Payroll Systems SME

Payroll Systems SME - £750 P/D INSIDE IR35 - 6 Month Contract - Hybrid (London) - IT Consulting

Local Expertise Required: Germany, Poland, Italy, Greece, or Vietnam

The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Payroll Systems SME to support a large-scale Time & Attendance and Scheduling transformation programme. This is a key role providing country-specific expertise on time legislation, absence policies, and the payroll impact of time-related processes.

You'll work closely with HR, Payroll, and technical teams to ensure that solutions are fully compliant with local statutory and contractual requirements, while supporting the successful rollout of new systems and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the local authority on Time & Attendance, absence management, scheduling, and associated pay impacts
• Define and validate country-specific rules such as:
• Working time regulations, rest periods, and break rules
• Overtime, premiums, allowances, and pay calculations
• Public holidays, weekend rules, and night work
• Collective agreements, union rules, and local HR policies
• Translate business and legal requirements into clear system rules and functional designs
• Validate end-to-end time and pay scenarios, including:
• Time valuation outputs and exceptions
• Leave interactions, retro adjustments, and terminations
• Support testing phases (SIT/UAT), including test case design and defect resolution
• Contribute to cutover readiness, including balances, schedules, and audits
• Collaborate with stakeholders across HR, Payroll, operations, and employee representatives

What You'll Bring

• Strong hands-on experience with local time regulations, leave accruals, and pay impacts in one of the listed countries
• Background in Time & Attendance and/or payroll implementations, or system administration
• Experience with systems such as SAP ECP, UKG (Kronos), ATOSS, or similar
• Ability to interpret policies and translate them into system logic and test scenarios
• Experience working in fast-paced transformation programmes
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Desirable Experience

• Exposure to industries with complex scheduling needs such as manufacturing, retail, or healthcare
• Experience working with unions, works councils, or collective agreements

Time & Attendance/Payroll SME - £750 P/D INSIDE IR35 - 6 Month Contract - Hybrid (London) - IT Consulting