SAP SuccessFactors Payroll; ECP) Consultant Job Phoenix area,Arizona USA,IT/Tech

Position: SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Consultant
Accountabilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of SAP Success Factors Payroll consultants across implementation, optimization, and support engagements, fostering technical excellence and professional growth.
Serve as the senior subject matter expert for SAP Success Factors Employee Central Payroll (ECP), providing solution leadership and technical guidance across multiple client projects.
Establish and maintain consulting standards, delivery methodologies, quality controls, and best practices for SAP payroll solutions.
Oversee staffing, resource planning, team development, and consultant performance management to support effective delivery and continuous improvement.
Act as an escalation point for complex payroll configuration, integration, calculation, and compliance challenges.
Lead the design, configuration, implementation, and optimization of SAP Success Factors ECP solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
Review and guide payroll schemas, rules, wage types, payroll calculation logic, retroactive accounting, and country-specific payroll configurations.
Oversee full-cycle implementations, including discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
Advise clients on payroll transformation strategies, technology roadmaps, system enhancements, and opportunities to improve payroll operations through automation and SAP best practices.
Conduct solution reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure project deliverables meet functional, technical, and compliance standards.
Build and maintain trusted client relationships, facilitating workshops, solution design sessions, and executive-level discussions with HR, payroll, finance, and IT stakeholders.
Present solution recommendations, project risks, and implementation options to client leadership and project sponsors, supporting informed decision-making.
Contribute to business development initiatives, including proposals, solution estimations, client presentations, and pre-sales activities.
Oversee payroll technology enhancements, upgrades, system releases, and platform optimization initiatives.
Guide integration design and troubleshooting across Employee Central, ECP, benefits, time management, finance, and third-party applications.
Direct payroll testing strategies, defect resolution, deployment activities, and system performance reviews to ensure data integrity and reporting accuracy.
Partner with managed payroll services teams to resolve escalated technology issues involving payroll configuration, calculation logic, retro activity, and system behavior.
Support client transitions from implementation projects to managed services, ensuring continuity of technical knowledge and effective ongoing support.
Monitor payroll regulatory developments and SAP Success Factors innovations, translating relevant changes into system configuration recommendations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
At least seven years of SAP Payroll experience, including substantial hands-on expertise with SAP Success Factors Employee Central Payroll (ECP).
At least three years of people leadership experience managing consulting, implementation, or support teams.
Deep technical knowledge of payroll schemas, payroll rules, wage types, payroll processing logic, retroactive accounting, and advanced troubleshooting.
Proven experience leading SAP ECP implementations, system upgrades, payroll transformation initiatives, or managed services engagements.
Strong understanding of payroll compliance requirements and the ability to translate regulatory obligations…