Senior Manager – EMEA Payroll

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EMC’s Finance organization is an ideal place to gain exposure to various areas of corporate finance.  In this fast-paced and dynamic environment, individuals focus on attaining financial efficiency through partnering with the business to develop global processes, provide financial analysis, and manage financial operations as EMC continues to grow in the global marketplace.

General Summary:

The Senior Manager of EMEA Payroll is responsible for managing the end to end processing of payroll for EMEA. This post holder also oversees and manages project teams that work on topics such as acquisition integration, employee mobility, productivity improvements, compliance, cost reduction as well as ensure payroll accuracy and timeliness.

Works as a business partner to consult on regional Payroll, acquisition integration and Tax related programs. Works with senior management team to ensure that overall regions payroll function is effectively supporting the corporation's strategic goals.

Drives continuous improvements in the process and technology to enhance service delivery.  Responsible for all payroll systems, improving time and attendance inputs and managing performance of EMC’s third party payroll provider.

Manages with a third party tax filing vendor EMC's tax compliance for the Region, Country and Local level. Works with other departmental managers in various functions within the company to ensure that the regional payroll is meeting management needs and plans. Manages compliance with HR Compensation, legal and business partners for the Region, Country, including local wage and labor laws.

 Job Description:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages EMEA Regional payroll operations.  Including vendor management, outsourcing governance, day-to-day service delivery, issue resolution and project management.
• Manages the EMEA Payroll Team across multiple geographies.
• Oversees the calculation of wages, overtime, and deductions to ensure compliance with local laws. Ensures the payroll is consistently accurate and timely.
• Day to day processing of 7,000+ Payroll with plans to expand to additional countries in the next 18 months (10,000+ payees).
• Responsible for payroll processing and procedures ensuring compliance with Sarbanes Oxley controls within region.
• Manages tax compliance issues and ensures project goals/milestones are met for regional Payroll compliance. 
• Implements operational and strategic policies and directives for the region.
• Develop and distribute accurate payroll reports for senior management, Human Resources and key business partners.
• Manages acquisition initiatives that impact regions payroll, escalate any operational issues or significant resource or compliance requirements as needed.
• Manages business critical projects around Payroll functions.

 Essential Skills and Experience:

• Typically requires 8 + years of professional experience.
• College degree in Accounting, Finance or /Business Management required.
• Certified Payroll Professional accreditation preferred.
• Demonstrable experience of providing payroll support to multiple countries.
• Knowledge of end-to-end payroll systems and processes; proven ability to drive payroll processes and efficiency improvements.
• Able to implement best practices in global payroll; high performance culture whilst managing costs, improving quality and providing a high level of customer service.
• Proven Leadership skills, ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop a diverse and geographically dispersed workgroup.
• Outstanding communication, negotiation, collaboration and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and establish positive cross-functional working relationships across the organization.
• Experience in managing multiple vendor relationships and resolving issues.
• High sense of urgency and outstanding analytical skills to define problems, identify alternatives and recommend course of action.
• Previous multinational organization experience preferred with an operational appreciation of cultural differences, inter country payroll perplexities and diversity.

• Industry expert with excellent in depth knowledge of Payroll and associated functions and local requirements across EMEA. 
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency as required within a fast paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications.