Senior SAP/SF Payroll Support Analyst

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A Principal Payroll Analyst will lead functional and configuration support for SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (EC Payroll), ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing across the organization. This senior, hands-on role partners with HRIS, Finance, Tax, and shared services to design, configure, troubleshoot, test, and optimize payroll processes and integrations.

Responsibilities: 

• Serve as the primary functional lead and subject matter expert (SME) for SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll configuration and operations.
• Configure payroll rules, schemas, info types, pay components, pay run controls, and payroll areas within SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll and connected systems.
• Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into functional specifications, configuration changes, and technical designs.
• Manage end-to-end payroll change requests: assess impacts, design solutions, configure changes, and vali-date results.
• Oversee payroll integrations (time systems, benefits, general ledger, banking, third-party payroll providers) — define interfaces, map fields, and coordinate with integration/technical teams.
• Troubleshoot complex payroll issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to pre-vent recurrence.
• Plan and execute payroll testing (unit, integration, parallel, regression) for major releases, patches, and pro-cess changes; create test scripts and coordinate testing with stakeholders.
• Maintain detailed documentation: payroll configurations, process flows, business rules, release notes, and operational runbooks.
• Provide production support during payroll cycles, including off-cycle/pay corrections, audit support, and esca-lations.
• Lead cross-functional payroll projects (global rollouts, major upgrades, process improvements) and mentor junior payroll analysts.
• Ensure payroll processes comply with local, state, federal, and statutory regulations; partner with Tax/Compliance to incorporate regulatory changes into configuration.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives: automation opportunities, process standardization, and adoption of best practices.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer to HR, payroll operations, and shared services teams.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).  
• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience with increasing responsibility; significant experience supporting enterprise payroll systems.   
• 3+ years of hands-on functional/configuration experience with SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (EC Payroll)   
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, tax rules, deductions, retroactive pay, off-cycle processing, year-end activities, and payroll accounting.     
• Experience with payroll integrations (middleware, APIs, flat-file interfaces) and general ledger mappings.   
• Proven track record of troubleshooting payroll issues, performing root-cause analysis, and implementing fixes.    
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing payroll testing (parallel runs, regression).     
• Strong documentation and business analysis skills; ability to create functional specifications.  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to present complex technical topics to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones and coordinate with global payroll teams.
• High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and compliance
• Experience implementing or supporting multinational/global payroll environments preferred.
• Familiarity with payroll tax engines, wage compliance services, and third-party payroll providers preferred.
• Experience with reporting tools (e.g., SuccessFactors reporting, Power BI, or similar) preferred. 

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.