
Senior Oracle Payroll Functional Lead
Next Generation Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nashville • Tennessee • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead end‑to‑end functional design and delivery for Oracle Cloud Payroll implementations
- Serve as the primary Payroll Functional Lead across project workstreams, ensuring alignment of functional requirements, timelines, and deliverables
- Conduct workshops with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into functional specifications
- Provide expertise in U.S. and Canadian payroll, including compliance, calculations, and payroll processing
- Write Fast Formulas when needed to support payroll rules, validations, and calculations
- Direct and guide data migration and integration activities, with the ability to understand how systems work together (coding not required)
- Collaborate with technical teams to validate functional design, integrations, and customizations
- Conduct system testing, troubleshoot payroll issues, and support go‑live and post‑production activities
- Provide end‑user training and support change management efforts
- Deliver high‑quality documentation and maintain project governance standards
Requirements
- Minimum 7+ years of experience with Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll
- Expertise in both U.S. and Canadian payroll operations and compliance
- Experience writing Fast Formulas for payroll logic
- Strong understanding of data migration and system integrations (functional oversight, not coding)
- Must have participated in 5+ Oracle Cloud Payroll engagements, including at least 2 as the Payroll Functional Lead
- Experience in transportation and logistics industries preferred, but not required
- Strong ability to lead client workshops, manage stakeholders, and communicate complex concepts clearly
- Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, and documentation skills
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Willingness to work onsite in Nashville 60–70% of the time
- No public‑sector experience needed; private‑sector expertise preferred.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Medical insurance
- Dental plan
- Vision plan
- Life insurance
- Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability
- Paid holidays
- Competitive FTE salary range of approximately $180,000–$200,000 USD, based on experience, education, and location
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Hard Skills & Tools
Oracle Cloud PayrollFast Formulasdata migrationsystem integrationspayroll compliancepayroll processingfunctional designsystem testingdocumentation
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical skillstrainingchange management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in HRBachelor’s degree in FinanceBachelor’s degree in IT