Implementation Consultant - HCM
CV-LibraryWD18, Holywell, HertfordshirepermanentPosted: 23 April 2026
Apply NowAs an Implementation Consultant, you will be responsible for delivering implementation consultancy activities for Zellis’ customers on multiple aspects of their solutions or services delivery.
You will be responsible for advising and working with customers to help them understand, implement, configure or test good practice use of Zellis’ suite of customer solutions and advise on industry leading processes and operational service design. This role may lead delivery directly or will work closely with the implementation project or programme manager. They will also partner with customer stakeholders and business representatives to support the achievement of the relevant delivery milestones on time, at the highest level of quality and on budget.
Responsibilities
* Acting as a good practice advisor, coach and subject matter expert on industry leading processes and Zellis’ range of solutions and services, partnering with the customer to develop a “One Team” approach to delivery and to ensure that all activities are delivered on time, at the highest level of quality and on budget
* Managing, scheduling and coordinating all activities assigned to you so that they are undertaken in accordance with the relevant plan, working alongside and in partnership with the wider Zellis and customer project team
* Completing testing of any deliverables or supporting activities assigned to you as part of the implementation plan to the highest level of quality and where agreed, in line with all acceptance criteria
* Supporting the project or programme manager in facilitating the provision of software, infrastructure, supporting tools and appropriate resources for each phase of the project to ensure all pre-requisites and ongoing support is in place
* Anticipating and managing ongoing risks and issues (including mitigation and resolution), and ensuring that they are escalated to the Implementation project or programme manager (or Zellis senior leader) in a timely fashion
Skills & Experience
* Experience delivering on small, non-complex Implementation, software, advisory or Managed Services customers with small-medium scale employee volumes (under 10,000 EE’s and £300k budgets)
* Significant experence implementing HCM or Payroll software
* Significant understanding of Payroll processing and legislation
* Proficiency in ZIP APIs, connectors and integration methods
* Proficiency in data migration and loading for medium complexity data structures, as well as master data and payroll reconciliation for medium complexity employee payroll data, gross to net calculations and associated outputs
Benefits & Culture
At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.
Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:
* Unstoppable together.
* Always learning.
* Make it count.
* Think scale.
Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.
We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you’ll receive:
* A competitive base salary.
* 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
* Private medical insurance.
* Life assurance 4x salary.
* Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
* A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure
You will be responsible for advising and working with customers to help them understand, implement, configure or test good practice use of Zellis’ suite of customer solutions and advise on industry leading processes and operational service design. This role may lead delivery directly or will work closely with the implementation project or programme manager. They will also partner with customer stakeholders and business representatives to support the achievement of the relevant delivery milestones on time, at the highest level of quality and on budget.
Responsibilities
* Acting as a good practice advisor, coach and subject matter expert on industry leading processes and Zellis’ range of solutions and services, partnering with the customer to develop a “One Team” approach to delivery and to ensure that all activities are delivered on time, at the highest level of quality and on budget
* Managing, scheduling and coordinating all activities assigned to you so that they are undertaken in accordance with the relevant plan, working alongside and in partnership with the wider Zellis and customer project team
* Completing testing of any deliverables or supporting activities assigned to you as part of the implementation plan to the highest level of quality and where agreed, in line with all acceptance criteria
* Supporting the project or programme manager in facilitating the provision of software, infrastructure, supporting tools and appropriate resources for each phase of the project to ensure all pre-requisites and ongoing support is in place
* Anticipating and managing ongoing risks and issues (including mitigation and resolution), and ensuring that they are escalated to the Implementation project or programme manager (or Zellis senior leader) in a timely fashion
Skills & Experience
* Experience delivering on small, non-complex Implementation, software, advisory or Managed Services customers with small-medium scale employee volumes (under 10,000 EE’s and £300k budgets)
* Significant experence implementing HCM or Payroll software
* Significant understanding of Payroll processing and legislation
* Proficiency in ZIP APIs, connectors and integration methods
* Proficiency in data migration and loading for medium complexity data structures, as well as master data and payroll reconciliation for medium complexity employee payroll data, gross to net calculations and associated outputs
Benefits & Culture
At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.
Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:
* Unstoppable together.
* Always learning.
* Make it count.
* Think scale.
Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.
We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you’ll receive:
* A competitive base salary.
* 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
* Private medical insurance.
* Life assurance 4x salary.
* Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
* A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure