Job Details
Accenture
Strategic Payroll Program Manager
Organization: Corporate Functions/Finance
Location: US
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People in the Corporate Function contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.
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Job Description
Provide program direction and management, leading the Accenture Payroll team in completing the final phase of the NA Payroll Transition
Serve as primary point of contact for the vendor’s Implementation Lead in coordinating project plans and activities (during stabilization phase)
Develop and manage workplans, timeline, status reports, budget, and staffing
Plan and facilitate governance calls with the Payroll team and Vendor as needed
Work with the Communication Lead to ensure effective change management planning and delivery of communications, training, and performance support
Work with the Payroll team to establish and implement the organizational structure and roles to support the new managed services model
Support the NA Payroll Lead and Managers across the organization
Assist with implementation of new business models for NA Payroll
Act as a point of a contact for programs, initiatives, and operations for an assigned market.
Execute timely delivery.
Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations in which analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
Requires adherence to strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals. •Interaction is with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture, involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach.
Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
Decisions have a major day to day impact on area of responsibility for assigned tasks, our clients and/or the organization, as measured by size of work effort and scale of entity and/or program
Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years PM experienc
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Preferred Qualifications:
Microsoft Office proficient (word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Finance and accounting background or equivalent
Bachelors degree
Professional Skills:
Strong project management experience; demonstrated success leading large complex work efforts and projects of high complexity and visibility
Expertise in planning, design, and implementation of Payroll/Human Resource solutions
Expertise in stakeholder management; strong collaboration skills and ability to drive results across cross-functional, multi-level and multi-geography teams
Well organized, can provide structure as required to support vision and / or deliverables
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Collaborates well with others
Attentive to details
Quick to assimilate new information, make connections and align resources to address ad hoc needs and requirements
Can work both collaboratively and independently as needed
Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
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