AVP, Payroll Operations

Job Responsibilities

• Own North America payroll operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across all entities and pay groups
• Lead payroll operations leaders, with accountability for results, talent development, and sustained service excellence
• Establish and govern payroll controls, risk management practices, audit readiness, and SOX compliance
• Direct payroll compliance for complex employee populations, including global mobility, expatriate, and cross-border tax scenarios, ensuring accurate sourcing, withholding, and reporting
• Ensure effective execution of payroll tax operations, including tax filings, reconciliations, and end-to-end resolution of tax notices and inquiries
• Serve as the senior functional owner for Workday Payroll and ADP SmartCompliance, ensuring disciplined system use, strong controls, and timely delivery of regulatory updates and enhancements
• Oversee payroll processing of share-based compensation taxable events, with specific expertise in payroll tax reporting obligations related to stock options, restricted stock, and ESPP transactions
• Maintain alignment between payroll processing, general ledger mapping, and financial reporting requirements, with strong understanding of accounting impacts
• Monitor and analyze payroll KPIs and operational metrics to drive performance, transparency, and continuous improvement
• Drive process standardization, scalability, and control enhancements to strengthen payroll operations and the employee payroll experience
• Shape and implement operational priorities within the Payroll team to ensure they support overall departmental goals and organizational requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent education and background
• 10+ years in progressively senior payroll roles within complex North America payroll environments
• Advanced proficiency in Workday Payroll and ADP SmartCompliance
• Strong command of payroll tax compliance requirements, including filings, audits, and notice resolution
• Comprehensive knowledge of global mobility and cross-border payroll concepts, including expatriate taxation and related compliance considerations
• Background supporting equity and ESPP payroll reporting for a publicly traded company
• Proven people leadership capability, including leading managers and developing high-performing teams
• Demonstrated capability managing outsourced payroll vendors and service providers, with focus on service quality, compliance, and issue resolution