Senior Oracle Cloud Payroll Functional Consultant (1631)

Job description

**Position Overview** We are seeking an experienced **Oracle Fusion HCM Payroll Lead** to join our Oracle HCM Managed Services consulting practice. The primary responsibility of this role is to provide functional leadership and day-to-day production support for Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll clients. **Key Responsibilities** - Serve as the Oracle Fusion HCM Payroll functional lead and subject matter expert (SME) for assigned managed services clients. - Provide day-to-day functional support for Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll production environments. - Support clients throughout the complete payroll processing cycle, including: - Pre-payroll validation - Payroll flow execution and monitoring - Calculation and costing validation - Payroll results review - Payments and payment-related processes - Payroll reconciliation - Post-payroll activities - Analyze and resolve payroll processing issues, including calculation discrepancies, balance issues, costing issues, retro-pay issues, and payroll flow errors. - Investigate payroll issues by analyzing elements, balances, Fast Formulas, payroll relationships, assignments, costing, and payroll results. - Support payroll corrections, adjustments, reversals, balance adjustments, retroactive calculations, and other production payroll requirements. - Monitor payroll processing activities and proactively identify issues that could affect payroll deadlines. - Support year-end payroll activities, including tax reporting, W-2 and W-2C processes, balancing, and year-end configuration changes, as applicable. - Support legislative and regulatory updates and assess their impact on client payroll processing. - Participate in Oracle quarterly cloud releases, including impact assessments, regression testing, defect identification, and client communications. - Provide functional support for client enhancements and continuous-improvement initiatives. - Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, reduce recurring incidents, and automate manual activities. - Act as an escalation point for complex payroll issues and provide recommendations to clients and internal delivery teams. - Build and maintain strong client relationships with payroll, HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders. - Be comfortable providing hands-on support for live payroll processing, rather than serving solely in an advisory capacity. - Experience with, or understanding of, the OBBBA solution in Oracle Fusion Payroll is a plus. **Required Qualifications** - 7+ years of Oracle HCM experience, including strong hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll. - Strong functional knowledge of Oracle Fusion Payroll processing and configuration. - Proven experience supporting live, production Oracle Fusion Payroll environments. - Experience supporting managed services clients. - Strong understanding of payroll processing, payroll flows, payroll elements, balances, Fast Formulas, costing, retro-pay, and payment processes. - Experience troubleshooting complex payroll processing issues. - Experience performing payroll reconciliation and payroll variance analysis. - Strong understanding of integrations between Payroll and Core HR, Time and Labor, Benefits, Finance/General Ledger, banking, and third-party systems. - Experience with Oracle Fusion Payroll quarterly updates and regression testing. - Experience supporting multiple clients or business units is highly desirable. - Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder-management skills. - Ability to work independently, prioritize multiple client issues, and meet strict payroll deadlines. - Experience working with offshore and onshore consulting teams.