Leader - North American Payroll

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

North American payroll operations is part of the Service Delivery organization under the umbrella of GBS (Global Business Services). Service Delivery is the operations arm of GBS responsible for the day-to-day activities and direct support of customers, suppliers, and employee inquiries.

The primary responsibility of the Manager of North American Payroll will be to oversee the processing of hourly and salaried payroll within the assigned region, ensuring that these operations are executed in a timely and accurate manner, and in compliance with all company policy and regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate will be the primary connection point between the payroll processing operations team, our partners in Continuous Improvement and Technology, and our key customers and stakeholders within the Finance organization. As such, it will be imperative to build strong partnerships and collaboration within these key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing and implementing new standards where necessary to ensure :

• Compliance with local, state, and federal requirements
• Providing oversight to ensure efficiency and accuracy within the payroll processing operations
• Alignment with best practice SOX and accounting practices

Key Skills and requirements for a successful candidate include :

Additionally, they will be responsible for execution of the strategic plan and for driving accountability of key deliverables within the department in the following strategic areas :

People

Experience

Process

This position is located in Hartsville, SC. Opportunity for hybrid work schedule is available (2 or 3 days in office per week)

Compensation :

The annual base salary range for this role is from $135,920 to $152,910, plus an annual target bonus of 12.5% of base salary.

At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.