Oracle Payroll/Core HR Consultant

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Oracle HCM Cloud implementations across Core HR and Payroll, driving requirements gathering, solution design, business process design, prototyping, testing, training, deployment, and post go-live support
• Configure and deliver Core HR: enterprise structures, legal entities, business units, departments, locations, jobs, positions, grades, workforce structures, person and assignment management, and employment lifecycle transactions (hire, transfer, promotion, termination)
• Design and configure Oracle Payroll: payroll definitions, elements and input values, balances, formulas (Fast Formula), calculation cards, payment methods, costing, and period-end processing
• Own payroll parallel testing, reconciliation, and payroll cutover, resolving variances before go-live
• Support payroll integrations such as time and labor, absence, benefits, banking and third-party payments, and general ledger costing

• Analyze and document As-Is and To-Be Core HR and Payroll processes, applying Oracle HCM Cloud leading practices to design scalable, efficient solutions
• Partner with client stakeholders (HR, Payroll, Finance, IT) to understand business challenges, provide strategic guidance, and shape solutions that align with organizational objectives
• Facilitate client workshops, process design sessions, and solution demonstrations, serving as a trusted advisor throughout the project lifecycle
• Advise on statutory and regulatory compliance requirements for the client's countries of operation, including year-end and tax reporting

• Provide functional leadership, mentoring, and quality oversight to offshore teams and junior consultants, ensuring adherence to project standards, timelines, and deliverables
• Collaborate with cross-functional HCM workstreams, technical teams, and project leadership to deliver integrated, end-to-end HCM solutions
• Support solution governance, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and change management to ensure successful project outcomes and client satisfaction

Required Qualifications

• Strong functional expertise in Oracle Payroll with US payroll implementation experience
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of hands-on Oracle HCM Cloud experience, including at least 3 full-lifecycle implementations
• Strong functional expertise in Oracle Core HR (workforce structures, person management, employment and assignment lifecycle, security and roles, approvals and workflows)
• Strong functional expertise in Oracle Payroll, including payroll setup, elements, balances, Fast Formula, calculation cards, payroll runs, payments, costing, and payroll reconciliation
• Proven experience leading requirements gathering, solution design, testing (SIT/UAT, payroll parallel runs), and go-live support
• Experience leading or mentoring offshore teams and junior consultants
• Excellent client-facing, workshop facilitation, and communication skills