SF Compensation Consultant/lead

Accenture PLC; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Compensation Lead at Manager level to guide total rewards implementation for clients, delivering design, configuration and deployment of compensation planning solutions.

You will lead cross-functional teams across HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT, own functional decisions, and mentor junior practitioners within the People & Workforce Technology practice.

Qualifications

• Experience as SAP SuccessFactors Compensation Subject Matter Expert.
• Ability to lead workshops and stakeholder engagement across HR, Finance and IT.
• Strong understanding of total rewards, merit, bonus and equity processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional design and solution architecture for SAP SuccessFactors Compensation implementations.
• Guide configuration, development and integration with client systems.
• Mentor practitioners and contribute to Accenture's SAP SuccessFactors Compensation practice.

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Compensation Lead to join our Reinvention Services team at Manager level. In this role, you will serve as the principal Functional Subject Matter Expert for SAP SuccessFactors Compensation, guiding clients through the design, configuration, and deployment of total rewards and compensation planning solutions that are commercially sound and operationally impactful.

You will take ownership of team decisions, engage across multiple cross-functional workstreams, and provide solutions to challenges that span both your immediate team and broader delivery teams. This is an outstanding opportunity for a SuccessFactors Compensation specialist who combines deep module expertise with the stakeholder influence and leadership capability required at Manager level.

Key Responsibilities

Functional SME Leadership

• Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert for SAP SuccessFactors Compensation, ensuring functional correctness and alignment with real-world compensation business processes and operational goals.

• Apply deep knowledge of compensation business processes — including merit, bonus, equity, and total rewards planning — to validate requirements, configurations, and workflows with client stakeholders.

• Ensure solutions are functionally sound, scalable, and aligned to both HR Total Rewards objectives and broader business strategy throughout the project lifecycle.

• Take responsibility for team decisions within the compensation workstream and provide solutions to problems that apply both to the immediate team and across multiple delivery teams.

• Drive the adoption of best practices, quality standards, and governance frameworks across all project engagements.

Solution Design & Process Improvement

• Lead the analysis and refinement of business requirements, aligning compensation processes with SAP SuccessFactors system capabilities and operational goals.

• Define detailed functional and technical specifications to guide configuration, development, and integration teams.

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend innovative solutions to enhance system performance, user experience, and compensation cycle efficiency.

• Develop and support proof of concepts, solution estimates, and conceptual designs to validate approaches and secure stakeholder confidence.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by proactively identifying functional gaps and proposing forward-looking, scalable enhancements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams — including HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT — to drive seamless integration and end-to-end implementation of compensation processes.

• Engage directly with client stakeholders to communicate progress, address challenges, manage expectations, and ensure alignment with project objectives throughout the delivery lifecycle.

• Facilitate compensation design workshops, calibration sessions, and go-live readiness reviews with business leads and HR leadership.

• Support change management efforts to facilitate smooth adoption of new compensation processes, planning cycles, and system capabilities across client organisations.

Team Leadership & Practice Contribution

• Provide guidance, coaching, and support to team members by actively sharing compensation domain expertise and fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment.

• Engage with multiple delivery teams simultaneously, contributing to key decisions and resolving cross-team challenges with clarity and confidence.

• Contribute to Accenture's SAP SuccessFactors Compensation practice through knowledge sharing, go-to-market positioning, and delivery methodology development.

• Mentor junior practitioners, elevating functional knowledge and delivery standards across the broader People & Workforce Technology practice.

Skills & Expertise

Core Technical Skills

• Expert