Payroll Transformation Project Manager
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Payroll Transformation Project Manager
Sumer
• Play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of Sumer’s payroll transformation programme, including the rollout of a new Payroll solution across multiple business units. • Support one of Sumer’s most business-critical service lines. • Work closely with Payroll leaders, hub teams, Technology, Procurement, Finance, Learning & Development and external vendors. • Ensure the migration is well planned, tightly governed, and delivered with minimal operational disruption. • Focus on coordinating the end-to-end payroll migration plan, managing dependencies, supporting testing and training readiness, driving issue resolution, and ensuring each hub is prepared for parallel run, go-live and transition into business as usual. • This is a 18-month fixed term contract position, reporting directly into the Strategy and Integration Director.
Job Requirements
- Project Management Skills: Demonstrated experience in managing multiple technology and transformation project streams efficiently. Strong planning, governance and delivery discipline.
- Analytical Skills: Strong aptitude for data analysis and problem-solving with a structured approach.
- Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to engage and manage relationships with diverse stakeholders and cross-functions.
- Vendor Management: Ability to manage third-party vendors and external delivery partners.
- Problem-Solving: A solution-focused mindset, capable of identifying and addressing challenges that arise during projects. Highly organised, delivery-focused and able to maintain momentum across several workstreams.
- Flexible and deadline driven: Ability to work and adapt in a fast-paced professional services environment.
- Process Mapping and Optimisation: Expertise in evaluating current workflows and recommending improvements for efficiency and consistency, as well as practical understanding of testing and change adoption.
- Communication: Clear and concise communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and drive action.
- Desirable Skills
- Previous experience working in a professional services environment, including familiarity with payroll or finance operations.
- Experience delivering payroll, HR, ERP or other operational system implementations.
- Experience supporting data migration, parallel run, testing and go-live activities.
- Experience working with external software vendors and implementation partners.
- Change management experience, including training coordination, adoption planning and business readiness.
Benefits
- At Sumer, we know everyone’s journey is different. That’s why we’re committed to fairness, removing barriers and giving people the support they need to do their best work. If you need any support during the hiring process, just let us know.
- Our values represent what matters most to us and guide how we work every day:
- We Shine Together
- We Do the Right Thing
- We Make It Count
- We know diverse teams make us stronger. That’s why we’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.
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