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McCormick & Company · 2 days ago

Global Process Owner - Payroll

Hunt Valley, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$122K/yr - $219K/yr

McCormick & Company is a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments, and they are seeking a Global Process Owner - Payroll. This leadership role is responsible for overseeing and optimizing payroll policies and processes globally, ensuring standardization, efficiency, and compliance while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Food Processing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Initiates process and system changes and enhancements; works with the payroll operations team and other cross-functional business partners to prioritize process and system improvement initiatives impacting the global payroll process, including planning, and managing the overall project roadmap

Drive improvements and establish best-in-class processes for global payroll and related programs which meet jurisdictional compliance requirements, deliver outstanding employee experience, and enable our global expansion programs

Draft the current “as-is” and “to-be” business process, business requirements, and use cases in the business case requirements document; signs off on the final business case; approves cross-functional business requirements that impact the global payroll process

Build and maintain a relationship with key stakeholders within Finance, HR and other related business units, and continuously optimize the service delivery and leadership model

Prior to deploying new processes and significant system enhancements, confirms business readiness of the global payroll operations team; as needed, communicates process and system changes to the extended user community

Continuously partner with the HRIT, Benefits, Finance and other related organizations to ensure that the end-to-end payroll input and output processes are optimized

Communicate the priorities, partner requirements and sequential steps in operationalizing the Global payroll transformation roadmap and ensuring alignment across the organization

Develop policies and strategies for global payroll that enable centralized and simplified processes

Partner with HR Ops team to define and govern payroll policies

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, Finance, and Supply Chain, to ensure seamless system implementation and functionality of new payroll systems

Develop Global Payroll Improvement roadmap with prioritization and impact

Establishes framework, structure, and processes to stabilize and sustain outcomes and delivery post-launch; collaborating with and gaining cross-functional partnership to enable and drive ownership of execution by respective teams

Qualification

Global payroll operationsSAPWorkdayADP payroll systemsStakeholder engagementProcess improvementProject managementDiplomacyCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's degree

Proven experience in payroll operations in a global organization

Experience with SAP, Workday, ADP payroll platforms, or other payroll systems

Expertise in the end-to-end global payroll process and high level of understanding of general business operations and internal control concepts; ability to assess and provide input into impact of a business process / system change

Ability to collaborate and gain input yet operate autonomously to make decisions in the gray space, taking calculated risk

Strong understanding of payroll, time and attendance, and employee data management processes

Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence effectively with stakeholders at all levels

Diplomacy and tact in navigating sensitive and confidential situations

Influence to bring expertise and translate technical details to non-technical users or stakeholders of the systems