Payroll Compliance & Controls Manager - Payroll Data Governance

Aumni

Aumni

Accounting & Finance, Legal
Columbus, OH, USA
Posted on Jul 18, 2024

Job Description

Looking for a leader in the Payroll Space that has a strong background in Payroll Operations and Compliance. This leader will be a critical resource in helping to ensure payroll and regulatory compliance.

As the Compliance & Controls Manager for US Payroll, you will be responsible for managing a team and executing on key compliance processes and initiatives. We are looking for leader with a solid background in Payroll and Compliance, a strong process and controls-focus, and who understands the importance of delivering for our customers.

Job responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team including, individual & team goal setting, performance evaluation and coaching for professional and personal development
  • In partnership with stakeholders, continuously monitor and assess operational activities to identify and address gaps in procedural requirements while also making risk informed recommendations
  • Ensure issues are properly reported with appropriate root cause analysis and action plans, and ultimately validate those issues have been appropriately addressed and/or remediated
  • Perform validation of identified controls to ensure adequate governance, evidence of execution, and appropriate monitoring and escalation across various business functions
  • Leverage historical audit performance data to understand risk and compliance performance, determine root cause for gaps in compliance, and to create action plans to address gaps
  • Evaluate and create operating processes and procedures within the area to improve efficiency, provide excellent service, and support the department’s risk and control model
  • Review and analyze KPI/KRI’s and related data to support business-related strategies
  • Identify opportunities to leverage information technology systems and automation in a practical and value-add way
  • Stay up-to-date with evolving industry/regulatory changes impacting the business
  • Assist and perform day-to-day project management and administration tasks in support of department-led projects and initiatives in a collaborative, team-based environment
  • Build a culture of continuous improvement, risk mitigation and quality controls

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • 7+ years related Payroll experience
  • Strong leadership skills, ability to inspire and motivate a team and lead with an agile mindset
  • Solid understanding of control concepts, with the ability to evaluate and determine the adequacy of controls by considering business and technology risks in an integrated manner
  • Excellent problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to identify problems and systematically gather data, identify root cause and address data integrity issues as needed
  • Experience collecting, transforming, analyzing, and reporting data to drive business decisions
  • Passionate for innovation and process improvement, seeks to improve and document processes, prevent issues and effectively communicate across teams for awareness and understanding
  • Strong ability to analyze opportunities & problems, recommend solutions, and communicate effectively & confidently (both verbal and written)
  • Sound judgment and the ability to handle complex issues accurately and timely
  • SOX Controls, Internal and External Audit experience
  • Prior Oracle HCM Payroll experience desirable
  • Proficiency with Alteryx, Tableau a plus