Director, Payroll

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys and Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skincare.

In our Fiscal year 24, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 24 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Position Summary

The Director, Payroll will lead and oversee the US Payroll team responsible for ensuring accurate and timely delivery of pay, payroll reporting, and compliance activities for our corporate workforce of both exempt and non-exempt employees in the United States and Canada (roughly 500 employees and growing). We currently utilize ADP Workforce Now to manage and administer our payroll. This position will oversee the end-to-end payroll process, which includes ensuring compliance with all local payroll requirements (including all related federal and state or jurisdictional tax payments), maintaining effective internal controls, and accurate accounting for all payroll and related transaction in our financial statements.

Responsibilities:

• Directly oversee the timely and accurate processing of payroll in the US and Canada
• Establish and execute organizational strategy and vision, including team structure, roles and responsibilities and building processes that drive accuracy, efficiency and regulatory compliance 
• Liaise with global teams to advise on payroll business practices in the UK, China, India, and Europe 
• Oversee all payroll-related accounting transactions, including account reconciliations 
• Liaise with Accounting and Finance around month-end close procedures including post-close analysis of accounts and financial statement line items
• Responsible for all payroll tax activities, compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, and ensure timely filings of each jurisdiction’s periodic returns
• Remain current on new legislation and regulatory rulings impacting payroll and implement changes if/as needed
• Ensures all processes performed by the Payroll team are properly documented and controls are effective  
• Oversee and responds to requirements and findings from internal and external auditors 
• Ensure management is fully informed of risks, issues, challenges and provide timely solutions
• Lead the effort to implement new ERP system as it relates to payroll and payroll-related processes 
• Manage relationships and budgets for third party vendors 
• Help lead the global effort to replace ADP WFN, for global locations
• Maintain excellent working relationships with business partners People, Total Rewards, IT, Legal, Accounting and Finance that inspire confidence and cooperation
• Support the People and Total Rewards teams, as needed, as it relates to benefits and equity plan administration 
• Collaborate with the People, Total Rewards, and Accounting teams to identify areas for process improvement 
• Maintain a positive, results orientated work environment, building partnerships and modeling high performance teamwork and open communication

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred 
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in payroll oversight for large and/or public company with greater than 500 employees. CPG experience preferred. Global management experience preferred.
• Experience with exempt and non-exempt employees 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start up like environment
• Strong working knowledge of US and multi-state payroll reporting requirements
• Payroll implementation experience preferred 
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, and PowerPoint) and virtual meeting tools for training delivery (i.e. Zoom, Teams, etc.)
• Thrives in working independently, while partnering and collaborating across teams in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment; comfortable handling the unexpected and balancing multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to communicate concepts, make presentations and present complex written information and findings in a highly professional manner
• Strong sense of business ethics, integrity, confidentiality and accountability
• Intermediate experience with Excel functions (vlookup, pivots, sum functions, etc.) 

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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