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In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com. \nThe Role\nWe are seeking a highly experienced and results-driven Senior Payroll Manager, Americas to lead end-to-end payroll operations across North and South America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and LATAM countries. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across a complex multi-country, multi-entity environment while strengthening controls, improving vendor performance, standardizing processes, and supporting payroll transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep payroll expertise, strong regional leadership, sound payroll accounting knowledge, and the ability to influence cross-functionally across HR, external payroll providers, Finance, Legal, and IT. This role requires a leader who can operate above day-to-day processing, drive accountability across the region, and build scalable payroll operations that support compliance, employee experience, and business growth.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead payroll operations across the Americas region, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and South America/LATAM countries.Develop and execute the payroll strategy for the Americas region, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, compliance requirements, and operational excellence goals.\nProvide regional oversight for payroll accuracy, timeliness, compliance, controls, vendor performance, and service delivery.\nLead, develop, and mentor payroll specialists and vendor partners responsible for country-level payroll execution across the Americas region.\nEstablish consistent payroll governance, escalation protocols, documentation standards, and control expectations across the Americas region.\nPartner with HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, IT, and external payroll providers to ensure payroll processes are compliant, efficient, and aligned to business needs.\nServe as the regional payroll leader and primary advisor to Finance, HR, and executive stakeholders on payroll-related risks, compliance matters, and transformation initiatives.\nOversee payroll accounting activities, including payroll reconciliations, journal entry support, accrual review, variance analysis, and audit documentation.\nDrive regional payroll process standardization, automation, centralization, and continuous improvement to reduce manual work, improve controls, and increase scalability.\nMonitor payroll vendor performance, service levels, issue resolution, and contractual accountability across the region.\nSupport internal and external audits by ensuring payroll documentation, approvals, reconciliations, and control evidence are complete and accurate.\nAct as the regional escalation point for complex payroll issues, compliance risks, system challenges, and cross-functional process gaps.\nQualifications & Experience\n10+ years of progressive payroll experience, including leadership of complex multi-country payroll operations.\n5+ years of payroll leadership experience, including direct or matrixed management of payroll teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.\nExperience overseeing payroll across the Americas region, including U.S., Canada, Mexico, and/or LATAM payroll environments.\nStrong knowledge of U.S. and Canadian payroll regulations, with demonstrated ability to manage or oversee country-specific payroll compliance across additional jurisdictions.\nStrong understanding of payroll accounting, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, variance analysis, and financial reporting impacts.\nExperience working with third-party payroll providers such as ADP, including vendor governance, issue escalation, service level management, and process improvement.\nExperience leading payroll transformation, centralization, automation, or shared services initiatives preferred.\nSkills & Competencies\nStrong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and compliance.\nProven problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex payroll issues and implement solutions.\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence across all levels of the organization.\nHigh level of integrity and ability to manage confidential information.\nStrong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines.\nContinuous improvement mindset with a focus on automation, efficiency, and scalability.\nCustomer-service orientation with a focus on employee experience.\nExperience leveraging AI and automation tools to improve payroll accuracy, reporting, issue resolution, and process efficiency while maintaining strong controls, compliance, and data privacy. \nRegional payroll leadership and governance.\nCross-functional influence across HR, Finance, Legal, 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