Director - Global Payroll

Anaplan is looking for a Director of Global Payroll who brings vast payroll expertise to our US, UK, and other international payroll teams. You will partner and collaborate with the Benefits, People Operations, IT, Legal, and Accounting teams to deliver payroll services that optimize operational excellence and manage risk. This leader will be a key partner in developing and implementing strategies to systematically scale the payroll operations and related systems while maintaining quality, accuracy, internal controls, and compliance.

This role reports directly to the Corporate Controller. Our ideal candidate will enjoy a hybrid work schedule, with two days/week in a future office in Northern VA.

Your Impact

• Oversee teams of domestic and international payroll full cycle processing for US and International subsidiaries

• Recruit and develop the best-in-class talent that will be subject matter experts and points of contact for all internal and external payroll inquiries

• Develop and execute a strategic plan to scale and optimize the global payroll administration that can support new and existing payrolls in various regions

• Actively engage and collaborate with cross-functional teams and leadership to ensure business objectives and priorities are met and executed effectively

• Lead, coach, mentor, and train the team, including completion and achievement of SMART goals

• Design and implement workflows and internal controls within systems to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately, timely and in compliance with International, federal, state, local, and country-specific laws and regulations

• Monitor the latest payroll and wage laws and regulations to ensure tax and benefits compliance is maintained within systems

• Ensure quarterly and annual filings and reporting requirements are executed with accuracy and are filed timely for all jurisdictions

• Participate in the design and implementation of internal controls and documentation per International/Federal/State compliance requirements

• Manage payroll-related financial closing activities for the month/quarter/year-end and external audits: payroll journal entries, payroll-related account reconciliations, and related balance sheet flux analytics

• Lead or assist on special tasks and projects as needed (e.g., M&A payroll integration, entity set up, system implementations, etc.) 

Your Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, finance, business, or other relevant or related field or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience overseeing the processing of multi-state and multi-country payrolls for large exempt and non-exempt workforce with hands-on responsibilities

• Experience with Workday systems and ADP WFN

• Experience transforming a payroll function to maximize automation, scalability, and cost-effectiveness

• Strong project management experience including the ability to manage project plans, dependencies, critical path activities, and milestones

• Highly analytical, aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and demands

• Excel in hyper-growth environments; versatile, capable of managing multiple projects and tasks

• Communicate effectively with teammates and various levels of management as well as external contacts

• Reliable, with a strong work ethic

• Demonstrates professionalism and maturity in handling confidential information