Senior Payroll Manager

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things!  We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.  

 We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose: Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion. 

About the role and what you'll be doing:   

Ensono is seeking a strategic, hands-on Senior Manager of Global Payroll to lead our payroll operations across the globe. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for overseeing a global team of payroll professionals spanning the globe currently including payroll in the US, UK, Poland, Germany, and Brazil.

You will be accountable for ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing for thousands of associates while driving process improvements, scaling global operations, and partnering closely with Finance, Human Resources (“CPE”), Legal, and external vendors.  This role will report directly to the Global Controller.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a disbursed payroll/accounting team of 3+ professionals across the globe, providing guidance and evaluating performance to achieve departmental and individual goals
• Oversee end-to-end payroll operations for all global entities, ensuring accurate and timely payments of wages to associates for all payrolls, compliance with local regulations, labor laws, accounting and tax requirements
• Establish and maintain standardized payroll processes and controls across all regions while balancing local requirements
• Manage and oversee the resolution of associate questions, ensuring prompt and accurate responses by leading the payroll team, monitoring issue resolution processes, and implementing best practices to support continuous improvement.
• Assist with preparation and review of payroll journal entries and month end reconciliations
• Work closely with CPE, Finance, and Legal to support business needs and associate experience
• Serve as the subject matter expert and escalation point for complex payroll inquiries and global pay related issues and policies
• Partner with IT teams to optimize integrations between payroll systems and platforms
• Drive global process improvements that scale Ensono’s growth and reduce manual effort and errors
• Assist with global reporting, forecasting and analytics providing insight and visibility into payroll costs, and trends
• Assist with and present executive-level reporting on global payroll operations, risks, and strategic initiatives 
• Proactively monitor changes in global payroll regulations, tax laws, and labor legislation across all countries of operation, ensuring timely updates to processes and systems to maintain compliance.      
• Manage the resolution of payroll-related discrepancies and errors related to items such as wages or taxes, working closely with legal to ensure accuracy and compliance based on applicable regulations.
• Lead audits and ensure readiness for internal/external compliance reviews.

We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. 

Required Qualifications 

• 10+ years of experience in a global payroll leadership role, preferably with a global and high growth environment 
• Strong expertise in global payroll systems (Workday, ADP)  
• Exceptional people management, cross cultural communication, and stakeholder engagement skills 
• Skilled at balancing strategic leadership with operational excellence 

 Preferred Qualifications

• Reside in the greater Chicago area, with the ability to be in office as needed.

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it. 

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Paid Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, and Sabbatical Leave
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Enhanced fertility coverage
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule
• Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $120,000 to $160,000 annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website.

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