Oracle Payroll lead

Line of Service Advisory Industry/Sector Not Applicable Specialism Oracle Management Level Manager Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

As an Oracle consulting generalist at PwC, you will possess a broad range of consulting skills and experience across various Oracle applications. You will provide consulting services to clients, analysing their needs, implementing software solutions, and offering training and support for effective utilisation of Oracle applications. Your versatile knowledge will allow you to assist clients in optimising operational efficiency and achieving their strategic objectives.

As a Oracle Payroll lead, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Facilitate discovery, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, payroll reconciliation and solution design workshops focused on Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll with business and IT stakeholders.
• Own the functional design and configuration of the Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll module, ensuring alignment with business requirements, compliance needs, and Oracle leading practices.
• Provide subject matter expertise on payroll processes, including payroll elements, balances, fast formulas, costing, payment methods, payroll flows, and legislative requirements.
• Develop and maintain key project deliverables, such as solution design documents, configuration workbooks, interface specifications, conversion mapping documents, and process maps.
• Collaborate with project managers on plans, RAID logs, resource estimates, and status reporting; escalates risks and drive mitigation.
• Collaborate with technical teams on integrations, reports, data conversions, and extensions that support payroll processing and downstream financial or third-party vendor requirements.
• Provide cross-functional guidance on upstream and downstream impacts across related Oracle HCM modules, including Core HR, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Benefits, and Compensation.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience across the full implementation lifecycle, including discovery, design, payroll configuration and reconciliation, security, integrations, data conversion, payroll balancing, reporting, testing, training, cutover, go-live, and post-production hypercare.

Hands‑on proficiency with:

• Configuration: HCM design studio, page composer, Redwood UX, journeys/Oracle ME.
• Data migration: HDL/HSDL, Spreadsheet Loader, HCM Extracts.
• Reporting: OTBI, BI Publisher, dashboards, KPIs.
• Integrations: OIC/ICS, REST/SOAP APIs, HCM Extracts, SFTP/file‑based.
• Fast Formulas (Absence, Benefits, Payroll, Time), payroll elements, balances (if applicable).
• Security: role design, duty roles, aggregate privileges, data roles, approval workflows.

Excellent documentation, communication, and presentation skills; ability to translate complex concepts into business‑friendly language.

Oracle Cloud HCM Implementation Specialist certifications in one or more modules (e.g., Payroll, Global Human Resources, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits) strongly preferred.

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

• Minimum 6 Yrs. of relevant experience in Oracle Cloud HCM
• Must have worked on a minimum of 2 end‑to‑end payroll implementations
• The…