Oracle Fusion Payroll SME – Payroll Stabilisation & Transformation

Hybrid – 1/2 days on site
Interim Contract

This is a genuinely business-critical assignment for an experienced Oracle Fusion Payroll specialist who knows how to get under the bonnet of a complex payroll environment and fix what matters.

You will be joining a large, complex organisation during a key period of payroll stabilisation, system improvement and operational recovery. The organisation has implemented Oracle Fusion and now needs a hands-on payroll SME who can help resolve urgent issues, strengthen controls, improve data quality and support accurate, timely pay for a large workforce.

This is not a passive advisory role. You will be close to the detail, working with payroll teams, HR, Finance, IT and programme colleagues to diagnose problems, clear blockers and make practical improvements that have an immediate operational impact.

The Role

You will provide deep functional Oracle Fusion Payroll expertise across live payroll operations, helping to identify and resolve complex issues affecting calculations, processing, approvals, data quality and payroll outputs.

Key areas of focus will include:

• Diagnosing and resolving complex Oracle Fusion Payroll issues across calculations, configuration, elements, balances, costing, BIK and statutory requirements.
• Troubleshooting payroll run failures, retro pay anomalies, off-cycle payment issues and stuck transactions.
• Supporting payroll teams with backlog clearance, exceptions, corrections and high-risk cases affecting employee pay.
• Validating outputs, reconciling variances and improving audit-ready accuracy.
• Strengthening payroll controls and improving consistency across the end-to-end payroll lifecycle.
• Working across HR Operations, Finance, IT and programme teams to resolve upstream and downstream data issues.
• Supporting improvements to data quality, integrations, interfaces and reporting.
• Producing clear documentation on fixes, processes, lessons learned and recommended improvements.

About You

You will be an experienced payroll professional with strong, practical knowledge of Oracle Fusion Payroll in a large and complex environment.

You will bring:

• Deep hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Payroll.
• Strong functional payroll knowledge, ideally gained in a large public sector, corporate or complex multi-site organisation.
• Experience resolving payroll defects, calculation issues, configuration problems and processing failures.
• Confidence working with payroll operations, HR, Finance, IT and transformation/programme teams.
• Strong data, reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
• A calm, methodical approach under pressure.
• The ability to turn complex payroll problems into clear actions, fixes and controls.

Why This Role?

This is a high-impact assignment where your expertise will make a visible difference quickly. You will be helping stabilise a critical payroll function, protect accurate employee pay, and support the wider transformation of payroll operations.

For someone who enjoys solving complex Oracle Fusion Payroll issues rather than sitting on the sidelines, this is a strong opportunity to take ownership, add real value and leave the service in a better place than you found it.