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The Work
 

As an SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Associate Manager, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of SAP ECP solutions for our clients. You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage cross-functional teams, and provide strategic direction to ensure the delivery of innovative and scalable payroll solutions. Your expertise in SAP ECP will be critical in driving business success, ensuring compliance, and enhancing payroll operations. We are excited to see how your leadership and insights will shape the future of our clients and Accenture.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Design and Implementation: Lead the end-to-end design, configuration, and deployment of SAP Employee Central Payroll solutions, ensuring alignment with client requirements and industry best practices.

• Payroll Process Optimization: Analyze and optimize payroll processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance with local labor laws and tax regulations.

• Client Collaboration: Partner with clients to gather and analyze payroll requirements, providing innovative solutions to address complex payroll challenges.

• Integration Management: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate SAP ECP with other SAP SuccessFactors modules (e.g., Employee Central, Time Management) and third-party systems.

• Compliance and Governance: Ensure payroll solutions comply with local labor laws, tax regulations, and organizational policies.

• Testing and Quality Assurance: Oversee the development and execution of test plans to validate payroll configurations, ensuring accuracy and reliability of the solution.

• Training and Support: Provide end-user training, documentation, and ongoing support to ensure successful adoption of SAP ECP solutions.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance payroll processes and leverage SAP innovations to deliver value to clients.

• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of consultants and analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Here’s What You Will Need

• Experience:

  • A minimum of 6+ years of experience in SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP) implementation, configuration, and support.

  • Proven track record of delivering SAP ECP solutions in complex, multi-country environments.

• Technical Skills:

  • Deep expertise in SAP ECP, including payroll schemas, rules, and wage type configuration.

  • Strong knowledge of integration between SAP ECP and other modules like Employee Central and Time Management.

• Leadership Skills:

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams, ensuring successful project delivery.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.

• Education:

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Human Resources, Business Administration).

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll certification is required; additional certifications in other modules are a plus.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Advanced proficiency in Business Process Analysis to identify and implement process improvements.

• Strong expertise in Project Management, including planning, execution, and delivery of SAP ECP projects.

• Expert proficiency in Change Management to drive successful adoption of new processes and solutions.

• Advanced proficiency in Data Analysis to provide actionable insights and support decision-making.

• Proven experience in Stakeholder Engagement to build strong relationships and ensure alignment with business goals.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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