VP of HR Ops

The Payroll / Benefits Vice President is responsible for leading the strategy governance compliance and delivery of payroll and employee benefits programs for a diverse workforce of approximately 13500 employees across multiple legal entities across the United States. This role ensures employees are paid accurately and on time benefit programs are administered effectively and all payroll tax wage and hour retirement health and welfare and related compliance obligations are met. The Director serves as a senior leader and trusted partner to Human Resources Finance Legal Operations and executive leadership with accountability for operational excellence employee experience vendor performance system optimization and continuous improvement.  The position will include direct reports from HRIS IT Payroll Benefits and Executive Compensation departments and be instrumental in Companys mergers and acquisitions projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead all U.S. payroll operations for a large multi-state employee population ensuring accurate timely compliant payroll processing across multiple pay frequencies employee types locations and business units.
• Oversee the administration governance and employee experience of health and welfare retirement leave wellness voluntary and other benefit programs including the administration of self-insured medical and dental plans.
• Ensure compliance with federal state and local payroll tax wage and hour benefits ERISA ACA COBRA HIPAA FMLA and other applicable employment-related regulations.
• Collaborate with Human Resources Legal HRIS and external advisors to resolve complex employee pay time tax leave and benefits matters.
• Manage the executive compensation program including annual incentive long-term incentive deferred compensation and executive benefit arrangements ensuring accurate administration documentation approvals payroll coordination and alignment with plan terms and Group systems.
• Maintain strong controls over executive compensation data calculations eligibility award agreements deferral elections vesting schedules payout calculations tax withholding and payroll reporting.
• Establish maintain and continuously improve payroll and benefits policies procedures internal controls audit practices and documentation.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting on payroll funding reconciliations accruals general ledger integrations audits reporting and financial controls.
• Lead develop and coach payroll and benefits teams building capability accountability customer service orientation and career development across the function.
• Manage vendor and broker relationships including payroll providers benefits administrators brokers auditors and technology partners.
• Drive annual benefits planning open enrollment renewal analysis plan design recommendations rate setting employee communications and implementation activities.
• Own payroll and benefits system performance data integrity integrations reporting access controls testing upgrades and process automation in partnership with HRIS and IT.
• Monitor service levels issue resolution compliance trends root causes employee inquiries and key performance indicators to improve accuracy timeliness efficiency and employee satisfaction.
• Lead merger acquisition restructuring new entity and workforce expansion activities related to payroll setup tax registrations benefits eligibility plan transitions and employee communications.
• Prepare executive-level reporting and recommendations related to payroll operations benefit costs compliance risk process improvement workforce trends and employee program effectiveness.
• Foster equitable inclusive and accessible payroll and benefits practices that support a geographically dispersed and diverse employee population.

Qualifications :

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ):

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive payroll benefits HR operations finance operations or total rewards experience including leadership of teams and enterprise-scale programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading payroll and benefits for a complex multi-state U.S. workforce preferably in an organization with several thousand employees.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. payroll tax wage and hour requirements garnishments year-end processing W-2 reporting ACA reporting ERISA COBRA HIPAA FMLA and related compliance obligations.
• Experience managing payroll and benefits vendors brokers carriers third-party administrators auditors and outside counsel or consultants.
• Experience leading and managing a self-insurance medical and dental plan including rate setting IBNR analysis broker interaction and recommendations to senior executives.
• Experience administering or overseeing executive compensation programs including annual bonus plans long-term incentive plans equity or phantom equity awards deferred compensation executive severance change-in-control arrangements and executive benefit programs.
• Working knowledge of executive compensation governance regulatory tax accounting and disclosure considerations including Section 409A Section 162(m) SEC proxy disclosure concepts pay-versus-performance reporting clawback requirements and equity compensation accounting considerations as applicable.
• Strong understanding of Oracle HCM payroll timekeeping benefits administration finance and reporting systems including integrations and data controls.
• Ability to work with highly confidential executive compensation information and exercise sound judgment discretion accuracy and professionalism when supporting senior executives and governance stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead process improvement system optimization compliance remediation audits and cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical communication problem-solving change management and executive presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) SHRM-SCP SPHR CPA or similar professional certification.
• Experience with large-scale HCM payroll timekeeping and benefits platforms such as Workday UKG ADP Dayforce Oracle SAP SuccessFactors or similar systems.
• Experience supporting decentralized operations field-based workforces shared services multiple legal entities or organizations with significant acquisition activity.
• Background in evaluating benefits strategy plan competitiveness cost containment employee communications and compliance risk.

Leadership Competencies:

• Operational Excellence: Builds scalable controlled and reliable payroll and benefits processes that support a large and complex workforce.
• Compliance Mindset: Anticipates regulatory risk strengthens controls and ensures accurate documentation reporting and audit readiness.
• Employee-Centered Service: Balances technical accuracy with responsive clear and respectful support for employees and leaders.
• Strategic Partnership: Connects payroll and benefits decisions to business priorities workforce needs financial impacts and long-term talent strategy.
• Inclusive Leadership: Leads diverse teams with transparency accountability empathy and commitment to continuous development.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Uses metrics trends benchmarking and root-cause analysis to improve outcomes and guide recommendations.

Key Working Relationships:

This role works closely with Human Resources Finance Accounting Legal HRIS IT Operations external auditors benefits brokers payroll vendors tax providers and third-party administrators. The Director will be expected to influence across functions lead through complexity and ensure payroll and benefits programs scale effectively with organizational growth and change.

Success Measures:

• Payroll is processed accurately timely securely and in compliance with applicable laws and internal controls.
• Benefits programs are administered effectively communicated clearly and aligned with employee needs and business objectives.
• Compliance obligations audits reconciliations filings and reporting deadlines are met consistently.
• Employee and manager inquiries are resolved with accuracy professionalism and appropriate service levels.
• Systems processes vendors and team capabilities continue to improve as the organization grows and changes.
• Leadership receives accurate actionable insights regarding payroll benefits cost compliance and workforce trends.

Additional Information :

In a fast growing group successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility).

Eurofins offers international opportunities to strong performers.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time