Payroll Project Manager (15250026/001) City of Preston, England
JOB TITLE: HR Services Change Management : Payroll Project Manager
LOCATION: Preston
Initial 6 Month contract
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF JOB:
•Manages the planning and scheduling of activities and resources required to deliver the scope of work defined within the project
•Manages risks and issues against the delivery of the project
•Co-ordination of key project management activities to support the project management and project governance processes
•Identifies key assumptions and dependencies both for the project and from the project and manages the validation and completion of each
•Manages the tracking of key project milestones and confirms acceptance criteria has been met in order to achieve milestone completion
•Interface with the project managers of other related projects within the scope of the Payroll programme
•Management and co-ordination of the relevant RAID logs
•On-going management of key project management documentation
•Overall management of project level deliverables tracking
•Management of the project change requests in line with the defined change management process
•Provides relevant project status reporting in line with the stated reporting and review processes
•Manages resource requirements and allocation within the scope of the project
•Conducting impact assessments of programme changes against the project plan, its dependencies and key assumptions
•Engagement with key stakeholders in relation to project management and reporting
•Co-ordination of all LCM activities for the project
•Assisting with the definition of any Earned Value Management mechanism and reporting profile for the HRFS programme
•Creation of project reporting artefacts for inputs into senior management reviews such as CSR and Exec steering board reviews
•Ensures all documentation is maintained to required standards
•Deputises for the team lead where necessary and appropriate
•Liaises with 3rd parties in order to ensure successful testing and implementation of relevant integrations
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
•Full line management of the team of Payroll SME’s and test analysts (permanent staff or contractors)
•Detailed assessment of change requests to identify complexity levels of testing
•Detailed planning of project activities and resources required for the delivery of the project
•Management of the execution and delivery of all project activities to meet defined deadlines
•Producing required documentation to support project delivery
•Managing the activities within the project plan including the ongoing update of achievements versus plan
•Supports the PCN (Change Management) governance process by assessing the impact of any change on the project schedule
•Robustly captures and maintains the risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies for the project
BUSINESS EXPERTISE (company/industry knowledge):
• Knowledge of the HRFS programme and its key objectives
• Politically astute with confident communication & influencing skills
• Business Improvement and engagement
• Programme and end to end project management, including PMO
• End to end HR Lifecycle process experience
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED (qualifications/experience):
• Project and programme management
• Payroll and HR Project management & change management experience
• LCM application
• Process mapping & improvement
• HR Technology Business and Solutions Architecture
• HR Consultancy & stakeholder management
• Test team management
SPECIALIST SKILLS REQUIRED:
•Corporate and Functional Governance; LCM ; Project and Programme Management; Process Improvement/Lean
•Project and Programme planning experience with detailed knowledge of Microsoft Project toolset
•RAID management and reporting using industry best practice techniques PRINCE 2; APM; LCM & OF; Change Management ; Kaizen/Six Sigma/Process Improvement
•Test team management
LOCATION: Preston
Initial 6 Month contract
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF JOB:
•Manages the planning and scheduling of activities and resources required to deliver the scope of work defined within the project
•Manages risks and issues against the delivery of the project
•Co-ordination of key project management activities to support the project management and project governance processes
•Identifies key assumptions and dependencies both for the project and from the project and manages the validation and completion of each
•Manages the tracking of key project milestones and confirms acceptance criteria has been met in order to achieve milestone completion
•Interface with the project managers of other related projects within the scope of the Payroll programme
•Management and co-ordination of the relevant RAID logs
•On-going management of key project management documentation
•Overall management of project level deliverables tracking
•Management of the project change requests in line with the defined change management process
•Provides relevant project status reporting in line with the stated reporting and review processes
•Manages resource requirements and allocation within the scope of the project
•Conducting impact assessments of programme changes against the project plan, its dependencies and key assumptions
•Engagement with key stakeholders in relation to project management and reporting
•Co-ordination of all LCM activities for the project
•Assisting with the definition of any Earned Value Management mechanism and reporting profile for the HRFS programme
•Creation of project reporting artefacts for inputs into senior management reviews such as CSR and Exec steering board reviews
•Ensures all documentation is maintained to required standards
•Deputises for the team lead where necessary and appropriate
•Liaises with 3rd parties in order to ensure successful testing and implementation of relevant integrations
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
•Full line management of the team of Payroll SME’s and test analysts (permanent staff or contractors)
•Detailed assessment of change requests to identify complexity levels of testing
•Detailed planning of project activities and resources required for the delivery of the project
•Management of the execution and delivery of all project activities to meet defined deadlines
•Producing required documentation to support project delivery
•Managing the activities within the project plan including the ongoing update of achievements versus plan
•Supports the PCN (Change Management) governance process by assessing the impact of any change on the project schedule
•Robustly captures and maintains the risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies for the project
BUSINESS EXPERTISE (company/industry knowledge):
• Knowledge of the HRFS programme and its key objectives
• Politically astute with confident communication & influencing skills
• Business Improvement and engagement
• Programme and end to end project management, including PMO
• End to end HR Lifecycle process experience
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED (qualifications/experience):
• Project and programme management
• Payroll and HR Project management & change management experience
• LCM application
• Process mapping & improvement
• HR Technology Business and Solutions Architecture
• HR Consultancy & stakeholder management
• Test team management
SPECIALIST SKILLS REQUIRED:
•Corporate and Functional Governance; LCM ; Project and Programme Management; Process Improvement/Lean
•Project and Programme planning experience with detailed knowledge of Microsoft Project toolset
•RAID management and reporting using industry best practice techniques PRINCE 2; APM; LCM & OF; Change Management ; Kaizen/Six Sigma/Process Improvement
•Test team management