Senior SAP HCM Consultant

Experience: 5+ years in SAP HCM with hands-on PA, Payroll & Time Management

Location: Kochi (onsite)

Indian payroll experience is mandatory

Budget: Max 20lpa

What you can expect from the job

 Lead design and configuration of HR master data structures — Personnel Areas, Subareas,

Employee Groups/Subgroups, and organisational assignments.

 Configure Infotypes across the employee lifecycle (hiring, transfers, promotions, separations,

rehires) and design Personnel Actions and Dynamic Actions.

 Configure enterprise/HR organisational structure and integrate PA with Organisational

Management (position management, reporting structure, vacancy management).

 Manage HR data security, including authorisation profiles and structural authorisations for sensitive data access.

 Design and configure end-to-end payroll processes — schema, PCRs (Personnel Calculation

Rules), wage type catalogues, and payroll cycle management.

 Implement statutory compliance for Indian payroll (PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Income Tax/TDS,

Gratuity, Labour Welfare Fund) and manage off-cycle and retroactive payroll runs.

 Configure Bank Transfer (DME) processes and integrate payroll with FI/CO (symbolic accounts,

posting documents, reconciliation); troubleshoot payroll errors and schema issues.

 Design and configure Time Management — work schedules, holiday calendars,

absence/attendance types, counting rules, and quota generation.

 Set up Time Evaluation (schema TM00/TM04), configure positive/negative time recording, and implement CATS for project-based time recording.

 Lead requirements workshops and blueprint sessions; produce functional design specs,

configuration workbooks, test scripts, and training materials.

 Manage workstreams through go-live and hypercare,



support UAT and cutover activities, and mentor junior HCM consultants.

What will help you do the job well

Must-have skills/ characteristics

 5+ years of SAP HCM functional experience across at least 2 full-cycle implementations or major rollout projects.

 Full mastery of enterprise and personnel structure (Personnel Area, Subarea, Employee

Group/Subgroup, Pay Scale) and comprehensive Infotype knowledge.

 Experience configuring Personnel Actions, Agile Actions, and HR workflows, along with structural and role-based authorisations.

 Integration experience with Organisational Management (OM) and ESS/MSS portals.

 Minimum 3 years of hands-on SAP Payroll configuration, including schema and PCR development (reading, writing, and debugging).

 Deep knowledge of Indian statutory payroll — PF, ESI, PT, Income Tax, TDS, Gratuity, and Bonus

Act compliance.

 Strong hands-on Time Management configuration — work schedules, absence/attendance types, counting rules, quota management, and Time Evaluation.

 Experience with S/4HANA migration and payslip design/configuration using SmartForms or SAP

Adobe Forms.

Other desirable skills/characteristics (2-4 points preferred)

 Experience with SAP SuccessFactors — Employee Central or Payroll integration (EC-Payroll).

 Knowledge of HCM for S/4HANA, including the Fiori-based HR experience and HCM processes on S/4HANA.

 Exposure to international payroll — GCC (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain) or African payroll configurations.

 Basic ABAP reading skills, with the ability to trace payroll schemas and PCRs independently.

ISMS roles and responsibilities

 Fair understanding of Information Security practices.

 Align to the organization policies and procedures.

 Ensure to get updated with ISMS roles as assigned by the department/process heads.

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