Director of Payroll

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Director of Payroll

Location: Chevy Chase, MD — Hybrid, three days per week on-site

Assignment Type: Permanent Hire

Compensation: $170,000–$230,000 annually

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

Benefits: This position is eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for payroll across a large, multi-state employee population.
• Lead payroll transformation initiatives involving people, processes, systems, controls, and reporting.
• Evaluate current payroll workflows and identify inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Redesign payroll processes to reduce spreadsheets, manual workarounds, and dependence on individual institutional knowledge.
• Optimize Workday Payroll functionality, configuration, reporting, workflows, and automation.
• Identify opportunities to use artificial intelligence and other technology-enabled solutions to improve payroll accuracy and efficiency.
• Develop a modern, scalable payroll operating model that supports continued organizational growth.
• Establish and maintain payroll policies, procedures, controls, documentation, and governance standards.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Oversee wage-and-hour compliance, payroll tax requirements, deductions, and employee pay practices.
• Support payroll requirements involving foreign nationals, visa holders, and other specialized employee populations.
• Coordinate with third-party providers regarding payroll tax remittance, year-end reporting, and related services.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of progressive payroll experience, including significant payroll leadership responsibility, preferred.
• Demonstrated experience transforming or modernizing payroll operations required.
• Experience assessing manual or outdated payroll environments and implementing improved workflows, controls, and technology.
• Extensive Workday Payroll experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize Workday Payroll functionality beyond routine system operation.
• Multi-state payroll experience required.

Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.