Vice President, Payroll & HR Systems

The Vice President Payroll & HR Systems is the executive leader accountable for the strategy governance performance and people leadership of the organizations Human Capital Management and payroll platforms with primary ownership of Workday HCM and ADP Payroll.

This role directly leads the Workday and ADP Payroll teams ensuring stable secure compliant and scalable solutions in support of a complex aerospace manufacturing workforce. The position plays a critical role in enabling operational excellence regulatory compliance workforce transparency and datadriven decisionmaking across PCC.

The role serves as the strategic bridge between Human Resources Finance IT Legal/Compliance and Operations ensuring systems align with business objectives labor requirements and regulatory mandates including ITAR SOX and government contracting standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Define and execute PCCs long-term HR and payroll systems strategy ensuring alignment with growth manufacturing operations and global workforce needs.
• Provide direct executive leadership over Workday and ADP Payroll teams including HRIS payroll systems integrations reporting and security.
• Define own and lead system roadmaps upgrades and enhancements initiatives.
• Ensure compliant payroll processing globally including across multi-state union nonunion exempt and non-exempt populations.
• Oversee integration between Workday ADP Payroll timekeeping labor tracking benefits finance systems and IT Systems (Active Directory ServiceNow)
• Support complex payroll needs including shift differentials premium pay collective bargaining agreements and government program requirements.
• Ensure systems are in compliance with ITAR SOX GDPR and state/federal labor laws.
• Partner with Legal Internal Audit and Compliance to ensure controls audit readiness and data security.
• Maintain strong data governance privacy role-based access controls and cybersecurity practices.

Experience and Education:

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Information Systems Business Administration or related field required.
• Masters degree (MBA MS HR or similar) strongly preferred.
• 15 years of progressive experience in HR systems payroll systems or enterprise applications with at least:
  • 7 years in senior leadership or executive roles.
  • Direct leadership of enterprise Workday and ADP Vantage teams.
• Experience in aerospace defense manufacturing or highly regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Proven success leading large complex system implementations and integrations.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Expert knowledge of:
  • Workday HCM (Core Security Reporting Talent and Benefits)
  • ADP Vantage payroll and workforce management (U.S. multistate complex pay environments ADP Workforce suites and ADP Lyric)
• Strong understanding of HR payroll and finance data integration.
• Familiarity with timekeeping labor cost allocation and manufacturing workforce models.
• Risk-aware decision-making in regulated environments
• Results-driven with high attention to data accuracy and compliance

Required Experience:

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