Business system Analyst - SAP HCM Payroll Processing

Apple

16h

About The Position

Apple’s Finance organization is seeking a forward-thinking Payroll Processing Analyst to support payroll services across multiple global countries. The role combines SAP experience with data automation skills and contributes to payroll accuracy, timely delivery, and continuous process improvement. It provides high-quality service to internal and external groups and supports Apple’s global payroll operations and systems. The analyst processes payroll, explains payroll components in SAP HR or ADP GV, and investigates discrepancies between internal HR/employee systems and payroll systems. The position also performs audits and reconciliations, supports projects and user acceptance testing, maintains compliant documentation, and provides production support for global payroll systems. The role collaborates with global peers and business partners, helps resolve operational issues, and carries responsibility for protecting data privacy and security.

Requirements

Experience with SAP HR Payroll or ADP GV in payroll processing.
Understanding of payroll and post-payroll process flows, from data capture through gross-to-net calculation, including processing or analyzing complex payments.
Basic understanding of payroll regulations and compliance requirements.
Basic understanding of data privacy regulations.
Ability to drive process automation and analysis.
Proficiency with spreadsheet, process-mapping, and word-processing tools.
Experience developing or redesigning processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness while maintaining internal controls and segregation-of-duties requirements.
Technical bachelor’s degree and/or 5+ years of experience in similar roles.
Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to identify key stakeholders and influence without authority.
Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience processing payroll for multiple countries in EMEA/APAC, including post-process audits, bank-file creation, termination processing, legislative reporting such as monthly lodgments and year-end statement generation, GL-file generation, and inbound/outbound interface management.
English or other local language skills in AMR to support local processes and partners.
A continuous learning mindset, including staying current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality customer service to internal and external groups.
Process payroll and meet payroll delivery timelines, including statutory submissions.
Analyze and explain payroll processing components in SAP HR or ADP GV.
Identify, analyze, research, and resolve discrepancies between Apple’s internal HR/employee systems and payroll systems before payroll processing.
Perform payroll audits and reconciliations and use payroll audit tools in day-to-day activities.
Support projects and system user acceptance testing in partnership with internal teams.
Keep documentation updated in accordance with company policies, procedures, regulatory practices, and legal requirements.
Resolve day-to-day operational problems of varied scope and complexity.
Provide production support for global payroll systems, including technical defects, enhancements, and regular maintenance, and provide timely ticket updates to business partners.
Support global peers as a backup or additional resource for audits, error handling, and payroll processing.
Protect data privacy and security.
Drive automation and process improvements.