Payroll Transformation with SAP | From Payroll Operations to Payroll Architecture

So hello everyone, thanks for joining in. So today we are going to talk about the AI-driven payroll transformation boot camp, which is actually— we are now going to design. So in this, this session is exclusively for the payroll operators who are already in working in a payroll directly or directly as an end user, how you can become a payroll architect or a payroll consultant in the future, right? This session is not for people who are already into payroll consulting like that, but if you want to still enhance, you can still welcome to this session. So you'll be getting some input from here, right? So like, as I said, this session is exclusively for people who are into payroll operations, you must be knowing that payroll is the most critical system in any organization, right? If the payroll is failing, you are losing the trust of the employee, your compliance risk will be there, right? And also your all the finance number, we already know, like part of the side effect of it if the payroll is failed, right? But most of the things actually what we teach, what we generally people are taught Regarding the payroll, they always learn about either a configuration steps or a country-specific rules or a transactional, typically transactional processing or any kind of a tool clicks only, whether it is an SAP payroll or Workday payroll or Oracle payroll, any payroll product I'm talking about. So this is actually the current reality. So you must agree. If you agree, just type yes in the chat. If you are watching it from the YouTube, just say yes, yes, yes. Okay, so that approach of learning actually now it is broken. So that is purely in this AI wallet obsolete, okay? So you don't have to remember any T-code, any, you know, configuration steps, and as such everything is in your fingertip, okay? So you don't need to remember, okay? It's no longer also today, it's not a back office function anymore. Payroll is highly now regulated, data intensive, a lot of integrations also happens with the payroll, isn't it? Intensive and also very much integration heavy, right? And if you talk about any global enterprise system, right, so you have to think like an architect. So this boot camp is exclusively for you, how you can think, how you can change your mindset, right, regarding the payroll as an architect, right? So as I said, the current landscape, if we talk about, uh, before we go to the detail about it, will be understanding that many of the countries, they do have a multi-country payroll, right? Many of the companies where they are actually, okay, they also do not have only, uh, the only payroll system. They do have a hybrid workforce working remotely, working from the office, working on the go, lot of things, okay. And also we cannot ignore this kind of statutory changes happening, changing repetitively, okay. From a security point of view, many companies are also going now towards cloud payroll, okay. If you have seen No more on-premise, okay, including SAP, where we are actually already in SAP SuccessFactors, Employee Central, Cloud Payroll. Similarly for other, all other products also. So also in some organizations, regulated industry, you understand, they will be having both cloud and legacy coexistence. We cannot ignore that, right? So from that point of view, you should not be only learning how to run payroll, how to fix errors, how to configure a schema if you're talking about SAP and other things, for other, okay, products. So you do not want remain become an only operators. So you lead your track, you lead your discipline, payroll as a discipline, right? Who will be understanding end-to-end payroll across HR, across finance, across IT, risk compliance, audit, everything, right? Very people do that, right? So that's the gap. So that is the current gap in the education system, what the way people are learning payroll and all of these things. So we are going to, in this context, if you talk about, uh, now coming to SAP, because I'm coming also from SAP background, 17+ years of experience, this is the way I speak. So even if there are so many products, why SAP Payroll is still dominant, okay, in the enterprise standard? So they have the most trusted payroll engine if you talk about in the world, right? And they're used by all the leading government, public sector, global MNCs, banks, a lot of things. And they do handle all of the statutory thing at a scale. They integrate deeply. So finance integration, if you talk about any integration like a Kronos, time, benefits, compliance point of view. And so this is not just about the payrolls, the entire enterprise big book. So that means learning it as a module is insufficient. You have to think like an architect. Thinking like an architect capability, right? So what we are going to do is present the problem with the traditional payroll training. So it's really, you just do the click, click, click, and you all understand if you're talking about SPRO configuration step by step, you learn that. I know there's nothing wrong in that, right? But people get stuck, they do not get a transformation. It becomes, you know, a lot of things, they only focus on only one country or other, no audit, no risk, no enterprise context, no integration thinking, no scalability, no architecture, no data architecture, no career progression beyond a payroll consultant. They become a payroll consultant. You tell as payroll consultant only. That is not the future, right? So there's nothing wrong in that if you still do that. I'm okay with that, but I want you to think at the next level. Okay, so what we have done, uh, we have revamped everything and using, you know, AI-driven mindset, we have changed our— the way we learn payroll, not in number of weeks or years or months, rather in the first track. Okay, so we have brought in a payroll transformation program with SAP. It's not as a training program. A lot— this is not a training program. If you are looking for a training program, it is not enough. You can go for learn from anywhere. You can learn from any— so many external institutes, so many, uh, courses and Udemy courses at a fraction of price. You will be getting that. But if you are thinking it like a career and capability upgrade, right, I will invite you for this program. And this will be like, uh, you'll be learning payroll as enterprise domain and not as a only payroll configuration as such. Okay, so you will learn the payroll enterprise domain. And also we apply 12 architecture streams. And if you have learned, if you have seen any of our sessions that we cover all of these things as an architect, think like an architect. So all the 12 architect streams we're talking about, so these are the different architecture streams we generally cover in our learning program. Maybe you are focusing only on initially starting with the application architecture, then we go for the other architecture streams, right? So that is what exactly we are focusing in our, all of our mentoring coaching program. Then we do have, uh, it is, I realize people do not consume content the way used to do. So we have to, we have brought in the microlearning concept and, uh, not no more overloading. So all of the content you will be having as and when required. So you'll be definitely having access to the entire library. So I will also quickly show you if you're getting a permission. So the backend of it, so backend of it, if you see that this recently we revamped for Canadian payroll and same thing is that actually we are going to do for all other country payroll. So here very microlearning concept, we will be having very short video in between as and when required, but it's just a quick sneak peek from the what is going behind the scene. You can talk about, right? This is exclusively for Canada payroll, and we have done it. We are doing it for all other European countries and US, India, all this APAC, all the leading countries where SAP is having presence, right? So here the— it's again, it's with the current rate, current curriculum, current tax. So not only will be having the configurations, but also you'll be having the hands-on assignment like this. And also one part of it, you will be also having a— while doing 3 things, you will be learning about here. You will be doing this highly focused, okay? So highly focused configuration. It will be given a case study. Based on that case studies, you are going to do all the hands-on. The hands-on also, it is not a purely only configuration, configuration. Rather, you'll be starting with a concept. You will be given a concept, you're given an assignment, okay? And based on that exercises, that you will be also having it some reflection questions, what-if analysis, right? So those questions you will be asked, you have to answer that. And also you have a— do have a trivia, fun facts, then followed by the key steps and all of this thing. So this is just a quick sneak peek, and for same thing is applicable for all other topic. And also from a PCR concept point of view, PCR understanding point of view, we're going detail about it. And we are not only understanding the concept but also how do you apply, okay? And all those configuration, architecture, structure, you can see that they're all we are going to deliver, we are going to bring in, and it will be more of a self-driven. So we have a lot of assignments, lot of exercises, fun fact, so fun-focused way. And while doing all of these things, you will be learning a lot of things, right? So this is the way we are going ahead, and we will be updating all of these things with you. And we do have, as I say, these are all microlearning-based program, and you will be having an access to the library based on your membership. And, uh, This is a career multiplier if you're thinking about your payroll as a career, and there's a high demand always, and it's also evergreen. It's one of the modules are always evergreen because people are going to pay it anyway, right? So you should not be stuck at your operational stuff if you are coming from operation background and all, okay? And this program is for everyone who are already or aspiring SAP payroll consultants, SuccessFactors payroll consultant, or you are finance professionally, you want to switch to a payroll, or you want to learn with the payroll with along with your current profile, right? And payroll manager especially, or your HRIS, HRIT consultants in your organization, I invite you for this program for everyone. And this is actually, uh, if you talk about this, so how we are different, actually I will say that we are highly focused on case studies. And so how does a typical case study looks like, I will tell Okay, so this is a typical, uh, if you go to one of the case studies for the backend, I will show you that, uh, recently we are doing for— oh, the curriculum is again designed for exclusively for your typical, uh, your case study driven. So we have a lot of case studies, and from the case studies we derive all of this thing. So recently we have done for a city of, you know, That is the case study. So we have, uh, there are different, uh, case studies for different students, and we do have a Mappalo case study. This is a fictional case study, but again, you have to think it like a real case study, and you will be executing this case study. By the way, whenever— okay, this is for Canada payroll, okay? And we are doing it for similar case studies for other countries, uh, payroll as well. So she will be getting— so this is the entire thing you have to execute step by step, and we are following SAP Activate also. To the T, and you will be finding— you don't have to only configure, by the way. These are the deliverables for each and every stages or phases, you can say. So for every phases, you have to deliver all of this thing, and we have a tool for that. You have to utilize that tool, and definitely if you're having already a Cloud ALM, you can utilize that in your real project. But if you are not having— I know people who are not working or people who are not using Cloud ALM. So you will be in the backend, you will be getting an access to only for limited students. We are offering this, so you have to go through a typical tool like this where you can monitor your progress for each and everything, whatever you are doing, right? So this is what exactly you will be doing in the activity, at the activity level, and we will be monitoring all of those things. So these are the typical activities which we performing, and payroll is one of the capability, as I said, right, in success in our HR Prime Professional program. So in this payroll program you will be going for, and inside that you have to perform all of those activity, right? So this is what exactly we do have. And at this moment, as I speak, that you will be having going through. And this is our learning platform, and we will quickly show that. So this is our main, uh, website, main platform, I will say. And here we do have two things. So at present, if you go here, programs So at present we have revamped with a lot of things, but here, as this is a program, I invite you— everything we are architecting with AI, so including payroll, learning transformation, anything else. So, so you simply go here. If you're going here and if you want to part of this kind of a learning program, we do have a 4-step process. And I do not want you to wait till you go sequentially. It is not like that. You can also directly go to a build program. So there are 4 things: discover, learn, apply, and build. And everything we are doing is architecting with AI, whether it's the payroll transformation. So today's session is all about— this boot camp is all about the payroll transformation. And ERP Tools Platform, they're just our exemplar, as I said. And we are using AI everywhere, whether it's SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday. It doesn't matter to us. So from payroll context, this is what exactly we do have. And we invite you to— there are 4 types of tiers. And so we have a Discover, Learn, Apply, and Build. Okay, so if you are new to payroll, I will say start with here. But if you know already payroll, you're already in the payroll, so you can either offer Gold and Diamond. So you can go for here and you can start applying. And after a year, so there is a link here, and if you click— so let's say apply for Diamond, you're applying for it, and it will be redirected to a page like this. And from here, actually, you can register, and this is the program. Similarly, I will say if you are going for a Gold, so you can see the difference that it's all about the commitment. So people who are opting for Diamond, they will be definitely having the highest level of commitment and where you will be getting end-to-end implementation support, any kind of go-live support, any— if you're working in a project or any kind of configuration reviews if you have to do, that is exactly we are offering in the Build with AI, this program. And this is a typically people who have already part of our community, they usually get the same thing in the our your typical gold, uh, diamond program if you've already seen that. So this is already available, but people who are very new to the platform, the same thing we are offering with an AI in a wrapper here. So we have everywhere we are using AI, and we do have all this guided execution if you're going for Apply with AI. Okay, so most of the cases, this is what exactly the real-time use cases will utilize in the way I have given an example. Okay, this is for Canada payroll, and same thing we are going to do it for all other country payroll, right? So here The payroll transformation program, as I said, is the back end of it. What exactly we do and what kind of a transformation series— this entire series, by the way, we already started that series last year, but again, we are committed here that this time, this year, we will be closing all the transformation series and you will be getting all the codecs, okay? Especially, and for all of the country, okay? All the major countries starting with US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and of good news for European countries, you have all the 25 countries covered. Okay, so all the 25 countries you are going to cover, plus we have Gulf countries also. There is always huge demand now, especially in Gulf countries. We do have Saudi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and other countries as well, like Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, right? Wherever possible. So this is the entire thing we are going, and these are all boot camp driven. No more long, long videos. Rather, it'll be microlearning-based. And, uh, I invite you, all of you in this kind of a program. And also we are going to South Africa, Botswana, Philippines. So these are the gateway, or I will say for your learning, and we are revamping all of this learning for you exclusively through our learning program, right? So what you get after this, so after doing this activities and everything, you will be getting your section. So here exactly. These are all, as I say, AI-driven. So I invite you to join the payroll transformation program with us and learn the payroll not as a configurator, but an architect, but as an enterprise system, okay? And upgrade your skills, upgrade your, you know, your thinking. It's all about thinking and all of these things, right? Because everything is evolving, okay? And payroll is not going away. It will never disappear and the roles will evolve with AI, but the role will— you have to think like a payroll architect. Do not become only an operator or a processor in your current role. Or this program is a bridge program for you. I invite you to this program and in this you will be getting overall. So once you get into this, so you will be, uh, learning. This is our brand new hub platform where you will be solving the case studies. We do have a world of work program here. We can see for energy, materials, industry, almost 11 major sectors and 12 architecture streams. So as I say, we are highly focused on architecting the things, whether you are learning payroll, whether you are learning a lot of transformation, anything, right? And we do have a very wonderful leaderboard here. So you'll be finding here, and we do have challenges. We do have a lot of workshops time to time we conduct. Okay. So once you are enrolling, you will be getting a call and you will be joining this new member orientation program and all this kind of a workshop model. This is our hub platform, as I have said, and you will be getting, uh, all the challenges, activities, everything from here. And time to time we conduct all of this thing. And as I said, you will be part of the leadership program. So you have already— people have joined from different, different countries. You can see that across the country, okay, the diamond, gold, and for everything, everywhere we do have people from, again, different countries, different geographies. And they are— it's a gamified learning, you can say. It's more about the learning, okay? And you have wonderful communities here and people who interact with each other and all of these things. So this is actually your hub platform, which is our learning social network, LSM, we can say. And we do have also our school platform. This is our library. You can see, uh, learning. So this is in the main journey, you will be having a school platform And in the school platform, we do have, uh, all that this has been— I have been doing it for the last 5+ years exclusively. And here you will be getting access to the entire— so all the payroll, all the— not only payroll, but what are the other challenges, activities, highly activity-driven, and all these things you will be finding here. Okay, so these are the series of, uh, you know, courses. And also you will be, based on your industry, you will be getting your industry-specific lab, and in that you will be executing your case study, right? So these are different, different case studies we'll be solving— industrial, healthcare, financial, utilities, government. It doesn't matter whichever transformation program you are going through, right? So this is what exactly we will be going through and getting access to the entire library, okay? This is our program depending upon your memberships, okay? So I highly welcome you to join this program. And if you think it is really helpful for you, then we do also have recently started the Journey program. So this is the Journey program, and again, because everybody's journey is different So you have to choose your sector, and after choosing a sector, if you're interested in specific industries and all, we do have a tool for that to identify, and you can choose your whatever sector you're coming from, or you want to aspire for, and your project is going there, right? So you can simply choose that sector and choose your stream. So from a payroll point of view, primarily focusing on application, then we go for the other track. So we do have a 12 architecture stream, as I said, and we are covering everything anything and everything come out of this. Okay, there we have 20 tracks to follow. So after the 20 tracks, you can choose, or maybe we are currently focusing on implementation, maybe you are also going for into preparing for an interview. So you just choose your priorities, and based on that, you can choose. Then finally, you have to— the final page, you have to just simply choose that track, and you will be able to download this track, download your learning journey. And every time, in latter point of time, you can also change if it is required. Okay. So this is your learning journey and you can always focus. And this is what exactly I will highly recommend. And you can always track your learning journey, right? So this is what exactly the application which you are having here, journey, now journey map. It is more practical for, okay, all of these things. And also after getting certified and all of these things from our platform, we have also verification program. So as an employer, you can think of whoever has done any program, they can also verify their, you know, programs, whether how much commitment they have given and how they have some— okay, so this credential verification is also there. And anywhere, any, at any point of time, you can also come back to us and we can verify. We can, you know, you can trust. Okay, so this is what exactly we do have. And also all the detailed things we will be finding in the offering page. So in the offering page, all the details are here. You can always navigate to all of our program. And also we cater to almost all the types of corporate, all type of individual students or working professionals. And if you are academic universities, colleges, corporate organizations, all of those. So I highly recommend to go through this, and I think that will be helpful for you. And just to reach out if you are having any further queries. And with that, I'm signing off here. Thank you very much. And so looking forward to see you in our upcoming boot camps. Take care. Bye-bye.