Director, Payroll

Our client is a leading nationwide healthcare organization with a large, diverse workforce of approximately 55,000 employees across multiple states. The organization is seeking an experienced Director of Payroll to lead enterprise payroll operations and serve as the functional expert for Oracle Payroll. This highly visible leader will partner closely with HR, Finance, and IT to optimize system performance, strengthen payroll processes, and advance continuous improvement across the organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll leader who enjoys balancing operational excellence with systems optimization in a highly visible leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide payroll operations across a complex, multi-state healthcare organization.
• Provide strategic leadership to a payroll organization consisting of 2 Payroll Managers and approximately 40 indirect team members.
• Serve as the business leader for Oracle Payroll, partnering with HR, Finance, and IT to support ongoing system optimization.
• Lead post-go-live Oracle Payroll activities, including quarterly release testing, payroll validation, troubleshooting, and enhancement efforts.
• Drive payroll process improvements, operational efficiencies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across multiple payroll cycles.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, reporting, and system functionality.
• Support the transition of additional payroll functions back in-house as the organization continues to mature its Oracle environment.
• 10+ years of progressive payroll leadership experience within a large, complex organization.
• Hands-on Oracle Payroll experience, including Oracle Fusion Payroll or Oracle Payroll Cloud, is required.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Oracle Payroll after implementation, including:
• Quarterly release testing
• System enhancements
• Troubleshooting
• Payroll validation
• Post-go-live optimization
• Experience serving as the Payroll business lead or Payroll SME working alongside HRIS and IT teams.
• Multi-state payroll leadership experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience leading payroll teams within a shared services or enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, payroll accounting, and payroll operations.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Able to travel up to 20%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Oracle implementation.
• Experience with Oracle HCM.
• Experience supporting payroll system optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience with payroll process automation and operational transformation.
• Partial relocation package
• Signing bonus negotiable