Global Leadership : Mentor, motivate and lead a geographically dispersed team of world-class payroll leaders and craft experts - provide guidance, growth opportunities and inspiration.
Operational Excellence : Develop payroll capabilities that ensure flawless execution and scalability to support rapid global growth.
Cross-functional Partnership : Partner across Finance, HR, IT, Legal and external partners to establish and continuously improve an integrated, end-to-end, global payroll system - ensuring execution, compliance and alignment with our business priorities.
Strategic Initiatives & Impact: Provide active leadership on Intuit’s strategic initiatives and change management efforts - including mergers and acquisitions, new market entry and expansion of services, ensuring payroll processes scale seamlessly with corporate growth.
Compliance & Governance: Provide leadership and oversight to maintain compliance with global payroll, financial and tax requirements, building a resilient control environment that mitigates risk.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting required; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., CPA CPP) strongly preferred.
Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in payroll leadership, with at least 5 years leading global payroll operations in a large, multi-country organization.
Demonstrated expertise in global payroll strategy development and execution, including experience with U.S. GAAP, SOX, and international payroll/tax regulations.
Direct experience with enterprise payroll systems ADP and Workday required, including experience leading systems integration and process transformations.
Proven experience leveraging automation and/or RPA tools to streamline payroll processes, improve accuracy and reduce costs.
Strong knowledge of upstream payroll inputs (compensation, benefits, stock administration, global mobility and legal) and integrations (Finance, HR, timekeeping, third-party HR/payroll solutions).
Demonstrated record of building, mentoring, and leading geographically dispersed teams of payroll professionals.
Experience managing external payroll vendors and developing strong vendor relationships to achieve exceptional outcomes.
Strong cross-functional influence skills with proven success collaborating with Finance, HR, IT, Legal and external partners to improve process and ensure business-critical deliverables.
Experience leading payroll’s role in strategic initiatives such as M&A integration, new market entry, or global expansion.