Regional Payroll Director, Americas
Core
End-to-end accountability for accurate, timely, compliant, and controlled payroll delivery across 32 countries and approximately 8,000 employees in the Americas.
Role type
Senior regional director of payroll operations
Builds
Global payroll platform transitions, regional service standards, and financial close processes
Domain
Global Payroll / Finance / Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> production payroll systems and financial reporting
Required skills
Multi-country payroll operations leadership, U.S. payroll and tax compliance, Latin American payroll experience, vendor management, payroll accounting and financial close, SOX controls and audit readiness, system transitions
Preferred skills
Workday and global payroll platforms, middleware and system integrations, publicly listed/SOX-controlled organization experience, professional certifications
Technologies
Workday, global payroll platforms, payroll middleware
Responsibilities
Lead regional managers, cluster leaders, country teams, offshore resources, and external providers; oversee payroll lifecycle including inputs, calculations, approvals, funding, payments, statutory remittances, accounting, and reconciliations; provide leadership and governance for U.S. headquarters and executive payroll; partner with Finance for period-end and year-end close; manage payroll providers against KPIs, SLAs, and contractual obligations; lead readiness for SOX reviews, internal and external audits, and statutory audits; oversee country transitions to the global payroll solution
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership scope
