Oracle HCM Cloud Senior Payroll Consultant

We are hiring a Oracle HCM Cloud – Senior Payroll Consultant

Experience: 7+

Mode: Hybrid (2 days)

Location: Bangalore, Hyderabad,chennai, Noida, gurugam, kolkata,Mumbai

Notice Period: Immediate to 15 Days

Job Description: Oracle HCM Cloud – Senior Payroll Consultant

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Oracle HCM Cloud Senior Payroll Consultant to join an Oracle Fusion HCM implementation program. The consultant will be responsible for leading Payroll functional design, configuration, testing, data conversion, integrations coordination, and deployment activities.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll, a solid understanding of end-to-end payroll processes, and experience delivering Oracle HCM implementations in complex organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the Oracle Cloud Payroll workstream through the full implementation lifecycle, including requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-production support.

Conduct requirement-gathering and design workshops with Payroll, HR, Finance, Benefits, Time, and other business stakeholders.

Translate business and statutory payroll requirements into scalable Oracle HCM Cloud solutions.

Configure Oracle Payroll components including:

Payroll definitions and statutory setup

Payroll elements and input values

Element eligibility

Salary and earnings

Pre-tax and post-tax deductions

Voluntary and involuntary deductions

Payroll calculation rules

Fast Formulas

Payroll balances and balance feeds

Payment methods

Costing and accounting

Retroactive processing

Proration

Payroll flows and process configuration

Design and validate end-to-end payroll processes from HR/Time entry through payroll calculation, payment, costing, and reconciliation.

Work closely with Core HR, Benefits, Absence, Time & Labor, Compensation, Finance, and Integration teams to ensure successful end-to-end processing.

Support payroll interfaces and integrations with banks, tax providers, benefit vendors, time systems, and downstream financial applications.

Define payroll data conversion requirements and support mapping, transformation, reconciliation, and validation of legacy payroll data.

Support conversion of relevant payroll balances, element entries, deductions, payment information, and other payroll data.

Develop and execute unit testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and payroll parallel testing.

Lead payroll reconciliation and analyze differences between legacy and Oracle payroll results during parallel testing.

Troubleshoot complex payroll calculation, balance, costing, retro, and Fast Formula issues.

Support HDL/HSDL-based payroll data loading and validation.

Define reporting and reconciliation requirements using Oracle HCM Extracts, OTBI, BI Publisher, and payroll reports as appropriate.

Prepare functional design documents, configuration workbooks, test scripts, conversion specifications, and other implementation documentation.

Support cutover planning, production readiness, go-live, and hypercare activities.

Provide knowledge transfer and guidance to client Payroll and HR teams.

Collaborate with Oracle, technical teams, and project leadership to resolve product and implementation issues.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of Oracle HCM/Payroll experience, with significant hands-on experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll.

Experience with at least 2 full lifecycle Oracle Cloud Payroll implementations preferred.

Strong functional knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing and payroll controls.

Hands-on Oracle Cloud Payroll configuration experience.

Strong knowledge of:

Payroll Elements

Fast Formulas

Payroll Balances

Retro Pay

Proration

Costing

Payroll Flows

Payroll Calculations

Payment Processing

Payroll Reconciliation

Experience with payroll data conversion and HDL/HSDL.

Experience executing and supporting parallel payroll testing and reconciliation.

Understanding of integrations between Payroll and Core HR, Benefits, Absence, Time & Labor, Compensation, and Finance.

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to investigate complex payroll calculation issues.

Strong client-facing skills and experience facilitating functional design and solution workshops.

Ability to independently own assigned Payroll functional areas and drive deliverables to completion.

Preferred Qualifications

Oracle Cloud Payroll certification.

Experience implementing U.S. Payroll and associated statutory requirements.

Experience with Oracle Time and Labor (OTL), Absence Management, Benefits, and Core HR.

Experience with Oracle Payroll costing and integration with Oracle ERP/General Ledger.

Experience with HCM Extracts, OTBI, and BI Publisher.

Experience working on large-scale enterprise or multi-entity Oracle HCM transformations.

Experience with complex organizations involving multiple legal employers, payrolls, work locations, and employee populations.

Key Skills

Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud | Oracle Payroll | Payroll Elements | Fast Formula | Payroll Balances | Retro Pay | Proration | Payroll Costing | Payroll Processing | Payroll Reconciliation | Parallel Testing | HDL/HSDL | HCM Extracts | Core HR | Benefits | Absence | Oracle Time & Labor | Data Conversion | SIT/UAT | Cutover & Hypercare

Role Expectations

The Senior Payroll Consultant is expected to operate as a hands-on functional lead, independently owning Payroll configuration and deliverables while working closely with client Payroll SMEs, functional leads, technical teams, and project leadership. The role requires a combination of strong Oracle product expertise, payroll process knowledge, problem-solving skills, and the ability to drive an implementation through successful go-live.