Medline · 1 week ago
Director - Payroll
Northfield, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$153K/yr - $229K/yr
8+ years expMedline Industries, LP is a global leader in healthcare products and services, and they are seeking a Director of Payroll to lead payroll processes and strategies. The role involves managing multi-state payroll functions, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with stakeholders to improve payroll operations and efficiency.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareHospitalityManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Manage the corporate multi-state payroll functions including, payroll processing, compliance with policies and procedures, attesting to strong internal controls, accurately execute all payroll related tax requirements and garnishments, develop and execute use cases for system review and testing of new functionality and upgrades
Direct computation of pay according to company policies ensuring payroll and system accuracy. Exhibit a commitment to data quality by validating results against sources specified in the requirements
Duties include balancing and controlling earnings and deduction totals, inspecting automated system output such as registers and standard reports, determining and correcting out-of-balance conditions, gathering payroll data for inclusion in financial statements, calculating disability and jury duty pay. Adjust errors and complaints as required. Implement changes as they relate to regulation, tax or other payroll activity
Resource and lead initiatives associated with driving payroll forward as a collaborative business partner and function
Implement company-wide policies and procedures as they relate to payroll execution. Study, standardize, document, and maintain procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the team
Communicate and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to analyze current processes, identify new system functionalities/efficiencies, and recommend and implement changes
Responsible for financial reporting to Division Heads, Directors, Managers and all other customers with a commitment towards customer satisfaction
Work with outside vendors such as ADP and Equifax to provide expert processing support based on evaluated needs. Ensure availability of 3rd party export interfaces for insurance, wellness, flex spending, 401(k) loans and contributions, Operations department training enterprise system, and annual 401(k) profit sharing match
Responsible for payroll playbook development and execution for any mergers or acquisition
Typically, manages through multiple Managers. Provides leadership and management to one or more major departments of an operating unit or to a department that has system-wide accountability
Strategic, tactical and operational planning (12 + months) for the function or department; - Direct budgetary responsibility for one or more departments, functions or major projects/programs
Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects and develops
Recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies
Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
At least 8 years of experience processing payroll
At least 5 years of experience demonstrating process management experience and understanding of how payroll integrates and impacts upstream and downstream processes
At least 4 years of experience coaching, mentoring, training staff and/or assigning work/projects to other members of a team; experience managing teams
Experience controlling and coordinating concurrent projects, competing priorities and critical deadlines
Experience building and maintaining relationships within and between teams
Experience working in a client/customer shared service environment
Experience working with MS Office Suite, Kronos and PeopleSoft
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: V Look up and Pivot Tables)
Preferred
FPC/CPP Certification
Experience processing payroll for multi-entity company with over 15,000 employees
Experience working with Workday payroll
Experience in both payroll operations and payroll taxes
Benefits
Health insurance
Life and disability
401(k) contributions
Paid time off
Company
Medline
Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
North Carolina Department of Commerce
2025-12-17IPO
2021-06-05Private Equity
2019-09-12Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Steve Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Laabs
Chief Product Officer
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