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Wells Fargo is seeking an Operation's Director to oversee HR Workforce Operations and Payroll for its International region. This is a great opportunity to lead this international team across all of payroll and workforce operations and to contribute to setting and operationalizing the strategic direction for the function.

In this role, you will:

• Oversee HR Operations and Payroll teams in International locations (London & Hong Kong).
• Oversee the full cycle of Payroll processing and Workforce Operations for 20 counties in EMEA and APAC.
• Recruit and develop the best-in-class talent subject matter experts across these international teams to provide high levels of operational excellence, efficiency, risk management and service delivery.
• Identify opportunities for improving operating procedures in conjunction with Risk and Compliance guidance to substantiate audits.
• Determine appropriate strategies and practices to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, efficient working practices and strong risk management across international payroll and HR workforce operations.
• Coach resolution approach to organizational objectives, develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy. Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers and lead team to achieve business objectives.
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for the function, including input into budget, performance against budget and efficiency initiatives such as global delivery models .
• Ensure international and jurisdictional regulatory requirements and applicable collective agreements are understood and addressed across the team,
• Ensure processes and practices comply with relevant regional employment legislation and regulator expectations.
• Oversee identification of risks & issues, escalating appropriately, and resolving problems
• Educate and partner with enterprise HR Operations & Payroll leadership to ensure International is appropriately considered, including early engagement on matters that impact International.
• Understand and ensure compliance with international governance requirements regarding inter-company service provision, offshoring and outsourcing and international financial services local regulator requirements.

In addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive experience of International Payroll experience, or equivalent experience demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Extensive years of Management experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Significant end-to-end experience in international Payroll, Payroll Tax, HR Operations and Audit
• Experience with Workday Payroll, ServiceNow, ADP Global View Payroll and CloudPay Payroll.
• Ability to develop, manage and motivate staff to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and embrace change in a dynamic and complex environment.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility to build and maintain effective working relationships across complex, matrixed, enterprise structures.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects in a large enterprise environment.
• Outstanding problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong change management skills, technology proficiency, systems thinking and quality orientation.
• Drives for problem solving, execution focus, accuracy and quality across the teams.
• Comfortable leading and navigating change and transformation with an operational environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Project) skills.

We Value Diversity

At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in US: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

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