SAP Employee Central Payroll Manager

About the role

We are Accenture’s SAP practice, bringing the New to life using design thinking, agile development methodologies, and the latest smart tech like IoT, automation, and AI. We built myConcerto, a mix of SAP and Accenture that helps lead our clients to big wins. As a transformation maven, you’ll use your know-how to solve clients’ most complex business problems, helping their companies do more. You’ll work in teams, lead projects, and dive into workstreams configuring SAP solutions while traveling regularly to client sites.

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Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of large, complex technology projects using appropriate frameworks and collaborate with sponsors to manage scope and risk.
• Use your business smarts to kick-start transformation programs, whether domain- or platform-led.
• Show clients how they can use SAP to solve their business problems.
• Work in a team where you wear lots of hats—interacting with clients, managing workstreams, collaborating with other teams—and where you may need to take charge.
• Run the workstream and/or project activities you’ve been assigned.
• Drive profitability and continued success by managing service quality.
• Interact with all workstreams—technical, reports, conversion, change management, project management, and more.
• Tweak current methods, tools, and procedures to create solutions that meet clients’ needs.
• Check business requirements to find configuration solutions.
• Keep a record of requirements, solutions and impacts, alternatives, and final decisions.

Travel may be required for this role, ranging from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of SAP transformation, technical advisory, or consulting experience, or 8 years of equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum 3 years of Employee Central Payroll experience.
• Minimum of 1 full life-cycle SAP Payroll Cloud implementation.
• Minimum 1 year of experience as a Project, Large Workstream, or Client Lead on a large SAP transformational project with on- and off-shore resources.
• Certified in EC Payroll applications and Payroll module.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience (If an Associate’s Degree, 6 years of work experience).

Bonus Qualifications

• External consulting experience.
• Experience with SuccessFactors integration to Payroll.
• Strong understanding of benefits processes and interfaces.

Benefits

Accenture offers a market-competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here.

Pay

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Below are the annual salary ranges for this role by location:

• California: $94,400 to $266,300
• Cleveland: $87,400 to $213,000
• Colorado: $94,400 to $230,000
• District of Columbia: $100,500 to $245,000
• Illinois: $87,400 to $230,000
• Maine: $80,400 to $196,000
• Maryland: $94,400 to $230,000
• Massachusetts: $94,400 to $245,000
• Minnesota: $94,400 to $230,000
• New York: $87,400 to $266,300
• New Jersey: $100,500 to $266,300
• Virginia: $87,400 to $245,000
• Washington: $100,500 to $245,000

This job posting will remain open until 09/19/2026.