Global Dayforce Payroll Implementation Lead

Insight Global; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an experienced payroll leader for a 12- to 15-month contract to guide a global transformation, consolidating vendor landscape and migrating US, Canada, and Australia payroll onto Dayforce. You will oversee planning, execution, testing, and go-live, coordinating with vendors, consultants, and internal teams.

The role requires deep multinational payroll expertise, a track record of payroll system implementations, and a meticulous approach to compliance, data integrity,

Qualifications

• Degree in business related discipline.
• 12+ years of payroll experience including at least 6+ in a managerial capacity at a fast-paced, high growth, multinational company.
• Experience in leading U.S., Canada, Australia payroll.
• Proven experience leading payroll transformation or system implementation projects.
• Extensive stock payroll (RSU’s, options, ESPP) related experience
• Excellent project management, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Focus on continuous improvement and standardization of payroll operations and systems
• Must be self-motivated, flexible and able to work under pressure

Responsibilities

• Lead participation in the global payroll transformation project, transitioning payrolls from multiple vendors to a unified global provider.
• Assist with UAT / Parallel testing for US and Canada
• Lead the Australia system implementation, including planning, requirements gathering, testing, data validation, cutover and go-live
• Partner with Technical and IT teams to support the build and implementation of approximately 15 Global integrations from third-party systems into the global payroll platform.
• Critically review new global processes, to ensure local requirements are flagged and appropriately considered.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Benefits, Technical and IT teams, and external vendors to ensure data accuracy.
• Assist with the migration and validation of data from legacy payroll systems into the new global payroll platform or data storage application
• Develop and document payroll processes, policies, and controls to ensure compliance with local regulations and company standards.
• Enable adoption of new technology, systems and processes through change management, training and stakeholder engagement.
• Prepare and present regular project updates and payroll reports to senior leadership.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of payroll data and ensure robust data security practice

Skills

Payroll leadership

Multinational payroll

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Global payroll systems

UAT testing

Data accuracy

Change management

Compliance knowledge

RSU/ ESPP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Job description

Insight Global is seeking an experienced payroll leader for a 12- to 15-month contract to guide a global transformation, consolidating vendor landscape and migrating US, Canada, and Australia payroll onto Dayforce. You will oversee planning, execution, testing, and go-live, coordinating with vendors, consultants, and internal teams.

The role requires deep multinational payroll expertise, a track record of payroll system implementations, and a meticulous approach to compliance, data integrity,