Implementation Consultant (Paycheck Plus)
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
We’re hiring an Implementation Consultant to set up new clients on Paycheck Plus, our outsourced payroll service.
This role is about building payrolls properly from the start. You’ll configure payrolls, validate data, and run first payrolls so clients can move into live processing smoothly and with confidence.
Experience with Irish payroll is a real advantage. Paycheck Plus supports clients with Irish payroll requirements, so understanding how Irish payroll works - in practice, not just in theory - is key to getting implementations right.
Why This Role Matters
Payroll implementations are high-impact. If the setup isn’t right, problems follow.
As an Implementation Consultant, you make sure:
- Payrolls are built accurately and compliantly from day one
- Clients trust the service before their first live run
- Payroll teams can take over confidently once implementation is complete
Your work directly protects employees being paid correctly and clients staying compliant.
About the Team You'll Join
You’ll join a Professional Services team of five, made up of Implementation Consultants and Implementation Consultant Associates.
The team focuses purely on client onboarding and setup, working closely with Payroll, Product, Technical Support, and Account Management. It’s a structured, supportive team where accuracy, planning, and clear communication really matter.
What You'll Be Doing
Payroll Implementation & Client Onboarding
- Own the payroll setup from start to finish
- Create payroll companies and import employee records
- Configure payrolls so they’re ready to be processed on the client’s behalf
- Check and validate employee, pay, and bank details
- Run the first parallel or live payroll before handing over to the payroll processing team
Working with Clients & Internal Teams
- Gather and confirm payroll data from clients and colleagues
- Communicate mainly by email, with calls where needed
- Explain what’s required in a clear, practical way
- Ensure everything is ready for a smooth go-live
Managing Delivery
- Manage multiple implementations at the same time
- Plan your workload and meet agreed timelines
- Spot risks or missing information early and address them
- Work closely with payroll, product, and technical teams
Documentation & Handover
- Create clear documentation and implementation notes
- Support the first payroll run to ensure stability
- Hand over fully configured payrolls to the processing team
What We’re Looking For
Essential
- Solid payroll knowledge and understanding of how payrolls are built and run
- Experience implementing payroll or people-management systems
- Good MS Excel skills
- Strong organisation and time management
- Clear, professional communication skills
- High attention to detail, especially when working with payroll data
- A calm, professional approach when working with clients
- Strong customer service and teamwork skills
Desirable
- Experience processing or implementing Irish payroll
- Knowledge of Irish payroll legislation and ROS
What You’ll Gain
- A clear role with ownership and responsibility
- Hands-on experience delivering payroll implementations end to end
- Exposure to Irish payroll within a supported environment
- Training, structure, and support to help you succeed
- A collaborative team focused on doing things properly
Our Application Process
We like to keep things simple, transparent, and fair:
1️⃣ Apply online
Send your CV and a few details. No long forms.
2️⃣ Initial Interview (plus Online Assessments)
- A chat with our Talent team.
- Two short assessments:
- CCAT (15-minute timed test).
- EPP (untimed personality questionnaire).
3️⃣ Interview with our Professional Services team (MS Teams)
Meet members of our Professional Services team and discuss your experience, approach, and fit.
If you have payroll implementation experience and want to play a key role in delivering payrolls that work properly from day one, we’d love to hear from you.
About IRIS
As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.
IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.
IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.
Why work for IRIS?
The Benefits
Developing your career
We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success. We do this by:
Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.
Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.
Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee’s development needs and providing a commitment to a ‘learning culture’ which shares knowledge, best practice and our long-standing expertise between employees.
We’re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.
Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.
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