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The Role
Graduate Payroll Configuration Associate Strada
Are you an individual with strong analytic skills and a tech savvy wizard with Excel Are you comfortable working in technical payroll environment and are looking for the next chapter in your career where you can put all your skills to help create multi country payroll solutions using the latest in low code no code frameworks
Yes! Then Payroll Configuration Specialist role is one for you.
If you're a recent graduate who enjoys working with data, systems, and problem-solving, this role could be for you.
Strada Pay is a product innovation that created Strada own IP Cloud payroll engine based on no code / low code set-up so that country payroll can operate in a touch-less manner, meaning payroll rules and requirements are built through configuration rather than coding.
Strada Pay is our cloud-based payroll platform.
We are building a
Centre of Excellence (COE) team that focuses on setting up and maintaining country payroll solutions within Strada. As a Graduate Payroll Configuration Associate, you will be trained in all aspects of Strada Pay and will focus purely on configuring payroll solutions correctly and consistently.
The COE team is an extended part of the Payroll Product organization and is responsible of ensuring that Strada's Cloud Pays Country Solutions are set up the right way with best practices and standards in mind, bring consistence in set-up across our country payrolls.
The Payroll Configuration Specialist role will be part of the COE team where the key focus will be to help configure and set up the standard country payroll solution by working closely with the Payroll Country Owners (PCOs), Products Management, Engineering and QA teams. They will be involved in using our Strada Cloud Pay Excel workbook in configuring country requirements and rules. The set-up includes updating and maintaining payroll data model workbooks, payroll calculations workbooks and payroll outputs (report and interfaces) workbooks needed to deliver a compliant country payroll, whilst adhering to best practices and standards.
Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of Strada Payroll own IP solution at a functional/ technical as well as business level.
- Support the network of Payroll Country Owners (PCOs) who are local country payroll experts by understanding the country payroll requirements or client reporting needs and then using Strada Cloud Pay's low code / no code framework, configure the needed solution using Strada Cloud Pay excel workbooks.
- Test payroll configurations and updates to ensure accuracy.
- Identify and resolve payroll system issues and discrepancies.
- Maintain and adhere to Strada Cloud Pays best practices and standards to ensure consistency across countries.
- Work with other product teams members to understand the more complex requirements, gaps, or issues to better our Strada Cloud Pay framework capabilities.
- Ensure work is tracked, reported, and managed in line with the Strada Product SDLC and DevOps process.
- Flag and manage issues and / or risks that impact the country localization delivery plan.
- Provide coaching and advice to the PCOs and other business stakeholder, on Strada Cloud Pay solution and capabilities.
- Develop guides and documentation for Strada Cloud Pay framework capabilities.
- Collaborates with Engineering team and stakeholders to detected new features and user stories, based on requirements that include acceptance criteria and acceptance tests.
Requirements
- Bachelor's in Information Technology (BE/ B.Tech) with 65% from 10th to Bachelor or a related field.
- Experience in payroll processing and / or payroll system configuration.
- Excellent to Advanced knowledge of Excel is a must.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Any country legislative payroll knowledge is a plus.
- Service-oriented and pro-active with a keen sense of Accountability.
- Excellent Team Player collaborating with various teams.
- Self-starter and pro-active and with a how to / can do mind set.
- Any experienced working with Azure DevOps or similar (Jira) welcomed.
- Willingness to learn and further develop your career in a Cloud Payroll configuration and support environment.
- Fluent in English (written, oral).
At Strada, Our Values Guide Everything We Do
- Anticipate Customer Needs We stay ahead of trends so our customers can grow and succeed.
- Own the Outcome We take responsibility for delivering excellence and ensuring things get done right.
- Challenge Ourselves to Work Smarter We move faster than the world around us to drive change and accomplish more.
- Empower Each Other to Solve Problems We tackle challenges head on, ask tough questions, and collaborate to find the best solutions.
- Care About Our Work We understand that what we do impacts millions, and we have a responsibility to get it right.
Benefits
At Strada, we support your whole selfoffering a range of benefits for your health, wellbeing, finances, and future. These include health coverage, wellbeing programs, paid leave (vacation, sick, parental), retirement plans, learning opportunities, and more.
All offers are contingent on successful completion of background checks, where permitted by law and as appropriate for the role. These may include identity, education, employment, and in some cases, criminal history verification, checks against global watchlists, credit reports, and/or drug testing. You'll be informed of the specific checks applicable to your role and location during the recruitment process.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Strada is dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that embracing differences strengthens our teams and drives innovation and success.
Diversity Policy Statement
Strada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on legally protected characteristics. We provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religious practices. Applicants may request reasonable accommodation by contacting their recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
To be considered, you must have current and future work authorization in the country where you're applying, without the need for visa sponsorship by Strada.
Please note: This job description does not limit Strada's right to assign or reassign responsibilities, including to subsidiaries, partners, or future business purchasers.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
Disclaimer
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.
