SuccessFactors Employee Central Lead

Position: SuccessFactors Employee Central Lead
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (January/February 2026)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Warwickshire, UK (Hybrid)
Language(s): English

Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale. 
 
Client – Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world’s biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.
 
Role – We are seeking an experienced SuccessFactors Employee Central Lead to oversee full lifecycle Employee Central implementations and integrations across a modern SAP landscape. This is a hands-on role combining solution leadership, functional configuration, technical orchestration, and stakeholder management to ensure successful deployment and adoption of the EC platform.


Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SuccessFactors EC implementation and integration activities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements.
• Drive incident, change and service request management with adherence to SLAs and ITIL processes.
• Coordinate with vendors and technical teams for upgrades, troubleshooting, performance improvements and releases.
• Produce and maintain project documentation including validation, cutover, UAT and knowledge artefacts.
• Provide status updates to stakeholders and recommend improvements to processes and service levels.

Key Skills

• Minimum 2–3 full lifecycle Employee Central implementations.
• Deep configuration knowledge of MDF objects (custom + standard), UI configuration, data models and provisioning settings.
• Strong understanding of Position Management, Position to Job sync, org chart, code generation and UI enhancements.
• Hands-on experience configuring:
  ✔ Workflows
  ✔ Alerts & Business Rules
  ✔ Custom email notifications
  ✔ Letter generation
• Expertise in Event Reason derivation.
• Strong RBAC configuration experience (roles, groups, country-specific criteria).
• Experience with:
  ✔ Concurrent employment
  ✔ Global assignments
  ✔ Foundation objects
  ✔ HRIS elements & HRIS sync mapping
  ✔ Dynamic filters & background elements
• Comprehensive knowledge of Time Off / Leave of Absence, including types, profiles and accrual management.
• Experience with Contingent Worker configuration including Work Orders and vendor workflows.
• Ability to configure blocks for Dependents, Addresses, Work Permit, Global & Personal Info.
• Strong experience in data migration (Foundation, MDF and Employee data).
• Experience producing:
  ✔ Test Strategy
  ✔ Data Migration Strategy
  ✔ Instance Strategy
  ✔ UAT & SIT Plans
  ✔ WBS / BPML / Cutover Plans
• Experience with SIT/UAT, test case creation and result validation.
• Experience with:
  ✔ Theme management
  ✔ Homepage customisation
  ✔ People Profile customisation
• Experience with CTS, instance refresh and release management.
• IAS/IPS configuration with Azure AD + SSO integration.
• Expertise in Story, Canvas and Ad-Hoc reporting.
• Knowledge of Job Profile Builder, Competencies & EC best practices.
• Understanding of talent modules: Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Compensation.

If you are interested or would like to know more, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.


Applicants must be a UK based and holds a valid right to work status.