Our client is a large NSW government department that provides extensive education services

While they embark on a 2 year upgrade program to implement SAP S/4HANA there is a need to backfill SAP operational resources. This is a large scale environment that has 150,000 employees on payroll

Role Description:

The SAP HR Payroll Consultants will be responsible for managing and resolving incidents, while also providing expert support to ensure the successful delivery of system changes, enhancements and projects related to the Department’s SAP HR Payroll systems.

Responsibilities:

• Configure and support the SAP Payroll (PY) module for both School and Corporate systems.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents as part of 3rd level support.
• Collaborate across multiple functional and technical teams to ensure the SAP environment is stable and fully supported.
• Assist clients in blueprinting and functional design of SAP Payroll solutions; ensuring alignment with business processes.
• Conduct comprehensive testing for all payroll related changes and system enhancements.
• Implement, configure and maintain SAP HR Payroll solutions across various projects and support scenarios.
• Provide expert guidance on SAP Payroll functionality, system enhancements and best practices to optimise payroll operations.
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into innovative and integrated SAP Payroll solutions.
• Deliver in-depth analysis and resolution of payroll production issues.
• Provide ongoing technical support and strategic advice to end users and business stakeholders.
• Assist clients in blueprinting and functional design of SAP Payroll solutions; ensuring alignment with business processes.
• Develop, manage and execute payroll test scripts for quality assurance and regression testing.

Essential skills

• Proven experience in the NSW Public Sector; with an understanding of sector specific payroll and HR practices.
• Experience with the SAP Concurrent Employment (CE) solution; managing complex employee scenarios across multiple positions.
• Proficient in using an ITSM for Incident Management, Demand management and tracking system issues to resolution.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing SAP Support Stack upgrades and support pack enhancements.
• Familiarity with Presence of IT tools; particularly POP Copy and Verification Tools, for environment management and data consistency checks.
• Working knowledge of Change Management processes; ensuring governance and risk mitigation in system changes.
• Experience with test planning, execution and defect tracking.

Consultant: Colin Massey

Keywords: SAP, SAP Payroll, SAP Concurrent Employment (CE) solution, configuration, SAP Payroll (PY) module, NSW government, production support, ITSM, SAP HR Payroll