SAP Consultant SF Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Austria

Project overview

Framework:

– The client is implementing SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) for Austria.

Not included in scope:

• Technical implementation will be handled by another provider. This is not an implementation or configuration role.
• The client needs an expert (m/f/d) who will represent the client's side and has a good understanding of Austrian payroll.
• This person will define business requirements, lead and conduct workshops, and ensure the solution meets Austrian legal and operational requirements.
• Conduct workshops: Prepare, moderate, and document workshops with the client's HR department, Payroll, GBS, and the implementation partner.
• Gather and structure business requirements: Capture, structure, and document Austrian payroll requirements from A to Z, including gross-to-net calculations, statutory reporting, and year-end closing.
• Translate legal provisions into solution requirements: Convert Austrian payroll law, collective agreements (KV), and statutory obligations into clear, testable requirements and specifications for SAP.
• Review implementation partner's solution: Review design concepts, fit-gap analyses, and proposed solutions for implementation in SAP from a functional perspective, identifying gaps and risks.
• Prepare and drive decisions: Create decision documents, clarify open points, and escalate as needed.
• Manage stakeholders: Connect the client's side and the implementation partner, ensuring alignment even in difficult discussions (issue management).
• Test preparation: Define business processes/test scenarios and acceptance criteria, especially for parallel payroll runs, and support the analysis and approval by the business department.
• System configuration, setup, or technical implementation (will be ensured by the implementation partner)
• Day-to-day payroll operations, i.e., ongoing payroll processing

Requirements

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Austria
• very experienced
• Country version Austria
• knockout criterion, proven experience
• End-client perspective, or ideally, you bring experience that meets the following requirements:
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Austrian payroll with a focus on processes and compliance (e.g., social security, income tax, ELDA, L16, severance pay, collective agreement handling)
• Profound knowledge of SAP ECP / SAP HCM Payroll (Austria) and its integration with SAP SF Employee Central
• Proven experience in conducting requirements workshops and creating business requirement documents
• Experience working with external implementation partners on the client side
• Strong moderation and stakeholder management skills, as well as a structured and confident demeanor towards management
• Fluent German and English

Nice to have

SAP HCM / HR (Human Resources)

++++ (excellent), > 4 yrs.

SAP HCM PY (Payroll)

+++ (good), 2-4 yrs.

SAP SuccessFactors

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC)

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or in large multinational companies
• Experience with Shared Services or Global Business Services (GBS) models (e.g., payroll via a Business Center)
• Experience with payroll compliance audits or implementing payroll in multiple countries

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: remote / FFM (nach Absprache), DE
• Languages: German