Director of Payroll Services

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Position Overview

Shaw Industries Group Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design innovation and operational excellence the company takes a people-centered customer-focused and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex COREtec Shaw Floors Patcraft Philadelphia Commercial Shaw Contract Shaw Sports Turf Shawgrass Southwest Greens Watershed Geo and more. Headquartered in Dalton Georgia Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. with more than $5 billion in annual sales and approximately 18000 associates worldwide.

Position Overview

This position would be located in Shaw Industries Global HQ office in Dalton Georgia. Shaw is open to candidates outside of the Dalton area and is willing to relocate candidates to the area.

Reporting to the Vice President of Total Rewards the Director of Payroll Services is a strategic HR business leader and department head with full management authority within general policy guidelines and budgetary parameters established by the company. This leader provides enterprise-wide strategic and operational oversight for more than $1 billion in annual payroll supporting approximately 18000 U.S. and international associates while leading a team of 20 employees and contractors and managing a multimillion-dollar operating budget.

As a trusted partner to HR Operations Finance IT Tax Legal Internal Audit vendors and executive leadership the role leverages relational excellence to build trust influence decisions and foster alignment across the organization. The position connects payroll and workforce strategies to business priorities associate experience risk management and operational performance with legal accountability for accurate timely and compliant end-to-end payroll operations including payroll processing federal state local and international tax reporting payroll accounting time and attendance vendor management and regulatory compliance.

A forward-thinking leader this role positions Payroll as a strategic analytical and technology-enabled enterprise function not simply a transactional service. As owner of one of the companys largest controllable expenses this leader drives transformation through technology automation AI analytics process redesign and vendor optimization to enhance scalability compliance operational resilience associate experience cost management and measurable enterprise value.

Job Responsibilities

• Sets enterprise strategy for payroll time and attendance payroll tax & accounting and related HR processes.
• Serves as a strategic HR advisor on payroll labor costs compliance associate experience and operational performance.
• Leads payroll transformation and modernization initiatives that improve accuracy scalability efficiency compliance and employee experience.
• Oversees payroll governance policies controls audits tax reporting SOX compliance and federal state local and international requirements.
• Partners with HR and Operations to improve workforce utilization scheduling overtime management productivity and payroll accuracy.
• Leads optimization of Workday time and attendance payroll platforms integrations analytics automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Develops payroll and workforce technology strategies business cases and roadmaps that deliver measurable financial and operational outcomes.
• Owns payroll vendor strategy governance performance management contracts and continuous improvement.
• Establishes KPIs dashboards service levels and workforce analytics to drive data-informed business decisions.
• Advises senior leaders on payroll trends workforce insights cost opportunities regulatory risk and transformation priorities.
• Builds a high-performing organization through talent development succession planning cross-training and continuous improvement.
• Manages the Payroll Services budget resources operating expenses technology investments and financial accountability for one of the companys largest controllable expenses.
• Build strong partnerships across HR Total Rewards Operations Finance IT Tax Legal Audit international teams and external partners.
• Represents Payroll Services in enterprise workforce strategy HR technology AI automation and transformation initiatives.

Knowledge

• Bachelors degree preferred.
• 10 years of progressive experience in payroll HR operations Total Rewards or related leadership roles preferred.
• Deep expertise in payroll operations payroll tax and accounting wage and hour requirements employment law audit controls and SOX compliance.
• Knowledge of U.S. multi-state and international payroll models governance vendors and regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of workforce management time and attendance HRIS/ERP platforms Workday automation AI analytics and emerging HR technologies.
• Understanding financial management business cases ROI cost optimization and operational performance metrics.

Skills

• Enterprise strategy governance operating model design policy development and organizational leadership.
• Business acumen strategic thinking data-driven decision-making root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Process optimization technology transformation automation and change management.
• Executive communication business case development reporting and presentation of complex information.
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence across HR Finance Operations IT Legal Tax Audit and external partners.
• Vendor strategy contract management service delivery and performance accountability.

Abilities

• Lead complex enterprise-wide initiatives while balancing competing priorities risk and business objectives.
• Build trusted relationships and influence decisions across functions levels and external partnerships.
• Translate complex payroll workforce compliance and technology issues into clear recommendations and practical solutions.
• Identify risk strengthen controls and maintain accurate timely and compliant operations.
• Build high-performing teams through coaching capability development accountability and continuous improvement.
• Drive innovation and technology adoption that improve efficiency associate experience and measurable business outcomes.

Competencies

• Create Strategic Plan
• Build Successful Team
• Drive Innovation
• Demonstrate Customer Orientation
• Demonstrate Strategic Influence
• Coach and Develop People
• Demonstrate Inclusive Leadership

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