Global Payroll Lead, Strategy & Planning

Global Payroll Lead, Strategy & Planning Department: Finance & Accounting Team: Accounting Location: Bangalore, India Type: Full-Time **About the Role** The Global Payroll Lead, Strategy & Planning is a key member of the payroll team, responsible for leading implementations of new entities, execution of payroll controls and completion of cross-functional payroll projects and initiatives for international payroll (EMEA, LatAm and APAC). This role requires strong analytical skills, payroll and project experience, in addition to strong cross-functional and customer service skills. The Payroll Strategy & Planning team supports international business expansion in EMEA, APAC and Latam, leads process improvements, systems implementations and supports our Payroll Operations team located in India. The team operates in a dynamic and fast paced environment, cross-regionally and cross-functionally. **Your Impact in Role** - Act as the lead of implementation of cross-functional payroll projects and/or initiatives to support business needs. Leading these initiatives includes, but is not limited to: - Be responsible for implementations of new payroll entities, M&A and other related activities - Lead the transition of operational activities to the Payroll Operations Team - Lead payroll vendor transitions - Lead internal and external payroll projects and initiatives - Build and maintain relationships with key internal and cross-functional partners - Keep payroll documentation, including employee facing knowledge bases, updated - Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for countries across EMEA, APAC and LatAm with varying headcount (over 1000 employees) **What You Will Need** - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or a related field. - Extensive experience in international payroll processing, Netherlands, UK and France is preferred - Extensive experience in project management - Experience with HR and payroll systems such as Workday and Oracle - Experience with different payroll vendors such as EY, ADP Celergo, ADP Streamline, Neeyamo, Oracle, UKG/Immedis - Experience with ServiceNow, bo