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Watch On Demand: Maximize the Value of Your Existing SAP Payroll System
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Whether you are planning a move to Employee Central Payroll in the near future or are remaining on-premise with SAP Payroll for now, it’s more important than ever to find ways to optimize your existing payroll processes, data, and reporting.

Use the form below to sign up for the on-demand version.

In this webinar, join AJ Whalen and Brian Erickson and panelists Mary Halfmann from Central Michigan University, Steve Bogner from Insight Consulting Partners, as they lead a discussion about how you can make your existing SAP payroll more efficient, including:

Producing accurate reports & reconcile payroll differences

Optimizing processing via Payroll Control Center

Best practices for preparing to migrate data and configuration to Employee Central Payroll

Tips for validating and improving data integrity

Maximize the Value of Your Existing SAP Payroll System

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Meet our Experts

AJ WHALEN

MARY HALFMANN
HR/SAP Systems Analyst
Central Michigan University  

STEVE BOGNER
Managing Partner
Insight Consulting Partners

BRIAN ERICKSON
Director, Customer Engagement, SpinifexIT

SpinifexIT Releases Major Updates Across SAP Payroll and SAP SuccessFactors Integrated Solutions
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The global HXM and Payroll solutions developer launches its latest solution release on October 8, 2021

You may view the original press release from EIN Presswire here.

 

 

Victoria, AU – Today, SpinifexIT announced the scheduled release of its second major 2021 software update (2021.R2). The update includes new solution features that accelerate payroll migration to the cloud, de-risk Employee Central Payroll implementations, improve SAP Payroll Control Center configuration abilities and extend the features available for the creation of robust SAP Payroll and SAP SuccessFactors reports. 

 

SpinifexIT Co-Founder & Product Chief Technology Officer – Easy Suite Darren Souter says, “We continue to evolve our solutions based on our customers’ needs and over the last 12 months, we have shifted our priority to support our customers who are migrating to the cloud with HXM Move. This is why we have built out Easy Migration and Easy Go Live – two powerful Employee Central Payroll implementation solutions that offer huge time savings and dramatically reduce the cost and effort spent on payroll transformation.”

 

“I am incredibly proud of the continued growth and success of the Easy Suite solutions and how SpinifexIT continues to align its product vision and direction with the needs of the SAP customers.”
Darren Souter

 

New Features

 

The new solution update enables SpinifexIT customers to:

 

  • Further streamline and transform their cloud implementation and migration with Easy Migration and Easy Go Live through the addition of pre-delivered content and key features from SpinifexIT’s data copying solution, Easy Clone.
  • Have better flexibility and access to SAP SuccessFactors fields while building their custom reports with the Easy Reporter web reporting solution
  • Speed up their SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central data copying processes
  • Improve payroll reporting, error analysis, reconciliation, and employee inquiry resolution by integrating Easy Help Desk with Easy PCC, a solution built to easily implement and configure Payroll Control Center. 

 

Availability 

 

The 2021.R2 release will be available to customers on October 8, 2021. You can learn more, schedule a demo, or upgrade to the latest SpinifexIT Easy Suite solutions by contacting [email protected].

 

 

 

About SpinifexIT

 

SpinifexIT believes that with the right technology and the right partner, you can accomplish your SAP SuccessFactors HXM and Payroll goals with confidence.

 

Whether you are just beginning your cloud HXM journey or you have already moved to the cloud, SpinifexIT’s innovative solutions will help guide you by driving Payroll and HR operational efficiency and automation, improving payroll processes, improving operational and transactional reporting, increasing data accuracy and anonymization, minimizing compliance risks, and supporting both migrations and new SAP SuccessFactors implementation projects.

 

SpinifexIT’s world class solutions are leveraged by many Fortune 500 companies worldwide and run on SAP’s on-premise, hybrid, and cloud platforms. The solutions include Easy Migration, Easy Go Live, Easy Reporter, Easy Clone and Strato Documents.

 

SpinifexIT is an SAP silver partner and its solutions are available at the SAP Store.

 

 

Maximize the Value of Your Existing SAP Payroll System
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Whether you are planning a move to Employee Central Payroll in the near future or are remaining on-premise with SAP Payroll for now, it’s more important than ever to find ways to optimize your existing payroll processes, data, and reporting.

Join this informative webinar to hear from independent SAP Payroll experts as they discuss the actions you can take to make your existing SAP Payroll more efficient and accurate while preparing for the future and get an update from SAP on the current payroll solution roadmap.

Topics discussed will include:

  1. Tips for validating and improving data integrity
  2. How to produce more accurate reports and quickly reconcile payroll differences
  3. How to optimize processing via Payroll Control Center
  4. What are best practices for preparing to migrate data and configuration to Employee Central Payroll
  5. What does SAP’s payroll solution roadmap look like and what does it mean for your organization?

Date: October 20, 2021
Time: 2 PM EST
Webinar will be run via Zoom

Speakers

Mary Halfmann
HR/SAP Systems Analyst
Central Michigan University

Steve Bogner
Managing Partner
Insight Consulting Partners

Brian Erickson
Director, Customer Engagement
SpinifexIT

AJ Whalen
Director, Marketing
SpinifexIT

Who this webinar is for: Payroll Managers, Payroll Analyst, Payroll Vice Presidents, Business Systems Director, HRIS Director, CHRO, Business Analyst, IT Director, CFO

Watch On Demand: Moving to Employee Central Payroll: Transition or Transformation?
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When it comes to moving from an on-premise payroll to Employee Central Payroll, customers often use different tactics and take different approaches, but what is right for your organization? Sign up to access the on-demand version.

In this roundtable discussion, join SpinifexIT’s AJ Whalen and panelists Imran Sajid from SAP SuccessFactors, Judy Fabrizi from Swagelok, and Mike Timm from Integrated Consulting Group as they lead an informative discussion about payroll migration, including:

What the difference is between “transition” and “transform” when it comes to payroll. This also includes the pros and cons of each.

The most important factors you should consider first when planning a move from on-premise to Employee Central Payroll.

Best practices for moving configuration, data, and results during a payroll migration. This includes the most important tools or skills.

Moving to Employee Central Payroll: Transition or Transformation?

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MEET OUR EXPERTS

JUDY FABRIZI
Payroll Manager
Swagelok Company 

Judy Fabrizi is the Payroll Manager at Swagelok Company, an international leader focusing on the manufacture of gas and fluid system components. With over 20 years in the manufacturing arena, Judy has implemented various SAP product lines in various organizations for system transformations on an international level.

In her current role, she is responsible for an optimized cloud-based payroll processing system, federal, state and local compliance, third party requirements and the related tax returns in the domestic US.

Judy holds a BS in Accounting from The Ohio State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

IMRAN SAJID
Global Senior Director
SAP SuccessFactors  

Imran Sajid is an HR Director at SAP SuccessFactors with expertise in cloud and on-premise software across a diverse background of Marketing, Product Management, Education, Professional Services, and Sales/Pre-Sales.

He has authored 3 books, spoken at every major SAP conference worldwide, and is a volunteer for the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG).

MIKE TIMM
Managing Partner
Integrated Consulting Group

Mike is Managing Partner at ICG. His 27-year career in the Information Technology industry includes positions in Accounting, Information Technology, and Human Resources. Before establishing Integrated Consulting Group in April 2000, Mike worked for Arthur Andersen and Prism Consulting Group.

ICG has consulted and partnered with such companies as CDI Corporation, IBM, British Petroleum, Marathon Oil, Cadbury Schweppes, and Walt Disney.

As an SAP Certified Consultant, Mike has led a variety of projects with an emphasis in Human Resources, Payroll, Time Management, Support, and Outsourcing.

YOUR HOST

AJ WHALEN
Director of Marketing & Partner Engagement, SpinifexIT North America 

Moving to Employee Central Payroll: Transition or Transformation?
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When it comes to moving from an on-premise payroll to Employee Central Payroll, customers often use different tactics and take different approaches, but what is right for your organization?

In this roundtable discussion, join SpinifexIT’s AJ Whalen and panelists Imran Sajid from SAP SuccessFactors, Judy Fabrizi from Swagelok, and Mike Timm from Integrated Consulting Group as they lead an informative discussion about payroll migration, including:

What the difference is between “transition” and “transform” when it comes to payroll. This also includes the pros and cons of each.

The most important factors you should consider first when planning a move from on-premise to Employee Central Payroll.

Best practices for moving configuration, data, and results during a payroll migration. This includes the most important tools or skills.

MEET OUR EXPERTS

JUDY FABRIZI
Payroll Manager
Swagelok Company 

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Judy Fabrizi is the Payroll Manager at Swagelok Company, an international leader focusing on the manufacture of gas and fluid system components. With over 20 years in the manufacturing arena, Judy has implemented various SAP product lines in various organizations for system transformations on an international level.

In her current role, she is responsible for an optimized cloud-based payroll processing system, federal, state and local compliance, third party requirements and the related tax returns in the domestic US.

Judy holds a BS in Accounting from The Ohio State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

IMRAN SAJID
Global Senior Director
SAP SuccessFactors  

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Imran Sajid is an HR Director at SAP SuccessFactors with expertise in cloud and on-premise software across a diverse background of Marketing, Product Management, Education, Professional Services, and Sales/Pre-Sales.

He has authored 3 books, spoken at every major SAP conference worldwide, and is a volunteer for the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG).

MIKE TIMM
Managing Partner
Integrated Consulting Group

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Mike is Managing Partner at ICG. His 27-year career in the Information Technology industry includes positions in Accounting, Information Technology, and Human Resources. Before establishing Integrated Consulting Group in April 2000, Mike worked for Arthur Andersen and Prism Consulting Group.

ICG has consulted and partnered with such companies as CDI Corporation, IBM, British Petroleum, Marathon Oil, Cadbury Schweppes, and Walt Disney.

As an SAP Certified Consultant, Mike has led a variety of projects with an emphasis in Human Resources, Payroll, Time Management, Support, and Outsourcing.

YOUR HOST

AJ WHALEN
Director of Marketing & Partner Engagement, SpinifexIT North America 

SpinifexITs new solutions boos ECP migration implementation
SpinifexIT’s new solutions boost ECP migration & implementation
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SpinifexIT’s latest solutions, Easy Migration and Easy Go Live, help organizations moving to Employee Central Payroll (ECP) streamline their end-to-end process.

Migrating to SAP’s SuccessFactors ECP or S/4 HANA environments is becoming a top priority for organizations wanting to modernise and move their HR and payroll systems and application provision to the cloud or future supported platforms.

Better enabling employees and HCM and payroll processes with SAP’s cloud or S4/HANA solutions is a future-proofed outcome that SpinifexIT supports with our latest project implementation automation solutions.

Transitioning a working payroll system to a new technology delivery is not without some risk. SpinifexIT makes it easier for our customers to get the best outcomes from the new SAP payroll application instance (Cloud or S4/HANA).

Using our extensive SAP Payroll Application Development experience, we have now released two new solutions. These significantly de-risk and enable the payroll process modernization for our customers and implementation partners alike.

Meet our two new solutions for your payroll business transformation

Who is it for: Existing SAP Payroll customers

Easy Migration is a solution that empowers your chosen implementation partner to rapidly transfer and transform the proven and working configuration from on-premise (Legacy) payroll to the new ECP/S4HANA platform.

Easy Migration enables the rapid setup and accurate transfer of your payroll configuration and payroll data. This is along with a matching employee testing dataset via automation to the new SAP payroll application, resulting in a working payroll in the environment for project testing and validation.

The automation provided by Easy Migration leads to confident outcomes.

Implementation Partners can take a working on-premise payroll configuration and get it up and running in ECP or S4/HANA within days through Easy Migration’s automations.

Copy existing employee and payroll data to a new test system, in preparation for the full migration without manual exports.

Cloning and scrambling options are built in to ensure secure payroll testing activities before your ECP go-live.

Our implementation partners are provided the Easy Migration software as part of being a validated partner (so no cost to the end customer).

Who is it for: Existing SAP Payroll customers OR non-SAP Legacy Payroll customers

Easy Go Live is a powerful solution built in with parallel-payroll (legacy versus the new SAP payroll setup) testing tools. It also comes with accelerators allowing for a quick data load into development, test AND production payroll applications.

It features post-go-live Employee Analysis tools to ensure your key users and project implementation team can be running the right payrolls before the final cut-over to a confident first payroll run.

This implementation enabler also allows full tracking and resolution of each pay run comparison and drill down reporting to help discover where things need correcting.

Easy Go Live provides invaluable aid to help you sign-off on the new system implementation with better confidence.

SAP Customers can use Easy Go Live’s Master Data generation tools to provide to their Implementation Partner so they can load SAP Employee Master Data into SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.

Enabling full tracking and resolution of parallel run results and resolutions per run during the implementation project.

Parallel Run comparison reporting (Non SAP Legacy Payroll or SAP onPrem Payroll).

Drill through resolution tools and functionality to help surface issues for quicker resolution.

Flexible month-to-month licensing for the customers implementation project and also beyond for employee data copy and testing purposes.

Easy Migration and Easy Go Live for SpinifexIT Customers and also Implementation Service Providers

Both solutions are available for existing SpinifexIT Customers and Partners alongside the rest of our solution updates for 2020.R2 scheduled for October 2020.

Current SpinifexIT partners wishing to use Easy Migration in line with their ECP migration plans may reach us at [email protected].

For customers thinking about moving to the latest SAP payroll technologies, you can be confident our solutions will make a positive contribution to a successful outcome. We encourage organizations considering the move in the foreseeable future to contact us. We can work with your implementation partner to include SpinifexIT solutions into your plan.

Implementation partners already onboard with Easy Migration and Easy Go Live, plus other SpinifexIT solution sets that improve your HCM and payroll processes, can be found here.

Easy Migration and Easy Go Live
Implementation automation delivered.


About SpinfexIT

SpinifexIT, an SAP silver partner and a leader in producing SAP-certified business process improvement software. This includes solutions for on-demand HR and payroll reporting and reconciliation, document generation, payroll processing and employee help desk applications.

SpinifexIT is a global company with headquarters in Australia, and offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Philippines.

Easy Reporter Payroll Essentials for ECP
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Take advantage of Easy Reporter's powerful reporting capabilities to get real-time data from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll with Easy Reporter Payroll Reporting Essentials for ECP.

What you can do with Easy Reporter

Easy Reporter for ECP icon predelivered reports

The Easy Reporter Payroll Reporting Essentials for ECP comes with pre-delivered reports to help you execute efficient, error-free payroll

Easy Reporter for ECP icon customize

Have the flexibility to add or remove fields to meet your reporting requirements

Combine data across your ECP reports

Easy Reporter for On-premise ready to use

Use the pre-configured reports listed below from Day 1!

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Enjoy full implementation support and training from our experts to get started immediately!

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Take your Payroll Reporting to the next level: Upgrade to the full Easy Reporter experience anytime!

This includes the following reports:

  • Pay to Pay Comparison (Gross/Net)
  • Pay to Pay Comparison All Wagetypes
  • Terminated Employees with Pay
  • Master Data Audit Details
  • Retro Analysis Report by Employee
  • Payroll Summary
  • Employee Posting Details
  • Recurring Payments Report
  • Hot Pack Testing reports

What our customers say about Easy Reporter

Learn more about Easy Reporter Payroll Reporting Essentials for ECP

Answers to some of the frequently asked questions about this rapid deployment solution

What kinds of reports are included?

The following reports are included in the essentials pack: Pay to Pay Comparison (Gross/Net), Pay to Pay Comparison All Wagetypes, Terminated Employees with Pay, Master Data Audit Details, Retro Analysis Report by Employee, Payroll Summary, Employee Posting Details, Recurring Payments Report, and Hot Pack Testing reports

How can I get access to these reports?

To see the power of Easy Reporter Payroll Essentials for ECP first hand, contact us at [email protected] for more information and a live demonstration.

Our highly experienced team can help get you started quickly and easily.

What kinds of organizations can benefit from this new product offer?

Organizations with up to 5,000 employees who are using SAP HR and Payroll and would like to increase their investment return in SAP by reducing manual efforts, empower their business users, and automate business processes around day to day reporting

How much is this package?

Pricing is designed to enable your organization to quickly move forward with a low-cost, yet very powerful reporting solution based on the number of employees in your organization. Please contact us at [email protected] to schedule a quick discovery call with one of our experts to learn how the Easy Reporter Payroll Essentials for ECP package can help you without breaking the bank!

See it in action

Easy-to-implement Rapid Deployment Solution

It takes just a day to get started!

Value for money

Small companies looking for an easy way to report on their SAP ECP data will find that Easy Reporter Payroll Reporting Essentials for ECP is a much cheaper, more efficient way than building their much needed reports from scratch.

Optimierung und Automatisierung Ihres Austritts- und Kündigungsprozesses mit Strato
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Das Webinar findet statt am 25 Nov. 2020, 13:00 Uhr CET.

Mitarbeiter welche das Unternehmen verlassen, stehen oftmals vor der Herausforderung wer alles informiert werden muss.

Mit unserer Lösung von Strato, optimieren und automatisieren wir diesen Prozess basierend auf unserer Prozesslandkarte für Strato. Dieser Prozess zeigt eindrucksvoll wie andere Bereiche automatisch informiert und Freigabeprozesse eingeleitet werden. Damit erhält der Mitarbeiter maximale Prozesstransparenz, Effizienz und 100% SuccessFactors Kompatibilität.

In dieser Web Session werden wir die folgenden Themen behandeln:
• Der Austrittsprozess und welche Schritte in SuccessFactors nötig sind
• Vorstellung des Prozessablaufs mit automatischer Workflow Benachrichtigung
• Live Präsentation des Austritt Prozesses mit SpinifexIT Strato.

Diese Web Session wird gemeinsam mit unserem Partner Deloitte durchgeführt. 

SpinifexIT, ist ein SAP silver partner und führend im Bereich Prozess Verbesserung mit SAP zertifizierten Lösungen. Mit unseren Lösungen optimieren wir HR Prozesse und machen diese effizienter.


Deloitte – Redner

Kristina Wehling
Deloitte
LinkedIn

SpinifexIT – Redner

SpinifexIT Frank Schiek

Frank Schiek
Vice President – EMEA
LinkedIn

Brendon Andrews-Warmuth

Brendon Andrews-Warmuth
Solution Architect
LinkedIn

Webinar: Optimierung und Automatisierung Ihres Austritts- und Kündigungsprozesses mit Strato

25 Nov. 2020
13:00 Uhr CET

Keine Zeit teilzunehmen? Melden Sie sich an, Sie erhalten die Aufzeichnung des Webinars im Anschluss, oder informieren Sie sich für weitere Webinar-Termine.

Optimierung Ihres Recruiting Prozesses mit automatisierter Einbindung des Betriebsrates inkl. Freigabeprozesses
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Wir laden Sie ein, effizientere, optimierte und intuitive Methoden gemeinsam mit unserem Produkt Strato, für Ihren Recruitingprozess zu entdecken.

Das Webinar findet statt am 22 Oct. 2020, 11:30 Uhr CET.

In dieser Web Session werden wir die folgenden Themen behandeln:
• SuccessFactors Recruiting Prozess
• Vorstellen der Strato Dokumente welche Sie für den Recruiting Prozess benötigen
• Einbindung des Betriebsrates und eines Freigabeprozesses mit SpinifexIT Strato Documents
• Integration Strato Documents in die SuccessFactors Abläufe…und mehr!

Diese Web Session wird gemeinsam mit unserem Partner Deloitte durchgeführt. 

SpinifexIT, ist ein SAP silver partner und führend im Bereich Prozess Verbesserung mit SAP zertifizierten Lösungen. Mit unseren Lösungen optimieren wir HR Prozesse und machen diese effizienter.

Deloitte – Redner

Falko Kranz
Director (SuccessFactors)
Deloitte
LinkedIn

Henrike Holst
Manager (SuccessFactors)
Deloitte
LinkedIn

SpinifexIT – Redner

SpinifexIT Frank Schiek

Frank Schiek
Vice President – EMEA
LinkedIn

Brendon Andrews-Warmuth

Brendon Andrews-Warmuth
Solution Architect
LinkedIn

Webinar: Optimierung Ihres Recruiting Prozesses mit automatisierter Einbindung des Betriebsrates inkl. Freigabeprozesses

22 Oct. 2020
11:30 Uhr CET

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Overview SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
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In this introduction to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, learn about the cloud-based payroll system meant to handle global enterprise needs.

If you’re a payroll manager, finance professional or HR executive who is looking for a new payroll system, there are many choices in the market. One to consider is SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll.

What is SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll?

SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is a cloud-based payroll system meant to provide the breadth of functionality and global coverage enterprises need.

The core Employee Central Payroll system is built using the SAP Payroll engine, providing a reliable and proven engine for calculating the most complex of payrolls.

The Payroll Control Center front end brings pre-payroll and post-payroll processes, continuous data auditing, and payroll processing reporting and analytics to payroll administrators in a one-stop shop. At the time of writing, Employee Central Payroll supports 46 countries for payroll processing and localization support.

The Employee Central system is a prerequisite for implementing and using the Payroll system. So, this is a factor to consider if you are looking purely for a payroll system without changing your existing core HR system.

From a high level, Employee Central Payroll provides a number of important functions. It can run end-to-end, gross-to-net payroll, covering tax calculations, such as through partner product BSI TaxFactory in the U.S. It can print checks, remit payments, provide online employee pay slips and post payroll results to your financial system.

From a compliance and security perspective, Employee Central Payroll brings standard-delivered data formats, such as address, telephone, email, national ID and name. It provides fields for contracts and, in supported countries, the functionality to support local laws and reporting or other communication with local authorities. Examples of this include superannuation in Australia, e-filing of employees’ payments and deductions in the United Kingdom, and storing and reporting salary increase changes in Brazil.

Employee Central provides a way to manage and automate master data privacy and retention policies that uphold compliance with regional, federal, and local rules regarding data privacy.

It also includes Event Listener for Pre-Payroll Monitoring, which scans HR master data to identify any data changes. These are cross-checked against any open alerts by the system, and if any of the changes resolve an open alert, then the alert will be closed. This enables more streamlined payroll data monitoring and frees up time to focus elsewhere.

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll use cases

Vendors such as SAP, ADP and Ultimate Software are popular choices for payroll and provide a lot of functionality for running payroll in the United States, Canada and other countries. However, with many choices out there, it can be difficult to determine what system is best for your company.

Price might be a factor, but when it comes to payroll, it is often better to look at what features, functionality and compliance capabilities each payroll vendor provides. You may find yourself reviewing seven or eight different vendors before producing a shortlist. Sometimes, it is necessary to issue a request for information to identify which vendors to invite to a formal request for proposal process.

Employee Central Payroll is ideal for customers who are either global, complex or both. Typically, the base number for getting ROI on the implementation is about 1,000 employees in a country. In some cases, customers with fewer employees can get good ROI.

If your workforce has one or more unions — whether you have any collective bargaining agreements or not — then Employee Central Payroll would be a suitable option. It has an ability to handle the complexity of having specific rules and regulations defined by unions that are in addition to federal, state, local and regional laws.

If you have — or plan to have — all of your employees in Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll can serve as a global payroll option. The point-to-point integration between the two ensures that employee data from all countries can flow between the systems and can be monitored using the provided monitoring tools. No middleware integration is needed for Employee Central Payroll to use the master data in Employee Central for payroll processing.

If you want to fully outsource your payroll processing, you may wish to look at vendors that specialize in those particular services. However, some service providers do offer outsourced payroll processing for customers using Employee Central Payroll.

Reimplement your support and maintenance

SAP provides standard technical support for live systems through its SAP ONE Support Launchpad. The latest support packages — a collection of the latest legal requirements and corrections — are applied by raising a ticket through SAP ONE Support Launchpad. SAP also offers some premium support services for customers.

For payroll maintenance, applying patches and fixes, or business process outsourcing services, you can reach out to a variety of payroll service providers and systems integrators for support, depending on what you are looking for.

For ongoing government compliance, SAP has a team of more than 150 people that track and manage local compliance laws and regulations across numerous countries. SAP provides local legal changes for Employee Central Payroll for all supported countries. These legal changes can include such changes as new reporting requirements, tax rate changes and sick pay changes. These are provided as support packages, but you can also have an administrator apply them in Upgrade Center.

New features and functionality — as well as legal changes — are released every six months, usually in the second or fourth quarter. Urgent bug fixes are typically released on a weekly or biweekly basis. New features and legal changes can be applied using Upgrade Center in the system.

Reporting and analytics

Two of Employee Central Payroll’s weaker capabilities are its reporting and analytics. Reporting is limited to just payroll data — for example, worker, compensation and tax data — and cannot combine data from other systems, such as organizational objects or cost allocation objects. Based on your needs, you may need to augment functionality with a third-party product, like SpinifexIT.

Licensing

Employee Central Payroll uses a SaaS subscription model and is charged annually on a per-employee, per-year basis. For exact pricing, you should reach out to your local account executive at SAP.

Enterprise payroll capabilities

Employee Central Payroll is capable of handling significant complexity and provides a broad range of payroll functionality.

Here’s a list of some of that functionality:

  • Gross-to-net payroll;
  • Legal changes and localization, including country-specific reporting;
  • Tax forms, tax models and tax compliance at a country and local level;
  • Advances and deductions;
  • Retroactive calculations;
  • Payroll simulations;
  • Check printing;
  • Alerts for data errors or inconsistencies;
  • Data privacy and protection;
  • Payroll auditing;
  • Integration with finance systems for general ledger posting, time and attendance systems, pension providers and benefits providers;
  • Evaluation of time data for generating compensation data;
  • Unions and collective bargaining agreements;
  • Garnishments;
  • Analytics and KPIs;
  • Employee self-service; and
  • Mobile access through the SAP SuccessFactors Mobile application.

The Employee Central core HR system is a prerequisite of implementing Employee Central Payroll, and the two are tightly integrated.

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iXerv-President-Luke-Marson

Luke Marson

President, Americas
iXerv

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