Payroll (HCM) and Tax Lead

You will join a project team to assist with implementing the Oracle Fusion ERP system into NEXT Finance, initially replacing AP, AR and GL.

You will be working on how to integrate our current HCM platform with our new Oracle Fusion ERP. You will be a key member of our team attending our design workshops and planning the integration, reviewing the changes required to migrate to a shared HR and Finance platform. Key lead to ensure HCM structures are aligned to the Finance enterprise design, ensuring and minimising impact to current HCM processes and outputs. This role will also include a large part of regression testing and understanding the current HCM set up and way of working

In addition, you will work with our Tax business team to ensure the design supports Tax compliance and supports tax reporting. High level of design for VAT for our B2C transactions

This will involve;

- Making and documenting design decisions inline with scope

- Completion of design workbooks

- Supporting business impact assessments

- Preparing / reviewing integration design documents

- Input into trainingplan

- Test planning

- Test execution

- Linking with change management and business adoption providing user training information

- Cutover planning

- Cutover execution

- Warranty support- Understanding and highlighting any risks and ensuring controls are in place to mitigate risk

You will also be working with several business readiness teams:

• Existing payroll and HR tech teams to understand the current set up and transition to the new structures in HCM and financ
• ERPThe testing team to build test scripts and full regression testing
• Training team to ensure we have the appropriate training for all users
• Linking with the core GL lead to understand changes to cost centres and people related structures and reporting

Criteria

• Good understand of payroll processes and accounting for people costs
• Good understand of Tax - VAT principles, taxable supplies and VAT rates. Supply chain knowledge for goods and services including international trade. VAT accounting and reporting.
• Experience of implementing change in areas with a focus on controls and automation
• Experience with another large ERP systems is desirable, preferably Oracle Fusion
• Ability to self manage, methodical with strong organisational skills ensuring multiple tasks can run in parallel
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and escalate issues in an appropriate and timely manner
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excel, Powerpoint and/or Google Presentation skill

About Us

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

About some of our Benefits

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more