Director, Global Payroll

This position is open to New York, Miami and San Francisco.

 

Due to the growth of Ripple, we are looking for a talented Payroll Director to lead our Company’s global payroll activities. The right individual will lead the development of scalable processes, oversee payroll systems environment and ensure timely and accurate global payroll submission and reporting. Ripple’s technology is new and cutting edge which leads to complexities in our compensation and reporting.

This role is part of our finance team and reports into the Senior Director, Financial Operations. The ideal candidate will have prior experience leading a payroll team in a complex and dynamic environment and will be able to leverage prior US and Global payroll experience. To be successful in this role, the candidate will need to be organized and deadline driven, ensuring recurring assignments are handled on a timely basis while contributing to special cross-functional projects and addressing unusual developments. This position requires a highly motivated professional with strong drive and skillset to lead the payroll team with compliance and improvement initiatives. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead global payroll operations and partnership with multiple stakeholders to provide support on global payroll related issues
• Proactively identify areas of process improvement within global payroll operations and implement solutions to automate and streamline processes to be scalable and drive efficiencies while maintaining strong quality controls
• Lead and manage the day to day global payroll activities ensuring accurate & timely processing in compliance with Company's policies and local tax and labor regulations
• Review and approve all payroll related transactions
• Ensure timely filings with appropriate government authorities
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of six
• Lead the 2022 year-end payroll activities globally
• Partner with cross functional groups within the Company including global tax operations, stock administration, and people operations teams on global equity, global mobility and new business activities to ensure global payroll needs are identified, considered and communicated
• Maintain a complete understanding of all US federal/state wage and hour laws related to payroll including garnishments, benefits, leave of absence, 401k, FSA and taxes
• Optimize standard procedures for payroll processing, ensuring strong internal controls and segregation of duties.
• Lead the transition from ADP Streamline to ADP Celergo for five of our international entities within 2023.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to employees and cross-functional partners, ensuring issues are resolved in a timely manner.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• BS degree or equivalent payroll experience; CPP preferred
• 10+ years work experience including multi state and international payroll and taxes, including global mobility taxes
• 6+ years of managerial experience 
• Willing to “roll-up the sleeves” in order to accomplish all necessary tasks
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now, ADP Streamline, ADP Celergo, and/or other comparable payroll systems
• Ability to lead a team and manage the team’s workload in a SOX compliant environment
• Experience onboarding new payroll solutions globally
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to effectively communicate across departments and at all levels
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to identify issues and propose solutions to complex or non-standard situations
• Strong work ethic and ability to be productive and successful in a fast-paced work environment
• Demonstrate complete discretion and confidentiality 
• Experience with Payrolls larger than 1,000 employees
• Comfortable leading teams through ambiguity and be a champion of change
• Problem solving and decision-making capacity in a high growth environment
• High emotional intelligence, ability to build and sustain relationships at multiple levels within and outside of finance

WHO WE ARE:

Ripple is doing for value what the internet did for information: enabling its instant and seamless flow around the world. We call this the Internet of Value (IoV). Using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, Ripple is dedicated to creating powerful gains in financial efficiency, equity and inclusion. In addition, Ripple is developing and enabling the future use cases that will catalyze the new digital economy for governments, businesses and consumers.

Ripple has offices in Bangalore, Dubai, Dublin, London, Miami, Mumbai, New York, Reykjavík, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

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