Global Payroll Lead - London London-UK

DV is the leader in digital performance solutions, helping our advertiser and agency partners verify the quality of their digital campaigns, optimise to improve performance and prove that they’re achieving their business outcomes, through unbiased 3rd party data and analytics. DV’s mission is to be the definitive source of transparency and data-driven insights into the quality and effectiveness of digital advertising for the world’s largest brands, agencies, publishers, and digital ad platforms. Since 2008, DV has helped hundreds of Fortune 500 companies gain the most from their media spend by delivering best-in-class solutions across the digital advertising ecosystem.

What you’ll do

We are seeking a strategic, detail-oriented Global Payroll Lead who will coordinate all efforts pertaining to payroll processing, analysing, reporting, and day-to-day items for the countries this role is responsible for. This role requires a highly organized, proactive problem solver, who also has exceptional communication and collaboration abilities, as they will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Finance, HR, and Legal. This is a Hybrid position with a minimum of 3 days in our London office.

Key Responsibilities

• Global Payroll Operations: Coordinate and process all DV Global Payroll’s (including US), ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Payroll Transformation: Assist with transition from Papaya Global to CloudPay; including parallel payroll runs, validation, reconciliation etc.
• Vendor management: Partner with CloudPay, assist with managing SLAs, escalations, service quality, and continuous improvement, hold vendor accountable for accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Equity Support: Support equity compensation processing for stock compensation (RSUs, stock options, ESPP) activity in accordance with country regulations.
• Time Management: Supervise the internal process making sure key deadlines are met with all required payroll responsibilities.
• Stabilize Workday Payroll: Ensure seamless payroll integration in Workday, partnering with Tech & Ops to troubleshoot and resolve system issues and ensure accurate data flow.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance, Accounting, Equity Admin, and HR teams to ensure payroll is processed in compliance with each jurisdiction’s legal requirements and procedures.
• Internal Controls: Maintain internal controls, while ensuring compliance with global, federal, state, and local regulations for taxes, social contributions, benefits, and deductions.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for automation and process improvement to streamline payroll performance.

Who you are

• Experience: 8+ years of processing International Payroll and experience with US Payroll for a Corporate Company.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in payroll software, including Workday, OSV, CloudPay, Globalization Partners and Papaya Global. Workday experience is required, and Workday Payroll Pro Certification is a plus.
• Attention to Detail: Strong organizational skills with a keen focus on accuracy and meeting deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities, with the capacity to build and maintain relationships with global stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Ability to work cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Accounting, and other teams to ensure seamless payroll processes and drive business goals.
• Global Payroll Transactions: Experience managing payroll for global mobile employees across multiple jurisdictions is a plus.

This is a Hybrid position with a minimum of 3 days in our London office.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on a number of non-discriminating factors, including qualifications for the role, level, skills, experience and balancing internal equity relative to peers at DV.

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