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Senior Payroll Transition Specialist

Job Posted: 9 days ago

Salary: £ 550 - 600 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: Basildon, Essex

Expire in: 19 days

Job Description

Senior Payroll Transition Specialist
 6 Months initial contract
 Basildon, UK (On-site, 5 days per week)
 £(Apply online only) per day (Inside IR35)
 
 My client, in the Fintech industry are hiring a hands-on Payroll Transition Specialist to support major payroll transformation activity across EMEA.

In this role you'll lead end-to-end payroll transitions across Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, including a key migration from ADP Streamline to ADP Celergo in Germany.

This is a delivery role - you'll be in the detail, working directly with payroll teams and vendors to ensure successful testing, transition, and go-live.

Key Responsibilities
 Lead payroll vendor/platform transitions end-to-end
 Own payroll testing (strategy, scripts, execution, defect resolution)
 Support UAT, data validation, and parallel runs
 Drive accurate, reconciled payrolls through to go-live
 Create clear SOPs and ensure knowledge transfer
 Train teams on new systems and processes
 Act as payroll SME across Payroll, HR, Finance, and vendors
 
 Key Requirements
 Proven experience delivering payroll transitions / implementations
 Strong ADP Celergo experience
 Germany payroll expertise (essential)
 Experience with payroll testing, parallel runs, and reconciliations
 Ability to operate hands-on in fast-paced environments

Desirable:
 Belgium / Netherlands payroll experience
 Outsourced payroll / vendor management experience
 German or Dutch language skills
 
 Ideally you will have some of the below specific experience to be a suitable match for this engagement
 High-impact transformation work across multiple countries
 Full ownership of payroll transition delivery
 Visible role working closely with key stakeholders

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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