ABOUT ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL
Abdul Latif Jameel… a place to realize your potential. Through Respect, Continuous Improvement, Pioneering Spirit, and Empowerment, we are proud of our culture which sees ideas blossom, people thrive and success flourish. Abdul Latif Jameel is a global investor and 80-year-old network of internationally diversified businesses shaping the future of core sectors driving the global economy including, Mobility, Energy, Environmental Services, Financial Services and Health; together with land & real estate development, logistics, electronics retailing and media services. Established in 1945 Abdul Latif Jameel has a presence in more than 35 countries employing over 11,000 people from more than 85 nationalities.
About The Role
Lead the end-to-end design, configuration, integration, deployment, and stabilization of SAP Success Factors Employee Central (EC) across a multi-country rollout. The consultant will own solution quality from global-template decisions through country localization, testing, cutover, and hypercare, while remaining personally hands-on in the system. The initial delivery priority is Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The role will then extend the approved global template to Algeria, Spain, China, and Japan, balancing global consistency with statutory, regulatory, payroll, security, and data-privacy requirements in each country.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIESOwn the EC workstream across discovery, fit-to-standard and localization workshops, solution design, configuration, integration, testing, deployment, cutover, hypercare, and transition to support. Translate the global HR operating model into a scalable EC global template, clearly separating globally governed design from justified country-specific deviations. Configure and govern Foundation Objects, Generic Objects/MDF, Corporate and HRIS Data Models, country-specific fields, associations, picklists, validations, and effective-dated behavior. Design and configure business rules, workflows, event reasons, event derivation, alerts, notifications, and approval routing for hire-to-retire processes. Configure Position Management, organizational structures, incumbency and vacancy rules, position-to-job relationships, synchronization, and position-based workflows. Configure People Profile and relevant employee data sections, UI rules, field visibility, localization, and auditable data access. Configure Time Off and absence processes where in scope, including time types, work schedules, holiday calendars, accruals, eligibility, workflows, and downstream hand-offs. Design and implement Role-Based Permissions (RBP), target populations, permission groups, delegated access, privacy controls, and segregation-of-duties considerations. Define operational, audit, and reconciliation reporting using standard EC reporting tools; support dashboard or analytics requirements where applicable. Lead data migration strategy, templates, extraction/mapping, cleansing rules, transformation, load cycles, validation, reconciliation, defect resolution, and business sign-off. Prepare and lead system integration testing (SIT), support user acceptance testing (UAT), manage traceability and defects, and verify end-to-end scenarios across HR, identity, payroll, and downstream systems. Own cutover planning and rehearsals, production readiness, go-live execution, hypercare triage, stabilization, handover, and knowledge transfer. Control EC configuration promotion and release/transport management across environments, including change logs, dependencies, regression impact, release notes, and rollback considerations. Produce and maintain high-quality functional and technical documentation, including solution designs, configuration workbooks, field mappings, integration specifications, test evidence, cutover plans, operating procedures, and support guides.
Geographic Scope
Phase 1 — priority: Italy, Poland, United Kingdom. Immediate design authority and hands-on EC localization. Evidence of recent implementation delivery in these countries is a primary screening requirement. Phase 2 — extension: Algeria, Spain, China, Japan. Template extension with local legal, data, language, identity, payroll, integration, and operational requirements assessed and configured country by country.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERINCE
Bachelor’s degree (or recognized equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline is mandatory. Current SAP Success Factors Employee Central certification is mandatory and must be valid/verifiable at the time of submission and throughout the engagement, subject to SAP certification-maintenance requirements.8–12+ years of SAP HCM and/or SAP Success Factors experience, with at least 5 years of deep, recent Employee Central implementation experience. Minimum four full-cycle EC implementations, including at least two delivered as the hands-on EC lead or senior solution/configuration lead. Demonstrable production implementations in multiple countries named in this description. Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom are the priority and must be evidenced clearly in the candidate profile. Strong understanding of global HR data, effective dating, employee lifecycle processes, organization and position structures, payroll touchpoints, security, auditability, and data governance. Proven ability to work directly with HR, IT, payroll, legal, privacy, information security, enterprise architecture, integration teams, local country teams, and third-party vendors. Professional English communication and documentation skills; Italian, Polish, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese language capability is advantageous but not mandatory unless required by the assignment. Ability to travel to rollout locations and work across European and Asian time zones as agreed for the engagement.
Mandatory Hands-on Skills EC core configuration Foundation Objects; MDF/Generic Objects; Corporate and HRIS Data Models; country-specific fields; picklists; associations; effective dating; UI configuration. Process automation Business rules; workflows; event reasons; event derivation; notifications; validations; hire-to-retire process configuration. Organization & profile Position Management; organizational structures; People Profile; field visibility; synchronization; delegated access. Time & absence Time Off/absence configuration where applicable, including calendars, schedules, time types, accruals, eligibility, workflows, and integrations. Security & reporting RBP design/configuration; target populations; privacy-aware access; audit and reconciliation reporting. Identity & SSOIAS/IPS; SAML/SSO; Active Directory/Entra ID; attribute/claim mapping; JML; provisioning and deprovisioning; troubleshooting. Integration OData/APIs; Integration Center; CSV/SFTP/file interfaces; mappings; testing; monitoring; error handling; reconciliation; CPI collaboration. Delivery execution Migration and validation; SIT/UAT; cutover; hypercare; release/transport management; technical and functional documentation.
Preferred Skills & Certifications Current SAP Success Factors Employee Central Payroll certification, together with hands-on Employee Central Payroll implementation and integration experience; multi-country payroll delivery experience is highly desirable. SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration (CPI) familiarity sufficient to shape patterns, review mappings, analyze failures, and collaborate with integration developers. Experience integrating EC with Employee Central Payroll, SAP HCM payroll, and/or third-party payroll providers across multiple jurisdictions. Knowledge of Success Factors reporting and analytics, data-retention management, audit controls, and privacy-by-design practices. Experience with multilingual/global deployments, works councils, change management, training, and transition to managed services or internal support teams. Familiarity with other Success Factors modules and cross-module impacts, particularly Recruiting/Onboarding, Time, Compensation, Talent, and Learning. Leads design workshops decisively, asks detailed configuration questions, and converts ambiguous local needs into testable requirements and sustainable EC solutions. Balances global-template governance with legitimate statutory and operational localization; challenges unnecessary customization with evidence and alternatives. Communicates effectively from configuration specialists to executives, making dependencies, risks, decisions, and trade-offs visible early. Works collaboratively while retaining clear ownership for EC design quality, documentation, delivery commitments, and issue resolution. Coaches internal team members, conducts configuration/design reviews, and transfers knowledge so the solution remains supportable after handover. Operates with strong attention to detail, confidentiality, cultural awareness, and accountability across distributed international teams.
WHY JOIN ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL
Set up business from ground. Be part of a globally respected, family-owned organization with 80 years of pioneering history Work across diverse cultures and geographies with real international exposure Join a people-first culture built on Respect, Continuous Improvement, Pioneering Spirit, and Empowerment
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