Job Description
Senior SAP HCM Lead ABAP Developer
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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.
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Contract & Location
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Based in the Brisbane CBD with full-time onsite attendance.
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Initial contract through to 30 June ****, with potential extensions.
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Paying up to $1,****** per day inclusive of superannuation.
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Responsibilities
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Analyse, modernise, and optimise existing ABAP code to prepare HCM components for S/4HANA conversion, including alignment to clean-core development principles.
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Develop new HCM extensions, reports, and validation logic to support payroll, compliance updates, enterprise agreement changes, and HR process improvements.
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Collaborate with Functional Experts to interpret requirements, refine business rules, and ensure solutions align with SAP best practice and legislative needs.
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Support development activities across initiatives such as digital timesheeting, leave and movement workflows, rostering interactions, and related API/integration work.
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Provide technical leadership across standards, code reviews, testing approaches, and optimisation activities during the S/4HANA upgrade.
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Contribute to release planning, background processing, and integrations within a large, data-intensive payroll and HR environment.
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Maintain high-quality technical documentation, specifications, and solution designs.
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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, productive, and scalable HCM solutions across complex environments.
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For more information, contact Michael Tran on ************ or email
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Seniority level
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Mid‐Senior level
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Employment type
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Contract
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Job function
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Information Technology
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Industries
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Information Services and Technology, Information and Media
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📌 Sap Abap Developer (S/4Hana Hcm) (Queensland)
🏢 Retained
📍 Queensland