Global Payroll Senior Manager

Company Description Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work? J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations. Job Description As a key member of the HR team, the Global Payroll Senior Manager will lead global payroll operations for a growing, dynamic organization with employees across multiple jurisdictions. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery while building scalable processes, strengthening controls, and improving the employee payroll experience. The Global Payroll Senior Manager report into the VP of Total Rewards and will oversee a globally distributed payroll team, partner closely with HR, Finance, Legal, IT, and external vendors, and play an important role in payroll transformation, system optimization, and integration activities related to M&A and continued global expansion. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on payroll leader who enjoys solving complex problems, creating structure, and partnering across the business in a collaborative, high-growth environment. Job Responsibilities Lead global payroll operations across multiple countries, ensuring employees are paid accurately, on time, and in compliance with applicable local, regional, and international requirements. Develop, implement, and maintain scalable payroll policies, procedures, controls, and standard operating practices across all jurisdictions. Oversee payroll processing, audits, reconciliations, reporting, and issue resolution to ensure data accuracy, process integrity, and regulatory compliance. Lead payroll transformation initiatives, including RFPs, vendor evaluation, system implementations, and migration to a global payroll platform. Support payroll integration activities for M&A transactions, ensuring a smooth transition and high-quality employee experience for newly acquired team members. Manage relationships with external payroll vendors and service providers, monitoring performance, service levels, issue resolution, and continuous improvement opportunities. Partner cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, and IT to support payroll compliance, reporting, systems, controls, and employee-related processes. Provide leadership, guidance, and support to local payroll resources to ensure consistency, accountability, and best practices across global payroll operations. Monitor payroll metrics, trends, and recurring issues to identify risks, improve efficiency, and recommend process enhancements. Research and resolve payroll data discrepancies, processing issues, and compliance matters in partnership with internal stakeholders and external providers. Stay current on global payroll regulations, market practices, and emerging trends, and recommend updates to policies, systems, and processes as needed. Manage multiple payroll-related projects in compressed timelines while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, service quality, and strong stakeholder communication. Qualifications 5+ years of progressive payroll experience, including payroll operations across the U.S. and international jurisdictions such as EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and Canada. Experience leading or supporting global payroll transformation, process improvement, system implementation, vendor migration, or payroll platform consolidation initiatives. Strong understanding of payroll tax, wage and hour, compliance, and re orting r