You'll own the detailed implementation plan and cutover strategy across all phases; manage the implementation partner and supplier against the statement of work, including change control and milestone acceptance; run the design authority for configuration decisions; lead data migration from extract through to reconciliation and sign-off; own the test strategy including parallel payroll running; manage go/no-go decisions and business continuity at each cutover; and drive adoption of new ways of working across a dispersed, multi-site workforce.

• What we're looking forFull lifecycle delivery of at least one finance or HR/payroll implementation through to live running and stabilisation
• Direct experience of a payroll go-live, including parallel running and statutory reporting
• Proven management of an implementation partner or software supplier against a statement of work
• Hands-on experience of data migration, reconciliation and formal business sign-off
• Experience of phased, multi-module deployments
• Working knowledge of finance, payroll and HR processes
• Confidence managing senior stakeholders and holding suppliers to account