Senior Consultant / Lead Consultant – SAP S/4HANA CATS
DXC Technology · POL, MZ, Warsaw, Poland
Job Description:
About DXC
Our more than 125,000 people in 70-plus countries are entrusted by our customers to deliver transformative technologies to ensure the success, safety and well-being of businesses and people around the world. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com
About the Team / Offering – Consulting & Engineering Services – Enterprise Applications - ETP & SAP
Our global team of consulting, engineering, and technology experts partners with the world's most innovative companies to help them thrive in an AI-powered world. With a strong foundation of values, deep industry expertise, and an extensive partner network, our people are trusted by clients to lead transformative change.
Enterprise Applications is where technology meets transformation. We design, deliver and modernize enterprise application landscapes — from ERP and AI-powered platforms to cloud and hybrid environments — that help global organizations grow faster, operate smarter and compete harder. You'll work across a broad portfolio, collaborate with world-class partners and deliver outcomes that matter at scale. If you want your work to have real impact, this is the place to do it.
About the Role
DXC Technology seeks a Senior Consultant / Lead Consultant specialising in SAP S/4HANA Cross-Application Time Sheet (CATS) to lead implementation and optimisation of enterprise-wide time recording solutions. CATS is a cross-functional SAP capability letting employees record working time against HR orders, Project System (PS) work breakdown structures, Plant Maintenance (PM) orders, Controlling (CO) cost objects, and Materials Management (MM) activities from a single unified time sheet.
You will design, configure, and deploy CATS solutions in S/4HANA environments, ensuring accurate time data capture for HR payroll and financial/project cost allocation. Working with HR, Finance, Project Management, and Operations stakeholders, you will deliver end-to-end CATS solutions aligned with client requirements, driving solution design through configuration, testing, and go-live support.
Essential Job Functions
• Configure SAP S/4HANA CATS (Classic CATS and CATS for Service Providers), including data entry profiles, time recording profiles, field selection, and task list management.
• Design CATS data entry profiles for multiple employee groups: internal staff, subcontractors, external workers, and service personnel.
• Set up time recording categories covering regular working time, project time, overtime, training, travel, on-call duty, and absence recording via CATS.
• Configure CATS Notebook for offline and mobile time entry, enabling field workers to record time without continuous system connectivity.
• Implement CATS approval workflows, including line manager, project manager, cost object controller, and multi-level approval scenarios.
• Configure period-lock controls, retro-entry permissions, time correction workflows, and mass approval functionalities in CATS.
• Implement CATS integration with Project Systems (PS) for time recording against WBS elements, networks, and activities for project cost tracking and progress reporting.
• Configure CATS integration with Plant Maintenance (PM) for recording labour time against PM orders, operations, and maintenance plans for equipment cost analysis.
• Set up CATS integration with Controlling (CO) for time postings to CO internal orders, cost centres, and activity types for financial cost allocation.
• Configure CATS integration with Materials Management (MM), including service entry sheets and purchase order-based time confirmations for contractor billing scenarios.
• Design and implement CATS data transfer programs (CATSXT, CATSCO, CATSP, CATPM) and schedule background jobs for automatic time data transfer.
• Deploy SAP Fiori apps for CATS, including My Timesheet V4, Approve Timesheet, Manage Time Sheets, and manager-facing time overview apps.
• Configure hybrid time management landscapes, integrating S/4HANA Time Management with SuccessFactors Time Off for absence requests and employee self-service.
• Ensure seamless integration between S/4HANA Time Management and Payroll, covering time wage type transfer, absence valuation, and time quota payout processing.
• Develop CATS functional design documents, configuration guides, integration test plans, and end-user training materials.
• Execute unit, string, and cross-module integration testing (CATS-HR, CATS-PS, CATS-CO, CATS-PM) to validate end-to-end time data flows.
• Design CATS authorisation concepts, defining access roles for employees, project managers, cost object controllers, and HR administrators.
• Lead go-live activities, including production cutover for open project orders, CATS opening balance entries, and post-go-live hypercare support.
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 6–10 years of SAP HCM / S/4HANA experience, including at least 4 years specialising in CATS configuration and cross-module integration.
• Minimum 3 full-lifecycle implementations as lead consultant for CATS.
• Proven experience integrating CATS with at least two of: PS, PM, CO, HR Time Management, MM.
• Demonstrated experience activating and deploying S/4HANA CATS Fiori apps.
Nice to have
• Experience in ECC-to-S/4HANA migration projects involving CATS is a strong advantage.
• SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP S/4HANA (HCM or Finance area) — preferred.
Why DXC?
DXC is an employer of choice with strong values, and fosters a culture of inclusion, belonging and corporate citizenship. We inspire and take care of our people. We work to create a culture of learning, diversity and inclusion and are dedicated to strong ethics and corporate citizenship. DXC is where brilliant people seize opportunities to advance their careers and amplify customer success.
Full-time hires are eligible to participate in the DXC benefit program. DXC offers a comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits program, which includes:
• Stable employment in an international company.
• Advancement opportunities within the organization (a variety of exciting projects with an array of technologies and tools).
• Flexibility in work arrangement.
• An onboarding buddy’s support to make you feel comfortable in our company from day one.
• Substantial medical insurance package provided in cooperation with the biggest medical services provider in Poland.
• Life insurance package.
• Multisport Card.
• Unlimited access to DXC University with courses from external partners for the best learner's experience.
• DXC Partner courses and certifications (Microsoft, SAP, ServiceNow, AWS, Google, Dell Technologies, IBM, Microfocus, Salesforce, Red Hat, VMware, Workday).
• Employee Referral Program: a financial bonus for the referrer for a successful candidate recommendation.
• Employee Recognition Program with points assigned by colleagues for the recognized employees (exchangeable for prizes).
• Employee Assistance Program (providing 24/7 support for employees and their families in difficult life situations).
• Opportunity to join our numerous charity and ecology-related events organized by our CSR Team (Corporate Social Responsibility).
• DiXi Cool activities: trips, sports and wellness events, discounts for cultural events.
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