HR Payroll Transformation- Managing Consultant in London

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting‐edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

• Lead and manage Payroll Transformation and advisory projects.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Conduct workshops and training sessions to support project activities and deliverables.
• Enable process reengineering and change management to support projects.
• Provide strategic guidance and technical Payroll expertise to clients and teams.
• Contribute to design of tools, enabled by AI/RPA and Machine Learning to support projects.
• Manage, coach, and develop junior members of the team, supporting their personal development and driving team growth.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends to continuously improve our offerings.

As part of your role, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitches, and hosting clients at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think‐tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), and offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

• Leading HR and Payroll projects, enabled by cloud technologies (e.g. SAP, Workday, Oracle).
• Managing projects to ensure timely delivery and adherence to project plans, scope, budget.
• Building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in supporting transformation projects in activities such as discovery, solution design, data migration, integrations, testing, change management, go‐live, and hyper‐care.
• Supporting clients by clearly articulating concepts to non‐technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment and understanding.
• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a consulting background and proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery.
• Knowledge of UK Payroll legislation.

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

You will be part of the Employee Experience & HR team, which has a collaborative culture. You will work with a diverse group of talented professionals who are passionate about HR, technology, Employee Experience, AI, and dedicated to delivering exceptional solutions to diverse clients. A team that thrives on creativity and innovation, constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

We are delighted to have received the "Glassdoor Best Places to work UK" accolade for 5 consecutive years.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don't just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work‐life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day‐to‐day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 55 countries. With its strong over 55‐year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end‐to‐end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market‐leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.