Sr. Director, Time Reporting, Payroll & Stock Services

Equinix; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Job description

Who are we?

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Global Sr. Director of Time Reporting, Payroll & Stock Services to manage our Time Reporting, Payroll & Stock Services teams, made up of 35 employees across 3 regions, while concurrently transforming our global Time Reporting and Payroll systems. Time Reporting is currently a shared responsibility between Payroll (in 11 countries) and HR (in 26 countries). Approximately 50% of the company's 14,000, and growing, workforce is paid on an hourly basis with overtime and other complex compensation plans. This new leader will be accountable for all global time reporting processes and controls, as well as implementing a global time reporting system, in conjunction with a scheduling tool, to be utilized by our Global Datacenter Operations teams.

Responsibilities

As the leader of this Time Reporting, Payroll & Stock Services transformation, you will be responsible for:

• Oversight of time keeping responsibilities globally, including 20+ countries currently managed by Human Resources, largely on a manual basis.
• Implementation of a global time keeping system over the course of 3 - 4 years, including a scheduling system for use by our Operations teams (and other add-on systems they may wish in the future).
• Conversion of approximately 20 countries, over the next 3 - 4 years, onto the ADP Celergo platform for payroll processing purposes, ensuring integration with Workday and the new global Workforce time keeping system.
• Ensure the payroll platforms properly tax and report benefits from the new Benefex system being implemented globally over the next 4 years by HR.
• Coordination of the above across Finance, HR, IT, and Operations, ensuring all time and pay system implementations are accurately completed on time and on budget.
• Training of all employees and managers globally on the functionality and benefits of the new time keeping system.
• The institution of proper controls both internally financially, and externally with ADP and Workforce, our global time system, with respect to information security.
• Organization of your team in the most efficient manner to accomplish the above noted transformations, as well as management of the ongoing operations of Time Reporting, Payroll and Stock Services.

In addition, you and your team will be responsible to ensure:

• Timely and accurate payment to global employees.
• Data is maintained with the utmost fiduciary care and privacy.
• Payroll-related audits are conducted, as required.
• Timely development and implementation of any other system upgrade strategies and automation improvements.
• Accurate accounting and accruals of compensation and commissions.
• Management of local laws, union and policy changes in countries and metros.
• Paid Time Off, Leave of Absences, and hourly timecards are processed properly, in partnership with HR and other functions.

Qualifications

Ideal experience includes:

• Management of concurrent, dependent global system transformations/implementations across multiple functions.
• Time Reporting, Payroll and Stock Services expertise in a global company with a significant hourly employee population.
• A combination of Tech and Real Estate knowledge.
• Global employment regulations, laws, and policies expertise, including unions.
• Experience converting from manual to automated processes transactions; use of Robotic Process Automation (Bots).
• Leading at scale, across functions and geographies.
• Strong financial acumen.
• Focus on employee experience.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.