Global Payroll Tech & Transformation Lead (Hybrid)

Universia España; Málaga; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

EY GDS Spain is seeking a Global Payroll Technology & Transformation Senior Manager to design and deliver technology-enabled payroll solutions for complex, multi-country clients. You will bridge global payroll, technology, and transformation, translating client requirements into scalable solutions and leading end-to-end delivery from discovery to operations.

In this leadership role you will manage multi-country payroll transformations, coordinate cross-functional teams, and maintain governance,

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of relevant professional experience in global payroll and payroll technology.
• Experience delivering complex global or multi-country payroll technology programmes from requirements to go-live.
• Experience leading technology solutioning, including discovery, design, implementation planning and production readiness.
• Solid understanding of payroll processes, technology integrations and data flows.
• Understanding of inbound/outbound interfaces, data validation, reporting and banking requirements.
• Experience managing project scope, resources, timelines, budgets, risks and change control.
• Experience developing and managing senior client relationships and escalations.
• Advanced English and Spanish (C1) with strong client-facing communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead client discussions to understand requirements and translate them into scalable payroll solutions.
• Lead technology solutioning from pre-sales through design, implementation, and go-live.
• Drive multi-country payroll transformation across discovery, design, configuration, testing and transition to operations.
• Manage complex technology projects coordinating client stakeholders and global EY teams.
• Oversee technology delivery across multiple clients, countries and workstreams with milestones and risks.
• Define technology requirements, acceptance criteria and implementation actions.
• Maintain clear ownership between solution design and configuration teams.
• Define payroll data mappings, integrations and data flows including GL and banking.

Skills

Global Payroll

Payroll Technology

Client-facing consulting

Project management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Workday

SAP HCM/Payroll

SAP SuccessFactors

Oracle HCM

Job description

EY GDS Spain is seeking a Global Payroll Technology & Transformation Senior Manager to design and deliver technology-enabled payroll solutions for complex, multi-country clients. You will bridge global payroll, technology, and transformation, translating client requirements into scalable solutions and leading end-to-end delivery from discovery to operations.

In this leadership role you will manage multi-country payroll transformations, coordinate cross-functional teams, and maintain governance,