Payroll Compare and Testing Lead - Edmonton, Canada - City of Edmonton

City of Edmonton

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Payroll Compare and Testing Lead - Enterprise Commons

Job Number:

47178

The Role:

The Enterprise Commons Program is a multi-year initiative to implement a single, modernized, core enterprise resource planning software solution.

The Enterprise Commons Program will standardize working processes, increase efficiency and result in greater integration between areas such as Finance, Human Resources and Inventory and Warehouse Management.

The Payroll Compare and Testing Lead - Enterprise Commons delivers on the City's ERP transformation program by guiding and leading integrated, multi-disciplinary teams composed of staff from across the City.

Work includes managing testing and validation activities related to the successful implementation of a new, modern payroll system, in support of Enterprise Commons.

Reporting to the Human Resource Functional Lead, the Payroll Compare and Testing Lead - Enterprise Commons is responsible for the integrity of the new payroll system prior to go-live, through the management of extensive testing, including parallel pay comparisons of the payroll module and related time and attendance module of the SAP Cloud ERP solution.

Goals and deliverables:

Act as the key liaison for payroll compare testing and testing with the Employee Services Department staff during the SAP Cloud ERP solutions implementation
Lead multidisciplinary teams consisting of consultants, contractors, business partners and stakeholders
Lead the payroll compare cycles, ensuring accurate pay
Support the integrated testing process (developing and maintaining test scripts and scenarios) in order to discover and mitigate errors and issues impacting pay
Provide business payroll expertise and strong leadership to ensure payroll accuracy on golive
Develop a deep understanding of the payroll and related human resources processes across the organization and the interconnectedness of these processes with the existing systems
Collaborate with the Open City and Technology Branch and the Enterprise Commons Centre of Excellence to ensure that the payroll solution is supportable and integrates corporately
Coordinate with working groups for the payroll function system implementation for design configuration and implementation
Perform project management activities for the payroll compare function of the project
Support the City's payroll team post golive on issues and challenges
Lead, establish and exemplify the desired culture throughout the project teams that supports the Program Vision and Mission, as well as the Cultural Commitments

Qualifications:

Experience, training and/or accreditation related to payroll management and processing within a large unionized environment
Experience with payroll system configuration
Excellent understanding of Payroll Processing Methodology
Deep understanding of Human Resource business functions and processes as they relate to payroll
Strong understanding of project management principles
Project Management Professional (PMP) is considered an asset
Experience with IT system integration is considered an asset
Experience in SAP payroll and knowledge of key integration points between SAP SuccessFactors modules is considered an asset
Combinations of education and experience may be considered

What does success look like?

Interpret business requirements and provide goforward recommendations
Leverage problem solving, analytical, and root cause identification skills
Utilize data to present challenges and solutions and opportunities to leadership
Critically analyze issues to make decisions, recommend viable and effective solutions and summarize and manage information
Effectively analyze sensitive issues and respond to, and advise, senior leadership on various matters
Build a respectful workplace culture through a valuesbased influencer approach and work collaboratively
Communicate with strong political acumen, strategic planning, issue resolution and decisionmaking skills
Demonstrate alignment with the Cultural Commitments of Safe, Helpful, Accountable, Integrated and Excellent, fostering an environment for others to do the same. For more information on the City's Cultural Commitments, please visit
Demonstrate the foundational competencies, key behaviours and attributes of the City's six leadership competencies: Courage, Inclusivity, Values-Based Influencer, Collaborative Networker, Systems Thinker and Creative Innovator. For more information on the City's leadership competencies, please visit

_ Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton_

_ Hire is dependent on Criminal Information Check satisfactory to the City of Edmonton; there may be a cost associated with this requirement_

Hours of Work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday. This position will be eligible for the Hybrid