Senior SAP Specialist - Payroll

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

Salary: £57,000 - 97,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need a strong technical background and a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field.
• We need 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.
• We need experience translating complex business requirements into technical design, and performing unit testing, UAT, and regression testing for SAP HR system changes.
• We need expertise in payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, retroactive accounting, tax calculations, SAP HR patch updates, and year-end tax updates.
• We need a basic understanding of the SAP S/4HANA integration landscape, Workday, payroll, benefits, and SAP Finance.
• We need experience with HR reporting tools such as SAP Ad Hoc Query and SAP HR Reporting.
• We need a basic understanding of SAP HR security roles and authorizations, GDPR, SOX compliance, and legal regulations for data security.
• SAP S/4HANA Payroll certification is a bonus.
• We need strong problem-solving skills, hands‑on experience with SAP Notes and system debugging, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• We need strong stakeholder management, escalation management, coaching, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities:

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

Technologies:

• Support
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP
• Security
• Incident Management

More:

We are Booking.com, where data drives our decisions and technology sits at the core of everything we do. We make it easier for everyone to experience the world through our products, partners, and people. This Senior Technical Specialist SAP HR S/4HANA role sits within our People Tech team and focuses on scalable design, user experience, legal requirements, best practices, and secure configuration delivery. We offer benefits and perks, a strong inclusion culture, mentoring and career development opportunities, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to helping everyone thrive. If successful, your application may be subject to pre-employment screening in line with applicable law.

last updated 36 week of 2026