Global Payroll Project Manager – Maidenhead – £65 per hour

Our client, a global pharmaceutical company based in Maidenhead are looking for a Global Payroll Project manager to join their company for 12 months possible longer.  The role is paying £65 per hour.

The role holder would be leading the transition of one payroll to another (approx. 2500 employees).

Project manager would be delivering/supporting 2 types of transition:

1. Transition directly existing payroll platforms/services, or
2. migrated with their current platform/services and moved onto the company’s platforms/services at a later fixed point

• Reporting to the Snr Director, Global Payroll Operations
• Key relationships: regional payroll team leads, acquisition HR lead, acquisition company payroll/HR contacts, payroll third party vendors
• Based in/near Maidenhead – 3:2 onsite working ratio (negotiable)
• Be flexible with hours as some meetings would be taking place on US and Australia times

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Strong project management, stakeholder management and communication skills
• Effective leadership and engagement
• Experience of multi-country payroll projects/transformations (essential)
• Experience of M&A (preferred)
• German speaking (preferred)    
• High level analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong process management and business process analysis competencies and demonstrated ability to support complex HR/Payroll models.  The role will operate with high level of autonomy, engaging directly with key stakeholders and suppliers at a Regional and Country level
• BA/BS degree preferred.  CIPP Payroll or similar preferred
• Prior experience managing payroll for a company with multiple locations and international operations is a pre-requisite