Job Description:
Role Summary
We are looking for a hands-on ECP consultant to lead configuration, data migration, and parallel-run validation for a Germany payroll implementation on Employee Central Payroll (SAP HCM for S/4HANA basis), migrating from an existing SAP ECC HCM Payroll landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
Configure ECP for Germany payroll (schema PE01/PCR PE02) covering gross-to-net processing, wage type model, and statutory deductions.
Lead schema/PCR gap analysis and adaptation from legacy aligning to best practice keeping customer Z-PCRs at minimum.
Design and execute payroll parallel runs (min. 2–3 cycles) with wage-type-level reconciliation against legacy ECC output.
Configure and validate EC↔ECP Point-to-Point (P2P) integration for German-specific Infotypes and data flows.
Set up and operationalize Payroll Control Center (PCC) for production payroll processing.
Support cutover planning, legal-change readiness, and hyper care.
Skills Required:
Employee Central Payroll configuration on SAP HCM for S/4HANA (S4HCM) basis.
Payroll schema (PE01) and PCR (PE02) design, custom rule development, and troubleshooting.
Wage type configuration, wage type characteristics, cumulation classes, processing/evaluation classes.
P2P integration setup (EC to ECP replication), Point-To-Point Configuration Workbook.
Payroll Control Center (PCC) setup, process models, payroll process monitoring.
Time Off/Time Tracking to Payroll integration (quota/absence valuation).
Legacy data migration methodology, cutover strategy, YTD/retro data handling.
Strong SIT/UAT and parallel-run reconciliation experience.
Fluent German and English.
Experience: Experience: 6–10+ years of hands-on experience in SAP Payroll, including a minimum of 3 full-cycle Germany SAP Payroll implementations.
Preferred Certifications: SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Employee Central Payroll; SAP HCM Payroll Germany certification.
Germany-Specific Payroll Skills (Mandatory):
Deep expertise in German payroll schema (DEU0/D0) and country-specific PCRs.
Social Insurance (SI/SV) configuration: contribution groups, SI providers (Krankenkassen), DEÜV reporting, and health/nursing/pension/unemployment insurance calculation logic.
Wage/Income Tax (Lohnsteuer): ELStAM (electronic tax deduction) integration, tax classes, tax procedure (Steuerklassen), church tax (Kirchensteuer), Soli surcharge.
Statutory reporting: DEÜV, SI contribution statements, tax certificates Lohnsteuerbescheinigung), BA (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) reporting, statistics reporting (Beitragsnachweis).
Payments: DTA/DTAZV and SEPA payment medium configuration for German banking formats.
Capital formation benefits (Vermögenswirksame Leistungen - VL), garnishment (Pfändung) processing per German civil law.
Familiarity with Works Council (Betriebsrat) co-determination requirements impacting payroll/time configuration.
Awareness of German labor law constraints affecting time valuation, overtime, and public holiday calendars by Bundesland.
Experience keeping pace with annual German legal-change (Tarifänderung/Rechtsänderung) support packages.
Data Migration & Parallel Run:
Proven experience extracting, mapping, and loading legacy ECC HCM Payroll master/time/payroll-result data (infotypes 0000–0521 range, cluster RT/CRT data) into ECP.
YTD payroll results migration for tax and SI continuity across cutover.
Design and governance of parallel run cycles: variance analysis, sign-off criteria, defect triage between legacy and target system.
Experience aligning cutover with German payroll period-end/month-end and legal reporting deadlines.
What we offer:
Flexible working time models.
Training and mentoring to support implementation projects.
The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and products in state-of-the-art enterprise environments, delivering services across a wide range of global customer infrastructures.
Challenging and diverse client projects with one of the world's largest and most successful IT service providers, combined with excellent opportunities for rapid professional growth, challenging responsibilities, and a high degree of autonomy and ownership.
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Skills Required
- 6-10+ years of hands-on SAP Payroll experience
- At least three full-cycle Germany SAP Payroll implementations
- Employee Central Payroll configuration on SAP HCM for S/4HANA
- SAP payroll schema PE01 and PCR PE02 design and custom rule development
- German payroll schema and country-specific PCR expertise
- Wage type configuration, characteristics, cumulation classes, processing classes, and evaluation classes
- EC-to-ECP Point-to-Point integration setup and replication
- Payroll Control Center setup and payroll process monitoring
- Time Off and Time Tracking integration with payroll
- Legacy ECC HCM Payroll data migration, including YTD and retroactive data
- Payroll parallel-run reconciliation and variance analysis
- German social insurance, ELStAM, wage tax, statutory reporting, and payment configuration
- Fluent German and English
- SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Employee Central Payroll certification
- SAP HCM Payroll Germany certification
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