Global Payroll Solutions Senior Manager

EY; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 136,100 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Total Rewards package

Job summary

EY is seeking a seasoned Senior Manager for Global Payroll Operate to lead multinational payroll design and implementation initiatives. You will bridge client stakeholders with EY technology and delivery teams to ensure scalable, compliant global payroll solutions and successful go-lives across regions.

You will drive workshops, define global design approaches, and oversee delivery while coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet client objectives and maintain EY standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Business/Engineering/MIS; master’s preferred.
• PM certification (PMP/PRINCE2) preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma experience or certification preferred.
• Global payroll implementation experience or certification preferred.
• Workday, Oracle, SAP or integration-related certification preferred.
• SAP US payroll implementation experience added value and preferred qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead global design workshops and client solutioning sessions to define requirements, solution architecture, integration scope, data flows, testing approach, conversion strategy, cutover planning, and go-live readiness.
• Own and maintain global implementation deliverables, including global user stories, solution design documents, integration designs, SOR global mapping data dictionaries, testing plans, conversion plans, and deployment strategies.
• Act as the global design owner, monitoring local design decisions for impact on the overall solution and redirecting or re-solutioning where needed to preserve scalability, quality, compliance, and maintainability.
• Support sales-to-implementation handover activities, including review and clarification of MSA, SOW, LCA, PSM, scope assumptions, pricing inputs, and implementation commitments.
• Serve as the primary technology and solution point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders, articulating EY’s payroll technology capabilities and advising on implementation options, risks, and trade-offs.
• Lead cross-functional implementation teams across multiple countries or regions, managing scope, timelines, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, change requests, budgets, and project communications.
• Collaborate with EY technology, central, service management, payroll, and local implementation teams to ensure delivery aligns with EY global standards, quality requirements, client expectations, and project governance.
• Provide escalation support, issue resolution, quality assurance, and solution guidance throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Support business development activities such as RFPs, RFIs, pricing, client pitches, technology demonstrations, feasibility assessments, and vendor evaluations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by developing templates, tools, methodologies, lessons learned, and action plans that enhance EY GPO implementation capability and client value.
• Coach and mentor team members, support professional development, and foster a collaborative, high-performing delivery culture.

Skills

Global payroll implementations

HR/payroll technology

Systems integration

Program management

Cloud payroll platforms

Workday/SAP/Oracle

English fluent

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Business/Engineering/MIS

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

PMP or PRINCE2

Workday/Oracle/SAP certification

Job description

EY is seeking a seasoned Senior Manager for Global Payroll Operate to lead multinational payroll design and implementation initiatives. You will bridge client stakeholders with EY technology and delivery teams to ensure scalable, compliant global payroll solutions and successful go-lives across regions.

You will drive workshops, define global design approaches, and oversee delivery while coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet client objectives and maintain EY standards.