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- Location
- Bengaluru
- Employment
- Full-time
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Role Summary
The detailed role description focuses on leading international payroll expansion and new-entity implementations across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. It also covers payroll stabilization, operational handoff, and ongoing process improvement.
What You'll Do
- Lead new payroll entity implementations from initial setup and M&A integration through stabilization.
- Manage the selection, transition, and implementation of international payroll vendors.
- Transition operational workflows to the Global Payroll Operations team and oversee interim payroll processing during stabilization.
- Own project roadmaps, documentation, risk mitigation, and status reporting; partner with IT, HR, Legal, and Finance to resolve issues.
- Identify automation opportunities, maintain SOPs and employee-facing knowledge bases, and define and track payroll performance metrics.
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View full postingQualifications
International payroll experience; project management experience leading EMEA-focused payroll implementations; experience with Workday HCM and Oracle; ServiceNow expertise in ticket management and knowledge bases; Microsoft Office and Google Workspace mastery; professional fluency in English.
Preferred
- A deep understanding of payroll regulations in the Netherlands, UK, and France is highly preferred.
Original job description
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Original job description
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Designation: Record to Report Ops Specialist
Qualifications:BCom/MCom/Master of Business Administration
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
What would you do? • The Global Payroll Lead, Strategy & Planning is a high-impact leadership role within the Global Payroll organization. You will spearhead international business expansion, lead complex cross-functional projects, and drive the strategic implementation of new payroll entities across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. • Working in a high-velocity environment, you will bridge the gap between corporate strategy and operational
What are we looking for? • Payroll Expertise: 7+ years of international payroll experience, with a deep understanding of regulations in the Netherlands, UK, and France highly preferred. • Project Leadership: 4+ years of dedicated project management experience, specifically leading EMEA-focused payroll implementations. • Technical Proficiency: Experience with Workday HCM and Oracle. • Software Tools: Expertise in ServiceNow (Ticket Management & Knowledge Bases); mastery of Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. • Language: Professional fluency in English is required.
Roles and Responsibilities: • Core Responsibilities • Strategic Implementations & Expansion • Entity Onboarding: Lead the end-to-end implementation of new payroll entities, managing everything from initial setup and M&A integrations to stabilization. • Vendor Transitions: Manage the selection, transition, and implementation of international payroll vendors to ensure service continuity. • Operational Readiness: Act as the primary architect for transitioning operational workflows to the Global Payroll Operations team, ensuring they are equipped for long-term success. • Interim Processing: Manage hands-on payroll processing (base pay, bonuses, deductions) during the critical stabilization phase of new entities to ensure compliance and accuracy before hand-off. • Project Management & Optimization • Lifecycle Management: Own the project roadmap for payroll initiatives, utilizing structured project documentation, risk mitigation strategies, and status reporting for executive stakeholders. • Cross-Functional Synergy: Partner with IT, HR, Legal, and Finance to resolve roadblocks and align payroll infrastructure with broader business goals. • Process Automation: Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency. Leverage AI and advanced system features to reduce manual touchpoints and enhance scalability. • Governance & Subject Matter Expertise • SME Leadership: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for diverse international markets (EMEA, APAC, LATAM), overseeing regions with headcounts exceeding 1,000 employees. • Knowledge Management: Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and employee-facing knowledge bases to ensure transparency and self-service. • Metrics & KPIs: Define and track payroll performance metrics, using data-driven insights to identify risks and drive continuous improvement.BCom,MCom,Master of Business Administration
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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