Payroll Process Manager

  • Accenture
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Full Time

Job Description

Location: Negotiable (Remote)

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 743,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.

We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

The Payroll Process Manager will oversee the seamless integration of new business requirements from Ventures and Acquisitions (V&A) activity and other payroll related projects into existing payroll operations. They must possess a strong understanding of the full payroll lifecycle in a complex and high-volume environment ensuring rules governing acquisitions are met in US and Canada geographies. They must be Committed to maintaining high-quality standards to ensure a premier employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partners with other team members to gain an understanding of deal details to assess best practice integration to existing processes

  • Develops new or revised approaches as needed but always seeking to maintain adherence to company standards wherever possible

  • Documents, training and transitioning work to appropriate teams

  • Assists in creating dashboards to track activities and progress

  • Maintains strong communication channels among payroll sub-teams

Qualification

What You Need:

  • Minimum of 7 years' Payroll experience - in US and Canada

  • Minimum of 5 years' Project Management experience

  • Minimum of 5 years' Dayforce Functional experience

Preferred Skills:

  • Deep knowledge in all aspects of payroll administration in a complex, high volume, multi-national environment

  • Working knowledge of the Dayforce platform

  • Experience in payroll transformation from ventures and acquisitions

  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite - Excel, Word, Powerpoint

Professional Skills:

  • Proven ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

  • Well-organized, able to prioritize work, meet deadlines, attention to detail, and works well under pressure

  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal to support training initiatives and documentation requirements

  • Strong collaboration skills

  • Ability to meet deadlines

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York or Washington as set forth below.

We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $94,400 to $167,100

Colorado $94,400 to $144,400

District of Columbia $100,500 to $153,800

Illinois $87,400 to $144,400

Minnesota $94,400 to $144,400

Maryland $94,400 to $144,400

New York/New Jersey $87,400 to $167,100

Washington $100,500 to $153,800

Locations

Job ID: 490879605
Originally Posted on: 8/27/2025

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