Tax Manager - Global Payroll Operate - Implementations - open location

$103,900 - $180,300/Yr

Ernst & Young - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Manager

Arlington, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. Our Global Payroll Operate practice focuses on helping our clients effectively manage their global payroll needs proactively and responsibly in over 150 countries. We believe that by managing clients' payroll obligations, we can make a critical difference, and you'll be at the heart of this mission. Our market-leading approach combines extensive local payroll service experience with a standard global payroll compliance and implementation methodology. As a Manager in Payroll Operate focused on implementation, you will help lead global payroll implementations, supervising the design, implementation, and smooth transition to new global payroll operate models for our medium and large clients. You will also drive or support our efforts in continuous innovation, building our next generation payroll solutions, and enhancing our project delivery tools. Governance of payroll implementation is key, and you will lead the global country teams utilizing our one global methodology throughout our global payroll implementation life cycle to mitigate project risk. This role requires strong ownership, project management, issue and risk controls, decisions tracking, status reporting, and deliverable management, including the escalation of client, central project support teams, and internal country issues. You will also be involved in thought leadership development and provide/drive innovation and continuous improvement for our EY global payroll tools. Your contributions will help identify opportunities to improve our project delivery tools and templates, leveraging Global Payroll Operate tools, technology, methodology, and processes. Additionally, you will coach and mentor junior implementation team members and support the sales support process related to central implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead global payroll implementations for medium to large clients.
• Supervise the design and implementation of new global payroll operate models.
• Drive continuous innovation and enhance project delivery tools.
• Manage project escalations and refer to senior implementation team members for assistance.
• Utilize global methodology payroll leading practices throughout the implementation life cycle.
• Provide governance of payroll operations to mitigate risk and increase compliance.
• Coach and mentor junior implementation team members.
• Support the sales support process related to central implementation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and relevant post-graduate qualification, preferably with an emphasis in Sciences, Business or Finance.
• Eight or more years of relevant payroll project and/or project management experience or equivalent experience in business or industry.
• Experience with large HR and Payroll implementation projects working with major technology vendors such as ADP, Oracle, SAP, Workday.
• Strong analytical abilities and knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent managerial, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills with a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Project management experience with large HR/Payroll projects.
• Candidates with active PMP certification strongly preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Project management professional (PMP) certification.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package based on performance.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• Pension and 401(k) plans.
• Wide range of paid time off options including designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, and Personal/Family Care.
• Flexible vacation policy allowing you to decide how much vacation time you need.
• Continuous learning opportunities for professional development.
• Diverse and inclusive culture that empowers employees.