Regional Payroll Specialist - Americas

Oxford University Press • Cary, NC

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About The Position

We're looking for an experienced Regional Payroll Specialist - Americas to join our global People Services team. In this role, you'll take ownership of payroll delivery for our US and Canadian employees while supporting payroll operations across the wider Americas region, which spans 10 countries and more than 800 employees. You will be responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery by overseeing the end-to-end process.

Working closely with the Payroll Manager, UK & Americas, you'll play a key role in maintaining payroll compliance, driving process improvements, supporting business continuity, and helping shape a successful and compliant payroll service.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate strong ownership of assigned tasks for accurate, timely delivery of multi-state US payrolls.
• Experience working with payroll systems and third-party suppliers.
• Solid understanding of legislation relating to US payroll processing and detailed knowledge of regular and annual payroll processes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage priorities and deliver accurate results in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand processes and deliver continual review and improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Higher-level user of Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions such as Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis, reporting, and reconciliation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience of non-US payroll delivery.
• Knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors and UKG.
• Knowledge of legislation relating to LATAM and Canadian payroll processing.
• Spanish language skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end outsourced payroll delivery for the US and Canada.
• Prepare, validate, and submit data for twice-monthly payroll cycles.
• Ensure accurate processing of benefits, deductions, leave arrangements, and employee lifecycle events.
• Manage payroll compliance, reporting, year-end activities, audits, and regulatory obligations.
• Act as a key escalation point for payroll queries and complex payroll matters.
• Build strong relationships with payroll vendors and service providers.
• Support payroll processes across the wider Americas region.
• Identify opportunities to improve, standardise, and document payroll practices.
• Lead and contribute to payroll projects, change initiatives, and continuous improvement activities.

What This Job Offers

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