Director, Payroll

Director Of Payroll

Tap Healthcare Solutions is seeking an accomplished Director of Payroll to lead enterprise payroll operations for a large, complex organization in Brentwood, Tennessee. This senior leadership role is ideal for a payroll professional with deep operational expertise, extensive experience leading teams, and hands-on knowledge of Oracle Fusion Payroll/Oracle Payroll Cloud. You will provide strategic and operational leadership while ensuring accurate, efficient, and scalable payroll processes across a multi-state workforce.

In addition to overseeing day-to-day payroll operations, the Director will serve as a key payroll subject matter expert, partnering closely with HRIS, IT, Finance, and other stakeholders to optimize systems and strengthen processes. This full-time leadership opportunity offers a competitive salary of $145,000 – $160,000 annually and the chance to influence enterprise payroll strategy, technology, automation, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Ten (10) or more years of progressive payroll leadership experience within a large, complex organization.
• Extensive experience leading payroll operations and managing high-performing payroll teams.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Payroll and/or Oracle Payroll Cloud.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Oracle Payroll following go-live, including quarterly testing, enhancement requests, troubleshooting, payroll validation, and system optimization.
• Experience serving as a payroll business lead or subject matter expert while partnering with HRIS and IT teams.
• Significant multi-state payroll leadership experience within an enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll operations, controls, compliance, and process management.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing Oracle Payroll or participating in an enterprise Oracle implementation.
• Experience operating within a Shared Services environment.
• Demonstrated success improving, standardizing, and automating payroll processes.
• Experience with payroll accounting and general ledger (GL) reconciliation.
• Previous payroll leadership experience within the healthcare industry.
• Experience identifying opportunities for system enhancements and operational efficiencies.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a seasoned payroll leader who combines deep operational expertise with a strong command of enterprise payroll technology. They are equally comfortable leading a payroll team, troubleshooting complex Oracle issues, collaborating with HRIS and IT, and identifying opportunities to automate and improve processes. They bring a high level of accountability and attention to detail while understanding the broader strategic importance of delivering accurate, compliant, and reliable payroll across a large multi-state organization.

Tap Healthcare Solutions connects accomplished professionals with organizations seeking experienced leaders who can make an immediate and lasting impact. For payroll executives, that means finding opportunities where technical expertise, operational leadership, and the ability to improve complex systems are genuinely valued.

This Director of Payroll opportunity offers the chance to lead enterprise-scale payroll operations while helping shape the organization's continued use and optimization of Oracle Payroll. With significant responsibility across people, processes, technology, and multi-state operations, this position offers an excellent next step for an experienced payroll leader ready to drive both operational excellence and long-term transformation.