Understand our business requirements, Payroll processes, approvals & workflows, work patterns and rules-based calculations. With the ability to assess the impact of adopting the relevant standard processes.
Work with key resources that will need to input into design decisions and provide that input into the requirements and design activities. To ensure the optimum end to end solution is leveraged.
Lead on all Payroll testing activities, including UAT, continually reviewing Payroll test scenarios to ensure all eventualities are covered and within scope.
Support on all data migration activities, cut over planning and all aspects of implementation.
Lead on all Payroll parallel run activities, ensuring all Payroll operational tasks are delivered within the agreed project timelines.
Working in collaboration with the Payroll and Project team to effectively manage all risks and issues.
Lead on the live running of Payroll as it moves from implementation to business as usual. Identifying any issues and addressing accordingly, providing post go live support.
Ensure a full handover is done with the payroll team to ensure payroll runs smoothly within the live environment.
Help define Best Practice Payroll Processes and Reporting requirements from Payroll Production through to general ledger.
Identify change impacts and work with the business to understand the changes required to working practices and behavior.
Owner of level 5 processes and ensure that the designed solution is operationalized to operating procedures, key metrics and reporting.
Input into the design of any Payroll training material and delivery planning.
Maintain a holistic view of the wider work streams to ensure that collaboration is sought to overcome any perceived conflict presented by a system process with another work stream.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Extensive Payroll Knowledge and understanding of UK payroll legislation
Experience of Payroll Project Delivery
Experience of Oracle Cloud
Future thinking with and curious and open mind
High degrees of initiative, accuracy, efficiency and attention to detail
Able to work at pace and be pragmatic
Problem Solving
Ability to take a logical and practical approach
Clear customer focus
Team player
Concern for deadline and quality requirements
Influencing skills and engagement with differing client groups
Ability to multitask, work to deadlines, priorities under pressure
Excellent organizational skills
Understanding of process improvement and business change