Job Description

The Payroll SME is a key operational payroll expert position in the country of responsibility, based in the delivery team, ensuring the Strada Pay workbook is compliant with the countrys regulatory standards, that Strada Pay is a productive solution, and that Strada Pay constitutes a competitive offering for the country of responsibility.
This SME closely collaborates with their colleagues in Operations, Products, the Global Implementation Practice, (Pre)Sales and Account Management. When Strada Pay is fully matured in a country, and the focus moves to maintenance and continuous improvement of the payroll engine, the Country Champion will also assume responsibility for operational delivery of a portfolio of Clients in the country.
Key Responsibilities

• Subject Matter Leader in a country for payroll compliance, legislation and local regulations. Acting as the key reference point for teams internally on standard payroll service, business process, Strada Pay technology, and compliance matters. This will include pro-actively scanning the market for upcoming changes to legislation and tax laws in their country through the Risk & Compliance team, the Global Payroll Association, memberships of local payroll associations, professional literature subscriptions, external advisors, and other sources as required.

• Ensure cross-platform compliance and regulatory standards are met. Ensure the Strada Pay workbook is certified compliant, first when the business requirements are defined, then at general availability and, finally have Strada Pay periodically audited by an external party, and (re)certified compliant.

• Working closely with the Products configuration team to guide their development roadmap, including collaborating to keep Strada Pay country workbooks updated for new legislative country requirements; prioritize improvements that make Strada Pay more productive / eliminate manual workarounds; prioritize improvements that make Strada Pay a more competitive / attractive solution in their country of responsibility.

• Review and analyze current payroll procedures and checklists, to recommend changes leading to best-practice solutions and avoid manual workarounds to the extent possible and prioritize new functionality / fixes to the Strada Pay country workbook, to ensure the productivity of Strada Pay continuously improves.

• Work closely with colleagues in (pre)sales and account management, to understand what the local market requires to make Strada Pay a competitive and attractive market offering, accelerating Stradas growth. Define BRDs for these (non)functional improvements, prioritize these at country level, and work with the products configuration team to have these added to the country roadmap. Evolve Strada Pays competitive market offering in terms of functionality, cost effectiveness and user experience.

• Responsible for driving continuous improvement to Strada Pay in the country, methodology for delivering continuous payroll services, and templates / standards.

• Give subject matter expertise and advice to Strada Pay project teams working on deployments of the payroll service to each account and ensuring effective transition into operation. This will include supporting implementation teams with training / knowledge about Strada Pay standards and functionality and working with implementation colleagues to align clients to Strada Pay standards.

• Support solutioning of / act as gatekeeper or design authority with respect to Client customization requests. The Strada Pay Country Champion supports implementation teams, and later commercial and operational delivery teams, in keeping clients as close to standards as possible.

• Client customization requests are first vetted by the Strada Pay Country Champion, rejected or approved following consultation with the requestor (GIP, OPS, CSL, AD) and the products configuration team. When no alignment is reached, a case is escalated to the Strada Pay Steering Committee.

• Work closely with colleagues in operations to understand what improvements to productivity, cost of delivery, ease of use, and user experience are possible and needed. Define BRDs for these (non)functional improvements, prioritize these at country level, and work with the products configuration team to have these added to the country roadmap.

• Train Floor Walkers in the operations teams: Strada Pay super-users that support / coach colleagues and ensure Strada Pay functionality is fully utilized by all delivery teams and best practices applied. Floor Walkers are a source for Strada Pay improvements ideas, which are captured, prioritized and managed by the Country Champion.

• Support Floor Walkers to train payroll managers, specialists, and associates, to ensure Strada Pay functionality is utilized to its fullest extent and where required, auxiliary services delivered to augment Strada Pay functionality.

• Act as the go-to person for areas of subject matter expertise, including pre-sales support/queries, able to showcase to Clients the Strada Pay payroll capabilities, discuss dos and donts, successes and pitfalls, lessons learned, best practices and standards are refined / updated. Country Champions represent their country of responsibility and actively contribute to the Strada Pay Country Champion Network and Summits to develop global standards, best practices, procedures, templates, and align on priorities across countries.

• Participate as required in the Strada Pay Steering Committee meetings to help prioritize the Strada Pay development roadmaps.

Depending on the countrys / regions maturity of Strada Pay solution may also:

• Take responsibility for managing delivery of payroll services and operational requirements for a portfolio of Clients.

• Own overall payroll service performance in terms of timeliness, first and final payroll accuracy, compliance and predictability, cost of delivery and month on month improvements therein, for the portfolio of Clients in scope.

General requirements

• Expert knowledge of processes, policies and regulations within the area of payroll, within a geography/region:
• 5-8 years relevant experience delivering payroll services in a commercial environment.
• An ability to collaborate and work in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment.
• An ability to work independently, a self-starter.
• Someone who naturally takes ownership.
• Fully mastering the fine art of delegation.
• Passionate about ensuring every day is a little better than the previous.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Curious and eager to learn and develop oneself and colleagues.
• An ability to lead and manage a team.
• Knowledge of Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Attention to detail.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units. .