The Manager, Payroll, Center of Expertise serves as a strategic consultant, execution leader, and governance owner, responsible for ensuring payroll compliance and continuous improvement across U.S. and Canadian payroll operations. This role is designed for a leader who can translate strategy into structured, executable plans, drive complex initiatives to completion, and lead sustained change across multiple stakeholders. Success requires disciplined planning, accountability, and follow‑through.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop and own multi‑year and annual payroll roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives, sequencing work, and actively managing dependencies and risks.Design, implement, and sustain continuous improvement initiatives, supported by defined KPIs, effective risk management definition, and documented monitoring plans.Establish, govern, and support maintenance of standardized payroll policies and processes.  Ensure operational excellence within internal controls followed by operations team in HRS per Central Directives, ensuring consistent application and sustained compliance.Partner with Payroll Operations, HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors to drive adoption and execution of changes.Translate regulatory and legislative changes into actionable implementation plans, ensuring timely and scalable adoption across payroll operations.Act as a design and governance expert within SAP Payroll, influencing configuration, controls (in alignment with risk management), enhancements, and system integrations.Manage and support payroll audits and compliance assessments, including development and execution of remediation plans with clearly defined owners, milestones, and timelines.Provide payroll expertise within M&A activity, including due diligence, integration planning, execution, and post‑merger stabilization.Hold self and partners accountable for results, including progress tracking, risk escalation, and delivery against commitments.What Success Looks Like in This RoleStakeholders have clear understanding of scope, timing, and ownershipInitiatives move forward through planned milestonesChanges are embedded and intentionally planned, communicated, and reinforcedRisks are surfaced early and proactivelyEnsure sustainable compliance of payroll, resilient, and scalable over time
