Global Payroll Lead

Description

• Collaborate with HR Services and Finance to ensure seamless data flows, financial accuracy, and improved consistency in employee-cost reporting.
• Act as the payroll lead for the carve-out transition, ensuring business continuity, system readiness, data migration quality, and stable parallel runs.
• Establish standardized payroll processes, controls, KPIs, SLAs, and compliance mechanisms to support scalable and reliable operations.
• Co-own and optimize payroll systems and tools with HRIS, ensuring alignment with the broader HR technology roadmap and strong employee self-service capabilities.
• Lead the design, implementation, and governance of the global payroll operating model, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely delivery across all regions.
• Ensure full compliance with global and local payroll legislation, tax regulations, audit standards, and promote a culture of precision and accountability
• Identify payroll risks during organizational or systems change and implement mitigation strategies to secure operational stability.
• Select and manage global and local payroll vendors to ensure high-quality service and cost-effective delivery.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in global payroll management, payroll operations, or payroll governance in multinational organizations.
• Sound understanding of HRIS-to-Payroll systems integration for in-house payroll technology as well as with external vendor technology; practical experience in managing Payroll integrations with Workday a plus
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience collaborating across HR, Finance, and regional teams.
• Degree in Business, Finance, HR, Accounting, or related field; professional payroll certifications are advantageous.
• Strong experience with global payroll processes, tools, compliance requirements, and vendor management (global and regional)
• Strong data and analytical skills; ability to interpret payroll data and derive insights.
• Hands-on, detail-focused, and highly reliable, with the ability to work at both strategic and operational levels.
• Knowledge of HR operations, HR technology, and end-to-end employee lifecycle processes.
• Prior involvement in carve-outs, integrations, system migrations, or large-scale payroll transformations strongly preferred.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance