People + payroll
Employee Central, time and payroll share one record. They rarely share one specialist.
SuccessFactors and SAP HCM specialists across Employee Central, time, payroll, compensation and talent, including hybrid landscapes still running on-premise payroll.
- 01Employee
- 02Employee Central
- 03Time
- 04Payroll
- 05Downstream integration
Where the experience sits, and who it means.
Select an area to see the roles it usually calls for, or a role to see the areas behind it.
Where the experience sits
Roles it usually means
SuccessFactors & HCM, area by area.
The specifics behind each part of the landscape, and the roles each one usually needs.
Employee Central
The employee record everything else depends on.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- EC functional lead
- Integration specialist
- HCM to EC migration lead
Time
Where hours become pay.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Time consultant
Payroll
Gross-to-net, statutory reporting and year-end.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Payroll lead
Compensation and talent
The modules built around the record.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Compensation consultant
- Recruiting / learning consultant
SAP HCM
On-premise HCM and hybrid landscapes.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Payroll lead
- HCM to EC migration lead
HR integration
Benefits, payroll vendors and clocks decide go-live dates.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Integration specialist
Trace it through a business process.
Illustrative relationships, not a client system architecture. Select a process to trace it through.
- EC functional lead
- Payroll lead
- Time consultant
- Integration specialist
Employee Central and payroll touch the same employee record and usually need different people.
Questions worth asking before the shortlist.
Is payroll moving to Employee Central Payroll, or staying on-premise?
Hybrid payroll needs replication and on-premise payroll knowledge, not only EC configuration.
Which countries are in the payroll scope?
US, Canadian and Indian payroll each carry their own localization, statutory reporting and year-end.
Where does time live?
Time tracking in SuccessFactors and time evaluation on-premise are different specialisms.
Who owns the integrations?
Benefits, third-party payroll and clock interfaces usually decide the go-live date.
Connected expertise
SAP capabilities
How teams usually engage us for SuccessFactors & HCM.
One specialist, more capacity inside your practice, or a connected team for a phase.
Specialist hire
Contract or permanent. One role where the SAP detail decides the hire.
Fits whenA program is blocked on one hard-to-find skill, like an FI-CA lead ahead of cutover.
Team augmentation
Functional and technical capacity inside your own SAP organization.
Fits whenYour practice owns delivery and needs more people on a known plan.
Project team
A connected group around one workstream or phase.
Fits whenSeveral related skills need to start together, like PP, QM and EWM for a plant rollout.
Defined delivery
A scoped body of SAP work with agreed outputs, under SOW.
Fits whenThe output can be specified up front and you want accountability for the deliverable.
Tell us where the SuccessFactors & HCM work gets difficult.
Tell us the process, the landscape and when you need people in place. We’ll come back with questions about the detail.
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