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Embark on a transformative journey with Barclays as a US Payroll Manager VP. In this role, you will inspire and lead our professional Americas payroll and tax teams, striving to always ensure we provide a best-in-class service that meets the needs of our Americas-based colleagues (US, Canada, & Brazil) a service that is accurate, timely, compliant and resilient. You will be responsible for compensation approaches as they relate to payroll, and country-to-country mover and business travel related taxation and payment requirements.
Job Responsibility:
Processing of payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, calculating tax and other contributions, withholding, and paying out as appropriate
Employee payroll record administration and troubleshooting
Guidance and support to employees on all payroll matters, including queries related to calculations of salaries and wages, overtime, bonuses, and commissions
Compliance related statutory filings including the management of the reply to Government institution notices related to all Statutory obligations
Payroll statutory reporting and filing including liaison with relevant local tax authorities
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change
Plan resources, budgets, and policies
manage and maintain policies/ processes
deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes
Requirements:
Leading Americas Payroll teams in large (>5,000 colleagues on payroll) and multi-faceted organizations, preferably within a financial services organization
Payroll legislation, tax, financial and regulatory controls, governance, risk management and HR policy, to include IRS/CRA requirements and other important payroll submissions
Demonstrated experience in payroll systems including ADP, EV6, and Workday, leveraging these platforms to streamline payroll operations, ensure compliance, and enhance reporting accuracy across organizational structures
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formula creation, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data validation, and automation through macros to support detailed payroll analysis and reporting
Nice to have:
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) qualified or equivalent knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley and typical internal audit requirements
Experience in Agile project management, driving cross-functional collaboration, iterative delivery, and continuous improvement to enhance payroll system implementations and process optimization
Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging payroll and HR technologies to streamline operations, enhance data accuracy, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days