Payroll Transformation Lead - SAP to Oracle Fusion

Payroll Functional Design & SAP ? Oracle Translation

• Lead Payroll functional design from SAP Payroll to Oracle Fusion Payroll (UK)

• Translate SAP wage types, schemas, and PCR logic into Oracle Fusion payroll elements

• Simplify legacy SAP payroll customisation and Local Authority-specific workarounds

• Design Oracle-standard payroll structures, calendars, balances, and costing

• Act as Payroll Design Authority

Data Migration & Data Quality

• Define payroll data migration scope (migrate vs rebuild vs archive)

• Own payroll data migration rules for employee payroll data and YTD balances

• Support payroll data cleansing prior to System Integrator mobilisation

• Validate payroll opening balances and migrated data

• Ensure auditability and HMRC compliance

Risk Management & Governance

• Identify and manage payroll functional, data, and statutory risks

• Maintain a Payroll risk register with mitigation actions

• Escalate risks impacting pay accuracy, HMRC submissions, or pensions

• Support Design Authority and SteerCo decision making

Testing, Parallel Runs & UAT

• Define realistic payroll test scenarios

• Lead Payroll input into SIT and UAT

• Plan, manage, and validate parallel payroll runs

• Support defect triage and prioritisation based on payroll impact

Statutory, HMRC & Pensions Compliance

• Ensure payroll design supports UK statutory requirements (RTI, FPS/EPS, SSP/SMP, year-end)

• Support pension processing including LGPS where applicable

• Ensure segregation of duties and payroll controls

Cutover, Go-Live & Hypercare

• Support payroll cutover planning and sequencing

• Validate payroll readiness for go-live

• Provide payroll support during hypercare and stabilisation

Proven SAP Payroll to Oracle Fusion Payroll implementation experience

• Strong SAP Payroll (PY) background

• Oracle Fusion Payroll (UK) functional expertise

• Payroll data migration and validation experience

• Experience leading parallel payroll runs and UAT

• Experience operating in Local Authority or regulated environments

Key Behaviours

• Zero-defect mindset for payroll accuracy