The Payroll Implementation Consultant will serve as a functional lead in implementing Strada Pay, a cloud-based payroll calculation engine, within Norway. This role involves full project lifecycle ownership, including client engagement, requirements gathering, configuration, testing, and go-live support, ensuring alignment with Strada Pay best practices and standards.
Responsibilities
- Client-facing functional lead supporting kick-off and leading functional requirements discussions.
- Working with the client to capture payroll configuration information required to finalize Strada Pay workbooks.
- Identify deviations from Strada Pay standards (product & processes).
- Working closely with Strada’s Product team to complete the configuration of the payroll solution.
- Validate payroll solution & integrations as part of the project testing cycles.
- Perform data validations in the payroll system.
- Coordinate defect resolution with relevant teams.
- Knowledge transfer to ongoing application services for payroll solution maintenance.
- Support data mapping and data validations across all systems and issue resolutions.
- Support integration issues resolution.
- Support UAT and parallel testing.
- Support data validations across all systems and issue resolutions.
- Responsible for workaround definitions and resolutions.
- Support and oversee knowledge transfer to Delivery and Operational Payroll teams.
Requirements
- Experience in a functional consulting/analytical capacity within a payroll outsourcing or payroll software environment.
- Experience and strong knowledge of payroll and compliance (e.g. tax, legislation etc.) in Norway.
- Experience of the payroll implementation project lifecycle.
- Strong client-facing communication skills.
- Ability to articulate and document client requirements.
- Find creative and simple ways to address client issues or risks.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and an ability to interact with all levels of business.
- Propose alternative solutions assessing feasibility and costs.
- Ability to be proactive and problem-solve.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office tools including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Flexibility to support a global and fast paced environment.
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
Technical Stack
Strada Pay, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Benefits
- Health coverage
- Wellbeing programs
- Paid leave (vacation, sick, parental)
- Retirement plans
- Learning opportunities
- Continuing education & training
- Competitive total rewards package
Work Arrangement
Remote (Global) — Europe — Fully remote
Strada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on legally protected characteristics. We actively support the advancement of underrepresented groups and provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religious practices.
