Head Of Global Payroll & Time & Attendance Services

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees Payroll and Time & Attendance policies, procedures, and systems to ensure timely and accurate payment of our global workforce.
• Sets global Payroll & Time strategy and enable team to execute on that strategy.
• Leads the monitoring of all Payrolls to ensure audit procedures exist to identify risk (both departmental and SOX).
• Owns all key processes and controls to ensure risks are identified and the correct controls are in place to eliminate or reduce risk.
• Leads Payroll compliance to ensure compliance with existing and emerging compliance regulations on a global basis.
• Keeps up to date with new and changing tax and other regulations legislation impacting payroll & time design, delivery, and reporting.
• Provides guidance to leadership related to changes in the payroll regulatory environment, especially in the United States and Switzerland.
• Leads expat payroll processes (Global Mobility Payroll) to properly handle withholding and tax reporting for globally mobile members of our workforce – including tax equalization, and shadow payrolls.
• Manages vendor relationships with payroll vendors and external consulting firms.
• Sponsors and champions continuous improvement projects focused on process excellence. Recommends and implements changes to establish payroll best practices.
• Ensures operational processes and guidelines are updated and aligned with tax and other regulatory requirements and operational excellence goals.
• Contributes to M&A activities related to the onboarding of new companies by ensuring compliance and establishing the entity set within the enterprise structure.
• Acts as a leader who will recognize opportunities as well as potential risks and be capable of developing strategies to mitigate risks.
• Ensures strong customer service and communication from payroll to employees globally.
• Establishes and manage annual payroll budget.

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Business, Finance, Accounting or relevant field.
• CPA is a plus
• 10+ years of experience in leading global payroll teams across different time zones and countries.
• Exceptional knowledge of payroll services and compliance requirements, including expertise in U.S. tax regulations, regulatory reporting, internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), general ledger, time tracking solutions, and expatriate payroll.
• Experience in leading process excellence and performance improvement.
• Extensive experience with lean and 6 Sigma methodologies.
• Experience in engaging and managing 3rd party Payroll, Time & Attendance, Tax, and Expat service providers.
• Experience with managing under Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and other performance metrics that monitor on-going activities.
• A track record of transformation with a strategic vision for the team and an ability to execute.
• Position is remote but located in the United States.

Core Competencies

• Expertise in payroll management systems, tax liabilities, record keeping, and HCM technologies, such as SuccessFactors, Workday or Oracle.
• Solid understanding of tax and other regulatory requirements impacting payroll.
• Working knowledge of all basic and advanced accounting principles to effectively monitor payroll processing and reporting.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Ability to think strategically, manage uncertainty and risk, and balance multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to operate in both matrix and traditional organizational structures.
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
• Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
• Able to manage and operate efficiently and effectively at all levels in the organization.
• Ensure company policies are fully understood, followed, and monitored for compliance.
• Excellent work experience with internal and external auditors.
• Expertise in payroll management systems, tax liabilities, record keeping, and HCM technologies, such as SuccessFactors, Workday or Oracle.
• Solid understanding of tax and other regulatory requirements impacting payroll.
• Working knowledge of all basic and advanced accounting principles to effectively monitor payroll processing and reporting.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Ability to think strategically, manage uncertainty and risk, and balance multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to operate in both matrix and traditional organizational structures.
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
• Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
• Able to manage and operate efficiently and effectively at all levels in the organization.
• Ensure company policies are fully understood, followed, and monitored for compliance.
• Excellent work experience with internal and external auditors

Benefits