Payroll Implementation Advisor

Overview

The organization is seeking a Payroll Implementation Advisor to support clients through payroll and HRIS implementations, optimization, testing, and ongoing support. This role is ideal for someone with strong payroll fundamentals who can work directly with clients, understand complex requirements, validate system outcomes, and help move implementations from testing through go-live.

Work may span platforms such as Workday, UKG, Dayforce, Rippling, ADP, and similar systems. Client needs will vary, but the core focus remains practical payroll expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to work through details.

Responsibilities

• Support payroll discovery, requirements, testing, reconciliation, go-live readiness, and post-launch stabilization
• Build and execute payroll test scenarios covering:
  • Regular and off-cycle payroll
  • Retroactivity
  • Deductions
  • Taxes
  • Garnishments
  • Overtime
  • Common exception cases
• Support parallel payroll and gross-to-net reconciliation, investigate variances, and document results clearly
• Evaluate upstream processes that affect payroll outcomes, including Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, and employee data
• Troubleshoot issues with client teams, implementation partners, vendors, and technical resources
• Support payroll-related integrations, vendor files, data validation, and downstream handoffs
• Maintain testing artifacts, issue logs, process documentation, and client-ready recommendations
• Contribute to implementation and managed-services playbooks as the practice grows

Requirements

• Strong payroll fundamentals
• Ability to work directly with clients and understand complex requirements
• Ability to validate system outcomes and progress implementations from testing through go-live

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working across payroll and HRIS platforms such as Workday, UKG, Dayforce, Rippling, ADP, or similar systems

Location

Not specified in the provided job description.