Senior Client Account Manager

The Senior Client Account Manager (Senior CAM) is responsible for ensuring the overall quality and timely delivery of global payroll while enhancing client satisfaction. Acting as the main contact for key or complex accounts, the Senior CAM understands the client’s structure and needs, drives governance meetings, tracks KPIs, and ensures all deliverables meet expectations. Representing ADP with professionalism, they act quickly on feedback, build trust, and lead improvement initiatives to ensure long-term client success.

• Training, knowledge and continuous improvement

Senior CAM is constantly up to date with knowledge and has and has high expertise of ADP systems, processes, policies, and client specifics. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Timely and successfully completing the mandatory onboarding training during the first month (CAM Academy) and ongoing monthly learning campaigns.
• Creating and maintaining accurate standardized payroll processing documentation for assigned clients.
• Leading Welcome to Service/Celergo walkthroughs and demos for clients, prospects, internal & external Stakeholders to clarify roles, standard processes, and ensure efficient collaboration.
• Facilitates workshops, refreshers, and shares best practices with the internal or extended team, acting as Champions and contributing with expertise on different process areas.
• Facilitate decision-making by management after analysing alternatives available to deliver agreed upon operational results and improvement initiatives.

• Identifies process gaps, proposes improvements, and contributes to internal projects, pilot programs, or task forces aimed at increasing service quality and efficiency.
• Act as back-up for manager for operational activities when needed.

• End-to-End Payroll Process drive & SLA’s Oversight

Senior CAM manages a portfolio of high-complexity clients, oversees the complete payroll cycle, from data input to pay date and ensures that key payroll milestones are respected and that all deliverables meet timeliness and accuracy standards:

• Ensure step by step processes are followed by Client and Local Partner and take appropriate actions to increase standard process adoption.
• Ensure each client payroll calendar is managed timely and effectively with both the client and Payroll Partners and payrolls are paid on time.
• Ensure client deliverables and SLAs are being completed timely and accurately.
• Responsible for generating reports to analyse, audit, and reconcile payroll data.
• Audit payroll calculations from global payroll providers.
• Manage all steps of the funding process for PSS solutions.
• Highlight and escalate relevant matters that may impact on the successful running of client payrolls and propose appropriate solutions and workarounds to mitigate the impact.
• Complete and deliver timely and accurate monthly metrics.
• The CAM manages system configuration changes and ensures correct mapping between local payroll systems and central platforms (e.g., employee IDs, pay elements, GL codes). He liaises with internal teams (GSS, Integration, Partners, PSS) and ensures all changes are reflected accurately.
• Troubleshoot and support all activities related to internal processes (i.e., NPS, CAR-LOB, T2S tracker, etc.)
• Address any billing discrepancies promptly, including incorrect or past due invoices.

• Client & Partner Relationship Management

Senior CAM acts as the main local contact for clients and partners, fostering long-term relationships through consistent communication and a service-oriented mindset. Responsibilities include:

• Schedules and facilitate regular (monthly/quarterly) service reviews and ad-hoc meetings to seek alignment and expedite resolution of high priority items, shares meeting agendas and meeting minutes with all stakeholders.
• Drives stabilization programs when needed to ensure smooth payroll delivery.
• Maintains issue logs, tracks progress, and provides regular updates to client and ADP lea
• Successfully collaborates with local partners and ADP teams to solve issues, accelerate progress and drive client satisfaction.

• Escalation & Incident Management

The Senior CAM manages first-level local escalations by analyzing issues, coordinating resolution across teams, and keeping the client informed until closure. Additionally, the Senior CAM supports root cause analysis, contributes to corrective and preventive actions, and presents RCA findings to the client. They also provide operational support to CAMs, peers and leadership in managing complex or critical escalations.

• Regional (EMEA) / Global Account ownership

Acts as the primary global/regional contact for the client supporting beyond the standard CAM role as per the Account Owner responsibilities: manages strategic client relationships, leads governance calls, and coordinates escalations and follow-ups; oversees SLA reporting, ensures insight dashboard accuracy, and drives improvement plans for underperforming payrolls. Collaborates with CAMs and internal teams on client projects and retention strategies based on feedback and performance metrics.

• Mentoring and coaching for new hires and peers

The Senior CAM plays an instrumental role in onboarding new hires (CAMs & Sr. CAMs), acting as mentors during onboarding / rump-up, helping new joiners navigate tools, processes, and client-specific requirements.

Provides on-the-job support, feedback, and coaching to CAMs and peers, especially during transitions, escalations, or performance improvement plans.

Success is measured by client satisfaction (NPS) and operational excellence, aligned with BU annual objectives and local office needs. Key indicators targets are set and communicated annually, they include, but are not limited to:

• On-time and accurate delivery of all payroll outputs and month-end reporting / metrics
• Meeting contractual SLAs for ticket resolution
• Productivity targets: number of payrolls/ payslips managed monthly
• Client satisfaction (NPS) and zero security incidents
• Timely and successful completion of mandatory training
• Account Ownership targets

• High level of responsibility, self-directed
• Strong consultative skills: exercise judgment and make recommendations for specific courses of action based on trade-offs between business opportunities and risks
• Strong relationship-building and cross-cultural collaboration skills
• Strong active listening, empathy and communication skills
• Effective presentation, facilitation and meeting management skills
• Excellent time management, organization, prioritization, and proactivity
• Collaboration, coordination, and conflict management skills
• Analytical thinking, problem-solving, and troubleshooting
• High attention to detail, adaptability, and resilience
• Strict confidentiality with payroll data