SAP HCM Payroll Consultant at Excelia in Porto, Porto, Portugal

Excelia is a multinational Consulting, Technology, and Professional Services company with over 25 years of experience. We provide services across more than 50 countries in Europe, Latin America, and the United States, operating from our 10 own offices.

Do you have experience in SAP HCM and are you looking for a new challenge? Then this opportunity is for you!

🔹 Position: SAP HCM Payroll Consultant

📍 Location: Porto - 1x a week in the office

Key Responsibilities:

The position includes functional and technical support for SAP German payroll applications, with a focus on the stable operation, configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of payroll-related processes and systems.

• Support and maintenance of SAP German payroll applications, including analysis, configuration, testing of payroll-related system changes.

• Analysis of business requirements (e.g. workers council agreements, new labour law regulations, etc.) in the existing payroll environment and translation into suitable SAP application solutions.

• Troubleshooting and resolution of incidents and errors in payroll processes, interfaces, and related application components.

• Collaboration with HR, payroll, IT and other stakeholders to ensure reliable and compliant payroll operations.

Required Skills:

5+ years of proven experience as a SAP HCM Payroll Consultant.

Functional Skills

• Knowledge of SAP HCM Payroll or comparable SAP payroll solutions

• Understanding of payroll processes, payroll accounting, and related HR master data

• Ability to analyze german business requirements and translate them into functional SAP specifications

• Experience in testing, error analysis, incident handling, and documentation of application changes

• Basic understanding of interfaces to HR, time management, finance, and external payroll-related systems.

Technical Skills

• SAP HCM German Payroll configuration and customizing

• Payroll schemas, rules, wage types, and payroll-related configuration

• Posting interface to financial accounting (FI/CO integration)

• ALE technology for data exchange and integration between SAP systems

• Basic ABAP knowledge for analysis, debugging, and coordination of technical adjustments

Languages

• Fluency in German (mandatory).

• Fluency in English (mandatory).

If you think you could be a good fit, don't hesitate to apply for this opportunity! 😉