Senior Manager, U.S. Payroll
Galderma
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $155,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own end-to-end payroll delivery, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
- Lead year-end payroll activities including reconciliation, tax validation, and W-2 readiness
- Thoroughly validate vendor payroll outputs prior to payroll close and statutory filings
- Own day-to-day payroll vendor relationships, including service delivery, issue management and ongoing performance oversight
- Partner with internal stakeholders to resolve payroll issues efficiently and proactively
- Establish and maintain strong payroll controls across employee lifecycle events, earnings and deductions, off cycle payrolls, and year-end statutory reporting to ensure accuracy, compliance and audit readiness
- Proactively identify payroll risks early and escalate appropriately
- Maintain documentation and processes to support audits and compliance reviews
- Partner with Finance, HR, and Legal on payroll-related inquiries
- Participate as a key contributor in payroll implementation and improvement projects
- Drive process improvements to reduce manual effort and operational risk
- Payroll tax compliance oversight and support
- Foster a culture of accuracy, ownership, and proactive problem-solving
- Operate independently day-to-day while maintaining alignment and transparency with leadership
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support business needs and growth
Requirements
- 8+ years of payroll experience, including leadership responsibility
- Experience managing multi-state, multi-entity payroll
- Experience with payroll implementations, including Workday
- Hands-on experience with Workday and Ceridian Dayforce payroll systems
- Strong working knowledge of payroll compliance and regulatory requirements
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Paid time off
- Hybrid work schedules
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll deliverypayroll reconciliationtax validationW-2 readinesspayroll compliancepayroll implementationprocess improvementsaudit readinessmulti-state payrollmulti-entity payroll
Soft Skills
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