Oracle Payroll Lead

About the role

PwC is hiring an Oracle Payroll Lead in Toronto within its business application consulting practice. The consultant advises clients on Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll, helping them optimise operational efficiency and achieve their strategic objectives. The role is open to consultants who can work independently and as part of a team, and who can help develop colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• Lead discovery, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, payroll reconciliation and solution design workshops with business and IT stakeholders on Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll.
• Own the functional design and configuration of the Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll module, aligned with business needs, compliance and Oracle best practices.
• Provide expertise on payroll elements, balances, fast formulas, costing, payment methods, flows and legislative requirements.
• Develop and maintain solution design documents, configuration workbooks, interface specifications, conversion mappings and process maps.
• Work with project managers on plans, RAID logs, resource estimates and status reporting, escalating risks and driving mitigation.
• Collaborate with technical teams on integrations, reports, data conversions and extensions supporting payroll and downstream financial or vendor needs.
• Advise on upstream and downstream impacts across related HCM modules such as Core HR, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Benefits and Compensation.
• Cover the full implementation lifecycle, from discovery and configuration to testing, training, cutover, go-live and hypercare.

Required profile

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Oracle Cloud HCM.
• At least 2 end-to-end payroll implementations, including payroll reconciliation.
• Ability to work independently and in a team, and to develop other colleagues.
• Ability to understand, analyse and solve explicit and implicit requirements.
• Excellent documentation, communication and presentation skills.
• Oracle Cloud HCM Implementation Specialist certification in one or more modules strongly preferred.

Required skills

• Configuration: HCM Design Studio, Page Composer, Redwood UX, Journeys/Oracle ME
• Data migration: HDL/HSDL, Spreadsheet Loader, HCM Extracts
• Reporting: OTBI, BI Publisher, dashboards and KPIs
• Integrations: OIC/ICS, REST/SOAP APIs, file-based transfers
• Fast formulas, payroll elements and balances, security (roles, approval workflows)

The salary range is $112,400 - $162,400, based on skills, experience, qualifications and location; eligible employees may also join variable incentive pay programs.