EY
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London, Greater London
Senior Consultant - Payroll Advisory - Digital HR - People Advisory Services (UKI)
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Senior Consultant - Payroll Advisory - Digital HR - People Advisory Services (UKI) Tax Requisition # LON00GVC Post Date Oct 02, 2019 People Advisory Services (PAS) harnesses the collective power of all or our people - related services into a single integrated global sub-service line of over 10,000 people delivering over $1.4bn in revenue. We provide our clients with a set of integrated services and offerings solving their most pertinent people-related business challenges. PAS has been targeted as an area of significant growth as clients increasingly require advice in building their people's capabilities at a time when global demand for talent and scare skills is at its highest. As well as attracting and retaining individual talent, clients are also looking at how they raise overall organisational performance through the entire workforce. This means building their capabilities, processes and systems in workforce optimisation, inclusion, organisational development and culture. **The opportunity** Our Digital HR (DHR) offering is one of our key growth areas within PAS, focusing on assisting clients build HR functions that are business-focused, cost-effective, and agile in meeting the needs of all of their stakeholders. Key to many of our DHR engagements is the identification, evaluation and deployment of the right payroll service delivery model to support our clients' business agenda. As a member of our DHR team and specifically with a focus on payroll advisory, you will join a talented group of professionals that help clients in a number of areas. These include Payroll strategy, vendor evaluation, implementation of payroll technology solutions and optimisation of existing platforms. In all of these areas, our focus is on achieving business outcomes for our clients as opposed to simply delivering a technical answer. **Your key responsibilities** We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate real impact within business and help transform some of the world's most respected commercial and public sector organisations building upon your existing experience of working with HR Technology either in-house with a blue chip organisation, or a Big 4 or leading management consultancy. As a Senior Consultant, you will be a key resource on large-scale payroll related projects. In this role, you should be able to deliver quality client service, analyse complex problems and deliver insightful solutions. You will also be expected to have excellent communication skills, integrate into new teams and rapidly establish relationships. More specifically, the successful candidate should demonstrate a specialism in one or more of our range of services: Development and delivery of a global payroll strategy that aligns payroll delivery to support the needs of the business agenda Selection and development of Payroll enabling technology and data solutions - including the management of change and capability building in solutions for the business including on premise, cloud and on-point solutions End-to-end process evaluation to identify opportunities for process improvement and risk mediation Management of Payroll organisation design - creating an organisation design that determines effective organisation solutions to support the desired business outcomes Payroll transition management to support an organisation in transitioning to its future state model Culture and behavioural change - embedding cultural and behavioural change across an organisation to ensure that benefits are maintained Leadership coaching - creating change leaders who are skilled and willing to drive change at all levels in the organisation To successfully support selling, designing and delivering performance improvement of Payroll functions and workforce transformation programmes in all sectors To solve client business issues and problems To demonstrate an understanding of Payroll operational environments in businesses. To win and sustain client confidence To demonstrate an understanding of project and programme management leading practices. To demonstrate Payroll market insights in areas such as Cloud, SaaS and enabling workforce tools To capture new business opportunities and help develop client relationships **Skills and attributes for success** Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise Have strong personal impact and resilience, and be able to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement Be able to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions Be skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members Be confident and effective in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments **To qualify for the role you must have** Breadth of experience in large-scale Payroll transformation programmes and projects Either rele