Sr. Dir, Global Payroll

Lam Research Salzburg GmbH; Tualatin (OR); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Remote-friendly options

Job summary

Lam Research is seeking an experienced global payroll leader to design and deploy a worldwide payroll and time-keeping model. You will lead vendor selection, data governance, and phased migrations while owning ongoing operations, compliance, and audit readiness across all countries.

The role reports to the Corporate Controller and sits in the Finance/Controllership organization. A strong background in SAP/Workday and SOX would be essential for success in this high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Fifteen+ years payroll leadership experience in a multinational setting.
• Experience with multi-country payroll ownership and global rollout.
• Strong knowledge of payroll accounting and ERP integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and deploy of a global payroll and time model.
• Oversee rollout of global time, attendance, and payroll platform.
• Consolidate provider relationships and migrate 20 countries in waves.
• Own ongoing payroll delivery, controls, and vendor performance.
• Maintain SOX controls and audit readiness across payroll.

Skills

Global payroll leadership

Multi-country payroll ownership

SOX controls & audit readiness

Vendor management & negotiations

SAP SuccessFactors & Workday

Payroll jounral & GL reconciliation

Data privacy & compliance

Statutory payroll knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

CPP/CPA/MBA preferred

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Workday

SAP ECC to S/4HANA transition

Job description

In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.

At Lam Research, we create equipmentthat drives technological advancements in the semiconductor industry. Our innovative solutions enable chipmakers to power progress in nearly all aspects of modern life, and it takes each member of our team to make it possible.

Across our organization, our employees come to work and change the world. We take on the toughest challenges with precision and accuracy. We push for the next big semiconductor breakthrough. We lead the way in one of the most critical and fast-moving industries on the planet. And we do it together, with deep connections and limitless collaboration.

The impact we have on the world is made possible by focusing on our people. So we recognize and celebrate our teams’ achievements. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone’s contribution and voice has value. We evaluate and evolve our offerings, so our people receive the support and empowerment to do meaningful things for their lives, careers, and communities.

Because at Lam, we believe that when people are the priority and they’re inspired to unleash the power of innovation for a better world together, anything is possible.

Date: Sep 29, 2026

Location: Tualatin, OR, US, 97062

Worker Category: On-site Flex

The group you’ll be a part of

The Global Finance Group drives financial strategies based on expert understanding of Lam'sbreakthrough technologies, the semiconductor market, and the global business environment.They manage our company's financials and relationships with our investor community to ensurewe have the strong financial foundation to fuel innovation and growth.

The impact you’ll make

Lam Research is looking for an experienced candidate to lead the implementation and operation of a global payroll, time recording and processing structure. This is a newly created role with two distinct phases of work. First, is the design and rollout of a global payroll and time operating model including but not limited to: selecting and implementing a global time and attendance platform and a global payroll aggregator, consolidating the multiple existing provider relationships, building the retained organization, and migrating twenty countries in waves. Second, the incumbent runs that operation on an ongoing basis, owning payroll delivery, statutory compliance, controls and vendor performance for all worldwide employees

The role reports to the Vice President, Corporate Controller within the Chief Accounting Officer organization rolling up within the Finance and Controllership organization. Payroll is among the largest expense lines the company manages; it posts directly to the general ledger, and it carries SOX controls, statutory filings and audit exposure that belong to Controllership.

What you’ll do

Phase One — Design, Build and Deploy

The initial phase of the role is solution confirmation and development of a detailed business case and implementation plan including the following:

• Translate the approved model into a detailed design covering process, platform, vendor network, organization and controls.
• Development of global payroll policies and governance
• Lead vendor selection and contracting for the global time and attendance platform, the global payroll aggregator, and the in-country processors including evaluation, negotiation, and service levels,
• Own the platform, integration and data. data standardization and cleansing\
• Sequence and execute migration in a phased approach
• Design and recruit the retained organization.

What you'll do, cont'd

Phase Two — Ongoing Operation and Management

• Ensure accurate, on-time payroll in every country, every cycle.
• Own the pre- and post-payroll control framework, variance review and approval, off-cycle and exception processing, and reconciliation of payroll journals to the general ledger
• Maintain segregation of duties across Lam and the vendor network,
• Statutory filing, remittance and year-end processing worldwide, with the supporting audit evidence.
• Own payroll data privacy across all applicable jurisdictions
• Own the SOX control set for payroll and act as primary interface to internal and external audit.
• Vendor and commercial management. Manage the aggregator relationship and the in-country processor network against agreed service levels.
• Run quarterly business reviews, apply service credits where earned, benchmark pricing, and maintain vendor risk and continuity arrangements.
• Hold the aggregator accountable for statutory change in the aggregated countries and engage processors directly in the large countries and China.
• Lead, develop and retain the global payroll and time organization.
• Maintain the employee experience, and drive improvement in cost per payslip, error rates and cycle time.

Who we’re looking for

• Experience in a high-growth, fast-paced, multinational, publicly traded company, with the pace, scale and external reporting discipline that environment requires.
• Fifteen or more years of progressive payroll leadership, including multi-country or global payroll ownership, with at least five years at director level or above.
• Demonstrated experience selecting and implementing a global payroll structure
• Demonstrated experience implementing an enterprise time and attendance platform covering both clock-based populations and project or customer time capture.
• Working command of statutory payroll and employment requirements in Asia, Europe and the United States, including data-privacy regimes such as China PIPL and GDPR.
• Payroll accounting fluency: gross-to-net mechanics, payroll journal construction, general ledger reconciliation and accrual treatment. Experience posting payroll to SAP is expected.
• Demonstrated ownership of SOX controls over payroll and direct experience with internal and external audit.
• Substantial vendor management experience: competitive tendering, commercial negotiation, service-level design and holding providers to account on performance.
• Evidence of building and leading distributed teams across time zones.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field.

Preferred qualifications

• Semiconductor industry experience, or comparable high-technology or advanced manufacturing experience, with the mix of manufacturing, logistics and field-service populations that implies.
• Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors and Workday, and with an SAP ECC to S/4HANA transition.
• Equity and stock administration inputs to payroll, including ESPP and RSU treatment across multiple tax jurisdictions.
• CPP, CPA, MBA or an equivalent professional qualification.

Capabilities and Attributes

• Influence and collaboration. Many of the key stakeholders for this role sit outside its direct reporting line, spanning Human Resources, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Information Technology and Regional Finance. Success depends on building durable working relationships across those functions and reaching shared decisions rather than relying on positional authority.
• Judgment on standardization. The model permits exceptions only for statute or scale. The incumbent must apply that principle consistently while recognizing genuine statutory constraints where they exist.
• Operating discipline under a fixed deadline. The role must run a multi-year build program without ever compromising a live pay cycle.
• Executive communication. The role reports into an organization that briefs the CFO, the Chief Accounting Officer and the Chief Human Resources Officer, and must present clearly and concisely to that audience.

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

Our Perks and Benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

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