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Overview

The People and Places team are stewards of Intuit's greatest strategic asset: Our People. Our goal is to drive a high performing organization in our growth-oriented global company to maximize the potential of Intuit’s employees.

As Director of Global Payroll, you will shape the future of Intuit’s payroll operations, impacting thousands of employees across 7 countries. This is a highly visible, strategic leadership role at the intersection of people, technology and compliance - ensuring our employees are paid accurately, on time and in full compliance worldwide.

This role requires strong expertise leading and influencing numerous internal and external stakeholders for a growth-oriented organization, demonstrating the ability to deliver on-time, accurate, and compliant payroll world-wide. The candidate will bring proven collaboration and business partnership skills with stock plan administration, compensation, benefits, accounting, legal, and IT to operate payroll as an end-to-end system. The position reports directly to the Vice President, Shared Services & Operations.

What you'll bring

+ Bachelor’s degree in accounting required; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., CPA CPP) strongly preferred.

+ Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in payroll leadership, with at least 5 years leading global payroll operations in a large, multi-country organization.

+ Demonstrated expertise in global payroll strategy development and execution, including experience with U.S. GAAP, SOX, and international payroll/tax regulations.

+ Direct experience with enterprise payroll systems ADP and Workday required, including experience leading systems integration and process transformations.

+ Proven experience leveraging automation and/or RPA tools to streamline payroll processes, improve accuracy and reduce costs.

+ Strong knowledge of upstream payroll inputs (compensation, benefits, stock administration, global mobility and legal) and integrations (Finance, HR, timekeeping, third-party HR/payroll solutions).

+ Demonstrated record of building, mentoring, and leading geographically dispersed teams of payroll professionals.

+ Experience managing external payroll vendors and developing strong vendor relationships to achieve exceptional outcomes.

+ Strong cross-functional influence skills with proven success collaborating with Finance, HR, IT, Legal and external partners to improve process and ensure business-critical deliverables.

+ Experience leading payroll’s role in strategic initiatives such as M&A integration, new market entry, or global expansion.

How you will lead

+ **Strategy & Vision** : Define and execute Intuit’s global payroll vision, strategy and vendor partnerships to deliver world-class accuracy, compliance and employee experience.

+ **Global Leadership** : Mentor, motivate and lead a geographically dispersed team of world-class payroll leaders and craft experts - provide guidance, growth opportunities and inspiration.

+ **Operational Excellence** : Develop payroll capabilities that ensure flawless execution and scalability to support rapid global growth.

+ **Cross-functional Partnership** : Partner across Finance, HR, IT, Legal and external partners to establish and continuously improve an integrated, end-to-end, global payroll system - ensuring execution, compliance and alignment with our business priorities.

+ **Strategic Initiatives & Impact:** Provide active leadership on Intuit’s strategic initiatives and change management efforts - including mergers and acquisitions, new market entry and expansion of services, ensuring payroll processes scale seamlessly with corporate growth.

+ **Compliance & Governance:** Provide leadership and oversight to maintain compliance with global payroll, financial and tax requirements, building a resilient control environment that mitigates risk.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.