SAP EC Payroll QA Test Analyst

Global Applications; Hyderabad, Pune District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Applications is seeking a hands-on SAP ECP/EC Payroll QA Test Analyst to join our hybrid team across multiple Indian cities. You will execute test scripts for US Payroll implementations on SAP ECP and ensure accurate integration testing from EC to ECP pipelines.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in payroll testing, strong knowledge of US tax rules, wage types, and payroll interfaces. You will document defects, validate wage data, and support year-end testing efforts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of total Payroll domain experience (SAP HCM Payroll and/or SAP ECP/EC Payroll).
• US Payroll experience mandatory — US tax processing, wage types, BSI TaxFactory, garnishments, retro, year-end (W‑2).
• 2+ years of hands-on integration testing / SIT on SAP HCM or ECP programs.
• Direct experience testing payroll interfaces — bank files (ACH/NACHA), GL, time integration, third-party vendor feeds.

Responsibilities

• Execute test cases and test scripts for SAP ECP/EC Payroll across SIT, parallel testing, UAT, and regression cycles.
• Run payroll test scenarios covering gross-to-net calculations, federal/state/local tax withholding, garnishments, off-cycle payroll, and retro processing.
• Execute EC-to-ECP integration testing — validate employee master data replication, compensation, org, and position data flows into payroll.
• Perform payroll interface testing — ACH/NACHA bank files, GL postings, time & attendance feeds, and third-party payroll vendor integrations.
• Support payroll parallel run execution — run comparison scenarios, document variances, and assist with root cause identification.
• Validate US payroll tax configuration and BSI TaxFactory results for accuracy across federal, state, and local tax scenarios.
• Execute year-end test scenarios including W-2 and W-2c validation where applicable.
• Log and track defects with full payroll context — wage types, pay periods, employee populations, and replication steps.
• Participate in test preparation — review test scripts, flag coverage gaps, and provide timely execution status to the test lead.

Skills

US Payroll

Employee Central Payroll

SAP ECP

Integration testing

QA testing

SIT/UAT

Tools

HP ALM/Quality Center

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Job description

***Immediate Joiners Apply****

Skill

SAP ECP / EC Payroll QA Test Analyst

Total positions:- 2

Location: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyd, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata and Gurugram INDIA

Experience : 7- 10 Years

Shift Time: 2 pm 11 pm IST

Work Mode: Hybrid

Primary Skills

• Employee central payroll Exp US, integration testing, Implementation exp of ECP
• SAP HCM/ ECP (Employee central payroll) , US Payroll
• Need employee central payroll exp
• SAP ECP / EC Payroll — QA Test Analyst
  SAP ECP | Employee Central Payroll | US Payroll | Integration Testing
• QA tester/Functional testing, US Payroll employee central payroll, integration testing, Implementation exp of ECP

ROLE OVERVIEW:

1) We are looking for a hands-on SAP ECP / EC Payroll QA professional to execute testing for US Payroll implementations on the SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP) platform.

2) The ideal candidate has strong US Payroll processing knowledge, direct experience running integration test scenarios across EC-to-ECP pipelines, and the ability to execute payroll test scripts accurately within a structured test workstream.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute test cases and test scripts for SAP ECP / EC Payroll across SIT, parallel testing, UAT, and regression cycles
• Run payroll test scenarios covering gross-to-net calculations, federal/state/local tax withholding, garnishments, off-cycle payroll, and retro processing
• Execute EC-to-ECP integration testing — validate employee master data replication, compensation, org, and position data flows into payroll
• Perform payroll interface testing — ACH/NACHA bank files, GL postings, time & attendance feeds, and third-party payroll vendor integrations
• Support payroll parallel run execution — run comparison scenarios, document variances, and assist with root cause identification
• Validate US payroll tax configuration and BSI TaxFactory results for accuracy across federal, state, and local tax scenarios
• Execute year-end test scenarios including W-2 and W-2c validation where applicable
• Log and track defects with full payroll context — wage types, pay periods, employee populations, and replication steps
• Participate in test preparation — review test scripts, flag coverage gaps, and provide timely execution status to the test lead

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience 5+ years of total Payroll domain experience (SAP HCM Payroll and/or SAP ECP / EC Payroll)
• US Payroll experience is mandatory — US tax processing, wage types, BSI TaxFactory, garnishments, retro, year-end (W‑2)
• 2+ years of hands-on integration testing / SIT execution experience on SAP HCM or ECP programs
• Direct experience testing payroll interfaces — bank files (ACH/NACHA), GL, time integration, third-party vendor feeds

Technical Skills

• SAP ECP / EC Payroll — payroll schema/PCR familiarity, wage type catalog, payroll control record, payroll log analysis
• SuccessFactors EC — EC-to-ECP replication understanding; compensation, org, and position data flows
• US Payroll specifics: federal/state/local tax, BSI TaxFactory, garnishments, off‑cycle, retro processing, W-2
• Integration testing across EC‑to‑ECP, Payroll‑to‑GL, Payroll‑to‑Bank, and Time‑to‑Payroll interfaces
• Parallel run execution — variance comparison between legacy system and ECP results
• Defect management in HP ALM / Quality Center, JIRA, Azure DevOps, or equivalent

Soft Skills / Ways of Working

• Detail‑orientated test execution — accurate script execution and thorough result documentation
• Strong analytical mindset for payroll variance identification and documentation
• Clear defect reporting with payroll‑specific context that non‑technical stakeholders can act on
• Ability to work within a defined test schedule and expedite blockers quickly

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Multi-state US payroll experience — state reciprocity, local taxes, multi‑state employee scenarios
• Familiarity with ADP and Ceridian and other legacy payroll systems for parallel comparison context –