HR & Payroll Implementation Manager

Job Introduction

Competitive salary & benefits

Hybrid working, home + UK&I offices (London, Oxford, Epsom and Dublin)

Are you an HR or payroll specialist with experience of implementing an integrated HR and payroll / human capital management system (HCM)?

About Us

Sodexo is a leading provider of catering, facility management and personal home services with a worldwide turnover of circa €17bn.  Through our family of leading brands, which includes The Good Care Group, Oxford Aunts, Prestige Nursing & Care and Comfort Keepers, we provide care to thousands of individuals across the UK and Ireland every minute of every day.   

Like many businesses which have grown through acquisition, we have a number of different HR and payroll systems across the UK and Ireland.  We plan to replace them with a single integrated solution incorporating 17 different weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls, using MHR’s iTrent software.

The Role

We are currently on the lookout for an experienced HR & Payroll Implementation Manager to play a pivotal part in ensuring this complex project is delivered successfully and on time. You will work with colleagues from across the business, as well as MHR’s design and implementation team, to identify opportunities for process improvement, create the functional design, manage application configuration, data conversion and system testing.  You will also ensure a successful transition to BAU, working with the teams in each business to ensure the expected benefits are realised. It's a great opportunity to put your existing HR & payroll knowledge to work, and to use your expertise and technical knowledge to add real value to the business.

Role Responsibility

You will be an experienced HR or payroll manager with a proven track record of:

• Implementing an integrated HR and payroll solution in a large, complex organisation.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Creating the functional design.
• Managing application configuration.
• Managing data conversion.
• Managing system testing.
• Running multiple payrolls efficiently and effectively in a BAU environment.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be able to demonstrate experience in each of the following areas:

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and build solid business relationships.
• Well organised and methodical with high attention to detail. 
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. 
• Strong commercial awareness. 
• Proven experience managing HR / Payroll Systems projects. 
• Previous MHR iTrent experience is desirable but not essential.
• CIPP qualification (or working towards a qualification) is desirable but not essential.

Applicants must:

• Provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK or Ireland, NI number, ID and proof of address. 
• Provide two professional references, one of which should be your current or most recent employer.
• Hold a full and clean driving licence.

Package Description

It’s a challenging but rewarding role, here’s what we offer in return:

• Great place to work.
• Competitive salary. 
• Company pension scheme.
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) – confidential phone line and online support and resources available to you and your loved ones 24/7
• A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing & Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process