Job Title:  Senior Consultant | SF-HCM Payroll | Hyderabad | HR Transformation

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Job Description: Project Manager – Payroll & HR Systems

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager with strong Payroll expertise to lead, execute, and deliver projects across payroll operations, HR systems, and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in payroll processes, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to drive end-to-end project delivery with precision and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Project Management

• Lead end-to-end delivery of payroll and HR-related projects, ensuring timelines, scope, and quality standards are met.
• Develop project plans, define milestones, allocate resources, and manage risks and dependencies.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between HR, Finance, IT, and external partners.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure documentation, change logs, and project artifacts are maintained accurately.

🔹 Payroll Expertise

• Oversee payroll-related requirements gathering, process mapping, and validation.
• Support configuration, testing, and deployment of payroll systems or enhancements.
• Analyse payroll data to identify issues, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure adherence to statutory compliance, tax regulations, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with payroll teams to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency.

🔹 Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for payroll project stakeholders and third-party vendors.
• Manage expectations, provide clear communication, and facilitate decision-making.
• Lead workshops, training sessions, and user walkthroughs for process or system changes.

🔹 Process Improvement

• Identify automation and optimization opportunities within payroll workflows.
• Implement best practices in project management and payroll operations.
• Support change management and organizational readiness for process or technology changes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Finance, Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Project Management, preferably in HR or Payroll domains.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, statutory regulations, and compliance needs.
• Experience with HRIS/Payroll systems (e.g., SAP).
• Proficiency in project management tools (JIRA, MS Project, Confluence, etc.).
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and drive outcomes in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Attributes

• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Detail-oriented with a structured approach to planning and execution.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Adaptability to manage complex payroll scenarios across geographies 

Location and way of working

·      Base location: Pan India

·      This profile involves frequent / occasional travelling to client locations OR this profile does not involve extensive travel for work.

·      Hybrid is our default way of working. Each domain has customized the hybrid approach to their unique needs.

Your role as a Manager

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Manager across our organization must strive to be:

·      Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation

·      Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose

·      Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity

·      Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future

·      Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders

·      Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions

·      Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen

·      Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities

·      Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization

·      Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities

·      Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

the success of engagement(s)

·      Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience

·      Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision

·      Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems

·      Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte

·      Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive. 

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