Senior SAP HCM Lead ABAP Developer Our government client is seeking a Senior SAP HCM Lead ABAP Developer to support a large and highly customised HCM and payroll environment currently transitioning from ECC6 to S/4HANA. The role focuses on modernising and optimising existing custom code, building clean-core aligned extensions, and supporting HCM initiatives spanning payroll compliance, award interpretation, data structure updates, and workflow improvements. You’ll work across ABAP, OData, integrations, reporting logic, and S/4HANA development while operating in a busy release-driven environment.

Contract & Location Based in the Brisbane CBD with full time onsite attendance. Initial contract through to 30 June 2026, with potential extensions. Paying up to $1,098.69 per day inclusive of superannuation.

Responsibilities Analyse, modernise, and optimise existing ABAP code to prepare HCM components for S/4HANA conversion, including alignment to clean-core development principles. Develop new HCM extensions, reports, and validation logic to support payroll, compliance updates, enterprise agreement changes, and HR process improvements. Collaborate with Functional Experts to interpret requirements, refine business rules, and ensure solutions align with SAP best practice and legislative needs.



Support development activities across initiatives such as digital timesheeting, leave and movement workflows, rostering interactions, and related API/integration work. Provide technical leadership across standards, code reviews, testing approaches, and optimisation activities during the S/4HANA upgrade. Contribute to release planning, background processing, and integrations within a large, data-intensive payroll and HR environment. Maintain high-quality technical documentation, specifications, and solution designs.

The successful candidate has experience designing, developing, and optimising ABAP solutions within SAP HCM; supporting highly customised payroll environments; building S/4HANA-aligned extensions using clean-core principles; working with HR master data, payroll rules, and rostering integrations; and partnering with Functional Experts to deliver compliant, efficient, and scalable HCM solutions across complex environments.

For more information, contact

Michael Tran

on

0468 058 334

or email

[email protected] .

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Contract

Job function Information Technology

Industries Information Services and Technology, Information and Media

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📌 SAP ABAP Developer (S/4HANA HCM) (Brisbane)
🏢 Retained
📍 Brisbane