Payroll Project Manager

A Global Payroll Project Manager is responsible for planning coordinating and delivering payroll transformation implementation and optimization projects across multiple countries while ensuring compliance accuracy and stakeholder alignment.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead global payroll implementations and transformations.
• Presenting and communicating to C Suite
• Develop project plans timelines budgets and resource allocations.
• Coordinate payroll vendors HR Finance IT Legal Tax and local country teams.
• Manage payroll system migrations integrations and process standardization.
• Identify and mitigate project risks issues and dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws tax regulations and data privacy requirements.
• Drive testing parallel payroll runs and deployment activities.
• Monitor project progress and provide updates to executive stakeholders.
• Support change management training and transition to operational teams.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Human Resources Finance Accounting Information Systems Project Management or a related field.
• 5-10 years of payroll experience
• 3-7 years leading payroll implementation or transformation projects
• Experience managing multi-country or global payroll programs
• Experience working with payroll vendors and managed service providers
• Exposure to mergers acquisitions payroll consolidations or global payroll transformations
• Payroll systems knowledge: Workday SAP ADP is required
• Risk management and problem-solving.
• Process improvement and payroll governance.
• Data analysis and reporting.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Rehlko hires candidates only in states where we have an established business presence. We do not hire candidates residing in the following states: AK AR DE HI ME ND NE VT WV WY. Remote work opportunities are also unavailable for these locations.