Job Overview
Location
Ireland
Job Type
Full-time
Category
HR & Recruiting
Date Posted
March 28, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Payroll Implementation Manager at Deel, you will play a critical role in enabling global businesses to transition smoothly to Deel’s Local Payroll solution in the UK and Ireland, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and operational excellence from day one.
- • You will lead end-to-end payroll implementations for enterprise clients, translating complex regulatory requirements into configured system setups that support seamless, scalable, and compliant payroll operations across borders.
- • Your work directly impacts client satisfaction and retention by ensuring first-time-right payroll runs, minimizing disruption, and building trust in Deel as a strategic payroll partner.
- • Day to day, you will engage with UK and Ireland-based clients to conduct regional discovery sessions, analyzing their existing payroll structures, workforce compositions, and compliance obligations to identify configuration needs and optimization opportunities.
- • You will create and maintain detailed implementation documentation, including functional specifications, configuration maps, data migration plans, and test scripts, ensuring knowledge is preserved and transferable across teams and client handoffs.
- • You will configure Deel Local Payroll to align with country-specific rules, including tax codes, statutory deductions, benefit accruals, pay frequencies, and employee classifications, ensuring full adherence to HMRC and Revenue Commissioners regulations.
- • You will design and execute data migration strategies, working closely with client IT and HR teams to extract, cleanse, map, and validate legacy payroll data, overseeing test migrations and sign-off processes to ensure data integrity.
- • You will lead parallel payroll runs between legacy systems and Deel Local Payroll, investigating discrepancies, validating outputs, and coordinating resolution with payroll, tax, and finance stakeholders to achieve 100% accuracy before go-live.
- • You will provide hands-on support during the client’s first live payroll run, troubleshooting issues in real time, liaising with Deel’s payroll operations and compliance teams, and ensuring timely, accurate payments to employees.
- • You will manage a portfolio of concurrent client implementations, tracking timelines, billable hours, milestones, and risks, while proactively communicating status to internal stakeholders and clients to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.
- • You will collaborate with product, engineering, compliance, and customer success teams to feed client insights back into product improvements, helping shape the evolution of Deel Local Payroll based on real-world implementation experience.
- • You will continuously develop expertise in UK and Ireland payroll legislation, including RTI, auto-enrolment, holiday pay, and statutory leave, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor both internally and with clients.
- • You will contribute to Deel’s mission of building the infrastructure for the future of work by ensuring that global companies can hire, pay, and comply with confidence in complex jurisdictions.
🎯 Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (BCom), Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; postgraduate qualification or certification such as PMP is a plus.
- • 3+ years of proven experience in payroll system implementation, preferably with exposure to UK and Ireland payroll environments.
- • Strong understanding of UK and Ireland payroll laws, compliance standards, and statutory requirements including HMRC, Revenue Commissioners, RTI, auto-enrolment, and holiday pay regulations.
- • Experience configuring and working with payroll software systems, including ability to translate client requirements into technical setups involving pay rules, earning/deduction codes, and security roles.
- • Proven ability in client-facing project management, including stakeholder communication, timeline management, and issue resolution under pressure.
- • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of leading data migration and parallel run activities to validate payroll accuracy.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Stock grant opportunities based on role, employment status, and location, allowing you to share in Deel’s growth and success.
- • Flexibility of remote work, including optional access to WeWork spaces for those who prefer hybrid or in-person collaboration.
- • Additional perks and benefits tailored to employment status and country, reflecting Deel’s commitment to inclusive and scalable total rewards.
Skills & Technologies
Remote
Degree Required
About Deel, Inc.
Deel is a San Francisco-based payroll and compliance platform that enables businesses to hire, pay, and manage contractors and employees in over 150 countries. It automates onboarding, localized contracts, tax filings, and payments while ensuring adherence to local labor laws. The cloud software integrates with HR and accounting systems, offers visa and immigration support, and provides employer-of-record services for companies without local entities. Founded in 2019, Deel serves thousands of remote-first and distributed organizations, helping them scale global teams quickly and reduce administrative overhead associated with international employment.
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