You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.
McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.
We are looking to hire an ASSOCIATE GLOBAL PROCESS OWNER (GPO) immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
What We Bring To The Table:
The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:
• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)
• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness
• Tuition assistance
Position Overview:
The Global Process Owner (“GPO”) for Payroll is responsible for overseeing and optimizing payroll policies and processes across multiple regions and departments on a global scale. This leadership role ensures that processes are standardized, efficient, and aligned with the company's strategic goals. The GPO will drive continuous improvement initiatives, implement best practices, and maintain compliance with international regulations. They will work closely with cross-functional teams to manage the end-to-end process, implement technology solutions, and ensure consistent quality and performance across all regions. The GPO plays a critical role in enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and improving the overall business process experience for both internal stakeholders and customers.
Key Responsibilities:
Process Improvement and Management
Initiates process and system changes and enhancements; works with the payroll operations team and other cross-functional business partners to prioritize process and system improvement initiatives impacting the global payroll process, including planning, and managing the overall project roadmap. Drive improvements and establish best-in-class processes for global payroll and related programs which meet jurisdictional compliance requirements, deliver outstanding employee experience, and enable our global expansion programs. Draft the current “as-is” and “to-be” business process, business requirements, and use cases in the business case requirements document; signs off on the final business case; approves cross-functional business requirements that impact the global payroll process.
Stakeholder Engagement
Build and maintain a relationship with key stakeholders within Finance, HR and other related business units, and continuously optimize the service delivery and leadership model. Prior to deploying new processes and significant system enhancements, confirms business readiness of the global payroll operations team; as needed, communicates process and system changes to the extended user community. Continuously partner with the HRIT, Benefits, Finance and other related organizations to ensure that the end-to-end payroll input and output processes are optimized. Communicate the priorities, partner requirements and sequential steps in operationalizing the Global payroll transformation roadmap and ensuring alignment across the organization.
Payroll Transformation Projects
Develop policies and strategies for global payroll that enable centralized and simplified processes. Partner with HR Ops team to define and govern payroll policies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, Finance, and Supply Chain, to ensure seamless system implementation and functionality of new payroll systems. Develop Global Payroll Improvement roadmap with prioritization and impact. Establishes framework, structure, and processes to stabilize and sustain outcomes and delivery post-launch; collaborating with and gaining cross-functional partnership to enable and drive ownership of execution by respective teams.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree 10+ years of experience in payroll operations in a global organization. Experience with SAP, Workday, ADP payroll platforms, or other payroll systems. Expertise in the end-to-end global payroll process and high level of understanding of general business operations and internal control concepts; ability to assess and provide input into impact of a business process / system change. Ability to collaborate and gain input yet operate autonomously to make decisions in the gray space, taking calculated risk. Strong understanding of payroll, time and attendance, and employee data management processes. Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.
Base Salary: $121,900 - $219,410
Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan. In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits - Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support - Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans