Payroll Process & Project Manager

Posted:
10/2/2024, 5:16:10 AM

Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ San Jose, California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Job Description:

Business Environment

An exciting opportunity to work with DXC Technology Payroll’s objective to transform and operate all the payroll and time tracking systems to make a difference in employee experience when it comes to accuracy, cost structure and efficiency. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to help with that transformation. As Project Manager you will join the Global Payroll Quality & Transformation Team. This role is based in Costa Rica supporting countries in the AMS region.

Job Description

The Payroll Process & Project Manager will be responsible for leading payroll and time tracking implementation projects, MADO projects, process improvement projects, or representing Payroll on any other projects that will impact the Payroll process in the AMS region.  Sometimes you may be asked to support an EMEA project depending on resource availability.   

Responsibilities include:

  • Coordination and delivery of a project on time, within budget, with required quality and within scope. This includes planning and designing of project, ensuring allocation of resources, controlling and monitoring the progress, resolving issues, ensuring effective MOC and quality assurance, managing communication with stakeholders, managing dependencies and interfaces between projects.
  • Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress.
  • Monitoring project deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects.
  • Performing detailed requirements analysis and documenting processes.
  • Designing of processes, ensuring the global standards and procedures are being followed and that solutions meet business needs and legal requirements.
  • Performing a comprehensive analysis of existing payroll and time tracking processes against benchmark of global standards, ad hoc analysis (change impact assessment of processes, fit gap).
  • Identifying out of scope services and re-defining processes.
  • Performing some user acceptance testing if required.
  • Carrying out risk assessment
  • Identifying and implementing of process improvements, driving automation of end to end processes to improve metrics.
  • Improving compliance and control

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree (required)
  • A minimum 4 years of experience as Project Manager
  • Experience with SAP Payroll, Replicon, Kronos or Workday Time Tracking is preferred. 
  • Excellent project management and leadership skills
  • PMI certification would be an asset (PMP, Agile)
  • Technical system expertise, along with knowledge of integrations and how to design, test and implement is strongly desired.
  • Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills, being able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
  • The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
  • Professional experience working in a multi country role
  • Superior oral and written communication skills for interacting with stakeholders and management.
  • Ability to identify and enact continuous improvement objectives
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize
  • Highly organized self-starter with strong initiative and independence
  • Results oriented
  • Ability to work effectively in a virtual international environment
  • Excellent presentation skills.
  • Strong business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel).
  • English proficiency.

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