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What Is SAP Payroll?
Payroll is such a vital component to employee satisfaction that many companies are hesitant to make any changes — even if there are potential benefits to updating processes or technologies. This is reflected in SAP Payroll offerings — the traditional on-premise SAP Payroll and the cloud-based SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. The cloud offering is essentially identical to the on-premise offering, except for where the servers are hosted.
SAP has hinted at plans to build a next-generation payroll solution, but that often takes a backseat to investments in other areas of its human resources (HR) technology suite.
Making an error on an employee’s paycheck is one of the fastest ways to receive a notice of resignation, so the reticence to change payroll at many companies, and the motivation for SAP to build a new payroll system, is explainable.
What Is SAP Payroll?
Payroll is such a vital component to employee satisfaction that many companies are hesitant to make any changes — even if there are potential benefits to updating processes or technologies. This is reflected in SAP Payroll offerings — the traditional on-premise SAP Payroll and the cloud-based SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. The cloud offering is essentially identical to the on-premise offering, except for where the servers are hosted.
SAP has hinted at plans to build a next-generation payroll solution, but that often takes a backseat to investments in other areas of its human resources (HR) technology suite.
Making an error on an employee’s paycheck is one of the fastest ways to receive a notice of resignation, so the reticence to change payroll at many companies, and the motivation for SAP to build a new payroll system, is explainable.
Vendors such as Deloitte offer SAP Payroll and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll implementation and consulting services. There are companies, such as Alight, that also administer payroll services for an organization partially or completely with the option to use technologies like SAP Employee Central Payroll.
Many SAP customers also use non-SAP payroll systems that integrate with SAP systems such as ADP or Paychex.
Key SAP Payroll Considerations for SAPinsiders
- Mainstream maintenance for on-premise SAP Payroll is scheduled to end in 2027. Current SAP Payroll customers will have to consider the option of moving to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll in the cloud, which currently has no end-of-maintenance date, or a non-SAP payroll product. Staying with on-premise SAP Payroll beyond 2027 will require extra maintenance fees or third-party maintenance services.
- Payroll has slower cloud adoption than other HR technologies. In our recent HR Technology State of the Market report, among surveyed respondents that indicated they were using payroll technology, 18% indicated that the system was currently deployed in the cloud, the lowest cloud adoption rate of any technology mentioned. Cloud payroll adoption is rising, with another 19% currently implementing a cloud payroll solution. However, nearly 11% of respondents indicated having no plans for payroll in the cloud, more than double the proportion of any other technology.
- Payroll accuracy is a top HR objective. In the same HR Technology State of the Market report mentioned above, reducing errors in time and payroll was the top HR technology strategy objective among respondents, which were predominantly HR professionals. Getting payroll right isn’t just a concern for the finance and compliance departments. Those in HR know the importance it holds to their ability to retain talent.
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Automating Tuition Reimbursement in SAP PayrollApr 20, 2015 — Learn how to automate the calculation of tuition reimbursements within SAP Payroll using wage types and schema rules called during the payroll run. Using payroll wage types, constant values, and payroll personnel calculation rules, you can customize this functionality with percentages and plan maximums. Learn how to differentiate between employees in the logic so that […]
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How to Configure Canadian Payroll Year-End MappingMar 31, 2015 — Learn the year-end process for Canadian SAP payroll systems, and what year-end forms are required. This step-by-step process shows how to configure the year-end mapping process and how to test the configuration. Key Concept The year-end process in SAP payroll is necessary because the system needs to have a required configuration for running payroll and […]
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Understanding the Payroll Time Sheet in SuccessFactors Employee CentralMar 6, 2015 — Learn about SuccessFactors Payroll Time Sheet functionality. This functionality is included in Employee Central to store employee attendance time and overtime information per companies’ requirements. Gain a good understanding of the Payroll Time Sheet, how it records employees’ attendance or overtime in the Payroll Time Sheet module, and its capabilities, which provide project teams with […]
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Understanding BSI 10.0 and Its Integration with SAP US PayrollFeb 4, 2015 — Learn about the relationship between SAP and BSI 10.0 for US payroll. Companies running SAP Payroll in the US need this functionality. Learn about the key information that you need to know to update your system to BSI 10.0 as required by SAP. Key Concept BSI 10.0 is the latest version of the Business Software […]
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Link SAP Payslips to Your Excel Payroll ReportsJul 14, 2014 — When you are viewing SAP payroll reports, they often make more sense when viewed side-by-side with employees’ payslips. This adds context and makes payroll reports much easier to understand. Learn a simple way to link payroll reports to employee payslips with short macros in Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). No ABAP code is […]
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Step-by-Step Instructions for Implementing FLSA Calculations in PayrollApr 22, 2014 — Follow these step-by-step instructions to configure and customize SAP Payroll when an employee gets a bonus or has a recurring or an additional payment that needs to be included in the calculation of FLSA—the US Fair Labor Standards Act–overtime premium. Key Concept The US Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the law regulating minimum wages […]
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Learn New Methods For Comparing Payroll Results and Improve Your Payroll Implementation ProjectsMar 7, 2014 — Get tips and ideas for how to perform a payroll parallel run. A payroll parallel run is the comparison of payroll results between a legacy payroll system and a new SAP payroll system that is being implemented. The results are compared line by line and wage type by wage type between the two systems. Key […]
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A Lift-and-Shift SAP Payroll ImplementationJan 14, 2014 — Sometimes employees need to move from one SAP payroll system to a different one due to a corporate buyout, merger, or reorganization. Often the existing terms and conditions are preserved, so effectively the old SAP payroll system has to be reimplemented in the new SAP system. I discuss some methods, shortcuts, and pitfalls learned from […]
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Managing the Challenges of Payroll Application MaintenanceFeb 6, 2013 — Companies that implement SAP payroll also have to plan and execute a strategy for application maintenance of the payroll systems. When implementing it globally, they have even bigger challenges for keeping the payroll applications up to date with regulatory and other changes. Compared to other applications, payroll applications need higher maintenance and upkeep due to […]
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Learn How to Process Wage Types in Personnel Calculation Rules Based on Payroll PeriodsNov 27, 2012 — You can use personnel calculation rules (PCRs) for automatic calculation of employee payments or deductions when the calculation rule for the wage type depends on the payroll period. See how you can call a payroll period in a PCR to process a wage type for a particular payroll period during a payroll run. You can […]
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