This position is responsible for the global management and execution of Cisco’s Global Payroll operations within Cisco’s Finance Shared Services organization. The role also requires leadership and accountability for the development and implementation of Cisco Payroll’s transformation initiatives, such as the integration of acquired company payroll processes.

• Provide leadership over the 100+ member global payroll function responsible for the accurate, timely, compliant delivery of recurring bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly payroll for all ≈ 83,000+ Cisco worldwide employees.
• Complete regional and local payroll compliance, including related tax filings and payments, as well as preparation of periodic regulatory reporting documents (eg Form W-2, 941).
• Acquisition integration, including partnering with Cisco’s Mergers &Acquisition teams on migration of acquired company payroll platforms to Cisco standard processes and tools.
• Partner with other Cisco functions (IT, P&C) as well as the Finance Transformation Office (FTO) on transformation projects.
• Drive continuous process, efficiency, and control improvements, including with upstream business partners whose processes impact payroll.
• Lead quarterly Payroll Quality Service Reviews for Financial Shared Services organization.
• Manage key vendor relationships with payroll platform and managed services payroll vendor.
• Accountability for payroll team budget, including both people and vendor related elements.
• Career development of key resources with a focus on leadership and global process management skills. Facilitate career development pathways for direct reports as well as key staff members in aggregate payroll team.

Key skills and Capabilities:

• Strong executive management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and partnership skills.
• System acumen as well as experience and / or knowledge of the high-volume global transaction processes
• Strong leadership, change management, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, implement, and monitor a strong control and compliance framework.

Our minimum requirements for this role:

• Minimum 15 years experience in payroll, including experience leading a global payroll organization