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Director, Payroll Applications & Technology
Job Location:
Job Location:
Culver, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
USD 95 - 100
Hourly Salary:
Posted:
8 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
5 January 2027
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Director Payroll Applications & Technology
Pay Rate: $95$100/hour
Location: Culver City CA
W-2 assignment budgeted through 3/26/2027
About the Company
A leading global entertainment and media organization with operations spanning film television content production distribution and digital entertainment. The organization operates a complex large-scale environment supporting diverse employee populations and business operations across North America.
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Director Payroll Applications & Technology to lead the strategy reliability modernization and support of the technology ecosystem supporting North American payroll.
This position combines strategic technology leadership with hands-on payroll systems expertise. The Director will own the technical roadmap for payroll and workforce management applications lead technical teams and vendor partners oversee complex implementations and enhancements and provide senior-level leadership during critical payroll production issues.
The ideal candidate brings extensive experience with enterprise payroll and workforce management systems strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll processes and the technical depth to troubleshoot complex application integration data and configuration issues.
Key Responsibilities
Pay Rate: $95$100/hour
Location: Culver City CA
W-2 assignment budgeted through 3/26/2027
About the Company
A leading global entertainment and media organization with operations spanning film television content production distribution and digital entertainment. The organization operates a complex large-scale environment supporting diverse employee populations and business operations across North America.
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Director Payroll Applications & Technology to lead the strategy reliability modernization and support of the technology ecosystem supporting North American payroll.
This position combines strategic technology leadership with hands-on payroll systems expertise. The Director will own the technical roadmap for payroll and workforce management applications lead technical teams and vendor partners oversee complex implementations and enhancements and provide senior-level leadership during critical payroll production issues.
The ideal candidate brings extensive experience with enterprise payroll and workforce management systems strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll processes and the technical depth to troubleshoot complex application integration data and configuration issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the technology strategy technical health operating model and multiyear roadmap for payroll and workforce management applications including Infor WFM and UKG Payroll.
- Lead modernization initiatives focused on improving system reliability automation scalability controls analytics and the overall payroll user experience.
- Establish and maintain technical standards across system configuration integrations reporting automation security and controls.
- Oversee integrations and data flows between payroll systems and enterprise platforms including Workday SAP Finance banking tax and time & attendance systems.
- Provide senior technical leadership for complex payroll production issues involving applications integrations calculations timekeeping access data and financial postings.
- Lead root-cause analysis and permanent resolution of critical incidents through data analysis configuration and log reviews interface tracing testing and business validation.
- Ensure temporary workarounds are controlled and replaced with sustainable long-term solutions.
- Provide leadership during critical payroll cycles system releases implementations cutovers go-lives and stabilization periods.
- Lead mentor and develop payroll technology resources while establishing strong standards around ownership responsiveness documentation and technical rigor.
- Build internal capabilities through coaching cross-training support playbooks diagnostic standards knowledge management and succession planning.
- Manage technology vendors contractors managed service providers budgets contracts statements of work service levels and overall vendor performance.
- Partner closely with Payroll Operations HR Technology Finance Information Security Audit integration teams and other key stakeholders.
- Provide clear executive-level communication regarding system health incidents priorities project progress risks dependencies and required decisions.
- Maintain current technical documentation testing evidence change controls runbooks support procedures and audit-ready materials.
- Ensure payroll technology solutions comply with payroll and tax requirements collective bargaining agreements SOX information security data privacy and audit controls.
- 10 years of progressive experience in payroll systems HRIS workforce management payroll technology or related enterprise applications.
- Demonstrated experience leading business-critical payroll technology environments and technical teams.
- Hands-on experience configuring administering implementing or troubleshooting enterprise payroll or workforce management platforms.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll
Required Experience:
Director
