Manager, Payroll - USA/CAN (REMOTE)

Are you passionate about ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time?

Do you excel at driving process improvements and fostering collaboration across teams?

About the Team 

This is a global team that helps process accurate and compliant payroll for a large, multinational organization. The scope for RELX US & Canada Payroll includes all 5 divisions of RELX (Corporate, Scientific Technical and Medical, Legal, Risk and Exhibitions), as well as any acquired companies going forward. 

About the Role 

Reporting to the Payroll Director, the Payroll Manager will manage the Payroll Team in processing our US and Canada payrolls with approximately 15,000 employees in all 50 states on a Bi-Weekly basis. 

The Payroll Manager will be responsible for all activities necessary to process our RELX payrolls including the oversight of payroll administrators, maintaining related records, creating and reviewing all voluntary deduction reports, processing and reconciling involuntary deductions. The Payroll Manager must keep abreast of legislative / regulatory updates and best practices for payroll processing. The successful candidate will possess excellent time management skills, critical thinking for problem resolution and the ability to motivate and engage a payroll team.  This position requires experience with Ceridian Dayforce, and a minimum of 5 years of payroll processing in a multi-state environment. 

Responsibilities: 

• Overseeing the day to day payroll administrators and ensure deliverables are met for biweekly payrolls 

• Managing performance and weekly 1:1s with direct reports 

• Ensuring timely processing and audits of the payroll, checking for errors and advising of necessary changes and improvements, including that all Sarbanes-Oxley requirements are met

• Maintaining effective internal controls and business continuity plans for all payroll procedures 

• Uploading interface files into Dayforce and train payroll support team. 

• Creating and running various ad-hoc reports for Finance, Benefits, Stock and HR 

• Assuring compliance with company pay policies and government regulations as well as the confidentiality and integrity of payroll information 

• Supporting and leading Payroll department in Year End activities and various ongoing systems projects 

• Responding to employee questions and concerns in a timely, professional manner 

• Partnering on other US and Canada entity payroll initiatives for process and efficiency improvement 

• Ensuring the timely and accurate reporting of Stock processing and reconciliations  

Required skills include: 

• Have proven payroll experience in a high-volume, fast-paced, publicly traded, corporate environment 

• Display an ability to handle multiple tasks and work under tight time constraints and deadlines 

• Have excellent verbal / written communication and an emphasis on superior customer service 

• Have experience with supervision of small teams 

• Have experience with Ceridian Dayforce Payroll and HCM systems such as Oracle or Workday.  

• Possess excellent Excel skills and must be proficient in all other MS Office programs. Have experience with Smartsheets would be a plus.

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.  

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.