Senior Principal Consultant

Title: Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll Functional

Location: Hyderabad

Exp Level: 10+ Years

Education: Bachelor’s degree

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead and support Oracle Fusion Payroll implementations for US and Caribbean countries

• Gather and analyze payroll requirements and translate them into scalable Oracle solutions

• Act as Payroll Subject Matter Expert (SME) for payroll configuration including Federal, State, and Local tax configuration, statutory deductions, taxes, and social security contributions

• Configure payroll elements, balances, fast formulas, payroll calendars, costing, and retro pay

• Solid understanding of payroll processes and statutory rules

• Support quarterly and year‑end payroll processing (941, W‑2, W‑2c)

• Prepare Functional Requirement Documents (FRD) and solution design documents

• Configure payroll elements, balances, fast formulas, costing, and payment methods

• Lead payroll testing activities including SIT, UAT, and parallel payroll runs

• Support payroll integrations with General Ledger, banking systems, and Time & Labor

• Handle payroll reconciliations, compliance checks, and audit support

• Provide post‑go‑live / AMS support, manage payroll issues, and drive continuous improvements

• Perform impact analysis and support Oracle Cloud quarterly updates

• Mentor junior consultants and act as a payroll subject matter expert

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management

• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams

Nice to Have:

• Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll Certification

• Functional knowledge of Oracle Absence Management and Oracle Time and Labor (OTL)

• Exposure to multi‑country or regional payroll implementations (United States Payroll/Latin America Payroll/Caribbean Payroll)