CANDIDATE BRIEF. SAP HR Functional Specialist, Corporate Services. Salary: Grade 7 ( 32,004 38,183 p.a.) Reference: CSUIT. Fixed-term for 24 months

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1 CANDIDATE BRIEF SAP HR Functional Specialist, Corporate Services Salary: Grade 7 ( 32,004 38,183 p.a.) Reference: CSUIT Fixed-term for 24 months

2 SAP Functional Specialist (Human Resources and Payroll) IT, Corporate Services Are you an experienced SAP Functional Specialist with a background in payroll or Human Resources? Do you enjoy working in a role which supports and continuously improves critical business systems? Are you interested in developing your career and skills? This is an excellent opportunity to join the SAP team in one of the countries leading universities. As part of the SAP team you will play a key role in the design, development and continued implementation of SAP solutions. You will act as an internal SAP consultant recommending HR and Payroll enhancements across the University. A key responsibility will be the implementation of new and improved functionality and any initial testing associated with this. You will also be responsible for liaising with business owners and end users in order to identify and analyse system requirements. A key focus will be to evaluate new technology and to proactively identify how this could provide added benefit to the University, in order to meet and align strategic requirements and to ensure business processes remain aligned to technical capabilities. You will be able to demonstrate experience of configuration relating to the SAP HR/Payroll modules. You will have a strong IT background, excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with both internal and external customers. You must also have good organisational skills, be proactive and self-motivated and be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines. What does the role entail? As a SAP Functional Specialist (Human Resources and Payroll) your main duties will include: Developing and maintaining an in depth understanding of the University s HR and Payroll business processes; Acting as Internal Consultant in recommending HR or Payroll system and process enhancements making optimal use of standard functionality,

3 proactively liaising with business owners and other key users to identify, understand and define their requirements for projects and small work requests; Designing, developing and implementing SAP HR/Payroll solutions, producing supporting functional and technical specifications; Establishing excellent working relationships with key business owners and colleagues within IT, including regular meetings with business owners to prioritise support and development activities; Effectively planning, managing and monitoring your own workload and activities; Applying best practice in business analysis in order to produce detailed user requirements documenting the time, effort and skills required during all phases to deliver optimum solutions; Ensuring solutions and changes are tested in line with University standards and industry best practice including supporting User Acceptance Testing; Providing support to users of SAP HR/Payroll and its associated systems which will include responding to calls logged with the IT Service Desk and positively engaging with users to resolve these in a timely manner; Ensuring compliance with the University s documentation, data protection and auditing requirements; Working with the SAP basis team to implement SAP system patches, enhancements and upgrades; Investigating the impact of SAP support packages and enhancement packs on supported business processes; undertaking research on development of new and additional SAP functionality and associated solutions to ensure continuous service improvement is achieved; Investigating system issues to identify causes and agree solutions where appropriate; Supporting the maintenance of user documentation and training material. These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the post. What will you bring to the role? As a SAP Functional Specialist (Human Resources and Payroll) you will have: Significant experience of configuring SAP HR/Payroll modules;

4 Experience of working in a customer-focussed support role; Experience of using business analysis skills to support the definition and design of IT solutions; The ability to deliver business systems to the specified requirements, within tight deadlines and to high quality assurance standards; Excellent organisational skills including the ability to manage multiple and competing priorities; The ability to communicate effectively to a diverse audience, including the ability to translate technical detail into lay terms, to a wide range of audiences; Experience of building positive working relationships both internally and externally; Demonstrable ability to work on your own initiative and without close supervision; Demonstrable commitment to continuous improvement, learning and personal development; An awareness of data protection and the ability to maintain confidentiality; The willingness to support and uphold the IT Behavioural Framework, and the University of Leeds Values. You may also have: Experience of working with SAP PI, SAP Portal and workflow; Experience of working in a HR/Payroll environment; Experience of working within a Higher Education environment; Experience of working in a project delivery environment. How to apply You can apply for this role online; more guidance can be found on our How to Apply information page. Applications should be submitted by (UK time) on the advertised closing date. Contact information To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

5 Debbie Adams, SAP Finance Service Leader Tel: +44 (0) Additional information The University successfully implemented SAP in 1999 and following various upgrades is now running ECC 6.0. The modules implemented include Finance (FI/CO), HR & Payroll (PA/PY) Sales & Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Project Systems (PS) and Plant Maintenance (PM). This makes SAP the central business, administrative and operational system and its support and maintenance critical for the effective running of the University. Find out more about IT. Working at Leeds Find out more about the benefits of working at the University and what it is like to live and work in the Leeds area on our Working at Leeds information page. Candidates with disabilities Information for candidates with disabilities, impairments or health conditions, including requesting alternative formats, can be found on our Accessibility information page or by getting in touch with us at Criminal record information Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 A criminal record check is not required for this position. However, all applicants will be required to declare if they have any unspent criminal offences, including those pending. Any offer of appointment will be in accordance with our Criminal Records policy. You can find out more about required checks and declarations in our Criminal Records information page.