Director, Payroll

Taphealthcare•Brentwood, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Tap Healthcare Solutions is seeking an accomplished Director of Payroll to lead enterprise payroll operations for a large, complex organization in Brentwood, Tennessee. This senior leadership role is ideal for a payroll professional with deep operational expertise, extensive experience leading teams, and hands-on knowledge of Oracle Fusion Payroll/Oracle Payroll Cloud. You will provide strategic and operational leadership while ensuring accurate, efficient, and scalable payroll processes across a multi-state workforce. In addition to overseeing day-to-day payroll operations, the Director will serve as a key payroll subject matter expert, partnering closely with HRIS, IT, Finance, and other stakeholders to optimize systems and strengthen processes. This full-time leadership opportunity offers a competitive salary of $145,000 – $160,000 annually and the chance to influence enterprise payroll strategy, technology, automation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Ten (10) or more years of progressive payroll leadership experience within a large, complex organization.
Extensive experience leading payroll operations and managing high-performing payroll teams.
Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Payroll and/or Oracle Payroll Cloud.
Demonstrated experience supporting Oracle Payroll following go-live, including quarterly testing, enhancement requests, troubleshooting, payroll validation, and system optimization.
Experience serving as a payroll business lead or subject matter expert while partnering with HRIS and IT teams.
Significant multi-state payroll leadership experience within an enterprise environment.
Strong understanding of payroll operations, controls, compliance, and process management.
Excellent leadership, analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing Oracle Payroll or participating in an enterprise Oracle implementation.
Experience operating within a Shared Services environment.
Demonstrated success improving, standardizing, and automating payroll processes.
Experience with payroll accounting and general ledger (GL) reconciliation.
Previous payroll leadership experience within the healthcare industry.
Experience identifying opportunities for system enhancements and operational efficiencies.

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise payroll operations for a large, complex organization.
Provide strategic and operational leadership for payroll processes.
Ensure accurate, efficient, and scalable payroll processes across a multi-state workforce.
Serve as a key payroll subject matter expert.
Partner closely with HRIS, IT, Finance, and other stakeholders to optimize systems and strengthen processes.
Oversee day-to-day payroll operations.
Support Oracle Payroll following go-live, including quarterly testing, enhancement requests, troubleshooting, payroll validation, and system optimization.
Serve as a payroll business lead or subject matter expert while partnering with HRIS and IT teams.
Improve, standardize, and automate payroll processes.
Perform payroll accounting and general ledger (GL) reconciliation.
Identify opportunities for system enhancements and operational efficiencies.