FLEX Senior Manager, Payroll Operations

This is a temporary position
The assignment duration is through 4/30/2028

JOBSUMMARY

The FLEX Senior Manager Payroll Operations is a project-specific role responsible for managing day-to-day Payroll Operations workstream activities for the HCM Foundations Project as the work moves into execution testing cutover readiness and transition planning. The role will drive completion of payroll-related project tasks coordinate stakeholder input and follow-through and manage Payroll Operations workstream governance.

This role serves as the primary Payroll Operations workstream coordinator and main point of contact for stakeholder and team coordination. The role is accountable for keeping Payroll Operations activities organized moving documented socialized and aligned across project teams while leveraging payroll SMEs Oracle-knowledgeable resources technology partners and implementation teams for detailed design and configuration expertise.

The FLEX Senior Manager Payroll Operations will partner with payroll HR payroll accounting benefits timekeeping finance technology implementation partners continents disciplines and other cross-functional stakeholders to confirm remaining impacts support validation activities coordinate testing and cutover readiness track decisions and dependencies and ensure Payroll Operations deliverables risks issues and open actions are actively managed.

This role is focused on coordinating Payroll Operations project activities driving follow-through on workstream deliverables and supporting readiness for future-state process and system changes.

CANDIDATEPROFILE

EducationandExperience

Required

• Bachelors degree in Business Human Resources Accounting Finance Information Systems or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• 5 years of progressive payroll experience.
• 3 years of experience coordinating payroll work leading small teams or project activities or serving as a senior payroll subject matter expert.
• Experience supporting large complex payroll environments.
• Experience supporting payroll requirements gathering testing operational readiness and project execution.
• Experience working with third-party payroll providers and cross-functional business partners.

Preferred

• Oracle Cloud Payroll HCM/payroll implementation or large-scale payroll project experience.
• Knowledge of timekeeping benefits payroll accounting and HR integrations.
• Experience in hospitality multi-entity global or large-scale corporate environments.
• Project management experience.

COREWORKACTIVITIES

Confirm Remaining Impacts and Support Future-State Readiness

• Track payroll operations business impacts resulting from HCM foundational design decisions.
• Support final validation of payroll-related objects by organizing inputs questions decisions and follow-ups with payroll SMEs Oracle-knowledgeable resources and cross-functional partners.
• Partner with payroll and cross-functional workstreams to track unresolved downstream operational accounting compliance reporting integration and employee experience impacts.
• Coordinate remaining requirements discussions fit-gap follow-ups design questions and stakeholder review needed to move Payroll Operations activities into execution.
• Identify and escalate payroll process optimization standardization automation and control improvement opportunities for review by the appropriate project and functional owners.

Manage Execution Testing and Cutover Readiness

• Coordinate with technology and implementation teams to support payroll operations configuration build activities defect resolution and issue follow-up.
• Lead coordination of payroll operations testing activities including test planning inputs scenario review business validation issue follow-up readiness tracking and sign-off support.
• Coordinate payroll operations cutover planning and readiness activities including checkpoints stakeholder inputs open items transition planning communications and business sign-off support.
• Ensure payroll operations requirements decisions issues and impacts are reflected in testing readiness cutover deployment and transition activities.
• Manage completion of payroll operations deliverables open actions risks issues decisions dependencies and follow-ups.

Coordinate Across Payroll and Cross-Functional Workstreams

• Serve as the main point of contact for day-to-day Payroll Operations workstream coordination.
• Coordinate across payroll SMEs HR Payroll Accounting Benefits Timekeeping Finance Technology implementation partners continents disciplines and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ensure Payroll Operations workstream activities are completed through stakeholder socialization alignment decision tracking and follow-through.
• Facilitate discussion and escalation where HCM foundational design choices create downstream payroll operations impacts.
• Communicate payroll operations risks decisions dependencies testing status cutover readiness transition needs and open action items clearly to project leadership and stakeholder groups.

Manage Payroll Operations Workstream Governance

• Conduct weekly Payroll Operations workstream meetings to review ongoing deliverables risks open action items issues decisions dependencies and hot topics.
• Complete the biweekly Payroll Operations workstream status report.
• Ensure Payroll Operations project plan tasks are current accurate and actively managed.
• Document and maintain Payroll Operations risks issues and decisions in the program RAID log.
• Maintain Jira tracking requirements for Payroll Operations workstream items as applicable.
  

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