Role Description:
The Senior Application Specialist SAP HR S4HANA in People Tech works on multiple Projects and Configuration changes on SAP S4HANA. The Senior Application Specialist researches, designs, documents, maintains and implements new functionality in People Tech focussing on user experience, scalable design, legal requirements and best practices. Responsible for implementing scalable and secure configurations along with fixing issues raised by the Business owners. Proactively monitors new features released and identifies and promotes changes to improve System design and user experience.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
This role sits within the People Tech and is responsible to Lead & Implement Enhancements & Support SAP S4HANA - Personnel Administration, Time Management, Payroll to configure the platform to achieve measurable benefits
Act as the Technology expert to provide solutions to the People Services, Financial Systems , Risk teams and other relevant stakeholders.
Review the Project designs, perform impact assessment and have the ownership and accountability for Solutions implemented for any cross functional impact or delivery impact
Partner with other stakeholders such as Financial Systems, IT Services, Security & Privacy Teams, Technology Implementation Partners and Application vendors to implement technology solutions.
Participate in SAP S4HANA Technology Functional development by being an active member of the Technology Community: working closely with Application Vendors, tapping into Customer networks to bring in learnings and best practices, joining User Groups, collaborating in forums
Review and Coordinate SAP S4HANA support packages, releases, release testing working closely with Financial Systems, Application Vendors and Technology Partners
End to end ownership of providing solution for functional requirements after doing the impact assessment for Design, Architecture, User Experience
Perform Unit Testing, Regression Testing and support UAT for both Projects & support
For incident management, Perform Root cause analysis for Incidents and propose long term scalable fixes. Ensure Payroll processes are completed with no errors, inconsistencies from Technical side
Responsible for ensuring system stability, enhancements delivery, process optimization for SAP HR
Responsible for managing Compliance activities such as SOx ITGC controls, Data Privacy & standards, IT Change Management activities for SAP HR S4HANA
Responsible for maintaining documentation for Configuration designs for our implemented modules and provide inputs for the business manuals
Responsible for maintaining the SAP HR Tenant Strategy, Release management, System upgrades in close collaboration with Financial Systems
Coach and mentor Application Specialists in the team by ensuring solutions are scalable, delivered on time and in accordance with SAP S4HANA best practices
Collaborating with colleagues demonstrating the Booking Values “ Think Customer First” “Succeeding together” “Own It” “Learn Forever” & “Do the Right Thin
Qualifications & Skills:
Strong technical background and a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar
Should have minimum 5-8 Years in SAP S4HANA - Personnel Administration, Time Management, Payroll ( Netherlands - expert, other countries is a plus), Benefits, Authorization Management,Reporting
Experience in translating complex business requirements into technical design, Unit Testing, UAT, Regression Testing for SAP HR system changes. Expertise in Payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, retroactive accounting, tax calculations for Netherlands, SAP HR Patch updates, year - end tax updates. Basic understanding of Integration landscape in the SAP S4HANA Architecture, Workday, Payroll , Benefits, SAP Finance
Experience in HR reporting tools like SAP Ad hoc query, SAP HR Reporting
Knowledge of SAP HR Security roles and authorizations, Understanding of GDPR, Sox compliance and legal regulations for Data security
SAP S4HANA Payroll certification is a bonus. Strong Problem Solving skills, hands on experience with SAP Notes and system debugging
Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:
Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
Application Process:
Let’s go places together:
This role does not come with relocation assistance.
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