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Digital Consulting Manager-Oracle HCM Payroll

Huron Consulting · Chicago, IL · $145,000–$170,000 a year · Full time

Posted Jul 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about an Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll implementation you managed. What was your role?

What they are checking: Whether they have led payroll delivery on Oracle Cloud from design through go-live.

How do you mentor junior consultants on payroll, which has a steep learning curve?

What they are checking: Managers mentor staff, so they want concrete teaching methods.

Tell me about a client relationship you built that grew into more work.

What they are checking: Managers build long-standing relationships, so they want to see trust that led to follow-on work.

What would you do

A client's payroll team is short-staffed and can't commit time to testing. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can protect quality while working within the client's limits.

Payroll leadership and HR leadership disagree on a design decision. How do you resolve it?

What they are checking: Whether they can build agreement across client groups with tact.

About the work

How do you design element and balance structures in Oracle Payroll?

What they are checking: Core payroll configuration depth that affects accuracy and reporting.

How do you run parallel payroll testing and decide when results are close enough?

What they are checking: Whether they have a disciplined approach to proving payroll before go-live.

How do Fast Formulas fit into a payroll design, and when do you avoid them?

What they are checking: Whether they know when custom logic helps and when configuration is safer.

How do you handle payroll data conversion and year-to-date balances at go-live?

What they are checking: Whether they know the risks of converting balances mid-year and how to reconcile them.

How do you manage a quarterly Oracle update that affects payroll?

What they are checking: Whether they plan testing around updates to avoid surprises.

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The full job description

As published by Huron Consulting.

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. The multi-faceted role you’ve been looking for… Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing relationships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team—where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement. Our environment inspires and rewards growth… As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your “career vision”. Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth—but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization—and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you where you’ll be challenged to discover your true potential: It’s analytically rigorous… it’s practical… it’s entrepreneurial… it’s intellectually stimulating—and most definitely—it’s career-defining. It’s the Huron way. We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience • 5-7 years of related experience with cloud implementations in a consulting role • Experience as a functional application specialist with Oracle HCM Cloud, specifically Payroll module. Oracle Cloud Payroll Lead with proven experience implementing the Oracle Cloud Payroll module. The Payroll Lead is responsible for guiding clients through end‑to‑end implementation activities, including system familiarization, requirements gathering, fit/gap analysis, configuration, testing cycles, cutover activities, and post go‑live support. This role also requires the ability to effectively manage and mentor junior and/or offshore resources supporting the payroll module implementation • Excellent communication skills – oral and written – and the interpersonal skills needed to quickly establish relationships of trust and collaboration • The ability to train and participate in the professional development of Huron staff in both project management and technical dimensions • Proven ability to contribute on multiple projects of differing scale and duration • Willingness to travel up to 50% as needed to work with client or other internal project teams • Flexible living locations in the U.S. The estimated base salary for this job is $145,000 - $170,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $166,750- $212,500. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future. #LI-Remote #LI-MT1 Position Level Manager Country United States of America

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