HCM Functional Analyst (Payroll)

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

• Bring your passion and feel the energy  
• Flexible/ Hybrid ways of working 
• Corporate benefits

The Functional Analyst – Payroll is responsible for designing, maintaining, and enhancing robust business solutions within SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP). This role partners with multi-layered stakeholder groups to support Endeavour Group’s people strategy, ensuring efficient employee time capture and pay processes.

Reporting to the Group Solution Manager – People Systems, this role contributes to the development, innovation, and continuous improvement of the SAP SuccessFactors ECP platform. The Functional Analyst ensures payroll and related processes comply with legislative requirements, organisational policies, Awards, and EBAs.

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• Drive continuous improvement, upgrades, and projects to maintain SAP SuccessFactors ECP and its integrations with UKG Pro WFM, SuccessFactors Employee Central, and finance systems.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs, translating them into scalable payroll solutions and initiatives.

• Manage components of large initiatives or lead end-to-end delivery of small to medium-sized projects.

• Develop, review, and govern functional specifications and documentation defining system enhancement outcomes.

• Lead system testing, training, user acceptance testing (UAT), and validation of solutions, production changes, and system upgrades.

• Partner with external vendors to deliver effective and efficient business solutions.

• Maintain compliance with audit requirements, application security, role design, and segregation of duties.

• Support the governance and release management of system changes into production environments.

Now let’s talk about you: 

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in designing or implementing SAP HCM (Time Management, Payroll) or SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll.

• In-depth understanding of payroll processes, configuration, and integrations.

• Experience managing SAP HCM/EC Payroll Support Pack upgrades.

• Experience in application security, including roles design, authorisation matrices, and mapping of business roles to transactions.

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to identify root causes and propose sustainable solutions.

• Familiarity with Service Management tools (e.g., ServiceNow) and Level 2/3 support processes.

• Testing and release management experience; retail industry exposure desirable.

• Experience in Retail desirable

• Strong ability in establishing and achieving objectives with changing and often conflicting priorities.

• Highly organised and efficient, with strong attention to detail

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, demonstrates a logical approach to problem solving 

• Ability to work both independently and as an effective team member within a complex and fast paced environment 

• Can demonstrate strong communication, facilitation, negotiating, conflict resolution and influencing skills

• Demonstrate ability to quickly establish strong working relationships and communicate effectively with a wide range of business and IT stakeholders from senior management to operational staff including external vendors both on and off shore. 

• Strong customer service focus.

The benefits are good too! 

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days 
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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