Payroll Manager

Standex International is a global industrial growth company operating through our market‑leading brands in electronics, cutting‑edge forming technologies, engraving, and scientific refrigeration. We work with our customers to advance progress through innovation, from inventing and producing parts for next‑generation space vehicles to evolving vaccine refrigeration, designing functional textures for everyday products, and improving renewable energy technology.

• Lead all aspects of U.S. payroll operations across multiple business segments and states, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.
• Maintain governance over payroll processes and controls (SOX, Segregation of Duties), implement and manage compliance calendars, and uphold business continuity / disaster recovery standards.
• Ensure payroll compliance with collective bargaining agreements where applicable and translate contractual terms into executable payroll rules.
• Own the payroll processing lifecycle milestones (cutoff, approval, commit, impound, and pay date), and off‑cycle adjustments when needed.
• Partner with HRIS analysts to manage Dayforce configuration, payroll/tax updates, integrations, and change control; ensure data integrity across upstream inputs and downstream outputs.
• Manage payroll tax registrations, garnishments, child support, liens, and year‑end reporting (W‑2); support future expansion readiness for other countries.
• Maintain audit‑ready documentation and support internal/external audits.
• Develop and monitor KPIs, including on‑time payroll processing across all jurisdictions, error rate and correction metrics, compliance timeliness, and audit readiness.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Treasury, Tax, and IT to resolve issues, drive root‑cause analysis, and execute continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead, coach, and develop payroll team members; establish standard work, SOPs, and clear SLAs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, HR, or related field (preferred).
• 7+ years of progressive payroll experience, including U.S. multi‑state administration; 3+ years managing teams.
• Demonstrated proficiency managing payroll operations on an enterprise HCM platform (e.g., Dayforce, Workday, SAP Success Factors, Oracle, ADP Global View) with integrations, controls, and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance and tax regulations; familiarity with audit/risk frameworks (SOX, COSO) and Segregation of Duties.
• Experience consolidating multiple pay frequencies into streamlined processes.

• Payroll certifications (e.g., CPP, PCP) preferred.
• Payroll experience in shared services payroll supporting multiple business segments.
• International payroll governance exposure and readiness for future operational ownership.
• Experience with Dayforce HCM payroll operations; ability to quickly learn and leverage Dayforce functionality.
• Analytical capability for payroll reporting and variance analysis.
• Vendor management experience with measurable outcomes (SLA adherence, defect rates, change throughput).
• Project experience with payroll system upgrades or multi‑country implementations.

Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.