Transforming Higher Education Payroll and HR — A Global University
A top-50 globally ranked university — serving 45,000+ annual students and employing 15,000 staff worldwide — transformed complex payroll, HR, and finance operations through Oracle Cloud, with automated pay and pension calculations including retrospective scenarios.
The Challenge
The university needed to handle payroll complexity for 15,000 diverse staff — including academic populations with retrospective pay calculations, pension complexity, and varied contractual arrangements.
A highly configurable Oracle solution was required, capable of integrating HR, finance, and operations into a single, coherent platform.
The Solution
PCL implemented a comprehensive Oracle Cloud suite:
- Oracle Cloud ERP
- Oracle Cloud HCM
- Recruitment Cloud
- Intelligent Adviser
- Cloud Payroll
- Oracle Time and Labor
- Absence Management
The implementation focused on adoption and acceptance by both students and staff — recognising that higher education transformation depends as much on people as platforms.
The Results
Fully automated payroll
Pay and pension calculations automated, including retrospective calculations.
Enhanced leave management
Precise tracking across academic and casual staff populations.
Line manager tools
New tools for contract updates and salary cost management.
Unified platform
HR, finance, payroll, and operations on a single system.
Recruitment integration
Recruitment Cloud connected to onboarding and core HR.
Configurable scale
Platform handles 15,000 staff with academic complexity built in.
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