Director, Global Payroll

Neurocrine Continental; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurocrine Biosciences is seeking a senior payroll leader to provide strategic oversight for the company's U.S. and international payroll operations.

You will develop and direct the global payroll strategy, manage the payroll organization, and partner with HR, Finance, Tax, and Legal to support growth and regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes governance, cross-functional leadership, and driving automation and data quality across payroll systems, with responsibility for complex pay

Qualifications

• 16+ years of relevant training, education and experience consisting of progressive payroll experience, including progressively responsible payroll leadership roles

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes the multi-year global payroll strategy and operating model for U.S. and international employee populations, aligned with business growth and employee needs
• Leads, develops, and retains the payroll organization; sets organizational priorities and performance expectations; builds leadership and technical capability; establishes clear accountability, service standards, succession plans, and a culture of operational excellence
• Provides strategic oversight and escalation leadership for accurate and timely payroll delivery, including regular and off-cycle payrolls, bonuses, equity compensation, mobility-related items, garnishments, and other complex pay arrangements
• Establishes and directs the governance framework for international payroll operations and third-party providers, including country-specific compliance, statutory reporting, tax withholding, social contributions, data privacy, and local filing requirements
• Partners and provides cross-functional leadership across Human Resources, Total Rewards, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Stock Administration, and Information Technology, leveraging payroll expertise to influence enterprise policies, shape business decisions, and drive organizational change; leads payroll workstreams for transactions and other significant business initiatives; and advises senior leadership on payroll strategy, performance, risk, controls, and priorities
• Directs payroll compliance, tax governance, year-end reporting, regulatory filings, and audit support across applicable jurisdictions; assesses regulatory developments and establishes organizational responses and control changes as needed.
• Establishes and provides a strategic oversight of the payroll control environment, including SOX controls, reconciliations, segregation of duties, documentation, business continuity, and timely remediation of identified issues
• Directs payroll accounting, funding, reconciliations, management reporting, and payroll treatment of equity, executive compensation, and other complex programs
• Develops and directs the payroll technology strategy and roadmap; establishes governance for payroll-related systems and interfaces and drives automation, standardization, scalability, data quality, and effective access controls
• Establishes vendor strategy and governance and directs relationships, contracts, service-level expectations, performance, risk, and issue escalation across domestic and international providers
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job description

Who We Are:

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, psychiatric, endocrine and immunological disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For more than three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com , and follow the company on LinkedIn , X , Facebook and YouTube . ( *in collaboration with AbbVie )

At Neurocrine, strong leadership drives both business results and team success. We look for leaders who think strategically, anticipate what's ahead and set clear direction, while building and empowering high-performing teams. Successful leaders foster an environment where people are motivated to do their best work and deliver meaningful, measurable impact through sound decision-making and accountability.

About the Role:

Provides strategic leadership and governance for the Company's U.S. and international payroll operations. Develops and directs the global payroll strategy and operating model and is accountable for the performance and results of the payroll sub-function, including accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery; a scalable global operating model; leadership of the payroll team and third-party providers; and effective systems, controls, reporting, and service. Partners with Human Resources, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Stock Administration, and Information Technology to support employees, business growth, and evolving regulatory requirements.

Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to):

• Develops and executes the multi-year global payroll strategy and operating model for U.S. and international employee populations, aligned with business growth and employee needs
• Leads, develops, and retains the payroll organization; sets organizational priorities and performance expectations; builds leadership and technical capability; establishes clear accountability, service standards, succession plans, and a culture of operational excellence
• Provides strategic oversight and escalation leadership for accurate and timely payroll delivery, including regular and off-cycle payrolls, bonuses, equity compensation, mobility-related items, garnishments, and other complex pay arrangements
• Establishes and directs the governance framework for international payroll operations and third-party providers, including country-specific compliance, statutory reporting, tax withholding, social contributions, data privacy, and local filing requirements
• Partners and provides cross-functional leadership across Human Resources, Total Rewards, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Stock Administration, and Information Technology, leveraging payroll expertise to influence enterprise policies, shape business decisions, and drive organizational change; leads payroll workstreams for transactions and other significant business initiatives; and advises senior leadership on payroll strategy, performance, risk, controls, and priorities
• Directs payroll compliance, tax governance, year-end reporting, regulatory filings, and audit support across applicable jurisdictions; assesses regulatory developments and establishes organizational responses and control changes as needed.
• Establishes and provides a strategic oversight of the payroll control environment, including SOX controls, reconciliations, segregation of duties, documentation, business continuity, and timely remediation of identified issues
• Directs payroll accounting, funding, reconciliations, management reporting, and payroll treatment of equity, executive compensation, and other complex programs
• Develops and directs the payroll technology strategy and roadmap; establishes governance for payroll-related systems and interfaces and drives automation, standardization, scalability, data quality, and effective access controls
• Establishes vendor strategy and governance and directs relationships, contracts, service-level expectations, performance, risk, and issue escalation across domestic and international providers
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

16+ years of relevant training, education and experience consisting of progressive payroll experience, including progressively responsible payroll leadership roles