Director, People – Payroll
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Director, People (Payroll) at WelbeHealth leading payroll operations for a growing multi-state organization. Fostering relationships and ensuring compliance in complex payroll environments.
Responsibilities:
- Lead all payroll operations for a multi-entity, multi-state organization, ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll, taxes, deductions, garnishments, off-cycle payments, and related activities
- Develop and execute payroll strategy, policies, controls, and scalable operational processes to support organizational growth and evolving business complexity
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, and reporting requirements, including complex multi-state compliance obligations
- Serve as the organizational subject matter expert for payroll operations, compliance, audits, and payroll systems
- Lead payroll-related systems initiatives, including implementation support, process redesign, integrations, testing, vendor management, and operational optimization
- Partner cross-functionally with HR technology, Finance, Accounting, Benefits, Legal, and external service providers to ensure alignment of payroll operations and enterprise processes
- Oversee payroll audits, reconciliations, quarter-end and year-end processes, including W-2 review and approval; Establish and maintain payroll controls, reporting, documentation, and governance practices to minimize organizational risk and ensure audit readiness
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field required; CPP Certification is strongly preferred
- Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive payroll experience, including leadership responsibility within complex, multi-state organizations
- Minimum of three (3) years leading payroll teams in a manager, senior manager, or director level capacity
- Demonstrated experience leading or playing a significant leadership role in a Workday implementation and must have strong knowledge of Workday HCM and related modules such as payroll, benefits, time tracking, absence, recruiting, talent and performance, learning, and engagement tools
- Experience in the healthcare industry is strongly preferred, with appreciation for compliance, workforce complexity, and operational realities in a regulated care environment
- Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations and wage and hour compliance requirements, including California labor laws; Experience supporting payroll operations within a high-growth, multi-entity environment
- Experience leading payroll process transformation, systems implementations, integrations, or operational modernization initiatives; Strong experience with payroll systems configuration, testing, process mapping, and vendor management
Benefits:
- Medical insurance coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Work/life balance - We mean it! 17 days of personal time off (PTO), 12 holidays observed annually, and 6 sick days
- 401K savings + match
- Comprehensive compensation package including base pay and bonus
- And additional benefits!
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