Strategic Payroll Implementation Lead

EY UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EY UK is seeking an Implementation Manager to drive payroll implementations for UK clients, onboarding new customers to EY's Payroll Operate platform and delivering high-quality, timely deployments. Based anywhere in the UK, you will coordinate data migration, define delivery plans, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure successful go-lives and ongoing client satisfaction.

Candidates should bring 5+ years of UK payroll experience, strong project management, stakeholder engagement and

Qualifications

• Over 5 years' relevant hands-on UK Payroll knowledge.
• Experience of payroll implementations in high-volume environments.
• Knowledge of payroll compliance including AE, RTI and Apprenticeship Levy.
• CIPP qualification preferred.
• iTrent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interact with clients to understand their Payroll needs and develop requirements to ensure that the implementations are completed on time and to the highest quality
• Establish the plan and manage delivery of the client implementation project to ensure target dates are met
• Co-ordinate data migration, parallel and first live runs with the client and the relevant internal teams
• Ability to accurately document proposed payroll functionality and draft client procedures
• Work with the service delivery team to ensure smooth handover to the business-as-usual team
• Developing and advising on bespoke financial reports, such as general ledger reports
• Understanding of and complying with Quality and Risk requirements for professional service firms
• Supporting and developing more junior members of the team
• Preparing fee and budget details
• Identify, manage, resolve, and mitigate key risks and issues impacting the client delivery, and acting as a point of escalation when needed

Skills

UK payroll knowledge

Stakeholder management

Project management

Time management

Client engagement

Problem solving

Networking within large organisations

Communication

Education

CIPP qualification (preferred)

Tools

iTrent

Job description

EY UK is seeking an Implementation Manager to drive payroll implementations for UK clients, onboarding new customers to EY's Payroll Operate platform and delivering high-quality, timely deployments. Based anywhere in the UK, you will coordinate data migration, define delivery plans, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure successful go-lives and ongoing client satisfaction.

Candidates should bring 5+ years of UK payroll experience, strong project management, stakeholder engagement and