Overview
We are seeking an experienced Payroll Project Manager to oversee multiple payroll transformation projects for a growing global technology firm. This hybrid role will focus on ensuring timely delivery while working closely with cross-functional teams and external partners. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing project plans, risks, and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate multiple payroll projects from planning through to delivery.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones and dependencies.
- Drive actions and ensure key deliverables remain on track against agreed deadlines.
- Coordinate stakeholders across Payroll, Finance, Technology and external partners.
- Own project governance and maintain clear oversight of risks, issues, actions and dependencies.
- Support payroll data validation, testing, reconciliation and readiness ahead of go-live.
- Manage key data flows and dependencies across payroll and finance systems.
- Provide clear project updates and reporting to senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- Strong project management experience with proven delivery across payroll-related projects.
- Experience delivering payroll implementations across multiple countries or jurisdictions.
- Proven experience taking payroll projects through testing, reconciliation, parallel runs and go-live.
- Good understanding of payroll processes, systems and data.
- Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams concurrently.
- Strong planning skills with experience managing milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and actions.
- Experience working with third-party payroll providers and/or Technology partners.
- Familiarity with payroll software such as Workday, CloudPay or NetSuite is advantageous.