**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio **Your role and responsibilities** * Strong configuration knowledge of Gross Payroll and Net Payroll * Experience in payroll data migration * Manage data replication between EC and HCM Payroll (Point-to-Point or Middleware) * Ensure compliance with tax, WPS, end-of-service, and GOSI regulations * Oversee time management, work schedules, holiday calendars, and absence quotas * Align HR master data with finance integration (posting to FI/CO) * Conduct payroll testing, parallel runs, reconciliation, and data migration * Collaborate with audit and compliance teams for reporting and controls * Configure payroll processes, including wage types, payroll schemas, deductions, taxes, and benefits * Handle post-payroll processes such as DME, bank transfers, and payroll posting in FI * Integrate payroll with Time, Benefits, FI, and generate payroll and statutory reports * Analyze payroll issues and provide support * Configure pay scale, wage type structures, symbolic accounts, employee groups/subgroups, leave encashment, arrears recovery, and deduction priorities **Required technical and professional expertise** * ECP Certification (Mandatory), Experience in SAP HR processes, including: * Payroll on-premise (Middle East countries mandatory), Replication / Data migration * 7-9 years of payroll implementation experience, Experience in creating custom Personnel Calculation Rules (PCR) and schemas * Knowledge of labor laws, tax regulations, and compliance in Middle East countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.) * Experience integrating SAP HR/Payroll with finance (FI), controlling (CO), and third-party payroll systems **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Experience with SAP tools (LSMW, BDC, ABAP Debugging) * Experience in interfaces and major HR transformation programs IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.