FUELS Payroll & HRIS Separation Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Lead the global HRIS and Payroll separation initiative within Project POWER.

• Develop and uphold the programme plan, including milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and the critical path.

• Manage various country-level workstreams and ensure alignment with the separation roadmap.

• Create governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks.

• Provide updates on progress that encompass risks, issues, dependencies, and necessary decisions.

• Oversee the separation of HRIS and Payroll services currently provided by Bureau Veritas Group.

• Define and manage future-state HRIS and Payroll solutions.

• Evaluate country-specific requirements, existing systems, contracts, interfaces, and dependencies.

• Oversee the separation, migration, and implementation of HR and payroll systems across various countries.

• Manage data migration, data ownership, system access, interfaces, and reporting arrangements.

• Supervise the separation of HR and payroll data, migration, system testing, user acceptance testing, and parallel payroll operations.

• Coordinate cutover planning and execution.

• Ensure that critical HR and payroll processes are tested and operational before Day D.

• Collaborate with FUELS, Bureau Veritas Group, IT, HR, Finance, Payroll, and external providers.

• Manage external HRIS and payroll vendors while monitoring their deliverables.

• Identify and manage programme risks and dependencies.

• Develop contingency plans and business continuity measures.

• Assist in the transition to the standalone FUELS operating model.

• Ensure the successful delivery of separation roadmaps, country plans, future-state arrangements, data migration, testing, payroll continuity, governance, and handover.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in leading complex global HRIS, Payroll, HR Transformation, or HR Technology programmes.

• Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale, multi-country programmes that involve numerous stakeholders, systems, and service providers.

• Experience in M&A, divestment, carve-out, separation, or standalone company implementation is highly desirable.

• Capability to work in a matrix environment alongside local HR networks and shared service centers.

• Strong skills in vendor and stakeholder management.

• Exceptional communication and influencing abilities.

• Competence to operate effectively at both senior leadership and operational levels.

• Ability to thrive in a complex, fast-paced, and time-sensitive transformation environment.

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent.

• A recognized HR qualification is highly recommended.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent employment contract.

• Opportunity to lead a global HRIS and Payroll separation programme.

• Exposure to a global, multi-country transformation programme spanning EMEA, APAC, North America, and South America.

• Collaboration with senior leadership, regional HR directors, local HR teams, and external providers.