Manager Payroll

Bosch Group•Farmington Hills, MI

17d

About The Position

The Manager, Payroll, Center of Expertise serves as a strategic consultant, execution leader, and governance owner, responsible for ensuring payroll compliance and continuous improvement across U.S. and Canadian payroll operations. This role is designed for a leader who can translate strategy into structured, executable plans, drive complex initiatives to completion, and lead sustained change across multiple stakeholders. Success requires disciplined planning, accountability, and follow‑through.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
7+ years of progressive payroll experience, with deep expertise in U.S. payroll compliance; Canadian payroll experience preferred.
Hands‑on SAP Payroll experience, including involvement in system design, controls, implementations, or major enhancements.
Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi‑stakeholder initiatives from concept through execution.
Strong project management and change management capabilities, including planning, sequencing, and driving adoption.
Proven ability to operate independently, manage priorities, and deliver on commitments in a matrixed environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading payroll workstreams for system implementations or large‑scale transformations.
Prior responsibility for governance frameworks, audit remediation, or enterprise‑level compliance programs.

Responsibilities

Develop and own multi‑year and annual payroll roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives, sequencing work, and actively managing dependencies and risks.
Design, implement, and sustain continuous improvement initiatives, supported by defined KPIs, effective risk management definition, and documented monitoring plans.
Establish, govern, and support maintenance of standardized payroll policies and processes. Ensure operational excellence within internal controls followed by operations team in HRS per Central Directives, ensuring consistent application and sustained compliance.
Partner with Payroll Operations, HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors to drive adoption and execution of changes.
Translate regulatory and legislative changes into actionable implementation plans, ensuring timely and scalable adoption across payroll operations.
Act as a design and governance expert within SAP Payroll, influencing configuration, controls (in alignment with risk management), enhancements, and system integrations.
Manage and support payroll audits and compliance assessments, including development and execution of remediation plans with clearly defined owners, milestones, and timelines.
Provide payroll expertise within M&A activity, including due diligence, integration planning, execution, and post‑merger stabilization.
Hold self and partners accountable for results, including progress tracking, risk escalation, and delivery against commitments.