• Own and oversee the timely processing of global payroll for all employees, ensuring compliance with local, state, and international regulations. • Oversee accurate processing of new hires, terminations, pay changes, bonuses, commissions, and statutory benefits across all jurisdictions. • Develop and enforce scalable policies, processes, and internal controls, maintaining global regulatory compliance and SOX readiness. • Manage vendor relationships with payroll providers, driving accountability for quality, compliance, and cost effectiveness. • Coordinate with payroll providers on required filings, payments, tax updates, and compliance nuances across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Manage payroll registrations for new jurisdictions, ensuring accurate documentation, login details, and deactivation steps. • Drive automation and process improvement initiatives, enhancing scalability, efficiency, and accuracy across payroll operations. • Oversee the payroll accounting process, reviewing and approving payroll-related journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analyses prepared by the Payroll Analyst. • Partner with Accounting to ensure all close activities are completed accurately and on time; develop dashboards and KPIs to provide leadership insights. • Lead and support audit readiness for all payroll-related audits (internal, external, and government), ensuring accurate documentation and successful outcomes. • Lead payroll projects including system implementations, global compliance expansion, and compliance initiatives. • Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing payroll team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Act as a strategic advisor to the Controller and Finance leadership on payroll implications of organizational decisions. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Accounting, HR, Legal, and IT to align payroll strategy with company goals. • Develop and maintain payroll policies, processes and related internal controls and maintaining global regulatory compliance.