Payroll Consultant
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead and manage SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll implementations, from project planning and scoping to execution, testing, and go-live support.
- Creates a logical plan, realistic estimates and reasonable schedule for project related activities
- Consistently demonstrates sound business understanding and judgment for the company
- Thoroughly synthesizes, distills and reconciles key findings from complex sets of information to identify trends and potential issues
- Plan, coordinate, and lead workshops with key stakeholders to gather requirements, provide training, or discuss project scope and objectives.
- Capture key decisions, action items, and feedback from workshops, and circulate these to stakeholders post-session.
- Track progress on all deliverables to ensure alignment with the project timeline and escalate issues where necessary. Facilitate sign-offs for key deliverables, ensuring that stakeholders are fully informed and approvals are obtained in a timely manner.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, understanding their payroll needs, providing expert advice, and ensuring satisfaction with the delivered solutions.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and optimizations within payroll operations, driving efficiency and enhancing client value.
- Analyze client requirements and design comprehensive payroll solutions that meet their business objectives, ensuring compliance with local and international payroll regulations.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders, including HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors, to ensure seamless integration and alignment of payroll solutions with overall business processes.
- Contribute to the execution of test plans to ensure the quality and accuracy of payroll solutions.
- Support business development activities by contributing to proposals, presentations, and client meetings, leveraging your expertise to win new projects.
- Design, manage, and execute payroll parallel tests, comparing legacy payroll results with new system outputs to identify discrepancies and ensure a smooth transition to the new system.
- Experience :
- Minimum of 3-5 implementation of years of experience in SAP HCM / SuccessFactors with a strong focus on Employee Central Payroll.
- Proven track record in managing end-to-end payroll implementation projects.
- Experience in managing teams and delivering projects within scope, time, and budget.
- Technical Skills :
- Deep expertise in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, including configuration, integration, and reporting.
- Knowledge of Payroll Control
- Strong understanding of global payroll processes, compliance requirements, and best practices.
- Proficiency in related SAP modules (e.g., Employee Central, Time Management) is a plus.
- Leadership Skills :
- Strong project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrates awareness of the different ways individuals relate to change and provides the appropriate support and guidance
- Provides guidance and direction that is in the client's (internal and external) best interest, ensuring client-centric solutions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
- Ensures that team decisions are achieved effectively by sharing the bigger picture to create a collective sense of purpose
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business environments.
- Keeps project objectives and goals in mind while ensuring team decisions create a collective sense of purpose.
- Proactively mitigates risks by identifying potential pitfalls and developing strategies to avoid them, considering the client’s risk tolerance.
- Ensures alignment by addressing misunderstandings and risks early, while holding self and others accountable for project goals.
- Fosters an inclusive environment, supporting a diversity of ideas and cultural backgrounds. Encourages open discussion of issues, ideas, and competing viewpoints.
- Ensures data protection and intellectual property management according to Accenture and client requirements.
- Facilitates continuous learning, sharing insights and encouraging team members to build market-relevant skills.
- Balances work priorities to ensure high performance and timely execution while actively identifying opportunities for team development.
- Uses discretion when handling sensitive matters and mediates discussions to reach outcomes that achieve shared goals based on multiple perspectives when resolving a conflict
- Education :
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Information Technology, or a related field.
- SAP SuccessFactors certification in Employee Central Payroll is highly preferred.
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