SAP HR ABAP Developer
$31,200,000–$52,000,000 year
HybridPune, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary
Assess legacy SAP ECC/HCM custom code and produce remediation recommendations aligned to the SuccessFactors target state. Design, build, test, and document custom HR-ABAP developments including infotypes, BAdIs, and payroll functions while coordinating with functional teams. Execute data migration programs and conversion routines to move master data into Employee Central, ensuring validation and reconciliation. Develop and support 60+ CPI interfaces for payroll and non-payroll data replication between on-premise SAP and the cloud. Build custom reporting for UK statutory compliance and pension scheme returns. Prepare unit test evidence, support system integration testing, and resolve defects through go-live and hypercare. Produce technical documentation and knowledge-transfer materials for the client's Centre of Excellence. Collaborate daily with onshore UK leads during overlap hours to support architecture assurance and code reviews.
Required Qualifications
- 6-10 years experience
- SAP HR-ABAP development experience
- SAP ECC / SAP HCM payroll landscapes experience
- Custom development against HR infotypes, payroll clusters and the PNP/PNPCE logical databases
- Enhancements using BAdIs, user exits and the enhancement framework
- Data migration and conversion program development for HR/payroll data
- Interface development for payroll and HR data, inbound and outbound
- Support of UK payroll and statutory reporting requirements
- Working within large, complex, multi-workstream transformation programmes
- Strong hands-on SAP HR-ABAP development experience
- HR-specific ABAP: PNP / PNPCE logical databases, HR macros, infotype programming, cluster tables (PCL1-PCL4) and payroll results structures
- Custom infotypes, dynamic actions, features and text handling
- Enhancement techniques: BAdIs, user exits, customer exits, enhancement framework, implicit enhancements
- Reporting: ALV, classical and interactive reporting over HR/payroll data
- Interfaces: IDocs, proxies, file interfaces, and integration with middleware
- Data migration tooling: LSMW, BDC, BAPIs and custom load programs
- Core ABAP: strong foundations in Object-Oriented ABAP, ABAP Dictionary, performance tuning, and debugging complex payroll-related developments
- SAP HR / Payroll module understanding: solid functional awareness of Personnel Administration (PA), Organisational Management (OM), Payroll (PY) and Time Management (PT)
- UK payroll domain understanding: working knowledge of the UK payroll statutory landscape the programme serves, including HMRC/RTI, PAYE, National Insurance, pension auto-enrolment and BACS
- Prior exposure to UK payroll from an offshore delivery role
- Integration awareness: familiarity with SAP Cloud Integration (CPI) / SAP Integration Suite and integration patterns between SAP on-premise and SuccessFactors
- Migration and cutover: experience of data migration strategy, mock load cycles, reconciliation, and supporting parallel payroll runs, cutover and hypercare
- Delivery methods: familiarity with SAP Activate methodology and both agile and waterfall delivery models
- Enterprise governance and code review processes
- SAP certification in ABAP or SAP HCM
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) development or support
- Employee Central to ECP replication and hybrid ECC-SuccessFactors coexistence (for example Infoporter)
- UK public sector or local authority payroll, including LGPS, Teachers or NHS pension schemes
- Multiple-employment / concurrent employment handling in SAP payroll
- Payroll Control Centre and related tooling
- SAP Fiori / UI5 exposure for HR self-service scenarios
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in debugging complex payroll logic
- Clear technical communication and documentation discipline
- Ability to work effectively with functional, integration and data teams
- Attention to detail and a quality-first mindset, appropriate to payroll accuracy
- Proactive approach to risk and issue identification
- Ability to manage priorities within a large transformation programme
- Offshore delivery with overlap into UK business hours
- Must be available for weekend shifts
- Valid driver's license
Desired Qualifications
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) development or support
- Employee Central to ECP replication and hybrid ECC-SuccessFactors coexistence (for example Infoporter)
- SAP Cloud Integration (CPI) / Integration Suite development
- UK public sector or local authority payroll, including LGPS, Teachers or NHS pension schemes
- Multiple-employment / concurrent employment handling in SAP payroll
- Payroll Control Centre and related tooling
- SAP Fiori / UI5 exposure for HR self-service scenarios
- SAP certification in ABAP or SAP HCM
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in debugging complex payroll logic
- Clear technical communication and documentation discipline
- Ability to work effectively with functional, integration and data teams
- Attention to detail and a quality-first mindset, appropriate to payroll accuracy
- Proactive approach to risk and issue identification
- Ability to manage priorities within a large transformation programme
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