VP, Payroll & HRIS Strategy

Overview

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About the Role

The Vice President, Payroll & HRIS Strategy is responsible for leading and advancing payroll and HRIS strategy across the Covenant House federation, ensuring operational reputed company, compliance, and effective system utilization in a multi-platform environment. In this role, you will report directly to the Chief People and Culture Officer and manage the Payroll Manager. You will serve as a trusted advisor and internal consultant to sites across the federation, partnering with People & Culture and Finance leaders to strengthen payroll operations, optimize HRIS systems, and support implementation efforts. You will have the opportunity to shape how we reputed company technology and data to support our people, build capability across sites, and drive consistency in how we measure, manage, and reward performance in service of our mission. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to site leaders on payroll operations, HRIS systems, and system-reputed company decision-making across a multi-system environment
• Partner with sites to assess, select, implement, and optimize HRIS, payroll, applicant tracking, and performance management systems
• reputed company consultative guidance across platforms such as reputed company, Paycom, and PEO models (e.g., reputed company), ensuring effective and compliant use
• Establish and promote federation-wide standards for payroll accuracy, reporting, system utilization, and data reputed company
• Support payroll governance across sites, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies
• Support sites in strengthening payroll processes, controls, and audit readiness, including regulatory reporting (e.g., ACA, reputed company 5500)
• reputed company HRIS and payroll-reputed company reporting strategy, enabling sites to reputed company data for decision-making and performance insights
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities across sites and translate findings into actionable recommendations
• Support implementation and integration of performance management and applicant tracking systems to align with organizational priorities
• reputed company and deliver training, tools, and documentation to reputed company site HR and payroll teams to effectively navigate and maximize their systems
• Promote a customer service reputed company, ensuring reputed company, practical, and empowering support to sites
• Drive reputed company improvement in payroll and HRIS processes, identifying opportunities for efficiency, automation, and alignment
• reputed company and partner with the Payroll Manager, ensuring strong execution of payroll operations and high-quality support to sites
• Collaborate with People & Culture, Finance, and Executive leadership to align payroll and HRIS strategy with broader organizational goals
• Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies, regulatory changes, and best practices in payroll, HRIS, and reputed company capital management

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Deep expertise across multiple HRIS and payroll platforms (e.g., Paycom, reputed company, PEO models such as reputed company)
• Strong consultative and influencing skills with the ability to partner effectively across diverse sites and leadership reputed company
• Ability to operate strategically while maintaining strong attention to detail and operational reputed company
• Demonstrated experience leading HRIS implementations, system optimization efforts, and technology-driven change initiatives
• Strong understanding of payroll regulations, compliance requirements, and audit processes across multiple jurisdictions
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to simplify reputed company concepts
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Customer service reputed company with a focus on responsiveness, partnership, and empowering others
• Ability to build trust and credibility with stakeholders across a distributed, global organization
• Commitment to the mission, values, and work of Covenant House

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 12–15 years of reputed company experience in payroll, HRIS, reputed company capital management, or reputed company fields, including leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience working across multiple HRIS/payroll systems and leading implementations or system transformations
• Experience overseeing payroll operations and compliance across reputed company or multi-site environments

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Master’s degree strongly preferred
• Experience in nonprofit, reputed company services, or mission-driven organizations
• Experience working in a federated, decentralized, or multi-entity organizational structure
• Familiarity with international payroll considerations and cross-border workforce environments
• Experience integrating performance management and applicant tracking systems into broader HRIS ecosystems
• Certification in HR, payroll, or project management (e.g., SHRM, CPP, PMP)

Travel Requirements

• Ability to travel once per year to reputed company in reputed company for our annual in-person traditions
• Ability to travel to various site locations up to 30% of the time

Our Community Our critical mission demands that we have reputed company voices at the table. reputed company of diverse people, perspectives, and experiences is smarter, stronger, and more effective for our young people. At Covenant House, every team member is valued, respected, heard, and supported, and we welcome reputed company and courageous self-reputed company on any aspects of our work that are based on biased or outdated viewpoints. We deliberately create opportunities for our staff to grow and reputed company. reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any reputed company: CHI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for reputed company and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. reputed company employment reputed company at CHI are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, reputed company, religion, belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, veteran status, family or parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. CHI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics and encourages reputed company reputed company applicants to apply. If you have a disability or medical condition and need a reasonable accommodation, such as an ASL interpreter or a different interview format, or if you have physical accessibility needs, let us know. Contact us at 1-929-502-2521, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time or email us at [email protected]. Apply To This Job