Junior SAP HR Consultant - German Payroll

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.

Job Summary

As part of our Professional Services Consulting team DACH we are looking for candidates with Payroll Process / Operations experience and ideally first SAP PY / SFSF ECP configuration experience to become part of our Professional Services DACH Payroll Academy program 2024.

The payroll academy consists of different regular learning blocks, with coaching and hands-on work on projects or maintenance (AMS) for existing customers.

The goal is to develop and enable a group of payroll consultants to lead SAP PY / SFSF ECP implementation projects and to work within support of 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.

Going forward within the further career you also have the option to extend skills within SFSF Time Tracking or other SAP / SFSF or Alight (and / or partner) solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Within Alight Payroll Academy

• Get certified in SAP HCM Payroll and / or SFSF Employee Central Payroll
• Complete certifications and trainings on time as planned on program timeline
• Actively participate in internal SAP Payroll trainings (local and supported by Granada Service Center)
• Actively share with the group payroll knowledge and experience

One or multiple customer assignments

• Lead 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
• Data Migration with the team especially for master data and wage accounts (Lohnkonten)
• Be involved and support Testing Cycle (Unit, System Integration Testing, UAT)
• Proactive alignment cross workstreams (e. g. in hybrid EC, SAP Payroll projects)
• Work on and solve incidents within AMS of existing SAP PY / ECP customers within according SLAs (when needed supported by other team members)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience

Knowledge, Education, Certification, Skills & Technical Proficiencies

ESSENTIAL

• Solid knowledge in Payroll Operations and processes for Germany, and / or Austria and / or Switzerland (Lohnbuchhalter, Payroll Admin for multiple years)
• Customizing / Configuration affinity and first experience

e. g. also in other SAP modules or other software)

• German and English fluent
• Client focus and a good understanding of client needs
• Positive attitude and collaboration internally and externally
• Motivation to excel and develop besides working on first customer assignments

PREFERRED (but not Essential)

• Understanding of software development lifecycles gained by working in a structured project environment
• Experience within maintenance and support of SAP Payroll solutions
• Understanding of SAP Reporting tools (query, wage type reporter etc.)
• Understanding of post payroll processes (e. g. B2A manager)
• Experience in information and collaboration with client’s workers council

Work Experience

ESSENTIAL

• Experience working in a virtual team-oriented, collaborative, multinational environment
• Business proficient spoken and written communication skills
• Experience working in busy environments balancing multiple tasks

PREFERRED (but not Essential)

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

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.