SAP UK Payroll and HCM Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Phone

Training resources

Tata network discounts

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is seeking an SAP UK Payroll and HCM Consultant in London/Gloucester on a hybrid basis. This 40-hour-per-week, full-time role focuses on configuring and supporting SAP UK Payroll and HCM solutions, ensuring accurate, compliant HR operations and end-to-end payroll processing.

The candidate will collaborate with HR, Finance, and technical teams on monthly payroll cycles, year-end activities, and system enhancements.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Payroll Schema and PCRs
• Wage type configuration
• Configuration of payroll area and periods
• FI/CO integration with Payroll
• RTI and HMRC UK requirements
• SAP UK Payroll knowledge and hands-on experience
• SAP HCM knowledge and experience
• Experience with Agile tooling such as Jira

Responsibilities

• Support and troubleshoot payroll issues
• Set up new wage types for different payments and deductions
• Configure Payroll PCRs
• Ensure compliance with legal and statutory requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Support monthly payroll and year-end activities
• Understand business requirements for payroll changes
• SAP HCM configuration in UK context
• Compliance & statutory requirements support
• Integrations with downstream systems
• Manage incident resolution priorities
• Analyze SAP KBA for changes and HRSP upgrades

Skills

Payroll Schema

PCRs

Wage type configuration

Payroll area/config

FI/CO integration

RTI UK

HMRC requirements

SAP UK Payroll

SAP HCM

Agile / Jira

Tools

Jira

Job description

Role: SAP UK Payroll & HCM Consultant

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London/ Gloucester, UK (Hybrid)

Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in Payroll?

We have an exciting role for you – SAP UK Payroll & HCM Consultant

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Ready to take on your next role, where you will configure and support SAP UK Payroll and HCM solutions that enable accurate, compliant, and efficient HR operations.
• Empowering you to apply your expertise in payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, RTI processing, and HMRC statutory requirements to deliver reliable UK payroll services.
• Giving you the platform to collaborate with HR, Finance, and technical teams while supporting payroll cycles, year-end activities, system enhancements, and integrations across the SAP HCM landscape.

The Role:

As an SAP UK Payroll and HCM Consultnat, you will be Supporting and Troubleshooting Payroll Issues and eet up new wage types for different types of payments and deduction during payroll processing

Your responsibilities:

• Support and Troubleshoot Payroll Issues
• Setting up new wage types for different types of payments and deduction during payroll processing
• Configuration of Payroll PCR’s
• Ensure Compliance with Legal and Statutory Requirements
• Collaborate With Cross Functional Teams
• Support Business Run as usual during monthly payroll and End of year activities.
• Understanding business requirements
• SAP HCM configuration
• Compliance & Statutory Requirements
• Integration Support with other Third Party/downstream systems,
• Manage the time and priority for resolution of incidents and changes.
• Analysis of SAP KBA’s for yearly Country Specific Legal changes along with HRSP upgrade

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Understanding of Payroll Schema and PCRs (Personnel Calculation Rules)
• Wage type configuration
• Configuration of payroll area, periods, control record
• Configuration of Processing classes, evaluation classes, and cumulation classes
• Configuration of Integration with Finance (FI/CO) components
• Pre-payroll validation and post-payroll checks
• Year End Activities, HMRC submissions, RTI processes (UK)
• Configuration Standard and custom reports (Adhoc Query)
• Working in Agile methodology
• SAP UK Payroll knowledge and hands‑on experience
• SAP HCM knowledge and experience
• Exposure to Agile way of working such as familiar with Tools like Jira etc.
• Daily job monitoring, troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Knowledge of SAP HCM payroll (UK Country Specific)
• Knowledge in Payroll schemas and PCRs
• Knowledge in Wage type configuration and valuation methods
• Knowledge in PA, OM and Payroll modules
• Knowledge in executing different types of Functional Testing in Payroll module (UT, SIT and UAT)
• Prior experience to work in a multi‑vendor environment

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.