SAP Employee Central Payroll Manager

Accenture•New York, NY

10d•$62,800 - $218,800

About The Position

Accenture’s SAP practice uses design thinking, agile development, and technologies including IoT, automation, and AI to help clients transform. The SAP Employee Central Payroll Manager manages the delivery of large, complex technology projects and supports client transformation programs by applying SAP expertise to business challenges. The role involves leading or running project and workstream activities, collaborating with sponsors and teams across technical, reporting, conversion, change management, and project management areas, and maintaining service quality and profitability. The manager evaluates business requirements, identifies configuration solutions, adapts methods and tools to client needs, and documents requirements, solutions, impacts, alternatives, and decisions. Travel to client sites may be required, ranging from 0 to 100% depending on business needs and client requirements.

Requirements

At least 4 years of SAP transformation, technical advisory, or consulting experience, or 8 years of equivalent industry experience.
At least 3 years of Employee Central Payroll experience.
Experience with at least 1 full life-cycle SAP Payroll Cloud implementation.
At least 1 year of experience as a Project Lead, Large Workstream Lead, or Client Lead on a large SAP transformational project in a global delivery model.
Certification in EC Payroll applications and the Payroll module.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (12 years); alternatively, an associate degree with 6 years of work experience.
Ability to travel as required; travel may range from 0 to 100% depending on business needs and client requirements.

Nice To Haves

External consulting experience.
Experience with SuccessFactors integration to Payroll.
Strong understanding of benefits processes and interfaces.

Responsibilities

Manage delivery of large, complex technology projects using appropriate frameworks and collaborate with sponsors to manage scope and risk.
Use business knowledge to initiate domain-led or platform-led transformation programs.
Show clients how SAP can address their business problems.
Interact with clients, manage workstreams, collaborate with other teams, and take charge when needed.
Run assigned workstream and/or project activities.
Manage service quality to support profitability and continued success.
Coordinate with technical, reporting, conversion, change management, project management, and other workstreams.
Adapt existing methods, tools, and procedures to create solutions that meet client needs.
Evaluate business requirements and identify configuration solutions.
Document requirements, solutions and impacts, alternatives, and final decisions.