SAP Payroll UAT Lead

Position: SAP Payroll UAT Lead

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Contract-To-Hire

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and run UAT cycles, including test strategy, schedules, and entry/exit criteria
• Write and maintain UAT test scenarios, test cases, and scripts from business requirements
• Run tests, log defects, and track them to resolution with development and functional teams
• Support business users during testing and capture their feedback
• Report on test progress, defect status, and go-live readiness
• Help create features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements
• Maintain traceability between requirements and test results

Required Qualifications

• Strong background in Quality Assurance and/or Business Analysis
• Hands-on experience planning and running UAT for enterprise systems
• Skilled at writing test cases, user stories, and requirements documentation
• Experience with test and defect tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced project environment

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) experience
• SAP Payroll / HCM experience, including payroll testing and validation
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery
• Understanding of payroll processes, compliance, and data validation