City of London Corporation
SAP Pensions Officer
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SAP Pensions Officer
Are you an experienced Pensions or Payroll professional with strong SAP experience and a background in system implementations, testing, and payroll projects?
We are supporting a major payroll transformation programme and are looking for a SAP Pensions Officer to play a key role in the implementation and testing of a new payroll system. This is not a traditional BAU payroll position. Instead, you will be heavily involved in project activities including testing, data validation, reconciliation, and go-live support.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who can confidently work within SAP, understands payroll and pensions processes, and has experience supporting system implementations or upgrades.
Contract: 6 months
Location: Guildhall, EC2V
Payrate: £25-£28 PAYE (£30 per hr for strong SAP + project exp)
Working arrangements: Full-time Monday to Friday - 3 days per week office based - must be open to be on site during key project phases.
The Role
Working as part of a high-profile payroll transformation project, you will support the successful implementation of a new payroll platform by ensuring data accuracy, robust testing, and effective stakeholder collaboration.
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Key responsibilities will include:
- Supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), parallel payroll runs, and testing cycles
- Validating and reconciling payroll and pension data
- Identifying, tracking, and resolving defects and system issues
- Supporting payroll system configuration and change activities
- Process mapping and documentation of payroll and pensions procedures
- Working closely with HR, Finance, IT teams, and external system partners
- Providing critical support during key project milestones and go-live activities
About You
We are keen to speak with candidates who have genuine payroll or pensions project experience and can add value from day one.
Essential Experience
- Strong hands-on SAP experience (this is the key requirement)
- Experience supporting payroll or pensions system implementations, upgrades, or transformations
- Experience with UAT, testing cycles, parallel runs, and reconciliation activities
- Strong understanding of payroll and pension processes
- Experience working with payroll systems such as SAP, iTrent, Civica, or similar
- Ability to analyse data, identify issues, and support system improvements
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Desirable
- Pensions administration experience within an SAP environment
- Public sector experience
- Experience working on multiple payroll system implementations
- CIPP qualification or similar (desirable only, not essential)
What's Important
This role would suit someone who can:
- Log into SAP and confidently navigate and work within the system
- Support testing, validation, and project activities with minimal supervision
- Work effectively with multiple stakeholders across Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT
- Be available to support critical project phases and go-live activities
Please note: We are not seeking a Payroll Administrator whose experience is limited to payroll processing or timesheet entry. We are specifically looking for candidates who have worked on payroll or pensions projects and have hands-on systems and testing experience.
If you have strong SAP experience and a track record of supporting payroll or pensions system projects, we'd love to hear from you.
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