SAP Functional Consultant (Chief Expert)

Pretoria - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 10years

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAP Functional Consultant (Chief Expert) to support and enhance global Payroll and Benefits solutions within a large complex enterprise environment. This role focuses on operational payroll execution functional configuration and ongoing support across multiple countries ensuring accurate payroll processing and compliance with statutory collective and company requirements.

The successful candidate will work within a global Agile environment collaborating with business stakeholders external service providers and cross-functional IT teams to maintain high-quality payroll operations and continuously optimize processes.

Key Responsibilities

Execute and provide operational support for payroll runs across multiple countries
Provide functional support to business teams and stakeholders
Configure and maintain payroll schemas rules and wage types
Translate business requirements into SAP Payroll configuration
Perform functional testing and support System Integration Testing (SIT)
Manage and resolve incidents and service requests within SLA timelines
Troubleshoot payroll issues and drive process improvements
Respond to stakeholder queries in a timely and professional manner
Ensure data accuracy compliance and high-quality payroll outcomes

Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

Minimum 10 years experience in SAP HCM Payroll (operations support or development)
SAP HCM Payroll certification
Expert hands-on experience with SAP Payroll configuration (schemas rules wage types customizing)
Strong knowledge of SAP HCM modules (PA OM PT)
Deep understanding of payroll processes controls and best practices
High attention to detail and strong quality focus
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative global team environment

Advantageous Skills

Country-specific payroll knowledge (e.g. ZA DE AT GB US HU CN MX)
Experience with off-cycle payroll processing
SAP technical exposure (forms printing solutions RFCs)
Experience with ticketing tools such as ServiceNow or Jira
Familiarity with ITIL processes
Experience working in multinational large-scale enterprise environments

Required Skills:

SAP HCM SAP PA SAP OM SAP PT SAP Payroll ServiceNow

Key Responsibilities

Execute and provide operational support for payroll runs across multiple countries
Provide functional support to business teams and stakeholders
Configure and maintain payroll schemas rules and wage types
Translate business requirements into SAP Payroll configuration
Perform functional testing and support System Integration Testing (SIT)
Manage and resolve incidents and service requests within SLA timelines
Troubleshoot payroll issues and drive process improvements
Respond to stakeholder queries in a timely and professional manner
Ensure data accuracy compliance and high-quality payroll outcomes

Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

Minimum 10 years experience in SAP HCM Payroll (operations support or development)
SAP HCM Payroll certification
Expert hands-on experience with SAP Payroll configuration (schemas rules wage types customizing)
Strong knowledge of SAP HCM modules (PA OM PT)
Deep understanding of payroll processes controls and best practices
High attention to detail and strong quality focus
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative global team environment