Payroll Configuration Specialist

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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.

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Hey there,
Are you an individual with strong analytic skills and a tech savvy wizard with Excel? Are you comfortable working in technical payroll environment and are looking for the next chapter in your career where you can put all your skills to help create multi country payroll solutions using the latest in low code no code frameworks?

Yes! Then Payroll Configuration Specialist role is one for you….

Strada Pay is a product innovation created by Strada’s own IP Cloud payroll engine based on no code / low code set-up so that country payroll can operate in a touch-less manner. We are in the process of building out a Center of Excellence (COE) team who can help with setting up country payrolls in Strada Pay.

The COE team is an extended part of the Payroll Product organisation and is responsible of ensuring that Alight’s Cloud Pays Country Solutions are set-up the right way with best practices and standards in mind, bring consistence in set-up across our country payrolls.

The Payroll Configuration Specialist role will be part of the COE team where the key focus will be to help configure and set-up the standard country payroll solution by working closely with the Payroll Country Owners (PCOs), Products Management, Engineering and QA teams. They will be involved in using our Strada Pay Excel workbook in configuring country requirements and rules. The set-up includes updating and maintaining payroll data model workbooks, payroll calculations workbooks and payroll outputs (report and interfaces) workbooks needed to deliver a compliant country payroll, whilst adhering to best practices and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of Strada’s own IP solution at a functional/ technical as well as business level.
• Support the network of Payroll Country Owners (PCOs) who are local country payroll experts by understanding the country payroll requirements or client reporting needs and then using Strada Pay’s low code / no code framework, configure the needed solution using Strada Pay excel workbooks. 
• Test payroll configurations and updates to ensure accuracy.
• Identify and resolve payroll system issues and discrepancies.
• Maintain and adhere to Strada Pays best practices and standards to ensure consistency across countries. 
• Work with other product teams members to understand the more complex requirements, gaps, or issues to better our Strada Pay framework capabilities.
• Ensure work is tracked, reported, and managed in line with the Alight Product SDLC and DevOps process.
• Flag and manage issues and / or risks that impact the country localization delivery plan.
• Provide coaching and advice to the PCOs and other business stakeholder, on Alight Cloud Pay solution and capabilities.
• Develop guides and documentation for Strada Pay framework capabilities.
• Collaborates with Engineering team and stakeholders to detected new features and user stories, based on requirements that include acceptance criteria and acceptance tests.

Required Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in human resources, Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience in payroll processing and / or payroll system configuration.
• Excellent to Advanced knowledge of Excel is a must.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Any country legislative payroll knowledge is a plus.
• Service-oriented and pro-active with a keen sense of Accountability.
• Excellent Team Player collaborating with various teams.
• Self-starter and pro-active and with a “how to / can do” mind set.
• Any experienced working with Azure DevOps or similar (Jira) welcomed.
• Willingness to learn and further develop your career in a Cloud Payroll configuration and support environment.
• Fluent in English (written, oral).

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.