Senior SAP Payroll Functional Analyst

About the Role

Join as a Senior SAP Payroll Functional Analyst with primary responsibility for managing the SAP Payroll and Time & Attendance systems supporting Irish and UK payroll functions. This role serves as a bridge among HR, Payroll, and IT teams, ensuring the translation of business needs into functional and technical requirements while spearheading system improvements and compliance initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product Owner to identify critical security and compliance needs, such as GDPR-sensitive data considerations, coordinating with internal subject matter experts and product teams to implement solutions.
• Assume full system ownership of the SAP Payroll application, encompassing administration, maintenance, release and upgrade management, incident resolution, compliance adherence, and managing approved enhancements or projects.
• Ensure payroll systems remain current with legal updates, release notes, and compliance guidelines relevant to country-specific regulations.
• Provide application support addressing payroll and time & attendance issues in collaboration with both internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Advise technical teams including developers and testers on expected system behaviors to facilitate effective delivery of technical solutions.
• Assist the Product Owner in shaping product strategy by eliciting and managing detailed business requirements, including defining features, user stories, and designing technology-enabled business use cases.
• Offer guidance to business units on the technological, cost, and complexity implications of business process decisions to support informed choices.
• Conduct functional testing of implemented solutions and technical upgrades to verify alignment with business requirements.
• Coordinate configuration release management activities in accordance with established policies.
• Create and maintain user guides and training materials; train power users, key users, and support teams to promote product adoption and effective maintenance.
• Support the identification and implementation of automation opportunities to enhance process efficiency within product teams.
• Develop and sustain comprehensive documentation detailing system architecture, configurations, integrations, processes, and bespoke developments.

Essential Requirements

• Over 5 years' experience in SAP Payroll and Time & Attendance, preferably in a supply manufacturing setting.
• Robust knowledge of SAP ERP systems, procurement workflows, and IT development methodologies.
• Proven expertise in system integration, process automation, and change management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to interpret data and offer actionable insights.
• Effective communication skills suitable for collaborations across multiple stakeholder levels.
• Experience managing IT projects, especially within procurement or supply chain contexts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Coordination and facilitation experience is advantageous.

Additional Information

Positions are permanent with a hybrid working model based in Dublin or Kilkenny, Ireland. Candidates must hold an EU or UK passport or have a valid Stamp 4 visa or Stamp 1G Spousal permission and must reside in Ireland. The role involves managing payroll operations across Irish and UK systems, offering a competitive salary range of €80,000 to €95,000 annually.