SAP Consultant

LanceSoft, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Toronto is seeking a SAP payroll and benefits certified consultant to join the Payroll Modernization Project. Hybrid work with remote options and on-site presence at 55 John Street, Toronto, 7 hours/ day, 5 days/week.

Responsibilities include overseeing implementation, applying best practices, QA, knowledge transfer, and documentation. Requires 20+ years in SAP Payroll/HCM, union payroll experience, and SAP HR/HCM/SAP Payroll certifications.

Qualifications

• Extensive SAP Payroll experience with 20+ years in EC Payroll/HCM.
• Experience with unionized payroll systems in public and private sectors.
• Global configuration across Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Benefits, and ECC conversions.
• Integrates payroll with time management, benefits and financial systems (GL posting, remittance).
• Leads payroll teams through requirements, blueprinting, configuration, testing and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Implementation Oversight: validate SI approach and deliverables to SAP standards.
• Best Practice Guidance: advise on SAP Payroll Control Centre and ESS/MSS/Fiori impacts.
• Quality Assurance: perform quality checks and risk reviews throughout the project.
• Knowledge Transfer: conduct sessions to prepare internal teams for post-implementation support.
• Documentation & Reporting: produce detailed payroll configuration and process docs.

Skills

SAP Payroll

Canada payroll

Union payroll systems

SAP HR/HCM

SuccessFactors

Fiori

HPALM

SAP Solution Manager

Time management integration

Education

SAP HR/HCM Certification

SAP Time and Payroll Academy Certification

SuccessFactors Certification

Tools

HPALM

SAP Solution Manager

Fiori

Job description

The City of Toronto (City) is looking for a SAP payroll and benefits certified consultant with extensive knowledge and experience in SAP Payroll modules, including configuration, integration and best practices for both SAP ECC and

S/4HANA, to be part of the City’s implementation team on the Payroll Modernization Project.

The SAP Functional Consultant (Payroll) will be working under a hybrid mode, with remote option, as well as working from 55 John Street, 2nd Floor in Toronto. The successful candidate will be working seven (7) hours per day, five

(5) days per week based on normal working Business Hours.

2.0 Assignment Duties:

Implementation Oversight: Review and validate the Systems Integrator's implementation approach and deliverables to ensure compliance with SAP standards and best practices.

Best Practice Guidance: Provide guidance on implementing SAP Payroll Control Centre, leveraging Fiori apps for ESS/MSS, and optimizing processes for the lift & shift from ECC to S/4HANA.

Quality Assurance: Conduct quality checks, audits, and reviews throughout the project lifecycle to mitigate risks and ensure the solution meets functional and technical requirements.

Knowledge Transfer: Facilitate knowledge transfer sessions with internal teams to ensure they are prepared to support and maintain the SAP Payroll solution post-implementation.

Documentation and Reporting: Prepare detailed documentation, reports, and presentations for project status updates, issues resolution, and knowledge sharing.

Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains within the SAP Payroll module and related areas.

Compliance and Legal Requirements: Ensure that the implemented payroll solution complies with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

3.0 Qualifications:

• Extensive SAP Payroll Experience: Over 20 years specializing in SAP EC Payroll/HCM, including full lifecycle implementations and production support assignments for Canada payroll and time management.
• Proven track record working with highly complex unionized payroll systems in both public sector (city, municipality) and private industry, handling union calculations and schema development.
• Experience with global configuration in Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Benefits, and conversion strategies from legacy systems (ECC).
• Skilled in integrating payroll with time management, benefits, and financial systems (GL posting, third-party remittance, outbound interfaces to banks and pension providers).
• Experience leading payroll teams through requirements gathering, blueprinting, configuration, testing, and issue resolution. Identifying and implementing new business processes to improve operational efficiency.
• Certified in SAP HR/HCM, SAP Time and Payroll Academy, and SuccessFactors. Experienced with tools like HPALM, SAP Solution Manager, and Fiori implementation for payroll control center and reporting.
• The City may contact the references provided. Should any reference fail to confirm that the services listed in Section 3.0 were performed in a satisfactory manner; the Candidate may be declared non-compliant and not considered for the remainder of the evaluation process.

Project Preparation:

• Participate in workshops with the business and IT teams as a Subject Matter
• Expert to develop the As-Is document and To-Be solution following best practices and standard SAP business processes.

Project Planning:

• Participation in project kickoff and on-boarding sessions.
• Review and validation of the Payroll project plan proposed by the Project Manager, including milestones and dependencies.
• Initial assessment of current Payroll processes and readiness for the lift & shift to S/4HANA from ECC.

Solution Design & Best Practices Review:

• Review and validation of the Systems Integrator’s design documents (Blueprints, Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications).
• Provide recommendations on SAP Payroll best practices and standard functionality as the subject matter expert.
• Guidance on the implementation of SAP Payroll Control Centre.
• Assessment of integration touchpoints (Finance, Time Management, SuccessFactors, ESS/MSS – SAP Portal, and etc).
• Provide documentation and consultation on SAP Payroll Control Centre functionalities and best practices.

Quality Assurance & Compliance:

• Conduct periodic reviews of system configuration and business processes.
• Work closely with the System Integrator in data conversion / migration / loading / cleansing / extract and validation activities.
• Validate that payroll calculations, tax configurations, and compliance requirements are met.
• Provide gap analysis and risk assessment reports with mitigation strategies.
• Support the creation of test cases and test scripts for payroll processes.
• Validate unit, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) results.
• Provide recommendations for defect resolution and ensure alignment with SAP standard functionality

Cutover & Go-Live Support:

• Assist in the development of cutover plans and payroll parallel testing strategies.
• Validate payroll parallel run results and provide issue resolution guidance.
• Conduct a post-implementation review and identify optimization opportunities.
• Provide a final assessment report with recommendations for enhancements.
• Support process stabilization and assist in resolving any post-go-live issues.

Documentation & Reporting:

• Weekly or bi-weekly status reports highlighting progress, risks, and recommendations.
• Detailed documentation of payroll configuration, integrations, and workflows.