Global Payroll Manager

About the role

The role is a global payroll leadership opportunity focusing on accurate, compliant, and scalable payroll operations across multiple countries and legal entities. It involves overseeing day-to-day payroll execution, driving process improvements, and working closely with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations across assigned countries and legal entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and proper funding.
• Manage payroll calendars, processing schedules, off-cycle payrolls, bonuses, commissions, funding activities, and year-end payroll requirements.
• Coach, mentor, and develop Payroll Analysts and Senior Payroll Analysts while establishing cross-training and succession plans.
• Maintain accurate payroll documentation, SOPs, workflows, process controls, and governance standards.
• Support payroll system consolidation, implementation projects, technology roadmaps, and initiatives designed to improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with HRIS and IT teams on system enhancements, integrations, user acceptance testing, parallel testing, data validation, automation, and issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and international payroll regulations and support SOX controls, internal and external audits, reconciliations, and required documentation.
• Safeguard payroll data integrity and security while ensuring adherence to internal control requirements.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Benefits, Treasury, and Shared Services to support global payroll operations and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Manage payroll vendor relationships, monitor service-level agreements, and address operational or service delivery concerns.
• Train payroll team members on policies, procedures, system enhancements, regulatory changes, and compliance requirements.
• Analyze payroll metrics, labor costs, overtime, payroll exceptions, and operational trends to identify opportunities for improved accuracy, efficiency, and employee experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related discipline; CPP certification is preferred.
• 7–10 years of progressive payroll experience, including strong multi-state payroll experience and preferably global payroll operations.
• 3–5 years of experience leading payroll teams or functions, with a demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and motivate employees.
• Experience supporting payroll implementations, system consolidations, HRIS integrations, process automation, and Shared Services environments.
• Working knowledge of payroll and HR technology platforms such as Workday, UKG, ADP, Ceridian Dayforce, SAP, payroll tax systems, HRIS platforms, and timekeeping solutions.
• Strong understanding of SOX controls, payroll compliance, internal controls, reconciliations, and audit requirements.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries, jurisdictions, or legal entities is highly valuable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret payroll data and identify operational trends and risks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities, with confidence collaborating across HR, Finance, IT, Tax, Treasury, and other business functions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining payroll accuracy and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvements, manage change, and contribute to long-term payroll transformation initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience, qualifications, and role-related considerations.
• Full-time hybrid work arrangement with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.
• Opportunity to lead global payroll operations across multiple countries and legal entities.
• Collaboration with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across HR, Finance, IT, Tax, Treasury, and Shared Services.
• Opportunities to contribute to payroll technology transformation, system consolidation, automation, and process improvement.
• Professional growth opportunities through leadership, technology, and global payroll initiatives.

Pay

Competitive compensation based on experience, qualifications, and role-related considerations.

Schedule

Full-time hybrid work arrangement with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.