Senior Manager, Payroll

Senior Manager, Payroll

The Senior Manager, Payroll GUS leads end-to-end payroll operations for U.S. and Canadian employees, ensuring precision, compliance, and timely execution across all payroll functions. The role meets defined, strategic service level agreements and quality targets, while proactively identifying and executing continuous improvement opportunities to sustain and elevate performance. The leader fosters an environment where employee expectations are anticipated and consistently met with a strong focus on compliance to internal policies, key controls, and government regulations. The role oversees a team of payroll professionals, cultivating a high-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.

This is a hybrid position that is onsite 2 days a week in Lake Forest. It can also be remote based for out of state team members.

This role is available for relocation assistance. This role is eligible for an incentive plan.

You Will

• Leads end-to-end payroll operations for U.S. and Canadian employee populations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.
• Manages and mentors a team of payroll professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Ensures the accuracy of payroll preparation and processing, payroll accounting, tax filing and remittance, benefits maintenance, and various special payments
• Develops payroll procedures; controls and supervises the preparation, documentation, and disbursement of payroll-related payments
• Navigates and understands payroll system and technology proficiently : SAP SuccessFactors, ECP, and PCC environments.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state / provincial, and local payroll regulations, tax laws, and internal controls.
• Collaborates with HR, Finance, Benefits, and HRIS teams to support integrations, reporting, and process enhancements.
• Addresses complex payroll issues while ensuring employee experience and operational excellence, and stays current with legislative and system changes and implements changes when necessary.

You Have

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment.