This role requires a strategic and collaborative leader with deep technical payroll expertise who can build sustainable systems while remaining close enough to the work to understand operational details, identify risks, solve complex problems, and provide direct leadership and operational coverage when needed. Position Overview: The Senior Director, Payroll is a key leader within KIPP NYC''s Finance Team, responsible for setting the vision and leading the strategy, systems, and operations for a complex payroll function serving employees across multiple legal entities, schools, and programs.