Director, Global Payroll Accounting

BNY Mellon • New York, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Global Payroll Accounting at BNY is responsible for overseeing all accounting activities related to payroll and other HR-related general ledger accounts. This role ensures accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and effective integration between payroll operations, payroll tax, People, and Finance. The Director will lead the accounting processes supporting payroll for a large and complex workforce, ensuring compliance with GAAP/IFRS, regulatory requirements, and company accounting policies. The role will manage the payroll accounting close process, oversee balance sheet reconciliations, and ensure that payroll expenses, accruals, and liabilities are recorded accurately and timely across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions. This leader will also play a key role in process transformation, automation, and system integration between HRIS, payroll platforms, and the financial systems landscape.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 10–15+ years of accounting experience with significant expertise in payroll or compensation accounting
• Experience working in large multinational organizations managing complex payroll environments
• Strong understanding of GAAP/IFRS compensation accounting, SOX controls, audit environments, and financial reporting controls
• Proven knowledge of payroll accounting flows, compensation accrual methodologies, payroll tax accounting, employee benefit accounting, ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Workday Financials, etc.), and payroll platforms (Workday, ADP, SAP, etc.)
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to lead and develop a Payroll Accounting team, maintain clear responsibilities and workflows, and build strong cross-functional partnerships

Nice To Haves

• CPA or equivalent certification strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee all accounting activities related to payroll and other HR-related general ledger accounts, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and effective integration between payroll operations, payroll tax, HR, and corporate finance.
• Lead the accounting processes supporting payroll and HR for a large and complex workforce, ensuring compliance with GAAP/IFRS, regulatory requirements, and company accounting policies.
• Manage the payroll accounting close process, oversee balance sheet reconciliations, and ensure payroll expenses, accruals, and liabilities are recorded accurately and timely across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
• Drive process transformation, automation, and system integration between HRIS, payroll platforms, and the financial systems landscape.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy.
• Access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey.
• Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees