UK Payroll Renewal Manager

UK Payroll Renewal Manager - 56575 - £48.49/hr umbrella rateStep into a role where payroll transformation truly matters. As a UK Payroll Renewal Manager, you will lead delivery during an exciting 18-month transformation programme, helping shape how payroll is delivered to thousands of employees with modern, efficient and future-ready processes. If you enjoy solving complex problems, keeping controls tight, and collaborating across business and technology teams, this UK Payroll Renewal Manager opportunity is built for you.What You Will Do:• Lead, prioritise and coordinate day-to-day activities across payroll transformation and business-as-usual change, acting as an escalation point for complex issues. • Drive payroll transformation delivery, partnering with stakeholders and third-party system integrators to manage requirements and challenge designs for accuracy and compliance. • Govern payroll change end-to-end, including requirements, testing, approvals and deployment, while maintaining payroll controls and operational stability. • Lead and coordinate payroll testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring appropriate coverage and overseeing defect identification, prioritisation and resolution. • Coordinate project plans, dependencies and milestones across multiple change initiatives, supporting go/no-go decisions through clear risk and status reporting. • Deliver process change and deployment readiness, supporting training, documentation and post-implementation support ..... full job details .....