Vice President of Payroll

The Company is seeking a Vice President of Payroll to lead multi-state payroll operations for a large workforce. This hands-on leadership role oversees end-to-end payroll processing and a team of payroll professionals, while ensuring accurate and timely handling of timekeeping, overtime, deductions, taxes, and reconciliations. The VP will assess team structure, improve processes and controls, and drive automation and standardization. The role also partners with finance, accounting, human resources, billing, and operations leaders to strengthen reporting and build scalable payroll infrastructure for growth and expansion. Candidates should have at least 10 years of progressive payroll experience, including leadership of large, complex, high-volume operations; experience supporting a workforce of 10,000 or more is preferred. Strong expertise in multi-state payroll, payroll taxes, wage-and-hour regulations, overtime requirements, and weekly payroll for predominantly hourly employees is required. Applicants should have a record of developing payroll teams, improving systems and internal controls, and increasing operational efficiency, along with strong leadership, communication, analytical, and relationship-building skills. Experience in healthcare, home care, or another labor-intensive service industry is an advantage; a bachelor’s degree is preferred, and a payroll certification is a plus.