SAP ABAP HR Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain SAP HCM solutions using ABAP.
• Work on RICEF objects, including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, and workflows.
• Develop HR-specific reports using logical databases such as PNP, PNPCE, and PAP.
• Create ALV, classical, interactive, and executable reports.
• Develop and maintain interfaces using IDocs, RFCs, BAPIs, Web Services, XML, and OData, where applicable.
• Work on enhancements using BADIs, user exits, customer exits, enhancement points, and implicit enhancements.
• Develop and support HR forms using Smart Forms, SAPscript, Adobe Forms, or HR Forms.
• Work on data uploads and conversions using BDC, LSMW, BAPIs, and standard SAP programs.
• Support ABAP development related to PA, OM, Time Management, and Payroll.
• Develop and maintain payroll-related custom objects, payroll reports, interfaces, and schema/PCR-related technical requirements.
• Analyse business and functional requirements and prepare technical specifications.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and defect resolution.
• Investigate production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and provide timely resolutions.
• Debug standard and custom SAP programs, user exits, BADIs, workflows, and interfaces.
• Coordinate with SAP functional consultants, integration teams, vendors, and business users.
• Prepare technical documentation, test evidence, deployment notes, and knowledge-transfer documents.
• Participate in implementation, rollout, upgrade, enhancement, and AMS/support projects.

Required Technical Skills

• 3–7 years of professional experience in SAP ABAP, preferably with SAP HCM/HR.
• Strong knowledge of ABAP programming and the ABAP Workbench.
• Hands-on experience in:
• Reports and ALV
• ABAP Objects and Object-Oriented ABAP
• BAPIs, RFCs, and function modules
• BDC and data migration techniques
• Enhancements, BADIs, exits, and enhancement points
• IDocs and integration interfaces
• Smart Forms, SAPscript, or Adobe Forms
• Debugging and performance tuning
• Practical experience in SAP HCM technical development.
• Good understanding of HR infotypes, personnel numbers, organizational objects, and HR authorizations.
• Experience with HR logical databases, HR read functions, and evaluation paths.
• Exposure to payroll-related development, payroll driver debugging, schemas, PCRs, and payroll results is preferred.

SAP HCM Areas

The candidate should have working knowledge of one or more of the following:

• Personnel Administration — PA
• Organizational Management — OM
• Time Management — TM
• Payroll — PY
• Employee Self-Service — ESS
• Manager Self-Service — MSS
• HR interfaces and third-party system integrations

Desired Qualifications

• Any Graduation.
• SAP ABAP or SAP HCM certification is preferred.