Senior Director, Global Payroll
Light & Wonder's corporate team comprises incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organisation and the well-being of employees. At Light & Wonder, payroll is more than a core business function. It is a critical enabler of our people experience and global operations. As the Senior Director, Global Payroll, the individual will lead the strategy, governance, and delivery of payroll across a complex international organisation, ensuring employees are paid accurately, compliantly, and on time, every time. The role will oversee a global payroll function spanning people, processes, systems, and vendor partnerships, driving operational excellence while leading the transformation of payroll capabilities worldwide. Working closely with leaders across People Capabilities, Finance, Legal, and Tax, the individual will play a key role in managing risk, supporting organisational change, and delivering a seamless employee experience. This is an opportunity to shape the future of global payroll at Light & Wonder, driving standardisation, innovation, and scalable growth across the business.
- Lead the strategy and execution of Light & Wonder's global payroll operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across all regions.
- Build and maintain a globally consistent payroll framework, including policies, controls, governance, and operating procedures that support business growth and geographic expansion.
- Oversee payroll systems, data integrity, vendor relationships, and service delivery to support a complex, multi-country workforce.
- Drive payroll transformation initiatives, including process optimisation, automation, system enhancements, and vendor rationalisation to improve efficiency and the employee experience.
- Partner with People Capabilities, Finance, Legal, and Tax teams to mitigate risk, support business initiatives, and ensure compliance with global regulatory requirements.
- Lead payroll readiness and operational support for acquisitions, restructures, workforce events, and other organisational changes with minimal disruption to employees and the business.
- Monitor payroll performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement scalable solutions that strengthen governance, consistency, and operational excellence.
- Develop and lead a high-performing global payroll team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure payroll operations align with Light & Wonder's vision, mission, values, and long-term business objectives.
- Extensive experience leading global payroll operations across multiple countries and regions, with a strong track record of delivering compliant, scalable, and efficient payroll services (required).
- Experience leading and developing geographically dispersed payroll teams in a complex, global environment (required).
- Deep knowledge of global payroll processes, compliance requirements, governance, controls, and risk management (required).
- Experience operating across both in-house and outsourced payroll models (required).
- Proven success leading payroll system implementations, enhancements, or transformations, ideally involving platforms such as Workday, ADP, or similar solutions (required).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and implement practical, sustainable solutions (required).
- Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across functions and all levels of leadership (required).
- A strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach to operational execution (required).
- Experience across both in-house and outsourced payroll models (preferred).
- Experience leading payroll system implementations or enhancements, such as ADP or Workday (preferred).
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience (required).
Light & Wonder, Inc. is a leading cross-platform gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Scientific Games, it rebranded in 2022 after divesting its lottery and sports-betting businesses to focus on gaming. The company operates across three segments - Gaming (slot machines, table games and casino systems under brands such as Bally, WMS and Shuffle Master), SciPlay (social casino games) and iGaming (online casino content). Listed in both the US and Australia, it supplies content and systems to casinos and online operators worldwide.