Automatic Data Processing
Principal SAP Payroll Project Lead
Automatic Data Processing, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, 30022
ADP GlobalView Global Consulting Services
As a member of ADP's GlobalView Global Consulting Services (GCS) team, you are responsible for delivering consulting missions to our ADP Global Payroll clients. Supporting them with client-side projects activities, working with the ADP team to ultimately support client to achieve a successful project go live. The work will be done in project mode, where the GCS Principal Lead Consultant will play the role of external consultant, working together with the client's stakeholders to coordinate and deliver on the agreed engagement scope. The GCS consultant would be acting as client's representative, working with the ADP counterparts on implementation project related tasks, from requirement gathering, data migration, testing & UAT, go-live and post go live service support. Analysis & Consultation
Support the client with requirements gathering activities and active contribution to the blueprinting workshops. Work with the client team to help capture all necessary business requirements and any program specifications as requested ADP team. Work with the ADP team to solve issues & gaps between client requirements and ADP GlobalView template. Solve complex problems; bring a new perspective on existing client solutions and processes; exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information and make recommendations for improvements. Act as an owner; ability to spot and manage risk individually at program level. Take ownership of issues & gaps between client requirement and ADP GV template and work with other GV streams/areas to resolve them. Integration & Testing
Support with data gathering activities. Liaise with different client stakeholders to provide requested data in format expected by ADP. Handle and collaborate with the ADP team throughout the data cleansing, mapping and conversion phase and provide any assistance required including reconciliation. Support clients through the User Acceptance Test, Parallel Test and Go-Live phases. Writing of testing scenarios and validation of testing results. Ensure that all deliverables are created on time and accurately as per project schedule. Project Planning/Management Activities
Liaise with client's Project Manager or Global Project team (or designated team) assigned to the project, providing regular status updates and early warning of any slippage/problems that may occur. Ensure that all deliverables are created on time and accurately as per project schedule, such as blueprints, specifications, BP reviews, configuration audits and configuration documentation. Escalate project issues to Project Manager including scope variations, task slippages and risks that may arise during the project. Provide relevant coaching and knowledge sharing opportunities for other members of the (project) team and works in close relationship with other relevant client stakeholders. Able to work independently, under pressure, handling sensitive information with the right level of detail and attention. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus; pro-active. Knowledge & Experience Required:
Must have 5+ years of proven end-to-end SAP Payroll implementation experience. Must have configuration knowledge/consulting skills for SAP payroll. Must have solid functional/blueprinting knowledge. Client focused, demonstrate concern for meeting and exceeding immediate and future needs of clients. Ability to work on multiple client projects at the same time. Ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve group goals, working together to accomplish business results. Professional manner and presentation and ability to professionally set, manage and satisfy customer expectations through personal involvement or delegation. Ability to work in complex matrix organizations and deliver on multi-national projects. Analytical thinking problem solving skills, work systematically and logically to resolve problems, address opportunities or manage the situation at hand, identify causes, relationships and implications. Strong consulting skills, understand business requirements and mapping to ensure consistency to ADP template, while minimizing risk to both client and ADP.
As a member of ADP's GlobalView Global Consulting Services (GCS) team, you are responsible for delivering consulting missions to our ADP Global Payroll clients. Supporting them with client-side projects activities, working with the ADP team to ultimately support client to achieve a successful project go live. The work will be done in project mode, where the GCS Principal Lead Consultant will play the role of external consultant, working together with the client's stakeholders to coordinate and deliver on the agreed engagement scope. The GCS consultant would be acting as client's representative, working with the ADP counterparts on implementation project related tasks, from requirement gathering, data migration, testing & UAT, go-live and post go live service support. Analysis & Consultation
Support the client with requirements gathering activities and active contribution to the blueprinting workshops. Work with the client team to help capture all necessary business requirements and any program specifications as requested ADP team. Work with the ADP team to solve issues & gaps between client requirements and ADP GlobalView template. Solve complex problems; bring a new perspective on existing client solutions and processes; exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information and make recommendations for improvements. Act as an owner; ability to spot and manage risk individually at program level. Take ownership of issues & gaps between client requirement and ADP GV template and work with other GV streams/areas to resolve them. Integration & Testing
Support with data gathering activities. Liaise with different client stakeholders to provide requested data in format expected by ADP. Handle and collaborate with the ADP team throughout the data cleansing, mapping and conversion phase and provide any assistance required including reconciliation. Support clients through the User Acceptance Test, Parallel Test and Go-Live phases. Writing of testing scenarios and validation of testing results. Ensure that all deliverables are created on time and accurately as per project schedule. Project Planning/Management Activities
Liaise with client's Project Manager or Global Project team (or designated team) assigned to the project, providing regular status updates and early warning of any slippage/problems that may occur. Ensure that all deliverables are created on time and accurately as per project schedule, such as blueprints, specifications, BP reviews, configuration audits and configuration documentation. Escalate project issues to Project Manager including scope variations, task slippages and risks that may arise during the project. Provide relevant coaching and knowledge sharing opportunities for other members of the (project) team and works in close relationship with other relevant client stakeholders. Able to work independently, under pressure, handling sensitive information with the right level of detail and attention. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus; pro-active. Knowledge & Experience Required:
Must have 5+ years of proven end-to-end SAP Payroll implementation experience. Must have configuration knowledge/consulting skills for SAP payroll. Must have solid functional/blueprinting knowledge. Client focused, demonstrate concern for meeting and exceeding immediate and future needs of clients. Ability to work on multiple client projects at the same time. Ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve group goals, working together to accomplish business results. Professional manner and presentation and ability to professionally set, manage and satisfy customer expectations through personal involvement or delegation. Ability to work in complex matrix organizations and deliver on multi-national projects. Analytical thinking problem solving skills, work systematically and logically to resolve problems, address opportunities or manage the situation at hand, identify causes, relationships and implications. Strong consulting skills, understand business requirements and mapping to ensure consistency to ADP template, while minimizing risk to both client and ADP.