Payroll Manager - Americas

Tech Talent House are partnering with an established international professional services organisation to find an experienced Payroll Manager Americas for a 12-month fixed-term opportunity.

This role combines hands-on payroll leadership with transformation delivery. You’ll oversee payroll across the US, Canada and Colombia, support an established team and help improve the processes and systems behind accurate, compliant payroll.

Strong US and Canadian payroll expertise is essential, alongside the ability to build relationships, provide practical technical guidance and lead people through change.

The Role

Day to day, you’ll balance operational payroll oversight, team leadership and project delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing payroll delivery across the US, Canada and Colombia, monitoring deadlines, reviewing outputs and working with colleagues and providers to resolve issues.

• Providing technical guidance on complex US and Canadian payroll matters, including tax, statutory requirements and compliance.

• Leading, coaching and supporting an established payroll team, helping prioritise workloads and maintain service standards.

• Building effective relationships with regional colleagues, external payroll providers and internal stakeholders.

• Reviewing existing processes, documenting requirements and identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency and consistency.

• Supporting the transition to a global managed payroll service, helping translate operational requirements into workable future processes.

• Facilitating workshops with payroll teams, business analysts and technical specialists to agree requirements and resolve process questions.

• Tracking project actions, milestones, risks and dependencies, escalating issues where needed.

• Supporting HR and payroll systems integration, including testing functionality and validating payroll-related processes.

• Producing management reporting, supporting audits and maintaining clear payroll documentation.

About You

You’ll be an experienced payroll professional who combines technical credibility with an approachable, collaborative leadership style.

You’ll bring:

• Extensive experience managing complex US and Canadian payroll operations.

• Strong knowledge of US federal, state and local payroll requirements, alongside Canadian federal and provincial requirements.

• Experience leading and developing payroll teams, earning trust and supporting colleagues through change.

• Proven involvement in payroll transformation, such as process standardisation, outsourcing, managed-service implementation or vendor consolidation.

• A strong understanding of payroll systems, tax regulations and HR/payroll integrations.

• Experience gathering requirements, documenting processes and facilitating cross-functional workshops.

• Confidence managing stakeholders across different countries and time zones.

• Strong project delivery skills, including risk, issue and dependency management.

• Advanced Excel skills and a practical, data-driven approach to problem solving.

• Experience with Dayforce or Oracle EBS/Fusion would be advantageous.

Location & Working Arrangements

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract.

London & Newcastle are suitable bases, with a usual hybrid arrangement of three days in the office and two days at home. Candidates elsewhere in the UK may be considered, with alternative working arrangements discussed according to experience and location.

Some flexibility is needed to collaborate with colleagues across North American time zones, which may involve later starts and finishes on some days. Occasional international travel may be required.

If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, apply today. We look forward to recieving your application