Director, Global Payroll

1 Month ago • 8-10 Years • Administrative • $154,700 PA - $287,300 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director, Global Payroll will oversee all aspects of domestic and international payroll processing for US and global subsidiaries, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. This role requires leading and developing a high-performing global payroll team, collaborating with cross-functional teams (P&C, Accounting, Finance, Audit), and implementing strategic plans to optimize global payroll operations. Key responsibilities include managing payroll risks, ensuring compliance with international, federal, state, and local laws, leading payroll transformation projects (M&A integration, system implementations), and maintaining high service quality. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience managing multi-site global payroll teams, strong technical skills with various payroll systems (ADP Workforce Now, ADP Celergo, Workday), and proven leadership abilities.
Must have:
  • 8-10+ years payroll management experience
  • Strong knowledge of payroll regulations
  • Experience with ADP Workforce Now, ADP Celergo, Workday
  • Multi-site global payroll team management
  • Payroll transformation project leadership
  • Compliance with international, federal, state, and local laws
Good to have:
  • Membership with a recognized payroll association
  • Management-related studies
  • Experience with expatriate payrolls
Perks:
  • Robust benefits package
  • Global career opportunities
  • Flexible working options

Job Details

The Global Payroll Leader will play a crucial role in facilitating a robust structure to deliver accurate, timely, and innovative global payroll services across the Aristocrat Group, ensuring a superior service experience for employees. This leader will oversee the payroll teams across multiple regions, including North America, Canada, LATAM, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, as well as support payroll operations for the EMEA region.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that payroll is delivered effectively and in compliance with local statutory requirements. You will monitor, train, and assist teams in global payroll transformation projects, provide insightful guidance to various stakeholders, manage payroll risks, and future-proof payroll delivery to meet the organization's evolving needs. Building and maintaining strong, constructive relationships with all stakeholders—payroll staff, payroll providers, P&C, and other internal and external customers—will drive a unified and efficient payroll function. The role requires a focus on continuous improvement, innovation, and leadership in managing global payroll services while maintaining high standards of accuracy and compliance across diverse regions.

What You'll Do

  • Oversee the full cycle of domestic and international payroll processing for US and global subsidiaries, including data collection, gross-to-net calculations, reconciliations, and compliance with international, federal, state, and local laws. Provide strategic guidance to ensure payroll processes are optimized for scalability across various regions.

  • Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing payroll team, fostering a positive, collaborative environment that encourages innovation and excellence. Ensure team members serve as subject matter experts and primary points of contact for payroll inquiries.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as P&C leaders, Accounting, Finance, Audit, and other departments to ensure alignment of payroll with broader organizational goals. Engage with stakeholders across different time zones to ensure effective communication and execution of business objectives.

  • Develop and execute strategic plans to scale and optimize global payroll operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing in all regions. Design and implement internal controls and workflows to guarantee compliance with payroll, tax, and benefits regulations.

  • Monitor and ensure compliance with international, federal, state, and local payroll laws, including tax and benefits requirements. Stay updated on wage laws and regulations to ensure systems reflect current standards.

  • Lead the design and deployment of global payroll systems, working closely with cross-functional teams to integrate with existing HR and finance platforms while ensuring compliance with data security regulations like GDPR.

  • Manage complex payroll-related queries and ensure timely resolution of any issues or complaints, with a focus on maintaining high service quality and meeting internal SLAs and KPIs.

  • Oversee payroll financial activities, supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes as well as external audits. Ensure accurate and timely filings for all jurisdictions.

  • Focus on continuous improvement, ensuring efficient payroll processes and an exceptional employee experience. Lead special projects such as M&A payroll integration, system implementations, and entity setups.

  • Lead, coach, and mentor the payroll shared services team, focusing on continuous professional growth and maintaining high performance.

  • Create a positive, collaborative team environment that drives operational excellence across all payroll functions.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in business, accounting, finance, or a related field, with equivalent experience. Any management-related studies would be an advantage.

  • 8-10+ years of payroll management experience.

  • Strong knowledge of payroll-related federal, state, and international regulations and payroll requirements. Membership with a recognized payroll association is preferred.

  • Strong technical and hands-on experience with payroll, including ADP Workforce Now, ADP Celergo, and Workday.

  • Detailed understanding of the importance of a robust control environment.

  • Demonstrates a strong process orientation and project management skill set.

  • Experience managing a multisite global payroll team. Displays strong leadership and willing to be a leader with presence and impact. Able and willing to be in the Summerlin office ~3 days a week.

  • A self-starter with high initiative to proactively identify opportunities for improvement and find solutions.

  • Led multiple payroll transformation projects, including acquisition onboarding.

  • Experience with both in-house and outsourced payroll systems.

  • Managed expatriate payrolls across various jurisdictions.

  • Led change projects and played a key role in payroll, finance, and HR system implementations.

  • Worked closely with P&C teams to drive employee-focused outcomes.

  • Excellent communicator with the ability to present and influence across all levels of staff and management.

  • Extensive experience using multiple payroll systems.

  • Deep knowledge of human resources systems, including integration with payroll platforms.

  • Strong multitasking skills with the ability to adapt to changing priorities, meet deadlines, and act as a change agent.

  • Detail-oriented with the ability to maintain confidentiality in a professional manner.

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

  • World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

  • Robust benefits package

  • Global career opportunities

Our Values

  • All about the Player

  • Talent Unleashed

  • Collective Brilliance

  • Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Travel Expectations

None

Pay Range

$154,700 - $287,300 per year

Our goal is to pay a market competitive salary focusing near the median of our pay ranges. However, final offers for all positions will be based on several factors such as experience level, education, skills, work location, and internal pay equity.

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About The Company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an ASX20 listed company and one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions. We’re licensed in over 300 jurisdictions and operate in over 90 countries around the world. We’re also proud to have a team of over 7000 employees that deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems, but it doesn’t stop there. Despite our global presence and exponential growth, we remain an ideas company at heart that is committed to delivering outstanding results for our customers and players and an unparalleled experience for our employees, who have the opportunity to grow, be inspired and be the best they can be.


Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us to live our mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play – every day.  


Come and join us – let’s play!


𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 @𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘱𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 @𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵.

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