North America Payroll Lead
Skills
ADP PayrollCorporate AccountingHR PoliciesHuman Resources Information SystemsPayrollPayroll AdministrationPeoplesoft
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive payroll experience with multi-state multi-jurisdiction ownership and exposure to Canada and or Mexico payroll
- Hands-on Workday Payroll experience including processing testing reporting production support data validation and issue resolution
- Strong knowledge of U.S. federal state and local payroll requirements including tax wage and hour garnishments wage attachments leaves benefit deductions multi-state taxation and year-end processes
- Strong understanding of payroll accounting GL interfaces accruals reconciliations variance review controls and financial close processes
- Experience supporting payroll audits including SOX statutory tax regulatory compliance and control reviews
- Experience managing payroll vendors and outsourced payroll providers with SLA management service reviews issue escalation and contract governance
- Strong analytical problem-solving stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced evolving environment with strong attention to accuracy confidentiality and operational follow-through
Nice to have
- Workday Payroll certification
- Advanced Workday experience
- OneSource Virtual experience
- M&A support experience
- Global payroll governance exposure
- Certified Payroll Professional
- High-growth tech experience
- EOR model familiarity
Day to day
- Lead end-to-end payroll operations across the U.S. Canada Mexico and limited EOR-supported populations with strong accuracy and compliance.
- Serve as the primary Workday Payroll lead handling processing configuration testing audits reporting integrations releases and data validation.
- Partner closely with HR Finance Legal Benefits Compensation and vendors to manage payroll inputs accounting close activities year-end reporting and continuous improvement.
