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Salary: USD 99,000 - 172,700 / annual
Datasite, a global leader in facilitating economic value creation, is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Reporting to the Director of Shared Services Accounting, you will oversee end-to-end payroll delivery for 1,000+ employees, including wages, commissions, bonuses, taxes, benefit deductions, garnishments, and other payroll-related transactions.
You will lead and develop a payroll team of two (a Principal Payroll Analyst and Senior Payroll Specialist), establishing priorities, reviewing work, ensuring appropriate coverage, and supporting employee development. Key responsibilities include maintaining effective payroll controls and review procedures to promote accuracy and audit readiness; ensuring payroll tax compliance across all jurisdictions, including quarterly and annual filings and year-end reporting; partnering with Accounting on general ledger reconciliations and month-end close activities; coordinating payroll funding with Treasury; managing payroll vendors and escalations; and assessing payroll implications of regulatory and business changes in partnership with HR, Legal, and other stakeholders.
You will lead payroll process improvement initiatives, document processes, identify control and efficiency opportunities, and implement scalable solutions. You'll partner with HCM business analysts to evaluate, test, and implement payroll-related system upgrades and configurations. Additional responsibilities include establishing and communicating payroll calendars, policies, procedures, and deadlines; supporting payroll-related audits (including the annual 401(k) audit); and providing payroll reporting and analysis to Accounting, HR, and other stakeholders.
This position can be fully remote or hybrid based in Minneapolis (minimum two days per week on-site if based locally). The role offers competitive compensation, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), a retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other employee benefits.
**Requirements:**
- 10+ years of progressively responsible payroll experience, including multi-state U.S. payroll and international payroll operations
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or human resources (or related field)
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification required
- Demonstrated experience leading payroll professionals, including managing global and/or remote team members
- Strong knowledge of payroll accounting, payroll taxation, reconciliations, controls, and compliance requirements
- Experience supporting international payroll operations and working across borders and time zones
- Experience troubleshooting payroll processing issues and analyzing payroll reports and data
- Experience with Workday and CloudPay, or comparable HCM and global payroll platforms (preferred)
- Knowledge of payroll processing and accounting for expatriate employees (preferred)
- Intermediate or greater proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Strong attention to detail, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
