TheMission:

Leadsstrategy and execution of L&W’s global payroll operations to ensure accurate, compliant, and scalable delivery across all regions. This role is critical in enabling business continuity, mitigating regulatory risk and establishing strong governance and operational consistency while driving continuous improvement over time.

Location Requirement:
This position is based in Las Vegas, NV. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates who are not currently located in the area.

Job Summary:

TheSenior Director, GlobalPayrollis responsible for end to end delivery of global payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency across all regions. Oversees a global payroll organization, including systems, processes, and vendor partnerships, to deliver scalable, efficient, and consistent operations across a complex, multi country environment. Drives continuous improvement through system optimization, standardization, and integration with a focus on strengthening governance and operational consistency. Partners cross functionally with People Capabilities, Finance, Legal, and Tax to manage risk, support business changes, and deliver a seamless creator and sci-player experience.

Outcomes: 

• Consistently deliversaccurate,timely, and compliant payroll across all regions, with strong audit outcomes and effective mitigation of regulatory and financial risk aligned to regulatory requirements.

• Stabilizes,establishes, and sustains a globally consistent payroll framework, including policies, controls, and processes that support business growth, organizational complexity, and geographic expansion.

• Leadspayroll transformation initiatives (e.g., system optimization, automation, vendor rationalization), with a focus on standardization and sustainable improvements in efficiency, cycle times, and creator/sci-player experience.

• Ensures stable, controlled, and resilient payroll operations that effectively support organizational changes, including acquisitions, restructures, and workforce events (e.g., RIFs), with minimal disruption to creators/sci-playersand the business.

• Buildsstrong, trusted partnerships with People Capabilities, Finance, Legal, and Tax to proactively address business needs, drive alignment, and enable informed decisionmaking.

• Develops a highperforming global payroll team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning while building future ready capabilities across the function.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Direct global payroll operations, ensuringaccurateand timelyprocessing across all regions.

• Define and implement payroll policies, controls, and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations.

• Manage payroll systems, data integrity, and external partners to support operational effectiveness and scalability.

• Identifyand execute process improvements to enhance efficiency, standardization, and service delivery.

• Lead, develop, and evaluate a global payroll team to ensurestrong performanceand capability development.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support business initiatives, workforce changes, and risk management.

• Provide oversight and support for payroll readiness during organizational changes, including acquisitions and restructures.

• Ensure alignment of payroll operations, practices, and team behaviors with Light & Wonder’s vision, mission, and values.

• Any other duties assigned.

• Education:Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, ora relatedfield, or equivalent experience.

• Experience: 12+ years of progressive payroll experience, including managing global payroll operations across multiple countries and regions.5+ years of leadership experience overseeing global payroll teams, including experience leading distributed or multi region teams.

• Experience across both in-house and outsourced payroll modelsandexperience leading payroll system implementations or enhancements (e.g., ADP, Workday, or similar platforms) preferred

Knowledge,Skillsand Abilities: 

• Ability to lead andoperateeffectively in a complex, global environment, balancing strategic priorities with operational execution.

• Strong knowledge of global payroll processes and the ability to apply sound judgment in navigating complex compliance and regulatory requirements.

• Ability toestablishstructure, drive consistency, and maintaincontrol in a dynamic and evolving business environment.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex issues,identifyroot causes, and implement practical, sustainable solutions.

• Strong communicationand influencing skills, with the ability to effectively engage and align diverse stakeholders across functions and levels.

• Ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams,fosteringaccountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability toanticipaterisks and proactively develop mitigation strategies to ensure continuity and operational stability.

Physical Requirements:   

• This position requires up to 15% travel.

Work Conditions:  

• The Light & Wonder requires a minimum of four days per week in the office.

• The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations. 

The targeted pay range for this role is $170,000-$180,000. The total compensation package for this position may also include applicable incentive compensation, such as an annual performance bonus. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that may include, but are not limited to skill set, depth of experience, specific work geography, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

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