Global Payroll Director - AI-Driven, Multi-Country

Alteryx Inc.; Washington; On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Connectivity stipend

Home office reimbursement

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Mental health support

Career development

Job summary

Alteryx is seeking a Director of Global Payroll to lead the worldwide payroll delivery team across 15+ countries, partnering with HR, Finance, Legal, and Technology to ensure compliant, employee-centric payroll operations.

The role focuses on AI-driven process improvements, automating Workday-ADP integrations, and driving payroll accuracy and efficiency at scale. A CPP is preferred; 10+ years in payroll with 5+ in leadership are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, HR, Finance, or related field.
• CPP designation preferred.
• 10+ years payroll experience with 5+ years in global leadership.
• Experience with global expansion, payroll setup, and M&A integrations.
• Strong knowledge of global tax, reporting, and payroll compliance.
• Deep experience with ADP Workforce Now, Celergo, and Workday HRIS.
• Proven success leading payroll transformation initiatives, including intelligent automation, finance outsourcing, and AI adoption.
• Strong leadership, hands-on approach, and customer service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing in 15+ countries, in accordance with global policies, procedures, and legislative compliance requirements (including tax and labor laws).
• Partner with HR and Transformation Office to enhance automation between Workday HRIS and ADP and other third party benefit providers to streamline processes and improve payroll accuracy.
• Lead the evaluation, adoption, and implementation of AI tools and advanced automation tools to streamline payroll processing, error detection, and reporting.
• Manage setup of payroll for newly established entities and support expansion into new regions, including integration of payroll systems through M&A activities.
• Foster a culture of innovation and excellence within the payroll team; identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and process re-engineering.
• Provide prompt, friendly, and efficient customer service to employees and ensure payroll issues are escalated and resolved, including AI-enabled root cause analysis and predictive solutions.
• Motivate and develop a high-functioning global payroll team, instilling best practices and promoting continuous learning.
• Report executive KPI’s to the CFO on key payroll metrics.
• Enhance and maintain robust internal controls, including adoption of AI-supported anomaly detection and compliance checks.
• Oversee department structure and workload to maximize efficiency.
• Monitor and implement changes in global payroll legislation, proactively updating systems and processes accordingly.
• Ensure timely and accurate filing of required payroll returns and issuance of W-2 and equivalent forms.

Skills

Global payroll leadership

ADP Workforce Now

Workday HRIS

Celergo

AI automation

M&A integrations

Regulatory compliance

People leadership

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, HR, Finance, or related field

CPP designation preferred

Tools

Workday HRIS

ADP Workforce Now

Celergo

Job description

Alteryx is seeking a Director of Global Payroll to lead the worldwide payroll delivery team across 15+ countries, partnering with HR, Finance, Legal, and Technology to ensure compliant, employee-centric payroll operations.

The role focuses on AI-driven process improvements, automating Workday-ADP integrations, and driving payroll accuracy and efficiency at scale. A CPP is preferred; 10+ years in payroll with 5+ in leadership are expected.