Senior ERP Payroll Implementation Lead

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

📋 Description

• Plan, oversee, implement, and deliver Payroll Parallel Run (PPR) initiatives within the Synergy Programme.

• Take ownership of the Parallel Run strategy, delivery plans, milestones, entry and exit criteria, reconciliation framework, and readiness measures.

• Ensure alignment of Parallel Run activities with payroll calendars, programme milestones, and service transfer requirements.

• Serve as Capita’s senior stakeholder and assurance lead during Payroll Comparison Testing conducted by the System Integrator.

• Review, validate, and scrutinize the outcomes of Payroll Comparison Testing.

• Act as Capita’s payroll subject matter expert throughout the Parallel Run and service transition phases.

• Evaluate operational readiness for Day One service delivery and continuous payroll operations.

• Implement Synergy governance standards, including RAID management, tolerances, controls, and quality gates.

• Manage risks, issues, actions, dependencies, and the parallel running process.

• Cultivate relationships across Capita operational teams, Oracle/System Integrator delivery teams, Authority stakeholders, incumbent payroll providers, and third-party suppliers.

• Facilitate structured governance, readiness, and reconciliation forums.

• Provide support for executive-level governance and decision-making regarding go/no-go assessments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience leading Payroll Parallel Run activities within large-scale HR and Payroll transformation programmes.

• Demonstrated experience in supporting Oracle Fusion Payroll implementations, migration activities, or payroll service transitions is highly desirable.

• Comprehensive understanding of payroll operations, controls, statutory requirements, and payroll processing cycles.

• Proven track record of collaborating with System Integrators and technology delivery partners.

• Strong experience in reviewing, interpreting, and challenging payroll testing results and readiness assessments.

• Experience leading intricate reconciliation and defect resolution efforts.

• Established capability to operate effectively within multi-supplier delivery environments.

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing abilities.

• Strong analytical skills with the capacity to interpret payroll data and identify operational risks.

• Experience in supporting executive-level governance and decision-making regarding go/no-go assessments.

• Security Clearance (Level 2) is required and must remain valid for the entire duration of the role.

🏝️ Benefits

• A competitive basic salary.

• Work from home flexibility.

• 23 days’ holiday (increasing to 27) with the option to purchase additional leave.

• A paid day off for volunteering with charity partners or a cause of your choice.

• Auto-enrollment in the company pension scheme.

• Life assurance coverage.

• Cycle2work scheme participation.

• 15 weeks of fully paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.

• Two weeks of paternity pay.

• Voluntary benefits including discounts on retail and social activities, health & wellbeing, travel, and technology.

• Access to Employee Network Groups.

• Opportunities for career growth and skill expansion, exploring new paths, and advancing your career.