Principal SAP HCM Consultant

Infosys Limited; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Long Term / Short term Disability

Health and Dependent care reimburse.`

401(K) Plan and contributions

Job summary

Infosys Limited seeks a Principal SAP HCM Consultant to lead functional support for SAP HCM modules (PA, OM, Time, Payroll) and to contribute to S/4HANA transformation projects. You will interface with HR teams, design solutions, and guide testing, data migration, and rollout activities across client environments.

The role requires deep SAP HCM knowledge, production support experience, and ability to work with cross-functional teams on complex payroll and time data challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required; three years of progressive experience in lieu of education may be considered.
• 11+ years of experience in information technology.
• Travel to project/client locations may be required.
• US citizens or permanent residents only due to DoD data/safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 functional support for SAP HCM modules: PA, OM, TM, Time, US Payroll, ESS/MSS.
• Investigate and resolve production issues, payroll errors, and master data inconsistencies.
• Support payroll cycles, time evaluation, retroactive runs, and post-payroll processing.
• Collaborate with HR teams to understand pain points and provide functional solutions.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, configuration changes, and training materials.
• Support testing and rollout of support packs, enhancements, and security updates.
• Monitor integrations and interface jobs (benefits providers, time systems, tax systems).
• Contribute to functional design for S/4HANA HCM processes; data migration input.

Skills

SAP HCM

US Payroll

Time Evaluation

Master Data

S/4HANA

ABAP basics

Incident Tickets

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow

Remedy

Jira

Job description

Infosys is seeking a Principal SAP HCM Consultant

As a PrincipalConsultant, you will be a key player in the consulting team and subject matter expert contributing to different phases of the consulting lifecycle. You will be intensely involved in business process consulting; you will define the problem, propose and create the solution. You will also play an important role in the development, configuration and deployment of the overall solution. You will guide teams on project processes, deliverables and contribute to the proposal development, client training and internal capability building and help detail the project scope. You will have the opportunity to shape value-adding consulting solutions that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 11 years of experience with Information Technology.
• This position may require travel to Project / client locations.
• This role may Involve elevated access to Impact Level 4 (IL4) data and/or security requirements for handling controlled unclassified information (CUI) and sensitive data as defined by US Department of Defense (DoD). Hence the eligible candidates must be US citizens or Permanent Residents only.

Preferred Qualifications

We are seeking an experienced SAP HCM Functional Consultant with strong expertise in Production support and experience or readiness to contribute to S/4HANA transformation projects. The primary focus of the role is to provide day-to-day support for live SAP HCM modules (PA, OM, Time, Payroll), while also assisting in the design, testing, and validation activities related to an S/4HANA implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 functional support for SAP HCM modules: PA, OM, TM, Time , US Payroll, ESS/MSS
• Investigate and resolve production issues, payroll errors, and master data inconsistencies
• Support payroll cycles, time evaluation, retroactive runs, and post-payroll processing.
• Work closely with HR teams to understand pain points and provide functional solutions.
• Develop and maintain documentation: SOPs, configuration changes, and training materials.
• Support testing and rollout of support packs, enhancements, and security updates.
• Monitor integrations and interface jobs (e.g. benefits providers, time systems, tax systems).

S/4HANA Involvement

• Collaborate with the project team for fit-gap analysis, data validation, and testing.
• Contribute to the functional design of HCM processes under the S/4HANA Compatibility Pack.
• Assist with transition planning, identifying dependencies between support activities and implementation.
• Participate in unit testing, UAT, and cutover support for S/4HANA HCM streams.
• Provide input into data migration activities, particularly around PA/OM/Time/Payroll structures.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 8 years of SAP HCM functional experience in a support environment.
• Expertise in US Payroll, Time Evaluation, and master data management.
• Strong functional knowledge of infotypes, schemas, PCRs and wage type configuration
• Experience working with business users and technical teams to troubleshoot and deliver solutions.
• Exposure to S4HANA, or strong understanding of the S/4HANA HCM Compatibility Pack.
• Familiarity with writing functional specifications and working with ABAP for enhancements.
• Experience with incident/ticketing systems such as ServiceNow, Remedy, or Jira.

Preferred Skills

• Direct or indirect experience with S/4HANA greenfield/brownfield projects.
• Knowledge of SuccessFactors integration (Employee Central, ECP).
• Familiarity with Fiori apps for HCM.
• Experience in data migration using LSMW or other tools.
• Understanding of security roles and authorizations in HCM.

The job entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements

Estimated annual compensation range for this role will be as follows:

In CA, WA, NY, CO, MD, IL, MN, NJ, VT, MA : $114,000 to $167,000

In Washington, DC : $106,000 to $147,500

Along with Competitive Pay as Full time Infosys Employee you are also eligible for following benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long Term / Short term Disability
• Health and Dependent care reimburesement accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(K) Plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid Holidays Plus paid time Off

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.