Pearson VUE

Advanced Specialist, Payroll – Corporate Human Resources

Pearson VUE

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Philippines

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C++Oracle

About the role

  • Provide advanced payroll expertise and operational leadership within Pearson’s global payroll organisation.
  • Support U.S. payroll operations across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
  • Collaborate closely with HR, Tax, Finance, IT, and external vendors to deliver accurate and compliant outcomes.
  • Serve as a senior subject-matter expert for U.S. payroll, supporting complex scenarios including tax research, wage and hour interpretation, and compliance-related issue resolution.
  • Independently manage payroll complexity for large, hourly, and seasonal employee populations, particularly during peak payroll cycles.
  • Collaborate with Tax, HR, Finance, IT, and external payroll vendors to resolve escalations and ensure accurate, compliant payroll outcomes.
  • Proactively identify payroll risks, inefficiencies, and recurring issues, applying sound judgment and documenting rationale where ambiguity exists.
  • Contribute to process improvements, documentation, and standard operating procedures that clarify expectations and strengthen payroll controls.
  • Support audits, year-end activities, and ad-hoc reviews with strong analytical rigor and attention to detail.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of U.S. payroll experience, with responsibility beyond processing, including compliance support, tax research, and complex issue resolution.
  • Experience supporting multi-state, multi-entity payrolls, ideally for large, hourly, or seasonal employee populations.
  • Strong understanding of U.S. payroll tax concepts, wage and hour requirements, and payroll controls.
  • Comfortable working independently, managing competing priorities, and operating effectively in a distributed, global team.
  • Communicate clearly and confidently, building trust across functions and time zones.
  • Bring a continuous improvement mindset and are comfortable navigating ambiguity with sound judgment.
  • Exposure to Oracle Time & Labor, ADP Global View, SAP, or Oracle Fusion (nice-to-have).
  • Experience supporting Canadian payroll (nice-to-have).
  • Participation in payroll transformation, system implementation, or process redesign initiatives (nice-to-have).
  • FPC or CPP certification (nice-to-have).
Benefits
  • Ownership of complex, high-impact payroll activities.
  • The chance to influence payroll practices, controls, and optimisation efforts.
  • Collaboration with global HR, Finance, Tax, and Technology teams.
  • Exposure to enterprise payroll systems and transformation initiatives.
  • Professional growth in a role that values expertise, judgment, and continuous improvement.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
U.S. payroll experiencecompliance supporttax researchissue resolutionpayroll controlsmulti-state payrollmulti-entity payrollanalytical rigorprocess improvementsdocumentation
Soft Skills
operational leadershipindependent managementcompeting prioritiesclear communicationtrust buildingcontinuous improvement mindsetnavigating ambiguityattention to detail
Certifications
FPCCPP