
Lead SAP Functional Analyst - Time And Payroll
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Job Description
Description
Please note, this is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month on-site in Lakeland, FL.
Join Publix Technology - Where Innovation Meets Impact
Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., is powered by a dynamic technology team of 2,100+ associates. We deliver modern, cutting-edge solutions to 1,400+ stores and over 200,000 internal team members across 8 states.
Whether you're passionate about IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure, we offer exciting career paths at every level - from internships to technical leadership.
Be part of a Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For" and help us build more than just great subs - build the future of technology for Publix.
Join the SAP HR Time and Payroll team! As a Lead Software Engineer, you will partner with functional analysts, developers, QA engineers, and multiple HR business areas to deliver solutions supporting critical HR functionality. Responsibilities include end user support, system analysis, requirements gathering, project leadership, and building relationships with our business partners. The most suitable hire for this position will be a highly analytical candidate with problem solving, mentoring, writing, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with management, peers, technology vendors, and business partners.
Job Responsibilities:
- Participate on cross-functional project teams with an emphasis in HR Time & Payroll to design, develop and implement SAP applications
- Gather and document business requirements for new functionality and application enhancements
- Translate requirements into system design and reporting capabilities
- Collaborate with Development and Infrastructure teams to create, maintain and test application functionality to ensure implementations are successful
- Create, modify, and execute test plans, test cases and other SAP testing deliverables
- Configure SAP to implement solutions in the Human Resources area (with a focus on Time and Payroll)
- Complete project management activities, including development of project plans, monitoring project performance, and development of implementation plans
- Validate the deployment of SAP system changes into a production environment
- Provide support and subject matter expertise on business rules and processes to technical lead, test lead and other team members during all phases of projects
- Support of integration points within SAP as well as interfaces between SAP and other systems
- Assist with resolution of SAP incidents and problems
- Provide direct support to business areas and other Technology teams in all aspects of the SAP application, including afterhours support on an as needed basis.
Additional Information
Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.
Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.
- Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.*
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years of experience with SAP's (ERP) system, specifically the Human Resource (HR) modules, with a focus on Time and Payroll
- 3+ years of experience with customized enhancements to the standard SAP HR Time Management and/or Payroll modules
- 5+ years of experience reading and understanding system requirements and design deliverables with a focus on Time and Payroll
- 5+ years of experience understanding software applications and translating business requirements into functional configuration requirements.
- 5+ years of experience with testing environments, test execution and following testing standards with a focus on Time and Payroll
- 5+ years of experience analyzing, researching, and reporting on SAP HR data, with a focus on Time and Payroll
- Understanding of relational database design and querying concepts
- Understanding of Software Development Lifecycles
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience with SAP's (ERP) system, specifically the Human Resource (HR) modules, with a focus on Time and Payroll
- Experience with SAP query tools and standard time and payroll reports
- 5+ years of experience supporting, maintaining, and testing Time Evaluation and payroll calculation schemas
- 5+ years of experience with customized enhancements to the standard SAP HR Time Management and/or Payroll modules
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