SAP Payroll Specialist

Beyond Recruitment; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Competitive contract package

Potential extension opportunities

Job summary

Beyond Recruitment in Wellington seeks an experienced Senior SAP Payroll Specialist to join a large and complex organisation, supporting critical payroll, HR, and time management systems. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in both business-as-usual support and strategic payroll initiatives within a highly collaborative environment.

Working within a specialist systems team, you will provide expert SAP Payroll and HR support, drive system enhancements, apply updates, and deliver

Qualifications

• Senior SAP Payroll and HR experience in large environments.
• Knowledge of NZ payroll legislation and practices.
• Experience with payroll schemas, rules, and interfaces.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience with Agile and/or waterfall project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain payroll configuration changes (wage types, schemas, rules).
• Support SAP HR, Payroll, and Time Management solutions.
• Apply system updates, enhancements, and compliance changes.
• Manage complex incidents and provide Level 2/3 support.
• Support system integration, configuration, and design activities.
• Collaborate with payroll, HR, finance and technology stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement of payroll processes and system performance.

Skills

SAP Payroll

HCM Payroll

Time Management

NZ Payroll Knowledge

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile/Waterfall

Tools

ABAP

Job description

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Beyond Recruitment – Wellington, North Island

We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP Payroll Specialist to join a large and complex organisation, supporting critical payroll, HR, and time management systems. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in both business-as-usual support and strategic payroll initiatives within a highly collaborative environment.

About the Role

Working within a specialist systems team, you will provide expert SAP Payroll and HR support, ensuring payroll solutions remain compliant, efficient, and aligned with business requirements. You will be responsible for driving system enhancements, supporting payroll updates, and providing technical expertise across SAP Payroll, HR, and Time Management modules.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain payroll configuration changes, including wage types, schemas, and payroll rules.
• Support SAP HR, Payroll, and Time Management solutions.
• Apply system updates, enhancements, and compliance-related changes.
• Manage complex incidents, troubleshoot issues, and provide Level 2 and 3 support.
• Support system integration, configuration, and design activities.
• Work closely with stakeholders across payroll, HR, finance, and technology teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and identify opportunities to enhance payroll processes and system performance.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Extensive experience in senior SAP Payroll and HR positions.
• Strong technical and functional expertise across SAP HCM Payroll and Time Management.
• Demonstrated experience supporting payroll systems in large, complex environments.
• Sound knowledge of New Zealand payroll legislation, policy, and operational payroll practices.
• Experience with payroll schemas, rules, interfaces, and payroll-related integrations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience working within project delivery environments using Agile and/or waterfall methodologies.

Desirable Experience

• SAP ABAP payroll development exposure.
• Personnel Administration (PA) and Organisational Management (OM) configuration knowledge.
• Experience working with rostering and scheduling configurations.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to work on critical enterprise payroll systems.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Exposure to both operational support and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborative team environment with highly experienced payroll and technology professionals.
• Competitive contract package and potential extension opportunities.

Applicants must hold current working rights in New Zealand