SAP Payroll Consultant

Ready to own German payroll projects end-to-end? Join ASW Solution GmbH as a SAP Payroll Consultant with a specialized SAP consultancy focused on SAP SuccessFactors and SAP HCM, serving clients across the DACH region . Their focus is deliberately narrow: HR Core, Payroll and Time, covering the full hire-to-retire process from architecture through implementation to application management.

ASW Solution GmbH offers senior consultants a genuine sparring partner environment rather than isolated project work. You'll work alongside experts in the same field, never standing alone on a topic, while helping shape a growing company of about 20 people with real opportunities to grow into solution architecture, team lead, or practice-building roles.

This role combines deep payroll expertise with migration project leadership, where you'll design German payroll solutions, implement statutory reporting, and guide clients through complex migrations from SAP HCM to ECP or H4S4.

Key responsibilities

• Payroll Design: Design, customize, and test German payroll in SAP HCM (on-premise, H4S4) and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) - wage types, schemas, personnel calculation rules, valuation bases, cumulations
• Statutory Reporting: Implement statutory reporting and certification procedures (DEÜV, contribution statements, ELStAM, electronic wage tax certificate, eAU, rvBEA, EEL, AAG, Zahlstellenmeldeverfahren)
• Special Topics: Handle company pensions, deferred compensation, supplementary pensions (VBL/ZVK), partial retirement, garnishment, company cars, and benefits in kind
• Migration Leadership: Plan and run migrations from SAP HCM on-premise to ECP or H4S4, including parallel payroll runs and reconciliation
• Integration Configuration: Configure EC to ECP integration (point-to-point replication, mapping, error analysis in replication monitor)
• System Setup: Set up Payroll Control Center, FI/CO posting, and SEPA payment media
• Legal Compliance: Implement legal changes (HR Support Packages, SAP notes) and year-end processes
• Client Engagement: Lead workshops, write functional and test concepts, support acceptance testing
• Mentorship: Coach junior consultants and transfer knowledge to key users

Candidate requirements

• Payroll Experience: 4+ years project experience in German payroll with SAP HCM Payroll
• Technical Depth: Solid understanding of payroll schemas (D000), PCRs, retro calculation, and payroll results (cluster RD, tables RT/CRT/BT)
• Regulatory Knowledge: Sound knowledge of German wage tax and social security law and electronic reporting
• Project Experience: At least one full implementation or migration project with go-live and parallel payroll
• Language Requirements: Business-fluent German (C1+), good English

Desirable (but not required):

• ECP and EC-ECP integration experience
• Employee Central knowledge (data model, event reasons, foundation objects)
• Public sector (TVöD, TV-L) or collective agreement experience
• Austrian or Swiss payroll exposure
• ABAP reading skills
• Payroll Control Center and time-to-payroll integration experience

Benefits and perks

• Compensation: EUR 60,000 - 80,000 gross per year, bonus possible for strong performers
• Expert Team: Work with senior colleagues who are experts in the same field - you're never alone on a topic
• Growth Opportunity: Shape a growing company of ~20 people with room for solution architecture, team lead, or practice-building roles
• Flat Structure: Direct access to Managing Director and CIO with short decision paths
• Transparency: Weekly team meetings on projects and company development
• Work-Life Balance: No hours race - flexible working hours suited to colleagues with families
• Fully Remote: Work within the EU with only ~10% travel required
• Time Off: 30 days annual leave
• Performance Recognition: Bonus potential for strong performers
• Professional Development: Training and SAP certifications supported
• Equipment: Laptop, monitor, smartphone, and headset provided (also for private use)