Our story
Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.
With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Overview
The Strada Pay Country Champion is a key operational payroll leadership position in the country of responsibility, based in the delivery team, ensuring the Strada Pay workbook is compliant with the country’s regulatory standards, that Strada Pay is a productive solution, and that Strada Pay constitutes a competitive offering for the country of responsibility.
The Country Champion closely collaborates with their colleagues in Operations, Products, the Global Implementation Practice, (Pre)Sales and Account Management. When Strada Pay is fully matured in a country, and the focus moves to maintenance and continuous improvement of the payroll engine, the Country Champion will also assume responsibility for operational delivery of a portfolio of Clients in the country.
Key Responsibilities
- Subject Matter Leader in a country for payroll compliance, legislation and local regulations. Acting as the key reference point for teams internally on standard payroll service, business process, Strada Pay technology, and compliance matters. This will include pro-actively scanning the market for upcoming changes to legislation and tax laws in their country through the Risk & Compliance team, the Global Payroll Association, memberships of local payroll associations, professional literature subscriptions, external advisors, and other sources as required.
- Ensure cross-platform compliance and regulatory standards are met. Ensure the Strada Pay workbook is certified compliant, first when the business requirements are defined, then at “general availability” and, finally have Strada Pay periodically audited by an external party, and (re)certified compliant.
- Working closely with the Products configuration team to guide their development roadmap, including collaborating to keep Strada Pay country workbooks updated for new legislative country requirements; prioritize improvements that make Strada Pay more productive / eliminate manual workarounds; prioritize improvements that make Strada Pay a more competitive / attractive solution in their country of responsibility.
- Review and analyze current payroll procedures and checklists, to recommend changes leading to best-practice solutions and avoid manual workarounds to the extent possible and prioritize new functionality / fixes to the Strada Pay country workbook, to ensure the productivity of Strada Pay continuously improves.
- Work closely with colleagues in (pre)sales and account management, to understand what the local market requires to make Strada Pay a competitive and attractive market offering, accelerating Strada’s growth. Define BRD’s for these (non)functional improvements, prioritize these at country level, and work with the products configuration team to have these added to the country roadmap. Evolve Strada Pay’s competitive market offering in terms of functionality, cost effectiveness and user experience.
- Responsible for driving continuous improvement to Strada Pay in the country, methodology for delivering continuous payroll services, and templates / standards.
- Give subject matter expertise and advice to Strada Pay project teams working on deployments of the payroll service to each account and ensuring effective transition into operation. This will include supporting implementation teams with training / knowledge about Strada Pay standards and functionality and working with implementation colleagues to align clients to Strada Pay standards.
- Act as the go-to person for areas of subject matter expertise, including pre-sales support/queries, able to showcase to Clients the Strada Pay payroll capabilities, discuss dos and don’ts, successes and pitfalls, lessons learned, best practices and standards are refined / updated. Country Champions represent their country of responsibility and actively contribute to the Strada Pay Country Champion Network and Summits to develop global standards, best practices, procedures, templates, and align on priorities across countries.
- Participate as required in the Strada Pay Steering Committee meetings to help prioritize the Strada Pay development roadmaps.
Depending on the country’s / region’s maturity of Strada Pay solution may also:
- Take responsibility for managing delivery of payroll services and operational requirements for a portfolio of Clients.
- Own overall payroll service performance in terms of timeliness, first and final payroll accuracy, compliance and predictability, cost of delivery and month on month improvements therein, for the portfolio of Clients in scope.
General requirements
- Expert knowledge of processes, policies and regulations within the area of payroll, within a geography/region:
- 5-8 years relevant experience delivering payroll services in a commercial environment.
- An ability to collaborate and work in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment.
- An ability to work independently, a self-starter.
- Someone who naturally takes ownership.
- Fully mastering the fine art of delegation.
- Passionate about ensuring every day is a little better than the previous.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Curious and eager to learn and develop oneself and colleagues.
- An ability to lead and manage a team.
- Knowledge of Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Attention to detail.
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Strada, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Strada’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Strada is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Strada, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
Diversity Policy Statement
Strada is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Strada provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Strada
Our story
Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.
With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Overview
The Strada Pay Country Champion is a key operational payroll leadership position in the country of responsibility, based in the delivery team, ensuring the Strada Pay workbook is compliant with the country’s regulatory standards, that Strada Pay is a productive solution, and that Strada Pay constitutes a competitive offering for the country of responsibility.
The Country Champion closely collaborates with their colleagues in Operations, Products, the Global Implementation Practice, (Pre)Sales and Account Management. When Strada Pay is fully matured in a country, and the focus moves to maintenance and continuous improvement of the payroll engine, the Country Champion will also assume responsibility for operational delivery of a portfolio of Clients in the country.
Key Responsibilities
- Subject Matter Leader in a country for payroll compliance, legislation and local regulations. Acting as the key reference point for teams internally on standard payroll service, business process, Strada Pay technology, and compliance matters. This will include pro-actively scanning the market for upcoming changes to legislation and tax laws in their country through the Risk & Compliance team, the Global Payroll Association, memberships of local payroll associations, professional literature subscriptions, external advisors, and other sources as required.
- Ensure cross-platform compliance and regulatory standards are met. Ensure the Strada Pay workbook is certified compliant, first when the business requirements are defined, then at “general availability” and, finally have Strada Pay periodically audited by an external party, and (re)certified compliant.
- Working closely with the Products configuration team to guide their development roadmap, including collaborating to keep Strada Pay country workbooks updated for new legislative country requirements; prioritize improvements that make Strada Pay more productive / eliminate manual workarounds; prioritize improvements that make Strada Pay a more competitive / attractive solution in their country of responsibility.
- Review and analyze current payroll procedures and checklists, to recommend changes leading to best-practice solutions and avoid manual workarounds to the extent possible and prioritize new functionality / fixes to the Strada Pay country workbook, to ensure the productivity of Strada Pay continuously improves.
- Work closely with colleagues in (pre)sales and account management, to understand what the local market requires to make Strada Pay a competitive and attractive market offering, accelerating Strada’s growth. Define BRD’s for these (non)functional improvements, prioritize these at country level, and work with the products configuration team to have these added to the country roadmap. Evolve Strada Pay’s competitive market offering in terms of functionality, cost effectiveness and user experience.
- Responsible for driving continuous improvement to Strada Pay in the country, methodology for delivering continuous payroll services, and templates / standards.
- Give subject matter expertise and advice to Strada Pay project teams working on deployments of the payroll service to each account and ensuring effective transition into operation. This will include supporting implementation teams with training / knowledge about Strada Pay standards and functionality and working with implementation colleagues to align clients to Strada Pay standards.
- Act as the go-to person for areas of subject matter expertise, including pre-sales support/queries, able to showcase to Clients the Strada Pay payroll capabilities, discuss dos and don’ts, successes and pitfalls, lessons learned, best practices and standards are refined / updated. Country Champions represent their country of responsibility and actively contribute to the Strada Pay Country Champion Network and Summits to develop global standards, best practices, procedures, templates, and align on priorities across countries.
- Participate as required in the Strada Pay Steering Committee meetings to help prioritize the Strada Pay development roadmaps.
Depending on the country’s / region’s maturity of Strada Pay solution may also:
- Take responsibility for managing delivery of payroll services and operational requirements for a portfolio of Clients.
- Own overall payroll service performance in terms of timeliness, first and final payroll accuracy, compliance and predictability, cost of delivery and month on month improvements therein, for the portfolio of Clients in scope.
General requirements
- Expert knowledge of processes, policies and regulations within the area of payroll, within a geography/region:
- 5-8 years relevant experience delivering payroll services in a commercial environment.
- An ability to collaborate and work in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment.
- An ability to work independently, a self-starter.
- Someone who naturally takes ownership.
- Fully mastering the fine art of delegation.
- Passionate about ensuring every day is a little better than the previous.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Curious and eager to learn and develop oneself and colleagues.
- An ability to lead and manage a team.
- Knowledge of Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Attention to detail.
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Strada, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Strada’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Strada is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Strada, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
Diversity Policy Statement
Strada is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Strada provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Strada