My client, a well respected FMCG business in the North West of England, are seeking a contract Payroll Project Manager for an initial 6 months to lead on a new Payroll Solution.

We are looking for someone with a good detailed payroll background and knowledge, not a generic Project Manager, who will own the following:

• Document the payroll team's processes

• Design and deliver RFI on vendors

• Document full requirements with associated feasibility to produce scope

• Contract with vendor and legal team

• Lead the payroll solution in terms of planning, change management, manage risks & Issues, KDD's and internal stakeholder management

• Work with the payroll SME's to complete analysis and design of the TO-BE service

• Planning and execution for data extraction and transformation into relevant load files

• Define and deliver the test strategy in conjunction with delivery partner

• Managing cutover activity to deployment inclusive of the hyper-care plan

Skills and experience required:

• Minimum 5 years managing UK payroll delivery

• Deep understanding of payroll impacting processes (Joiner, mover, leaver, time, absence, benefits and compensation and Gross to Net etc)
• Experienced with Tier 1 HCM technology

• Advanced excel and data analysis skills

• Experience working with external service providers

• Excellent stakeholder management

Please send your CV to me if you feel that you meet all of the above criteria and are able to start a new contract within the next couple of weeks.