Global Payroll Project Lead

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Human Resources

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance.

Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time.

Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

Reporting into Global Payroll Process Owner (GPO) in leading payroll governance, vendor performance, transformation programmes, and strategic initiatives across our global payroll landscape. This is a unique opportunity to operate at the centre of Payroll, HR, Finance, IT&D, Tax, and external provider networks, helping shape the future of payroll delivery globally.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate global payroll governance forums, including agenda management, executive reporting, presentations, minutes, action tracking, and stakeholder accountability.
• Support the GPO in driving the global payroll strategy and transformation roadmap.
• Act as a key partner across Payroll, HR, Finance, Tax, IT&D, and external vendors to ensure alignment on priorities, risks, and delivery objectives.
• Support to manage payroll vendor governance, including Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), global performance management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Review vendor KPIs, SLAs, controls, and service delivery metrics, providing meaningful insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Drive operational excellence and process standardisation across payroll hubs and regions.

The experience we're looking for

• 13+ years of payroll experience within a large multinational organisation or complex global payroll environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll operations, governance, controls, compliance, vendor management, and payroll service delivery.
• Proven experience leading or supporting payroll transformation, process improvement, or large-scale change programmes.
• Experience partnering with IT&D teams on payroll system implementations, integrations, interfaces, testing, and technology enhancements.
• Strong project and programme management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.
• Experience managing outsourced payroll providers and holding vendors accountable to service commitments and performance standards.

The skills for success

Global Payroll, Payroll Transformation, Payroll Vendor Maangement , Payroll Process Improvement; Process management, Process Improvement, Process excellence,Execute plans, Strategic mindset, Digital literacy, HR Data Analysis; Data management; Employee data management, Operational Excellence, Commercial accumen, Solutioning.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.