SF Compensation Consultant/lead

Job Title: SF Compensation Consultant/lead Company: Accenture in South Africa Job Category: SAP SUCCESSFACTORS Roles & Responsibilities: About Accenture Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client\-focused, AI\-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end\-to\-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Compensation Lead to join our Reinvention Services team at Manager level. In this role, you will serve as the principal Functional Subject Matter Expert for SAP SuccessFactors Compensation, guiding clients through the design, configuration, and deployment of total rewards and compensation planning solutions that are commercially sound and operationally impactful. You will take ownership of team decisions, engage across multiple cross\-functional workstreams, and provide solutions to challenges that span both your immediate team and broader delivery teams. This is an outstanding opportunity for a SuccessFactors Compensation specialist who combines deep module expertise with the stakeholder influence and leadership capability required at Manager level. Key Responsibilities Functional SME Leadership - Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert for SAP SuccessFactors Compensation, ensuring functional correctness and alignment with real\-world compensation business processes and operational goals. - Define detailed functional and technical specifications to guide configuration, development, and integration teams. - Develop and support proof of concepts, solution estimates, and conceptual designs to validate approaches and secure stakeholder confidence. - Engage directly with client stakeholders to communicate progress, address challenges, manage expectations, and ensure alignment with project objectives throughout the delivery lifecycle. - Support change management efforts to facilitate smooth adoption of new compensation processes, planning cycles, and system capabilities across client organisations. Team Leadership \& Practice Contribution - Provide guidance, coaching, and support to team members by actively sharing compensation domain expertise and fostering a collaborative, high\-performing environment. Enabling \& Advisory Skills - Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills — ability to engage and advise Total Rewards leaders, CHROs, and Finance executives on compensation strategy and system design. - Change management capability — supporting clients through compensation cycle transitions, system cutover, and manager/employee self\-service adoption. - Strong team leadership and collaboration skills — comfortable managing distributed teams and contributing to cross\-functional delivery environments. - Proven track record of leading or co\-leading full\-cycle SuccessFactors Compensation implementations — from scoping and design through go\-live and post\-production support. - Join a diverse, inclusive, and purpose\-driven South Africa team that is reinventing how Africa's leading organisations design, deliver, and evolve their total rewards strategies. - Proven track record of leading or co\-leading full\-cycle SuccessFactors Compensation implementations — from scoping and design through go\-live and post\-production support. Work Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Availability: Full time

- Apply deep knowledge of compensation business processes — including merit, bonus, equity, and total rewards planning — to validate requirements, configurations, and workflows with client stakeholders. Solution Design \& Process Improvement - Lead the analysis and refinement of business requirements, aligning compensation processes with SAP SuccessFactors system capabilities and operational goals. - Identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend innovative solutions to enhance system performance, user experience, and compensation cycle efficiency. Skills \& Expertise Core Technical Skills - Expert proficiency in SAP SuccessFactors Compensation — compensation plan templates, eligibility rules, guidelines, salary ranges, merit matrices, bonus plans, and equity management. - Strong capability in compensation business process mapping and total rewards process re\-engineering. - Proficiency in requirements gathering, functional and technical specification writing, and solution documentation. - Experience with Variable Pay (bonus) and Long\-Term Incentive (LTI) configuration within SuccessFactors advantageous. - Familiarity with compensation benchmarking methodologies, job grading frameworks, and pay equity analysis advantageous. - Understanding of South African remuneration frameworks, pay equity legislation, and Employment Equity reporting requirements advantageous. Qualifications \& Experience 1-3 years of hands\-on SAP SuccessFactors experience, with significant focus on the Compensation module. - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; postgraduate qualification or reward specialist credentials (e.g. GRP, CRP) advantageous. - SAP SuccessFactors certification in Compensation (required); Variable Pay or additional module certifications advantageous. - Knowledge of South African and broader African remuneration legislation, pay structures, and Employment Equity Act requirements strongly advantageous. - Be embedded in the SAP Reinvention Partner ecosystem with early access to SAP's latest Compensation innovations, including AI\-driven pay equity analysis and intelligent total rewards planning. - Minimum 8 years of hands\-on SAP SuccessFactors experience, with significant focus on the Compensation module. - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; postgraduate qualification or reward specialist credentials (e.g. GRP, CRP) advantageous. - SAP SuccessFactors certification in Compensation (required); Variable Pay or additional module certifications advantageous. - Knowledge of South African and broader African remuneration legislation, pay structures, and Employment Equity Act requirements strongly advantageous. Key Skills: SAP SuccessFactors, Employee Central, Compensation Salary: $70