Hybrid SAP Solution Architect: Payroll & Time

Transport for NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport For NSW is seeking an experienced SAP solution architecture leader to drive the SAP Time to Pay domain across payroll, time management and workforce solutions. You’ll set the roadmap and target-state architecture, while guiding vendors and delivery teams through design and implementation.

You bring 10+ years in SAP HCM/Payroll with S/4HANA expertise and a proven ability to align business needs with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• You are an experienced SAP solution architecture leader with more than 10 years of experience across SAP HCM and Payroll solutions, including enterprise-scale payroll implementations.
• Strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA Payroll, SAP HCM Payroll, Time Management, Personnel Administration, payroll schemas and rules, and complex award interpretation environments.
• Extensive architecture experience within large and complex organisations and a track record leading architecture teams, vendors and system integrators.
• You combine strategic judgement with practical delivery focus, communicate complex concepts clearly and build alignment across business, technology and delivery stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution direction and act as the accountable Solution Leader for the SAP Time to Pay domain, setting the roadmap and target-state architecture for payroll, time management and workforce solutions.
• Drive solution design excellence by leading end-to-end solution architecture from ideation through implementation, including Preliminary Solution Architecture Documents, detailed designs and technical specifications.
• Embed continuous assurance across design, build, testing, deployment and hypercare, identifying architectural risk early and maintaining alignment with business outcomes, security requirements and enterprise standards.
• Guide vendors, system integrators and delivery teams, facilitate cross-functional design workshops, and promote reuse, simplification and standardisation across the solution landscape.
• Build trusted relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders, translating complex payroll and workforce requirements into practical solution designs and influencing strategic investment decisions.
• Lead a team of two direct reports, building capability and fostering a high-performance culture while driving innovation and continuous improvement.

Skills

SAP Time to Pay

HCM Payroll

S/4HANA Payroll

Time Management

Personnel Administration

Architecture Leadership

Vendor Management

Cross-functional

Job description

Transport For NSW is seeking an experienced SAP solution architecture leader to drive the SAP Time to Pay domain across payroll, time management and workforce solutions. You’ll set the roadmap and target-state architecture, while guiding vendors and delivery teams through design and implementation.

You bring 10+ years in SAP HCM/Payroll with S/4HANA expertise and a proven ability to align business needs with enterprise standards.