What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sap Consultant position at Gerdau North America?
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- Functional Responsibilities
- Lead business requirement gathering sessions for SAP Benefits processes including eligibility, enrollment, plan configuration, and life event processing
- Design and configure SAP Benefits (BN) modules:
- Benefit plans, coverage options, and eligibility rules
- Enrollment processes and evidence of insurability
- Employer/employee contributions and deductions
- Ensure seamless integration of benefits with SAP Payroll (PY), including wage type mapping and deduction processing
- Support benefits-related compliance activities, audits, and regulatory updates
- Technical Responsibilities
- Perform SAP configuration and troubleshooting across Benefits and Payroll integration points
- Manage inbound/outbound interfaces with third-party vendors (e.g., insurance providers, payroll systems) using IDocs/APIs/files
- Analyze and resolve complex issues related to:
- Benefits deductions
- Enrollment discrepancies
- Payroll integration failures
- Support system upgrades, enhancements, and application of support packs
- Maintain configuration documentation, SOPs, and knowledge articles
- Stakeholder & Governance
- Act as liaison between HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT teams
- Translate business requirements into technical design and system solutions
- Provide user training, documentation, and operational guidance
- Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience in SAP HCM Benefits (BN) configuration
- Solid understanding of SAP Payroll (PY & Tax) integration and downstream impacts
- Knowledge of HR master data (infotypes) and benefits-related data structures
- Technical Skills
- Preferred Qualifications
- Indepth knowledge of SAP Payroll & Tax processing for North America in SAP.
- Experience with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central / EC Payroll integration
- Certification in SAP HCM / SuccessFactors
- Customer-Centric – Focus efforts to ensure internal and external customers thrive
- Communication and Persuasion – Possess solid communication and persuasion skills essential to success in this position. You will represent the Digital IT group effectively and employ negotiation skills that build organizational consensus around a specific course of action while identifying communication barriers and taking action to facilitate mutual understanding.
- Business Acumen – Acknowledge the impact of your actions in local and global contexts while working to generate sustainable value (economic, social, and environmental) for the organization. In addition, you should understand basic business processes and possess the ability to identify and develop workflows and process maps for continual improvement and waste elimination within the business.
- Technical Expertise – Understand all IT functions, cloud technologies, and services in use, and become familiar with the current direction in the infrastructure market
- Simplistic Agility – Foster simplicity and agility to focus on what adds value while resolving issues
- Accountability – Take initiative and assume personal accountability and ownership for goals, outcomes, and deadlines holding others accountable for achieving individual and organizational objectives.
- Analysis – Possess critical thinking ability and deal systematically with input from a variety of sources to suggest alternative approaches to unfamiliar situations or concepts, as well as strong analytical skills, including an understanding of business economics and financial resources.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5 years of SAP experience
- Ability to work with teams in Application Managed Services (AMS) environment driving engagement with an ownership mindset