SAP Payroll and Time Lead

We are looking for an experienced Senior SAP Payroll & Time Lead to take end‐to‐end ownership of the Payroll and Time workstream on a major ECC to S/4HANA (H4S4) technical migration.

This is a senior, client‐facing role, requiring deep SAP HCM Payroll & Time expertise, proven migration delivery experience, and the ability to lead stakeholders through a complex transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the SAP Payroll & Time workstream across the full migration lifecycle: design, build, testing, cutover and hypercare
• Act as the primary functional SME for Payroll & Time, providing best‐practice guidance for S/4HANA / H4S4
• Lead impact assessment and solution design for Payroll & Time in the move from SAP ECC to H4S4
• Work closely with technical, integration and Basis teams to ensure data readiness, system stability and migration success
• Oversee payroll data validation and reconciliation activities, including parallel payroll runs, to ensure accuracy, control and compliance
• Manage senior stakeholders, providing clear status reporting, driving issue resolution and supporting decision‐making
• Identify and mitigate functional risks, issues and dependencies across the Payroll & Time domain
• Ensure compliance with UK payroll legislation and client‐specific payroll/time policies and controls
• Govern and support testing activities (SIT, UAT) and payroll‐specific validation and assurance cycles

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive hands‐on experience in SAP HCM Payroll and Time Management (UK payroll strongly preferred)
• Proven track record delivering SAP S/4HANA (H4S4) and/or ECC technical migration programmes
• Deep knowledge of SAP payroll schemas, rules, time evaluation and payroll integrations
• Strong experience in payroll data migration, reconciliation and parallel payroll testing
• Confident, client‐facing leader able to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in complex, regulated, governance‐driven delivery environments

This role is suited to a senior SAP professional who can combine detailed functional expertise with leadership of a critical workstream in a large‐scale S/4HANA migration.