Payroll Consultant (44035)

We are looking for a Payroll Consultant to bridge Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, project teams and implementation partners. You will translate business needs into practical payroll solutions, validate processes and support delivery from discovery through stabilization.

🚀 Project
- actively participate in payroll discovery and requirements workshops
- document current processes and translate business needs into clear, testable functional requirements
- map end-to-end processes and perform fit-gap analysis, identifying risks, dependencies, controls and solution options
- represent Payroll in solution-design discussions and confirm that proposed processes and configurations meet business and control requirements
- support data mapping, migration, validation, reconciliations and integration requirements across HR, time, benefits, Finance and banking
- develop and review test scenarios, expected results and acceptance criteria
- support system-integration testing, user-acceptance testing, end-to-end testing, payroll parallel runs, defect triage and sign-off readiness
- coordinate functional actions, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions and deliverables across internal teams and external partners
- support cutover planning, operational readiness, go-live, hypercare, stabilization, documentation and knowledge transfer

🎯 Skills
- experience as a Payroll Functional Consultant, Payroll Business Analyst, payroll subject-matter expert or in a comparable transformation role
- strong practical understanding of end-to-end payroll processes, data, integrations, controls and reconciliations
- experience supporting payroll implementations, transformation initiatives, system migrations or vendor transitions
- demonstrated capability in requirements gathering, process mapping, fit-gap analysis, testing and defect management
- ability to translate payroll needs into clear functional and technical requirements
- strong analytical, stakeholder-management, project-coordination and communication skills
- ability to collaborate effectively across Payroll, HR/HRP&O, Finance, IT, project teams and external partners
- English at B2 level and German at B2 level

💡 Nice to have
- experience with SAP Payroll, ADP GlobalView or a comparable enterprise payroll platform
- experience with Workday-to-payroll integrations, workforce management or time-and-attendance solutions
- experience with payroll system configuration or multinational shared-services environments

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