Global Payroll Transformation Lead

Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc. Josephine Collado; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Part time

Job summary

Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc. is seeking a seasoned professional to drive Global Payroll Transformation, Implementation & Transition. The role focuses on transitioning to a managed services model, coordinating country migrations, and ensuring seamless Workday and vendor integration across multiple markets.

You will lead testing cycles, cutover readiness, and governance across stakeholders while enabling scalable international payroll delivery and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading global payroll transformation initiatives and vendor transitions.
• Ability to align Workday configuration with payroll vendor setups for seamless integration.
• Direct payroll testing cycles (parallel runs, UAT) and ensure defects are resolved before go-live.
• Lead cutover planning and execution with strong business readiness across stakeholders.
• Establish governance to track milestones, risks and dependencies during implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple countries via outsourced providers.
• Own vendor performance, ensure SLAs, service quality and employee experience.
• Escalate issues, drive resolutions and continuous optimization of services.
• Govern vendor-driven changes aligning with business requirements and readiness.
• Partner with HR, Finance, and Technology to align payroll with priorities.
• Forecast demand and adapt payroll services to evolving organizational needs.
• Ensure compliance and regulatory adherence across all countries in scope.
• Drive automation and standardization to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Lead innovation as part of the payroll transformation roadmap.

Skills

Payroll transformation

Vendor management

Stakeholder partnership

Governance and compliance

Continuous improvement

Automation

Strategic planning

Tools

Workday

Job description

Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc. is seeking a seasoned professional to drive Global Payroll Transformation, Implementation & Transition. The role focuses on transitioning to a managed services model, coordinating country migrations, and ensuring seamless Workday and vendor integration across multiple markets.

You will lead testing cycles, cutover readiness, and governance across stakeholders while enabling scalable international payroll delivery and continuous improvement initiatives.