Accenture - Senior Manager - Global Payroll

Job Description :

Role Summary :

The Global Payroll Senior Manager role provides strategic oversight of Accenture's Payroll for all employees globally. This role provides Payroll subject matter expertise, project leadership, and direction to local Payroll operation teams to ensure our Payroll service is fit for purpose. The role supports the initiatives of the Accenture business functions. Responsible for service delivery support in conjunction with Accenture's ventures and acquisitions transactions globally.

Key Responsibilities :

- Responsible for partnering with local Payroll teams to ensure accurate and timely processing of Payroll and associated tasks such as compliance with tax and regulatory rules, tax payments and filings, regulatory reporting, etc.

- Responsible for oversight of local team compliance with Internal Controls, Information Security Requirements, etc.

- Drive transformation to improve processing, implementation of best practices, standardize processes, etc

- Accountable for the success, effectiveness, and on-time delivery of Payroll due diligence and integration activities related to Ventures and Acquisitions

- Partner with business functions to ensure local systems and processes can support related requirements such as equity, benefit, HR, cross-border assignment, and other functions

- Partner with IT/CIO to drive required technology changes

- Support local Payroll teams with Vendor system changes, upgrades, etc.

- Responsible for coordinating global and local Payroll requirements

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications :

- 14 years+ Payroll Operations experience in a complex environment

- Strong understanding of Payroll systems, Payroll Accounting and Payroll Tax

- Strong Project Management Skills

- Effective at multi-tasking/adapting to new and changing situations

- Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time

- Ability to manage and direct work completed by resources without a direct reporting relationship

- Effective Relationship Skills, including ability to interact with senior leadership

- Able to articulate/position complex/critical challenges, issues, etc

- Strong oral and written English communications skills

- Flexibility to work non-standard hours

Preferred Qualifications :

- Payroll processing experience in multiple countries

- Payroll transformation experience

- Previous acquisition, divestiture and joint venture experience

- Payroll system implementation experience

- Familiar with Accenture Policies

- Project Management skills in an environment that requires an ability to work and plan effectively with minimal direction in ambiguous situations, and manage the implementation of the plan.

Please Note: Looking for only Female candidates.