Payroll Systems Consultant

About IRISIRIS Software Group is one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, trusted by 100,000+ businesses, schools and accountancy firms to keep their operations running. Our software pays 1 in 6 UK employees, supports over 12,000 schools, and is relied on by 91 of the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We're a Great Place to Work certified employer, recognised for our commitment to well-being, inclusion and development - and we're growing fast.

At IRIS Software Group, we create software that helps businesses manage critical processes including payroll, HR, finance and compliance.

We’re looking for an Implementation Consultant with hands-on payroll experience to help customers successfully implement our SaaS solutions.

Payroll knowledge is essential for this role. You might have gained this through payroll processing, payroll software, payroll systems or payroll implementation. Alongside this, you’ll have experience implementing, configuring or supporting software and be comfortable working directly with customers.

You’ll take customers from understanding their requirements through to configuration, data migration, testing, training and go-live. It’s a hands-on, customer-facing role where you’ll solve problems, manage multiple pieces of work and build deeper expertise in payroll technology.

What Will You Be Doing?

As an Implementation Consultant, you will:

Manage payroll software implementations for new and existing customers

Understand customers’ payroll processes and requirements and translate these into the right software setup

Configure SaaS products, workflows and customer-specific requirements

Support payroll data migration, integrations and testing

Work with APIs, ETL processes and data transformation where required

Guide customers through user acceptance testing and readiness for go-live Deliver training and explain software clearly to customers

Support customers during go-live and their transition into ongoing support

Manage multiple customer projects and priorities at the same time

Work with Sales, Product, Engineering and Customer Success to resolve issues and deliver successful outcomes

Keep customers informed about progress, timelines, risks and issues

Travel to customer sites when required.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re particularly interested in people with:

Hands-on payroll experience and a good understanding of payroll processes – essential

Experience in SaaS/software implementation, onboarding or technical consulting

Experience working directly with customers to understand requirements and implement solutions

Experience with payroll software or systems

Understanding of software configuration, workflows and integrations

Experience with APIs, ETL, data migration or data transformation

Confidence managing several customers, projects or priorities

The ability to explain software and technical information in simple terms

Experience with Salesforce, Jira, Confluence or similar tools would be useful

You may currently be an Implementation Consultant, Payroll Implementation Consultant, Payroll Systems Consultant, Payroll Consultant, SaaS Consultant or Technical Consultant.

You don’t need to know IRIS products already. This role is suited to someone with relevant hands-on experience who wants to develop deeper payroll, product and technical expertise.

What Can IRIS Offer You?

The opportunity to develop specialist expertise in payroll technology and SaaSOwnership of customer implementations and technical project work Support from experienced colleagues across Professional Services Exposure to Product, Engineering, Customer Success and Sales Opportunities to continue developing your implementation and consulting career.

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