Associate Director, HR Ops/Payroll - M&A - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

10h•Remote

About The Position

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company dedicated to improving health outcomes globally. Comprised of UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the company aims to build a better health system for all. The Associate Director, HR Ops/Payroll - M&A is responsible for conducting due diligence, coordinating, and managing the integration of acquisitions for Payroll purposes. This position will ensure that all payroll and systems tasks for each due diligence and integration are followed, stay on task, and are completed timely. The role involves interaction with the Payroll Director - M&A, Payroll Tax, Payroll Systems, Payroll Operations, Human Capital Technology, newly integrating entities, vendors, and third parties. This position will coordinate all of these invested departments and outside parties to collaborate with an end goal of mitigating risk during due diligence and having successful integrations. The position offers the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S., with a specific requirement for hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Requirements

5+ years of functional, design and implementation experience with Payroll and M&A
Experience with acquisition mapping, fit/gap analysis, set up and testing
Project management experience
Solid knowledge of legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources and payroll functions
Knowledge of internal systematic controls related to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
Solid understanding of how to build efficient payroll processes
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with hard deadlines simultaneously
Proven project documentation discipline
Proven solid analytical, problem solving and payroll functional skills
Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proven implement innovative solutions for new or ongoing processes
Various hours as needed to support due diligence and integrations

Nice To Haves

Oracle experience
Knowledge of process re-engineering and change management

Responsibilities

Attend People Teams project integration calls and articulate status of all payroll related items
Host payroll specific integration calls and coordinate project tasks with required team members
Develops, maintains, and improves tools/resources to ensure alignment and consistency across the COE
Provide status updates on all open diligence and integration projects for other COEs and leadership
Manage due diligence risk assessments, accurately reflect all risks in RISE reports, and partner with outside counsel in diligence process to provide necessary data for rep & warranties insurance
Collaborate with outside counsel during the drafting of purchase agreements to prevent UHG from agreeing to items that increase the risk or expense the corporate payroll team is exposed to
Provides in depth analysis of legacy payroll tax filing accuracy within diligence process
Identify global transactions and coordinate with global payroll team to ensure country specific legislation is taken into consideration for diligence and integration activities
Partner with global payroll team to provide M&A tools for consistency across the COE
Assist with training/mentoring all new M&A team members as needed
Collaborate with Payroll M& A team to identify strategic integration timing for all projects
Maintain state/federal legislation education to provide compliant recommendations for all legacy payroll policy and practice transitions
Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to address/resolve issues related to employee information and/or pay (Operations Center, UHG IT Help Desk, Compensation, ER, managers, employees, HRIS, Tax)
Leverage and build upon current best practices to create industry-leading M&A practices/processes
Collaborate with Labor Relations leadership to identify Union employees within UHG systems, provide accurate time estimations for future systematic configuration needs, and participate in bargaining conversations to ensure payroll items agreed upon are compliant with state/federal legislation
Partner with HC Tech team to configure Union specific codes and other systematic configuration needs as they arise
Diagnosing issues and payroll design needs; make recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness within PeopleSoft for upcoming integrations
Responsible for timelines and holding team members accountable for tasks related to integrations and other projects
Support acquisition activities by helping team members with escalations, issues, testing any other task needed
Work with team members to develop innovative processes for new or unique needs of businesses
Schedule meetings as needed and act as point of contact for 3rd parties, vendors, internal team and other business partners
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees
Troubleshoot and work with HRIS and HC Tech on any system related initiatives, upgrades and enhancements related to upcoming integrations
Collaborate with corporate Payroll team, Total Rewards, HCS, HCT and HR communities in the support of integration business initiatives
Maintain effective relationships with key internal and external customers and vendors
Other projects as assigned