SAP HCM Consultant

Role:

Human Capital Management (HCM)

Location:

Houston, TX (Onsite)

Project:

Long Term Contract Must have:

SAP HCM, US

Payroll, Brownfield Migration, FIORI and Integration of Success Factors with

SAP ECC 6.0

Human Resources using BTP- Integration Suite / CPI.

Experience:

SAP HCM with

US Payroll Engagement Type:

SAP S/4HANA

Brownfield Migration (ECC S/4HANA) Role Overview 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.

Key Responsibilities 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

Required Experience & Skills:

SAP HCM Expertise 15+ 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) Value Delivered to the

Client:

Ensures payroll accuracy and statutory compliance during S/4HANA conversion Minimizes business disruption by retaining proven ECC HCM processes Reduces migration risk through structured validation and reconciliation Provides experienced leadership across critical HR and payroll functions Regards, Shravan Palle