Oracle Fusion HCM Payroll Architect
Location: Remote within the USA; 10% travel to Irvine, CA
Experience Level: 10+ years of architect-level experience
Travel and Location: Local candidates are preferred. Candidates based elsewhere in the USA who can travel to the client site in Irvine, CA as needed are also welcome. Approximately 10% travel is required.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Fusion HCM Payroll Architect to resolve complex payroll issues and lead the design, configuration, and optimization of Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll solutions. This role bridges business requirements and technical execution to support accurate payroll calculations, regulatory compliance, and seamless integrations across HR, Finance, and third-party systems.
The ideal candidate combines strong solution architecture skills with hands-on configuration experience and deep knowledge of payroll operations for union and non-union workforces.

Key Responsibilities

• Payroll Troubleshooting and Optimization: Diagnose and resolve payroll calculation, configuration, costing, balance, and integration issues. Identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
• Solution Architecture and Design: Lead end-to-end Oracle Fusion US and Global Payroll solution design, requirements workshops, and payroll operating model development.
• System Configuration: Configure payroll elements, balances, costing, calculation rules, and complex Payroll Fast Formulas to meet business requirements.
• Compliance: Support federal, state, and local taxation, W-2 and year-end processing, garnishments, wage attachments, and Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) requirements.
• Core HR Alignment: Ensure appropriate configuration and alignment of Core HR, Legal Employers, Payroll Statutory Units (PSUs), and Tax Reporting Units (TRUs).
• Integrations: Design and oversee payroll integrations with Finance and General Ledger systems, ADP, banks, benefits providers, and other third-party vendors.
• Testing and Deployment: Lead conference room pilots (CRPs), parallel payroll runs, user acceptance testing (UAT), defect resolution, and go-live stabilization.
• Reporting and Reconciliation: Develop and support payroll extracts, reports, and reconciliation processes using HCM Extracts, OTBI, and BI Publisher.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, and executive stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
• Documentation and Knowledge Transfer: Maintain solution designs, configuration documentation, and support procedures; provide guidance to functional and technical teams.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of architect-level experience in Oracle HCM, including 7+ years specializing in Oracle Cloud Payroll.
• Experience leading multiple full lifecycle Oracle Cloud Payroll deployments.
• Demonstrated success troubleshooting and resolving complex payroll production issues.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Payroll Fast Formulas, payroll elements, balances, costing, and calculation rules.
• Proficiency with HCM Extracts, Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI), BI Publisher, and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
• Deep knowledge of US payroll requirements, including taxation, wage attachments, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requirements, and General Ledger reconciliation.
• Experience supporting global payroll requirements and union/non-union workforces, including CBA-driven payroll rules.
• Strong understanding of Core HR structures and their impact on payroll processing.
• Active Oracle Cloud Payroll and Oracle Cloud HCM certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive stakeholder communication skills.