Payroll Implementation Coordinator

The Payroll Implementation Coordinator will lead a cluster of country projects to support the payroll program on a 2 year temporary contract. The role will partner with relevant stakeholders to drive delivery and larger business value.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties for end to end project delivery
• Ensure that all assigned projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation (including project plans, tools, risk management matrix) in line with FME standards to track progress and deliverables
• Develop timelines against project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders
• Ensure resource availability and allocation across all stakeholders
• Measure and report out project performance
• Report changes to scope, budget, timelines as well as risk and issues, escalating through following established governance
• Manage relationships with program stakeholders to ensure successful implementation and adoption
• Partner with Workstream Leads to ensure consistency in project delivery across multiple geographies
• Partner with local Finance to develop standardized workflows for banking, reporting and ensuring appropriate segregation of duties
• Implement global payroll procedures and segregation of duties matrixes in-country to ensure appropriate role mapping
• Partner with Internal Controls to apply global payroll controls into local processes
• Oversee and coordinate review of vendor risk management processes
• Prepare training plans for Payroll WFM system security role audits
• Coordinate gathering and review of local payroll and WFM requirements for system changes
• Oversee Payroll and HCM system reconciliation efforts as well as data uploads to bring systems in alignment
• Support Payroll Operations requirements review and validation against HCM system configuration. Define opportunities for enhancements
• Asssess and detail needs for HCM integrations and/ or standardized reporting
• Other tasks as assigned by the manager

EDUCATION AND REQUIRED CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent business experience preferred

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:  

• 6+ years’ experience with payroll processes AND transformation
• Experience in payroll project management across multiple geographies
• Experience in driving payroll process improvements
• Possesses strong analytical skills to critically evaluate information
• Must be a team player but also able to work independently.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across functions to drive teams towards success-based results
• Must be focused, goal driven, accountable, and exhibit significant attention to detail
• Payroll knowledge in multiple countries
• Time and attendance knowledge
• Project management or transformation expertise
• Microsoft tools
• Multiple payroll vendor systems
• HCM systems, preferably Workday
• Nice to have: Preferably ticketing systems, such as ServiceNow
• Fluent English
• Preferred additional European language
• Flexibility in working hours to cover global timezones