Payroll Director Position Available In Fulton, Georgia

Payroll Director
This job is available in 2 locations See all Category Finance Id 5364 JOB

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Atlanta | Boston
Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiringplex change, enablinganizations to grow, buildingpetitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed,anizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the clientanization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
What You’ll Do
Our mission is clear. We go deep to unlock insight and have the courage to act. We bring the right people together to challenge established thinking and drive transformation. We work with our clients to build the capabilities that enableanizations to achieve sustainable advantage. We are shaping the future. Together. We are looking for a highly experienced, detail-oriented and strategic Payroll leader to spearhead our North America payroll operations. As the Payroll Director, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the payroll function ensuring best-in-class operational excellence, regulatorypliance, and quality control. This includes payroll operations, tax reporting andpliance, auditing, system improvements, and management of the payroll team. The Payroll Director will also overseeplex multi-state jurisdiction wages / withholdings (for frequent business travelers), various reconciliations and audits, and the year-end payroll tax reporting process. This position is critical to ensure accurate, timely, and fullypliant payroll processing for our North America staff (US and Canada) at BCG.
As a key member of the Finance leadership team, you will report to the US Controller and manage a team of 15-2 payroll professionals across Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, and New York, serving 1,+ employees across the US and Canada. Your role is critical in ensuring timely, accurate, and fullypliant payroll operations while driving process automation and efficiency improvements.
If you are a hands-on leader with a passion for payroll excellence,pliance, and continuous improvement, we’d love to have you join our team!
You’re good at:
Expert level understanding of Payroll processes and various Federal, State, and local wage and tax regulations, and keeping policy at the forefront of the Payrollanization Leading payroll teams to execute timely, accurate, andpliant payroll processing across multiple jurisdictions
Establishing and maintaining strong operational controls, governance, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure payrollpliance
Driving operational excellence through process improvements, automation, and the implementation of best practices
Proven ability to build strong partnerships with colleagues, desire to be flexible and think strategically Ability to drive strategic payroll initiatives while ensuring operational excellence
Creating and encouraging a stimulating work environment for the US Payroll team through excellentmunication; providing coaching and development opportunities to all members of the team.
Continuously seeking to improve our payroll and operational processes Manage day to day escalations and act as a trusted business partner to resolve issues requiring additional assistance for resolution Creating a close partnership with Finance colleagues across the North America region and in other areas of theanization to ensure alignment of policies and procedures Demonstrated experience of successfully working virtually, and inplex international and matrixedanization Stronganizational and process management skills. Comfortable with multi-tasking and prioritizing within a fast-paced, demanding environment Able to interpret rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business while maintainingpliance and governance
Ability to identify, critically think and problem solve issues
High integrity, a positive can-do attitude, amitment to quality and accuracy and an ability to maintain absolute confidentiality What You’ll Bring
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field preferred
MBA or other advanced professional degree and payroll certifications preferred 1+ years of payroll processing experience including multi-state payrolls, 5+ years managing/leading a payroll team. Demonstrated leadership skills in managing performance, coaching, and staff development
Excellent customer service to various stakeholders
Strong written and verbalmunications skills, with the ability tomunicateplex payroll matters to senior leadership
Strong influencing, networking and relationship building skills Excellent detail orientation with a strongmitment to quality andpliance.
Extensive expertise in ADP is preferred
Extensive experience managing relationships with third-party payroll providers, tax agencies, andpliance auditors Additional info
Currently, this role is in the office 3 days/week, providing flexibility to work from home 4% of the time. This hybrid schedule allows for critically important learning, collaboration, and networking with our colleagues. Specific days in the office are as agreed upon by the team. Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, w applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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