VP, People Operations Manager - Global Payroll & HRIS

Who You Are:

Galaxy is seeking a People Operations Manager, Global Payroll & HRIS to join our People team in a hands-on, execution-focused role supporting our global workforce. This position will initially join on a temporary-to-permanent basis and will play a critical role in two key areas: global payroll operations and the implementation of Workday, with a targeted go-live date of January 1, 2027.

What You’ll Do:

• Workday Implementation & HRIS:

  • Serve as a key People Operations partner for Galaxy's Workday implementation ahead of the January 1, 2027 go-live.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders and external implementation resources to support requirements gathering, business process design, system configuration, integrations, and implementation activities.
  • Coordinate and execute data preparation, cleansing, validation, and migration activities to ensure accurate employee and payroll data within Workday
  • Develop and execute user acceptance testing (UAT), document results, identify issues, and partner with appropriate stakeholders through resolution.
  • Support payroll parallel testing and other payroll-readiness activities ahead of go-live.
  • Help establish scalable HRIS processes, controls, documentation, and governance.
  • Develop process documentation, SOPs, training materials, and resources for People team members, managers, and employees.
  • Support change management, training, and communications associated with the Workday launch.
  • Following go-live, help manage ongoing Workday administration, including business processes, employee data, reporting, security/access, system updates, and issue resolution.
  • Continuously identify opportunities to improve, automate, and scale People processes through Workday and other technologies.

• Global Payroll:

  • Support the end-to-end administration of payroll across Galaxy's global employee population, partnering with internal teams and third-party payroll providers as appropriate.
  • Review payroll inputs and outputs to ensure employees are paid accurately, completely, and on time.
  • Perform payroll audits, reconciliations, and variance analyses and proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies.
  • Coordinate employee lifecycle changes impacting payroll, including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, benefits deductions, leaves, and other employee changes.
  • Partner with Finance on payroll funding, reconciliations, reporting, and related accounting requirements.
  • Work with People team partners to ensure HRIS, payroll, benefits, and employee data remain aligned across systems and vendors.
  • Support payroll compliance requirements across applicable jurisdictions and partner with internal and external subject-matter experts as needed.
  • Manage day-to-day relationships with payroll vendors, escalating and resolving issues while holding partners accountable for service and accuracy.
  • Maintain payroll calendars, controls, documentation, and standard operating procedures.
  • Identify opportunities to standardize and strengthen global payroll processes as Galaxy continues to grow.

• People Operations:

  • Maintain a high standard of employee data accuracy and integrity across People systems.
  • Produce and analyze People and payroll data to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities for operational improvement.
  • Support employee inquiries related to payroll, HR systems, and People processes, providing a high level of service and discretion.
  • Partner cross-functionally across People, Finance, Legal, Technology, and other teams on projects affecting employee data and operations.
  • Support audits, compliance requests, reporting, and other People Operations initiatives as needed.
  • Handle highly sensitive and confidential employee information with sound judgment and discretion.
  • Support global payroll operations across multiple jurisdictions (e.g., US, UK, Ireland, Portugal, and EOR-supported countries), including timesheet approvals, payroll data prep, and coordination with in-country payroll vendors.
  • Assist with new hire onboarding, employee data changes, transfers, and offboarding processes within Workday and related HR systems.
  • Prepare reports, reconciliations, and ad hoc analyses to support payroll and people operations initiatives.
  • Help document processes and maintain SOPs for HRIS, payroll, and people operations workflows.
  • Respond to employee and manager inquiries related to payroll, HR data, and system access with a high level of accuracy and discretion.