Oracle Cloud Architect -HCM Payroll

Accountabilities: Solution Architecture and Design: Lead the architecture and design of Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll solutions, tailoring system configurations to meet specific client requirements and complex business needs. Implementation Leadership: Manage the end-to-end implementation of Oracle HCM Payroll modules, ensuring effective deployment and seamless integration with existing HR and financial systems. Payroll Configuration: Oversee the configuration of payroll elements, tax rules, compensation structures, benefits, and other essential payroll components to ensure accurate and efficient processing. Cross-Module Integration: Coordinate integrations between Oracle HCM Payroll and other Oracle modules, including Core HR, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Compensation, and Benefits. Third-Party Integrations: Collaborate with technical teams to design and implement interfaces connecting Oracle Payroll with external applications and third-party systems. Testing and Quality Assurance: Lead end-to-end testing, integration testing, Conference Room Pilots (CRPs), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate system functionality and payroll accuracy. Regulatory Compliance: Ensure payroll calculations, taxation, benefits, and related processes comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and business requirements. Business Requirements and Client Engagement: Gather and document business requirements, conduct fit-gap analyses, facilitate client workshops, and provide guidance throughout the implementation lifecycle. Training and Knowledge Transfer: Support client user training and collaborate with onshore and offshore functional and technical teams to ensure successful solution adoption. Continuous Improvement: Monitor Oracle HCM Cloud quarterly releases, assess new features and updates, and recommend system enhancements and process optimizations to improve payroll efficiency and performance. Payroll Parallel Testing: Provide leadership and guidance during payroll parallel testing activities to validate system readiness and ensure reliable implementation outcomes. Requirements: More than 10 years of professional experience working with Oracle HCM Cloud applications, particularly Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, and Core HR. Extensive hands-on experience in Oracle Payroll configuration, integration, implementation, and solution architecture. Proven expertise managing payroll processes and implementations for large, complex organizations. Oracle Cloud Payroll certification. Strong understanding of payroll structures, payroll elements, taxation, compensation, benefits, and HR processes. Demonstrated experience gathering and documenting business requirements, conducting fit-gap analyses, and leading Conference Room Pilots (CRPs). Experience with functional configuration, integration design, testing activities, and client user training. Strong knowledge of end-to-end testing, integration testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Excellent business communication and client-facing skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and business users. Ability to collaborate effectively with geographically distributed onshore and offshore functional and technical teams. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with a focus on delivering scalable and reliable solutions. Familiarity with additional Oracle HCM Cloud modules, particularly Time and Labor, Absence Management, and Benefits, is an advantage. Previous experience leading payroll parallel testing activities is highly desirable. Ability to stay current with Oracle quarterly updates, new functionalities, and industry best practices. Benefits: Full-time salaried employment opportunity. 100% remote working arrangement within India. Opportunity to lead complex Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll architecture and implementation projects. Exposure to large-scale enterprise environments and international client engagements. Collaboration with experienced functional and technical professionals across onshore and offshore teams. Opportunities to deepen expertise in Oracle Cloud technologies and enterprise HR transformation. Professional development through exposure to Oracle quarterly releases, new functionalities, and evolving implementation practices. Opportunity to take a strategic leadership role in delivering innovative payroll solutions.