Global Payroll Transformation Lead

Rehlko; United States; Remote; USD 113,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Work-life flexibility

Recognition and rewards

Development and career opportunities

A safe and inclusive workplace

Job summary

Rehlko in the United States is seeking a Global Payroll Project Manager to lead payroll transformations across multiple countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and stakeholder alignment.

The role requires 5–10+ years in payroll and 3–7+ years leading multi-country implementations, with hands-on experience in Workday, SAP, or ADP. You will partner with HR, Finance, IT, Tax, and local teams to drive successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5-10+ years of payroll experience
• 3-7+ years leading payroll implementation or transformation projects
• Experience managing multi-country or global payroll programs
• Experience working with payroll vendors and managed service providers
• Exposure to mergers, acquisitions, payroll consolidations, or global payroll transformations
• Payroll systems knowledge: Workday, SAP, ADP is required
• Risk management and problem-solving.
• Process improvement and payroll governance.
• Data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead global payroll implementations and transformations.
• Presenting and communicating to C Suite
• Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Coordinate payroll vendors, HR, Finance, IT, Legal, Tax, and local country teams.
• Manage payroll system migrations, integrations, and process standardization.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, tax regulations, and data privacy requirements.
• Drive testing, parallel payroll runs, and deployment activities.
• Monitor project progress and provide updates to executive stakeholders.
• Support change management, training, and transition to operational teams.

Skills

Global payroll leadership

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Workday

SAP

ADP

Job description

Rehlko in the United States is seeking a Global Payroll Project Manager to lead payroll transformations across multiple countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and stakeholder alignment.

The role requires 5–10+ years in payroll and 3–7+ years leading multi-country implementations, with hands-on experience in Workday, SAP, or ADP. You will partner with HR, Finance, IT, Tax, and local teams to drive successful outcomes.