HR digitalisation case study

Payroll migration from SAP to SAP (4500 employees)


Country: Germany

Industry: Telecommunications, Manufacturing

Company: GmbH, €10.9 billion revenue, ~14,000 employees

Team: 8 FTE
Duration: 10 Months

Scope: Post-merger migration of payroll accounting for 4500 employees


Initial situation:

>>> After acquiring a company, the payroll processing for 4500 employees should be migrated from the separate SAP HCM system of the acquired company to the buyer's SAP HCM system.


Project:

>>> Analysis of HCM SAP Systems (OM, PA, PT, PY) with regard to configuration and infotypes

>>> Review & consolidation of ~600 wage types

>>> Requirements management towards the implementation partner

>>> Definition and execution of acceptance tests

>>> Parallel billing old/new system

>>> Planning the go-live process and switchover including notification to social security systems

>>> Information management towards the affected employees

Project result

>>> Error-free execution of the first payroll calculations

>>> Temporary retention of the old system for potential retrospective accounting or archiving >>> Consolidation of all employee data in one system

Added value for the company / ROI

>>> Reduction in the number of HR systems

>>> Reducing operating and support costs