FILLED: INTERIM [ref#DB6071] HR & Payroll Outsourcing Project Manager

Summary:

Our client is in the latter stages of outsourcing its HR & Payroll Function (servicing approx 2500 employees with 7-8 FTEs) to a 3rd party supplier. They immediately require an experienced and robust business project manager with full lifecycle HR & Payroll outsourcing experience to manage this work stream until the transition of service is successfully completed.

Deadline for responses:

12 pm Tuesday 11th January. Responses received after this deadline will miss the initial shortlist provided to the client and will only be considered if further candidates are requested.

Role and Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities will involve:

- managing both internal and external stakeholders. Working closely with internal IT department, external suppliers and the business to ensure smooth transition to go live in April

- project managing the transition, presenting to programme and business stakeholders, pro-actively managing risks, issues and dependencies, and managing against the plan (the transition deadline is fixed).

- Planning and managing data migration to the new system Mandatory skills / experience:
The ideal candidate for this role will have deep knowledge of HR AND Payroll processes, multiple experiences of leading the outsourcing of this function and liaising with BPO providers, and be able to display strong all round project management skills.

Please ensure that your application makes full reference to the following mandatory
criteria:

- Experience of outsourcing HR functions (specifically including Payroll) to 3rd party providers

- Excellent all round set of project management skills (e.g. work planning, reporting, oral and written communication, RAID, stakeholder management) and qualifications

- Experienced stakeholder management skills (Credibility, assurance and gravitas are key requirements for this role)

- Degree qualified.

- MSP / Prince qualification preferred.

Logistics:

Rate: Please state target rate.
Location: Gatwick
Duration: 6 months +
Start: 1-2 weeks