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Patricia Yao

Payroll Transition Manager

€850/day
Paris 17, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Patricia

Do you need to secure your payroll, replace a Payroll Manager, or lead an HRIS transformation?

I act as a Payroll & HRIS Transition Manager for HR Directors, CFOs, and General Management facing critical challenges:

✔ Absence or departure of a Payroll Manager
✔ Payroll delays or errors
✔ Payroll production audit and security
✔ Payroll department reorganization
✔ Payroll internalization / outsourcing
✔ HRIS software migration or change
✔ Compliance with DSN, URSSAF, HR processes

With over 25 years of Payroll/HRIS expertise, I have managed complex environments of up to 9,500 payslips, multi-site, multi-agreements, and highly regulated sectors.

My services:

🔹 PAYROLL TRANSITION MANAGEMENT
• Immediate takeover of a payroll department
• Team management (managers, experts, project managers)
• Payroll calendar security
• Implementation of indicators, procedures, and controls

🔹 HRIS TRANSFORMATION
• Payroll software migration
• Functional acceptance testing
• Data migration
• Configuration and change management

🔹 PAYROLL AUDIT & EXPERTISE
• Payroll regulatory audit
• DSN and social contribution control
• Process reliability
• URSSAF audit support

Software mastered:
ADP Décidium | Teams RH Cegedim | Pléiades Sopra HR | Silae | Nibelis | Sage | Cegid | HR Access | Workday

Sectors supported:
Transport | Industry | Distribution | Banking | Energy | Public sector | Associations | Accounting firms

Objective: ensure accurate, secure payroll and regain control quickly during sensitive periods.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris 17 (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Cabinet de conseil RH
    Payroll and HRIS Director – HR Payroll Partner
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 7 months)
    France
    • Acted as a Payroll/HRIS Transition Manager on strategic and complex assignments: replacement of key functions, payroll security, software change, HRIS migration, reorganization, and change management.
    • Led HR/Payroll/HRIS transformation projects: diagnosis, process optimization, team support, and go-live.
    • Managed a specialized firm in HR consulting, payroll expertise, HRIS, and payroll outsourcing.
    • Managed a portfolio of multi-agreement clients and supported partner accounting firms.
    • Managed a team of payroll managers and a payroll lead: organization, supervision, and production security.
    • Provided transition managers and HR consultants to companies.
    Client sectors: catering, transport, associations, industry, construction, accounting firm clients.
  • CASINO
    Payroll Transition Manager
    January 2025 - June 2025 (5 months)
    Casino Le Lyon Vert, La Tour-de-Salvagny, France
    3,000 employees
    • Led the payroll software change project: HRIS migration from Hypervision to Décidium ADP GSI.
    • Reviewed specifications, data migration, configuration, integration testing, and go-live security.
    • Wrote the acceptance testing plan and managed tests.
    • Coordinated with the ADP GSI editor, change management for teams and users.
    • Operational management of a team of 15 payroll managers.
    Skills used: HRIS Migration, ADP Décidium, Functional acceptance testing, Multi-site payroll, Change management.
  • Société de transport KEOLIS-Lyon
    Payroll Transition Manager / Payroll Manager
    June 2024 - December 2024 (6 months)
    1,500 monthly payrolls
    • Replaced the Payroll Manager, managed monthly production and variable elements.
    • Managed a team of 6 payroll managers: coordination, skill development, recruitment.
    • HRIS reference for Teams RH (Cegedim): configuration, functional enhancements, editor relations.
    • Payroll control and validation, social declarations supervision.
    Skills used: Teams RH Cegedim, Management, Payroll expertise, Social declarations.

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Education

  • Catholic
  • DESS Business Administration
    2000
    DESS Administration des Entreprises

Categories

  • Other