Global Payroll Technology & Transformation Senior Manager - EY GDS Spain - 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

Global Payroll Technology & Transformation Senior Manager, EY GDS Spain, Hybrid

The opportunity

Join EY Global Payroll Operate and take a senior role in designing and delivering technology-enabled payroll solutions for complex, global and multi-country clients.

You will work at the intersection of Global Payroll, Payroll Technology and Transformation, translating client requirements into scalable solutions and leading initiatives across solution design, implementation, testing, go-live and transition to operations.

This is a specific and business-critical leadership role requiring a strong combination of global payroll knowledge, technology solutioning, client-facing consulting, commercial awareness and end-to-end implementation leadership.

You will lead technology solutioning from pre-sales and discovery through implementation and operational transition, while developing scalable delivery capabilities across Consultants, Configurators and global delivery teams.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead client discussions to understand requirements, define scope and translate business needs into scalable global payroll technology solutions.
• Lead technology solutioning from pre-sales and discovery through design, implementation, go-live and transition to operations, supporting RFPs, RFIs, solution workshops, estimates, pricing, Statements of Work and client technology demonstrations.
• Drive multi-country payroll transformation and implementation across discovery, solution design, configuration, testing, go-live and transition to operations.
• Manage complex technology projects, coordinating client stakeholders and global EY technology, implementation and delivery teams.
• Oversee technology delivery across multiple concurrent clients, countries and implementation workstreams, balancing priorities, capacity, milestones, dependencies, risks and delivery commitments.
• Translate approved client requirements into clear technology requirements, solution decisions, configuration inputs, acceptance criteria and implementation actions.
• Maintain clear ownership between technology solutioning and configuration, with Technology Consulting owning the solution “what and why” and Configuration teams owning the technical build and “how.”
• Define and validate payroll integrations, interfaces and data flows, including inbound and outbound information, reporting, general ledger, banking and country-specific requirements.
• Lead solution design and governance across EY Global Technology Tools (DigiPay, DataHub, PCC, EY Interact and SFTP), working across broader HCM, payroll, reporting, workflow and integration environments.
• Define and govern inbound-data requirements, validation rules, remediation processes, payroll orchestration, reporting requirements, system access and technology controls.
• Lead the technology testing strategy and go-live readiness, including system integration testing, user acceptance testing, parallel payroll validation, general ledger testing and production-readiness reviews, ensuring defects, risks, dependencies, acceptance criteria and key decisions are effectively governed.
• Lead technology readiness reviews and ensure unresolved risks, exceptions and workarounds are properly documented, assigned and approved before go-live.
• Manage client expectations and priorities while ensuring solutions follow scalable delivery and governance principles.
• Maintain strong commercial and delivery discipline by managing scope, assumptions, estimates, budgets, timelines and change control, and by identifying non-standard requirements with potential cost, effort or commercial implications.
• Support the preparation of technology estimates, pricing inputs, Statements of Work and service specifications, ensuring alignment between the agreed solution, delivery effort and commercial commitments.
• Monitor delivery performance and project financials, including resource utilization, budgets, billing, margin and financial variances, taking corrective action where required.
• Ensure technology implementations comply with EY quality, risk-management, data-handling and governance requirements while achieving agreed client outcomes.
• Lead, coach and develop Consultants and Configurators, strengthening capability, ownership, documentation quality and consistent ways of working across the Technology team.
• Improve implementation methodologies, standard operating procedures, starter kits, templates, testing assets and reusable technology-delivery materials.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and identify opportunities to expand or enhance technology-enabled payroll services for existing and prospective clients.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong expertise in Global Payroll, Payroll Technology and multi-country transformation.
• Strong client-facing consulting and senior stakeholder management capabilities.
• Understanding of payroll integrations, interfaces, data flows, reporting and governance.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into practical technology solutions.
• Strong project management and communication skills in global, cross-functional environments.
• Strong technology solutioning capability, including experience converting business requirements into technology designs, configuration inputs, integration requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Commercial awareness, with the ability to understand and manage scope, estimates, budgets, pricing assumptions, change requests and financial implications.
• Ability to lead multiple complex client engagements simultaneously while maintaining quality, transparency and delivery ownership.
• Strong people leadership skills, including the ability to coach, develop and empower Consultants, Configurators and cross-functional delivery teams.
• A standard-first mindset, with the confidence to challenge non-standard requirements, undocumented workarounds and uncontrolled scope expansion.
• A structured approach to risk, governance, quality controls, documentation and senior-level decision-making.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 10–12 years of relevant professional experience across global payroll, payroll technology, transformation, implementation or HCM/HR technology environments, including demonstrable experience leading complex client engagements and multidisciplinary or cross-functional technology teams.
• Experience delivering complex global or multi-country payroll technology programmes from requirements and solution design through implementation, testing and go-live.
• Experience leading technology solutioning, including client discovery, requirements definition, solution design, implementation planning and production readiness.
• Solid understanding of payroll processes, technology integrations and data flows.
• Understanding of inbound and outbound interfaces, payroll data validation, remediation, reporting, general ledger outputs, banking requirements and secure file-transfer processes.
• Experience managing project scope, resources, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies and change control across complex technology implementations.
• Experience developing and managing senior client relationships, including the ability to communicate complex technology topics clearly and manage challenging priorities or escalations.
• Advanced English and Spanish (C1), together with strong client-facing communication skills in international environments.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Experience with Workday, SAP HCM/Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM or similar enterprise HCM/payroll technology ecosystems.
• Experience with global solution design, implementation methodologies and technology governance.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including RFPs, RFIs, client pitches, solution workshops, estimates, pricing and technology demonstrations.
• Experience preparing Statements of Work, service specifications, implementation estimates and change requests.
• Experience with EY Global Technology Tools (DigiPay, DataHub, PCC, EY Interact and SFTP), or comparable global payroll technology, orchestration, workflow, data-management and integration platforms.
• Experience designing or governing DataHub-led payroll data processes, including data gathering, mapping, validation, remediation, testing and operational handover.
• Experience producing solution designs, process flows, blueprints, standard operating procedures, test strategies, implementation guides and operational runbooks.
• A recognized project or programme management qualification, such as PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile certification.
• Additional language capabilities beyond English and Spanish.

What we look for

We are looking for a senior professional who combines global payroll knowledge, technology expertise and strong client-facing consulting capabilities.

This individual must be capable of leading solutioning and delivery for complex, business-critical global payroll technology programmes, rather than focusing only on project coordination or hands-on system configuration.

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