Manager, Payroll Advisory and Time & Attendance

EY UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

EY UK is seeking a Manager to join our Total Workforce Management practice. You will lead payroll advisory and time & attendance projects, working with diverse client teams to deliver high-quality outcomes and manage budgets. The role offers broad collaboration across EY’s global network and opportunities to shape client solutions.

The ideal candidate has UKG Pro or Pro WFM experience, strong communication, and consulting background, with willingness to travel up to 30% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in UKG Pro or Pro WFM (Tier 1 T&A) is preferred.
• Consulting experience within payroll/T&A advisory.
• Experience with solution design, gaps, and deployment planning.
• Ability to manage client relationships and project budgets.
• Willingness to travel ~30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of payroll advisory and time & attendance projects.
• Manage client engagements, budgets, timelines and risk.
• Develop client relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Provide on-the-job training and mentorship to team members.
• Stay current on WFM technologies and industry trends.
• Coordinate with EY teams to meet client needs.

Skills

Client engagement

Communication

Analytical thinking

Excel/PowerPoint

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

UKG Pro/Pro WFM

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Manager, Payroll Advisory and Time & Attendance

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY’s people in more than 150 countries are committed to operating with integrity, quality, and professionalism in the provision of technology transformation advisory services. We strive to help all our people achieve their professional and personal goals through an inclusive environment that values everyone's contributions, appreciates diversity of thought, fosters growth, and provides continuous opportunities for development.

Our People Consulting professionals assist our clients in successfully managing and sustaining people, process and/or technology change. This may include the HR technology assessments, process design & transformation, vendor assessment & selection, defining target operating models, assessing HCM and WFM implementation readiness, solution implementation and post-implementation optimization.

We are looking for a Manager to join our rapidly growing Total Workforce Management practice.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex HR technology and WFM implementation concepts. Lead client engagement teams and work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services. Develop and successfully manage to project budget
• Deliver quality services. Value and model excellent client service by establishing goals and implementation plans to achieve high quality deliverables within expected timeframes. Monitor progress, manage risk, and confirm key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management. Focus on deliverables and client business priorities. Manage expectations of service. Understand the client's industry and recognize key performance drivers and business trends
• Develop people. Provide constructive on-the-job feedback/training. Foster an innovative and team-oriented work environment
• Demonstrate high levels of WFM technical and professional knowledge and quickly assimilate new knowledge. Keep up to date with current developments and trends in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge
• Generate new business opportunities. Develop long‑term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with other Ernst & Young team members to serve client needs

To qualify, candidates must have:

• A related bachelor's degree
• Previous consulting experience
• Experience in UKG Pro or Pro WFM (or other relevant Tier 1 T&A solution) project implementation experience; UKG Certifications are ideal (Timekeeping, Advanced Scheduling etc.)

AND/OR

• Experience in Payroll implementation experience with Tier 1 vendors (e.g. ADP, Alight)
• Experience working with clients on solution gap opportunity analysis/recommendations, providing solution oversight and advisory
• Experience supporting or leading business process design, enhancements
• Experience participating and/or leading client discussions – requirements gathering, user stories/test scenario creation, solution configuration, lead/support testing and drive deployment
• An understanding of the end-to-end implementation life cycle
• Demonstrated experience in project management, leading a team through complex implementations
• Ability to work through a problem with limited information. Demonstrates an approach to take a problem or situation to the next steps
• Demonstrated experience in designing and providing post-implementation support to clients
• Flexibility and ability to travel - on short notice if needed to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 30%

What we look for

We’re interested in strong team players who support their colleagues in reaching their goals while also considering their own workload and development. If you have the confidence to speak up and influence a team that affects big businesses worldwide, this role is for you. Specifically, we are looking for candidates with:

• Strong work ethic
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Problem solving skills with demonstrated curiosity to understand how and why a problem or issue exists
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and finding creative approaches to finding a solution
• Business analytical skills – make observations, anticipate client and management needs or expectations
• Work collaboratively in a team environment (knows when to lead and when to follow)
• Team / work engagement – dealing with varying team /stakeholder environment, knowing importance of different communication styles and messaging based on different stakeholders
• High level of motivation and a self-starting attitude

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