Payroll Lead (Oracle Fusion)
Location: Remote (Equipment Collection Required)
Rate: £250 to £350 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract Length: Until May 2027
Start Date: ASAP
Candidates need to be SC eligible
Looking for an Oracle Fusion contract where you can take ownership of payroll delivery during a major transformation programme?
Akkodis is excited to be supporting a large public sector organisation as it enters a crucial stage of its Oracle Fusion implementation.
This an excellent opportunity for a Payroll Lead to play a key role in payroll testing, validation, go-live readiness, and post-implementation hyper care. Your expertise will contribute towards a high-profile programme at a critical point in its delivery and help ensure a smooth transition into a new Oracle Fusion environment.
If you have a strong payroll background, Oracle Fusion experience, and enjoy working with stakeholders across both business and project teams, we'd love to hear from you.
Your Impact
- Lead payroll testing and validation activities within Oracle Fusion.
- Ensure payroll processes, calculations, and outputs are accurately configured and functioning as expected.
- Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
- Investigate, manage, and resolve payroll-related defects and issues.
- Work closely with payroll, HR, project, and technical teams throughout the implementation life cycle.
- Support business readiness activities ahead of go-live.
- Provide leadership during hypercare and post-go-live support.
- Act as the payroll subject matter expert across the programme.
Who Is This Role For?
We are looking for candidates with:
- Strong experience in payroll operations and payroll processes.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Payroll.
- Experience supporting payroll system implementations, upgrades, or transformation programmes.
- Strong testing and defect management experience.
- The ability to engage and influence stakeholders across multiple levels.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working within complex programme environments.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within local government or the wider public sector.
- Knowledge of Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS).
- Experience supporting Oracle Fusion go-live and hypercare activities.
- Previous experience acting as a Payroll Lead, Payroll SME, or Payroll Manager within a transformation programme.
Why Should You Apply?
- Join a major Oracle Fusion programme approaching a key delivery milestone.
- Play a leading role in ensuring the successful go-live of a business-critical payroll system.
- Work alongside experienced ERP, Payroll, and Transformation professionals.
- Gain exposure to a complex, high-profile public sector transformation.
- Benefit from a predominantly remote contract with long-term project visibility.
- Make a tangible impact on a programme that will support thousands of users.
Ready to take the lead on a major Oracle Fusion payroll transformation?
Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.
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