UK Payroll Implementation Consultant – ADP Platforms Expert

Seasoned ADP payroll implementation consultant with a strong focus on UK payroll systems, data migration, and client success. Proven expertise in configuring and managing payroll projects for top-tier clients.

• Implement Payroll: Will follow a very detailed End to End process guide and leverage automated tools from project Kick-Off to Go-Live/Transition to Service inclusive of a payroll analysis, payroll interview, configuration request, employee load, testing, year to date load, payroll parallels, and net secure migration all and collaborating with various internal teams.
• Manage projects: Manage project delivery and execution for different client market size implementations from initial project identification to hand-off to the Client Service Delivery team and to be accountable for planning, managing, leading, and motivating a cross-functional team to implement projects in support of ADP Sales.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert: To lead and manage comprehensive project plans and identify risks and issues and execute best practices and industry leading methodology.
• Partner internally: To communicate with project stakeholders including the ADP leadership team and client project teams and to transfer knowledge/skills to other members of the Implementation team.
• Build and maintain relationships: To manage strong, healthy relationships with stakeholders, project teams, and external vendors ensuring that project delivery expectations are clearly defined and met. To build and maintain a referenceable customer relationship.
• Thorough understanding of Payroll Implementation processes and methodology.
• Managing a portfolio of accounts from project initiation to close.
• Record and manage project deliverables, risks and actions.
• Managing project risks and escalations to resolution. Develop, manage and maintain a comprehensive Implementation Project Plan.
• Provide regular Implementation status reports to stakeholders, highlighting critical issues for management and overall status of project.
• Support client through all phases of the Implementation as required.
• Assists client with training enrolment and follows up on training completion, if any.
• Guides client through planning change management activities and recommends best practices.
• Proficient at providing on-site product overview sessions, if required.
• Provide ongoing payroll consulting support to assigned clients until transition to Client Services.
• Follow through on all aspects of the Upgrade project scope to ensure a clean transition to client services.
• Commitment to a team environment demonstrating a positive approach and co-operation.
• Act as a single point of contact for all project related issues and escalations.
• Actively manage plans, dependencies, scope, risks, issues and quality, and deliver projects in line with agreed upon overall project commitments.
• Managing project scope. Investigating and making recommendations on issues that challenge scope boundaries
• Monitoring and reporting on project traction and progress and, as necessary, coordinating the development, discussion and approval of corrective action and/or contingency plans
• Building and effectively managing multidisciplinary project teams
• Managing stakeholder relations to ensure that project delivery expectations are clearly defined and met. Build and maintain a reference-able customer relationship