Job role overview
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Date posted
September 29, 2026
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Closing date
October 29, 2026
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Hiring location
Gauteng Johannesburg
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Experience
None
Description
Key Responsibilities
- Configure, support, and optimise US payroll schemas, rules, wage types, infotypes, and time evaluation components
- Provide end-to-end support for payroll runs, corrections, retro adjustments, and post-payroll activities
- Deliver Level 2 / Level 3 AMS support across incidents, service requests, problem management, and minor enhancements in line with agreed SLAs and KPIs
- Perform root cause analysis for payroll issues, recommending and implementing permanent fixes to reduce repeat incidents
- Design, implement, and support payroll interfaces with third-party vendors, finance systems, banks, and benefits providers
- Monitor and proactively manage interface failures, ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder communication
- Ensure payroll configuration remains fully compliant with US statutory and regulatory requirements, including timely implementation of SAP Notes and legal changes
- Assess legislative changes and advise on impact, risks, and required system changes
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation for system configuration, payroll processes, and integration design
- Support internal and external audits, applying segregation of duties, change controls, and approval workflows
- Work closely with HR, Finance, IM, and external vendors to resolve payroll issues and align on payroll-related changes
Skills Required
- SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP) configuration and support
- US country-specific payroll (SAP PY-US), including statutory, tax, and social insurance requirements
- Payroll schema and rules development, wage type configuration, and infotype management
- AMS incident, service request, problem, and change management
- Root cause analysis and permanent fix implementation
- Payroll interface and integration design with third-party systems
- US payroll legislation and ongoing statutory compliance
- Documentation, audit readiness, and governance controls
- Stakeholder engagement across HR, Finance, and external vendors
Job Qualifications
- SAP Employee Central Payroll certification or equivalent demonstrable experience with SAP ECP
- Proven AMS experience supporting Payroll in a Run & Maintain environment
- Experience with global payroll template rollouts with local US localisation advantageous
- Exposure to SuccessFactors Employee Central integration with ECP advantageous
- Experience supporting payroll in large, regulated enterprise environments (e.g. energy, chemicals, industrial) advantageous
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