Sr. Director, Global Payroll Services at PTC Therapeutics, Inc. in SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey

Job Description:

Job Description Summary:

The Sr. Director of Global Payroll Services is responsible for overseeing the global payroll function. The incumbent works collaboratively with stakeholders to provide strategic direction for all payroll processes and time reporting across the company in a manner that meets employee and organizational needs, ensures compliance with regulatory and institutional requirements, promotes efficiency, accuracy, and transparency while maximizing technology.

The incumbent will strategize and plan for the expected growth in the organization, both domestically and internationally, and be accountable for streamlining and scaling payroll systems and processes while establishing and managing strong internal controls. The incumbent will be an entrusted business partner with People Services, Human Resources, Accounting, Legal, Finance and Tax while ensuring regulatory compliance in the daily execution of the team responsibilities.

Reporting to the VP of People Services, the incumbent will manage a team of payroll specialists globally.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Coach, mentor and provide leadership development to team members to optimize performance and foster a deep bench of experienced talent.


• Maximize the effectiveness of technologies and supporting processes to drive continuous improvement and change initiatives.  


• Provide oversight to the team’s activities and processes, ensuring that pertinent internal and external audits are met.


• Establish standardized audit procedures and accountability with the team for efficient and accurate operations.  


• Standardize, automate, and drive consistent practices and processes across the payroll function.


• Perform daily payroll operations incorporating accuracy, timeliness, customer service and compliance.


• Manage partnerships with third party vendors and service providers ensuring adherence to service levels, internal policies and procedures, and external regulations, while focusing on achieving cost effectiveness and strong customer service.


• Ensure a high level of customer service is provided on a broad range of employee services related issues (time and attendance, overtime, taxation, imputed income, restricted stock options, restricted stock units, employee stock purchase plan, relocation taxing issues, employee elective deductions, project allocations, and payroll-related accruals).


• Uphold a strong internal controls environment, as required by Sarbanes Oxley, by designing and maintaining effective controls and procedures, ensuring compliance, monitoring audit findings, and implementing corrective actions, as necessary.


• Maintain an awareness of new or changed laws and regulations to ensure continued compliance, and work with third party providers to document updates to regulatory requirements each year.


• Partner with People Systems, Total Rewards and Benefit/Stock Administration to ensure system integrations are accurate and necessary changes are identified in advance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, (preferably in the Business) and 10 years of payroll experience including managing a team.


• Minimum 10 years hands-on experience with any ADP platform.


• Demonstrated ability to drive change, ensure data integrity, process improvement and high-quality service leveraging information and technology.


• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills reflective of an understanding of the business implications of decisions.


• Experience managing vendors and holding them accountable.


• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with external and internal stakeholders at all levels.


• Strong customer service and quality orientation for our internal partners and company’s    employees.


• Experience in an environment coordinating and controlling activity across several locations, and employee levels.


• Demonstrated strong project management experience including ability to independently prioritize and track complex, competing schedules; proactively anticipate and complete task.


• Independent problem-solver and decision-maker; working without significant guidance.


• Able to identify root causes of issues and develop and implement solutions to resolve issues appropriately.


• Strong computer skills across the MS Office suite.


• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as required, in a fast-paced, matrixed, team environment consisting of internal and external team members.


• Employee Stock Purchase Plan experience preferred.


• ADP Workforce Now experience preferred.


• Workday HRIS experience/knowledge preferred.


• No travel requirements.


• Position can be remote or office based.  

EEO Statement:

PTC Therapeutics is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, veteran status or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

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