SAP SuccessFactors Payroll Consultant
AFFLUENT SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS PTE. LTD.
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Job summary
AFFLUENT SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS PTE. LTD. in Singapore invites an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Payroll Consultant to lead payroll implementations and deliver scalable solutions.
You will work with HR, IT, and partners across geographies, handle configuration, testing, and go-live activities, and ensure compliance with Singapore payroll rules.
The role requires 5–6 years hands-on experience and strong communication to manage stakeholders and deliver reliable payroll services.
Qualifications
- 5–6 years of hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors Payroll.
- Experience in implementation, configuration, testing, and post‑go‑live support.
- Singapore payroll knowledge and CPF/IRAS familiarity.
- Bachelor's degree in IT or related field; SAP certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end SAP SuccessFactors Payroll implementations.
- Configure payroll processes per statutory requirements.
- Collaborate with HR, IT, and partners on integrations.
- Perform testing, defect resolution, and hypercare support.
- Provide L2/L3 payroll functional support.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Company: Affluent Software Innovations
Location: Singapore
Experience: 5–6 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Role: SAP SuccessFactors Payroll Consultant
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level
Affluent Software Innovations is looking for an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Payroll Consultant with 5–6 years of relevant experience to join our team in Singapore.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands‑on experience in SAP SuccessFactors Payroll implementations, configuration, integration, testing, troubleshooting, and post‑go‑live support. The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, HR teams, functional consultants, technical teams, and implementation partners to deliver scalable and compliant payroll solutions.
The role requires a strong understanding of payroll processes, SuccessFactors architecture, integration touchpoints, and end‑to‑end implementation methodologies.
- Lead and contribute to end‑to‑end SAP SuccessFactors Payroll implementations.
- Participate in project activities including requirement gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable SuccessFactors Payroll solutions.
- Configure payroll‑related processes based on business and statutory requirements.
- Support implementation activities across multiple project phases and geographic allocations.
- Prepare and maintain functional specifications, configuration documents, process flows, and other project documentation.
- Configure and support payroll processes including:
- Employee master data
- Payroll processing
- Earnings and deductions
- Absence and leave‑related payroll processes
- Overtime and allowances
- Loans and advances
- Benefits and reimbursements
- Retroactive payroll processing
- Off‑cycle payroll
- Final settlement
- Payroll reconciliation
- Payroll reporting
- Understand payroll controls, validations, payroll calendars, and payroll processing cycles.
- Investigate and resolve payroll calculation and processing issues.
- Support payroll parallel runs and reconciliation activities.
Work on integration between SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and Payroll.
- Understand and support integrations with:
- Employee Central
- Employee Central Time Management
- SAPHCM / SAP Payroll
- Third‑party payroll systems
- Time and attendance systems
- Benefits platforms
- Banking/payment systems
- Collaborate with technical teams on integration design, mapping, data transformation, and error resolution.
- Troubleshoot integration failures and data synchronization issues.
Participate in Fit‑Gap Analysis and solution workshops.
- Prepare test scenarios, test scripts, and test data.
- Execute:
- Unit Testing
- System Integration Testing (SIT)
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Regression Testing
- Payroll Parallel Testing
- Analyze test results and coordinate defect resolution.
- Support cutover, go‑live, and post‑go‑live stabilization activities.
- Work closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders.
- Conduct requirement‑gathering sessions and functional workshops.
- Explain payroll processes and system capabilities to business users.
- Coordinate with offshore/onshore teams and implementation partners.
- Provide regular project updates and communicate risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Provide L2/L3 functional support for SuccessFactors Payroll.
- Analyze production payroll issues and identify root causes.
- Handle incidents, service requests, and change requests.
- Support payroll users during critical payroll processing periods.
- Maintain issue logs and ensure timely resolution within agreed SLAs.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
- SAP SuccessFactors Payroll
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP)
- SAPHCM Payroll
- Payroll configuration and processing
- Payroll control records and payroll areas
- Payroll schemas and rules
- Payroll wage types
- Payroll drivers and payroll logs
- Payroll reconciliation
- Payroll interfaces and integrations
- Employee master data
- Organizational management concepts
- Time Management and Absence Management
- SAP SuccessFactors Integration
- API/Integration concepts
- Data migration and validation
- Payroll reporting
- Testing methodologies
Hands‑on exposure to the following SuccessFactors modules will be highly relevant:
- Employee Central
- Employee Central Payroll
- Time Off
- Time Tracking
- Compensation
- Benefits
- Integration Center
- SAP SuccessFactors APIs
- SAP Cloud Integration / CPI
- SAP SuccessFactors Reporting
- Role‑Based Permissions (RBP)
- 1. Participate in at least one or more end‑to‑e SAP SuccessFactorsors Payroll / Employee Central Payroll implementations, preferably coverin Requirement gatheringering
- 2. Business process analysis
- 3. Fit‑Gap analysis
- 4. Solution design
- 5. Payroll configuration
- 6. Integration design
- 7. Data migration
- 8. Unit testing
- 9. SIT
- 10. UAT
- 11. Payroll parallel runs
- 12. Cutover planning
- 13. Go‑live
- 14. Hypercare and stabilization
Candidates with only production support or maintenance experience, without meaningful implementation exposure, may not be suitable for this role.
- Exposure to Singapore payroll and statutory requirements.
- Understanding of CPF, IRAS and other Singapore payroll‑related statutory processes.
- Experience working with global HR transformation projects.
- Knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors implementation methodology.
- Experience with SAP Activate methodology is desirable.
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum project environments.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to independently troubleshoot complex payroll issues.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
- CPF‑related payroll processing
- IRAS reporting requirements
- Annual income reporting
- Tax‑related payroll processes
- Statutory deductions
- Leave and entitlement calculations
- Singapore‑specific payroll compliance
Knowledge of other APAC payroll environments will also be considered valuable.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline. SAP SuccessFactors certification is preferred.
- Relevant SAP Payroll / SuccessFactors certifications will be an added advantage.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem‑solving ability.
- Strong stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to work independently as well as within a distributed team.
- Good understanding of business processes and HR operations.
- Strong attention to detail, particularly around payroll data and calculations.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet project deadlines.
- Willingness to work with global teams and stakeholders across different time zones.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills.
Competency
Requirement
SAP SuccessFactors Payroll
Mandatory
Employee Central Payroll
Mandatory
Implementation Experience
Mandatory
Employee Central
Strongly Preferred
Payroll Configuration
Mandatory
Payroll Integration
Mandatory
Payroll Testing
Mandatory
Data Migration
Preferred
SAP HCM Payroll
Preferred
SAP CPI / Integration
Preferred
Singapore Payroll
Preferred
Multi‑country Payroll
Advantage
Stakeholder Management
Mandatory
Production Support
Required
Including substantial hands‑on implementation experience. The candidate should be capable of independently understanding payroll requirements, contributing to solution design, configuring payroll processes, supporting integrations, managing testing cycles, and assisting with go‑live and post‑production stabilization.
Experience in Employee Central Payroll, SuccessFactors Employee Central, payroll integrations, Singapore payroll, and multi‑country implementations will be highly valued.
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