HR Transformation Consultant, UK Payroll

Position: HR Transformation Consultant, UK Payroll

Location: UK or Ireland - fully remote

Our story

Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.

With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

To learn more about us, visit stradaglobal.com

The Role

As a Transformation Consultant you will play a pivotal role in delivering expert advice and support services to Strada's clients. This position is crucial for our UK business, focusing primarily on UK payroll, offering hands-on support for complex issues, compliance, and procedural enhancements, whether as part of an HRIS or operations transformation, or payroll-specific engagements and support across our leading client base.

Responsibilities

Payroll Advisory & Client Delivery

• Deliver payroll assessments, audits, and maturity reviews to identify risks, compliance gaps, and improvement opportunities.

• Analyse end-to-end payroll processes across multiple entities, recommending future-state models aligned to HR and Finance objectives.

• Advise on payroll controls, accuracy, governance, and legislative compliance (e.g. RTI, PAYE, P11D, auto-enrolment).

• Support global payroll strategy design, including outsourcing/vendor selection, shared services, or in-house delivery models.

Technology & Integration Support

• Technology & Integration Support

• Contribute to payroll technology assessments and vendor evaluations.

• Support design and documentation of payroll interfaces with cloud HCM platforms such as Workday and SAP SuccessFactors.

• Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT), data validation, parallel runs, and cutover planning for payroll implementations.

Client Engagement & Consulting Skills

• Participate in client workshops and working sessions to gather requirements, map processes, and document findings.

• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders in HR, Finance, IT, and Payroll operations.

• Draft client-ready deliverables, including reports, process documentation, recommendations, and presentation materials.

Practice & Team Development

• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing, toolkits, and service development within the Payroll Advisory team.

• Support new business opportunities by contributing to proposals and pre-sales conversations.

• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues across Advisory, Operations, and Cloud Transformation.

Experience

Required

• 3+ years of payroll experience, with strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and compliance (e.g. HMRC processes, RTI, PAYE).

• Demonstrated experience in payroll operations, improvement, or transformation—ideally in a consulting or shared services environment.

• Exposure to global or multi-country payroll environments and operating models.

• Hands-on familiarity with one or more payroll technologies (e.g. SAP ECP, Workday or Oracle Payroll, ADP, Zellis) and HCM platforms (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle).

• Working knowledge of process mapping, gap analysis, and stakeholder engagement.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and client-facing skills.

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and report writing.

Desirable

• CIPP or similar payroll qualification.

• Exposure to project delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, PMP, PRINCE2).

• Experience working in a HR/payroll transformation consultancy.

• Understanding of payroll vendor transitions, business case development, or SLA/KPI design.

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Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options. 

By applying for a position with Strada, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Strada’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test.  You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Strada is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Strada, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

Diversity Policy Statement

Strada is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law.   In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Strada provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Strada.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.