This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll leader who enjoys balancing operational excellence with systems optimization in a highly visible leadership role.
Key Responsibilities- Lead enterprise-wide payroll operations across a complex, multi-state healthcare organization.
- Provide strategic leadership to a payroll organization consisting of 2 Payroll Managers and approximately 40 indirect team members.
- Serve as the business leader for Oracle Payroll, partnering with HR, Finance, and IT to support ongoing system optimization.
- Lead post-go-live Oracle Payroll activities, including quarterly release testing, payroll validation, troubleshooting, and enhancement efforts.
- Drive payroll process improvements, operational efficiencies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across multiple payroll cycles.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, reporting, and system functionality.
- Support the transition of additional payroll functions back in-house as the organization continues to mature its Oracle environment.
Requirements- 10+ years of progressive payroll leadership experience within a large, complex organization.
- Hands-on Oracle Payroll experience, including Oracle Fusion Payroll or Oracle Payroll Cloud, is required.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Oracle Payroll after implementation, including:
- Quarterly release testing
- System enhancements
- Troubleshooting
- Payroll validation
- Post-go-live optimization
- Experience serving as the Payroll business lead or Payroll SME working alongside HRIS and IT teams.
- Multi-state payroll leadership experience in an enterprise environment.
- Experience leading payroll teams within a shared services or enterprise environment.
- Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, payroll accounting, and payroll operations.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Able to travel up to 20%.
Preferred Qualifications- Healthcare industry experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with Oracle implementation.
- Experience with Oracle HCM.
- Experience supporting payroll system optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience with payroll process automation and operational transformation.
Benefits- Partial relocation package
- Signing bonus negotiable
