Senior Director, Global Payroll

IGT, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale!  From the casino floor to your mobile screen, we deliver thrilling, responsible, and unforgettable gaming experiences—powered by world‑class content, strong technical and commercial capabilities and nurtured by a culture of collaboration, accountability, and ownership.

Whether it’s spinning reels, placing bets, or enabling secure payments, we turn innovation into impact through disciplined execution and long‑term value creation. With a team of over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and products delivered in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide, we operate at scale while staying closely connected to costumers we serve. If you’re ready to bring your talent to a team shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here - www.igt.com.

Long Description

The Senior Director, Global Payroll provides strategic leadership, governance, and transformation oversight for IGT’s global payroll operations supporting 6,000+ employees across the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) , APAC and Latin America. This senior leadership role is responsible for establishing the global payroll strategy, driving operational excellence, ensuring multi-country compliance, and delivering a scalable, best-in-class payroll experience across all company and subsidiary entities.

Reporting as a senior leader within the organization, this role oversees a geographically distributed global payroll organization of 13 professionals and serves as the enterprise authority for payroll operations, controls, compliance, vendor governance, and payroll technology strategy. The role partners closely with Executive Leadership, HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, IT, Internal Audit, and external vendors to ensure payroll operations align with IGT’s global business objectives, compliance standards, and employee experience expectations.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in complex multi-country payroll environments, significant executive leadership experience, and a proven track record leading enterprise payroll transformation initiatives, including large-scale payroll platform implementations and migrations such as UKG/Kronos to ADP GlobalView (SAP) and ADP Celergo

Location: Las Vegas (on-site) 

Responsibilities

Global Payroll Strategy & Operational Leadership
•    Provide enterprise-wide strategic leadership for global payroll operations across the US, EMEA, APAC and Latin America.
•    Develop and execute a long-term global payroll strategy focused on operational excellence, compliance, automation, scalability, and employee experience.
•    Lead a global payroll organization of 13 professionals across multiple regions and time zones, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
•    Establish globally consistent payroll governance, standards, policies, controls, and service delivery models across all regions and subsidiary entities.
•    Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing globally utilizing ADP GlobalView (SAP), ADP Celergo, and associated payroll and time management platforms.
•    Oversee complex global payroll operations including gross-to-net processing, expatriate payroll considerations, statutory deductions, garnishments, tax services, and multi-entity payroll administration.
•    Drive operational prioritization and resource allocation across competing regional payroll cycles and business demands.

Executive Leadership, Governance & Risk Management

•    Serve as the enterprise payroll subject matter expert and strategic advisor to executive leadership regarding payroll risk, compliance, controls, and transformation initiatives.
•    Ensure compliance with all applicable payroll regulations and statutory requirements across global jurisdictions, including:
-   US federal and multi-state regulations
-   UK HMRC requirements
 -  EMEA country-specific regulations
-   APAC statutory obligations
-   Latin American labor and payroll laws
•    Establish and maintain a robust global SOX control environment, ensuring audit readiness and compliance across all payroll operations.
•    Partner wit