The Opportunity

This 12-month contract offers the chance to be the hands-on lead for SAP S/4HANA (HCM) Payroll (H4S4). You'll take ownership of design, configuration, and continuous optimisation, ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance across a complex landscape. Working closely with HR, Finance, and IT, you'll deliver robust payroll solutions that integrate seamlessly with Finance and HR/time systems. This role is highly technical and requires strong functional expertise in SAP Payroll configuration.

The Role

As the Functional Payroll Consultant, you'll be responsible for end-to-end technical delivery and configuration of SAP H4S4 Payroll. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading discovery and blueprinting workshops with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT.
• Hands-on configuration of schemas, PCRs, wage types, infotypes, retro-calculation logic, off-cycle and year-end processing.
• Designing and supporting integrations with EC↔ECP, time/benefits systems, and Finance postings.
• Defining and executing data migration, parallel-run, reconciliation, and cutover plans.
• Establishing defect triage processes, testing frameworks (unit, SIT, UAT), and audit-ready documentation.
• Providing steady-state support including payroll cycle monitoring, exception handling, and legislative/tax updates.

About You

You are a technical SAP Payroll expert with proven ability to deliver solutions in complex consulting environments. To be successful, you'll bring:

• Deep functional knowledge of SAP HCM Payroll on S/4HANA (H4S4).
• Hands-on expertise in schemas, PCRs, wage types, and payroll rules.
• Strong consulting background, facilitating discovery, fit-gap analysis, and solution design.
• Experience working across diverse payroll landscapes, including compliance with local variations.
• Practical payroll administration knowledge (end-to-end cycles & reconciliations).
• Integration skills across EC↔ECP, CPI, IDoc/web services, and Finance postings.
• Strong discipline in testing, cutover, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.

Benefits

• Initial 18 month contract, with scope for extension
• Hybrid working with 3-4 days per week in office
• Be part of a major SAP transformation

How to Apply

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). We are experiencing a large number of applications currently, please apply directly to the job advert, emails may be missed or not receive a reply. Helena Patterson [email protected], reference JN -072025-40788. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com