Looking for a leader in the Payroll Space that has a strong background in Payroll Operations and Compliance. This leader will be a critical resource in helping to ensure payroll and regulatory compliance.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team including, individual & team goal setting, performance evaluation and coaching for professional and personal development
- In partnership with stakeholders, continuously monitor and assess operational activities to identify and address gaps in procedural requirements while also making risk informed recommendations
- Ensure issues are properly reported with appropriate root cause analysis and action plans, and ultimately validate those issues have been appropriately addressed and/or remediated
- Perform validation of identified controls to ensure adequate governance, evidence of execution, and appropriate monitoring and escalation across various business functions
- Leverage historical audit performance data to understand risk and compliance performance, determine root cause for gaps in compliance, and to create action plans to address gaps
- Evaluate and create operating processes and procedures within the area to improve efficiency, provide excellent service, and support the department’s risk and control model
- Review and analyze KPI/KRI’s and related data to support business-related strategies
- Identify opportunities to leverage information technology systems and automation in a practical and value-add way
- Stay up-to-date with evolving industry/regulatory changes impacting the business
- Assist and perform day-to-day project management and administration tasks in support of department-led projects and initiatives in a collaborative, team-based environment
- Build a culture of continuous improvement, risk mitigation and quality controls
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 7+ years related Payroll experience
- Strong leadership skills, ability to inspire and motivate a team and lead with an agile mindset
- Solid understanding of control concepts, with the ability to evaluate and determine the adequacy of controls by considering business and technology risks in an integrated manner
- Excellent problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to identify problems and systematically gather data, identify root cause and address data integrity issues as needed
- Experience collecting, transforming, analyzing, and reporting data to drive business decisions
- Passionate for innovation and process improvement, seeks to improve and document processes, prevent issues and effectively communicate across teams for awareness and understanding
- Strong ability to analyze opportunities & problems, recommend solutions, and communicate effectively & confidently (both verbal and written)
- Sound judgment and the ability to handle complex issues accurately and timely
- SOX Controls, Internal and External Audit experience
- Prior Oracle HCM Payroll experience desirable
- Proficiency with Alteryx, Tableau a plus