What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world. At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful.
The Role
We are looking for a Payroll system owner for our Payroll system HR Plus 8 to come and join our HR applications team. If you are passionate about working with payroll systems and have a good technical understanding, then this role might be for you! You will take system ownership and manage the payroll application and the related processes.
We are a delivery center, providing a range of services to our clients from several locations. Key delivery domains include Human Capital Management, Finance & Accounting and IT Support – with a focus on day-to-day delivery as well as driving several innovation agendas. You will be part of an amazing delivery team and collaborate across our locations.
Take system ownership of the payroll application, HR plus 8, which includes
Responsibility for system upgrades and release management incl. testing
Business analyst for the payroll application
Securing data flows between related HR and other applications
Development of the system
Management of basic data set and change
Point of contact for the integration specialists’ team
Ownership for the system set-up of the payroll application
Take ownership and lead the processes
System upgrades
Year end, prepare the payroll system for a new year
Vacation year turn
Project work
Represent the payroll application in various projects
Change management
Translate requirement into a payroll application set-up
Lead the CR from initiation to completion, e.g., design, build, configure, test and release
Client
Client point of contact in HR applications queries and requests trough ServiceNow
Key role success factors
Technical
Have a system architectural perspective and strong technical understanding of payroll systems and HR systems, preferred HR plus 8
Experience with tools and techniques such as Excel, XML and perhaps SQL
From an overview perspective understand the system map and the integration data flows
Strong problem-solving skills from a technical perspective
Structured
Process-oriented mindset with strong analytical and technical ability
Ability to see the bigger picture and dependencies
AI interest and/or understanding
Fluent in Swedish and English
General
Great understanding of collective agreements and ability to translate the requirements into a system set-up
Strong sense and ability to prioritize work according to urgency and importance
A bachelor’s degree in HR or equivalent working experience
Customer-oriented approach
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
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Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
