SAP Functional Payroll Consultant

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Location: Hybrid (1 day onsite per week)

• The IT SAP Functional Consultant Level 3 provides SAP implementation services and acts as a lead consultant or specific role specified by BC Hydro to work on SAP projects and initiatives to support business operations in achieving BC Hydro’s organizational objectives.

Experience and Role Accountabilities

• A minimum seven (7) years of SAP implementation and support experience, which includes SAP project implementation, enhancement, and production support as well as integrating SAP with other enterprise applications.


• A minimum five (5) years of Program/Project Management, lead consultant, integration manager, or solution architecture experience in various industries.


• Lead a full cycle SAP implementation as solution architect/integration lead/expert consultants from project preparation through to cutover and go-live support while adhering to project methodology, standards, processes, and BC Hydro policies.


• Manage and execute project deliverables/activities of approved enterprise wide projects so that they are completed safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.


• Implement SAP solution and its integrations with other systems to successfully meet business/technology requirements.


• Lead business requirements analysis, project planning, solution design, fit-gap analysis, detailed functional design, and system configuration to meet BC Hydro requirements by following the BC Hydro standards/guidelines and industry leading practices.






• Document solutions per project requirements including functional/technical design/specification and other relevant supporting documentation to deliver the end solutions while collaborating with various resources and stakeholders to deliver various project deliverables.


• Provide professional guidance, advice, assistance, expertise, and knowledge transfers to relevant stakeholders as per project requirements.

Must Have Skills & Experience

• A minimum seven (7) years of SAP implementation and support experience, which includes SAP project implementation, enhancement, and production support as well as integrating SAP with other enterprise applications.


• Minimum 5 years of experience in SAP Payroll configuration and support.


• Strong experience with SAP Payroll Schemas and Personnel Calculation Rules (PCRs).


• Experience supporting payroll integrations and interfaces with third-party systems.


• Experience with retroactive accounting processing.


• Experience providing year-end payroll support.


• Experience working with SAP S/4HANA Payroll.


• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with SAP Payroll Control Centre (PCC).


• Experience serving as a Payroll Lead or Senior Functional Consultant.






• Experience supporting large enterprise payroll environments.


• Experience delivering payroll-related enhancements, upgrades, and process improvements.


• Experience working with diverse stakeholder groups including Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT.


• Experience with SF EC/S4 hybrid model.

Education and Skills

• SAP relevant certificate or bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Computer Science, Information Technology, Commerce, or Business Administration


• Expert in SAP area of responsibility required by BC Hydro for the role


• Exceptional SAP end to end implementation skills in the specified role from project initiation to production cutover and support


• Excellent skills in balancing SAP standard solutions and the right level of enhancements in addressing business and technology requirements


• Expert in configuration and designing custom reports, interfaces, conversion, enhancement, forms, workflow, and user interface


• Excellent understanding of implementation and support methodology for IT services


• Excellent business acumen and process design skills


• Project management and technical skills


• Excellent presentation, facilitation, communication and client management skills


• Knowledge of SAP utility industry and SAP cloud solutions, an asset


• Experience of recent SAP technology such as HANA, S4 is considered as an asset


• Knowledge of cloud solutions that complement SAP solution is an asset


• Excellent communication skills for professional environment, written and spoken