SAP HCM / Payroll Test Lead

Accenture Federal Services • Washington, DC

1d • $120,400 - $295,900

About The Position

The SAP HCM / Payroll Test Lead oversees the planning, coordination, and execution of testing activities for an SAP SuccessFactors Payroll implementation. The role defines the overall testing strategy, establishes governance, manages test cycles, and ensures end-to-end readiness for deployment. A critical focus is leading payroll parallel testing: planning cycles, coordinating payroll execution and reconciliation, driving variance analysis through resolution, and supporting payroll stakeholders in determining production readiness. The Test Lead partners with functional and technical teams and client payroll SMEs to ensure coverage across functional, integration, regression, and payroll-specific testing. The position requires a strong understanding of payroll processing, excellent coordination skills, and the ability to guide teams through complex test execution in a high-visibility environment.

Requirements

• At least 4 years leading testing for SAP HCM and/or SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) implementations.
• Demonstrated experience planning and leading payroll parallel testing.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processing and payroll results.
• Experience reconciling payroll differences between legacy and target systems.
• Ability to distinguish expected differences from true defects, including configuration, integration, conversion, or calculation issues.
• Experience managing multiple test cycles, defect triage, regression testing, and readiness assessments.
• Strong understanding of dependencies across payroll, HR data, time, benefits, integrations, conversions, and downstream processes.
• Experience coordinating functional, technical, business, and third-party teams through complex testing activities.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Must have U.S. work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the overall test strategy, plan, scope, schedule, and entry/exit criteria.
• Coordinate testing across payroll functional, HCM functional, technical, integration, conversion, and business teams.
• Establish and manage functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, and payroll-specific test cycles.
• Oversee creation of test scenarios, test scripts, test data, expected results, and requirements traceability.
• Monitor test progress, defects, risks, dependencies, and overall readiness.
• Facilitate defect triage and coordinate issue resolution across functional and technical teams.
• Provide clear test status, risk updates, and readiness reporting to leadership.
• Develop and lead the payroll parallel testing strategy for SAP Payroll / Employee Central Payroll.
• Define parallel test cycles, scope, employee populations, data requirements, reconciliation approach, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate payroll execution in legacy and new SAP payroll systems for side-by-side comparison.
• Lead reconciliation and variance analysis across payroll results, including gross-to-net, earnings, deductions, taxes, and employer contributions.
• Establish processes for categorizing, documenting, and resolving payroll variances.
• Work with payroll functional consultants, conversion teams, technical teams, and client SMEs to resolve issues.
• Track payroll results across cycles to demonstrate progress toward payroll readiness.
• Provide leadership with data and insights to determine production readiness.

Benefits

• Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits; specific benefits are not detailed in the posting.
• Hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training are offered as opportunities for learning and growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed