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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive global payroll leadership and project management capabilities, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while driving operational excellence across multiple countries. Proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and lead payroll transformations in complex multinational environments.
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Global Payroll LeadershipPayroll Implementation ManagementPayroll Compliance ExpertiseStakeholder ManagementProject Plan Execution
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Hard Skills
Payroll ComplianceProject ManagementRisk ManagementOperational ReadinessVendor ManagementProcess DocumentationService DeliveryContinuous ImprovementPayroll OperationsTransformation Initiatives
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationProblem-SolvingExecutionStakeholder Engagement
Industry Keywords
Global PayrollMultinational OrganizationBusiness TransitionShared ServicesOrganizational TransformationCarve-OutsDivestituresMergersAcquisitionsPayroll Stand-Up
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead execution, implementation, and stabilization of the global payroll function for the Food Ingredients business
- Own delivery against the global payroll project plan, managing milestones, risks, dependencies, and readiness activities
- Drive Day 1 payroll readiness across 45+ countries and approximately 5,700 employees
- Partner with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and cross-functional teams on payroll stand-up and transition
- Ensure payroll processes comply with business, legal, tax, and regulatory requirements across countries
- Support transition from implementation to steady-state operations with strong controls, governance, and service delivery
- Lead vendor coordination and performance oversight
- Establish operational excellence practices, including process documentation, issue resolution, service metrics, and continuous improvement
- Serve as the future-state US Payroll Lead while maintaining global payroll leadership responsibilities
Requirements
What you’ll need- Extensive global payroll leadership experience, ideally within a complex multinational organization
- Strong experience leading payroll implementations, transitions, or transformation initiatives across multiple countries
- Demonstrated ability to execute large-scale project plans with attention to milestones, risk management, and operational readiness
- Deep understanding of payroll compliance, governance, controls, and country-specific payroll requirements
- Experience managing external payroll vendors and working within global vendor service delivery models
- Ability to operate hands-on while providing strategic leadership and direction
- Strong stakeholder management skills across HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, IT, and business leadership
- Experience supporting business transitions, carve-outs, stand-ups, shared services, or organizational transformation is highly valuable
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and execution skills in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience leading payroll stand-up activities for a new or standalone organization
- Prior experience supporting payroll operations across the US and multiple international markets
- Experience in a business separation, divestiture, merger, acquisition, or large-scale transformation environment
Benefits
Comp & perks- Meaningful business transformation with global reach and impact
- Opportunity to lead a high-visibility function during organizational change
- Opportunity to build a scalable, compliant, and future-ready payroll operation
- Work across a global business with diverse stakeholders, markets, and operational needs
- Inclusive workplace supporting colleagues’ authentic selves
- Innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence-focused environment