Global Payroll Transformation Project Lead

Altum Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Altum Consulting is seeking an experienced Payroll Project Manager to join a fast-changing global technology business in London. The role focuses on delivering multiple payroll workstreams from planning through go-live in a hybrid environment.

You will coordinate payroll, finance and technology teams, manage dependencies, validate data, and report progress to senior stakeholders, while driving delivery in a fast-paced international setting.

Qualifications

• Strong PM experience with payroll-related projects.
• Experience delivering payroll implementations across multiple countries.
• Experience taking payroll projects through testing, reconciliation, parallel runs and go-live.
• Good understanding of payroll processes, systems and data.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong planning skills with milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and actions.
• Experience across payroll data, integrations, testing and reconciliation.
• Experience working with third-party payroll providers and/or Technology partners.
• Comfortable operating within fast-paced, international organisations.
• Able to get into the detail, challenge stakeholders and proactively drive delivery.
• Experience with Workday, CloudPay and/or NetSuite would be advantageous.
• An accounting or Finance background would be beneficial but is not essential

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multiple payroll projects from planning through to delivery
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones and dependencies
• Drive actions and ensure key deliverables remain on track against agreed deadlines
• Coordinate stakeholders across Payroll, Finance, Technology and external partners
• Own project governance and maintain clear oversight of risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Support payroll data validation, testing, reconciliation and readiness ahead of go-live
• Manage key data flows and dependencies across payroll and finance systems
• Work closely with Finance around payroll outputs, journals and downstream processes
• Proactively identify and resolve risks, issues, blockers and delivery challenges
• Provide clear project updates and reporting to senior stakeholders
• Maintain a strong focus on delivery, accountability and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams

Skills

Project management

Payroll knowledge

Stakeholder management

Planning

Risk management

Data reconciliation

Multi-country payroll

Education

Accounting/Finance background

Tools

Workday

CloudPay

NetSuite

Job description

Altum Consulting is seeking an experienced Payroll Project Manager to join a fast-changing global technology business in London. The role focuses on delivering multiple payroll workstreams from planning through go-live in a hybrid environment.

You will coordinate payroll, finance and technology teams, manage dependencies, validate data, and report progress to senior stakeholders, while driving delivery in a fast-paced international setting.