SAP ECP / EC Payroll QA Test Analyst

Job Title: SAP ECP / EC Payroll QA Test Analyst – Integration Experience

Experience: 5+ Years

Work Location: Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, or Gurgaon

Work Mode: Hybrid

Shift Timing: 2:00 PM–11:00 PM IST

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced SAP ECP / Employee Central Payroll QA Test Analyst with 5+ years of payroll domain experience and strong hands-on experience in US Payroll and integration testing.

The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP), US Payroll processing, EC-to-ECP integrations, payroll interfaces, parallel testing, and end-to-end QA execution. The candidate will be responsible for executing test scenarios across SIT, UAT, regression, parallel payroll, and integration testing cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute test cases and test scripts for SAP ECP / EC Payroll across SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and parallel testing cycles.
• Test end-to-end US Payroll scenarios, including gross-to-net calculations, federal/state/local taxes, garnishments, retro processing, and off-cycle payroll.
• Perform Employee Central-to-ECP integration testing, validating employee master, compensation, organizational, and position data replication.
• Test payroll interfaces including ACH/NACHA bank files, GL postings, Time & Attendance feeds, and third-party payroll vendor integrations.
• Execute payroll parallel runs and compare legacy payroll results with ECP results, documenting and analyzing variances.
• Validate US payroll tax calculations and BSI TaxFactory results across federal, state, and local tax scenarios.
• Execute year-end payroll testing, including W-2 and W-2c validation, where applicable.
• Review test scripts and scenarios, identify coverage gaps, and ensure adequate testing of business-critical payroll processes.
• Log, track, and retest defects with detailed payroll-specific information such as wage types, pay periods, employee populations, replication steps, and expected results.
• Analyze payroll variances and support functional teams in root-cause identification and defect resolution.
• Prepare and maintain test evidence, execution reports, defect logs, and QA documentation.
• Coordinate with functional, technical, integration, and business teams during testing and defect-triage activities.
• Provide regular testing status, highlight risks and blockers, and ensure timely completion of assigned test cycles.
• Support cutover, go-live, hypercare, and post-production validation activities as required.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of total Payroll domain experience in SAP HCM Payroll and/or SAP ECP.

• Mandatory hands-on experience in US Payroll, including federal/state/local tax processing, wage types, BSI TaxFactory, garnishments, retro, off-cycle payroll, and W-2 processing.

• 2+ years of hands-on integration testing / SIT experience on SAP HCM, SuccessFactors, or ECP programs.

• Strong experience in:

• SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP)

• SuccessFactors Employee Central

• EC-to-ECP replication

• US Payroll processing

• Payroll integration testing

• Parallel payroll testing

• Good understanding of payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, payroll control record, and payroll log analysis.

• Experience testing integrations across EC-to-ECP, Payroll-to-GL, Payroll-to-Bank, and Time-to-Payroll interfaces.

• Hands-on experience testing ACH/NACHA files, GL interfaces, Time & Attendance feeds, and third-party payroll integrations.

• Experience with defect-management tools such as JIRA, HP ALM/Quality Center, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.

• Ability to accurately execute test scripts, document results, identify payroll variances, and communicate defects clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

• Strong communication, documentation, stakeholder-management, and collaboration skills.