Manager, Payroll

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies.

Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

The Manager US Payroll will provide leadership for operational and day-day payroll processing to ensure accurate and timely payments to employees supporting multiple legal entities in all 50 states. Act as relationship manager to cross-functional teams including Payroll Services, HR Shared Services, Finance, Tax Filing. Ability to handle complex and/or sensitive payroll requests, work in a high volume and fast‑paced environment while meeting all deadlines with weekly payroll processing for exempt, non‑exempt and hourly workers.

• Drive implementation of payroll strategies, continually monitor effectiveness.
• Accountable for the partnership with our HR service provider for payroll and timekeeping to ensure alignment with the broader HR Tech roadmap as well as Vantive’s HR and Business priorities.
• Continuously assess payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions. Identify and recommend updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Develop close working relationships with internal partners such as the Finance & Accounting teams, Benefits, IT, etc. to quickly resolve issues and handle special requests.
• Consult with management and provide expertise on a variety of payroll issues.
• Continually monitor and assess the effectiveness of the US payroll model and team dynamics and lead efforts to realign/refocus as needed. Monitor team activity and coordinate workload in line with SLAs by organizing, prioritizing, and making effective workload allocation decisions.
• Leads payroll activities associated with acquisitions, divestitures, and other organizational changes.
• Ensure operations are performed in compliance with company policies, country, state/province, and local laws and are aligned with Sarbanes‑Oxley Act (SOX). Facilitate audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Upon request, take part in special projects and impromptu reporting (annual grant and subsidy requests for Finance and/or Legal Subpoena’s.)
• Compiles, processes and audits special payrolls related to but not limited to LTI, Flexible Worker Arrangements, and Relocation.
• Access security updates to 3rd party vendor solutions for Equifax (separated or on‑leave employees):
  Paperless Pay, The Work Number and My Tax Forms.
• Monitor and understand industry payroll trends, initiate discussions on relevance to the Company and drive initiatives to implement these trends for Company.

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of Payroll or HR experience with an understanding of payroll principles, practices, and regulations.
• Understanding of HR operating environments and exposure to applicable State specific legal processing requirements.
• Strong background in Workday payroll processing and timekeeping system experience, preferred.
• Proficiency with all Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel.
• Demonstrated strong analytical, process, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to effectively address customer concerns while also maintaining adherence to standards.
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