Payroll Project Manager
Core
Lead the payroll workstream for a major transformation programme migrating from Workday to Oracle HCM Cloud, focusing on data migration, testing, reconciliation, and go-live.
Role type
Senior IC Payroll Project Manager
Builds
Oracle HCM Cloud payroll system
Domain
Financial Services / UK Payroll
Required skills
Oracle HCM Cloud implementation, Workday migration, payroll comparison and parallel testing, UK payroll calculations (PAYE, National Insurance, pensions), data migration, project management, stakeholder engagement
Preferred skills
Experience managing Oracle implementation partners, third-party suppliers, complex payroll scenarios, effective-dated data, payroll interfaces
Technologies
Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end payroll workstream including design, configuration, data migration, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare; Manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and governance; Own payroll comparison and parallel payroll testing to ensure accurate reconciliation; Investigate and resolve payroll variances; Ensure accurate reconciliation of gross-to-net pay, PAYE, National Insurance, pensions, statutory payments, and deductions; Oversee payroll data migration from Workday; Coordinate SIT, UAT, regression, and end-to-end testing; Manage payroll cutover, production readiness, go-live, and hypercare activities; Collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, Technology, Data Migration teams, and Oracle implementation partners.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC