Director of Payroll (Hyderabad)

Zeta Global; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Zeta Global is seeking a Director of Payroll - Global Shared Services to provide strategic leadership for multi-country payroll delivery within a centralized, SOX-regulated setting. You will partner with Finance, HR, Internal Audit, and Technology to drive compliant, scalable payroll operations and ensure audit readiness across regions.

This role requires deep expertise in ADP, CloudPay, and Workday, ownership of accruals and close processes, and the ability to lead diverse payroll teams

Qualifications

• Extensive global payroll leadership across multiple regions.
• Strong governance and internal control knowledge (SOX).
• Ability to partner with Finance, HR, Internal Audit, and Technology.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight for end-to-end global payroll operations in a shared services model.
• Lead and develop global payroll teams across regions and countries.
• Serve as escalation point for complex payroll issues, controls, and risk events.
• Drive alignment between in-country payroll execution and global standards.
• Own payroll accruals, close processes, and audit readiness.

Skills

Global payroll leadership

SOX compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ADP

Workday

CloudPay

Job description

Director of Payroll - Global

Role Summary

The Director of Payroll Global Shared Services provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for multi-country payroll delivery within a centralized, global shared services model. This role is responsible for driving consistent, compliant, and scalable payroll operations across regions, while ensuring robust governance, internal controls, and financial rigor in a public company / SOX-regulated environment. The role serves as a key partner to Finance, HR, Internal Audit, and Technology and acts as a global payroll subject-matter expert, with deep experience leveraging ADP, CloudPay, and Workday, and owning payroll accruals, controls, and audit readiness at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Global Payroll Oversight & Shared Services Leadership

• Provide strategic oversight for end-to-end global payroll operations delivered through a shared services model.
• Lead and develop global payroll teams supporting multiple regions and countries.
• Serve as the primary global escalation point for complex payroll issues, controls, and risk events.
• Drive alignment between in-country payroll execution and global payroll standards.

Governance, Risk & SOX Controls

• Own and maintain global payroll governance frameworks, including SOPs, segregation of duties, and approval workflows.
• Ensure payroll processes comply with SOX and internal control requirements.
• Partner with Internal Audit and External Audit to support walkthroughs, testing, and remediation.
• Identify and mitigate payroll-related risks across regions, vendors, and systems.

Financial Management, Accruals & Close

• Own global payroll accrual processes including wages, bonuses, commissions, leave, severance, and statutory costs.
• Partner with Finance on month-end and year-end close, GL postings, and reconciliations.
• Ensure payroll data is audit-ready and supports public company reporting standards.

Payroll Systems & Technology Enablement

• Provide leadership .