Remote EMEA Payroll Transformation Lead

Portfolio Payroll Limited; Greater London; Remote; GBP 92,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Portfolio Payroll Limited is seeking an interim EMEA Payroll Project Manager for a remote role on a global payroll transformation. You will join a project team with responsibility for European countries, managing the full payroll implementation lifecycle.

Key duties include dashboards, risk resolution, vendor performance handling, and leading local payroll analysts. You will also support market requirements, process mapping, tests, and cross-team coordination throughout the project.

Qualifications

• Experience in global payroll transformation.
• Ability to manage payroll projects across regions.
• Leadership of payroll-related initiatives and teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Payroll status dashboard to Payroll Live for Global Lead.
• Resolve escalated market risks and issues, including vendor performance issues.
• Lead local payroll analyst activities.
• Support in market business requirements gathering for market specific calculations.
• Support E2E process mapping and maintaining Employees.
• Provide best practice guidance & templates to local payroll teams for payroll SOP/documentation.
• Support the test process including test plans and test scripts.
• Coordinate activities across all payroll Teams.
• Participating in status meetings and other activities for the project.
• Work with country implementation SMEs.

Skills

Payroll project management

Stakeholder coordination

Job description

Portfolio Payroll Limited is seeking an interim EMEA Payroll Project Manager for a remote role on a global payroll transformation. You will join a project team with responsibility for European countries, managing the full payroll implementation lifecycle.

Key duties include dashboards, risk resolution, vendor performance handling, and leading local payroll analysts. You will also support market requirements, process mapping, tests, and cross-team coordination throughout the project.