Senior General Counsel
Notion
Senior Manager, Payroll Operations – Global
Workiva
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $133,000 - $214,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Manages the global payroll operations team, including equity-related payroll processes
- Contributes to and leads the execution of the strategic direction for the payroll process while meeting key controls and payroll compliance
- Reviews and audits payroll prepared by staff and third-party providers to ensure compliance with in-house policies, tax laws, and statutory regulations.
- Consults, partners with, and provides guidance to the People Business Partners and People Operations on Workiva payroll practices and employee impact
- Develop, implement, and maintain robust global payroll policies and procedures, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
- Transform processes to improve the payroll experience for team members by leveraging AI and other tools.
- Monitor, evaluate, and manage changing legal, tax, and regulatory demands and their effects on processes and procedures
- Ensures tax, audit, and accounting expectations and obligations are fulfilled accurately by required deadlines
- Leads and supports broad-based payroll-related projects and initiatives (e.g., system enhancements, new country setup, et al.)
- Provide support to our stock plan administrators in managing the local payroll tax
- Leverage payroll data and analytics to provide strategic insights that inform business decisions, optimize resource allocation, and contribute to Workiva's competitive advantage.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and point of contact for escalations and various ad hoc requests
- Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential
Requirements
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
- 8+ years of experience in payroll operations, preferably in a public company
- Proven ability to lead and manage a high-performing team
- Ability to interact and build trusted advisor relationships with key internal and external business partners, including senior leadership
- Self-motivated with a strong propensity for action, results, and continuous improvement
- The ability to work successfully in a high-energy, fast-paced, rapidly changing environment is necessary
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to multitask and manage multiple processes, programs, and procedures simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines
- Experience with multi-national payroll operations.
- Experience with the following systems is preferred (Workday, CloudPay, OneSource Virtual, Shareworks, Deel)
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- A high level of confidentiality, judgment, and discretion
- Travel Requirements and Working Conditions: 10% Travel for internal meetings
