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.