Payroll Manager - Americas (UK Based / 1 Year FTC)

Why Arup? Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Unleash your creativity and take your skills to new heights while working on inspiring projects. At Arup, we believe in empowering our people to produce work that sets the bar for quality. Our passionate team shares our values, and that's why they love coming to work every day.

Location UK-based, with regular collaboration during Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) hours. Occasional international travel may be required.

The Opportunity Join Arup as our Payroll Manager - Americas (UK Based / 1 Year FTC) in a pivotal stage in our Global Payroll Transformation programme as we move to a single global payroll managed service provider, CloudPay.

This is a unique opportunity to combine leadership of the Americas payroll operation with a key role in shaping and delivering a major global transformation. You'll oversee payroll delivery across the US and Canada while leading the standardisation, redesign and migration of payroll processes into Arup's future operating model.

Working closely with payroll teams, business analysts, technical specialists, senior stakeholders and CloudPay, you'll help define future-state processes, gather and document requirements, facilitate workshops and ensure the successful delivery of project milestones across the Americas region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead payroll transformation activities across the Americas, supporting the migration to a global managed payroll service.
• Partner with stakeholders to define future processes, operating models and business requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, manage risks and dependencies, and drive project delivery against agreed timelines.
• Act as the primary liaison between regional payroll teams, CloudPay and the global project team.
• Support payroll integration activities with Arup's global Cloud HCM implementation. Provide leadership and coaching to the Americas payroll team.
• Oversee the accurate delivery of US and Canadian payrolls, ensuring compliance with payroll, tax and statutory requirements.
• Produce management reporting, support audits and drive continuous process improvement.

Is this role right for you? We're looking for an experienced payroll professional with a strong background in both operational payroll management and transformation delivery.

You'll Bring

• Extensive experience managing complex US and Canadian payroll operations.
• Proven payroll transformation experience, including process standardisation, outsourcing, managed service implementation or vendor consolidation.
• Strong knowledge of payroll systems, payroll tax regulations and HR/payroll integrations.
• Experience working with global stakeholders and leading cross-functional workshops.
• Demonstrated project delivery skills, including risk, issue and dependency management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience leading and developing payroll teams.
• Advanced Excel skills and a data-driven approach to problem solving.
• Knowledge of Dayforce and Oracle EBS/Fusion would be highly advantageous.

What We Offer You At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.

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