Payroll & Implementation Specialist

Requirements

• 5+ years of payroll experience, with exposure to global payroll operations, payroll implementations, transformations, or major process and system changes
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations and controls, including reconciliations, approvals, variance analysis, audit‑ready documentation, and compliance‑focused process design
• Experience supporting vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, or system upgrades that impact payroll inputs, deductions, funding, reporting, or employee experience
• Strong project management and cross‑functional partnership skills, with the ability to coordinate across Payroll, HRIS, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and People teams
• Familiarity with payroll platforms and tools such as CloudPay, Remote, Workday integrations, or similar systems
• A high level of attention to detail, ownership, and comfort working independently in a fast‑paced, evolving environment
• Demonstrated interest in elevating your craft using AI
• (Desirable) Hands‑on experience with CloudPay and/or Remote, including implementation, migration, or stabilization work
• (Desirable) Workday HRIS/payroll integration experience, including interfaces, pay element mapping, reporting, and exception handling
• (Desirable) Experience leading or supporting payroll‑related vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, or large‑scale system upgrades
• (Desirable) Experience with UAT, parallel runs, go‑live support, and hypercare for payroll or benefits‑related changes
• (Desirable) Experience working across multiple countries, payroll models, or complex global payroll environments
• (Desirable) Payroll certifications or advanced payroll compliance, systems, or project management training
• You’re a detail‑oriented, audit‑minded payroll professional who thrives in complex, fast‑paced environments
• You bring strong project ownership, a compliance mindset, and experience supporting payroll implementations, vendor changes, major system updates, and operational change
• You’re comfortable partnering across teams, managing multiple priorities, and getting hands‑on in payroll operations to ensure successful delivery

What the job involves

• As a Payroll & Implementation Specialist, you’ll lead global payroll projects and transformation initiatives, including system implementations, vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, major system updates and upgrades, country launches, and M&A integrations
• You’ll help ensure payroll and benefits‑related changes are delivered safely, compliantly, and with strong operational adoption
• Lead global payroll projects end‑to‑end, including implementations, migrations, vendor transitions, benefit vendor changes, major system updates/upgrades, country launches, and M&A integrations
• Support discovery, requirements gathering, current‑ and future‑state process mapping, data readiness, testing, cutover, go‑live, and hypercare for payroll and benefits‑related changes
• Partner cross‑functionally with PSA (HRIS), Total Rewards, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and regional People teams to ensure payroll and benefit changes are implemented safely, compliantly, and with strong operational adoption
• Support payroll processing and key validations to understand current‑state workflows, identify risks or control gaps, and improve implementation outcomes
• Help strengthen payroll controls, documentation, audit readiness, and continuous improvement efforts across systems, processes, and vendor‑supported workflows