Senior Director, Payroll

Summary

Join MongoDB's growing team as a Sr Director of Global Payroll and lead the global payroll team across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions. This critical role ensures accurate and timely payroll execution, manages relationships with service providers, and collaborates with key stakeholders. You will scale processes, implement automated solutions, and oversee payroll audits to maintain compliance. The position requires extensive experience in global payroll operations, strong leadership skills, and expertise in US and international payroll taxation. This role can be based in a MongoDB office or remotely within the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance / Accounting, or related discipline
• 12+ years of experience in payroll operations, with specific experience in a global, multi-national, publicly-traded company
• Thrive in a global, fast-paced, and dynamic work environment. Ability to manage high job complexity and constant multi-tasking with exceptional attention to detail. Well organized, able to prioritize well, work efficiently. Shows flexibility as workloads fluctuate
• Strong background in international payroll as well as expertise in US federal, state, and local payroll taxation
• Strong understanding of upstream data inputs and end-to-end integrated processes related to time & attendance, benefits and payroll
• Strong problem-solving, planning, and execution skills, coupled with an ownership mentality to ensure tasks are seen through to completion
• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional business partners, internal/external stakeholders
• Detail-oriented and excellent organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Lead global payroll team in our Americas, EMEA and APAC regions ensuring accurate and timely payroll execution. Set a strategic direction and vision to support growth and scale of the operations
• Manage the relationships and monitor the effectiveness of all global payroll service providers while assessing the need for change when we have outgrown a partnership
• Proactively partner and collaborate with key stakeholders such as Compensation, Benefits, Stock Administration, IT, Finance, Tax, Legal and third-party service providers to ensure seamless, compliant practices
• Partner with the Stock Administration team to manage stock-based compensation processing in payroll, including stock option exercises, RSUs and ESPP, to ensure payroll tax compliance
• Scale processes to enhance payroll operational excellence including the design and optimization of internal controls to deliver consistent, timely, and accurate payroll globally
• Evaluate processes for continuous improvement and implement automated solutions as appropriate to enable operations to scale with the Company’s growth strategy
• Oversee payroll audits. Perform and monitor internal controls related to payroll to comply with SOX and other country-specific legal requirements; recommend improvements to optimize processes
• Partner with MongoDB’s inhouse tax team and external tax consultants to ensure we remain current on new legislation and regulatory rulings impacting payroll
• Develop and maintain payroll-related operational and financial metrics to measure the effectiveness and accuracy of operational processes globally
• Assist with internal and external audit requirements to ensure compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a multi-national, high volume company supporting a population of 10k+ employees preferably
• Experience with processing equity transactions globally (RSUs, ESPP or Stock Options is preferable)
• Strong project management experience and drive to streamline processes at scale
• Experience onboarding new payroll vendors and transitioning global payroll to different systems
• Experience with Google Applications and advance level of proficiency using Microsoft Office
• Experience with ADP WFN, ADP Streamline, ADP Celergo, SuccessFactors (HRIS system), and Etrade equity tool is a plus
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification preferred

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• Mental health counseling
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Health benefits offerings
• Equity
• Participation in the employee stock purchase program