Lead Consultant

Our story

Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.

With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

To learn more about us, visit stradaglobal.com

Role: Lead Consultant

• Work with the Business Analyst and the client to identify their requirements, design enhancements, and functionality to help meet user requirements.
• Provide functional process ownership of multiple business process areas
• Organize and facilitate problem-solving discussions with the client, internal operations team, and project managers to resolve issues requiring a focused approach to maintain project continuity and requirements.
• Performs configuration work as needed to support new and existing functionality
• Responsible for Configuration reviews
• Function as resident team expert for all configuration issues (both support and project) within their areas (modules) of expertise
• Serve as functional integration owner for multiple process areas
• Prepare functionality specifications and delivers to ABAP developers
• Responsible for creating Function Design Documents (FDD) based on the Use Case Documents recreating by the Business Analyst
• Responsible for understanding Functional Specifications followed by writing corresponding Detail Design Specifications
• Responsible for developing high-quality solutions based on completed Functional Design Documents
• Responsible for reviewing the developer’s Technical Design Document (TDD) to ensure all requirements have been met
• Responsible for reviewing the unit test plans and the quality assurance plans to ensure all requirements have been met
• Responsible for supporting the developer and ensuring the developer remains on target
• Perform code reviews of other team members completed solutions
• Work with the user community to determine the best solution to help resolve customer problems and satisfy customer requirements
• Collaborate with the ABAP developers and the quality assurance team to develop and test significant new functionality and enhancements
• Perform integration testing work as necessary to ensure that new functionality or enhancements do not adversely affect existing functionality
• Ensure knowledge transfer to functional analysts as necessary to increase their understanding and utilization of the SAP systems and applications
• Coach and Mentor Junior SAP Functional Analysts
• Provide oversight to various SAP Projects to assess overall impact on shared instance
• Configure based on business requirements the SAP Payroll and Time modules 
• Utilize ASAP methodology and tasks required during each phase of the implementation
• Follow all design work and integration testing protocols, change control procedures, uses standards, procedures, and practices in performing required work. 
• Analyze current business processes and make recommendations
• Identify SAP solution possibilities and discuss with business users
• Develop a specific SAP Solution from Blueprinting, Configuration, Testing and Production Support
• Develop technical specifications for system enhancements
• Assist in the technical preparation of Business Process Procedures, Test Scenarios, End-user documentation, and User manuals.
• The Functional Analyst will work with minimal supervision. The analyst will be required to lead local and regional SAP module review session, requirement gathering session, facilitate requirements meetings, development walkthrough, and user acceptance testing sessions with the client.

Responsibility
• SAP HCM experience with 10 to 15 years in APJ Payroll and Time with knowledge of China, Japan, Taiwan, Honk Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia Payroll experience of at least additional two countries from the APJ pool(Malaysia, Singapore, Philliphines and India)
• Certificed EC/ECP profesional with APJ payrol experience.
• • Essential to have minimum 5 end to end implementation experience
• Knowldege on ESS/MSS, HRSP and time is essential
• SAP payroll configuration for Gross payroll and Net Payroll, Tax Reporter configuration,
• Experience in SAP Time Module
• Experience in SAP HCM configuration, schema development and writing PCRs. 
• Expertise in developing payroll functions and operations 
• Experience in creating and defining custom operations and rules
• Experience with Yearend activities and support packs implementation,
• Minimum of 4 - 5 years’ experience executing parallel payroll testing
• Extensive experience in compliance reporting for more than 1 country
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education & Professional Certifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related technical discipline and eight years relevant experience 
• Master’s Degree in related technical discipline and six years relevant experience

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Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Strada, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Strada’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Strada is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Strada, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

Diversity Policy Statement

Strada is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Strada provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Strada.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
 

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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