Director of Payroll Operations

Director of Payroll Operations
Raleigh NC Hybrid

Banyan Search is partnering with a growing publicly traded company to place a Director of Payroll Operations. This is a senior operational leadership role for a payroll professional with deep enterprise platform experience and a background supporting complex employee populations and equity compensation programs.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to VP-level leadership youll own North America payroll operations across multiple entities and pay groups while leading a team of payroll professionals. Youll be responsible for accurate compliant and timely payroll delivery; maintaining strong internal controls and audit readiness; and serving as the functional owner for the companys payroll and tax compliance platforms.

What Youll Do

• Lead end-to-end North America payroll operations across all entities and pay groups

• Manage and develop a team of payroll operations leaders

• Own payroll controls SOX compliance and audit readiness

• Oversee payroll tax operations filings reconciliations and notice resolution

• Manage payroll compliance for complex populations including global mobility and cross-border scenarios

• Oversee payroll processing for share-based compensation and employee stock programs

• Maintain alignment between payroll general ledger and financial reporting

• Drive KPI tracking process standardization and continuous improvement

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or related field

• 10 years of progressive payroll leadership in complex multi-entity North America environments and strong experience with publicly traded organizations

• Advanced proficiency in enterprise payroll and tax compliance platforms

• Strong knowledge of payroll tax compliance global mobility and expatriate taxation

• Experience with equity and stock purchase plan payroll reporting at a publicly traded company

• Proven ability to lead managers and develop high-performing teams

• Experience managing outsourced payroll vendors

Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without current or future sponsorship requirements.

Required Experience:

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