Integration Consultant

About the Role

The role involves gathering and defining integration requirements, translating functional needs into technical specifications, and supporting the rollout of integrations to new clients. You will lead testing cycles, manage integration risks, and ensure smooth transitions into business-as-usual support.

Responsibilities

• Gather and define integration requirements with client HR, payroll, onboarding and local delivery teams, including ownership of blueprinting activities for complex transformation projects.
• Translate functional HR, HCM, General Ledger and payroll data needs into integration designs, mapping documents and configuration specifications.
• Select and apply appropriate integration patterns, including APIs, file-based integrations, standard connectors and platform-native integration services.
• Configure integrations and reference data directly or specify requirements clearly for engineering and IT development teams.
• Support the roll-out of integrations to new clients, including new features, functionality and country specific deviations.
• Lead testing and UAT cycles, resolving mapping, data quality and configuration issues.
• Track, escalate and support resolution of integration risks, issues and dependencies in conjunction with project managers and client stakeholders.
• Own integrations through go-live and transition into BAU support, ensuring documentation and handover materials are complete and current.
• Undertake periodic solution optimisation reviews, document process improvements and work with IT Services or engineering teams to roadmap enhancements.
• Maintain internal communications and knowledge assets relating to the evolution of HRP integrations, including training or webinars where appropriate.
• Support pre-sales activity where required, including technical solution input and presentations for new or existing clients.
• Identify opportunities for reuse across clients, countries, systems and integration components.

Required Skills

• Working knowledge of integration patterns and methods, including APIs, file-based integrations and connectors.
• Ability to translate functional requirements into technical configuration, mapping documents and engineering-ready specifications.
• Confident client-facing communication and presentation skills with business, functional and technical stakeholders.
• Methodical, consultative approach to supporting clients, onboarding teams and local delivery teams.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a remote or hybrid delivery environment.
• Experience supporting integration risk, issue resolution and transition into BAU support.
• Proficiency with tools such as MS Visio, PowerPoint, Word, Power BI, CRM or PMO tooling.

Preferred Skills

• Strong understanding of HR, HCM and payroll data models, including Workday, SAP or Oracle.
• Experience with specific connector ecosystems or integration platforms, such as Workday Integration Cloud Connect, Oracle Integration Cloud or SAP Cloud Platform Integration.
• Experience in the HR and payroll sector.
• Experience delivering integrations with HCM, ERP, HR or payroll systems.
• Demonstrable experience delivering HR or payroll system integrations across the full lifecycle: requirements, blueprinting, build, test, go-live and handover.
• Knowledge of SQL, XML, XSLT, ETL concepts and data transformation methods.
• Exposure to multi-country payroll, country deviations and global HRP delivery models.
• Experience with Agile delivery methods and version control systems such as Git, SVN or similar.