Consulting - Payroll Advisory- Senior Manager

Overview

People Consulting – Payroll Advisory – Senior Manager role ation: multiple US cities including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, McLean, Metropark, Minneapolis, New York, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Washington.

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People Consulting – Payroll Advisory – Senior Manager

Managing global work forces is increasingly complex. People Consulting builds and improves organizational and individual performance, delivering a highly complex and challenging mission, especially in an ever changing working environment. As a member of one of the People Consulting teams you’ll be part of a team with a wide variety of experiences and a supportive environment. When you join us you will gain unique experiences and valuable knowledge working across capabilities, sectors and geographies and have the opportunity to take your career in the direction you want.

The opportunity

As a member of the Organizations and People Technology team, you will join a talented group of professionals that help clients in several areas. These include the development of HR technical strategies, the selection and management of HR information systems/software to support broader business initiatives, and the assessment of business models to more effectively engage digital consumers at every touchpoint in the consumer experience lifecycle.

You may also be required to manage the preparation, processing and administration of payroll to help improve and reduce the cost and risks of operations. Our key capabilities include Payroll, HR Technology and Digital.

Your Key Responsibilities

• You will be a key resource on large-scale system related projects. Deliver quality client service, insightful solutions and balance multiple priorities.
• Maintain excellent communication, integrate into and lead new teams, and rapidly establish relationships.
• Be involved in payroll-related work streams from planning through implementation, including managing project resources and budgets.
• Influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for payroll transformation and payroll operational improvement initiatives and decisions.
• Encourage and facilitate collaboration among team members and promote an inclusive working environment.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Demonstrate technical competencies in payroll; apply a practical/business-driven approach to solving complex global payroll client challenges.
• Contribute to generating profitable revenue through identifying follow-on engagement opportunities and developing lasting client relationships.
• Lead payroll project work streams from planning through to implementation; manage resources and budgets effectively.
• Ideal ability to influence clients and stakeholders to gain support for payroll transformation initiatives.
• Strong collaboration skills and an inclusive working environment.
• Contribute to business development and client pursuit activities in the payroll space by developing proposals and delivering presentations.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Relevant professional experience, including previous work with a Big 4, global management consultancy firm, global payroll vendor company, niche consultancy or in-house payroll practitioner roles with exposure to large-scale projects and payroll processing/oversight.
• Around 10+ years of prior experience.
• Personal success in current role with experience in one or more of EY’s capabilities.
• Bachelor’s degree and relevant post-graduate qualification.
• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management experience with global or multi-national payroll projects.
• Global payroll consulting experience; knowledge of technology vendors (e.g., ADP, People Soft/Oracle, SAP, Workday) and other technology solutions including reports, strategies, assessments, vendor selections, designing processes…