Senior Director, Global Payroll, Food Ingredients

Job Summary

The Director, Global Payroll will lead the execution, implementation, and stabilization of the global payroll function for the Food Ingredients business as it transitions to a standalone organization.

About the Role

This is a hands-on transformation and delivery leadership role, focused on Day 1 readiness, implementation execution, operational excellence, and future-state ownership of the steady-state global payroll function.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution, implementation, and stabilization of the global payroll function for the Food Ingredients business as it transitions to a standalone organization.
• Own delivery against the global payroll project plan, ensuring milestones, risks, dependencies, and readiness activities are actively managed.
• Drive Day 1 payroll readiness across 45+ countries and approximately 5,700 employees.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful payroll stand-up and transition.
• Ensure payroll processes are compliant, scalable, and aligned with business, legal, tax, and regulatory requirements across countries.
• Support the transition from implementation to steady-state operations, ensuring strong controls, governance, and service delivery.
• Lead vendor coordination and performance oversight, ensuring the defined vendor model is executed effectively.
• Establish operational excellence practices, including process documentation, issue resolution, service metrics, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the future-state US Payroll Lead while maintaining global payroll leadership responsibilities.

Requirements

• Extensive global payroll leadership experience, ideally within a complex multinational organization.
• Strong experience leading payroll implementations, transitions, or transformation initiatives across multiple countries.
• Demonstrated ability to execute against large-scale project plans with strong attention to milestones, risk management, and operational readiness.
• Deep understanding of payroll compliance, governance, controls, and country-specific payroll requirements.
• Experience managing external payroll vendors and working within global vendor service delivery models.
• Ability to operate hands-on while also providing strategic leadership and direction.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner across HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, IT, and business leadership.
• Experience supporting business transitions, carve-outs, stand-ups, shared services, or organizational transformation environments is highly valuable.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and execution skills in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• CPA or equivalent certification preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in global payroll, preferably in a multinational organization.
• Experience in a business separation, divestiture, merger, acquisition, or large-scale transformation environment.

Skills

• Strong project management and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proven ability to manage external payroll vendors and work within global vendor service delivery models.
• Experience in implementing and managing payroll systems and processes.
• Knowledge of global payroll regulations and compliance requirements.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements, professional development opportunities, competitive salary range, and comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

$168,105.00 - $240,150.00 USD

Schedule

Full-time position.