Director of Payroll Processing and Compliance
Tyson Foods, Inc.

Job Details:

SUMMARY: The Director of Payroll is a critical team member that is responsible for providing strategic direction for all Payroll processes for the U.S. Domestic & Europe Operations consisting of approximately 120,000 team members. The ideal candidate is experienced in Payroll and Time Operations and has a passion for creating innovative payroll solutions. Responsible for domestic payroll strategy, planning, and communications as well as the day-to-day payroll processing, support new and existing pay programs, manage vendor contracts and relationships, and drive process standardization, automation, efficiency and effectiveness. This position will foster relationships with senior internal stakeholders by establishing and maintaining exceptional business relationships and working collaboratively with other teams including HR, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Employee Benefits, Compensation, IT, and Finance. Finally, this position will be responsible for the coaching, mentoring and leadership of the team that provides the day-to-day payroll support. The Director of Payroll will report to the Sr Director over Payroll, Relocation, Time, and Attendance.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee payroll operations to ensure compliance with all corporate and local-specific policies and procedures and are in line with payroll industry benchmarks.
• Lead payroll strategy and related operating model within the context of a rapidly evolving environment to provide tactical direction to Operations and HR Leads
• Build partnerships and solicit feedback from internal and external business partners to define and develop successful, scalable processes and practices
• Coach, mentor and provide leadership development to team members in order to optimize performance and foster a deep bench of experienced talent
• Drive appropriate consistent processes across the businesses and coordinate process standardization
• Ensure process design supports fiscal and regulatory compliance

• Manage the weekly payroll processing.
• Resolve payroll related issues for team members, HR, management, and plant location personnel as needed.

• Ensure consistency and application of federal, state, and local tax guidelines.
• Provide timely, complete, and accurate reporting to internal and external customers.
• Support acquisition efforts from a payroll due diligence, data gathering and integration prospective.
• Manage SAP related payroll configuration and system integrations.
• Complete system related updates and creation of operational reports.
• Maximize the effectiveness of technologies and supporting processes to drive continuous improvement and change initiatives
• Manage partnerships with third party vendors to ensure effective service delivery
• Special projects as needed.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting, business or a related field; CPA and/or CPP designation preferred

Experience: 10+ years related experience preferred

Computer Skills: Experience working with Workday, SAP Payroll and Kronos knowledge &/or experience preferred but not required; deep knowledge & experience working with payroll vendors & platform technologies. Must be able to analyze requirements presented and convert to practical applications used with various payroll systems, payroll projects, controls, process flows, system/process integrations, etc.

Communication Skills: Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills. Will liaison with many other departments and must be able to articulate interactions and impacts of projects to payroll related systems and processes.

Special Skills: Ability to work effectively across all levels & layers of the organization. Previous experience with HR and payroll processes, payroll and labor laws, payment/deduction laws, garnishment and overpayment laws, multi-state/local and federal tax withholding and reporting, and SAP configuration is preferred, but not required.

Supervisory: Supervises 6 direct reports.

Travel: Possibly 4 or more trips per year

Location: Springdale

Relocation: Yes

Relocation Assistance Eligible:
Yes

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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