Lead Consultant(Product/Domain)
HCLTech · United States
Job Summary
SuccessFactors Variable Pay (STI) Specialist, someone who specializes in annual bonus/incentive programs, calculations, proration rules, and payroll handoff. This is a functional role with a strong analytical and compensation background
Key Responsibilities
The candidate should have:
- 6+ years hands-on SuccessFactors Variable Pay experience
- Experience managing at least 2-3 annual bonus cycles
- Strong understanding of bonus calculations and incentive plans
- End-to-end ownership from configuration through payroll handover
Skill Requirements
Must-Have SuccessFactors Skills
Variable Pay Expertise
Strong experience in:
- Variable Pay configuration
- Bonus plans and templates
- Eligibility rules
- Business goals & weightings
- Individual goals
- Assignment groups
- Bonus calculation rules
- Payout curves
- Proration logic
- Route maps and permissions
Employee Central Knowledge
Should understand:
- Bonus-related EC fields
- Compensation data
- Job changes
- Hire and termination dates
- Organizational changes
- Rating imports from Performance & Goals
Compensation & Bonus Domain Knowledge (Critical)
Candidate should understand:
- Target bonus calculations
- Bonus percentages
- Company/business/individual weightings
- Achievement curves
- Thresholds
- Caps & floors
- Proration
- Mid-year transfers
- Promotions
- Leave impacts
- Executive bonus plans
This is more important than generic SF knowledge.
Strong Excel Skills Required
The JD heavily emphasizes:
- VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
- Complex formulas
- Pivot tables
- Data validation
- Large-scale reconciliation
- Audit checks
- Data analysis
A candidate who cannot demonstrate advanced Excel should not be shortlisted.
Testing & Reconciliation Skills
Look for candidates with experience in:
- Test scripting
- UAT support
- Regression testing
- Control totals
- Reconciliation reports
- Validation frameworks
- Payroll output verification
The role is highly numbers-driven and audit-focused. [03_JD_STI_Specialist | Word]
Payroll Exposure
Good candidates should have worked on:
- Payroll handover files
- Payroll cut-offs
- Bonus payout processing
- Country-specific payment deadlines
- Validation before payroll release
They don't need to be payroll experts but should understand payroll timelines and dependencies.
Nice-to-Have Skills
Additional value if candidate has:
- SuccessFactors Variable Pay Certification
- SuccessFactors Compensation experience
- VBA knowledge
- Power Query
- Power BI
- Executive compensation programs
- SOX/Audit-controlled environments
- Multi-country payroll exposure