SAP HCM Consultant - German Payroll

SAP HCM Consultant - German Payroll

Germany, Remote work from home

Permanent

Your candidacy is currently being considered for a requisition for an Alight Inc group company. As you may be aware, Alight has announced intent to divest its Payroll & Professional Services business to HIG Capital.

After the transaction closes, this position will be aligned to the new Payroll & Professional Services owned by HIG Capital ( Divested Group’).

By applying for this position which will be with the Divested Group company, you understand and agree to the information you submitted for your application with Alight being shared with the Divested Group company.

In addition, if you are made an offer of employment, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with the Divested Group company employment policies.

Join our Payroll Consulting Team

Our Payroll consulting team is responsible for deploying payroll outsourcing projects within time, budget and scope. We ensure readiness for our operational team to smoothly take over in a business as usual mode.

We collaborate with pre-sales, sales and functional teams to ensure successful delivery of payroll projects to our enterprise clients.

Join our Payroll Consulting Team

As part of our Professional Services Consulting team DACH we are looking for an experienced Payroll Lead capable of leading SAP PY / SFSF ECP implementation projects and / or can support our customers regarding incidents and change requests for the Payroll module and processes.

Cross team collaboration in English with our Service Center teams (e. g. in Granada, Spain) is an important part of the role.

THE ROLE

Within the business area Professional Services DACH the Payroll, ADM DACH Lead Specialist is responsible for analysing and documenting Payroll, ADM and Time & Attendance related processes and requirements of our clients and consult to optimize business processes and technical system set-up.

Part of this role is also covering implementation related SAP HCM Payroll & T&A roles within one or more country implementation projects eventually part of a large program.

Most projects include implementation of SFSF Employee Central Payroll, SAP HCM Time Management and / or integrations from / to those systems.

The role also streamlines and ensures high quality and according to SLAs AMS / Support processes with the global teams and supports the Sales function with requirements analysis, scoping / due diligence, estimating and SoW creation and review for all projects to ensure the full scope of an implementation is known and documented.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Assigned to one or multiple customers

• Leading workshops with customer for payroll topics
• Support Sales / Pre-Sales within Due Diligence Workshops for payroll with our prospects
• Analyzing client requirements for the PY module
• Implementing customer requirements in SAP HCM PY or EC Payroll module(with support of technical consulting team in our service centers)
• Creating functional documentation / workbooks
• Lead Data Migration with the team especially for wage accounts (Lohnkonten)
• Lead Testing Cycle (Unit, System Integration Testing, UAT)
• Align proactively cross workstreams
• Encouraging the professional development and coaching of team members

REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience

ESSENTIAL

• Expert knowledge in SAP HCM PY module
• German and English fluent
• Client focus and a good understanding of client needs
• Positive attitude and collaboration internally and externally
• Leadership and Motivation

PREFERRED (but not Essential)

• Understanding of software development lifecycles gained by working in a structured project environment
• Ability to conduct business in one or more European languages other than English

Work Experience

ESSENTIAL

• Experience working in a virtual team-oriented, collaborative, multinational environment
• Experience preparing reports, presentations and coordinating meeting logistics
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Experience working in busy environments balancing multiple tasks

PREFERRED (but not Essential)

• Knowledge within Payroll Control Center
• Knowledge within SAP PT (Time Management)

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we’ll consider flexible working arrangements.

• Working remotely from home (up to 5 days a week)
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies.

Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position : SSN / SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and / or drug test.

You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Alight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we’re committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve .

As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement.

Diversity Policy Statement

Alight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law.

In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship.

Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation / modification by contacting his / her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying ( Employing Country ) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities;

including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.