Payroll Implementation Manager

Our client require an experienced interim Payroll Transition Manager to take ownership of the final phase of this transition, ensuring data accuracy, process readiness, stakeholder alignment, and a smooth go-live, ideally by March.

• Complete an outsourcing transition with full ownership and autonomy.
• Hybrid working, Payroll Outsourcing Transition
• Lead and manage the final stage of the end-to-end transition from partial outsourcing to fully outsourced payroll delivery.
• Coordinate parallel runs, data validation, and readiness checks.
• Work closely with the new provider, challenging where necessary and ensuring all input templates, processes, and handover documentation are correct.

Data & Compliance

• Oversee data migration, retention requirements, cleansing, and quality assurance.
• Maintain strict compliance standards and ensure statutory accuracy.

Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement

• Act as the main contact between internal stakeholders and the outsourced provider.
• Identify risk areas, troubleshoot issues, and push back on timelines when necessary to ensure a successful go-live.
• Support a business environment influenced by start-up culture, where some processes may be basic.

Project Management

• Own the transition plan and timeline with the goal of achieving go-live in March.
• Provide structure, discipline, and clarity to stakeholders in a relaxed, less formal operational environment.

• Strong background in payroll operations, particularly outsourcing transitions.
• Highly disciplined, diligent, and rules-focused.
• Experience working with outsourced payroll providers and an understanding of "what good looks like."
• Confident managing complex data sets and identifying issues quickly.
• Effective communicator with solid stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable working with limited structure and bringing order to evolving processes.
• Self-starter who thrives in remote environments with minimal oversight.

London Temporary £340 - £460 per day View Job Description

A private-equity-owned organisation undergoing significant restructuring and downsizing (from c.300 employees to 71) is in the final stages of fully outsourcing its payroll. The business is transitioning from its current small accountancy-based provider to a larger, more sophisticated outsourced payroll service.