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Position: Oracle HCM Solution Architect Payroll & HCM Lead
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: Full Time / Permanent
Travelling involved and how frequently: Depend on project requirement.
Salary: 140k-160k USD
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Oracle HCM Solution Architect with deep expertise in Oracle Payroll (US) and broad functional knowledge across Oracle HCM Cloud. The ideal candidate will serve as the overall solution owner for Oracle HCM implementations, providing architectural leadership across multiple workstreams while ensuring that payroll, legislative compliance, integrations, security, and downstream processes are designed cohesively.
This role requires a hands-on architect who can lead discovery workshops, define end-to-end solutions, mentor functional consultants, engage with executive stakeholders, and guide implementation teams through successful project delivery.
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Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Leadership
Own the end-to-end Oracle HCM solution architecture across all project phases.
Lead solution design sessions and architecture workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
Ensure alignment of business requirements with Oracle Cloud HCM best practices.
Drive design decisions across functional tracks and resolve cross-functional dependencies.
Review and approve functional designs, configuration workbooks, and solution documentation.
Provide architectural governance throughout implementation and support projects.
Identify risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and ensure successful project outcomes.
Payroll Leadership
Serve as the primary architect for Oracle Payroll, with a strong focus on US legislative requirements.
Design payroll solutions covering:
o Earnings and deductions
o Taxation
o Garnishments
o Retroactive pay
o Payroll costing
o Payroll balances
o Absence integration
o Time and Labor integration
o Benefits integration
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations.
Guide payroll testing strategies, parallel payroll runs, and cutover activities.
Support payroll transformation and process optimization initiatives.
Cross-Functional HCM Expertise
The candidate should possess strong implementation experience in Oracle Payroll plus at least four of the following modules:
Core HR
Benefits
Absence Management
Time and Labor
Compensation
Recruiting
Talent Management
Performance Management
Learning
Workforce Scheduling
Journeys
Help Desk
HR Help Desk
Workforce Rewards
Project Delivery
Lead functional teams across multiple HCM workstreams.
Review project deliverables and ensure quality standards are met.
Collaborate with project managers on scope, timelines, resource planning, and risk management.
Drive fit-gap analysis and recommend scalable solutions.
Support data conversion, integrations, reporting, security, testing, and deployment activities.
Stakeholder Management
Serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership and project sponsors.
Present solution recommendations to executive audiences.
Facilitate decision-making and manage competing stakeholder priorities.
Build strong relationships with business, HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT teams.
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Required Qualifications Experience
10+ years of Oracle HCM implementation experience.
5+ years serving as a Solution Architect or Lead Functional Architect.
Extensive Oracle Payroll Cloud implementation experience with US legislation.
Experience leading multiple full-cycle Oracle HCM Cloud implementations.
Demonstrated success leading large, complex, multi-workstream projects.
Functional Expertise
Must have:
Oracle Payroll (US)
Core HR
Plus at least four of the following:
Benefits
Absence Management
Time and Labor
Compensation
Recruiting
Talent Management
Learning
Performance Management
Workforce Scheduling
Journeys
Technical & Architectural Knowledge
HCM Extracts
HDL/HSDL
Fast Formulas
Payroll Flows
OTBI and BI Publisher reporting
Security architecture
Integrations with payroll providers, benefits vendors, and third-party systems
Experience working with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) is preferred
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Preferred Qualifications
Oracle Cloud HCM certifications.
Experience with large enterprise implementations (10,000+ employees).
Multi-state payroll experience.
Union payroll and complex workforce rules experience.
Experience with Time and Labor and payroll integration.
Experience with Benefits and payroll integration.
Knowledge of payroll reconciliation, balancing, and post-payroll processes.
Consulting background with system integrators or implementation partners preferred.
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Key Competencies
Solution Architecture
Payroll Expertise
Executive Communication
Stakeholder Management
Team Leadership
Strategic Thinking
Problem Solving
Risk Management
Business Process Transformation
Client Relationship Management
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Success Profile
The successful candidate will be recognized as the go-to Oracle HCM expert who can:
Architect enterprise-wide HCM solutions.
Lead multiple functional workstreams simultaneously.
Make sound cross-functional design decisions.
Ensure payroll compliance and operational excellence.
Mentor consultants and solution leads.
Build credibility with executives and project stakeholders.
Drive successful Oracle HCM implementations from strategy through go-live.
Thank You,
Augustin Ahmed
Sr Resource Manager
Parmesoft Inc,
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