Lead for Tax and Compliance – Americas

Responsibilities

The Payroll Tax and Compliance Leader is responsible for ensuring payroll tax accuracy and maintaining compliance with tax regulations for all Americas region. Leads and develops a team of payroll tax specialists. Maintains strong internal and external client relationships by addressing questions and critical issues with accuracy, a sense of urgency, and professionalism. Demonstrates strong independent problem-solving skills.

• Responsible for leading Americas payroll tax and compliance team and the function for approximately 45,000 employees in 17 countries. Provide tactical as well as operational oversight of the function within Finance Shared Services organization. Manages and is accountable for on-time execution of tax responsibilities, including project deliverables.
• Handle staff trough development and evaluation process. responsible for developing and implementing practices to ensure the high level of staff morale and retention. Operate and be responsible for the succession process. Mentor staff in leadership and business partnership.
• Ensure professional credibility and able to tackle sophisticated payroll analysis for a region, typically exercising a strong understanding of the payroll tax framework, systems and government regulations impacting payroll calculation to resolve the best method for achieving operational objectives.
• Find opportunities for process improvement and policy development (within and out of payroll), actively engaging in the design and implementation. Drives and implements the development of new insights and methods. Reviews and analyzes payroll tax procedures; applies continuous improvement methods to streamline processes and mitigate risk.
• Develops healthy business relationships with internal and external partners driving issue resolution to achieve desired results. Collaborate and partner with cross functional business partners to identify and implement options to improve the quality-of-service delivery. Accountable for payroll service delivery against agreed timelines.
• Accountable for actively participating and implementing the internal control environment over the financial as well as the business process aspects of the payroll operational process. Responsible for the execution of some payroll operational controls. Manages and reports on key performance indicators and metrics.
• Accountable for completing process integrity, internal and SOX controls, and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Help drive and enhance America’s region payroll operational score card deliverables.
• Maintain accurate ongoing client accounting reporting related to client funding for payroll tax liabilities.
• Oversight and collaborative relationship management with 3rd party payroll tax system s to insure long-term stability of solution as it relates to our business.

You will be part of the team that leads payroll operations for the Americas region and work closely with regional and global payroll leadership and cross-functional teams, internal partners and third party vendors in a precipice of reinventing itself — and perhaps energetically, we hope to reinvent the future of payroll in the process.

Who You Are

You are important problem solver with positive attitude and strong work ethics. A multi tasker who is flexible and strong in prioritization and accountability to meet the deadlines and deliver strong timely results. You like collaborate with a team and partners, able to work in a fast-paced and engaging environment. Strong initiator of process improvements, gap elimination and continuous healthy flow of your function. You love to lead and develop people and help them grow within the organization.

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Related Field plus 8+ years’ experience in the Payroll Tax field and 5+ year’s experience in people management.
• SAP system experience (ADP Global View highly preferred). Ability to understand system configuration to meet business process requirements accurately and in a timely manner.
• Sophisticated proficiency with Microsoft tools (Excel, Outlook, Word, Visio, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of US GAAP and SOX Controls. Ability to prepare, analyze and interpret reports.
• Extensive experience in capturing business requirements, performing functional fit/gap/root cause analysis, communicating standard methodologies, creating current & future process flow diagrams, performing risk analysis, while continuously recommending solutions/alternatives/workarounds. Understanding of payroll benchmarking and industry standard methodologies.
• Advocate for global standardization and partnership on initiatives, improvements and automation. Develop strategy of you function by creating strong documentation regional process maps, support desk-top procedures and documentation
• Excellent communication skills, an inquisitive mind, and the ability to work efficiently with multiple, cross-functional partners. Ability to operate optimally across diverse geographical locations and cultures.
• Strong analytical skills and a critical thinker; must have the ability to use excellent judgment and resolve issues with dexterity and effective decision making.
• Excellent communications skills written, verbal, and presentational.
• Ability to influence, optimally lead and handle others.
• Results Oriented and results driven, must thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High level of self-motivation, accountability, positive demeanor, and strong work ethic.

Who We are

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do – you can’t put us in a box!

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!