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About the Role

Leads Shift4's international payroll consolidation and global payroll operations, owning the execution of the Deel migration strategy, vendor management, backup and continuity planning, and process standardization across all international markets. This role requires strong program/project management skills paired with deep subject-matter expertise in global payroll practices, compliance, and vendor management.

Responsibilities

Own and project-manage the 1/1/2027 Deel migration for Germany, Australia, and New Zealand.
Build and maintain the international payroll consolidation roadmap for all remaining markets.
Define the consolidation approach for complex markets.
Own the Deel relationship as primary global payroll vendor.
Manage all remaining international payroll vendor relationships, rationalizing and reducing the vendor landscape.
Lead vendor assessments and selection for markets requiring local payroll providers.
Map payroll backup coverage across all 35+ international markets.
Implement documented contingency plans for each market.
Establish and maintain a payroll risk register.
Implement standardized SOPs and documented approval workflows across all active international payroll markets.
Establish HR Operations as the accountable payroll function globally.
Maintain compliance with local tax, labor law, and regulatory requirements.
Partner with HRIS to define the Workday-to-Deel integration strategy.
Drive Workday-to-Deel integration implementation.
Ensure Workday is used as the system of record for all international payroll inputs.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience managing payroll across multiple countries.
Deep understanding of multi-country compliance, statutory requirements, and local payroll complexity.
Familiarity with Deel platform configuration, onboarding, and troubleshooting.
Ability to manage external payroll vendors and drive structured consolidation projects.
Demonstrated ability to build SOPs, approval workflows, and compliance controls from scratch.
Familiarity with Workday HCM as a payroll input system.
Experience with or understanding of Workday-to-payroll vendor integrations.
Comfortable working across HR, Finance, Legal, and IT in a fast-paced, global, matrixed environment.
Ability to translate payroll complexity for senior HR and Finance leaders.
Skilled at building credibility quickly in a new organization.

Skills

International Payroll Expertise
Deel Platform Experience
Vendor Management
Project Management
Process Building
Workday Integration
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Communication
Influence

Location

International

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

About the Company

Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR) is boldly redefining commerce by simplifying complex payments ecosystems across the world.
As the leader in commerce-enabling technology, Shift4 powers billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses in virtually every industry.

Equal Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.