What is SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll?

Learn everything related to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (SAP Employee Payroll Central) and what it can mean for managing business needs.

If your profile is that of a payroll administrator, financial professional, or Human Resources executive, and you are looking for a new payroll system, you should know that there are many options on the market, and one to consider is the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) solution.

What is SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll?

SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is a cloud-based system that provides the functionality and global coverage needed for the company.

The core has been built using the existing SAP engine, which has proven to provide a reliable and already tested engine for calculating the most complex payrolls.

The “Payroll Control Center” (Optional) provides an additional facility in the management of pre and post payroll processes, continuous data auditing and reporting/analysis for payroll administrators.

The “Employee Central” system is a prerequisite for implementing the cloud-based payroll system. This is certainly a factor to consider if you are looking for only a payroll system without changing the existing HR master data system.

Functionalities of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll

From a high-level perspective, Employee Central Payroll provides a number of important functions:

• We can run payroll from gross to net, covering tax calculations,
• Print checks can be generated
• Create bank files for disbursement
• Provide online pay stubs for employees and results for accounting.

From a security and compliance perspective, Employee Central Payroll provides legally required formats such as the CFDI in Mexico.

Employee Central provides a way to manage and automate the privacy of master data, as well as compliance policies with regional and local regulations.
The system also includes a prenominal monitor, which scans master data to identify changes. These are verified with system alerts and offering possible solutions. This facilitates real-time monitoring and allows freeing up time to focus on other matters.

Use cases for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll.

It is true that the cost of the system constitutes a factor in making the decision, but when it comes to payroll, it is better to carefully observe the characteristics, functionality and legal compliance of each system provider.

You may find yourself evaluating 7 or 8 different options before having a small list. Sometimes it is necessary to send a request for information to identify which providers to invite to a formal proposal process.

Employee Central Payroll is ideal for clients who are global, complex, or both. Typically the base number to obtain a good ROI (Return on Investment) in implementation is close to 1,000 employees. Although in some cases, clients with fewer employees can obtain a good ROI.

If your workforce has one or more unions - whether you have collective bargaining agreements or not - Employee Central Payroll can be a good option, as it has the ability to handle the complexity of having specific rules and regulation defined by those unions in addition to federal, state, regional and local regulations.

If you have, or plan to have, all your employees in Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll can serve as a global option. The point-to-point integration between the two ensures that employee data in all countries can flow between systems and can be monitored using the provided tools. In this scenario, no intermediary (middleware) is required.

Support and Maintenance

SAP provides standard technical support for productive systems, periodic continuous patches and the latest legal updates and corrections, all of which are applied through our SAP ONE Support Launchpad, a place where you will find all the options that allow for effective and timely system administration.

For government compliance, SAP has a team of more than 150 consultants who are responsible for keeping the system up to date with local changes. These changes can include this type of changes, new reporting requirements, changes in tax factors, changes in disability and social security matters in general. For this, the administrator uses the “Update Center”

These functionality changes are released every 6 months, usually in the second or fourth quarter. Urgent corrections are normally released on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. New features and legal changes can be applied using the system’s “Update Center”.

License
Finally, Employee Central Payroll uses a Software as a Service (SaaS) license type and is charged annually on a per-employee, per-year basis.