North America Payroll Leader — Multi-Site & Compliance

IPL Schoeller; Lee's Summit (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IPL Schoeller in the United States is seeking a Payroll Manager - North America to lead payroll operations across multiple sites and jurisdictions. You will drive accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement, partnering with HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to optimize data and service delivery.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of progressive payroll leadership, experience with ADP/Workday/SAP/Oracle, and CPP/FPC/CIPP/IPASS or equivalent certifications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive payroll leadership experience.
• Experience managing multi-site and/or international payroll operations.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax, and compliance requirements.
• Proven success leading payroll system implementations, upgrades, or integrations.
• Experience with ADP, Workday, SAP, or Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll processing across multiple sites and jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with payroll, tax, and statutory requirements.
• Oversee audits, reporting, and year-end payroll activities.
• Drive payroll system upgrades, integrations, and automation initiatives.
• Partner with HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors to improve payroll operations and data accuracy.
• Establish and monitor payroll KPIs and service levels.
• Analyze payroll data, identify trends, and recommend process improvements.
• Lead, coach, and develop a geographically dispersed payroll team.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Multi-site payroll

Payroll compliance

Payroll system upgrades

ADP

Workday

SAP

Oracle

Advanced Excel

Analytics & reporting

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

CPP/FP C/ CIP P/IPASS certification (preferred)

Tools

ADP

Workday

SAP

Oracle

Job description

IPL Schoeller in the United States is seeking a Payroll Manager - North America to lead payroll operations across multiple sites and jurisdictions. You will drive accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement, partnering with HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to optimize data and service delivery.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of progressive payroll leadership, experience with ADP/Workday/SAP/Oracle, and CPP/FPC/CIPP/IPASS or equivalent certifications.