Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Masco Corporation is seeking a Senior Payroll Compliance Program Manager to lead payroll compliance efforts. The role involves serving as the enterprise payroll compliance expert, developing compliant systems and processes, and providing strategic leadership to reduce regulatory exposure.
Responsibilities
- Act as the enterprise guide on FLSA and California labor time laws (including overtime/double time, meal and rest breaks, regular rate calculations, premium pay, final pay requirements, wage statement compliance, and paid sick leave), establishing standard interpretations and mentorship employed throughout the company
- Lead the regulatory change process for payroll compliance by tracking and interpreting federal, state, and local regulation updates. Translate requirements into a company-wide action plan. Lead prioritized policy, process, and system improvements
- Provide enterprise mentorship and final consultative support on pay practices, timekeeping rules, wage deductions, and tax-related matters; align suggestions to risk appetite, operational realities, and audit readiness
- Provide strategic leadership with collaborators to expand the compliance roadmap across adjacent domains (e.g., EEO, Pay Transparency, GDPR), ensuring cohesive governance, controls, and enterprise communications
- Lead cross-functional projects with HRIS, Payroll Operations, IT, Finance, Legal, and external vendors to define enterprise system requirements that enable compliant, scalable pay calculations for hourly and salaried employees
- Serve as the compliance development authority for configuration, testing, validation, and implementation of payroll system updates (e.g., SAP, Workday, UKG/ADP), ensuring solutions meet regulatory intent and are auditable at scale
- Establish and lead enterprise control standards for system logic and timekeeping/payroll settings to ensure they align with FLSA and state requirements, especially California. Include detailed decision records, testing proof, and continuous monitoring
- Develop and lead an enterprise audit program across timekeeping, payroll transactions, meal/rest break compliance, wage statements, garnishments, and taxation practices; define audit cadence, approach, and reporting standards
- Direct complex investigations by assessing root causes, quantifying risk/exposure, and sponsoring corrective-action plans with accountable owners; track remediation through closure and validate sustained efficiency
- Provide strategic support for internal controls, SOX compliance, and external/internal audit engagements, including executive summaries and regulator/auditor-ready documentation
- Develop and coordinate an enterprise compliance education plan (curriculum, cadence, and efficiency measures) for HR, managers, supervisors, and payroll staff on FLSA, California wage and hour regulations, and compliant timekeeping practices
- Communicate to executives about compliance standing, new risk areas, system change consequences, and process optimizations; guide prioritization and allocation of resources across the organization
- Lead enterprise process-improvement initiatives to reduce compliance risk, improve accuracy, and increase automation; define success metrics (e.g., error rate reduction, audit findings closure time) and monitor outcomes
- Serve as a strategic change leader for new legislation, policies, and system upgrades. This includes crafting roadmaps, advising on tradeoffs, and ensuring balanced implementation by developing governance and controls
- Provide functional leadership to the Payroll team by mentoring, setting standards, and supporting critical issues. Ensure compliance oversight continues during busy times or unexpected staff shortages. Help build broader skills across the team
Skills
- 8+ years of advancing experience in payroll compliance and payroll operations
- CPP or FPC certification
- Strong expertise in FLSA and the rules regulating wages and hours in California
- Proven responsibility for managing enterprise compliance programs
- Experience leading multi-state payroll compliance initiatives in a medium to large organization, including influencing collaborators throughout HR, IT/HRIS, Legal, Finance, and Operations
- Strong analytical and risk-assessment skills, including crafting audit methodologies, interpreting regulatory requirements, quantifying exposure, and presenting findings and recommendations to senior leaders
- Expertise in major payroll/timekeeping platforms (Workday, SAP, ADP, Kronos/UKG, etc.), involving managing requirements, controls, testing documentation, and validation for compliance-related modifications
- Excellent communication and influence skills; ability to translate complex regulations into business decisions, build consensus among senior collaborators, and sustain adoption through governance and training
- Experience establishing compliance governance (standards, controls, documentation) and partnering with Internal Audit, Legal, and Finance on audit readiness and remediation
- Experience in industries with high volume hourly workforces (manufacturing, distribution, media, aerospace)
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