Payroll Transformation Consultant / Global Payroll Specialist

£800 per day | Outside IR35 | 9-Month Contract - Remote, with occasional Midlands travel

Stanton House is exclusively partnering with a global organisation to recruit an experienced Payroll Transformation Consultant to lead the stabilisation and improvement of a complex international payroll function.

Following a challenging global payroll implementation, the business requires an experienced specialist to assess current processes, document workflows and SOPs, clarify ownership and responsibilities, review third-party provider performance, and recommend a future-state payroll operating model.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and remediate current payroll processes and controls.
• Map end-to-end payroll workflows and document SOPs.
• Define governance, roles, responsibilities, and process ownership.
• Evaluate outsourced payroll services and identify improvement opportunities.
• Recommend and support the implementation of a future global payroll operating model.
• Partner closely with HR, Finance, Payroll, and PMO stakeholders to drive change.

Candidate Requirements

• Proven experience leading global payroll transformation, remediation, or stabilisation programmes.
• Strong international payroll experience across multiple countries.
• Experience designing payroll operating models and governance frameworks.
• Hands-on approach with the ability to work strategically and operationally.
• Excellent stakeholder management and change leadership skills.
• Team leadership experience essential.
• Oracle HR/HCM exposure desirable.

Contract Details

• Up to 9 months in duration.
• £800 per day.
• Predominantly remote with occasional travel to the Midlands.
• Immediate start preferred.

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