Global Payroll Director

Verifone • Atlanta, GA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Verifone is seeking a Global Payroll Director to own end-to-end payroll processing across 41 countries, covering approximately 3,500 employees. This role involves managing a multi-platform environment including ADP GlobalView, ADP Streamline, Deel, and standalone country solutions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and audit readiness. The Director will be responsible for developing and enforcing payroll controls, reconciliation processes, and exception-handling procedures. A key aspect of the role is ensuring statutory compliance across all operating jurisdictions, including tax withholding, social contributions, mandatory benefits, and local labor law, while maintaining GDPR-compliant data handling. The position also entails leading the transformation of the global payroll function, identifying and implementing process improvements, evaluating and implementing AI and automation tools, and setting a forward-looking operating model. Vendor management is crucial, involving ownership of vendor performance, contractual obligations, SLA oversight, and contract negotiations. Financial integrity is paramount, requiring partnership with Finance for accurate GL mapping, reconciliation, and period-end close processes, as well as providing payroll cost reporting. The role includes leading, developing, and holding accountable the global payroll team, building team capability, managing performance proactively, and partnering with Talent Acquisition for hiring and team development.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of payroll experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing multi-country payroll.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries spanning more than one region.
• Demonstrated track record of leading a meaningful operational transformation in payroll or a comparable function.
• Hands-on experience implementing or adopting AI or automation tools in an operational payroll environment. General awareness is not sufficient.
• Working knowledge of GDPR and multi-jurisdictional statutory payroll compliance (tax, social contributions, mandatory benefits).
• Proven ability to manage enterprise payroll vendor relationships, including SLA oversight and contract negotiation.
• Direct people management experience, including performance management and team development.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ADP GlobalView, ADP Streamline, ADP Azets, Deel, or Workday specifically.
• Familiarity with EMEA statutory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience in payments, technology, or a matrixed global organization.
• Experience with payroll-to-GL integration and multi-currency reconciliation at scale.
• Experience managing payroll in countries served by standalone or non-standard platforms.
• Familiarity with Workday Global Payroll Connect (GPC) or equivalent HCM-to-payroll integration architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end payroll processing across 41 countries, covering approximately 3,500 employees.
• Manage a multi-platform environment spanning ADP GlobalView, ADP Streamline, Deel, and standalone country solutions.
• Maintain accuracy, timeliness, and audit readiness across all pay cycles.
• Develop and enforce payroll controls, reconciliation processes, and exception-handling procedures.
• Ensure statutory compliance across all operating jurisdictions: tax withholding, social contributions, mandatory benefits, and local labor law.
• Maintain GDPR-compliant data handling across all payroll platforms and vendor integrations.
• Lead the function's response to regulatory inquiries, audits, and country-specific legislative changes.
• Partner with Legal and local advisors to stay ahead of regulatory change.
• Lead the ongoing transformation of the global payroll function.
• Identify and implement process improvements that reduce error rates, cycle time, and manual effort.
• Evaluate and implement AI and automation tools within the payroll function; build the business case and manage adoption.
• Set and communicate a forward-looking operating model for the function.
• Own the performance and contractual obligations of all payroll vendors, including ADP and Deel.
• Develop SLA oversight, escalation protocols, and performance review cadences for all payroll vendors.
• Lead contract renewals and renegotiations in partnership with Finance and Legal.
• Evaluate the vendor landscape on an ongoing basis and make recommendations where change is warranted.
• Partner with Finance to ensure accurate GL mapping, reconciliation, and period-end close processes.
• Provide payroll cost reporting that meets the standards of a financial control environment.
• Ensure multi-currency payroll is handled with appropriate exchange rate discipline and documentation.
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable the global payroll team across all regions.
• Build team capability in line with the function's transformation agenda, including AI literacy.
• Manage performance proactively: development plans, corrective action, and succession thinking.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to hire into gaps and build a bench for the future.

Benefits

• Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
• Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed