SAP HCM Consultant

• The Senior SAP HCM Consultant will play a critical role in the SAP S/4HANA Brownfield Migration program, providing deep functional expertise across Organizational Management (OM), Personnel Administration (PA), US Payroll, and Benefits Administration. The consultant will ensure business continuity, statutory compliance, and data integrity while transitioning the existing SAP ECC HCM landscape to S/4HANA.

This role is focused on minimizing business disruption, validating retained configurations, addressing HCMspecific simplifications, and ensuring payroll and benefits processes operate seamlessly postconversion., Brownfield Migration Leadership

• Serve as the functional lead for the SAP HCM workstream in an ECC to S/4HANA brownfield conversion
• Assess existing SAP ECC HCM configurations and determine retain vs. remediate vs. retire decisions
• Lead impact analysis for S/4HANA simplification items and HCM technical adaptations

OM, PA & Organizational Continuity

• Validate existing organizational structures, positions, jobs, and reporting relationships postconversion
• Ensure personnel administration processes and infotypes function asis or with minimal remediation
• Support testing and validation of personnel actions and crossmodule dependencies

US Payroll Assurance

• Ensure endtoend US Payroll continuity with zero disruption during and after migration, including:

• Payroll schemas, PCRs, and wage types

• Federal, State, and Local tax configuration

• Retroactive payroll, offcycle payments, and yearend processing

Lead payroll parallel runs to confirm ECC vs. S/4HANA result parity

Benefits Administration Continuity

• Validate existing benefits configurations, including:

• Health, welfare, retirement, and insurance plans

• Enrolment rules and life event processing

• Integrations with thirdparty benefits providers

Ensure open enrolment and ongoing eligibility processing are unaffected by the migration

Testing & Validation

• Lead and coordinate:

• Unit testing and integration testing for SAP HCM

• Payroll comparison and reconciliation cycles

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with client HR and Payroll teams

Ensure defects are analysed with a migrationfirst mindset (no unnecessary redesign)

Integration & Data Integrity

• Validate HCM integrations with:

• Finance (FI/CO) for payroll postings

• Time Management Systems

• SAP SuccessFactors or thirdparty HR applications

Support data consistency checks and reconciliation for master and transactional HCM data

Governance, Audit & Documentation

• Deliver auditready migration documentation, including:

• Configuration validation reports

• Payroll reconciliation evidence

• Test execution and signoff artifacts

Ensure compliance with US statutory, SOX, and internal audit requirements throughout the migration

• 10+ Years | SAP HCM with US Payroll

• SAP S/4HANA Brownfield Migration (ECC S/4HANA), SAP HCM Expertise

• 10+ years of SAP HCM experience with a strong focus on:

• Organizational Management (OM)

• Personnel Administration (PA)

• US Payroll

• Benefits Administration

Proven experience supporting ECC to S/4HANA Brownfield conversions

Payroll & Compliance

• Indepth knowledge of US payroll statutory and tax compliance
• Strong handson experience with payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, and posting logic
• Experience validating payroll results across system conversions

Consulting & Client Engagement

• Strong clientfacing skills with experience working in program governance and migration assurance roles
• Ability to communicate risks, impacts, and remediation strategies clearly to business stakeholders
• Experience working under strict cutover timelines and compliance expectations

Preferred Experience

• HCM for S/4HANA and ECC to S/4 migration exposure
• SAP Payroll Control Centre (PCC) experience
• Experience supporting regulated or auditintensive environments
• SAP HCM certification(s)