Senior Manager, Payroll, North America

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end payroll process for both hourly and salaried employees, including the review, validation, reconciliation, and timely processing of payroll data and payments.
• Analyze, audit, and resolve payroll and timekeeping issues, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures while addressing employee concerns efficiently and accurately.
• Serve as the payroll subject matter expert within the payroll team, internal stakeholders, auditors, and one of the primary points of contact for our payroll provider.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Global Mobility, Tax, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and HR on matters such new business activities and regional initiatives to ensure payroll needs across the U.S. and Canada are identified, communicated, and effectively addressed.
• Stay current with regulatory changes, benefit updates, and labor laws affecting payroll operations; ensure compliance with all applicable U.S. (federal, state, local) and Canadian (federal, provincial) payroll tax laws and reporting requirements, including but not limited to W-2, FICA, FUTA, T4s, T2200s, WC, EHT, CPP, and EI.
• Lead the preparation of year-end reporting (T4s, T2200s, WC, EHT, W2) and handle amendments as required.
• Design, develop and implement payroll strategy and operating model within the context of an expanding operation.
• Preparation of various documentations, and summaries for audit and compliance.
• Follow, develop, and maintain internal control policies, procedures, and compliance with respect to the payroll process, including, but not limited to pay policies, payroll calendars, payroll checklists, process maps and other procedural documentation and support internal/external audits
• Lead and manage a payroll team, overseeing task assignments, workloads, and creating a collaborative atmosphere to support professional growth and meet payroll deadlines efficiently.

Payroll System

• Lead, in partnership with Sr HRIS Business Partner (Payroll System), evaluation of tools and systems, and identify ways to optimize the payroll function and enable business process transformation while maintaining strong quality controls.
• Identify and implement process improvements for more efficient, accurate, and complaint-payroll operations, collaborating with various organizations including IT and external vendors to integrate systems, overseeing and implementing payroll related projects, developing procedures and policies, and providing training on payroll initiatives and changes.

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required
• CPP, PLP preferred
• At least 8 -10 years of experience in payroll and leading a payroll team. Hands-on experience with Payroll, Time and Attendance, Human Resources Information Systems
• Preferred experience with Dayforce application is a plus
• 2 years of experience in a Case Management/Contact Center environment
• Proven track record of scaling payroll function and experience transforming payroll operations efficiency
• Excellent project management and organizational skills, including the ability to manage effectively numerous concurrent projects and tasks in a fast-paced and rapidly growing environment
• Excellent written and oral communications including change management
• Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities
• Excellent problem-solving skills, strong ability to proactively identify and implement effective solutions
• Demonstrated delivery of results through influence and cross-functional collaboration #LI-SR1

Benefits

Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program. This job will be posted for a minimum of 5 days.