SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll SOC 1 Audit Report 2025 H1
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SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is an SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Human Resources (HR) based payroll application, including the features of the full SAP ERP HR solution. In contrast to the on-premise application, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is delivered as a cloud-based solution. Thereby, SAP takes care of provisioning and maintenance of hardware, infrastructure, and software.
The integration in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central enables the customer to import payment relevant data (e.g., banking information) from the core HR into SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. Communication between SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is done via a standardized interface. It provides defined integration scenarios for accessing data in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as input for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. Furthermore, payment relevant changes in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central are automatically synchronized with the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll.
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is offered in the primary data center locations:
SOC 1 reports are prepared in pursuant to AT-C Section 320 and International Standard on Assurance Engagements No. 3402. SOC 1 reports are specifically intended to meet the needs of the entities that use service organizations (user entities) and the CPAs that audit the user entities’ financial statements (user auditors). Please note that this examination's scope does not include the controls and related control objectives of any subservice organizations. SOC 1 Type 1 report on the fairness of the presentation of management’s description of the service organization’s system and the suitability of the design of controls to achieve the related control objectives as of a specified date, whereas a SOC 1 Type 2 also includes the operating effectiveness of controls to achieve the related control objectives throughout a specified period.
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll has regularly prepared SOC 1 Type 2 audit reports by an independent 3rd party accountant. This version of the report covers the audit period 1. October 2024 to 31. March 2025.
The use of these reports is restricted to the management of the service organization, user entities, and user auditors. A copy of this report is available for all SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll customers who had productive and had financially-relevant systems during the audit period covered by the report.