Senior Managing Consultant - SuccessFactors Payroll (m/w/d)

Senior Managing Consultant – SuccessFactors Payroll (m/w/d)

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A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long‑term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You will work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. In this role, you will be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• Solution Consulting & Design
  
  • Lead discovery workshops focused on payroll processes, compliance, and operational needs.
  • Translate business and legislative requirements into functional designs for ECP and related modules.
  • Design payroll process flows, calculations, and rules to meet organizational and country‑specific needs.
  • Ensure payroll configuration aligns with SAP best practices and statutory compliance.
  • Define scope and estimate efforts for implementations based on client requirements.
• Implementation Leadership
  
  • Serve as the functional lead for Payroll workstreams in large‑scale SuccessFactors programs.
  • Manage end‑to‑end delivery, including requirements capture, system configuration, testing, payroll parallel runs, training, deployment, and go‑live support.
  • Oversee and guide implementation partners and internal configuration teams.
  • Support change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption of new payroll processes.
• Compliance & Risk Management
  
  • Ensure payroll solutions adhere to country‑specific legislation, tax regulations, and reporting requirements.
  • Implement controls, validations, and audit processes within the payroll system.
  • Advise stakeholders on risk mitigation strategies related to payroll operations.
• Client Engagement & Advisory
  
  • Act as the trusted advisor for payroll transformation, process improvement, and technology adoption.
  • Present solution options, impact analysis, and recommendations to senior business and HR leaders.
  • Facilitate payroll‑specific training sessions and knowledge transfer workshops.
• Integration & Data Considerations
  
  • Define and oversee integration design between ECP and other systems such as Employee Central, Time & Attendance, Finance/ERP, and third‑party benefits or payroll providers.
  • Ensure data accuracy and integrity across payroll and HR systems.
  • Work with middleware tools (e.g., SAP Cloud Platform Integration) to configure secure and reliable data flows.
• Release & Continuous Improvement
  
  • Monitor SAP SuccessFactors release updates relevant to payroll and assess applicability.
  • Recommend adoption of enhancements to improve efficiency, compliance, or user experience.
  • Lead post‑implementation optimization initiatives.
• Knowledge Sharing & Mentoring
  
  • Mentor junior payroll consultants and configuration specialists.
  • Contribute to internal best practice documentation, tools, and templates.
  • Support pre‑sales activities, including proposals, demonstrations, and scoping exercises.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8–10+ years of payroll experience, with at least 5+ years in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. Experience in SAP HCM and H4S4 Payroll and Time Management are beneficial.
• Proven track record in multi‑country payroll implementations and support.
• Deep understanding of payroll and time management processes, compliance frameworks, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Experience with payroll integrations to time management, HR core systems, and finance applications.
• Excellent workshop facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across business and technical teams to deliver complex solutions.
• Language skills: Fluent in written and spoken English and German.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, as well as mental flexibility.
• Strong ability to analyse situations and solve problems.
• Willingness to work on‑site with our customers.

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