Global Payroll & HRIS Leader — Remote & Strategic Ops

Pacvue; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Paid holidays

Health, dental, vision insurance

401k with employer match

Volunteer time off

Parental leave

Wellhub & Peloton membership

Carrot fertility platform

Job summary

Pacvue seeks a Director, Global Payroll to lead our US payroll operations and HRIS with a focus on scalable processes and compliance. You will work with Finance, HR, and Treasury to ensure accurate bi-weekly and off-cycle payrolls, incentive payrolls, and tax filings.

You will build partnerships across Benefits, Compensation, and cross-border payrolls while leveraging AI and advanced Excel skills to analyze large datasets and produce executive dashboards.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience with senior leadership responsibility.
• Proven ability to lead a major function or department.
• Strategic planning and long-range execution experience.
• Strong financial and operational management capabilities.
• Experience developing leaders and succession planning.
• Executive-level presentation and influence skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and process US payroll operations, including bi-weekly payroll, off-cycle runs, and incentive payrolls.
• Maintain deep expertise in US payroll tax regulations to keep the company current and compliant across all applicable tax jurisdictions.
• Partner with Benefits to process life event changes impacting employee contributions and benefit eligibility.
• Process off-cycle payouts, including severance, spot bonuses, and COBRA reimbursements.
• Oversee payroll for exempt and non-exempt employees, validating hours worked and time card approvals.
• Prepare and validate W-2s, and manage annual and quarterly tax filings with ADP.
• Respond to unemployment insurance claims, wage validation requests, and wage garnishments.
• Leverage advanced Excel skills to manage large payroll datasets.
• Build scalable payroll processes and drive accountability with Finance, HR, and Treasury.
• Maintain compliance with local payroll practices across EU markets (UK, Germany, Italy, France) under a PEO model, plus Moldova, Serbia, and China.
• Lead all HRIS data integrity, process flows and data reporting, leveraging AI for scaling HR processes and executive dashboards.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Financial management

Operational management

People development

Executive communication

Job description

Pacvue seeks a Director, Global Payroll to lead our US payroll operations and HRIS with a focus on scalable processes and compliance. You will work with Finance, HR, and Treasury to ensure accurate bi-weekly and off-cycle payrolls, incentive payrolls, and tax filings.

You will build partnerships across Benefits, Compensation, and cross-border payrolls while leveraging AI and advanced Excel skills to analyze large datasets and produce executive dashboards.