Senior Payroll and HRIS Partner

Job Title

Senior Payroll and HRIS Partner

Job Description

Senior Payroll and HRIS Partner

Lead accurate payroll operations and advance smarter HR systems.

Our Shared Future:

You will strengthen the employee experience and Rabobank’s operational foundation by delivering accurate, compliant payroll and dependable HR systems across North America. Through thoughtful collaboration, strong controls, and continuous improvement, you will help our teams work with confidence and support our shared ambition to grow a better world together.

You and Your Job

As Senior Payroll and HRIS Partner, you will lead day-to-day payroll operations and provide functional administration and support for Workday HRIS across North America. You will serve as the primary operational contact for payroll, coordinating accurate and timely delivery for employees in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and expatriate populations while performing critical processing, review, reconciliation, tax-filing oversight, ADP management, and issue resolution.

You will also support Workday business processes, configuration, testing, data integrity, release readiness, and continuous improvement. Working closely with HR, Finance, Legal, IT, ADP, other vendors, and business stakeholders, you will help maintain compliant, efficient, controlled, and scalable payroll and HR systems operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead North America payroll operations by coordinating payroll calendars, assignments, controls, deadlines, and escalations.
• Process and review payroll inputs, calculations, multijurisdictional taxes, deductions, special payments, expatriate items, adjustments, and final results.
• Prepare or review reconciliations, variance analyses, funding files, general ledger support, control evidence, and audit records.
• Manage payroll tax filing activity with ADP, including agency notices, amendments, registrations, jurisdictional setup, and quarter-end and year-end filings.
• Resolve complex payroll inquiries and production issues while providing clear, confidential guidance to employees, managers, and HR partners.
• Administer Workday HCM and payroll-related functionality while partnering with HR, IT, Finance, and vendors to resolve data and integration issues, improve processes, maintain documentation, and support change initiatives.

Your Promise to Us:

To be considered for the Senior Payroll and HRIS Partner role, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant payroll, HRIS, or closely related experience.
• Advanced knowledge of U.S. payroll operations, accounting, wage and tax concepts, deductions, controls, reconciliations, record retention, and payroll tax filing requirements.
• Experience supporting complex, multi-jurisdictional payroll; Canada, Mexico, and expatriate payroll experience is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with Workday, ADP payroll and tax filing services, related payroll platforms, and advanced Microsoft Excel; hands-on Workday functional administration experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical, project coordination, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills, with discretion when handling sensitive employee information.
• Ability to travel up to 10% regionally
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Rabobank is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Our Commitment to you – cultivating your way beyond pay:

Rabobank welcomes employees and applicants from all backgrounds and is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that leverages the diverse strengths of our workforce. This enables us to exceed the expectations of our clients and customers while ensuring a healthy and safe environment for our staff.

We believe your well-being extends far beyond just a paycheck and should encompass your health, happiness, and satisfaction. To meet these needs, Rabobank offers a flexible hybrid working model and continually evaluates and enhances our benefit offerings to ensure they are comprehensive, competitive, and provide you with the options and flexibility you need.

Our employee benefits are focused on four main components:

• Physical Well-Being includes our commitment to your Health and Wellness. Medical, Dental and Vision plan coverages are effective on your date of hire. Rabo offers multiple plan options and a full network of providers to best meet your needs.
• Financial Well-Being provides for your Retirement + Savings + Security. We love seeing your retirement plan balance grow just as much as you do! That’s why you can start participating in the 401(k) plan on your date of hire. Plus we match 50% of the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) plan for US Employees. Rabo also contributes an additional 3% of your eligible pay in Safe Harbor contribution and up to 3% in annual Discretionary Profit Sharing contributions.
• Emotional Well-Being ensures your Work + Life balance. We offer a generous paid time off program to full time employees: up to 20 days of vacation time, 5 days of additional time off plus 7 sick days and 11 US holidays annually (based on hire date during the calendar year). In addition, Growing a Better World Together requires wanting the best for our employees and their families and our communities. To do that, we offer both the time and financial support to give back to the community through our Dollars for Doers, Helping Hands and Gift Matching programs. (All paid time off is subject to company accrual and carryover policies.)
• Workforce Well-Being supports a hybrid working model that offers the flexibility to split your time between home and the office—typically 2 days remote and the remaining days onsite—promoting both productivity and personal well-being.

Our Organization:

Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, and real estate services in more than 37 countries worldwide. Founded over a century ago, Rabobank today is one of the world’s largest banks with over $678 billion in assets.

In North America, Rabobank is a premier corporate and investment bank to the food, agribusiness, commodities and energy industries in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Rabo AgriFinance, a subsidiary of Rabobank, is a leading financial services provider for farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses in the United States and Canada. Together, we provide sector expertise, strategic counsel and tailored financial solutions to clients across the entire value chain. Visit www.RabobankNA.com

Salary Expectations:

Target Hiring Range: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00  USD

This position is subject to the terms of Rabobank’s compensation plans and policies. It is anticipated that the position will pay within the target hiring range. The range is reflective of the desired primary physical work location and may be adjusted outside of the projected range based on geographical differentiation if the actual work location of the hired candidate differs from the desired primary location, or for other lawful reasons. Further, all full-time regular positions include all other benefits provided to Rabobank employees, including healthcare benefits, 401k matching, vacation, sick leave, parental leave, possible discretionary bonuses and all other benefits that are all governed by and subject to ERISA plan documents and eligibility.

Rabobank provides equal opportunity in employment to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity gender expression, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, military service or veteran status, victims of domestic violence, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Rabobank also prohibits harassment of any individuals on any of the bases listed above.

At Rabobank, we strive to grow a better world together. In order to achieve that, we have to have the right people in the right jobs. Are you ready to join our team?

This job posting has no fixed application deadline.  We will accept resumes until a qualified applicant pool is identified.

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