Global Payroll Manager

Ashland Inc.

Global Payroll Manager

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Global Payroll Manager to join our Human Resources Team.

This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Human Resources function.

This position will report to the Director of Global HR Services and manage a global team.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:



* Lead end-to-end global payroll operations across multiple countries, locations and pay groups (union and non-union), ensuring on-time, accurate, and compliant payroll processing.


* Implement, document, maintain, and continuously improve standard operating procedures and controls


* Perform and/or oversee payroll reconciliations (gross-to-net, funding, tax, general ledger interfaces) while investigating and resolving variances.


* Ensure compliance with applicable payroll, tax, wage and hour, and data privacy requirements; coordinate statutory filings and year-end activities.


* Serve as primary point of contact for payroll audits and controls testing (including SOX); provide documentation and evidence and drive remediation.


* Manage relationships with third-party providers; ensure service levels, issue resolution, and contract/SLA adherence.


* Partner cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Tax, Legal, and IT to resolve escalations, support business initiatives to deliver a positive employee experience.


* Payroll process owner (e.g., Workday/Paycom and SAP as applicable) responsible for oversight of testing, upgrades, process changes and integrations.


* Develop and report key performance metrics and analytics; present insights and process improvement recommendations to leadership.


* Lead, coach, and develop payroll team members and/or regional partners; set priorities, provide training to ensure consistent execution of global standards.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:



* Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related experience required; OR you have 10+ years of direct Global Payroll, multi country experience then a degree is not required


* 8-10 years managing a multi-country payroll function with full-scope responsibility for reconciliations, internal controls, payroll taxes and general ledger integration


* Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail


* Strong leadership, organizational, analytical and problem-solving ability


* Outstanding communication skills (written and oral) and comfortable i...