Global Head of Payroll

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd. is seeking a Senior Payroll Leader to head the global payroll function across UK, US and international markets.

You will blend strategic leadership with hands-on governance to deliver accurate, compliant payroll for salaried and hourly employees, while shaping the systems and processes that underpin global growth. Reporting to senior Finance and HR stakeholders, you will lead a multinational payroll team, drive automation with Workday and other platforms, ensure tax

Qualifications

• Experience leading payroll operations across multiple countries is essential.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, taxation and governance in complex international environments.
• Experience processing salaried and hourly employee populations is required.
• Familiarity with Workday and global payroll systems and payroll transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations across UK, US and international locations, ensuring timely delivery.
• Manage, coach, and develop a global payroll team with scalable processes and governance.
• Oversee relationships with payroll providers, EOR partners and external vendors to ensure service excellence.
• Partner with HR, Finance and Legal to ensure accurate processing of payroll changes, benefits, equity events and lifecycle events.
• Drive payroll tech optimisation, reporting, automation and continuous improvement initiatives across platforms.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Multinational payroll

Workday experience

Governance & controls

Tools

Workday

Job description

This is an opportunity to lead the global payroll function for a rapidly scaling, technology-driven organisation operating across multiple international markets. Supporting a diverse workforce of salaried and hourly paid employees, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring payroll excellence whilst helping shape the infrastructure, systems and processes that underpin continued global growth.

Leading an established payroll team, you'll combine strategic leadership with operational expertise, driving compliance, automation and continuous improvement across a complex international payroll landscape. This role offers the opportunity to partner with senior leaders across Finance, People and Legal functions whilst influencing payroll technology, governance and transformation initiatives on a global scale.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading end-to-end payroll operations across the UK, US and wider international locations, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery.
• Managing, coaching and developing a global payroll team, creating scalable processes, controls and governance frameworks.
• Overseeing relationships with payroll providers, EOR partners and external vendors, ensuring service excellence and compliance.
• Partnering with HR, Finance and Legal teams to ensure accurate processing of payroll changes, benefits, equity transactions and employee lifecycle events.
• Driving payroll technology optimisation, reporting, automation and continuous improvement initiatives, including Workday and global payroll platforms.

To be considered, you'll have:

• Proven experience leading multinational payroll operations across the UK and US.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, payroll taxation, controls and governance within complex international environments.
• Experience processing both salaried and hourly paid employee populations.
• Strong exposure to Workday and global payroll systems, with experience supporting payroll transformation or implementation projects.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing high-performing payroll teams across multiple regions.

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.