Sr. Business Systems Analyst - SAP SuccessFactors

Horizontal Talent; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent seeks a seasoned Senior Business Systems Analyst to lead SAP SuccessFactors support and integration within an SAP S/4HANA environment in Aliso Viejo.

You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and implementation teams to optimize end-to-end HCM processes, ensure data integrity, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced, onsite setting.

Qualifications

• Hands-on SAP SuccessFactors implementations and post-go-live support.
• Strong knowledge of Employee Central and other SuccessFactors modules.
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA with integrated HCM processes.
• Understanding HR, payroll, time, org structure, and finance integrations.
• Translate business needs into scalable system requirements.
• Experience with testing, defect management, and UAT support.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Manage priorities in a complex cross-functional environment.
• Knowledge of SAP reporting and HR analytics tools.
• Onsite five days a week in Aliso Viejo.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and translate business needs into practical system solutions.
• Support SAP SuccessFactors implementation, configuration, integration, and stabilization.
• Design and maintain end-to-end HCM processes and data flows between SuccessFactors and SAP S/4HANA.
• Collaborate on integrations, APIs, testing, and deployment activities.
• Provide post-go-live support: triage, root-cause analysis, resolution coordination.
• Lead or support workshops, process mapping, and UAT planning.
• Contribute to change management, releases, and implementation of changes.
• Maintain system documentation, process flows, and governance materials.
• Support audit, compliance, access control, and data privacy efforts.
• Assist with cutover planning, data validation, and hypercare activities.
• Develop reports and dashboards to support HR data integrity and decisions.
• Serve as trusted contact for day-to-day HR systems questions.

Skills

SAP SuccessFactors

Employee Central

S/4HANA integration

Requirements gathering

UAT support

Documentation

Stakeholder comms

HR analytics

Onsite Aliso Viejo

Bachelor's degree

Confidential handling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors certification

SAP Integration Suite

APIs

XML

SQL/PL/SQL

Fiori

Job description

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Business Systems Analyst to help lead SAP SuccessFactors support and integration within an SAP S/4HANA environment. This onsite role in Aliso Viejo offers the opportunity to partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and external implementation teams to strengthen end-to-end human capital processes, improve system stability, and support continuous optimization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and external implementation teams to gather requirements and translate business needs into practical system solutions.
• Support the implementation, configuration, integration, and ongoing stabilization of SAP SuccessFactors across core HR and related modules.
• Help design and maintain end-to-end HCM processes, including data flows between SuccessFactors and SAP S/4HANA.
• Collaborate with technical teams on integrations, middleware, APIs, testing, and deployment activities.
• Provide post-go-live support, including issue triage, root cause analysis, resolution coordination, and enhancement support.
• Lead or support requirements workshops, process mapping, solution reviews, UAT planning, defect tracking, and user sign-off.
• Contribute to change management efforts by assessing impacts, supporting releases, and coordinating implementation of approved changes.
• Maintain system documentation, process flows, support procedures, and related governance materials.
• Support audit, compliance, access control, and data privacy efforts related to HR systems and integrations.
• Assist with cutover planning, data validation, hypercare activities, and long-term production support.
• Develop reports and dashboards to support HR data integrity, operational tracking, and business decision-making.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for day-to-day HR systems questions and support requests.

Skills

• Hands-on experience supporting SAP SuccessFactors implementations and post-go-live operations.
• Strong functional knowledge of Employee Central and other SuccessFactors modules.
• Experience working in an SAP S/4HANA environment with integrated HCM processes.
• Understanding of HR, payroll, time, organizational structure, and finance integration points.
• Ability to analyze business processes and translate them into scalable system requirements.
• Experience with testing, defect management, and user acceptance testing support.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to manage priorities in a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Working knowledge of SAP reporting and analytics tools for HR data.
• Comfort working onsite five days a week in Aliso Viejo.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with care.

Preferred Skills

• SAP SuccessFactors certification.
• Experience supporting global HR deployments and multi-country configurations.
• Familiarity with SAP Activate methodology.
• Experience with SAP Integration Suite, APIs, XML, or Expression Language.
• Knowledge of SQL/PL/SQL and reporting support.
• Background supporting hypercare, steady-state application support, or long-term production support models.
• Experience with Fiori and standard HR analytics.
• Exposure to Oracle back-end systems.
• Experience creating dashboards and reporting packages for HR stakeholders.
• Strong mentoring, training, and change leadership skills.

Horizontal is committed to building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, respected, and supported. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to equitable hiring practices that help everyone do their best work.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.

The pay range for this role is $152,900 - $162,900 per year based on qualifications and experience.