Executive / Senior Principal Analyst

National University of Singapore

Singapore

On-site

SGD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave of 2 days

Additional Childcare Leave beyond stat

2 Wellbeing days

Up to 3 sick days with no MC

Progressive annual leave starting at 9

Job summary

The National University of Singapore is seeking an Executive / Senior Principal Analyst to lead the HR & Finance IT payroll domain. Focus on SAP SuccessFactors, Employee Central Payroll, and related platforms, delivering end-to-end module implementations, maintenance, and enhancements.

You will collaborate with IT peers, user communities, vendors, and stakeholders to meet SLAs and quality standards. You will manage project artefacts, drive procurement activities, coordinate SAP S/4HANA

Qualifications

Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
At least 10 years within IT industry in a technical role, and at least 3 years’ experience in project management.
At least 3-5 yrs experience supporting or managing SAP Successfactors, Employee Central Payroll or ERP Payroll System.
Strong technical knowledge and experience in SAP Successfactors, Employee Central Payroll, and Cloud Platform.
Knowledge in OpenText Enterprise Content Management, Dropbox Sign, Mobile Applications and/or Applications Development using Business Technology Platform.
Good grasp of IT technologies, methodologies, architectures, and best practices.
Experience in Higher Education industry is a bonus.

Responsibilities

Lead/participate and be accountable for the overall technical delivery of the module/function being implemented, from procurement to go-live.
Evaluate potential solutions and make recommendations to management and business users.
Create and review project artefacts to ensure quality and policies.
Support procurement activities including tender specs and vendor evaluation.
Liaise with business users and vendors to ensure successful delivery and contract compliance.
Coordinate with SAP S/4HANA integrations with payroll systems.

Skills

Project management

SAP SuccessFactors

Employee Central Payroll

ERP Payroll

Cloud Platform

Education

Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Employee Central Payroll

SAP S/4HANA

OpenText

Dropbox Sign

Mobile Applications

Business Technology Platform

Job description

Job Title: Executive / Senior Principal Analyst

University-Level Unit: NUS Information Technology

Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Applications - HR & Finance Systems

Employee Category: Executive & Administrative

Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus

Posting Start Date: 24/07/2026

What You Do

The candidate will be responsible for the application support in the HR and Payroll business domain across SAP Successfactors, Employee Central Payroll and other platforms, with an emphasis on the payroll system. Responsibilities include project/module implementation, system maintenance, configuration, testing, end user support for existing systems and implementation of new functions/modules. He/she needs to work closely with fellow IT colleagues, the user community, external vendors and other stakeholders.

Project Management

Lead/participate and be accountable for the overall technical delivery of the module/function being implemented, ranging from procurement, business requirements gathering, technical evaluation and solution design, build and configuration, documentation, testing to go-live.
Evaluate potential solutions and make recommendations to management and business users.
Create and/or review project artefacts and deliverables to ensure quality and NUS guidelines and polices are met.
Support procurement activities, including amongst others, preparation and publishing tender specifications, evaluating and recommending potential solutions and/or vendors, contract management etc.
Liaise closely with business users and builds good rapport.
Liaise closely with vendors to ensure successful delivery of products and/or services in accordance to contract.
Coordinate with teams integrating other applications, including SAP S/4HANA, with SAP Employee Central Payroll

Maintenance and Support

Responsible for maintaining, configuring, testing, and supporting HR and payroll systems, with a primary focus on the payroll system.
Gather and analyse business requirements, perform impact analysis, advise and propose functional and technical solutions to address business needs.
Accountable for the overall successful provision of on-going application maintenance and support to ensure SLAs are met.
Oversees and/or provides maintenance and support of applications, including amongst others, delivery of enhancements and bug fixes, managing service requests, troubleshooting of problems etc.
Creates, updates and/or reviews systems artefacts and deliverables to ensure quality and NUS guidelines and polices are met.
Handles audit queries, and ensures audit and security compliance are met.
Liaises closely with business users and build good rapport
Work closely with business users in annual IT project planning and enhancement prioritization.
Liaise closely with vendors to ensure successful provision of support and maintenance in accordance to contract.
Manages team to ensure optimization of manpower resources while maintaining a healthy team morale

Who You Are

Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
At least 10 years within IT industry in a technical role, and at least 3 years’ experience in project management.
At least 3-5 yrs experience supporting or managing SAP Successfactors, Employee Central Payroll or ERP Payroll System.
Strong technical knowledge and experience in SAP Successfactors, Employee Central Payroll, and Cloud Platform.
Knowledge in the following systems and modules will be an added advantage: OpenText Enterprise Content Management, Dropbox Sign, Mobile Applications and/or Applications Development using Business Technology Platform.
Good grasp of IT technologies, methodologies, architectures, and best practices.
Strong business process and analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information quickly and communicate complex requirements and issues clearly and concisely. The ability to understand the business questions that users are trying to answer is essential.
Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of management, users and vendors.
Must be a self-starter and able to work independently with minimum supervision.
Must be a good team player, proactive, fast learner, highly organized and with a positive attitude.
Certification in PMP or CITPM will be an added advantage.
Experience in Higher Education industry is a bonus.

About NUS IT

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