Colleague HR / Payroll Consultant (US - Remote)

Ellucian Company L.P.; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education technology firm is looking for a strategic Colleague HR / Payroll Consultant. In this remote role, you'll provide consultative services to higher education institutions on HR and Payroll Modules, focusing on customer relationship building and process optimization. This mission-critical position involves problem-solving, delivering value-added support, and driving successful technology adoption for institutional success.

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision

Flexible time off

401k w/ match

Parental Leave

5 charitable days to support the community

Education Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Colleague HR & Payroll.
• 5+ years in higher education HR or consulting.
• In-depth knowledge of HR functions in colleges.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR/Payroll consulting expertise to higher education clients.
• Support project management, ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Facilitate process improvement and implement solutions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Customer consultation

Education

Experience in higher education HR Office

Consulting experience

Job description

About Ellucian

Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

Values Rooted in Purpose

We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.

About the Opportunity

Ellucian is seeking to hire a strategic and solutions focused Colleague HR / Payroll Consultant. You will provide consultative expertise within higher education supporting the Colleague HR / Payroll Modules. As a member of our team, you will be instrumental in consulting with our customers and delivering value-added services that provide the quickest path to institutional success. This role provides personalized and on-going guidance and support on Ellucian solutions and customer business operations post-implementation, enabling customers to maximize value from their solutions. The role works closely with the customer, building a relationship with the customer’s points of contact, understanding their business needs and the customer’s current use and knowledge of the Ellucian solution.

The successful candidate will possess a strong functional understanding of the Colleague HR & Payroll modules and an overall understanding of Ellucian’s broad portfolio of solutions. Additional knowledge of touch points to the Colleague Finance module is a plus.

Higher education customers are transforming into modern campuses while leveraging technology and solutions to enable student success. In this mission critical role, you will partner with our customers to help enable their business office, including transformation to SaaS solutions and ensure successful adoption of these solutions.

*This position is based US - Remote*

Where you will make an impact

• Executing and completing assigned projects within the time and scope negotiated with the customer.
• Evaluating existing business processes and procedures, making recommendations for improvement.
• Implementing systems and proof of concepts that best fit the customer's needs.
• Ensuring customer satisfaction until the project is complete.
• The Consultant works with customers on assigned projects to identify solutions to business and functional problems.
• Provides high-quality customer consultation and support to Ellucian’s Colleague product suite, specifically Colleague HR.
• Assists customers with implementing new functionality into the Colleague HR module.
• Assists clients in troubleshooting issues related to HR and other modules within the Ellucian Colleague product suite.
• Interacts with the customer and other consultants to translate business requirements into functional specifications for conversions, reporting, interfaces and customizations.
• Facilitates business process review and application prototyping sessions as well as providing insight into best practice methodologies.
• Evaluates and modifies systems, where appropriate, relative to the customer business practices.
• Provides customer high-quality business process, change management and other appropriate documentation.
• Provides direction in developing testing methodology and test scripts for use during upgrades, patch application and customizations.
• Works with the customer to test and confirm modifications and/or updates meet specifications.
• Implements modifications and/or updates.
• Provides guidance in the development of user-training strategy, and when appropriate, delivers such training.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and self-starter attitude.

What you will bring

• Hands-on experience with Colleague HR & Payroll.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a higher education Human Resources Office or equivalent consulting experience.
• In-depth functional knowledge of business processes as related to HR and functions within colleges and universities.
• Expert knowledge of business process and Colleague operations within the Colleague HR module.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

What makes #Ellucianlife

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible time off
• Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
• 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
• Parental Leave
• 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
• Telemedicine
• Wellness
  
  • Headspace Care (mental health)
  • Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
• Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
• Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
• We Foster a learning culture with:
  
  • Education Assistance Program
  • Professional development opportunities

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