SuccessFactors Payroll Lead

Position: SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll Lead Consultant
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (February/March 2026)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
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 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Lead Consultant to play a pivotal role in transforming an enterprise HR and Payroll landscape. This is a mission-critical role within a large SAP SuccessFactors programme, responsible for leading the end-to-end design, implementation, and stabilisation of UK payroll. You will act as the trusted Payroll SME, guiding stakeholders through payroll modernisation while delivering measurable improvements in accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.


Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution design for SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP), aligned with EC core HR and overall HCM architecture.
• Define and validate end-to-end payroll processes, including time integration, payroll execution, posting, and payments.
• Own integration design between EC and ECP using point-to-point and middleware-based approaches where required.
• Lead payroll data migration strategy, including wage types, payroll elements, employee master data, tax data, and balances.
• Define and execute payroll testing strategy, covering unit testing, SIT, UAT, regression, and parallel payroll runs.
• Act as the primary Payroll SME for HR, Finance, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Lead requirement gathering, fit-gap analysis, design workshops, and solution walkthroughs.
• Provide expert guidance on payroll defects, configuration issues, and stabilisation activities.

Key Skills

• 12–15 years’ experience in SAP Payroll, with 2–3+ end-to-end UK ECP implementations.
• Deep knowledge of UK payroll legislation, schemas, rules, and retroactive accounting.
• Hands-on experience with:
  
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
  • Payroll Control Center
  • Pay Statements
  • Banking and Finance Posting
  • Time data replication
• Strong expertise in SAP HCM Payroll schemas and rules, including ECP extensions.
• Knowledge of SAP CPI, EC replication frameworks, BIB, and HCM integration add-ons.
• Strong payroll debugging and analysis skills (e.g. payroll logs, PC_PAYRESULT, SLG1).
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll certification.

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.