Senior Payroll Strategy & Operations Leader

• The Associate Vice President, Payroll serves as a key leader within the Office of Business and Finance.
• Provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for one of the nation’s most complex payroll environments, serving employees across The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center.
• Responsible for setting the vision, strategy, and direction for Payroll Services, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations while advancing innovation, process improvement, and service excellence.
• Plays a critical role in aligning payroll strategy with the university’s broader financial, human capital, and technology priorities.
• Leads and develops a multi-functional Payroll organization, overseeing payroll operations, payroll tax administration, time and absence management, accounting, and systems teams.
• Provides leadership for the planning, organization, and execution of all biweekly and monthly payroll processes across all campuses, serving approximately 42,000 employees, while driving excellence in service delivery, operational efficiency, process quality, and team performance.

Requirements Bachelor's degree and twelve (12) or more years of progressive experience supporting large, complex organizations with highly regulated, operationally diverse, and multi-faceted workforce environments. Demonstrated experience leading large, multi-layered teams, including development of leaders and high-performing organizations. Deep expertise in payroll operations, tax compliance, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions. Proven ability to operate effectively in a complex, decentralized environment and influence across functions. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a focus on continuous improvement. Recognized as a collaborative leader who builds partnerships across a complex enterprise environment, influencing stakeholders and driving change across areas outside of direct authority to improve operational efficiency, accuracy, compliance, and employee experience. Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills. Strong technical aptitude with the ability to quickly learn new systems, technologies, and business. Extensive knowledge of enterprise payroll, HRIS, and workforce management systems, including hands-on experience working within complex payroll and timekeeping environments, with a strong understanding of payroll system functionality, configuration, workflows, business processes, interfaces, and data management. ATS Optimization Keywords Below are skills and terms extracted directly from this job posting to improve Applicant Tracking System (ATS) visibility. This unique feature helps candidates tailor their applications more effectively — a feature exclusive to JobTailor job listings. Hard Skills payroll operations tax compliance regulatory requirements analytical skills problem-solving skills decision-making skills continuous improvement payroll system functionality data management workforce management systems Soft Skills leadership collaboration stakeholder engagement influencing skills communication skills team performance operational efficiency service excellence vision setting strategic leadership #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor