North America Enterprise Payroll Programs Leader

DENSO; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 141,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

401K with company match

Vacation and paid holidays

Bonus program

FSA/HSA and dependent care

Job summary

DENSO is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise payroll system programs across North America. You will partner with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to deliver strategic initiatives from planning to deployment and stabilization.

You will establish governance, roadmaps, and timelines, manage risks, and guide multi-team projects to successful production deployments, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience, including 5+ years leading complex payroll system implementation or enterprise payroll transformation programs.
• Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now Payroll and ADP Workforce Manager Time & Attendance or comparable platforms.
• Knowledge of payroll processing, operations, compliance, and enterprise payroll systems.
• Experience managing payroll testing, parallel testing, validation, UAT, and deployment.
• Experience navigating multi-legal entity payroll environments while ensuring accuracy and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise payroll system programs from planning through implementation, deployment, and post-production stabilization.
• Build partnerships with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, Benefits, leaders and vendors.
• Establish governance, roadmaps, resources, communication plans, and timelines for multiple initiatives.
• Direct cross-functional implementation activities including config, data conversion, testing, deployment, and readiness.
• Assess readiness, mitigate risks, resolve issues, and guide project teams to timely deployments.
• Lead governance meetings, communicate status, and align stakeholders throughout the lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, policies, controls, and governance standards.
• Provide leadership for Payroll Systems resources and promote standardized processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in payroll processes, automation, reporting, and operational effectiveness.
• Manage budgets, vendor engagements, and professional services for payroll transformations.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Regulatory/compliance

Stakeholder management

Communication

ADP platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, CS, IS, Business Admin

10+ years payroll/enterprise implementation

5+ years leading complex payroll programs

Tools

ADP Workforce Now Payroll

ADP Workforce Manager Time & Attendance

Job description

DENSO is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise payroll system programs across North America. You will partner with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to deliver strategic initiatives from planning to deployment and stabilization.

You will establish governance, roadmaps, and timelines, manage risks, and guide multi-team projects to successful production deployments, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal controls.