Payroll Project Technical Lead

Overview

SD Guthrie Berhad (SD Guthrie) is one of the world’s leading producers of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO). We represent approximately 12% of the global market share (as of 31 December 2022). With over 84,000 employees across 12 countries, we pride ourselves on innovation, sustainability, and excellence. Our operations span the entire palm oil value chain, and we are expanding into new business verticals such as green industrial parks and renewable energy. We offer enriching career opportunities supported by cutting-edge technology and a commitment to sustainability. We are the world’s first palm oil company to have our net-zero GHG emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

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Your Mission

The Payroll Project Technical Lead works closely with the Global Payroll Project Manager, Payroll Project Coordinator and PMO Officer to focus on the technical implementation aspect of the project. This role serves as the technical bridge between vendors, internal country payroll teams, business units, and the external payroll and HR service provider at both country and central levels.

The Payroll Project Technical Lead is responsible for reviewing and documenting technical setup gaps during implementation, managing technical review (blueprint) setup with the vendor, and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and parallel run validations between Guthrie and the payroll vendor. In cases of escalation, the Payroll Project Technical Lead will promptly inform the Global Payroll Project Manager to ensure timely resolution and project continuity. The technical scope includes integration, SAP S / 4HANA, Workday, and vendor systems.

Your Role

Discovery Phase

• Involved in the local kick-off calls with country teams and vendors.
• Serve as Project team SME for technical aspects of data collection clarification sessions.
• Ensure alignment on technical project scope with the overall country project implementation timeline.
• Review foundational setup with vendors and internal teams from Workday and SAP for each country (or business units if required).
• Work with country payroll teams on payroll and HR requirements documentation required by the vendor.
• Review technical templates and documentation.

System Configuration and Integration Phase

Go-Live Month and Stabilisation

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