Manager, Global Payroll Total Rewards, Job ID # 9824
Position Overview / Job Summary
The Manager, Global Payroll, is responsible for overseeing assigned staff and executing complex payroll processes to ensure accurate and timely compensation. This role ensures compliance with regulations and drives payroll process improvements.
Key Responsibilities
Train, coach, evaluate and provide daily guidance to payroll staff processing semi-monthly and monthly global payrolls; ensure accurate calculation of wages, overtime, bonuses, and deductions; audit payroll data and reconcile discrepancies; lead registration and set up of payroll services in new jurisdictions; maintain and prepare entries, interfaces, reports and reconcilements for the general ledger and org hierarchy structure.
Ensure compliance with all applicable withholding, revenue and tax regulations; lead global payroll tax vendor relationships, ensuring compliance and accuracy, ensure completion of payroll tax filing (W-2, 941, P11-D etc.); lead global payroll SOX audit processes: maintain control definitions, audit responses, control testing
Maintain and configure Ceridian Dayforce payroll system; troubleshoot payroll system issues; drive automation and efficiency improvements; support system upgrades and implementations; serve as payroll SME on projects impacting payroll
Respond to employee payroll inquiries; research and resolve pay discrepancies; coordinate, prepare and/or deliver employee training
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree or equivalent; finance related degree preferred, professional payroll certification is a plus
5 years of U.S. payroll administration experience required; 2 years of supervisory experience required
Experience with enterprise payroll administration platforms such as Dayforce, Workday, ADP, or similar enterprise payroll systems
Proficient understanding of payroll accounting and payroll impact on general ledger, proficient in basic math required
Experience with MS Office suite, Excel proficiency (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data format conversion) required
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in European and AsiaPAC payroll administration
Dayforce experience preferred
Key Behaviors for Success
Anchored in the Federated Hermes Pledge, our Behavior Framework provides a compass for the way we behave and perform internally to create the environment necessary to maintain our commitments to each other and to the business. Our behaviors are: Adaptability, Communication, Delivery, Drive, and Relationships.
Working Conditions
Standard work hours are 37.5 per week. However, additional hours may be required.
Pittsburgh, PA.
You will be required to work in the office a minimum of three days each week.
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About Us
Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI) is a leading global, active asset manager, focused on meeting the diverse and evolving needs of todays investors. Headquartered in Pittsburgh since 1955, with offices spanning North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our more than 2,200 highly talented employees are dedicated to a culture of integrity, a drive for excellence in all that we do and an unwavering focus on our clients.
The firm manages $911.6 billion in total assets as of June 30, 2026, across equities, fixed income, liquidity/money market funds, alternatives, and multi-asset strategies for institutions and intermediaries. Federated Hermes is further distinguished by EOS, its stewardship and engagement subsidiary, which advises on $2.3 trillion in assets.
Federated Hermes offers investment professionals the opportunity to work alongside highly regarded portfolio managers, analysts and traders, within a collaborative and intellectually rigorous environment.
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Federated Hermes, Inc. offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, a variety of professional and personal development opportunities, and a professional work environment. For additional information about the firm, please visit the Federated Hermes website.
EOE Including Disability / Vets
Federated Hermes is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to qualified individuals without regard to the following criteria: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, familial or marital status, ancestry, military status, veteran status or genetic information as well as any other prohibited criteria under any local, state or federal law applicable to Federated Hermes. As part of the firms equal employment opportunity statement, Federated Hermes will also comply with applicable government contractor obligations, including ensuring veterans and qualified people with disabilities are considered for employment and promotional opportunities consistent with current federal, state and local laws and regulations. Federated Hermes will also make reasonable accommodations for the religious practices of beliefs of applicants and employees, as well as for mental health or physical disability needs.
