PayrollBADIes
Welcome to the PayrollBADIes podcast! We're a ragtag crew of SAP and payroll enthusiasts who love to talk shop and talk $h** — whether it's the latest in SAP (especially payroll), the broader HR/Payroll Tech market, or ranting about things that drive us up the wall. Tune in for insights, rants, and the payroll banter you never knew you needed. It's all SAP, all payroll, all fun. P.S. This podcast is unfiltered so excuse the NSFW language at times with a heavy dose of SAP Bias—because obviously SAP Payroll is the best payroll in the world. Don’t agree? GTFOI?! Join the Movement - https://www.linkedin.com/company/payrollbadies/
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December 30, 2025 • 40 mins
In this episode we are joined by Shahzad Naseem from the SAP SuccessFactors Product Strategy team to discuss the strategic reasoning behind the SmartRecruiters acquisition, the roadmap for Autonomous Payroll., & more!
We go "under the hood" to explore why SAP chose SmartRecruiters over other vendors. How they evaluated every vendor and what set SmartRecruiters apart, focusing on the strength of their Applicant Tracking System (ATS...
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November 3, 2025 • 32 mins
A dynamic recap of the SAP SuccessConnect 2025 event, celebrating the Payroll BADIes 1-Year Anniversary! Join the crew as they discuss the massive announcements impacting SAP SuccessFactors HCM & Payroll. We dive deep into the SmartRecruiters acquisition, the future of AI agent-to-agent communication (Joule, Winston), major updates to SAP Time Tracking / Workforce Management, and the rise of the Payroll Baddy community. Learn what...
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Join this episode to hear from Bonnie Tinder, Founder & CEO of Raven Intelligence, for a no-BS look at what truly drives HR tech implementation success. Bonnie explains why team dynamics and partner quality beat software features, how to use verified customer reviews to pick the right implementation partner, and what really happens when HR and Payroll live on different vendors. We dig into AI in HR (hype vs. outcomes), recent marke...
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July 8, 2025 • 46 mins
In this episode of the Payroll BADIes podcast, the group welcomes legendary payroll analyst Pete Tiliakos
· Imran & Raj discuss the backlash they received after the previous episode and get Pete’s thoughts on the role of analysts in shaping the industry· Pete gives a sneak preview of his upcoming research: The Payroll Profession Confidence Index· The group talks about the five pillars of payroll excellence.· ...
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May 30, 2025 • 25 mins
Join Imran and Raj in this episode as they discuss analyst reports and magic quadrants including their impact on software selection and market perceptions. They explore the criteria these reports use, question the credibility of various analyst firms given the pay to play model behind these reports and give very specific examples on serious issues with these reports.
Imran discusses his first hand experience being involved with ana...
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Join this episode with very special guest Chris McKee who has led global payroll at multiple Fortune 500 companies. Hear his POV on how he and his team handled one of the worst nightmares you can image: The Time & Attendance system going down for 10 weeks time due to a cybersecurity incident. To make matters worse, it happened in December right before US year-end.Chris shares insights into handling crisis management including when ...
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February 24, 2025 • 28 mins
What do motherhood, payroll leadership, and 1 BILLION payslips have in common? - Maryann Abbajay, Chief Revenue Officer of SAP SuccessFactors—and our latest #PayrollBADIe guest! 🎙️🔥From raising kids to revolutionizing payroll,
Maryann shares her incredible journey, the game-changing innovations shaping the future (hello, AI! 🤖), and why payroll professionals are the real BADIes. 💰💡Some Payroll #GOLD from this episode:
✅ Payr...
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February 12, 2025 • 27 mins
Join this episode to hear what Grinds #BADIeDaddy’s Gears – Some must-hear advice and a breakdown of the 5 Pillars of Modern Payroll and thePayroll Profession Confidence Index being run by the one and only Pete Tiliakos
📰 New News:
🔹 Paychex acquires Paycor – 🤔
🔹 SAP’s update end-of-life announcement for ECC 🚀🥪
New Segment Alert: Food for Thought – HR & IT… a perfect match like PB&J, or a messy mix like oil & water? We dig in...
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February 3, 2025 • 39 mins
Join the podcast to hear from payroll legend Flora Jebri from Delicato Family Wines🍷🔥. Her passion for payroll is contagious, her energy is inspirational. This fun conversation will cover:
Flora's journey into payroll during a company acquisition
The implementation of SAP SuccessFactors to streamline payroll at Delicato and how Flora loves SAP Payroll!
The importance of Employee Recognition and giving payroll professiona...
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In this episode we engage in a lively discussion about the importance of payroll professionals, share updates on SAP SuccessFactors innovations, address the threats of ransomware in the payroll industry, and celebrate the dedication of payroll heroes. We also look ahead to future events such as SuccessConnect 2025 (Which will be a bit different next year including the new format and location) along with collaborations, while wrappi...
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November 12, 2024 • 25 mins
Rise up, PayrollBADIes! This is more than a podcast—it's a movement. We're here to celebrate payroll, elevate the conversation, and shake up the world of HR tech. Join us and be part of the PayrollBadies revolution! This podcast is openly biased towards SAP - don’t like it? GTFO! SAP is THE leader in payroll technology and solutions.
In our inaugural podcast, we dived into who we are, the electric energy of SuccessConnect 2024 in ...
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October 26, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode Imran talks about what the ADP Acquisition of Workforce Software could mean for both the SAP ecosystem as well as the broader HR Tech market. Imran shares his thoughts on whether he thinks SAP should have considered buying Workforce Software, what this will mean for existing WFS/SAP customers including how it impacts SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking, opportunities for other partner workforce management tools, and ho...
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June 17, 2024 • 34 mins
Imran Sajid and Sherry Meyer discuss the latest news/announcements from SAP Sapphire 2024 held in Orlando Florida. Topics include
Sapphire Event Highlights
Thoughts on the WalkMe Acquisition
Major Announcements
Joule/Generative AI Capabilities
Thoughts on the future of AI
SAP Partnerships & ASUG sessions
Latest on Moving from On-Premise to Cloud
Relevant Links
SAP SuccessFactors Accelerates AI Capabilities
SAP...
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February 20, 2024 • 15 mins
Industry analyst and legend Pete Tiliakos returns to the podcast to talk about the new payroll profession confidence survey he is doing with his company 3SixtyInsights. Hear Pete talk about how this survey is different from other ones in the marketplace including how there is no plan to make money from it. Understand what kind of profiles he is looking for to fill it out (Anyone around payroll), How long it will be open until (Spoi...
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February 6, 2024 • 41 mins
Rebecca Murray and Brandon Toombs join the podcast to talk about the recent news of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) crossing 6K customers as a follow up to the podcast Imran and Becky did when EC crossed 4K customers.
Topics include:
The history of Employee Central & Employee Central Payroll
The evolution of Employee Central over the years
Thoughts on doing HR transactions outside of the system (Ex: MS Teams) in t...
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January 30, 2024 • 35 mins
Imran Sajid and Steve Hunt discuss how Core HR platforms enable and constrain the ability of companies to rethink work and create more agile and adaptable companies. Steve talks about the impact of job design on recruitment, and the effect Core HR systems can have on how people work, how they are paid, when they work, and where they work. We share real life examples that show how customers have used Core HR platforms to create bett...
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January 12, 2024 • 25 mins
Imran Sajid and Sid Bhattacharya discuss the rise of Artificial Intelligence and what it means for HR Tech and SAP SuccessFactors. Hear Sid’s opinion on if AI will take over jobs, what mass adoption of this technology means, what he hears from customers and partners around this technology, how SAP Business AI is critical for the enterprise, and how someone can learn more and get started on their AI journey with SAP.
Reference mat...
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December 23, 2023 • 26 mins
With SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) crossing over 6,000 customers globally, join Imran Sajid and Nick MacIlvaine
as they discuss how customers have deployed EC using a phased approach. Some customers don't want to engage in a big-bang, rip and replace global project. Instead, EC customers sometimes choose to start smaller, by focusing on particular countries or business units. Hear us talk about real customer projects w...
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December 1, 2023 • 23 mins
Imran Sajid and Duncan Scott discuss all the ways SAP is helping existing SAP on-premise customers move to the cloud with SAP SuccessFactors. Topics include:
Helping make a business case.
Helping analyze your existing system.
Helping customers follow best practice
guidelines.
Helping customers speed up implementations.
Relevant Links
SAP Infoporter-The Secret Weapon For Employee Central Migration by Brandon Toombs
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October 13, 2023 • 34 mins
Imran Sajid, Danielle Larocca, and AJ Whalen discuss the latest from SuccessConnect 2023 held in Las Vegas in October 2023. Details include:
Major announcements including AI/Joule
Keynote specifics
Session breakout stories and innovations (Analytics, Payroll and more)
Takeaways from customers/partner/Confidant interactions
Customer extensibility examples
What we enjoyed most
Relevant Links
3 top takeaways fro...
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