct implementation and training workshops for SAP power users.
• Lead testing cycles (unit, SIT, regression) and support UAT.
• Coordinate integration requirements with other SAP modules (e.g., Finance, HCM).
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to payroll competency development.
• Participate in strategic initiatives, proposals, and thought leadership activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong client-facing experience, with excellent communication and presentation skills.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location.
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Employer is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role now or in the future.

Compensation & Benefits

Estimated annual compensation range

• In CA, WA, NY, CO, MD, IL, MN, NJ, VT, MA, VA: $114,000 to $167,000
• In Washington, DC: $106,000 to $147,500

Benefits (full-time eligible)

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Location

• California, Washington, New York, Colorado, Maryland, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Washington, DC (role-specific compensation ranges apply by location).