PWC

Oracle Payroll lead

PWC$112K — $162K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of relevant Oracle Cloud HCM experience
  • Minimum 2 end-to-end payroll implementations
  • Independent and team-oriented work ability
  • Experience with at least 2 full projects through go-live
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Oracle Cloud HCM Implementation Specialist certifications preferred

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate requirements gathering and payroll solution design workshops
  • Own functional design and configuration of the Oracle Payroll module
  • Provide subject matter expertise on various payroll processes
  • Develop and maintain key project deliverables
  • Collaborate with project managers on planning and reporting
  • Coordinate with technical teams on integrations and data conversions
  • Offer cross-functional guidance on Oracle HCM module impacts
  • Demonstrate hands-on experience across the full implementation lifecycle

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative and innovative team environment
  • Opportunity to drive meaningful outcomes
  • Engagement in diverse, high-impact projects
Full Job Description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Oracle

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

The Opportunity

AsaOracle Payroll lead,unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomesthat’llelevate your career. Your role will include, butisntlimited to:

  • Facilitate discovery, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis,payroll reconciliationand solution design workshopsfocused on Oracle HCM Cloud Payrollwith business and IT stakeholders.

  • Own the functional design and configuration of the Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll module, ensuring alignment with business requirements, compliance needs, and Oracle leading practices.

  • Provide subject matterexpertiseon payroll processes, including payroll elements, balances, fast formulas, costing, payment methods, payroll flows, and legislative requirements.

  • Develop andmaintainkey project deliverables, such assolution design documents, configuration workbooks, interface specifications, conversion mapping documents, and process maps.

  • Collaborate with project managers on plans, RAID logs, resource estimates, and status reporting; escalate risks and drive mitigation

  • Collaborate with technical teams on integrations, reports, data conversions, and extensions that support payroll processing and downstream financial or third-party vendor requirements.

  • Providecross-functional guidance on upstream and downstream impacts across related Oracle HCM modules, including Core HR, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Benefits, and Compensation.

  • Demonstrate hands-on experience across the full implementation lifecycle, including discovery, design, payroll configuration and reconciliation, security, integrations, data conversion, payroll balancing, reporting, testing, training, cutover, go-live, and post-productionhypercare.

  • Hands-onproficiencywith:

    • Configuration: HCM design studio, page composer, Redwood UX, journeys/Oracle ME.

    • Data migration: HDL/HSDL, Spreadsheet Loader, HCM Extracts.

    • Reporting: OTBI, BI Publisher, dashboards, KPIs.

    • Integrations: OIC/ICS, REST/SOAP APIs, HCM Extracts, SFTP/file-based.

    • Fast Formulas (Absence, Benefits, Payroll, Time), payroll elements, balances (if applicable).

    • Security: role design, duty roles, aggregate privileges, data roles,approvalworkflows.

  • Excellent documentation, communication, and presentation skills; ability to translate complex concepts into business-friendly language.

  • Oracle Cloud HCM Implementation Specialist certifications in one or more modules (e.g.,Payroll,Global Human Resources, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits)stronglypreferred.

WhatYou'll Bring
Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart.Here'swhat we look for:

  • Minimum6Yrs. ofrelevantexperience inOracle Cloud HCM

  • Must haveworked on a minimum of 2 end-to-end payroll implementations

  • The candidate is expected to be able to work independently and as part of a team, being able todemonstratean ability to develop other colleagues

  • Must have at least 2 full projects experience, through go live, including payroll reconciliation. Ability to understand, analyze and solve both explicit and implicit requirements

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $112,400 - $162,400. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Application Software, Business Model Development, Business Process Modeling, Business Systems, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Developing Training Materials, Embracing Change, Emerging Technologies, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enterprise Integration, Enterprise Software, Implementation Research, Implementation Support, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Innovative Design, Intellectual Curiosity, IT Infrastructure {+ 21 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

August 24, 2026

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Size
284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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