Implementation Consultant - Payroll Country Owner (Irish Payroll)

Location: Europe (fully remote)

Our story:

Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.

With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

To learn more about us, visit stradaglobal.com

Role Overview:

Strada Pay is a dynamic cloud-based payroll calculation engine that continuously recalculates payroll, delivering updated results instantly in response to changes. Featuring SOC1 compliance controls and a comprehensive dashboard, it eliminates high pressure processing, minimizes processing downtime and maximizes data input time. Built-in defensive queries and anomaly detection ensure increased payroll accuracy by proactively identifying potential payroll infringement. The intelligent solution reimagines the payroll process and is designed with the needs of today and the reality of tomorrow in mind. Set to be available in numerous countries worldwide by the end of the year with more planned on the 2025 roadmap, the solution is set to disrupt payroll as we know it today, with innovation at its core. 

As part of this product roadmap, here lies an opportunity for an experience Functional Consultant to join our team as the Strada Payroll Implementation Payroll Country Owner. You will provide functional consultancy on implementations of Strada Pay within the designated country.

The Payroll Country Owner – Implementation will be fully involved in the whole project lifecycle, including client liaison, confirming requirements & guidance aligned with Strada Pay best practices, completing configuration documents and questionnaires, providing effective configuration & testing of the solution, and supporting other go-live activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client-facing functional lead supporting kick-off and leading functional requirements discussions.

• Working with the client to capture payroll configuration information required to finalize Strada Pay workbooks.

• Working closely with Strada’s Product team to complete the configuration of the payroll solution.

• Validate payroll solution & integrations as part of the project testing cycles.

• Perform data validations in the payroll system.

• Coordinate defect resolution with relevant teams.

• Knowledge transfer to ongoing application services for payroll solution maintenance.

• Input to and updates the project plan.

• Support data mapping and data validations across all systems and issue resolutions.

• Support integration issues resolution.

• Support UAT and parallel testing.

• Support data validations across all systems and issue resolutions.

• Responsible for workaround definitions and resolutions.

• Support and oversee knowledge transfer to Delivery and Operational Payroll teams.

Requirements:

• Experience in a functional consulting/analytical capacity within a payroll outsourcing or payroll software environment.

• Experience and strong knowledge of the specified country’s payroll and compliance (e.g. tax, legislation etc.)

• Experience of the payroll implementation project lifecycle.

• Strong client-facing communication skills.

• Ability to articulate and document client requirements.

• Find creative and simple ways to address client issues or risks.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and an ability to interact with all levels of business.

• Propose alternative solutions assessing feasibility and costs.

• Ability to be proactive and problem-solve.

• Strong knowledge of MS Office tools including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Flexibility to support a global and fast paced environment.

• Attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal skills.

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Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Strada, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Strada’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Strada is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Strada, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

Diversity Policy Statement

Strada is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Strada provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Strada.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.