Oracle Payroll Technical Consultant

Oracle Payroll Technical Consultant - Inside IR35 (paid via an umbrella) - Up to £800 per day - Up to six months initial contract

We are looking for an experienced Oracle HR & Payroll Technical consultant to join our M&A integration team. The role will be leading the functional design and implementation of Payroll to support employee migrations.

Key Responsibilities Implementation & Configuration

• Configure Oracle Payroll modules, including elements, fast formulas, balances, and payroll flows.
• Data extractions, load and reconciliation of employee and payroll data required to support migrations.
• Support end-to-end implementation cycles: requirements gathering, design, build, testing, deployment.

Business Analysis & Stakeholder Engagement

• Conduct workshops to understand business processes and payroll requirements.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Develop and execute test scripts for SIT, UAT, and regression testing.
• Validate payroll results (parallel run testing), costing, and integrations.

Integrations & Reporting

• Work with technical teams to support integrations with the line of business systems.
• Build or validate reports using OTBI, BI Publisher, or Payroll Activity Reports.

Compliance & Best Practices

• Maintain documentation and support audit requirements.

Required Skills & Experience Functional Expertise

• Strong knowledge of Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll or EBS Payroll
• Understanding of payroll elements and Fast Formulas, statutory deductions, costing, retropay, RTI and year end.

Technical/Analytical Skills

• Must have hands on Experience in HCM Extracts, BIP, HDL Loaders, and HCM/Payroll Database Tables.
• Ability to interpret payroll calculations and troubleshoot issues.
• Familiarity with reporting tools such as OTBI.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to work independently and manage deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Cloud Payroll certification.
• Experience with multi country payroll implementations.
• Background in HRIS, HR operations, or payroll administration.
• Consulting experience in a client facing environment.

We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.