Job Description: Senior Consultant — Employee Central (BAU/AMS)
Role Purpose:
Own and operate the steady-state landscape for SuccessFactors Employee Central by delivering reliable L2/L3 support, maintaining configuration health, executing controlled changes, and ensuring compliance, performance, and stakeholder satisfaction under formal SLAs.
Key Responsibilities:
Triage, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents and service requests (P1–P4) across EC.
Execute change requests for minor enhancements and fixes following change control.
Drive problem management: root cause analysis, preventive and corrective actions.
Maintain a clear knowledge base, runbooks, and support SOPs.
Configuration and Data Stewardship
Maintain and adjust EC configuration: Foundation Objects, MDF objects, Business Rules, Workflows, Event Reasons, Position Management, Picklists, and Role-Based Permissions.
Perform data loads and mass updates using standard import templates; handle data corrections with audit traceability.
Ensure data quality through validations, spot checks, and reconciliation.
Release and Testing
Lead release readiness and impact assessments for SuccessFactors releases.
Own regression test planning and execution; coordinate UAT and sign-offs.
Validate and migrate transports/configuration across environments with appropriate documentation.
Integrations and Security
Monitor and resolve inbound/outbound integration issues with HR, payroll, and downstream systems; coordinate with middleware teams (e.g., SAP Integration Suite/CPI).
Maintain RBP roles, groups, and permission policies; enforce least-privilege and segregation of duties.
Support IAS/IPS identity and SSO-related BAU activities where applicable.
Compliance and Audit
Ensure adherence to data privacy and retention policies (e.g., DRTM), audit requirements, and internal controls.
Provide evidence for audits, including change logs, test results, and access reviews.
Stakeholder and Vendor Management
Serve as the primary functional point of contact for HR operations and business users.
Provide status reporting, SLA dashboards, and improvement plans.
Mentor junior analysts; conduct knowledge transfer and training sessions.
Must-Have Skills
Deep hands-on expertise in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central: Foundation Objects, MDF, Business Rules, Workflows, Event Reason derivation
RBP and Security administration
Position Management and Event handling
Data models, picklists, imports, and configuration workbooks
Strong BAU/AMS experience:
Incident, Service Request, Problem, and Change Management (ITIL)
Test planning, regression testing, UAT support, and release readiness
Documentation excellence and audit traceability
Monitoring and triage for EC-centric interfaces; coordinate with middleware/integration teams
Tools:
Admin Center and, where applicable, Provisioning
ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, Remedy)
Reporting using Story/Canvas/Ad Hoc for support analytics
SuccessFactors modules adjacent to EC: Time Off, Time Sheet, Onboarding
Payroll touchpoints: ECP or third-party payroll integration
Middleware: SAP Integration Suite/CPI; basic API knowledge
Identity services: IAS/IPS (SSO, user provisioning)
Data privacy: Data Retention Time Management (DRTM)
Certification: SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central; ITIL Foundation
Experience
5–9+ years in HRIS/SAP HCM with at least 3+ years in EC-focused BAU/AMS
Experience operating in multi-country, multi-legal-entity environments
Track record of owning SLA-driven support with measurable improvements
Participation in at least 2 full lifecycle implementations or major rollouts is a plus
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, HR, or related field
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