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Payroll Implementation/ Integration Specialist – L2
Locations: Newcastle | Manchester | Belfast | Glasgow | Leeds
UK Payroll | Implementation | Integration | Data | Technology | Transformation
Our client is a globally recognized professional services organization with a market-leading Payroll Operate team, supporting major organizations with complex UK and international payroll. They are expanding their team and are looking for Payroll Implementation & Integration Specialists to support clients across payroll implementation, migration, data, and technology projects.
This is a hands-on, client-facing role, ideal for someone with practical UK payroll and implementation experience who wants to develop further across payroll technology, integration, and transformation.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Support end-to-end payroll implementation projects from requirements gathering through to go-live
- Work directly with clients to understand their payroll, business, system, and data requirements
- Support payroll system set-up and configuration based on client requirements
- Assist with data migration, mapping, validation, and reconciliation
- Support UAT, testing, parallel runs, and go-live readiness
- Identify gaps between existing client processes and the new payroll solution
- Work with implementation, payroll, technology, and data teams to resolve issues
- Support payroll integration and ETL activities where required
- Investigate and troubleshoot payroll data and integration issues
- Maintain project plans, actions, risks, and dependencies
- Communicate with clients throughout the implementation and provide updates on progress
- Support the transition from implementation into BAU
- Support the implementation of large and complex payrolls
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What Client is Looking For
We are open to candidates with either a strong UK payroll implementation background or experience across payroll data, integration, and technology.
UK Payroll & Implementation
- Practical experience within UK payroll
- Experience supporting payroll implementations, migrations, transitions, or system projects
- Good understanding of UK payroll processes and legislation, including RTI and Auto Enrolment
- Experience gathering requirements and understanding client payroll needs
- Experience with data migration, testing, parallel runs, and go-live
- Good understanding of payroll data and end-to-end payroll processes
- Experience with iTrent would be highly beneficial
- Experience with systems such as Workday, Dayforce, SAP, or Oracle is also relevant
- Manual payroll experience is welcomed
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Payroll Integration & Data
- Experience with payroll data integration or ETL processes
- Understanding of how data moves between payroll, HR, and other business systems
- Experience with data mapping, transformation, validation, or reconciliation
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience identifying data gaps, inconsistencies, and integration issues
- Exposure to SQL, Python, .NET, Alteryx, or Power Platform would be beneficial
- Experience working with data from systems such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, or SuccessFactors is relevant
Why This Role?
- Work directly with well-known global clients
- Gain exposure to large and complex payrolls
- Develop your client-facing and project delivery skills
- Gain exposure to international payroll, with the wider team supporting payroll across 159 countries
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