Payroll Data Migration Specialist

Pantalent; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in London seeks a Payroll Data Migration Specialist for a 12-18 month contract. You will manage the transfer of payroll data into Oracle HCM, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Ideal candidates have experience with payroll systems, UK legislation, and strong Excel skills. Competitive salary up to £50,000 offered, with a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of payroll data migration, ideally within an Oracle HCM implementation.
• In-depth knowledge of UK payroll legislation, processes, and reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting parallel pay runs and payroll testing.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the full payroll data migration workstream into Oracle HCM.
• Lead the extraction of data from legacy payroll systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Conduct thorough data validation and reconciliation prior to each migration cycle.
• Support the execution of parallel pay runs during testing phases to ensure consistency between systems.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR and data security requirements.

Skills

Payroll data migration experience

UK payroll legislation knowledge

Experience with payroll systems (e.g. ADP, Oracle)

Advanced Excel skills

Experience with data transformation

Strong communication skills

Job description

Payroll Data Migration Specialist - 12-18 month contract - London - Hybrid - up to £50,000 per annum


Oakleaf Partnership is delighted to be exclusively partnered with a company, who are looking for a Payroll Data Migration Specialist, on a 12 - 18 month basis. This role will lead the end to end payroll data migration process, as part of the implementation of Oracle HCM. This Payroll Data Migration Specialist will be responsible for the extraction, transformation, validation, and upload of all payroll related data into the new system. This role is on a hybrid basis consisting of 2 days per week, based in their central London office.

The Payroll Data Migration Specialist will be assisting/overseeing duties such as:

• Own and deliver the full payroll data migration workstream into Oracle HCM.
• Lead the extraction of data from legacy payroll systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Conduct thorough data validation and reconciliation prior to each migration cycle.
• Support the execution of parallel pay runs during testing phases to ensure consistency between systems.
• Ensure all data migration activities are carried out in accordance with GDPR and data security requirements.
• Provide subject matter expertise to the wider project team regarding payroll data and business rules.
• Support post-go-live payroll accuracy checks and system stabilisation

Key Skills:

• Proven experience of payroll data migration, ideally within an Oracle HCM implementation.
• In-depth knowledge of UK payroll legislation, processes, and reporting requirements.
• Experience with payroll systems (e.g. ADP, Oracle) and strong understanding of payroll data architecture.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with data transformation, cleansing, and reconciliation.
• Demonstrable experience supporting parallel pay runs and payroll testing.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

If you are interested in discussing this position in greater detail, please apply now.