Sr. Payroll Manager

Your Title: Sr. Payroll Manager

Job Location: Dayton, OH-Hybrid
Our Department: Finance

Are you an experienced payroll leader ready to take ownership of a complex, high-impact payroll function? Join our team as a Sr. Payroll Manager and lead critical payroll operations for a diverse workforce across the Americas.

What You Will Do

• Lead and oversee end-to-end payroll processing for ~4,800 employees across the US, Canada and Latin America, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness across multiple legal entities, including complex payroll elements such as RSUs, executive compensation, and multi-jurisdictional tax regulations.

• Drive continuous improvement by evaluating payroll systems, policies, and workflows, implementing best practices and innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency and data integrity.

• Work closely with Finance, HR, and Benefits teams to ensure seamless integration and reporting accuracy.

• Serve as the key point of escalation and subject matter expert for complex payroll issues, regulatory audits, and compliance matters.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing payroll team, fostering a culture of accountability, accuracy, and service excellence.

• Own the relationship with third-party payroll providers and vendors, negotiating service agreements and ensuring SLAs are met.

• Partner with cross-functional leadership to support organizational changes, system implementations, and compliance initiatives impacting payroll.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Minimum of 7+ years progressive payroll experience with increasing leadership responsibilities, including managing teams and payroll vendors.

• Deep expertise with payroll systems (including ADP Workforce Now preferred) and Workday Integrations (Third Party Payroll Cloud Connector - TPPCC).

• Proven ability to lead payroll for large, complex workforces in multiple countries, specifically US and Canada, including equity compensation plans like RSUs and bonuses.

• Public company payroll experience is strongly preferred due to the complexity of RSU administration and regulatory compliance.

• Strong knowledge of payroll tax compliance, multi-state and multi-provincial regulations, and audit readiness.

• Demonstrated change management skills with a track record of implementing process improvements and system upgrades.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills to collaborate across Finance, HR, Legal, and external partners.

• Finance acumen related to payroll accruals, prepayments, and journal entries is highly desirable.

About Your Location

Trimble's Dayton, Ohio site, located at 5475 Kellenburger Rd, Dayton, OH 45424, serves as a significant hub for the company's operations. In 2018, Trimble inaugurated a 65,000-square-foot indoor development, testing, and training dome in Huber Heights, enhancing its capabilities in product development and employee training. Further demonstrating its commitment to growth, Trimble initiated a $12 million expansion in 2019, nearly doubling its warehouse space to approximately 300,000 square feet. This expansion not only underscores Trimble's dedication to innovation but also its role in bolstering the local economy.​

With a presence in the Dayton area for over 60 years, Trimble continues to be a pivotal player in the community, contributing to both technological advancements and employment opportunities. For more information about Trimble and its operations, you can visit their official website at www.trimble.com.​

About Trimble’s Finance Department

Trimble's Finance team plays a central role in the company's financial health, strategy, and operations. The team is led by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Phil Sawarynski, and is responsible for all worldwide finance operations. The finance department is structured to support the company's diverse business segments, which include construction, geospatial, agriculture, and transportation.

In a hybrid role, you will work with your manager to establish a mutually agreeable schedule for your time working in the office based on the position and the business need. Typically hybrid positions are 1-3 days per week, or 20%-60% of the month in the office.

Compensation:  Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

Pay Rate Type

Bonus Eligible?

Commission Eligible?

Benefits:  Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Posting Date

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.”

Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.

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