Payroll Project Manager

About the job

Our story at Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology, allows companies and employees around the world to transform and thrive.With a competitive total rewards package, continuing education and training and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Overall objective of the Role

The Project Manager is responsible for delivery of small scale, low impact Service Readiness projects. In the main the project scope will be to implement HR/Payroll services to clients but the scope will vary depending on the business requirements.

Main Responsibilities

Delivery Key responsibilities:

• Manages the end to end project life cycle for Alight projects ensuring that delivery is in accordance with budget, timeline and is of the required quality standards to meet client expectations.
• Manages project deliverables, scope and expectations actively communicates and engages with sponsors, Project Boards, upper management and executives
• Interfaces independently with all functional and business areas/ groups affected by the project, including senior and/or executive management
• Works closely with Resource Managers to ensure adequate allocation of resources to projects is being managed
• Develops and tracks to detailed project plans, including schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans and issue resolution plans
• Makes project decisions and recommendations to management about schedules, prioritization, and resource allocation with input from others as needed
• Communicates and reports status to executives and all other stakeholders e.g., Status Reports, Executive Briefings
• Employs project management best practice methodologies working within a framework that includes process definition, templates, tools and Alight standards
• Managing the project budget working closely with the finance team to manage and report on the project financials – including the estimates created during the funding process, the on-going allocation of financial resources and the regular reporting of the state of the project financials
• Monitors the project deliverables are within Alight’s standard delivery model and deviations are identified and reported
• Driving CR’s through changes to agreed standard/contract, mitigating any commercial risk
• Working with third party providers to deliver contractual commitments

Main Accountabilities

• To ensure that compliance to Alight standards is adhered to across the projects being delivered
• To ensure that issues are escalated through the appropriate channels for support in resolution and to raise senior management awareness
• To share best practice and key learnings to support continuous improvement
• To deliver project reporting and maintain systems of information in accordance with Alight’s standards

Key Criteria to monitor performance

• Compliance to SR Standards including;

Completion of mandatory training, Time recording and approval, Adoption of Alight standard methodology Quality review and lessons learned process

• Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) outcomes
• Project Delivery Outcomes (Budget, Timeline, Quality Standards)

Alight Core Competencies

• Be Accountable - Take advantage of the World of Opportunity and demonstrate personal responsibility and eagerness to explore & acquire the necessary skills. Be a key team player by collaborating and sharing knowledge to accomplish personal and team results. Has a positive sense of humour & outlook.
• Solve Problems - Be a resourceful problem solver by proactively identifying problems or challenges in the workplace and put forward creative solutions to drive continuous improvement.
• Take Ownership - Proactively seeks clarity of role, accomplishment of individual & team objectives and future personal career opportunities.
• Be Client Centric - Actively responds to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external clients. Ensure a balanced approach between client requirements and NGA priorities.
• Be Effective - Demonstrate knowledge of our values and levers for success. Contribute and work to agreed global standards, utilize tools & technologies to act fast to achieve maximum personal productivity. Ensure work can be carried out in a repeatable, scalable way.

Join our team. Because transformation takes a workforce. Learn more at careers.alight.com.Our commitment to Diversity and InclusionAlight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we’re committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve.As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement.Diversity Policy StatementAlight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.Authorization to work in the Employing CountryApplicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.