Payroll Project Lead

Mountain Warehouse

Payroll Project Lead acting as payroll subject matter expert for HRIS implementation in New Zealand. Collaborating with teams to ensure project delivery and process changes.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeLondon • 🇳🇿 New ZealandSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Understand and map current processes and document how they will be impacted / changed as a result of the new system.
Attend and participate in design and discovery workshops.
Communicate payroll requirements alongside policies and needs.
Attend project meetings with both MW and the solution implementation (SI) teams and document any people related actions.
Work with the vendor to align MW requirements to the out-of-the-box functionality, ensuring we adhere to 80% global, 20% local configuration where possible.
Being a point of contact for both Vendor and SI to people related queries; collating queries, preparing responses following conversations with key stakeholders and seeking appropriate sign-off for changes.
Defining local payroll requirements by country.
Escalate any issues which may delay or impact the ability to deliver the project scope on time and on budget to MW Project Manager.
Support the delivery of testing and training to the payroll department.
Understand people reporting requirements and identify which of these needs come as standard within the solution and which of these need custom reports to be created.
Preparation of go-live materials, including SOP’s and system maps.
Act as a Change Champion of the new system and proactively seek to become an expert and share system knowledge with the wider payroll department.
Any other ad hoc duties to support the successful delivery of the project.

Requirements

What you’ll need

The ability to hit the ground running and really quickly understand our current ways of working
International / retail experience
Project experience
Experience using the likes of DayForce, Workday, SAP.
Can start within 4 weeks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and benefits package
Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
Holiday allowance
50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
Pension scheme

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Hard Skills & Tools

process mappingrequirements gatheringpayroll documentationtestingtraining deliveryreportingchange managementproject management

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingstakeholder managementadaptability