About this Payroll Officer role at Wolverine Worldwide
In 2025, the Company was recognized by Footwear News as Company of the Year, by Forbes as one of America’s Dream Employers, America’s Best Employers for Women, and America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, and by Inspiring Workplaces as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces Globally.
Wolverine Worldwide is a Certified™ Great Place To Work®.
As a Payroll Officer, you’ll support payroll delivery, ensuring employees are paid accurately, on-time, and compliantly across multiple locations, pay frequencies and workforce populations. This role will directly perform payroll processing, funding, and reporting activities in partnership with an outsourced third-party vendor for select payrolls. The Payroll Officer is a key contributor to the employee pay experience, and adherence to company and legal requirements.
GENERAL FUNCTION
As a Payroll Officer, you’ll support payroll delivery, ensuring employees are paid accurately, on-time, and compliantly across multiple locations, pay frequencies and workforce populations. This role will directly perform payroll processing, funding, and reporting activities in partnership with an outsourced third-party vendor for select payrolls. The Payroll Officer is a key contributor to the employee pay experience, and adherence to company and legal requirements.
PRIMARY DUTIES
Prepare, review, and process multiple global payrolls with a strong focus on accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local tax and labor laws.
Collect, validate, and compile payroll input data (manually entered by the role and received through system integrations), preparing detailed templates for submission to external providers.
Partner with third‑party payroll vendors and internal Finance and Human Resources teams to ensure seamless and compliant payroll delivery and a positive employee pay experience.
Respond to employee inquiries regarding pay, deductions, taxes, and payroll timing with professionalism and confidentiality.
Provide payroll expertise and support to HR teams and employees on payroll‑related initiatives, policies, and requirements.
Contribute payroll expertise to prioritized optimization and standardization projects, helping inform and influence decisions.
Process company equity‑related payroll transactions, including stock activity and dividend payments.
Coordinate year‑end payroll processes with external vendors and validate data prior to submission to local authorities.
Assist with internal and external audits by gathering required payroll data and supporting documentation.
Manage multi‑currency payroll processing, including currency conversions, and coordinate closely with Treasury/Finance on payroll funding and payments, as needed.
Create, document, and maintain payroll procedures, controls, and system documentation.
Additional responsibilities and special projects, within the scope of duties, as assigned by Payroll leadership.
Perform responsibilities in alignment with the company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
Experience in Payroll, Accounting, or Human Resources, and a bachelor’s degree strongly preferred.
Hands‑on experience processing payroll across multiple countries with diverse tax laws, statutory requirements, and compliance obligations required.
Continuous improvement mindset with experience improving payroll processes, system integrations, and workflows to increase accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.
Proven ability to manage multiple payrolls accurately and efficiently in a deadline‑driven, fast paced environment.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain payroll processes clearly to employees and stakeholders at multiple levels.
Proficiency with HRIS and Microsoft Office applications.
Skilled in Excel including pivot tables, data filtering and intermediate level formulas.
Experience with Workday and CloudPay is a plus.
Prior experience supporting expatriate payroll packages and working directly with expats, a plus.
Familiarity with stock / equity transaction processing strongly preferred
Familiarity with absence reporting for payroll purposes
WORKING CONDITIONS
Normal office environment. Minimal travel required.
Hybrid working - 2/3 days in office per week
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.
Our DEI Commitment
We are working to create a culture and team that represents our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity, embody inclusion and create an equitable business. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary. We care about our people, our community and world.
We want to stand up for what we believe in and give our people a platform to use their voice. To actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development, and progression across the business. Being clear on the responsibilities we hold each other and to our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs and working harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.
Our DEI mission is "to embed diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of our business. To create a culture of belonging that empowers everyone to be their best authentic self. We commit to celebrating different perspectives and to continuously learning, developing and challenging ourselves and our partners."
We know we're on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren't up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn't be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our DEI committee & DEI Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say all, we mean it.