Senior Payroll Consultant
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Senior SAP SuccessFactors Consultant delivering Employee Central implementations and enhancements. Optimizing HR and payroll processes for UK, Ireland, and global Zalaris clients.
Responsibilities:
- Lead workshops and requirements-gathering sessions to help clients maximise the value of SuccessFactors solutions
- Support existing clients with workshops, fixes, solution recommendations, and advisory services
- Understand and document scope, requirements, processes, system configuration, testing plans, and related activities
- Prepare workbooks, blueprints, and test scripts
- Configure and customise SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
- Assist with HR environment setup across client landscapes, including cutover activities and instance migrations
- Coordinate configuration tasks with onshore and offshore teams
- Participate in testing cycles, identify defects, raise SAP support tickets, and manage defect resolution from build through post-go-live
- Deliver end-user training and create documentation
- Prepare and deliver knowledge-transfer sessions
- Collaborate with SuccessFactors specialists across the organisation
- Communicate with functional teams and customer stakeholders
- Contribute to transition of projects into support at project closure
- Produce final handover documentation for clients and the Zalaris support team
- Add value to customer deliveries in a customer-centric fashion
Requirements:
- At least 5 years of hands-on SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central experience, including leading and supporting delivery projects
- Proven full-cycle implementations
- Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken)
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central certification
- Experience in additional modules, such as Time Management, Onboarding, Compensation, or Performance & Goals, is a strong advantage
- Knowledge of SuccessFactors integration with SAP/ECP Payroll and replication processes is beneficial
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively
- A high level of accountability, especially when working under pressure
- Demonstrated commitment to problem-solving, with strong analytical and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently and in collaborative team environments
- Willingness to mentor and coach colleagues and contribute to team development
- Bachelor's degree is not required; true expertise is more important than a bachelor's degree
Benefits:
- Customer and Employee Referral schemes
- Occupational sick pay (8 weeks)
- Occupational maternity leave package (12 weeks)
- Life assurance (3x basic salary)
- Employer pensions contributions of 5%
- Bonus scheme with accelerators
- Private Medical Insurance (with option to add dependents)
- Employee education and apprenticeship opportunities (i.e. free SAP learning and/or relevant qualifications)
- Financial rewards for long service and achievements
- Free eye tests
- Monthly ZALOTTO! (£100 cash prize draw)
- An open and supportive working environment with like-minded, highly skilled consultants
- Work-life balance and flexibility ethos
- Strong leadership with an open-door policy
- Non-hierarchical approach to people management
- Company social and team bonding events
- Annual Leave Purchase scheme
- Additional leave for Long Service (+1d holiday from start of 5th year of service)
- Corporate branded merchandise
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