Global Payroll Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of payroll professionals managing payroll operations for the U.S. and Canada.

• Establish goals and priorities, manage workloads, and ensure the team is accountable for accuracy, timeliness, and quality of service.

• Conduct individual meetings, offer constructive feedback, and oversee the performance, development, and career advancement of direct reports.

• Engage in the hiring, onboarding, training, cross-training, and backup coverage processes.

• Supervise full-cycle payroll processing for various U.S. and Canadian pay groups, including union and prevailing wage employees.

• Maintain payroll calendars, deadlines, and funding processes efficiently.

• Review and verify earnings, deductions, taxes, and garnishments.

• Process off-cycle payments, adjustments, and corrections as needed.

• Ensure adherence to U.S. and Canadian payroll laws, employment standards, statutory deductions, remittances, collective bargaining agreements, prevailing wage regulations, and certified payroll reporting.

• Manage union dues, fees, and remittances effectively.

• Maintain readiness for audits and comply with internal audit and SOX requirements.

• Act as a Workday subject matter expert, providing support for configuration, testing, and issue resolution.

• Enhance and automate payroll processes; document procedures and establish standard operating processes.

• Conduct payroll reconciliations, variance analyses, and general ledger activities.

• Generate and scrutinize payroll reports.

• Assist with U.S. and Canadian year-end activities, including W-2, T4, RL-1, tax filings, and audits.

• Collaborate with HRIS and IT to ensure integration and data integrity.

• Address complex payroll issues and discrepancies, providing updates to employees and stakeholders.

• Implement and oversee payroll controls, approvals, audit trails, segregation of duties, security roles, and integrations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 6 years of payroll experience, including full-cycle payroll processing in a multi-state U.S. and multi-province Canadian setting.

• At least 3 years of practical Workday Payroll experience, encompassing payroll processing, configuration, testing, and reporting.

• 1-3 years of leadership experience, specifically in managing, coaching, and developing payroll team members.

• Comprehensive knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local, as well as Canadian federal and provincial payroll laws and regulations.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex payroll situations with high accuracy and attention to detail.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational capabilities.

• Experience in processing payroll for unionized populations is preferred.

• Familiarity with prevailing wage requirements and compliance is preferred.

• Background in supporting payroll in a SOX-controlled environment is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Candidate personal data retained only for the stated business purpose, with explicit consent, for no more than two years following recruitment closure or for related job opportunities.