Employee Central Consultant - SAP SuccessFactors

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ABOUT ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL Abdul Latif Jameel… a place to realize your potential. Through Respect, Continuous Improvement, Pioneering Spirit, and Empowerment, we are proud of our culture which sees ideas blossom, people thrive and success flourish. Abdul Latif Jameel is a global investor and 80-year-old network of internationally diversified businesses shaping the future of core sectors driving the global economy including, Mobility, Energy, Environmental Services, Financial Services and Health; together with land & real estate development, logistics, electronics retailing and media services. Established in 1945 Abdul Latif Jameel has a presence in more than 35 countries employing over 11,000 people from more than 85 nationalities. About The Role Support the end-to-end implementation and rollout of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central across multiple countries. Working under the Senior EC Consultant, the role converts approved designs into accurate configuration, data, test, integration, cutover, and support deliverables. The initial priority is Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom, followed by Algeria, Spain, China, and Japan. The consultant will apply the approved global template, implement assigned country requirements, raise design gaps promptly, and maintain complete evidence for review and sign-off. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES • Participate in discovery, fit-to-standard, localization, data, integration, security, payroll, testing, cutover, and support workshops; record requirements, actions, decisions, and open points accurately. • Configure assigned Foundation Objects, associations, picklists, Generic Objects/MDF, Corporate and HRIS Data Models, country-specific fields, effective-dated behavior, and UI elements in line with approved designs. • Configure and unit-test business rules, workflows, event reasons, event derivation, alerts, notifications, validations, and approval routing for assigned hire-to-retire processes. • Configure Position Management, organizational structures, position/job relationships, synchronization, incumbency or vacancy controls, and position-based workflows as assigned. • Configure People Profile sections, field visibility, labels, UI rules, country variants, and employee/manager experiences. • Configure Time Off and absence components where in scope, including time types, holiday calendars, work schedules, eligibility, accrual rules, workflows, and interface dependencies under senior review. • Configure Role-Based Permissions, permission groups, target populations, delegated access, and privacy controls according to the approved security design; execute positive and negative access tests. • Develop standard operational, audit, data-quality, workflow, and reconciliation reports and support Story or analytics reporting where enabled. • Maintain configuration workbooks, design traceability, release records, test evidence, issue logs, user/admin guides, and support documentation. • Support configuration promotion and release/transport activities across environments, including dependency checks, change logs, regression validation, and post-deployment verification. Geographic Scope Phase 1 — priority: Italy, Poland, United Kingdom. Configure and test assigned priority-country scope under senior guidance. Direct EC implementation exposure in one or more priority countries is strongly preferred. Phase 2 — extension: Algeria, Spain, China, Japan. Apply the approved template, support local discovery, configure validated requirements, document deviations, and support country testing and deployment. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERINCE • Bachelor’s degree (or recognized equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline is mandatory. • Current SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central certification is mandatory and must be valid/verifiable at the time of submission and throughout the engagement, subject to SAP certification-maintenance requirements. • Typically 4–7 years of SAP HCM and/or SAP SuccessFactors experience, including at least 3 years of recent hands-on Employee Central implementation and configuration experience. • Minimum two full-cycle Employee Central implementations with meaningful hands-on responsibility across configuration, data, testing, cutover, and hypercare. • Demonstrable multi-country EC delivery exposure; direct experience in Italy, Poland, and/or the United Kingdom is strongly preferred, with Algeria, Spain, China, and/or Japan advantageous. • Working knowledge of employee lifecycle processes, effective dating, organization and position data, payroll touchpoints, security, privacy, data quality, and integration concepts. • Ability to follow solution standards, manage assigned work independently, provide accurate status, meet deadlines, and escalate issues with clear evidence and options. • Professional English communication and documentation skills; relevant country language capability is advantageous. Mandatory Hands-on Skills EC core - Foundation Objects; MDF/Generic Objects; Corporate and HRIS Data Models; associations; picklists; effective dating; country fields and UI configuration. Rules & workflows - Business rules; workflows; event reasons; event derivation; notifications; validations; approvals; troubleshooting and unit testing. Organization & profile - Position Management; organizational structures; People Profile; synchronization; field visibility and delegated access. Security & reporting - RBP; permission groups; target populations; privacy-aware access testing; operational, audit and reconciliation reporting. Data & testing - Migration templates; mappings; loads; validation; reconciliation; test scripts; SIT/UAT support; defect reproduction and retesting. Integration support - IAS/IPS; SAML/SSO; AD/Entra ID; OData/APIs; Integration Center; CSV/SFTP; mapping, testing, troubleshooting and runbooks. Deployment support - Release/transport tasks; cutover checklists; smoke tests; hypercare; incident analysis; documentation and knowledge transfer. Preferred Skills & Certifications • Hands-on Time Off configuration experience and/or current SAP SuccessFactors Time Management certification. • Employee Central Payroll or SAP HCM payroll integration experience; related payroll certification is advantageous. • SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration familiarity and experience supporting API, Integration Center, and secure file interfaces. • Experience with SuccessFactors reporting/analytics, data-retention management, audit controls, and multilingual deployments. • Experience supporting change management, administrator training, end-user guidance, and transition to managed services or internal support. • Reliable delivery: plans assigned work, meets commitments, maintains accurate status, and communicates blockers before they affect milestones. • Quality mindset: tests thoroughly, checks effective-dated and country-specific behavior, documents evidence, and corrects review findings promptly. • Collaboration: works constructively with the Senior Consultant, functional peers, technical teams, vendors, country stakeholders, and business users. • Problem solving: reproduces issues, examines configuration/data/integration evidence, identifies likely causes, and proposes practical next steps. • Professional judgment: protects confidential employee data, follows governance, and escalates decisions that exceed assigned authority. WHY JOIN ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL Set up business from ground. Be part of a globally respected, family-owned organization with 80 years of pioneering historyWork across diverse cultures and geographies with real international exposure Join a people-first culture built on Respect, Continuous Improvement, Pioneering Spirit, and Empowerment READY TO MAKE YOUR MARK? If you are ready to grow, contribute, and realize your potential within one of the region's most respected organizations — we would love to hear from you. Apply now! Show more