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And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.\n\nJob title\n\nSenior Manager - Global Payroll Implementation & Transformation\n\nDepartment\n\nGlobal Payroll Operate\n\nService Line / SSL\n\nTax - People Advisory Services\n\nLocation\n\nIndia\n\nThe Senior Manager - Global Payroll Implementation & Transformation will provide strategic and senior leadership for the organization’s largest, most complex and business-critical global payroll implementation and transformation programs.\nThe role combines deep expertise in multi-country payroll, transformation, technology, pre-sales and solutioning, program and project management, commercial leadership, and senior client management. The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to senior client executives, helping global organizations transform fragmented payroll environments into standardized, scalable, technology-enabled and effectively governed global payroll operating models.\nThe Senior Manager will be accountable not only for successful program delivery, but also for shaping solutions, supporting strategic pursuits, strengthening client relationships, developing leadership capability, driving innovation and contributing to the growth of the Global Payroll business. Key Responsibilities include:\n1. Global Payroll Transformation & Implementation Leadership\nProvide senior leadership for complex, large-scale multi-country and multi-region payroll transformation programs.\nDefine transformation strategies, target operating models, implementation roadmaps, governance structures and success measures.\nOversee the complete implementation lifecycle from discovery and design through configuration, integration, data migration, testing, parallel payroll, cutover, go-live, stabilization and transition to operations.\nDrive global standardization while appropriately addressing country-specific statutory, regulatory and operational requirements.\nEstablish strong program governance, quality gates, change control, risk management and deployment-readiness disciplines.\nProvide executive intervention for critical program risks, challenged implementations and major go-live decisions.\n2. Technology & Digital Transformation\nShape the technology strategy supporting global payroll transformation and ensure alignment across payroll, HR/HCM, Finance, Time & Attendance and enterprise platforms.\nProvide strategic oversight of payroll integrations, interfaces, data migration, workflow, reporting, automation and testing.\nWork effectively within ecosystems involving platforms such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and other major HRIS/HCM and payroll technologies.\nPartner with Solution Architects, Technology Leaders and client IT senior leaders to ensure scalable and sustainable solutions.\nChampion appropriate use of automation, AI and analytics to improve implementation effectiveness and future payroll operations.\n3. Executive Client & Program Leadership\nServe as a trusted advisor and senior escalation point for strategic global clients.\nEstablish executive governance and lead senior Steering Committee discussions.\nProvide transparent executive-level oversight of scope, schedule, commercials, resources, risks, issues, quality and key dependencies.\nTranslate complex payroll and technology challenges into clear business decisions and recommendations.\nNavigate difficult trade-offs involving scope, timeline, investment, quality and risk while protecting long-term client relationships.\nBuild enduring relationships with senior stakeholders across HR, Payroll, Finance, Technology, Procurement and Transformation.\n4. Pre-Sales, Solutioning & Business Development\nLead and support strategic global payroll pursuits, RFP/RFI responses, solution workshops, proposals and executive presentations.\nTranslate client challenges into differentiated payroll transformation and implementation solutions.\nShape the implementation approach, delivery model, resourcing, governance, roadmap, assumptions, dependencies and commercial considerations.\nPartner across Sales/Engagement, Solution Architecture, Technology, Operations, Commercial, Risk and Contracting teams.\nMaintain strong discipline between what is sold and what can be successfully delivered, ensuring a seamless transition from pursuit through contracting, implementation and operations.\nIdentify and develop opportunities for additional transformation, technology, implementation and managed-services engagements.\n5. Commercial, Risk & Quality Leadership\nProvide executive oversight of program economics, commercial performance and delivery risk.\nEnsure disciplined scope, assumption and change-control management.\nBalance client outcomes, delivery quality, risk and commercial sustainability.\nEstablish robust quality, governance and executive escalation mechanisms.\nPromote a strong “no surprises” culture, ensuring material risks and dependencies are identified early and transparently communicated.\nDrive lessons learned and continuous improvement across the implementation portfolio.\n6. Practice, Capability & Talent Leadership\nBuild and lead a high-performing global organization comprising Senior Managers, Managers, Program/Project Managers, payroll specialists, transformation professionals and technology resources.\nDevelop future program leaders, strengthen succession pipelines and mentor senior talent.\nDefine and continuously improve global payroll implementation methodologies, playbooks, governance frameworks, accelerators and reusable assets.\nBuild scalable delivery capability across APAC, EMEIA and Americas.\nSponsor innovation across payroll transformation, technology, automation, analytics and AI.\nContribute thought leadership and market insight to strengthen the organization's Global Payroll proposition.\nExperience & Qualifications:\n18+ years of relevant professional experience, with substantial senior leadership exposure across global payroll, consulting, transformation or technology-enabled services. This is a recommended Senior Manager benchmark, positioned above the existing Senior Manager specification of 10-15 years' overall experience and at least eight years of relevant payroll implementation experience\nExtensive experience leading complex, large-scale, multi-country payroll implementation and transformation programs. Deep knowledge of the end-to-end global payroll implementation lifecycle and associated upstream/downstream processes.\nStrong transformation expertise spanning operating model, process, technology, data, governance and organizational change. Demonstrated experience managing geographically dispersed programs and cross-functional global teams.\nExecutive-level client relationship and stakeholder-management experience. Strong pre-sales, solutioning, proposal and business-development capability.\nExcellent commercial judgment and experience managing complex program risks and delivery economics.\nStrong understanding of HR/HCM, payroll technologies, integrations, data and enterprise technology environments.\nExperience within a Big 4, leading consulting organization, global payroll provider or comparable multinational environment is highly desirable.\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Technology, HR, Operations or related discipline; MBA and/or PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent credentials desirable.\nSenior Manager Leadership Competencies :\nStrategic Leadership: Connects payroll transformation with broader enterprise and business objectives.\nExecutive Presence: Influences C-suite and senior stakeholders with clarity and credibility.\nTransformation Mindset: Challenges legacy models and creates pragmatic pathways to standardization and modernization.\nCommercial Acumen: Balances growth, client value, program economics and delivery risk.\nTechnology Acumen: Understands how technology, integration, data, automation and AI enable payroll transformation.\nDelivery Excellence: Brings structure, governance and decisive leadership to highly complex global programs.\nGlobal Leadership: Effectively leads diverse, distributed and cross-functional teams across regions.\nTalent Leadership: Builds high-performing teams and develops the next generation of transformation and implementation leaders.\nEY | Building a better working world\nEY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.\nEnabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.\nWorking across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the 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