120 sessions—including comprehensive workshops, lectures, demos, panel discussions, and interactive roundtables—presented by top experts at SAP, leading customers, and the most authoritative consultants in the SAP HR arena.
Mike Timm, ICG
Time: Tuesday, March 3 10:45 AM Pacific
Room: Raphael 3
This session tackles some of the most common payroll and time-related pitfalls and offers proven techniques for identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving them, including lessons to:
- Identify the object master data, configuration, or systemic issue causing the payroll error, and determine the best approach for resolution
- Overcome technical complexities associated with setting up and customizing process models, schemas, and rules
- Manage common challenges associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and get tips to accelerate the acceptance of a new payroll system
- Leverage CATS and the time schema to more easily process complex time rules and avoid time-related discrepancies
Mike Timm, ICG
Time: Tuesday, March 3 4:30 PM Pacific
Room: Raphael 3
This session examines key process decisions and technical considerations for integrating SAP payroll with accounting (FI/CO) and benefits applications and processes. By attending this session, you will:
- Examine the integration points between payroll and key accounting (FI/CO) applications like GL, treasury, cost accounting, and accounts payable and get tips for optimizing data flows
- Discover payroll interface design techniques that help drive streamlined integration
- Understand what’s required to process benefits in conjunction with payroll in SAP ERP HCM, including an overview of required configuration and integration
Managing payroll claims, garnishments, month-end accruals, and more: Lessons from the trenches
Mike Timm, ICG
Time: Wednesday, March 4 1:00 PM Pacific
Room: Raphael 3
Through detailed screenshots and system demos, this session provides critical guidance based on real-world experience for ensuring accurate and timely processing of overpayments, garnishments, retroactive calculations, and month-end accruals. By attending, you will learn how to:
- Configure wage types to support claims forgiveness, repayment, and deduction recovery
- Reconcile claims from a user, functional, and technical perspective, including insight into the impact of IRS regulations related to claim processing and the different taxing rules that apply
- Avoid common pitfalls associated with posting retroactive calculations and month-end accruals
- Ensure the accuracy of garnishment configuration and administration, including tips to manage effective garnishment dates and track and monitor their activity
Panel discussion: Payroll Q&A with SAP customers and experts
Mike Timm, ICG
Linda Crosby, United Launch Alliance
Steve Bogner, Insight Consulting Partners
W. Eric Sauerhoefer-Thompson, The Walt Disney Company
Time: Wednesday, March 4 2:30 PM Pacific
Room: Tower Ballroom 8
This no-holds-barred exchange of ideas with peers and experts tackles your most pressing payroll challenges. Join this panel to:
- Learn how your peers are streamlining and increasing the consistency of their regular payroll runs
- Examine how others are reducing the time spent making payroll adjustments through proactive analysis and error correction
- Hear about best practices to adopt (and worst practices to avoid!) to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of payroll results
A comprehensive guide to US taxes and their impact on payroll operations
Mike Timm, ICG
Time: Wednesday, March 4 4:45 PM Pacific
Room: Tower Ballroom 8
This session examines key factors essential in avoiding costly tax-related pitfalls, including a thorough review of US tax regulations and associated reporting and auditing requirements. By attending, you will:
- Master tax configuration in SAP ERP HCM, including lessons to avoid or overcome challenges associated with setting up key tax models and wage types
- Get critical guidance to comply with state and federal tax regulations and auditing requirements
- Explore how to use Tax Reporter to run multi-worksite, SUI, and W2s, including how to reconcile between Tax Reporter and payroll results
- Obtain best practices for managing and tracking BSI Tax Update Bulletin (TUBs), and get an overview of new and enhanced functions delivered in the latest version of BSI TaxFactory