Location: Fully Remote (LATAM Time Zones)
Contract: 2 Year Contract // Day Rate Contract
Language Requirement: Fluent Spanish & English
We are partnering with a global organisation undergoing a large-scale Payroll Transformation Programme. As part of this strategic global initiative, they are seeking a LATAM Payroll Project Manager to lead a cluster of country implementations across the region.
This role will sit within an established in-house payroll transformation team operating under a structured global governance framework. The successful candidate will execute the regional payroll strategy, support vendor transitions, drive system implementations, and ensure payroll compliance, controls, and data integrity across multiple LATAM countries.
The organisation currently operates across a complex and fragmented payroll landscape, including enterprise platforms such as Workday in the US, larger legacy systems in Europe, and smaller localised solutions across various markets.
The global transformation aims to:
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Standardise payroll processes globally
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Execute a new payroll operating model
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Consolidate and rationalise payroll vendors
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Support outsourcing for smaller markets
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Drive HR and payroll data clean-up initiatives
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Implement proper segregation of duties and controls
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Align payroll, HCM, and Time & Attendance solutions
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Strengthen compliance, reporting, and governance frameworks
The LATAM Payroll Project Manager will lead regional execution aligned with global programme standards.
Key Responsibilities
Project & Programme Delivery
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Lead end-to-end payroll implementation projects across multiple LATAM countries
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Coordinate internal stakeholders and third-party vendors for successful delivery
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Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
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Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation (plans, RAID logs, status reporting)
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Track performance and escalate risks and issues through established governance
Payroll Transformation & Implementation
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Execute payroll strategy and system implementations across the region
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Oversee payroll and HCM system reconciliation and data alignment
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Drive HR and payroll data clean-up initiatives
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Coordinate gathering and validation of local payroll and WFM requirements
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Support vendor selection processes and implementation phases
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Oversee vendor risk management reviews
Controls, Compliance & Process Optimisation
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Implement global payroll procedures and segregation of duties matrices locally
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Partner with Finance to standardise workflows (banking, reporting, controls)
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Work with Internal Controls to embed global payroll controls into local processes
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Define and implement local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
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Identify opportunities for process enhancements and system improvements
Stakeholder & Governance Management
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Manage relationships with regional and global programme stakeholders
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Partner with Workstream Leads to ensure consistency across geographies
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Ensure resource allocation and alignment across functional teams
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Prepare training plans and support system security audits
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Provide structured reporting into the global payroll transformation leadership
Required Experience
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6+ years’ experience in payroll transformation and/or payroll project management
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Proven experience managing multi-country payroll implementations (LATAM essential)
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Strong payroll system implementation experience
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Experience working across multiple payroll vendor platforms
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HCM system knowledge (Workday preferred)
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Experience with payroll data migration and data clean-up initiatives
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Knowledge of Time & Attendance systems
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Strong understanding of payroll controls, governance, and segregation of duties
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Experience operating within structured PMO environments
Skills & Competencies
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Fluent Spanish and English (mandatory)
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Strong stakeholder management skills across global teams
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Analytical and detail-oriented mindset
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Able to work independently within a remote structure
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Comfortable in governance-heavy environments
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Highly organised, accountable, and delivery-focused
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Proficient with Microsoft project tools
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Nice to have: Experience with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow
Additional Information
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Fully remote role aligned to LATAM time zones (location flexible)
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Occasional onsite attendance welcome if geographically feasible
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Engagement via external payroll provider (day rate contract)
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Programme commitment through December 2027
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Two-stage interview process with Payroll Transformation leadership
Our client is seeking a Training Lead to develop and deliver a comprehensive training strategy and drive the adoption of enhanced HR operating systems across the team. This role will support the delivery of simpler, faster payroll and HR services.
Key details:
Day rate: £500 (outside IR35)
Location: London, UK (mainly remote work)
Travel: Occasional EMEA travel required (expenses covered)
Key responsibilities:
- Define and lead the EMEA program-wide training strategy aligned to deployment milestones
- Conduct training needs analysis across impacted People Team and business roles
- Design the training approach (blended, digital, instructor-led) and delivery model
- Lead and assure the development of training curricula, materials, and learning pathways
- Manage Content Developers/Trainers, specialist resources and any training vendors.
- The Training Lead will also be involved in Content Development and delivery as needed in addition to Leading the training piece.
- Work closely with Change Managers, PMO, SMEs and Process and Systems team
If you're available at short notice please apply with your latest CV.
Pre-Sales Solution Architect – Cloud & SaaS
Following a successful second year, a fast-growing scale-up is expanding its customer function and is looking for a Customer Solution Architect to act as the technical SME alongside its sales teams.
You will engage with C-level executives, lead discovery calls, and manage customer journeys and technical roadmaps, including product integrations and customisations.
This is a unique opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programmes, combining technical expertise with hands-on client engagement. You will become the go-to expert for the organisation’s core products across SaaS and Agentic AI solutions.
Location: Hybrid – HQ in Leeds, with travel to client sites
Salary: £70,000 – £85,000 + 15% Bonus + Benefits
To be considered you should have:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales Engineer, or similar
- Previous experience as a Solution Architect, including involvement in roadmaps, HLD/LLD, and creating Proof of Concepts (POCs)
- Strong experience with modern cloud platforms, including Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage directly with enterprise customers
If interested, please apply via the link below.
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A high-growth, technology-led scale-up (backed by a global leading organisation) is expanding its engineering capability following a highly successful 2025. As part of significant continued investment, they are hiring a Software Engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation AI products and services across Finance, supporting both internal operations and external platforms.
This is an opportunity to work in a modern, cloud-native engineering environment, building intelligent agentic AI systems that can reason, plan and act autonomously. You will take ownership of solutions end-to-end; from design and architecture, through development and deployment, to optimisation and continuous improvement.
You'll work closely with engineering, product and platform teams to embed Agentic AI and LLM-driven workflows into real-world products, contributing to architectural decisions, engineering standards and best practices.
Location: Remote with twice a month travel to Leeds / Bradford
Salary: £90,000 to £110,000 + 15% Bonus + Excellent Benefits
To be considered
- Strong experience as an AI Engineer / ML Engineer / Software Engineer with applied AI exposure.
- Hands-on Python development experience delivering production-grade systems.
- Practical experience building agentic AI workflows (LangGraph / LangChain or similar frameworks).
- Exposure to Knowledge Graphs (Neo4j / RDF / graph-based enrichment or retrieval).
- Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI or similar), with prompt design and orchestration.
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior developer to build impactful Agentic AI systems, influence technical direction, and work within an organisation that is actively investing in AI as a core capability.
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You will work across the development organisation, partnering with product, engineering, platform, security, and data teams to translate business requirements into technical designs and guide engineering squads through delivery.
Location: Hybrid – two days per week in the Leeds office
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + 15% Bonus + Benefits
To be considered, you should have:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience designing cloud-native architectures, ideally on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Strong software engineering background, with experience building cloud-native applications and coding in Python or similar languages
- Expertise in CI/CD design and implementation using tools such as GitHub, Terraform, or similar
- Solid knowledge of cloud security, IAM, networking, data flows, and observability
This is an excellent opportunity for a Cloud Architect who enjoys building scalable cloud foundations, driving automation, and establishing strong engineering standards.
Azure Integration Engineer - £550-£650 per day Outside IR35 depending on skill set match
My client are interviewing for an Azure Integration Engineer with experience using Logic Apps to integrate between D365 F&O and Salesforce to start on a 6 month contract. This is a technical role with some functional skill set. In this role you will be working through revisions & updates and then moving onto new orders. Experience with integrating between Salesforce and D365 F&O is desired and the rate will be nearer the top end if you have hands on experience with both systems.
Here are the general details:
Title: Azure Integration Engineer
Location: Hybrid
Work mode: Fully remote
Role type: Contractor (Outside IR35)
Contract duration: 6 months
Rate: Around £550-£650 a day Outside IR35 depending on specialism
If you're interested, please apply here or send your CV to h.gaut@lawrenceharvey.com so we can arrange a call to disclose project info. Interviews will take place next week. Thank you!
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