Finance & Payroll Integration Consultant

Job title: Finance & Payroll Integration ConsultantJob type: contract positionLocation: on-site 3 days per week in Bridgewater, NJ Our client is seeking an experienced Finance & Payroll Systems Consultant to support a major payroll transformation initiative. This individual will serve as the bridge between Finance, HR, and Payroll stakeholders, ensuring payroll-related financial processes are accurately designed, tested, and implemented within a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in accounting and financial systems, coupled with hands-on experience supporting payroll integrations, financial controls, and system implementations. This role will play a critical part throughout design, testing, cutover, and post-go-live support activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance, Payroll, and HR teams to gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into system and interface specifications.
• Provide subject matter expertise on payroll accounting, general ledger structures, and financial reporting requirements.
• Review and validate system designs to ensure compliance with accounting standards and organizational financial controls.
• Support payroll-related integrations between HR, payroll, and finance platforms.
• Identify, track, and resolve issues throughout design, configuration, testing, and deployment phases.
• Develop and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT), parallel testing, and validation activities to ensure data accuracy and process integrity.
• Create and maintain comprehensive testing documentation and audit-ready records.
• Support cutover planning, deployment activities, and post-implementation stabilization efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive issue resolution and ensure successful project outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting Finance, HR, Payroll, or ERP system implementations and enhancements.
• Strong understanding of payroll accounting processes, including payroll taxes, deductions, accruals, and financial reconciliations.
• Expertise working with general ledger structures and payroll-to-finance integrations.
• Experience supporting month-end close activities, payroll accruals, and financial reporting processes.
• Knowledge of payroll tax accounting, including withholding requirements and equity/stock-based compensation transactions.
• Demonstrated experience executing system testing, validation, and defect resolution activities.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

Core Areas of Expertise

• Financial Systems
• Payroll Systems
• HRIS Platforms
• General Ledger Accounting
• Payroll Accounting & Taxation
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• System Integration & Validation
• Financial Controls & Compliance