SAP Sucessfactor ECP Technical Consultant

XPT Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software is seeking an experienced Senior SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Technical Consultant to support New Zealand payroll operations and potentially other geographies. This hands-on role ensures payroll stability, compliance, production operations, and SAP SuccessFactors platform health in a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep NZ payroll knowledge, strong ECP expertise, and the ability to collaborate across payroll, technology, and global

Qualifications

• Strong SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll expertise with NZ payroll experience.
• Hands-on configuration, support, troubleshooting and operational management.
• Familiar with ITIL/DevOps/Agile disciplines and production support.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for SAP SuccessFactors ECP with focus on New Zealand payroll.
• Maintain and support production and standby environments for stability.
• Support payroll processing, configuration changes, data integrity and transports.
• Collaborate with global teams while ensuring NZ payroll requirements are met.

Skills

SAP ECP

New Zealand payroll

ABAP

ITIL/DevOps

SAFe/Agile

Communication

Education

SAP/Payroll certification

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

ABAP

Transports/Change control

Job description

SAP Sucessfactor ECP Technical Consultant

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Role overview

We are seeking an experienced SeniorSAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Technical Consultant tosupport New Zealand payroll operations, while also being capable of supportingother geographies as required. This is a critical hands-on role supportingpayroll stability, compliance, production operations, and SAP SuccessFactorsplatform health across a complex enterprise environment.

Ideal candidate profile

The ideal candidate willbe a strong SAP SuccessFactors ECP specialist with deep New Zealand payrollknowledge, practical production support experience, and the ability to workconfidently across payroll, technology, vendors, and global support teams. Theymust be comfortable operating in a regulated environment where payrollaccuracy, system availability, data integrity, and compliance obligations arecritical.

Purpose of the role

The primary purpose of this role is to support the Payroll Teamand SAP SuccessFactors, with a specific focus on New Zealand payroll and theability to provide support across other geographies where required.

Key responsibilities

• Actas the subject matter expert for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll(ECP), with a strong focus on New Zealand payroll.
• Maintain and support SAP SuccessFactors production and standby environments,ensuring systems remain stable, accurate, secure, and available.
• Support payroll processing activities, including issue resolution, configurationchanges, data integrity, transports, and production support.
• Workas part of a global team supporting payroll operations across multiplegeographies, while maintaining strong local accountability for New Zealandpayroll requirements.
• Provide on-call or out-of-hours support during critical payroll finalisationand payroll run periods when required.

Mandatory knowledge, skills and experience

• Strong technical proficiency in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll(ECP), including hands-on configuration, support, troubleshooting, andoperational management.
• Deepunderstanding of New Zealand payroll operations, payroll compliancerequirements, and payroll processing practices.
• Experience supporting complex payroll environments where accuracy, timeliness,security, and regulatory compliance are critical.
• Experience with payroll configuration, system configuration, data integritymanagement, ECP transports, and production change support.
• Strong ABAP skills, including the ability to investigate, debug, and resolvepayroll or integration-related issues.
• Solid understanding of ITIL, DevOps, SAFe or Agile ways of working, includingincident, problem, change, release, and operational support disciplines.
• Effective communication, collaboration, time management, adaptability, andattention to detail.

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience across broader SAP SuccessFactors modules beyond Employee CentralPayroll.
• Experience with solution implementation, upgrades, releases, testing, andadherence to industry best practice.
• Understanding of enterprise technology standards, operating frameworks,controls, and governance expectations.
• Understanding of HR business processes and how payroll integrates with broaderHR data and employee lifecycle activity.
• Experience working in a regulated, business-critical, or financial servicesenvironment.

Qualifications

• SAPSuccessFactors or SAP Payroll certification is preferred.
• Certified Payroll Technician (CPT) or Certified Payroll Practitioner (CPP) isadvantageous.
• ITIL, DevOps, or Scaled Agile certification is advantageous.