Director of Payroll

Lex Consultancy Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Lex Consultancy Recruitment is seeking an Associate Director – Global Payroll in Dublin to lead a multinational payroll team.

The role focuses on delivering international payroll services, client management, and strategic initiatives across jurisdictions, with a hybrid work setup (3 days in office, 2 days from home).

Qualifications

• IPASS or equivalent payroll qualification.
• Extensive international/global payroll experience.
• Experience leading payroll teams and managing client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee domestic and international payroll for multinational clients.
• Coordinate payroll processing with international teams and external partners.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex payroll queries and issues.
• Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Lead new client implementations and transitions from existing payroll providers.
• Manage payroll projects, including audits, automation and process improvement initiatives.
• Monitor KPIs, SLAs and overall service delivery.
• Lead, mentor and develop payroll professionals, including recruitment and training.
• Oversee payment validation, billing and client onboarding processes.
• Contribute to RFPs, tenders and client proposals.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, technology and service quality.
• Keep up to date with international payroll legislation, industry trends and technology.

Skills

Global payroll

Leadership

Client relationship management

Multi-jurisdiction payroll

Excel

Education

IPASS or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Associate Director – Global Payroll Location: Dublin 2 | Hybrid: 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home

Package: Excellent salary and benefits package

We are currently recruiting for an Associate Director – Global Payroll to join a growing international payroll team. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced payroll professional with strong global payroll, client management and team leadership experience.

The successful candidate will oversee the delivery of payroll services to multinational clients, working closely with international payroll teams and stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee domestic and international payroll delivery for multinational clients.
• Coordinate payroll processing with international payroll teams and external partners.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex payroll queries and issues.
• Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Lead new client implementations and transitions from existing payroll providers.
• Manage payroll projects, including audits, automation and process improvement initiatives.
• Monitor KPIs, SLAs and overall service delivery.
• Lead, mentor and develop payroll professionals, including supporting recruitment and training.
• Manage team resources and workloads to ensure effective client delivery.
• Oversee payment validation, billing and client onboarding processes.
• Contribute to RFPs, tenders and client proposals.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, technology and service quality.
• Keep up to date with international payroll legislation, industry trends and technology.

About You You will ideally have:

• A recognised payroll qualification such as IPASS or equivalent.
• Significant payroll experience, ideally within an international or global environment.
• Proven experience leading and managing payroll teams.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing complex payroll across multiple jurisdictions.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• A high level of professionalism, confidentiality and accountability.
• International and/or high-volume payroll experience.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing.
• Experience with payroll automation or process improvement.
• Experience managing payroll implementations and transitions.
• Experience working with multinational clients.
• Global Payroll Delivery experience.
• Payzaar or other global payroll platform experience.