Guardian Media Group (GMG) is a leading global media organisation, the publisher of the Guardian, which celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2021, the Observer and the Guardian.com, which attracts over 200 million global unique browsers each month. We are renowned for our ground-breaking independent journalism and our award-winning digital products.

We are now looking for an HR Process Owner for a 12 month Fixed term contract. This is a senior role within the Guardian ERP Project, with accountability for end to end HR solution and responsibility for deployment.  Providing the HR Lead with recommendations for project decisions.
 
About The Role

• Work with specialist ERP consultants and the Guardian HR team to design HR processes across the UK, Australia and US that drive efficiency and can be readily adopted and implemented globally
• Bring your experience of both HR processes and Oracle Cloud ERP to act as the key interface between the Guardian and 3rd party System Integrator (SI) - ensuring the requirements and insights of the Guardian HR experts can be translated into tangible and practical activities for the ERP consultants
• Ensure all Global HR processes seek to adhere to the standard ERP solution where possible, with exceptions captured only where absolutely necessary e.g. due to compliance, tax, legal, regulatory issues
• Lead all working sessions and process solution playbacks with business process owners and stakeholders
• Work closely and collaboratively with the Finance Process Owner to ensure all HR/Finance inter-dependencies are identified, documented and managed through out the project
• To make process recommendations, design and documentation including, controls, reporting, interdependencies, exceptions and interactions with data and technology

About You

•  At least 2 Oracle Cloud HCM projects with UK payroll
•  Project experience across Finance and HR implementations
•  Multiple project experience as lead process analysis (as is and to be, including system implications)
• Payroll implementation experience
• Strong business and budget understanding - including the key day to day roles and processes across HR and Finance (for context)

How to apply

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About Us

The Guardian offers a competitive benefits package including a generous pension, healthcare, dental insurance options, cycle to work scheme and 2 paid volunteering days per year. 

We have a strong commitment to  your learning,  development and wellbeing, with hundreds of different courses available - ranging from bite-sized e-learning courses, to on-site workshops and professional certifications.

It’s the talent, energy and commitment our people bring to our business that make us who we are. Across our business we have some of the brightest and best people in media and beyond: award winning journalists, cutting edge commercial teams, industry leading digital talent and much, much more. 

We are a vibrant and diverse community with many events  groups and forums to get involved in. Our Kings Place offices overlook Regents Canal, with the newly-developed Coal Drops Yard, Granary Square and St Pancras Square shops, restaurants and pop-ups.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people at the Guardian. We aspire to inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. The Guardian actively encourages applications from BAME candidates.

At The Guardian, many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.