Senior SAP S/4HANA Payroll Expert

Booking.com; Manchester; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Booking.com is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist SAP HR S/4HANA to lead enhancements in Personnel Administration, Time Management, and Payroll within the People Tech team. You will act as a technology expert for People Services, Financial Systems, Risk teams, and other stakeholders, reviewing designs and coordinating release testing.

You will drive end-to-end solutions, perform unit and UAT testing, ensure payroll accuracy, and mentor junior specialists while aligning with SAP S/4HANA best

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field.
• 5–8 years of experience in SAP S/4HANA Personnel Administration, Time Management, Payroll, Benefits, Authorization Management, and Reporting with expertise in the Netherlands or UK payroll.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into technical design, and performing unit testing, UAT, and regression testing for SAP HR system changes.
• Expertise in payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, retroactive accounting, tax calculations, SAP HR patch updates, and year-end tax updates.
• Basic understanding of SAP S/4HANA integration landscape, Workday, payroll, benefits, and SAP Finance.
• Experience with HR reporting tools such as SAP Ad Hoc Query and SAP HR Reporting.
• Basic understanding of SAP HR security roles and authorizations, GDPR, SOX compliance, and data security regulations.
• SAP S/4HANA Payroll certification is a bonus.
• Strong problem-solving skills, hands-on experience with SAP Notes and system debugging, and excellent communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management, escalation management, coaching, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement enhancements and support for SAP S/4HANA Personnel Administration, Time Management, and Payroll.
• Act as the technology expert providing solutions to People Services, Financial Systems, Risk teams, and other stakeholders.
• Review project designs, perform impact assessments, and own solutions for cross-functional and delivery impacts.
• Partner with Financial Systems, IT Services, Security & Privacy teams, implementation partners, and technical vendors to deliver technology solutions.
• Participate in SAP S/4HANA technology functional development and collaborate with technical vendors, customer networks, user groups, and forums.
• Review and coordinate SAP S/4HANA support packages, releases, and release testing.
• Provide end-to-end solutions for functional requirements after assessing design, architecture, and user experience.
• Perform unit testing, regression testing, and support UAT for projects and support activities.
• Perform root cause analysis for incidents and propose long-term scalable fixes.
• Ensure payroll processes are completed without errors or inconsistencies from a technical perspective.
• Drive system stability, enhancements delivery, and process optimization for SAP HR.
• Manage compliance activities such as SOx ITGC controls, data privacy standards, and IT change management for SAP HR S/4HANA.
• Maintain configuration design documentation and input for business manuals.
• Maintain SAP HR tenant strategy, release management, and system upgrades with Financial Systems.
• Coach and mentor Technical Specialists to ensure scalable, timely delivery aligned with SAP S/4HANA best practices.
• Collaborate with colleagues while living our values: Think Customer First, Succeeding together, Own It, Learn Forever, and Do the Right Thing.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Payroll

Time Management

Benefits

Authorization Management

Reporting

Data Security

SOX compliance

Stakeholder management

SAP Notes

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

SAP Ad Hoc Query

Workday

SAP HR Reporting

SAP S/4HANA Security

Job description

Booking.com is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist SAP HR S/4HANA to lead enhancements in Personnel Administration, Time Management, and Payroll within the People Tech team. You will act as a technology expert for People Services, Financial Systems, Risk teams, and other stakeholders, reviewing designs and coordinating release testing.

You will drive end-to-end solutions, perform unit and UAT testing, ensure payroll accuracy, and mentor junior specialists while aligning with SAP S/4HANA best